In the last Frontrunner Friday before final 2019 Oscar winner predictions come out next week, we have one of the biggest pieces of the puzzle – BAFTA. But did it help or just confuse us more? Let’s just say it’s a little from column A, a little from column B. BAFTA went for Roma for Best Film, Director, Cinematography and …
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(Photo: Matt Kennedy)(Photo: ABC/Ron Tom) The nominations for the 50th NAACP Image Awards celebrating the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of film, television, music, and literature were announced today with Disney’s Black Panther leading the film nominations (16) and ABC’s black-ish out in front for television with 9. Other top nomination getters were Warner Bros.’ Crazy Rich …
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Album of the Year winner Kacey Musgraves (Golden Hour) Country singer Kacey Musgraves won the Grammy Album of the Year, part of her clean sweep. She won all four of her nominations tonight that also included Country Album (Golden Hour), Country Song (“Space Cowboy”) and Country Solo Performance (“Butterflies”). She became the first country performer to win Album of the …
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Roma (Netflix)The Favourite (Fox Searchlight) Alfonso Cuarón intimate epic Roma, which he directed, wrote, edited and shot, has won the 2019 BAFTA for Best Film. It also picked up wins for Director, Cinematography and Film Not in the English Language. Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite was the big winner of the evening though, taking seven wins of its field-best 12 nominations …
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The top guilds have given us three different winners, all with historic paths to Best Picture For only the 5th time in Oscar history we have a three-way split between the winners at the PGA (Producers Guild of America, who went for Green Book), DGA (Directors Guild of America, who went for Roma) and SAG (Screen Actors Guild, who chose …
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The seating arrangements for this weekend’s BAFTAs (photo: John Phillips/Getty Images) Will BAFTA co-sign with the DGA or the PGA? With the Golden Globes or the Critics’ Choice? Little from column A, little from column B, perhaps? Their Best Film lineup, only 5 (unlike the Academy’s 8 this year), are all Oscar-nominated. BAFTA’s Best Director lineup matches Oscars’ 4/5, with …
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INOCA, the International Online Cinema Awards, have revealed their nominations for the best in 2018 film with the raucous period piece The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos leading the way with 12 mentions, including Best Picture, Best Director and two Best Actress slots (Olivia Colman and Emma Stone). Next up was Barry Jenkins’s intimate romance If Beale Street Could Talk, which …
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The winners of the 34th Artios Awards, given by the Casting Society of America (CSA), were handed out last night in simultaneous ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles and Stage 48 in New York City on January 31st. The hosts were the husband and wife team of actress June Diane Raphael (Burning Love) and Paul Scheer (Veep). Best Picture …
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Last weekend, the Screen Actors Guild gave us another piece of the prediction puzzle, with three actors securing their frontrunner status to near-locked while one blew the doors open on its race. Glenn Close (The Wife), Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Mahershala Ali (Green Book) were already the leaders in their respective races but now with SAGs in their hands …
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.@theblackpanther takes home the Actor® for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture! #sagawards 🎭Great and moving speech from @chadwickboseman 💪 pic.twitter.com/Nw2UGbs712— TNT Drama (@tntdrama) January 28, 2019 Black Panther, the billion dollar juggernaut comic book blockbuster has won Outstanding Performance By a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards. The film …
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