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SAG Award Nominees: La La Land Snubbed for Best Ensemble! Jane Fonda Nominated (At Last) for “Grace and Frankie”

Roger Friedman
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SAG Award Nominees: La La Land Snubbed for Best Ensemble! Jane Fonda Nominated (At Last) for “Grace and Frankie”

Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees are usually the best predictor of where the Oscars are going.  Andrea Zuckerman from Beverly Hills High is president of SAG.

“La La Land” was snubbed for Best Ensemble– SAG voters probably saw it as a two hander with just Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling featured. Big surprise that “Captain Fantastic” roared into the picture, and Viggo Mortensen. No Tom Hanks. In Best Actress, Emily Blunt surprised everyone with “Girl on a Train.” Annette Bening was iced out. I don’t think that will happen at the Oscars. That was unexpected. So there are a lot of surprises today. What happened to Bening and “20th Century Women”? It seems like A24 has put all its resources into “Moonlight.” That’s very disappointing. Mike Mills’ wonderful film deserves better.

In TV: Jane Fonda was finally nominated for “Grace and Frankie” in Best Actress, Comedy. It’s about time! And Sterling K. Brown — the man of the hour on TV– received two nominations, for “The People vs. OJ Simpson” and “This is Us.”

ENSEMBLE

Captain Fantastic

Fences

Hidden Figures

Manchester

Moonlight

 

 

ACTOR

Casey Affleck

Andrew Garfield Hacksaaw

Ryan Gosling

Viggo Mortensen

Denzel Washington

 

 

ACTRESS

Amy Adams

Emily Blunt

Natalie Portman

Emma Stone

Meryl Streep

 

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mahershala Ali

Jeff Bridges

Hugh Grant

Lucas Hedges

Dev Patel

 

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Viola Davis

Naomie Harris

Nicole Kidman

Octavia Spencer

Michelle Williams

TELEVISION PROGRAMS

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
RIZ AHMED / Nasir “Naz” Khan – “THE NIGHT OF” (HBO)
STERLING K. BROWN / Christopher Darden – “THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY” (FX Networks)
BRYAN CRANSTON / President Lyndon B. Johnson – “ALL THE WAY” (HBO)
JOHN TURTURRO / John Stone – “THE NIGHT OF” (HBO)
COURTNEY B. VANCE / Johnnie Cochran – “THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY” (FX Networks)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD / Lacie – “BLACK MIRROR” (Netflix)
FELICITY HUFFMAN / Leslie Graham – “AMERICAN CRIME” (ABC)
AUDRA McDONALD / Billie Holiday – “LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL” (HBO)
SARAH PAULSON / Marcia Clark – “THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY” (FX Networks)
KERRY WASHINGTON / Anita Hill – “CONFIRMATION” (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
STERLING K. BROWN / Randall Pearson – “THIS IS US” (NBC)
PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister – “GAME OF THRONES” (HBO)
JOHN LITHGOW / Winston Churchill – “THE CROWN” (Netflix)
RAMI MALEK / Elliot Alderson – “MR. ROBOT” (USA Network)
KEVIN SPACEY / Frank Underwood – “HOUSE OF CARDS” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN / Eleven – “STRANGER THINGS” (Netflix)
CLAIRE FOY / Queen Elizabeth II – “THE CROWN” (Netflix)
THANDIE NEWTON / Maeve Millay – “WESTWORLD” (HBO)
WINONA RYDER / Joyce Byers – “STRANGER THINGS” (Netflix)
ROBIN WRIGHT / Claire Underwood – “HOUSE OF CARDS” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ANTHONY ANDERSON / Andre Johnson – “BLACK-ISH” (ABC)
TITUSS BURGESS / Titus Andromedon – “UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT” (Netflix)
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
WILLIAM H. MACY / Frank Gallagher – “SHAMELESS” (Showtime)
JEFFREY TAMBOR / Maura Pfefferman – “TRANSPARENT” (Amazon)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
UZO ADUBA / Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren – “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” (Netflix)
JANE FONDA / Grace Hanson – “GRACE AND FRANKIE” (Netflix)
ELLIE KEMPER / Kimmy Schmidt – “UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT” (Netflix)
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / President Selina Meyer – “VEEP” (HBO)
LILY TOMLIN / Frankie Bergstein – “GRACE AND FRANKIE” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
THE CROWN (Netflix)

 

DOWNTON ABBEY (Masterpiece/PBS)

 

GAME OF THRONES (HBO)

STRANGER THINGS (Netflix)

WESTWORLD (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)

BLACK-ISH (ABC)

MODERN FAMILY (ABC)

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix)

VEEP (HBO)

STUNT ENSEMBLES

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
“DOCTOR STRANGE” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
“HACKSAW RIDGE” (Lionsgate)
“JASON BOURNE” (Universal Pictures)
“NOCTURNAL ANIMALS” (Focus Features)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
“GAME OF THRONES” (HBO)
“MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL” (Netflix)
“MARVEL’S LUKE CAGE” (Netflix)
“THE WALKING DEAD” (AMC)
“WESTWORLD” (HBO)

 

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” Features One Actor Who’s Been Dead Since 1994 Among Familiar Faces

Roger Friedman
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“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” Features One Actor Who’s Been Dead Since 1994 Among Familiar Faces

You may recognize some familiar faces in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” After all it’s set just before and around the time of the original “Star Wars” movie.

But one actor from that 1977 film looks a little waxy from the passage of time– and his death some 22 years ago.

Peter Cushing, who played Grand Moff Tarkin, the great villain of the Empire and essentially Darth Vader’s boss, is back. And I don’t mean for a quick cameo or for a minute. Governor Tarkin is really back, as if time has stood still. Director Gareth Edwards has re-animated Tarkin aka Cushing quite convincingly. Tarkin is very busy in scenes with Vader (James Earl Jones) and Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn) as they scheme to take over the galaxy from the Death Star.

Edwards and his team have worked very seriously to re-create Tarkin, and it could lead to a weird trend in movies that want to bringcback dead actors for flashbacks or new scenes. It works here because it’s a one time deal. There’s one other CGI animated character from the “Star Wars” canon in “Rogue One,” but that remains a top top secret.

“Rogue One” opens Friday and could bring in $150 million over the weekend. I have a feeling many fans will see it more than once.

Sting Has Arranged for Bruce Springsteen Nirvana Tonight: A Phil Spector Xmas with Darlene Love, Ronnie Spector

Roger Friedman
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Sting Has Arranged for Bruce Springsteen Nirvana Tonight: A Phil Spector Xmas with Darlene Love, Ronnie Spector

Tonight’s biennial Rainforest Fund concert at Carnegie Hall should be like nirvana for Bruce Springsteen, who’s performing in the show. Sting and Trudie Styler have arranged for a Phil Spector Christmas spectacular that will feature guest stars Ronnie Spector and Darlene Love in a night Styler has titled “Baby It’s Cold Outside– But Getting Warmer.”

For Springsteen, this is like serving dessert at every meal. He’s devoted part of his career to keeping the Wall of Sound alive, and has worked with both ladies. He even turned Darlene’s “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” into his own classic. So imagine how happy Bruce will be to have them on stage with him. And that’s in addition to Sting, James Taylor, Italian Tenor Vittorio Grigolo, and mighty jazzman Chris Botti.

There are exactly 11 orchestra seats left for the hottest ticket in town tonight, and a few obstructed view in one other section. Other than that, Carnegie Hall should be a buzz all night. Trudie and Sting started the Rainforest Foundation over 25 years ago, and they’ve raised millions for the indigenous people who live in those regions. Now that climate change is being questioned and the world ecology hangs in the balance, their work is ever more urgent. Not to mention there’s great music attached to it!

Female Fox News Correspondent Sues Company, Local NY Fox5 News Director for Sexual Harassment

Roger Friedman
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Female Fox News Correspondent Sues Company, Local NY Fox5 News Director for Sexual Harassment

Roger Ailes and Fox News are back in boiling water again. Fox News is being sued, along with New York Fox 5 News Director Byron Harmon, for sexual harassment by an Emmy winning female reporter. Ailes isn’t a defendant, but his name and his alleged activities are outlined specifically.

The suit was filed by Lidia Curanaj, who details Ailes’s randy and inappropriate behavior in detail. She was on the local news here in 2011, met Ailes at a dinner, and he invited her to come see him about moving up to the network. In his office, she says, Ailes asked her to twirl around, said he liked what he saw, told her Fox News female anchors’ legs had to be good. Then he called her boyfriend, a State Senator, and asked “if the sex was good.”

Oh boy. Curanaj, who’s still at Fox5, obviously has had enough. You know, she’s from the Bronx. She also has two two local Emmy Awards. She’s also suing her news director, Byron Harmon. It just gets better and better. Curanaj says Harmon told her– thinking she was Albanian– that “all Albanians are criminals or doormen.” She’s American of Montenegrin descent. Among other things.

Here’s the complaint.

Oscars: 91 Original Songs Qualify this Year Including “La La Land,” Sting, John Legend, Pharrell, and Stevie Wonder (Sort of)

Roger Friedman
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Oscars: 91 Original Songs Qualify this Year Including “La La Land,” Sting, John Legend, Pharrell, and Stevie Wonder (Sort of)

The Academy has approved 91 songs for Oscar consideration this year including three from “La La Land” (including the one by John Legend– “Start a Fire”), Sting’s great song from the documentary “Jim” called “The Empty Chair,” the theme song from “Rules Don’t Apply,” Pharrell’s song from “Hidden Figures,” and the Ryan Tedder song Stevie Wonder sings in “Sing.” That’s a lot of good music! There are also great songs from “Sing Street.” My choices? Sting, the three from “La La Land,” and “Drive it Like You Stole it” from “Sing Street.”

 

“Just Like Fire” from “Alice through the Looking Glass”
“Rise” from “American Wrestler: The Wizard”
“Friends” from “The Angry Birds Movie”
“Flicker” from “Audrie & Daisy”
“Seconds” from “Autumn Lights”
“A Minute To Breathe” from “Before the Flood”
“Glory (Let There Be Peace)” from “Believe”
“Mother’s Theme” from “Believe”
“Somewhere” from “Believe”
“The Only Way Out” from “Ben-Hur”
“Still Falling For You” from “Bridget Jones’s Baby”
“F That” from “The Bronze”
“Torch Pt. 2” from “Citizen Soldier”
“Drift And Fall Again” from “Criminal”
“Take Me Down” from “Deepwater Horizon”
“Land Of All” from “Desierto”
“Sad But True (Dreamland Theme)” from “Dreamland”
“Angel By The Wings” from “The Eagle Huntress”
“Blind Pig” from “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“One Frame At A Time” from “Floyd Norman: An Animated Life”
“I’m Crying” from “Free State of Jones”
“Gold” from “Gold”
“Champion” from “Hands of Stone”
“Dance Rascal, Dance” from “Hello, My Name Is Doris”
“I See A Victory” from “Hidden Figures”
“Runnin” from “Hidden Figures”
“Sixty Charisma Scented Blackbirds” from “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate
Can’t Change”
“My Superstar” from “Ice Age: Collision Course”
“Seeing You Around” from “Ithaca”
“The Empty Chair” from “Jim: The James Foley Story”
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from “La La Land”
“City Of Stars” from “La La Land”
“Start A Fire” from “La La Land”
“Cateura Vamos A Soñar (We Will Dream)” from “Landfill Harmonic”
“Better Love” from “The Legend of Tarzan”
“Never Give Up” from “Lion”
“Equation” from “The Little Prince”
“Turnaround” from “The Little Prince”
“Moonshine” from “Live By Night”
“Loving” from “Loving”
“Hurry Home” from “Max Rose”
“Gone 2015” from “Miles Ahead”
“Wish That You Were Here” from “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”
“I’m Still Here” from “Miss Sharon Jones!”
“How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana”
“We Know The Way” from “Moana”
“Even More Mine” from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2”
“Waving Goodbye” from “The Neon Demon”
“I’m Back” from “Never Surrender”
“Find My Victory” from “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice”
“On Ghost Ridge” from “100 Years: One Woman’s Fight for Justice”
“Ordinary World” from “Ordinary World”
“Devil’s Girl” from “Outlaws and Angels”
“Levitate” from “Passengers”
“Ginga” from “Pelé: Birth of a Legend”
“Nobody Knows” from “Pete’s Dragon”
“Something Wild” from “Pete’s Dragon”
“Dancing With Your Shadow” from “Po”
“I’m So Humble” from “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping”
“Stay Here” from “Presenting Princess Shaw”
“Celebrate Life” from “Queen Mimi”
“Back To Life” from “Queen of Katwe”
“Let The Games Begin” from “Race”
“Think About It” from “The Red Pill”
“The Rules Don’t Apply” from “Rules Don’t Apply”
“The Great Beyond” from “Sausage Party”
“Faith” from “Sing”
“Set It All Free” from “Sing”
“Drive It Like You Stole It” from “Sing Street”
“Go Now” from “Sing Street”
“The Veil” from “Snowden”
“Hymn” from “Snowtime!”
“Kiss Me Goodnight” from “Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four”
“Holdin’ Out” from “Storks”
“Heathens” from “Suicide Squad”
“Flying Home” from “Sully”
“Montage” from “Swiss Army Man”
“Petit Metier” from “They Will Have to Kill Us First – Malian Music in Exile”
“Letter To The Free” from “13th”
“Down With Mary” from “Too Late”
“Can’t Stop The Feeling” from “Trolls”
“Get Back Up Again” from “Trolls”
“Smile” from “The Uncondemned”
“We Will Rise” from “Veeram-Macbeth”
“LA Venus” from “We Are X”
“New Dogs, Old Tricks” from “What Happened Last Night”
“Runnin’ Runnin'” from “What Happened Last Night”
“What’s Happening Today” from “What Happened Last Night”
“Who I Am” from “What Happened Last Night”
“The Ballad Of Wiener-Dog” from “Wiener-Dog”
“Try Everything” from “Zootopia”

Review: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” — Call it Chapter 3.5 –a Holiday Present with a Kickass Female Lead

Roger Friedman
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Review: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” — Call it Chapter 3.5 –a Holiday Present with a Kickass Female Lead

All I can tell you tonight is that “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is a kickass holiday present to all “Star Wars” fans. It’s really Chapter 3.5 in a sense, what comes between “Revenge of the Sith” and “A New Hope”– and you will love it. The end of this movie has had me smiling for two hours. Also, I can confirm as Kathleen Kennedy said in an interview — this is a standalone movie– sort of. There will not be a sequel. Which is almost too bad. The spirit of “Star Wars” is alive, and George Lucas should be a very happy man that generations have loved his story so much.

UPDATE First of all, the Rogue One story is all about Felicity Jones. Oscar nominated for “Theory of Everything” and maybe known a bit on the indie circuit from movies like “Like Crazy,” this 33 year old British actress kicks ass from beginning to end of the movie. Her Jyn Erso is certainly now part of a “Star Wars” movement from Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia to Daisy Ridley’s Rey, but even more so. Tomb Raider? Wonder Woman? Girls are going to flock to “Rogue One” to see Jyn turn the galaxy upside down.

The story is that in the years between “Sith” and “New Hope,” Jyn’s dad Galen (Mads Mikkelson)– a genius scientist– has been helping the Empire develop the Death Star. But he’s sworn it all off, and gone missing with his wife and daughter (Jyn). When the Empire comes calling, Jyn is sent into hiding  thanks to Forest Whitaker’s Saw Guerrera. When Jyn reappears as a young lady, she’s wise and tougher than nails. Now everyone wants the plans to the Death Star– and if you remember, “A New Hope” (which we old folk call “Star Wars”) begins with Princess Leia having those plans. The story of “Rogue One” is basically: how did she get ’em?

Because we’ve gone back in time from “A Force Awakens,” some people turn up from “Sith” including Jimmy Smits as Bail Organa (you remember, he adopted Leia after her mom died and her dad became Darth Vader and she was separated from twin Luke) and Genevieve O’Reilly’s Mon Mothma. Darth Vader is also back– and badder than ever–voiced by James Earl Jones as if 40 years haven’t passed since the first movie.

But the really crazy return is Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin. Cushing died in 1994! Yet, he’s a main player here, back as Darth Vader’s boss and also chief villain. His other henchman is Ben Mendelsohn’s Orson Krennic, who is evil personified. But Cushing– if no one told you he was CGI you wouldn’t think about it. And he’s not the only CGI person from the “New Hope” era running around. Quite something to see!

And so off Jyn goes with a band of rogues (because you know she’s Dorothy, as all “Star Wars” is “The Wizard of Oz” in space). There’s Diego Luna as Cassian, Riz Ahmed as the pilot Bodhi, Alan Tudyk as K2 (their C3PO), and Jiang Wen as Baze Malbus. But the standout, for my money, in this crowd of Jyn’s saviors is Donnie Yen as Chirrut Imwe, a blind samurai Jedi who absolutely shines and nearly steals the movie.

Much more I can’t tell you about the story, or the Easter eggs, or the Christmas present at the end of the movie. But director Gareth Edwards has done George Lucas proud. He’s made the perfect step in between the two original trilogies. It’s a human and humane movie, and while the effects and production design are top notch they also feel analog and warm. The screenplay makes all the characters instantly accessible, and the pay off for all this is huge.

Some people have already started writing analogies between the Vader-Krennic era and the rise of Trump. Me? I was happy to get away from it all for two hours. But the Death Star and its inhabitants seem all the more real right now. And what we really need is a Luke Skywalker ASAP.

Notes from the Critics Choice Awards: The Fan Who Mistook John Travolta for Ryan Reynolds

Leah Sydney
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Notes from the Critics Choice Awards: The Fan Who Mistook John Travolta for Ryan Reynolds

The 22nd Annual Critics Choice Awards were broadcast last night, and true to form, this quirky, clever and first out of the gate awards show and forecaster to the Oscars, aired on A & E last night. T.J Miller, (Silicon Valley) hosted and the room was packed with celebrities from television and film.

Why this room is so cool is that everyone is approachable, people, including celebs, table hop, and the vibe is low key. Even on the blue carpet, a couple of fans that were behind a rope, shouted out to John Travolta to come over, when he did one turned him and said, “oops sorry I thought you were Ryan Reynolds.” John, in utter graciousness, laughed and posed with her anyway.

Bob Odenkirk, who later won for his, “Better Call Saul,” told me, “Metaphorically, we’re going to see a side of Saul we’ve never seen.” When I asked him if he was going to do a nude scene, he kind of smirked. So lets see on that.

Jon Voight told me that the next year of “Ray Donovan,” would be shot in both LA and NY, but after that, “probably NY, not sure.”

The room was a sea of celebrities. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson next to Sully Sullenberger and his wife, Lorrie. Their table was in the middle of “Arrival’s” and “Modern Family’s” table. Emma Stone and the “La La Land,” crew had their two tables near the “Moonlight” and “Fences” tables, with “The People vs. OJ Simpson” crew, who were to their left.

Celebs were going from table to table during the breaks, congratulating each other, meeting, schmoozing. I chatted with all, including “Loving”‘s Joel Edgerton, whose date was his director/writer brother Nash. Nash just finished a film that he directed starring his brother and Charlize Theron.

Every where you looked, you saw celebs, from John Lithgow (winning for “The Crown”) to the wonderful Judith Light, to the lovely Emmy Rossum, Cynthia Nixon, Matt Damon, Courtney B. Vance (who later won Best Actor for playing Johnnie Cochran in The People vs. OJ Simpson), Denzel chatting with Sully, and so many more. Tom Ford’s area from  was one of the most popular destination spots.

The event itself moved along well, even at three hours. Viola Davis stole the show, natch, with her moving acceptance speech upon receiving the first ever #SeeHer award. She later won for “Fences.” “La La Land,” garnered eight awards, the most of the night. Casey Affleck won deservedly for “Manchester by the Sea,” and Natalie Portman won for “Jackie.” “The People v. O. J. Simpson,” took home four trophies. Bravo Critics Choice. Well done. Till next year!

Scorsese’s “Silence” Golden Globe Snub Won’t Hurt Oscar Chances– Globes Are Not Predictive

Roger Friedman
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Scorsese’s “Silence” Golden Globe Snub Won’t Hurt Oscar Chances– Globes Are Not Predictive

So the Golden Globes totally snubbed Martin Scorsese’s “Silence”– an amazing movie that they either didn’t get or didn’t see because it was ready so late.

But it doesn’t matter for “Silence”‘s Oscar chances. Plenty of movies have won the Oscar after losing the Golden Globe.

Indeed, in 2011 the Coen Brothers’ “True Grit” snagged 10 Oscar nominations after failing to get a Globe nod.

This past year, the Globes– in a frenzy– awarded “The Revenant” Best Picture, Drama. The Academy Award  went to “Spotlight.”

The Globes and the Oscars have only lined up five times in recent years– the Globes are not a predictor of Oscars. The five times– “Slumdog Millionaire” (Globe for Drama, 2008), “The King’s Speech” (Globe for Drama, 2010), “The Artist” (Globe for Comedy/Musical, 2011), “Argo” (Globe for Drama, 2012), and “12 Years a Slave” (Globe for Drama, 2013).

But the reality is that the  Academy zigs when the Globes zag.  The Globes went to Brokeback Mountain and Walk the Line, but Crash won. The Globes went to Babel and Dreamgirls, but the Oscars went to The Departed. The Globes went to Atonement and Sweeney Todd, but the Oscar was presented to No Country for Old Men. The Globes went to Avatar and The Hangover and Oscar went to The Hurt Locker. Two years ago, the Globes were given to Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel, the Oscar to Birdman.

So we’ll enjoy the Golden Globes but take their choices under advisement. A lot of things are yet to happen here in the Oscar race!

PS Thanks to Flavorwire, which did some of this research last year.

 

Golden Globes vs. American Icons: Snubs for Sully Sullenberger, Jackie Kennedy, Howard Hughes

Roger Friedman
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Golden Globes vs. American Icons: Snubs for Sully Sullenberger, Jackie Kennedy, Howard Hughes

The Hollywood Foreign Press doesn’t seem to like American heroes or icons. They snubbed Sully Sullenberger by ignored “Sully” and director Clint Eastwood, star Tom Hanks.

They also ignored the movie “Jackie” except for actress Natalie Portman. The movie itself got nothing.

“Patriots Day” about the Boston Marathon bombing with Mark Wahlberg also got kicked to the curb.

Another American icon, Howard Hughes, and the iconic actor who played him, Warren Beatty– totally ignored.

And another American hero, Martin Scorsese, was snubbed for his passion project, “Silence,” a sure Oscar nominee if not winner.

The Globes also ignored “Arrival” except for Amy Adams.

What they want is their own hero– Mel Gibson– anti Semite, racist, drunk. The Hollywood Foreign Press has somehow become obsessed with Gibson, and it’s such a mistake. If the movie is on to make “Hacksaw Ridge” their Best Drama over “Manchester by the Sea” or even “Lion” the HFPA is going to take several steps backward instead of forward. They’ve made so much progress, now is not the time to embrace this cause.

Golden Globes: Actual Silence for Scorsese as Film is Totally Snubbed—-Also out “Sully,” “Jackie,” “Arrival”

Roger Friedman
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Golden Globes: Actual Silence for Scorsese as Film is Totally Snubbed—-Also out “Sully,” “Jackie,” “Arrival”

The Hollywood Foreign Press totally snubbed Martin Scorsese and masterpiece of a movie “Silence” this morning. I had heard they didn’t like it, but this kind really amazing since the HFPA is usually all over Scorsese like a cheap suit. But they just skipped over it in their nominations for Golden Globes.

There were some nice surprises including the return of “Sing Street” in the musical/comedy category. Also, “Lion” roared back, so the “60 Minutes” piece last night and this news should help it go wider this Friday.

A bad surprise: “Arrival” — other than Amy Adams — was totally ignored also. This great movie was kicked aside for Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge.” The HFPA really wants to bring back Gibson, Public Enemy number 1 in Hollywood. And they did it, to the expense of a really great movie.

Warren Beatty’s “Rules Don’t Apply” was mostly overlooked as well except for actress Lily Collins. Other stars who are absent– Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt from “Allied,” and that movie. Also nowhere to be seen– “Fantastic Beasts.” They also completely snubbed Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks for “Sully.”

Keep refreshing….

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell Or High Water
Lion
Manchester By The Sea
Moonlight

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
20th Century Women
Deadpool
La La Land
Florence Foster Jenkins
Sing Street

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Amy Adams
Jessica Chastain
Isabelle Huppert
Ruth Negga
Natalie Portman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Casey Affleck
Joel Edgerton
Andrew Garfield
Viggo Mortensen
Denzel Washington

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Annette Bening
Lily Collins
Hailee Steinfeld
Emma Stone
Meryl Streep

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Colin Farrell
Ryan Gosling
Hugh Grant
Jonah Hill
Ryan Reynolds

Best Director – Motion Picture
Damien Chazelle
Tom Ford
Mel Gibson
Barry Jenkins
Kenneth Lonergan

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Viola Davis, Fences

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Nicole Kidman, Lion

Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins

Dev Patel, Lion

Aaron Taylor Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

Best TV Series, Comedy
Blackish
Atlanta
Transparent
Veep

Best TV Movie or Limited-Series
American Crime
The Dresser
The Night Manager
The Night Of
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Best Actor in a Limited-Series or TV Movie
Riz Ahmed
Bryan Cranston
Tom Hiddleston
John Turturro
Courtney B. Vance

Best Actress in a Limited-Series or TV Movie
Felicity Huffman
Riley Keough
Sarah Paulson
Charlotte Rampling
Kerry Washington

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited-Series or TV Movie
Sterling K. Brown – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Hugh Laurie – The Night Manager
John Lithgow – The Crown
John Travolta – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Christian Slater – Mr. Robot

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited-Series or TV Movie
Olivia Colman
Lena Heady
Chrissy Metz
Mandy Moore
Thandie Newton

Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy
Rachel Bloom – Crazy Ex Girlfriend
Sarah Jessica Parker – Divorce
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Issa Rae – Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish

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Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Trolls
Zootopia

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Moonlight
La La Land
Arrival
Lion
Hidden Figures

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