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Golden Globes Will Be Same Deal as 103 New Voters Added, None Coming to Show, Only 12 Are Black (Exclusive)

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Golden Globes Will Be Same Deal as 103 New Voters Added, None Coming to Show, Only 12 Are Black (Exclusive)

Well, the Golden Globes are back on Tuesday night next week.

They were yanked from NBC last year when it was discovered that the Hollywood Foreign Press, already considered a joke by 200 publicists, had no Black members.

The group resisted any change for a long time even as their gravy train was threatened with extinction. So they added 103 voters, not members, just 103 people who could vote ballots but have no rights, get no money from the big pot, not even a gift bag.

I’ve been touch with several of those new voters. Of the 103, about 12 are actually Black. The rest are from Europe or South America. You may call them people of color in today’s lingo, but not actually Black.

Of that group, they are in agreement: they’ve had little contact with the HFPA in Los Angeles, and are not coming to the show on Tuesday. They have no way of getting there and the HFPA offered them nothing. The HFPA could afford to fly them all in, folks. On their 2020 Form 990 for the IRS they claimed $72 million in assets. That’s Seventy Two Million Dollars.

Not all the new voters are journalists. One of them, in Ghana, writes about art for artNews, and a little bit about music. I can find no credits for articles about movies or TV. Nada. One is an Italian actor and presenter who says he works the red carpet at Cannes. One describes himself as “an analytical guy who loves cinema and rock music…I’m shy but confident, a dreamer but realistic.” Is this a dating site?

So don’t expect much in the way of change on Tuesday night. It will be interesting to see if any of the 103 new voters has any impact on the outcome, or if the Globes winners will follow past trends. Don’t forget, even with all the new voters the group was unable nominate Danielle Deadwyler of “Till” for Best Actress.

Critics Choice Awards Outgun Globes with Big Name Presenters Including Michelle Pfeiffer, Kate Hudson, Miles Teller, Kerry Washington

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Critics Choice Awards Outgun Globes with Big Name Presenters Including Michelle Pfeiffer, Kate Hudson, Miles Teller, Kerry Washington

The tiding is turning.

After that anemic list of presenters from the Golden Globes this week, the Critics Choice Awards — January 15th on the CW Network — have outgunned them with celebrities.

Big names include Michelle Pfeiffer, who will take the stage to honor Jeff Bridges with the Lifetime Achievement Award, while Kate Hudson will present the SeeHer Award to Janelle Monáe.

Additional presenters include Benjamin Bratt, Quinta Brunson, Cedric the Entertainer, Misha Collins, Claire Danes, Phoebe Dynevor, Ayo Edebiri, Eve Hewson, Jude Hill, Tyler Hoechlin, Sharon Horgan, Sarah Hyland, Troy Kotsur, Diego Luna, Natasha Lyonne, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Aubrey Plaza, Jean Smart, Anya Taylor-Joy, Miles Teller, Elizabeth Tulloch, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Allen White, and more.

The public feeling about the Globes is palpable. There dozens of articles asking why they’re back at all. Meantime, even BAFTA — the British Academy — has moved its all star afternoon tea to the day before the CCAs instead of the Globes. That’s a big deal. And the American Film Institute has moved its nominees lunch also to the CCA weekend, bypassing association with the Globes.

BAFTA Surprises: Long List Pre-Noms Snub “Avatar 2,” in Most Categories Including Picture, Director, Diss Steven Spielberg (?)

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BAFTA Surprises: Long List Pre-Noms Snub “Avatar 2,” in Most Categories Including Picture, Director, Diss Steven Spielberg (?)

Here’s a headscratcher: in announcing their long lists of pre nominations today. the BAFTA Awards didn’t have much love for Steven Spielberg or “The Fabelmans.”

The brilliant Spielberg memoir on film received nods for Best Picture, Actress, and Screenplay and two more below the line categories. But the BAFTAns didn’t nominate Spielberg for Best Director, Judd Hirsch for Supporting Actor, or John Williams for Best Score. Huh?

They also gave two minor nods to “Avatar: The Way of Water,” snubbing it in most categories.

Otherwise, they lean heavily toward British films — no surprise — and on Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front.”

Well, you can’t have everything. But still…

These are not the final noms. They come soon. The Brits just like to tease a little…

BEST FILM

• Aftersun
• All Quiet on the Western Front
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• The Fabelmans
• Living
• Tár
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Triangle of Sadness

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

• Aftersun
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Blue Jean
• Brian And Charles
• Emily
• Empire of Light
• Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
• Lady Chatterley’s Lover
• Living
• The Lost King
• Mrs Harris Goes To Paris
• Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
• See How They Run
• The Swimmers
• The Wonder

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

• Aftersun
• Blue Jean
• Donna
• Electric Malady
• Emily
• Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
• Nothing Compares
• Rebellion
• See How They Run
• Wayfinder

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Argentina, 1985
• Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
• Close
• Corsage
• Decision To Leave
• EO
• Holy Spider
• The Quiet Girl
• RRR

DOCUMENTARY

• All That Breathes
• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
• A Bunch Of Amateurs
• Fire of Love
• The Ghost of Richard Harris
• Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
• Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues
• McEnroe
• Moonage Daydream
• Navalny

ANIMATED FILM

• The Amazing Maurice
• The Bad Guys
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
• Lightyear
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
• Minions: The Rise of Gru
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
• Turning Red

DIRECTOR

• Aftersun
• All Quiet on the Western Front
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Corsage
• Decision To Leave
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Fire of Love
• The Quiet Girl
• Saint Omer
• She Said
• Tár
• Till
• Top Gun: Maverick
• The Woman King
• Women Talking

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Aftersun
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Decision To Leave
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• The Fabelmans
• Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
• The Menu
• Tár
• Triangle of Sadness

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
• Living
• The Quiet Girl
• She Said
• Top Gun: Maverick
• The Whale
• Women Talking
• The Wonder

LEADING ACTRESS

• Naomi Ackie in I Wanna Dance With Somebody
• Ana de Armas in Blonde
• Cate Blanchett in Tár
• Jessica Chastain in The Good Nurse
• Viola Davis in The Woman King
• Danielle Deadwyler in Till
• Lesley Manville in Mrs Harris Goes To Paris
• Emma Thompson in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
• Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans
• Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once

LEADING ACTOR

• Austin Butler in Elvis
• Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick
• Harris Dickinson in Triangle of Sadness
• Brendan Fraser in The Whale
• Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
• Daniel Kaluuya in Nope
• Felix Kammerer in All Quiet on the Western Front
• Daryl McCormack in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
• Paul Mescal in Aftersun
• Bill Nighy in Living

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Hong Chau in The Whale
• Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin
• Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Dolly De Leon in Triangle of Sadness
• Lashana Lynch in The Woman King
• Janelle Monáe in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
• Carey Mulligan in She Said
• Emma Thompson in Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
• Aimee Lou Wood in Living

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin
• Tom Hanks in Elvis
• Woody Harrelson in Triangle of Sadness
• Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin
• Brad Pitt in Babylon
• Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Eddie Redmayne in The Good Nurse
• Albrecht Schuch in All Quiet on the Western Front
• Micheal Ward in Empire of Light
• Ben Whishaw in Women Talking

CASTING

• Aftersun
• All Quiet on the Western Front
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• The Fabelmans
• Living
• Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
• Tár
• Triangle of Sadness

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Amsterdam
• Athena
• Babylon
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• The Batman
• Elvis
• Empire of Light
• Tár
• Top Gun: Maverick

COSTUME DESIGN

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Amsterdam
• Babylon
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Corsage
• Elvis
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
• Mrs Harris Goes To Paris
• Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical

EDITING

• Aftersun
• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Babylon
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Decision To Leave
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Moonage Daydream
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Triangle of Sadness

MAKE UP & HAIR

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Amsterdam
• Babylon
• The Batman
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Blonde
• Elvis
• Emancipation
• Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
• The Whale

ORIGINAL SCORE

All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Batman
Empire of Light
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Tár
Women Talking
The Wonder

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Babylon
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• The Batman
• Elvis
• Empire of Light
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• The Fabelmans
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• The Batman
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
• Jurassic World Dominion
• Top Gun: Maverick

SOUND

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Babylon
• The Batman
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
• Tár
• Thirteen Lives
• Top Gun: Maverick

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

• Beware of Trains
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
• Christopher at Sea
• Middle Watch
• Salvation Has No Name
• Your Mountain is Waiting

BRITISH SHORT FILM

• The Ballad Of Olive Morris
• Bazigaga
• Bus Girl
• A Drifting Up
• A Fox in the Night
• An Irish Goodbye
• Little Berlin
• Love Languages
• Too Rough
• WanderLand

“SNL” Books Next Two Shows, Stays Away from Oscar Race with Aubrey Plaza, Michael B. Jordan

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“SNL” Books Next Two Shows, Stays Away from Oscar Race with Aubrey Plaza, Michael B. Jordan

“Saturday Night Live” returns for two shows in January, but neither one of them will feature Oscar hopefuls as hosts.

Aubrey Plaza of “The White Lotus” will host on January 21st and Michael B. Jordan will promote his “Creed III” on January 28th.

Their respective musical guests will be Sam Smith and Lil Baby. I can’t say either of them excite me, but someone will be happy no doubt.

“SNL” has picked up its ratings thanks to the Steve Martin-Martin Short episode in December. But they also return without Cecily Strong, so we’ll see how the cast does without their longtime colleague.

Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, David Byrne Show Up for Cate Blanchett’s Cutely Loopy New York Film Critics Dinner

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Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, David Byrne Show Up for Cate Blanchett’s Cutely Loopy New York Film Critics Dinner

And Martin Scorsese sent in a video, showing that work on “Killers of the Flower Moon” is giving him baggage under his eyes. (The man looks tired, but editing proceeds.)

The New York Film Critics Dinner at Tao Restaurant last night was full of fun and surprises. Seth Meyers, a Colin Farrell fan, showed up to present Best Actor but Farrell was MIA. Stephen Colbert anointed Cate Blanchett Best Actress for “Tar,” which also won Best Feature. That prize was given by Scorsese on video, though he seemed like he might take a nap any minute during his speech.

Talking Heads’ David Byrne presented to Laura Poitras who won the Documentary prize for her “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.”

The highlights of the night included Blanchett and Banshees star Kerry Condon. Blanchett arrived late last night after flying in from the wilds of Australia. Jet lagged, the star of “Tar” gave a cutely loopy acceptance speech from a sheath of papers. She’s already on her way to L.A. for more awards shows, which means she’s just been flying around the world for two days. My gosh. Condon presented in absentia awards for Colin Farrell and “Banshees” director Martin McDonagh and was so charming half the room was swooning. With her Irish accent and red hair, when she pronounces the word film in two syllables, it sounds like music.

Other emotional speeches came from Best Supporting Actor Ke Huy Quan and Best Supporting Actress Keke Palmer. Quan joked that Palmer’s “Nope” director Jordan Peele, who was in the audience, may change his name to “Ke Ke Ke” because he likes the “Ke” sound (Keegan Michael Key was Palmer’s longtime comedy partner, Keke Palmer– get it?). Quan is part of the 90s nostalgia wave this Year (like Brendan Fraser) but he’s also the happiest man in Hollywood as a perpetual nominee from “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

We also got to meet Danny Ramirez currently flying high in “Top Gun.” He told me he became addicted to the flying in Air Force jets. He’s ready for the “Maverick” sequel. Ramirez next stars as the Falcon to Anthony Mackie’s Captain America” In the next chapter of that Marvel series.

Scorsese, by the way, could not wax more poetic about “Tar.” His abridged comments follow but they don’t include the moment when he looked into the camera and said of Blanchett’s amazing performance, “Cate, I don’t even know what you’re doing there. It feel like the beginning of a new career.” Or something like that. And don;t forget, Scorsese directed Blanchett to an Oscar in “The Aviator.”

Scorsese:

For so long now, so many of us see films that pretty much let us know where they’re going. I mean, they take us by the hand, and even if it’s disturbing at times, sort of comfort us along the way that it will be all okay by the end. Now this is insidious, as one can get lulled into this, and ultimately get used to it.
Leading those of us who’ve experienced cinema in the past — as much more than that— to become despairing of the future of the art form, especially for younger generations. But that’s on dark days. The clouds lifted when I experienced Todd’s film, TÁR.
What you’ve done, Todd –– is that the very fabric of the movie you created doesn’t allow this. All the aspects of cinema and the film that you’ve used, attest to this. The shift in locations for example, the shift in locations alone do what cinema does best, which is to reduce space and time to what they are, which is nothing.
You make it so that we exist in her head. We experience only through her perception. The world is her. Time, chronology and space, become the music that she lives by. And we don’t know where the film’s going. We just follow the character on her strange, upsetting road to her even stranger final destination.
Now, what you’ve done, Todd –– it’s a real high wire act, as all of this is conveyed through a Masterful Mise-en-scène, as controlled, precise, dangerous, precipitous angles, and edges geometrically kind of chiseled into a wonderful 2:3:5 aspect ratio of frame compositions. The limits of the frame itself, and the provocation of measured long takes all reflecting the brutal architecture of her soul — TÁR’s soul.

“Yellowstone” Is Booming But Harrison Ford-Helen Mirren Spin Off “1923” Loses 54% of Audience

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“Yellowstone” Is Booming But Harrison Ford-Helen Mirren Spin Off “1923” Loses 54% of Audience

Just as always, “Yellowstone” is booming on Sunday nights. This past Sunday the Kevin Costner horse opera brought in around 9 million viewers on the Paramount Channel and CMT. Yee hah!

But “Yellowstone” is not creating hit spin offs. Following the main show at 9pm comes the very expensive “1923” prequel starring huge movie stars Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. The thinking was that this combo would make another “Yellowstone.” Alas, it’s not happened.

While “Yellowstone” has 9 million viewers, “1923” is not taking off as planned. On Sunday, 54% of the viewers tuned out at 9, leaving just 3.7 million on the main channel and a similar decline on CMT.

“1923” follows other “Yellowstone” spin offs like “Tulsa King,” and “1883,” which had likewise samplings but haven’t found the popularity of the original show.

What’s missing from “1923”? I’m not sure but according to people who saw it, Ford and Mirren only appear briefly. This sounds a lot like back in the day– waaaay in the past– when the “Dynasty” spin off “The Colbys” advertised Barbara Stanwyck as their matriarch. She lasted a few episodes and then rode off into the sunset.

Dolly Parton, Cyndi Lauper, Belinda Carlisle, Gloria Estefan, and…Debbie Harry Releasing a Single

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Dolly Parton, Cyndi Lauper, Belinda Carlisle, Gloria Estefan, and…Debbie Harry Releasing a Single

It’s taking five divas from the 80s to record the official song from “80 for Brady.”

The football themed movie set for next month stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sally Field, and Rita Morena. It’s a comedy and all the ladies travel to see their hero, Tom Brady, play ball. When the movie was made, of course, Brady was married. Now he’s single. If only they’d known when they made it that he’d be available!

Anyway, Diane Warren has written a song for the film called “Gonna Be You.” She got together not one, not two but five female hit songmakers from the 80s to sing the song. They are Dolly Parton, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan, Belinda Carlisle, and — weirdly — Blondie’s Debbie Harry. So that’s country, pop, Latin, and two new wavers.

The song releases on January 12th. PS At least it’s not a new “Lady Marmalade”!

Broadway Box Office Jumps Astounding $17 Million During Christmas Week, Shows Set Records

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Broadway Box Office Jumps Astounding $17 Million During Christmas Week, Shows Set Records

Wow. After a lackluster week before December 25th, Broadway came roaring back the week ending New Year’s Eve.

Box office was up by a shocking $17 million, totaling $51 million. That’s insane.

Many shows claimed records for their theaters including “Funny Girl” and “Hadestown.”

Fourteen shows played to 100% capacity — or more. “The Lion King,” “Music Man,” and “Wicked” led the way, “The Lion King” took in over $4 million in one week! “Hamilton” was not far behind with $2.7 million, and “Funny Girl” right behind it with $2.4 million.

Some smaller shows, like “Ohio State Murders” and “Top Dog/Underdog” did very well, also. So did “Leopoldstadt.”

Well, they always say Broadway is dead. But it’s not. Welcome back, everyone!

Grimes, Mother of Two Elon Musk Children, Tweets: “I’m the luckiest girl on earth,” Says “Fame and notoriety is a unique hell”

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Grimes, Mother of Two Elon Musk Children, Tweets: “I’m the luckiest girl on earth,” Says “Fame and notoriety is a unique hell”

Grimes is the stage name for Claire Elise Boucher. She’s a writer, singer, and performance artist. She has two children with Elon Musk, named X and Y. (Their real names are unpronounceable.)

Today she posted a minor rant to Twitter, and Musk has not replied. She’s in a tough spot. She wants to be an artist of her own measure, yet she can’t avoid the fact that she’s tied to the world’s second richest man who may have lost his mind a little this winter. I don’t know what’s in her book but it will be pored over for information about the Tesla-Twitter owner and anything it might say about him. She should really call it “Grimes and Misdemeanors.”

In the Tweet she says “Fame and notoriety is a unique hell.” It should be “are a unique hell.” I guess her copy editors will catch that.

Good News: Jeremy Renner Posts to Social Media After Horrific Accident: “I send love to you all”

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Good News: Jeremy Renner Posts to Social Media After Horrific Accident: “I send love to you all”

Jeremy Renner looks pretty good considering his horrific accident on New Year’s Day. He’s had two surgeries and is still listed in critical but stable condition after being run over by a snow plow on his property near Reno, Nevada. According to some reports he was helping someone on the extremely snowed in road. Everyone wishes him a speedy recovery. It looks like he’s on his way. You can’t keep an Avenger down!

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