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Exclusive: Mick Jagger Says Working on New Songs for Next Rolling Stones Album Following Blues Hit

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Exclusive: Mick Jagger Says Working on New Songs for Next Rolling Stones Album Following Blues Hit

The Rolling Stones are not done, by a long shot.

Mick Jagger told me a few nights ago that the next Stones album will not be covers but new songs. “I’m working on on new songs now.”

The Stones had a huge hit this winter with “Blue and Lonesome,” their album of blues covers. “B&L” was their biggest hit in years, and sustained itself on the charts much longer than anyone would have guessed.

Now, building on that momentum, Mick says the new album will be new. The Stones are eying their 55th anniversary next, after a triumphant 50th celebration that has almost never ended.

Mick brought three of his kids to the Vanity Fair Oscar party last night, and has never seemed in a better mood. He laughed when I asked him about a Tweet he put out the other day. A rumor started that he was bringing rising star Priyanka Chopra to the stars. “I’m not even going to the Oscars!” Mick Tweeted. And he didn’t.

But a new Stones album? Bring it on. I don’t care how old they are. It’s a sound I will never tire of!

Vanity Fair’s All Star Oscar Party Still the Main Event Where Everyone Knows Your Name

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Vanity Fair’s All Star Oscar Party Still the Main Event Where Everyone Knows Your Name

Vanity Fair’s annual all-star Oscar party was bigger and more crowded than ever. The In-and-Out Burgers were flowing, and so was the Dom Perignon as Oscar winner after Oscar winner, as well as Hollywood’s hottest A list, poured through the front doors of the landmark Annenberg Center (formerly the Beverly Hills Post Ofice) to the sounds of a Mariachi band on Santa Monica Boulevard.

Oscar nominee Michelle Williams arrived with her pal, the very funny actress Busy Phillips. The latter told me what it was like to sit at the lip of the stage when all hell broke loose at the Oscars: “We were sitting next to Ben Affleck, and I kept saying to him, Can’t you do anything? You’re…important!”

The stars were all around. To the left: Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel chatting with Ciara and Russell Wilson, to the right LA Reid and his wife Erica hugging Smokey Robinson. The age range went from 8 year old Sunny Pawar to the very legendary Martin Landau. In between, you  could see Amy Adams, Vin Diesel, Patricia Clarkson, Lucas Hedges (and his father, Peter– the writer-director who wrote “Gilbert Grape”), all the ladies from “Hidden Figures” plus Viola Davis clutching her Oscar.

Toward the end Casey Affleck and Kenny Lonergan came over from the Amazon party at Delilah, plus David Furnish arrived from their annual EJAF Oscar dinner, and so on. Armie Hammer told me all about his new movie coming later this year from Sony Pictures Classics, and Sia came in a huge headdress. Quincy Jones sailed past all of them.

The Vanity Fair party can only be explained this way: take every famous or important person who’s around and pu them in an enormous glass box, then shake. Faye Dunaway arrived with two friends fresh from the Envelope disaster. “It wasn’t my fault!” she cried. It wasn’t. And Faye was accepting kudos for getting out of the Dolby Theater alive and in one piece. She was the one who said “La La Land” without realizing that it was wrong.

Meanwhile “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins– finally finished with press, and in a daze– wolfed down an In and Out Burger as various tuxedo clad men came over to offer him the moon and the stars. “Just say the world, I’ll fly you there,” said one. It’s nice to be King! Was he shocked, I asked? “Shocked,” he said, and fell into a couch.

Dev Patel arrived with the “Lion” guys, Andrew Garfield took a lap, Katy Perry kicked up her heels, and Mariah Carey ran into Pharrell Williams (more on that later). You get the picture: everyone was there. Literally everyone. And even at 2am, some of them were still there. In and Out had changed over to Bouchon Bakery, which handed out the most delicious vanilla milkshakes in small glass bottles, and tiny sweets that melted in the mouth.

And where was everyone going now? “I guess we’re going to Madonna’s house,” shrugged Kenny Lonergan, holding his Oscar for writing “Manchester by the Sea.” “I just wish,” he said, “when they said they made a mistake on stage, it was Manchester.” He laughed. Ruefully.

 

 

Oscar Accountants “Sincerely Apologize” to the World for Most Embarrassing Moment at Worst Time

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Oscar Accountants “Sincerely Apologize” to the World for Most Embarrassing Moment at Worst Time

There’s no accounting: PwC has issued an apology for their shoddy work at the Oscars:

We sincerely apologize to “Moonlight,” “La La Land,” Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Oscar viewers for the error that was made during the award announcement for Best Picture. The presenters had mistakenly been given the wrong category envelope and when discovered, was immediately corrected. We are currently investigating how this could have happened, and deeply regret that this occurred.

We appreciate the grace with which the nominees, the Academy, ABC, and Jimmy Kimmel handled the situation.

Nothing can really satisfy very stupid people, like Gersh Kuntzman of the New York Daily News, who took his venom out on Warren Beatty this morning. But the answer is, the envelope snafu was human error. The Academy will have to investigate as well as the production company. They will have to explain why a live woman’s face was on In Memoriam card, too. (That’s pretty stupid.)

But there were plenty of great things last night. Two black actors won. A black man won best adapted screenplay. His movie won Best Picture. The whole look of the Oscars has changed, seemingly, overnight. And I learned that Red Vines– the west coast equivalent of Twizzlers– are disgusting.

Oscar Disaster: Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway Were Not to Blame for Public Fiasco

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Oscar Disaster: Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway Were Not to Blame for Public Fiasco

I’m writing at 3am after a great Oscar telecast and a weird weird night.

First of all, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were not to blame for the public fiasco of the wrong movie being called for Best Picture.

The blame lies with the production people and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Beatty was given the wrong envelope, a duplicate of Emma Stone’s winning one. He didn’t know what was going on and deferred to Dunaway, who just winged it.

Faye told me at Vanity Fair’s insanely celebrity packed after party: “I’m not to blame!” And she’s right.

So many people at the Vanity Fair party were Monday morning quarterbacking the whole event. But really, when you’re on live TV, at the end of a four hour show, with no food or drink, you do exactly what Bonnie and Clyde did: you just do it to get it over with.

More later today about all the parties, and everything that happened off screen…

 

Thin Skinned Donald Trump Won’t Attend Correspondents Dinner- Scared of 2011 Repeat

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Thin Skinned Donald Trump Won’t Attend Correspondents Dinner- Scared of 2011 Repeat

The White House Correspondents Dinner will go on. But without Donald Trump. Thin-skinned Trump has never gotten over his roasting by Seth Meyers at the 2011 dinner. Since then he’s on a rampage about the press, calling us the “Enemy of the People” and “Fake News.” But Trump is a bully and a coward. He would never last through the evening– not for a minute. So the dinner will go on without him, it will be brilliant and fun. Samantha Bee will have her own parody dinner. Bloomberg and Vanity Fair canceled their parties but I’m sure there will be plenty of parties in the Washington Hilton. Trump will have dinner by himself at his hotel and no one will care.

Happy Ending for the Oscars: Moonlight wins Best Picture, La La Land Wins 6 including Best Director, Actress

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Happy Ending for the Oscars: Moonlight wins Best Picture, La La Land Wins 6 including Best Director, Actress

Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” was the surprise winner of the 2017 Academy Award for Best Picture. On a wild night in the Dolby Theater, “Moonlight” snatched victory from “La La Land.” Best Director went to Damien Chazelle for “La La Land,” which also won Best Choreography and Best Song.

Funny after months of campaigning and carrying, everything works out the way it should. All the films get something and Hollywood has a happy ending after all.

 

 

BEST PICTURE

Arrival

Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

La La Land

Lion

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight – WINNER! 

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ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea – WINNER!

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington, Fences

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ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Ruth Negga, Loving

Natalie Portman, Jackie

Emma Stone, La La Land – WINNER!

Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

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ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight – WINNER!

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea

Dev Patel, Lion

Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

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ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Viola Davis, Fences – WINNER!

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Nicole Kidman, Lion

Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

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ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Zootopia – WINNER!

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CINEMATOGRAPHY

Arrival

La La Land – WINNER!

Lion

Moonlight

Silence

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COSTUME DESIGN

Allied

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – WINNER!

Florence Foster Jenkins

Jackie

La La Land

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DIRECTING

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge

La La Land – WINNER!

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

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DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

Fire at Sea

I Am Not Your Negro

Life, Animated

O.J.: Made in America – WINNER!

13th

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DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

Extremis

4.1 Miles

Joe’s Violin

Watani: My Homeland

The White Helmets – WINNER!

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FILM EDITING

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge – WINNER!

Hell or High Water

La La Land

Moonlight

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Land of Mine

A Man Called Ove

The Salesman – WINNER!

Tanna

Toni Erdmann

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MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

A Man Called Ove

Star Trek Beyond

Suicide Squad – WINNER!

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MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

Jackie

La La Land – WINNER!

Lion

Moonlight

Passengers

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MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from La La Land

Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

“Can’t Stop The Feeling” from Trolls

Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster

“City Of Stars” from La La Land

Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul – WINNER!

“The Empty Chair” from Jim: The James Foley Story

Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting

“How Far I’ll Go” from Moana

Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

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PRODUCTION DESIGN

Arrival

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Hail, Caesar!

La La Land – WINNER!

Passengers

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SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

Blind Vaysha

Borrowed Time

Pear Cider and Cigarettes

Pearl

Piper – WINNER!

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SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

Ennemis Intérieurs

La Femme et le TGV

Silent Nights

Sing – WINNER!

Timecode

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SOUND EDITING

Arrival – WINNER!

Deepwater Horizon

Hacksaw Ridge

La La Land

Sully

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SOUND MIXING

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge – WINNER!

La La Land

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

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VISUAL EFFECTS

Deepwater Horizon

Doctor Strange

The Jungle Book – WINNER!

Kubo and the Two Strings

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

Arrival

Fences

Hidden Figures

Lion

Moonlight – WINNER!

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WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

Hell or High Water

La La Land

The Lobster

Manchester by the Sea- WINNER!

20th Century Women

Beyonce, Jay Z Hit Harvey Weinstein’s Star-Studded Pre-Oscar Gala with Google, Amazon Honchos

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Beyonce, Jay Z Hit Harvey Weinstein’s Star-Studded Pre-Oscar Gala with Google, Amazon Honchos

The talk is about “La La Land.” But last night, Harvey Weinstein– who’s got multiple nominations for his beautiful movie “Lion”– scored the hottest party and pre-Oscar gathering of all.

Weinstein mixed celebrities, nominees, and tech stars in one room at a swanky dinner at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Yes, there was Jeff Bezos and Roy Price from Amazon on one side, with the heads of Google and YouTube on the other.

But then there was also the hottest star in the galaxy, Lin Manuel Miranda, of “Hamilton” fame, announcing that he will be in the movie version of his first musical hit, “In the Heights,” for the Weinstein Company. Miranda introduced a stage full of performers including Tony winner Cynthia Erivo, Chris Jackson from “Hamilton” and Corbin Bleu, who put on a twenty minute extract from “In the Heights.”

Harvey announced that Lin-Manuel will appear in “In the Heights,” with Broadway’s Scott Sanders producing. That has “hit” written all over it. Not bad!

That was sensational. But right as they finished, a very pregnant Beyonce and Jay Z walked in. They missed the show! So Harvey took the mic and announced that they’d do it all over again! And they did!

The guests were thrilled. They included Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar and the real family from “Lion,” as well as Kelsey Grammer,  “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner, Nicole Scherzinger– who also performed and was a knockout, Petra Nemcova, Golden Globe winner from “Blackish” Tracee Ellis Ross, Matthew Morrison, Diane Warren, Catherine Hardwicke, and David Foster.

And if that wasn’t enough, Mick Jagger and his producing partner Victoria Pearman turned up at the after party!

 

Spirit Awards Surprise: French Legend Isabelle Huppert Wins Again– Will She Take the Oscar, Too?

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Spirit Awards Surprise: French Legend Isabelle Huppert Wins Again– Will She Take the Oscar, Too?

French legend Isabelle Huppert won Best Actress in a Lead Role today at the Independent Spirit Awards for the movie “Elle.” Last December she also won the Gotham Awards prize for the same movie, “Elle.” Each time she had just arrived by plane from Paris, walked into a room and won an award. She must think America is a great place!

Huppert has turned out to be a spoiler for Emma Stone, who is tipped to win the Oscar on Sunday for “La La Land.”  Now will Huppert spoil Stone’s chances for an Oscar? Crazy, no? Stone must be thinking, What the heck is going on here? But there does seem to be huge momentum for Huppert.

At the Spirit Awards, Warren Beatty confirmed for me he will be presenting Best Picture tomorrow night with Faye Dunaway. It’s the 50th anniversary of their landmark film “Bonnie & Clyde.”

The Spirit Awards were very, very good this year– hosts Nick Kroll and John Mullaney were hilarious, Gary Clark Jr. provided amazing blues music, and Molly Shannon stole the show when she won Best Supporting Female for “Other People.”

“Moonlight” won a lot, deservedly so. But I would have given Best Screenplay to Kenny Lonergan for “Manchester by the Sea.”

Ben Foster was a pleasant surprise as winner of Best Male Supporting for “Hell or High Water.” Good for him.

PS (maybe exclusive) Mahershala Ali and his wife have named their newborn baby girl Bari Najma.

Best Feature: 

Moonlight (A24)

Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski

 

Best Director: 

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight (A24)

 

Best Screenplay: 

Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney (Story By), Moonlight (A24)

 

Best First Feature: 

The Witch (A24)

Director: Robert Eggers

Producers: Daniel Bekerman, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond,

Rodrigo Teixeira

 

Best First Screenplay:

Robert Eggers, The Witch (A24)

 

John Cassavetes Award (For best feature made under $500,000):

Spa Night (Strand Releasing)

Writer/Director: Andrew Ahn

Producers: David Ariniello, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Kelly Thomas

 

Best Supporting Female:

Molly Shannon, Other People (Vertical Entertainment)

 

Best Supporting Male: 

Ben Foster, Hell or High Water (CBS Films/Lionsgate)

 

Best Female Lead:

Isabelle Huppert, Elle (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best Male Lead:

Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea (Amazon Studios)

 

Robert Altman Award: 

Moonlight (A24)

Director: Barry Jenkins

Casting Director: Yesi Ramirez

Ensemble Cast: Mahershala Ali, Patrick Decile, Naomie Harris, Alex Hibbert, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders

 

Best Cinematography:

James Laxton, Moonlight (A24)

 

Best Editing:

Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders, Moonlight (A24)

 

Best International Film: 

Toni Erdmann (Germany and Romania– Sony Pictures Classics)

Director: Maren Ade

Best Documentary: 

O.J.: Made in America (ESPN Films)

Director/Producer: Ezra Edelman

Producers: Deirdre Fenton, Libby Geist, Nina Krstic, Erin Leyden, Tamara Rosenberg, Connor Schell, Caroline Waterlow

Indie Spirit Awards TODAY: “Moonlight,” “Manchester” Top Nominations, Set for Wins

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Indie Spirit Awards TODAY: “Moonlight,” “Manchester” Top Nominations, Set for Wins

Here are the nominees. The show begins at 5pm Eastern. The show airs live on IFC and streams live on www.ifc.com. Check back for updates

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer) 

American Honey

PRODUCERS: Thomas Benski, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Lucas Ochoa, Pouya Shahbazian, Alice Weinberg

Chronic

PRODUCERS: Michel Franco, Gina Kwon, Gabriel Ripstein, Moisés Zonana

Jackie

PRODUCERS: Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin, Ari Handel, Juan de Dios Larraín, Mickey Liddell

Manchester by the Sea

PRODUCERS: Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Stewart, Kevin J. Walsh

Moonlight

PRODUCERS: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the producer and director)

The Childhood of a Leader

DIRECTOR: Brady Corbet

PRODUCERS: Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Chris Coen, Ron Curtis, Helena Danielsson, Mona Fastvold, István Major

The Fits

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Anna Rose Holmer

PRODUCER: Lisa Kjerulff

Other People

DIRECTOR: Chris Kelly

PRODUCERS: Sam Bisbee, Adam Scott, Naomi Scott

Swiss Army Man

DIRECTORS: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

PRODUCERS: Miranda Bailey, Lawrence Inglee, Lauren Mann, Amanda Marshall, Eyal Rimmon, Jonathan Wang

The Witch

DIRECTOR: Robert Eggers

PRODUCERS: Daniel Bekerman, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond, Rodrigo Teixeira

BEST DIRECTOR

Andrea Arnold, American Honey

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Pablo Larraín, Jackie

Jeff Nichols, Loving

Kelly Reichardt, Certain Women

BEST SCREENPLAY

Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney (story by), Moonlight

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Mike Mills, 20th Century Women

Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias, Little Men

Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Robert Eggers, The Witch

Chris Kelly, Other People

Adam Mansbach, Barry

Stella Meghie, Jean of the Joneses

Craig Shilowich, Christine

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Award given to the best feature made for under $500,000, given to the writer, director and producer)

Free In Deed

WRITER/DIRECTOR: Jake Mahaffy

PRODUCERS: Mike Bowes, Mike S. Ryan, Brent Stiefel

Hunter Gatherer

WRITER/DIRECTOR: Josh Locy

PRODUCERS: Michael Covino, April Lamb, Sara Murphy, Isaiah Smallman

Lovesong

WRITER/DIRECTOR: So Yong Kim

WRITER/PRODUCER: Bradley Rust Gray

PRODUCERS: David Hansen, Alex Lipschultz, Johnny Mac

Nakom

WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: T.W. Pittman

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Kelly Daniela Norris

WRITER/PRODUCER: Isaac Adakudugu

PRODUCER: Giovanni Ximėnez

Spa Night

WRITER/DIRECTOR: Andrew Ahn

PRODUCERS: David Ariniello, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Kelly Thomas

BEST MALE LEAD

Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

David Harewood, Free In Deed

Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Jesse Plemons, Other People

Tim Roth, Chronic

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Annette Bening, 20th Century Women

Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Sasha Lane, American Honey

Ruth Negga, Loving

Natalie Portman, Jackie

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Ralph Fiennes, A Bigger Splash

Ben Foster, Hell or High Water

Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea

Shia LaBeouf, American Honey

Craig Robinson, Morris From America

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Edwina Findley, Free In Deed

Paulina Garcia, Little Men

Lily Gladstone, Certain Women

Riley Keough, American Honey

Molly Shannon, Other People

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ava Berkofsky, Free In Deed

Lol Crawley, The Childhood of a Leader

Zach Kuperstein, The Eyes of My Mother

James Laxton, Moonlight

Robbie Ryan, American Honey

BEST EDITING

Matthew Hannam, Swiss Army Man

Jennifer Lame, Manchester by the Sea

Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders, Moonlight

Jake Roberts, Hell or High Water

Sebastián Sepúlveda, Jackie

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Aquarius (Brazil)

DIRECTOR: Kleber Mendonça Filho

Chevalier (Greece)

DIRECTOR: Athina Tsangari

My Golden Days (France)

DIRECTOR: Arnaud Desplechin

Toni Erdmann (Germany/Romania)

DIRECTOR: Maren Ade

Under the Shadow (Iran/United Kingdom)

DIRECTOR: Babak Anvari

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)

13th

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ava DuVernay

PRODUCERS: Spencer Averick, Howard Barish

Cameraperson

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Kirsten Johnson

PRODUCER: Marilyn Ness

I am Not Your Negro

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Raoul Peck

PRODUCERs: Rémi Grellety, Hébert Peck

O.J.: Made in America

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ezra Edelman

PRODUCERS: Nina Krstic, Tamara Rosenberg, Caroline Waterlow

Sonita

DIRECTOR: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami

PRODUCERS: Gerd Haag

Under the Sun

DIRECTOR: Vitaly Mansky

PRODUCER: Natalya Manskaya

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)

Moonlight

DIRECTOR: Barry Jenkins

CASTING DIRECTOR: Yesi Ramirez

ENSEMBLE CAST: Mahershala Ali, Patrick Decile, Naomie Harris, Alex Hibbert, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Thodes, Ashton Sanders

Hollywood Horror: Biggest Worldwide Box Office Releases So Far This Year Come From China, Japan

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Hollywood Horror: Biggest Worldwide Box Office Releases So Far This Year Come From China, Japan

The worldwide box office is hot so far this year. But so far this year, the movie with the largest worldwide box office is one you’ve never heard of and hasn’t been released here: “Your Name,” a Japanese  animated film, has made $327 million. Almost all of that was earned in Japan, with China as a runner up.

At number 4 on the top 10 worldwide box office for 2017 stands “The Great Wall.” A bust here, the Matt Damon starrer racked up most of its $271 million in China.

Number 5 is “Kung Fu Yoga,” with $245 million raked in, in China.

Number 6 is “Journey to the West,” with $237 million from Chinese audiences. Sony released it in the US on February 3rd, and it’s made less than a million bucks.

Number 9 is “Duckweed” — $143 million, nearly all of it in China.

From number 10 to 20 there are several more including a Bollywood film and a Jackie Chan entry. That’s Jackie Chan, who will get a Governors Award Lifetime Achievement Oscar on Sunday night.

By the way. “Your Name” will be released in April not by a big American studio but by FUNimation, founded in Fort Worth Texas by Japanese American entrepreneur Gen Fukunaga. He’s suddenly the most successful exec in Hollywood.

 

 

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