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A Star is Torn: Lady Gaga Must Choose Between the Grammys and BAFTA, Or Somehow Do Both

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A Star is Torn: Lady Gaga Must Choose Between the Grammys and BAFTA, Or Somehow Do Both

It’s the toughest choice a superstar must make: which awards show to appear on. And on which continent.

So far the Grammys have been mum on Lady Gaga appearing or performing on this Sunday’s show. At the same time, there’s no word from BAFTA whether the Best Actress nominee for “A Star is Born” will be with them in London on Sunday night.

For Gaga, the Grammys are important because Oscar voting begins two days later. She’s a cinch to win Best Song for “Shallow,” but nothing is written in concrete.

The BAFTAs are also important for Gaga and “A Star is Born.” Even though the movie hasn’t won any awards yet. you never know what’s going to happen. Even though Gaga has tied with or lost to Glenn Close in most settings, Olivia Colman would be the BAFTA favorite for “The Favourite.”

Bradley Cooper is going to BAFTA. But what will Gaga do?

The simple solution would be a live performance via Satellite from London for Gaga at the Grammys. That would still be very effective and allow her to be in two places at once.

Of course, a live in person performance at the Grammys can’t be equaled. And Lady G. could be with Cooper in spirit, knowing she’s unlikely to win.

What a conundrum! Wouldn’t we all like to have these problems? So stay tuned. Whichever decision is made, we will all be the better for it!

 

NBC Decides Live Naked Hippie Musical “Hair” Isn’t for Them, No Longer Mentions JLo “Bye Bye Birdie,” Aiming for Family Fare Now

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NBC Decides Live Naked Hippie Musical “Hair” Isn’t for Them, No Longer Mentions JLo “Bye Bye Birdie,” Aiming for Family Fare Now

NBC has cancelled its live musical, “Hair.” Apparently no one told them it was about hippies, and naked ones at that. It was supposed to air live on May 19th against “Game of Thrones,” which is “Hair” without music.

Whoops!

NBC’s last musical was “Jesus Christ Superstar,” from April 2018. Now they have nothing in the hopper. They were supposed to do “Bye Bye Birdie” with Jennifer Lopez until someone told them JLO doesn’t actually sing live. So they said it was postponed, and now they don’t talk about it anymore.

Part of the reason for killing “Hair” may be the low ratings and botched production on Fox of “Rent,” which modeled itself on “Hair” for a new generation.

Now NBC wants family fare. They can’t do Disney musicals, because they’re owned by ABC. They can’t do “Hello, Dolly!” unless they deliver gold bricks to producer Scott Rudin. They should do “Sweeney Todd” with Andy Lack in the title role, and Megyn Kelly as Mrs. Lovett.

AARP Names “Green Book” Best Movie, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Best Ensemble, Spike Lee, Best Director, “Roma” Best Foreign Film, Viggo Mortensen, Glenn Close Best Actors, Richard E. Grant, Judi Dench, Best Supp Actors, Best Doc “Mister Rogers”

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AARP Names “Green Book” Best Movie, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Best Ensemble, Spike Lee, Best Director, “Roma” Best Foreign Film, Viggo Mortensen, Glenn Close Best Actors, Richard E. Grant, Judi Dench, Best Supp Actors, Best Doc “Mister Rogers”

The AARP Movies for Grown Up Awards are being handed out right in Hollywood.

It’s the 18th annual edition. I’d like to say AARP is for old people, but everyone is old now. Bruce Springsteen’s been on the cover of their magazine. These awards reflect general sentiment in Tinsel Town.

So far “Roma” has won Best Foreign Film. Richard E. Grant won Best Supporting Actor for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

Spike Lee was named Best Director for “Blackkklansman.”

My insiders say “Green Book” will win Best Picture. Its star, Viggo Mortensen should win Best Actor. Glenn Close is a lock for Best Actress. Let’s see if they’re right.

Keep refreshing.
BEST MOVIE, Green Book
BEST ACTRESS, Glenn Close
BEST ACTOR, Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
BEST DOCUMENTARY Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Judi Dench, All is True
BEST TIME CAPSULE MOVIE If Beale Street Could Talk
BEST ENSEMBLE Bohemian Rhapsody
BEST SCREENPLAY Jeff Whitty, Nicole Holofcener, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
BEST INTERGENERATIONAL MOVIE, Mary Poppins Returns
BEST GROWN UP LOVE STORY, What They Had

Day O! The Life of Harry Belafonte Is Coming to Broadway, Role of a Lifetime for Whoever Gets to Play Him

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Day O! The Life of Harry Belafonte Is Coming to Broadway, Role of a Lifetime for Whoever Gets to Play Him

Day O!

The life of the legendary Harry Belafonte is coming to Broadway.

Ken Davenport, who produced “Once on this Island” and “Spring Awakening,” has secured the rights to Belanfonte’s extraordinary story. We can only imagine since this announcement the chaos in casting land. Every young actor who can sing and slink like Harry will be lining up for a chance to play Belafonte.

Ken Davenport said, “Harry Belafonte is one of the most influential and respected Americans of the past century. I’m excited to be working with Mr. Belafonte to bring his powerful life story, about a son of immigrants who made a profound impact on the lives of Americans and millions of people around the world, to the theatrical stage. An outspoken Civil Rights and political activist, Mr. Belafonte has been confidante and advisor to President John F. Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt and Dr. Martin Luther King, among many other leaders. To this day he remains a leading advocate for humanitarian causes. Harry Belafonte is also beloved for his unparalleled career as an acclaimed Academy Award, Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winning producer, actor and singer of many best-selling hit recordings including “The Banana Boat Song,” “Matilda” and “Jump in the Line.”

Harry Belafonte said, “The live theater opened up so many worlds for me as a young man. From the moment I saw professional actors on stage, I knew I could find a way forward in life as a performer and as an activist. Will humility, it brings me great joy that my story will now become a stage production that I hope will inspire audiences to follow their own dreams.”

Super Bowl Ratings for Patriots-Rams Averaged 80 Million Viewers, A Historic Low But Still, Really, a Lot of People

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Super Bowl Ratings for Patriots-Rams Averaged 80 Million Viewers, A Historic Low But Still, Really, a Lot of People

The Super Bowl ratings are in. It’s good news and bad news.

The bad news is that the numbers are way down, historically low, and so sound the alarms.

The good news is that they started at 91 million, dropped to 83 million by the end of the game. This means 83 million people were doing the same thing at the same time. I mean, really, with cable, the Kapernick problem, Netflix, and so on, that number still sounds pretty good. That 8 times the number of people who usually watch CBS at that hour.

But the bad news is that around 150 million watched in 2018. Sixty million people had other things to do last night.

Following the Super Bowl, James Corden’s “The World’s Best” scored 26 million viewers. That’s also pretty impressive but most of those people may have just frozen in front of their TVs, driven into a coma, or just snoozed soundly.

Tragic: Young and the Restless Star Kristoff St. John Dead at 52, Two Time Emmy Award Winner Suffered from Depression, Took His Own Life

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Tragic: Young and the Restless Star Kristoff St. John Dead at 52, Two Time Emmy Award Winner Suffered from Depression, Took His Own Life

This is really sad, heartbreaking news.

Kristoff St. John, a star of the Young and the Restless for 19 years, has been found dead at his home in Los Angeles. He was 51, suffered from depression, and apparently took his own life. TMZ reports possible alcohol poisoning.

St. John twice won the Daytime Emmy Award, was nominated 9 more times. He was also 10 time NAACP Award winner.

St. John temporarily left the show in 2017 after an earlier suicide attempt. He couldn’t get over the death of his son in 2014.

He came from a showbiz family. Kristoff’s father Christoper St. John is a veteran Hollywood actor who appeared in the original “Shaft.”

Kristoff and his wife Mia lost their son, Julian, to suicide in 2014 while he was in a mental health facility. The couple sued the hospital for negligence and the case was settled.

There will be no replacing St. John on the soap, but writing his character, Neil Winters, out permanently won’t be easy. He’s been central to the show for a long, long time. His character was a good guy, beloved by his fictional characters and no doubt by the soap’s ensemble.

Gladys Knight Won the Super Bowl with Sublime Soulful National Anthem, She Is One Of Our Greatest Stars (Kennedy Center, Hear that?)

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Gladys Knight Won the Super Bowl with Sublime Soulful National Anthem, She Is One Of Our Greatest Stars (Kennedy Center, Hear that?)

Gladys Knight won the Super Bowl tonight. She is one of our very best singers, as good as Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, any superstar (even our late great Aretha). She should have a Kennedy Center honor already.

Watch her sing the National Anthem from tonight’s game. This is maybe the best version ever outside of Whitney Houston. We must all thank her for grace and eloquence. And that voice!

PS I hope she’s featured on CBS’s Motown 60 special taping next week. Gladys had MONSTER hits on Motown from 1968 to 1973 including “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” and “Neither One of Us.”

“Roma” Win at Directors Guild Suggests Oscar Gold is Around the Corner for Alfonso Cuaron and Maybe Marina DeTavira

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“Roma” Win at Directors Guild Suggests Oscar Gold is Around the Corner for Alfonso Cuaron and Maybe Marina DeTavira

Alfonso Cuaron won Best Director last night at the DGA, as expected, for his brilliant movie “Roma.” It wasn’t unexpected. “Roma” is something that is going to happen whether we like it or not.

Me, I like it. “Roma” is a masterwork. It’s exceptional filmmaking. It’s not a blockbuster, no one knows how much money it’s made, or how much has been spent on its awards campaigns. It doesn’t matter.

Most DGA winners go on to win the Oscar– at least for directing. Cuaron seems to have a lock on that Academy Award. Will “Roma” win Best Picture? That’s the big question.

“Black Panther” won Best Ensemble from the SAG Awards. “Roma” wasn’t even nominated for Best Ensemble even though it has a great group of actors including Marina DeTavira and Yalitza Aparacio, each of whom where surprise Oscar nominees in acting categories. Go figure.

So is the Oscar race between “Roma” and “Black Panther”? Yes. What about “Green Book”? Well, it’s still in there. Mahershala Ali seems certain to win Best Supporting Actor. But “Green Book” didn’t show show in SAG, and Peter Farrelly didn’t win DGA. So the odds of Best Picture are diminishing.

Two movies that are out of the Best Picture race are “A Star is Born” and “The Favourite.” The former is really a disappointment. Bradley Cooper should have won for Best First Feature at the DGA. He wasn’t even nominated for an Oscar. He’s being punished for overachieving,. since “Star” has made $200 million at the box office, plus millions more from the soundtrack.

A “Roma” vs. “Black Panther” fight is good for ratings, good for movies. They are equals in trail blazing for film. If Cuaron wins Best Director and “Panther” wins Best Picture, the real irony will have been no Oscar nomination for Ryan Coogler, the director of the latter film. That will be the headscratcher to discuss for at least a few days. And then a new Oscar season will begin.

Sundance Festival Gives Awards to “Clemency,” Starring Alfre Woodard, “One Child Nation” About Chinese Adoption, “The Souvenir” with Tilda Swinton

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Sundance Festival Gives Awards to “Clemency,” Starring Alfre Woodard, “One Child Nation” About Chinese Adoption, “The Souvenir” with Tilda Swinton

2019 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE FILM AWARDS

The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented by Rachel Grady to: Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang, for One Child Nation / China, U.S.A. (Directors: Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Producers: Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Julie Goldman, Christoph Jörg, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn) — After becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China’s one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment.

The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented by Damien Chazelle to: Chinonye Chukwu, for Clemency / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Chinonye Chukwu, Producers: Bronwyn Cornelius, Julian Cautherley, Peter Wong, Timur Bekbosunov) — Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill. Cast: Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Wendell Pierce, Richard Gunn, Danielle Brooks.

The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented by Verena Paravel to: Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov, for Honeyland / Macedonia (Directors: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska, Producer: Atanas Georgiev) — When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented by Jane Campion to: Joanna Hogg, for The Souvenir / United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Joanna Hogg, Producers: Luke Schiller, Joanna Hogg) — A shy film student begins finding her voice as an artist while navigating a turbulent courtship with a charismatic but untrustworthy man. She defies her protective mother and concerned friends as she slips deeper and deeper into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship which comes dangerously close to destroying her dreams. Cast: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton.

The Audience Award: U.S. Documentary, Presented by Acura was presented by Mark Duplass to: Knock Down the House / U.S.A. (Director: Rachel Lears, Producers: Sarah Olson, Robin Blotnick, Rachel Lears) — A young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri build a movement of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. One of their races will become the most shocking political upset in recent American history. Cast: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic, Presented by Acura was presented by Paul Downs Colaizzo to: Brittany Runs A Marathon / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Paul Downs Colaizzo, Producers: Matthew Plouffe, Tobey Maguire, Margot Hand) — A woman living in New York takes control of her life – one city block at a time. Cast: Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, Micah Stock, Alice Lee.

The Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary was presented by Ray Romano to: Sea of Shadows / Austria (Director: Richard Ladkani, Producers: Walter Koehler, Wolfgang Knoepfler) —The vaquita, the world’s smallest whale, is near extinction as its habitat is destroyed by Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia, who harvest the swim bladder of the totoaba fish, the “cocaine of the sea.” Environmental activists, Mexican navy and undercover investigators are fighting back against this illegal multimillion-dollar business.

The Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic was presented by Mark Duplass to: Queen of Hearts / Denmark (Director: May el-Toukhy, Screenwriters: Maren Louise Käehne, May el-Toukhy, Producers: Caroline Blanco, René Ezra) — A woman jeopardizes both her career and her family when she seduces her teenage stepson and is forced to make an irreversible decision with fatal consequences. Cast: Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper.

The Audience Award: NEXT, Presented by Adobe was presented by Danielle Macdonald to: The Infiltrators / U.S.A. (Directors: Alex Rivera, Cristina Ibarra, Screenwriters: Alex Rivera, Aldo Velasco, Producers: Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera, Darren Dean) — A rag-tag group of undocumented youth – Dreamers – deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center. Cast: Maynor Alvarado, Manuel Uriza, Chelsea Rendon, Juan Gabriel Pareja, Vik Sahay.

The Directing Award: U.S. Documentary was presented by Yance Ford to: Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, for American Factory / U.S.A. (Directors: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Producers: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Jeff Reichert, Julie Parker Benello) — In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.

The Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented by Desiree Akhavan to: Joe Talbot, for The Last Black Man in San Francisco / U.S.A. (Director: Joe Talbot, Screenwriters: Joe Talbot, Rob Richert, Producers: Khaliah Neal, Joe Talbot, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christina Oh) — Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.

The Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary was presented by Maite Alberdi to: Mads Brügger, for Cold Case Hammarskjöld / Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium (Director: Mads Brügger, Producers: Peter Engel, Andreas Rocksén, Bjarte M. Tveit) — Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Bjorkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjold. As their investigation closes in, they discover a crime far worse than killing the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic was presented by Ciro Guerra to: Lucía Garibaldi, for The Sharks / Uruguay, Argentina, Spain (Director and screenwriter: Lucía Garibaldi, Producers: Pancho Magnou Arnábal, Isabel García) — While a rumor about the presence of sharks in a small beach town distracts residents, 15-year-old Rosina begins to feel an instinct to shorten the distance between her body and Joselo’s. Cast: Romina Bentancur, Federico Morosini, Fabián Arenillas, Valeria Lois, Antonella Aquistapache.

The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented by Phyllis Nagy to: Pippa Bianco, for Share / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Pippa Bianco, Producers: Carly Hugo, Tyler Byrne, Matt Parker) — After discovering a disturbing video from a night she doesn’t remember, sixteen-year-old Mandy must try to figure out what happened and how to navigate the escalating fallout. Cast: Rhianne Barreto, Charlie Plummer, Poorna Jagannathan, J.C. MacKenzie, Nick Galitzine, Lovie Simone.

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Moral Urgency was presented by Alissa Wilkinson to: Jacqueline Olive, for Always in Season / U.S.A. (Director: Jacqueline Olive, Producers: Jacqueline Olive, Jessica Devaney) — When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother’s search for justice and reconciliation begins as the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present.

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Emerging Filmmaker was presented by Jeff Orlowski to: Liza Mandelup, for Jawline / U.S.A. (Director: Liza Mandelup, Producers: Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche, Hannah Reyer) — The film follows 16-year-old Austyn Tester, a rising star in the live-broadcast ecosystem who built his following on wide-eyed optimism and teen girl lust, as he tries to escape a dead-end life in rural Tennessee.

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing was presented by Alissa Wilkinson to: Todd Douglas Miller, for APOLLO 11 / U.S.A. (Director: Todd Douglas Miller, Producers: Todd Douglas Miller, Thomas Petersen, Evan Krauss) — A purely archival reconstruction of humanity’s first trip to another world, featuring never-before-seen 70mm footage and never-before-heard audio from the mission.

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography was presented by Jeff Orlowski to: Luke Lorentzen, Midnight Family / Mexico, U.S.A. (Director: Luke Lorentzen, Producers: Kellen Quinn, Daniela Alatorre, Elena Fortes, Luke Lorentzen) — In Mexico City’s wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help. As they try to make a living in this cutthroat industry, they struggle to keep their financial needs from compromising the people in their care.

A U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Vision and Craft was presented by Tessa Thompson to: Alma Har’el for her film Honey Boy / U.S.A. (Director: Alma Har’el, Screenwriter: Shia LaBeouf, Producers: Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Anita Gou, Christopher Leggett, Alma Har’el) — A child TV star and his ex-rodeo clown father face their stormy past through time and cinema. Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe.

A U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Collaboration was presented by Dennis Lim to: Director Joe Talbot for his film The Last Black Man in San Francisco / U.S.A. (Director: Joe Talbot, Screenwriters: Joe Talbot, Rob Richert, Producers: Khaliah Neal, Joe Talbot, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christina Oh) — Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. Cast: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Danny Glover.

A U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Achievement in Acting was presented by Tessa Thompson to: Rhianne Barreto, for Share / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Pippa Bianco, Producers: Carly Hugo, Tyler Byrne, Matt Parker) — After discovering a disturbing video from a night she doesn’t remember, sixteen-year-old Mandy must try to figure out what happened and how to navigate the escalating fallout. Cast: Rhianne Barreto, Charlie Plummer, Poorna Jagannathan, J.C. MacKenzie, Nick Galitzine, Lovie Simone.

A World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for No Borders was presented by Maite Alberdi to: Hassan Fazzili, for Midnight Traveler / U.S.A., Qatar, United Kingdom, Canada (Director: Hassan Fazili, Screenwriter: Emelie Mahdavian, Producers: Emelie Mahdavian, Su Kim) — When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili’s head, he is forced to flee with his wife and two young daughters. Capturing their uncertain journey, Fazili shows firsthand the dangers facing refugees seeking asylum and the love shared between a family on the run.

A World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact for Change was presented by Nico Marzano to: Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov, for Honeyland / Macedonia (Directors: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska, Producer: Atanas Georgiev) — When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

A World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography was presented by Nico Marzano to: Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma, for Honeyland / Macedonia (Directors: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska, Producer: Atanas Georgiev) — When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

A World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Originality was presented by Ciro Guerra to: Makoto Nagahisa, for WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES / Japan (Director and screenwriter: Makoto Nagahisa, Producers: Taihei Yamanishi, Shinichi Takahashi, Haruki Yokoyama, Haruhiko Hasegawa) — Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can’t cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions. Cast: Keita Ninomiya, Satoshi Mizuno, Mondo Okumura, Sena Nakajima.

A World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award was presented by Charles Gillbert to: Alejandro Landes, for Monos / Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Uruguay (Director: Alejandro Landes, Screenwriters: Alejandro Landes, Alexis Dos Santos, Producers: Alejandro Landes, Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata, Cristina Landes) — On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow. Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Moisés Arias, Sofia Buenaventura, Deiby Rueda, Karen Quintero, Laura Castrillón.

A World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting was presented by Charles Gillbert to: Krystyna Janda, for Dolce Fine Giornata / Poland (Director: Jacek Borcuch, Screenwriters: Jacek Borcuch, Szczepan Twardoch, Producer: Marta Habior) — In Tuscany, Maria’s stable family life begins to erode as her relationship with a young immigrant develops against a backdrop of terrorism and eroding democracy.

The NEXT Innovator Prize was presented by juror Laurie Anderson to: Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra, for The Infiltrators / U.S.A. (Directors: Alex Rivera, Cristina Ibarra, Screenwriters: Alex Rivera, Aldo Velasco, Producers: Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera, Darren Dean) — A rag-tag group of undocumented youth – Dreamers – deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center. Cast: Maynor Alvarado, Manuel Uriza, Chelsea Rendon, Juan Gabriel Pareja, Vik Sahay.

The following awards were presented at separate ceremonies at the Festival:

SHORT FILM AWARDS:
Jury prizes and honorable mentions in short filmmaking were presented at a ceremony in Park City on January 29. The Short Film Grand Jury Prize was awarded to: Aziza / Syria, Lebanon (Director: Soudade Kaadan, Screenwriters: Soudade Kaadan, May Hayek). The Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction was presented to: Green / U.S.A. (Director: Suzanne Andrews Correa, Screenwriters: Suzanne Andrews Correa, Mustafa Kaymak). The Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction was presented to: Dunya’s Day / Saudi Arabia, U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Raed Alsemari). The Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction was presented to: Ghosts of Sugar Land / U.S.A. (Director: Bassam Tariq). The Short Film Jury Award: Animation was presented to: Reneepoptosis / U.S.A., Japan (Director and screenwriter: Renee Zhan). Two Special Jury Awards for Directing werepresented to: FAST HORSE / Canada (Director and screenwriter: Alexandra Lazarowich) and The MINORS / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Robert Machoian). The Short Film jurors were Young Jean Lee, Carter Smith and Sheila Vand. The Short Film program is presented by YouTube.

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE | ALFRED P. SLOAN FEATURE FILM PRIZE
The 2019 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, presented to an outstanding feature film about science or technology, was presented to The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. The filmmakers received a $20,000 cash award from Sundance Institute with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE | AMAZON STUDIOS PRODUCERS AWARDS
Carly Hugoand Matt Parker received the 2019 Sundance Institute | Amazon Studios Producers Awards for Feature Film. Lori Cheatle received the 2019 Sundance Institute | Amazon Studios Producers Award for Documentary Film. The award recognizes bold vision and a commitment to continuing work as a creative producer in the independent space, and grants money (via the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program and Documentary Film Program) to emerging producers of films at the Sundance Film Festival.

The Sundance Institute / NHK Award was presented to Planet Korsakov (Japan) / Taro Aoshima.

Directors Guild DGA Awards: “Roma” Alfonso Cuaron Wins Best Feature, But Big Surprises in First Feature (“Eighth Grade”), Documentary (“Three Identical Strangers”), TV Comedy (“Barry”)

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Directors Guild DGA Awards: “Roma” Alfonso Cuaron Wins Best Feature, But Big Surprises in First Feature (“Eighth Grade”), Documentary (“Three Identical Strangers”), TV Comedy (“Barry”)

Alfonso Cuaron won Best Director for “Roma.” He will win the Oscar, but not necessarily Best Picture.

The DGA Awards have produced some big surprises tonight. Bill Hader and “Barry” beat the Palladino’s and “Mrs. Maisel” for directing in TV comedy. What? The choreography, the complex direction of each “Maisel” episode is an art.

Morgan Neville lost Documentary Best Director to Tim Wardle and “Three Identical Strangers.”

First Feature went to Bo Burnham for “Eighth Grade.” He beat Bradley Cooper for “A Star is Born.” This is really a shock. Bradley Cooper did an excellent job. In Toronto we felt this was a movie to beat. Something has gone wrong over the months. Nevertheless, “A Star is Born” made $200 million. So someone liked it. As for “Eighth Grade,” I thought it was “Lady Bird” lite.

A bright spot: Ben Stiller winning Best Director of a movie/mini-series for “Escape at Dannemora.”

Adam McKay, director of “Vice,” won Best Director for a TV drama for his episode of HBO’s “Succession.” Go figure. The mystery of all TV drama nominations in all awards shows is why “Billions” is totally ignored all the time.

 

 

 

 

 

Winners to be announced beginning 9:30pm Eastern Time:
*Winners in bold

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM

Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay, Vice

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF A FIRST-TIME FILM

Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Carlos López Estrada, Blindspotting
Matthew Heineman, A Private War
Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY

Morgan Neville, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
RaMell Ross, Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Free Solo
Tim Wardle, Three Identical Strangers
Betsy West and Julie Cohen, RBG

BEST VARIETY SERIES DIRECTING Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live” Paul Pennolino, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” Sacha Baron Cohen, “Who is America” Jim Hoskinson, “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Paul G. Casey, “Real Time with Bill Maher”

BEST MOVIE/MINISERIES DIRECTING Jean-Marc Vallee, “Sharp Objects” Ben Stiller, “Escape at Dannemora” David Leveaux and Alex Rudzinski, “Jesus Christ Superstar” Cary Joji Fukunaga, “Maniac” Barry Levinson, “Paterno”

BEST COMEDY DIRECTING Hiro Mirai, “Atlanta” (“Teddy Perkins”); Daniel Palladino, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (“We’re Going to the Catskills!”); Amy Sherman-Palladino, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (“All Alone”); Bill Hader, “Barry”; Donald Glover, “Atlanta” (“FUBU”)

BEST DRAMA DIRECTING Chris Long, “The Americans” (“START”) Daina Reed, “The Handmaid’s Tale” (“Holly”) Jason Bateman, “Ozark” (“Reparations”) Adam McKay, “Succession” (“Celebration”) Lesli Linka Glatter, “Homeland” (“Paean to the People”)

DGA’s Variety/Talk/News/Sports specials winner is Louis J. Horvitz for the 60th Grammy Awards

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