‘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...
Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Roma’ Rules at Directors Guild Awards
A look at Alfonso Cuarón’s IMDb page reveals almost as much about the state of his career as his Netflix film ”Roma’ does about his childhood in that Mexico City neighborhood. His page enumerates two Academy Award wins (for directing and editing 2013’s “Gravity”), 170 nominations and another 183 wins. Cuarón’s latest trophy was delivered Saturday night at the 71st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in ceremonies at the Ray Dolby...
‘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....
GBK Productions Luxury Lounge Celebrates the 2019 Golden Globe Awards
Rainy weather couldn’t dampen the spirits as GBK Productions celebrated the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at its two-day luxury lounge held January 4-5 at Viceroy L’Ermitage Beverly Hills. Coming straight off the new year’s holiday, the celebratory mood continued as celebrities and nominees including Viola Davis, Angela Bassett, Danny Huston, Anthony Anderson and Spike Lee along with about 100 other VIPs and tastemakers were...
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