‘Green Book’ Awarded the Best Movie for Grownups, Glenn Close Takes Best Actress Prize
It’s the only awards show where the screeners are sent out on VHS, according to actor and comedian Martin Short, who took the mic as emcee of AARP The Magazine’s 18th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards. Short’s jokes were flying fast and furiously as he called out attendees and nominees including Glenn Close, Michael Douglas, Viggo Mortensen and Shirley MacLaine at what he termed the “Olden Globes” in ceremonies held Feb. 4 at the...
‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Dear White People’ and ‘On the Basis of Sex’ Claim Humanitas Prizes
Recognizing television programs and films that inspire hope, compassion and understanding is the laudable goal of the nonprofit organization Humanitas, which presented its 44th Annual Humanitas Prize awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Friday night. Just like a traditional awards show, there is a host — in this case, writer and showrunner David Hudgins — and honorees and finalists in categories defined by genre. The top television...
AAFCA Honors ‘Black Panther, Ryan Coogler and Quincy Jones at 10th Annual Awards
Every awards ceremony taking place this season and each trophy presented engenders a certain amount of pride, but pride was there in extra special doses at the 10th annual African American Film Critics Association Awards show held Wednesday night. For starters, “Black Panther”– named best picture of the year and also one of the year’s biggest blockbusters–disproved once and for all that films starring and about black...
From the Heart: 12 Love-ly Gift Ideas in TAR’s Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
How to show your love for Valentine’s Day? Well, from the heart, of course, and the soul, mind and body. But physical objects are also a way to show people you adore how much they mean to you. The Atkin Report is here to help with a dozen gift ideas, from the indulgent to the more practical. We’ve got you covered for a touch of romance, with suggestions from spirits (the drinkable kind) to fragrances and flowers. Goop Fragrance...
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ & ‘The Favourite’ Take Top Prizes at the ACE Eddie Awards
It’s a little known fact that after the Academy Awards, the Directors Guild Awards and the Golden Globes, the American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Awards are the longest-running awards show in showbiz. So the spirits, as always at these ceremonies, were ebullient for the 69th edition held Friday night at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom when that was pointed out to the more than 1,000 attendees at the black tie gala....
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