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Brits Choose “Revenant,” Leo, Brie, Kate, Mark Rylance, Innaritu for BAFTA Awards

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Brits Choose “Revenant,” Leo, Brie, Kate, Mark Rylance, Innaritu for BAFTA Awards

BAFTA Awards: not an indicator of Oscars, but they liked “The Revenant” a lot– best picture, director, actor with Alejandro Innaritu and Leonardo DiCaprio picking up awards. Brie Larson won for “Room”, Kate Winslet won for ‘Steve Jobs,” and Mark Rylance for “Bridge of Spies.” “Spotlight” and “The Big Short” received screenplay awards.

BEST FILM
THE REVENANT
Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon

LEADING ACTOR
LEONARDO DICAPRIO
The Revenant

LEADING ACTRESS
BRIE LARSON
Room

DIRECTOR
THE REVENANT
Alejandro G. Iñárritu

PRODUCTION DESIGN
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
WILD TALES
Damián Szifron

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
SPOTLIGHT
Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE BIG SHORT
Adam McKay, Charles Randolph

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
NAJI ABU NOWAR (Writer/Director) RUPERT LLOYD (Producer)
Theeb

COSTUME DESIGN
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Jenny Beavan

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
KATE WINSLET
Steve Jobs

ANIMATED FILM
INSIDE OUT
Pete Docter

SUPPORTING ACTOR
MARK RYLANCE
Bridge Of Spies

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD
(voted for by the public)
JOHN BOYEGA

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan

SOUND
THE REVENANT
Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom

EDITING
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Margaret Sixel

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
EDMOND
Nina Gantz, Emilie Jouffroy

BRITISH SHORT FILM
OPERATOR
Caroline Bartleet, Rebecca Morgan

ORIGINAL MUSIC
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Ennio Morricone

DOCUMENTARY
AMY
Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees

CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE REVENANT
Emmanuel Lubezki

MAKE UP & HAIR
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
BROOKLYN
John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Nick Hornby

“Empire” Christmas: Taraji P. Henson, Wendy Williams in TV Remake of “Scrooged”

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“Empire” Christmas: Taraji P. Henson, Wendy Williams in TV Remake of “Scrooged”

EXCLUSIVE Taraji P. Henson is on fire. Starring as Cookie Lyon in “Empire” has turned this Oscar nominee (“Benjamin  Button”) into a superstar. And deservedly so.

Now I can tell you exclusively that Taraji is going to star in a TV remake of the movie “Scrooged” set for this Christmas. She’s going to take the Bill Murray role of Scrooge, character name to come.

So far the only other name I’ve heard for the snappy idea is Wendy Williams, the talk show hostess with the mostess. She’s set to play the Ghost of Christmas Past. In the movie, that role was played by New York Dolls singer David Johansen aka Buster Poindexter.

This should be some hilarious movie, and presumably for Fox, where “Empire” will be booming in a third season by next December.

Producers are Suzanne dePasse, the Motown legend, and Howard Rosenman. No word yet on who will play Tiny Tim. But maybe they can make it Tiny Tina and hire Quvenzhané Wallis.

Stay tuned for more details.

Box Office: “Deadpool” Beats Marvel, R Rated, Weekend Records with $150 Mil

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Box Office: “Deadpool” Beats Marvel, R Rated, Weekend Records with $150 Mil

“Deadpool” really went wild over the weekend: it beat R rated records, three day records, President’s Day weekend records, and took in more than any “X Men” movie in its opening bid.

Right now “Deadpool” is predicted to take in $150 million for the three day weekend. It will overtake “The Revenant” in two or three days. Some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you. Both movies are from Fox.

Michael Moore’s “Where to Invade Next” has over $1 million in just 308 theaters. Quite a neat feat. Especially since no distributor is listed. But supposedly the WME-IMG funded film was snt to theaters by Drafthouse Alamo.

“Zoolander 2” is pretty much dead. I wonder if Anna Wintour has to explain to the higher ups at Conde Nast why Vogue went all in on a total disaster?

Writers Guild: “Spotlight,” “Big Short,” “Mad Men,” “Veep,” “Going Clear,” “General Hospital”

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Writers Guild: “Spotlight,” “Big Short,” “Mad Men,” “Veep,” “Going Clear,” “General Hospital”

The Writers Guild Awards last night were apparently a deadly affair. But the winners were all good.

“Spotlight” won Original screenplay. “The Big Short” got adapted screenplay.

“Mad Men” and “Veep”won the TV awards, respectively, for drama and comedy series.

“Going Clear,” which exposed Scientology, won for documentary.

“General Hospital” won for Daytime Drama, which is ironic since headwriter Ron Carlivati was bounced last summer.

FILM WINNERS

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Spotlight, Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy; Open Road Films

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Big Short, Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay; Based on the Book by Michael Lewis; Paramount Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Written by Alex Gibney; HBO Documentary Films

TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA WINNERS

DRAMA SERIES

Mad Men, Written by Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jonathan Igla, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Tom Smuts, Robert Towne, Matthew Weiner, Carly Wray; AMC

COMEDY SERIES

Veep, Written by Simon Blackwell, Jon Brown, Kevin Cecil, Roger Drew, Peter Fellows, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Sean Gray, Callie Hersheway, Armando Iannucci, Sean Love, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Andy Riley, Tony Roche, Will Smith; HBO

NEW SERIES

Mr. Robot, Written by Kyle Bradstreet, Kate Erickson, Sam Esmail, David Iserson, Randolph Leon, Adam Penn, Matt Pyken; USA

ORIGINAL LONG FORM

Saints & Strangers, Written by Seth Fisher, Walon Green, Chip Johannessen, Eric Overmyer; National Geographic Channel

ADAPTED LONG FORM

Fargo, Written by Steve Blackman, Bob DeLaurentis, Noah Hawley, Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert, Based on the film Fargo; FX

ORIGINAL SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA

“Back to Reality” (Weight), Written by Daryn Strauss; weighttheseries.com

ADAPTED SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA

“Chapter Two: Phoebe” (Heroes Reborn: Dark Matters), Written by Zach Craley; nbc.com

ANIMATION

“Housetrap” (Bob’s Burgers), Written by Dan Fybel; Fox

EPISODIC DRAMA

“Uno” (Better Call Saul), Written by Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould; AMC

EPISODIC COMEDY

“Sand Hill Shuffle” (Silicon Valley), Written by Clay Tarver; HBO

COMEDY / VARIETY TALK SERIES

Real Time with Bill Maher, Writers: Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Danny Vermont; HBO

COMEDY / VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

Inside Amy Schumer, Head Writer: Jessi Klein Writers: Hallie Cantor, Kim Caramele, Kyle Dunnigan, Jon Glaser, Kurt Metzger, Christine Nangle, Dan Powell, Tami Sagher, Amy Schumer; Comedy Central

COMEDY / VARIETY SPECIALS

Jimmy Kimmel Live: 10th Annual After The Oscars Special, Written by Jack Allison, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Greg Dorris, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Bess Kalb, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker, Joe Strazzullo, Bridger Winegar; ABC

QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

Hollywood Game Night, Head Writer: Grant Taylor; Writers: Michael Agbabian, Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter, Dwight D. Smith; NBC

DAYTIME DRAMA

General Hospital, Writers: Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Andrea Archer Compton, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Elizabeth Page, Jean Passanante, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten; ABC

CHILDREN’S EPISODIC

“Gortimer, Ranger and Mel vs. The Endless Night” (Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street), Written by Gretchen Enders & Aminta Goyel; Amazon Studios

CHILDREN’S LONG FORM SPECIAL

Descendants, Written by Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott; Disney Channel

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – CURRENT EVENTS

“American Terrorist” (Frontline), Written by Thomas Jennings; PBS

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS

“The Great Math Mystery” (Nova), Written by Daniel McCabe; PBS

TV NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT

“Cuba” (60 Minutes), Written by Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, Oriana Zill de Granados, Andy Court and Robert Anderson; CBS News

TV NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY

“The Storm After the Storm” (60 Minutes), Written by Sharyn Alfonsi, Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de Granados; CBS News

RADIO WINNERS

RADIO DOCUMENTARY

“Marking the End of Vietnam: 40 Years Later,” Written by Andrew Evans; ABC News Radio

RADIO NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT

“Remembering New York Icons,” Written by Thomas A. Sabella; CBS Radio News

RADIO NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY

“Passages,” Written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio News

PROMOTIONAL WRITING WINNER

ON-AIR PROMOTION (TELEVISION, NEW MEDIA OR RADIO)

“The McCarthys and Under the Dome Promos,” Written by Erial Tompkins; CBS

VIDEOGAME WINNER

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN VIDEOGAME WRITING

Rise of the Tomb Raider, Lead Narrative Designer John Stafford; Narrative Designer Cameron Suey; Lead Writer Rhianna Pratchett; Additional Writer Philip Gelatt; Microsoft

 

Lionel Richie: “Thanks for helping me celebrate all the songs they told me would ruin my career”

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Lionel Richie: “Thanks for helping me celebrate all the songs they told me would ruin my career”

Lionel Richie gave an emotional speech Saturday night when he finally received the Person of the Year Award from MusiCares. (The evening raised the most ever for the Grammy foundation: over $7 million.)

The speech came after three hours of performances of Richie’s songs by an eclectic group that included Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Rihanna, Usher, Tori Kelly, Lenny Kravitz, Yolanda Adams, the Roots, Florence Welch and others.

Some were successful, some were not. In the audience, which was over a thousand strong: Quincy Jones, Berry Gordy, Suzanne dePasse, David Crosby, Joe Walsh, Olivia Harrison, Rita Wilson,  Jimmy Jam Harris, Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, Gayle King, David Foster, Tom Joyner, plus politicians Nancy Pelosi, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, among others. Jimmy Kimmel hosted the show, dressed, for a while, in an Afro and white one piece jumper that emulated Richie’s costumes of the 1970s.

Not present: members of the Commodores, Richie’s old group, although he thanked them in his speech. Not mentioned: the manager who put him on the map, Ken Kragen, or singer Kenny Rogers, who gave Richie his first hit with “Lady.”

But Lionel spoke eloquently about his rise to fame, being discovered at Motown, learning from the best. and fighting the stigma of writing ballads when funk was in. “Thanks for helping me celebrate all the songs they told me would ruin my career,” he said.

John Legend scored the hit of the night playing “Easy” on a piano, with no affectation. It was absolutely lovely. Another high moment was Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, not known as a crooner, belting out “You Are” as a tribute to Richie. The heart in it won over the execution. Also impressive were Usher’s take on “Lady (You Build Me Up)” and Rihanna on “Say You Say Me.” Yolanda Adams killed on a gospel number, just wiped the floor with the whole place. God bless her.

keep refreshing for updates…

 

 

Grammy Weekend Is Still All About Clive Davis, the 50 Year Old 80 Year Old

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Grammy Weekend Is Still All About Clive Davis, the 50 Year Old 80 Year Old

Grammy weekend– we are in Los Angeles where the temperature (l0w 80s) is the same as the age of the music industry’s still most dynamic personality: Clive Davis. As you make your way around town, more people ask “Are you going to Clive?” than “Do you have a Grammy ticket?”

Going to Clive, of course, means the pre-Grammy dinner, this year being held on Sunday night in the Beverly Hilton ballroom, a bigger event there than the Golden Globes– and it’s not even televised. (Famed rock manager Irving Azoff is being honored.) Everyone is coming, even though Interscope/Beats/Apple mogul Jimmy Iovine is getting married at David Geffen’s house nearby in Beverly Hills. Somehow the few overlap guests are going back and forth. (There will be gridlock, what with the L.A. Marathon.)

Yesterday at the Hilton, Elle King, Tori Kelly, and Lenny Kravitz all showed up for rehearsals. Today Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire are coming. (You know Clive signed those two acts at Columbia Records.) There are many more performers and a lot of surprises.

At Thursday rehearsals, Clive told our Leah Sydney : “I’m incredibly excited that this evening will live up to the memorable nights of the past. The bar is up there. We’ve got incredible performances in stock. The audience is dazzling so  the combination of a star studded audience where people can’t wait to see who’s on either on the red carpet or  cocktails.  The electricity begins at the cocktails when they see Justin Bieber to Herbie Hancock, Serena Williams to Nancy Pelosi, Ringo Starr to Jennifer Lopez. The mixture is dazzling.  Whether they are in films or music; Sylvester Stallone, Michael Keaton will be here. Jon Voight just called me, he’s coming, he comes every year. The worlds are mixing, with the common thread that they love music.   From the new artists to the more established ones.”

Last night Billboard magazine named an award in Davis’s honor at a Power 100 cocktail party that would have been low-wattage in star quality if the founder of Arista and J Records hadn’t been present.

Davis scooted right out of there, and I caught up with him at Craig’s on Melrose (seemingly the only restaurant in town for the biz). There he greeted David Foster and Gayle King (not dating), who’d just come from Adele’s mini concert, Arnold Stiefel (manager of Rod Stewart), Russell Simmons, and Nikki Haskell, as well as HBO’s newly promoted Queen of Cable Nancy Lesser. It was almost 11pm, but Clive nattily dressed, impeccably  turned out, was hosting a big round table. He is indefatigable. He should be Saran Wrapped at this point.

I said, “Clive, I know a few of the acts you have lined up.” He smiled and replied, “Not all of them. The opening act is going to blow you away.” Who is it? “You’ll see,” he said, with just enough mystery to make you yearn to know more. And this: “The guest list is dazzling.”

Stay tuned.

 

Box Office: “Deadpool” Scores Gigantic $47.5 Mil Friday Opening, “Zoolander 2” Crashes

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Box Office: “Deadpool” Scores Gigantic $47.5 Mil Friday Opening, “Zoolander 2” Crashes

Friday box office: “Deadpool” soared and scored $47.5 million on Friday night. Ryan Reynolds at last has his hit movie. They’re headed to a $125 million four day weekend. Let’s see if this helps Fox stock.

“Zoolander 2” is a total disaster with $4.2 million on Friday night. Why was this movie made? The first “Zoolander” was not a hit, and had bad reviews. So let’s make a sequel. “Zoolander” was a great sketch that should never have been expanded into something larger.

And then there was the whole hubris of Anna Wintour, Vogue, and Conde Nast being involved, as well as the designers and models “Zoolander” was supposed to lampoon. It serves Vogue right to be stuck with a stinker on its cover. How ridiculous. To see Anna Wintour in this movie, mugging around, and then to see her hosting the after party for the premiere, yikes. Well, talk about instant karma.

I am really happy that Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Hail Caesar!” is doing business after the crazy reviews. Go see this movie! It’s a lovely satire with terrific performances, snappy dialogue, and great production design. Josh Brolin and Scarlett Johansson are superb. George Clooney is under-rated and very funny. I loved Alison Pill as the clueless Fifties mom. This movie’s legacy will improve with time.

Also to be seen in this cold weather: Michael Moore’s “Where to Invade Next.” Not to be missed.

 

Casting Call: John Oliver Needs Flying Penises for VDay Show, Tina Fey Film Seeks Seductive Priest

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Casting Call: John Oliver Needs Flying Penises for VDay Show, Tina Fey Film Seeks Seductive Priest

John Oliver must be planning something very romantic for his HBO show this Sunday night. Given that it’s Valentine’s Day, Oliver has a put out a call for “Flying Men” — white and around five foot five inches  “These
men will be wearing large penis costumes and flying around set,” the casting call reads. “No previous flying experience is required.”

Meanwhile, the Paramount movie “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” starring Tina Fey is going shoot some kind of non union promotional film next week. They need a “seductive ice cream eating priest.” The actor “must own own his own priest costume.” Three to five hours work pays $200 not including ice cream and dry cleaning of the priest outfit.

 

Grammy Memorials for Bowie, Frey , BB King, But Let’s Not Forget Natalie Cole, Ben E. King, Percy Sledge

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Grammy Memorials for Bowie, Frey , BB King, But Let’s Not Forget Natalie Cole, Ben E. King, Percy Sledge

There’s a lot of bittersweet excitement about memorial tributes on Monday night’s Grammy telecast for David Bowie and Glenn Frey. Lady Gaga and the Eagles, respectively, will perform for them. B.B. King is getting a tribute from Bonnie Raitt and Gary Clark, Jr.

There’s also supposed to be a performance by Johnny Depp’s rock band in memory of Lemmy from the hard rock band Motorhead.

But I do hope there’s something more than a nod on a card to fallen R&B greats Natalie Cole, Ben E. King, and Percy Sledge, as well as Earth Wind & Fire’s Maurice White. While I’m sure that Lemmy has his fans, I doubt much of the Grammy audience could identify one of his songs.

But “This Will Be” by Natalie Cole, “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King, “When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge, “September” by Earth Wind & Fire– I would guess the entire Staples Center could sing along to those songs and know every word.

Each of those artists has already stood the test of time, certainly equal to Bowie or Frey. I’m sure the Grammy producers will come up with something neat to honor them.

Deadpool: Ryan Reynolds Is Finally Going to Have a Well Reviewed, Commercial Hit Movie

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Deadpool: Ryan Reynolds Is Finally Going to Have a Well Reviewed, Commercial Hit Movie

If you wait long enough, anything can happen. Ryan Reynolds is about to have his first actual hit, and a well-reviewed one. “Deadpool” has already taken in $14 million abroad, and is set to be the number 1 movie of the weekend. Plus, it’s got an 82 on Rotten Tomatoes. For Reynolds, that’s a 100.

It’s not like he hasn’t tried. “The Green Lantern” made over $100 million, but the reviews were terrible, no one liked it. “Woman in Gold” was an arty movie with Helen Mirren, but it made $33 million, and it wasn’t so popular.

Reynolds tried a series movie with “Buried,” and it was buried alive. A bad idea, the confining film took in one million dollars. And that may have been by accident.

Reynolds’ only real hit was “The Proposal” with Sandra Bullock in 2009. It wasn’t well reviewed, but it was better than you thought, and made over $300 million worldwide. But it was a Sandra Bullock movie.

“Deadpool,” which I haven’t seen, expands on his “X Men: Wolverine” character also from 2009. Reviews and the trailers and clips suggest that director Tim Miller, and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, have actually been able to capture Reynolds’ strong, sarcastic delivery and mix it with an action movie.  He’s glib, and facile with smart-mouth dialogue. Mix that with leading man good looks, and Ryan Reynolds may be on to something at last.

He’s worked hard enough.  He was even in a Julia Roberts movie no one’s ever heard of, called “Fireflies in the Garden.” This weekend belongs to Ryan Reynolds. Congrats.
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