SAG Awards: DiCaprio, Larson, Vikander, Elba

Posted on January 31, 2016 at 9:03 am

Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson, Alicia Vikander, and Idris Elba won the Screen Actors Guild awards last night. Elba, who also won for his television series “Luther,” was not nominated for an Oscar (he should have been), but the other three are now likely to be taking home statues on Oscar night.

“Spotlight” won best ensemble, and television awardees included Jeffrey Tambor (“Transparent”), Uzo Aduba (“Orange in the New Black”), Kevin Spacey (“House of Cards”), Viola Davis (“How to Get Away with Murder”), Queen Latifah (“Bessie”), and ensemble awards for “Downton Abbey” and “Orange is the New Black.”

The highlight of the evening, though, was the lifetime achievement award for Carol Burnett, presented by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who said that their mothers got 90% of the credit for who they became, but Burnett got the other 10%.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsaKo99-jmM

Burnett spoke movingly about insisting on being allowed to host a variety show, even though the television executives told her only men could do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73e8tsHS1pA

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Oscar Talk on Movie Addict Headquarters

Posted on January 24, 2016 at 9:20 am

Thanks, as always, to Betty Jo Tucker for inviting me on her podcast, Movie Addict Headquarters. This time, we were joined by Mack Bates and Geoff Roberts to talk about the 2016 Oscars — the surprises and snubs, how we’d cast our votes, and our predictions. Tune in!

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Did You Miss the Best Picture Oscar Nominees? See them All in an AMC Octo-Feature!

Posted on January 20, 2016 at 12:37 pm

AMC’s Best Picture nominee showcase is your chance to see all eight nominees for the Best Picture Oscar. They are splitting the movies into two consecutive Saturdays, so you can choose to attend one day or both days — or, pack every picture into 24 hours, in select markets.

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Why Are the Acting Oscar Nominees All White AGAIN?

Posted on January 19, 2016 at 3:12 pm

Spike Lee, who accepted a special Oscar award just two months ago, has said he will boycott the award show this year in protest of yet another all-white list of nominees. He is right to be outraged. How could Sylvester Stallone be nominated for “Creed” while his co-star Michael B. Jordan and writer/director Ryan Coogler are overlooked? What about the extraordinary performances in “Straight Outta Compton” (which only got a writing nomination and the Spike Lee’s completely overlooked “Chi-Raq?” What about a nomination for Idris Elba for “Beasts of No Nation” Fans and critics are outraged, with #oscarssoswhite hashtags dominating Twitter.

The Washington Post’s Lonnae O’Neal quotes my friend and fellow critic Tim Gordon in an excellent article about the “processing disorder” in the Academy when it comes to nominations for non-white performers.

From 1927 to 1999, a total of 14 black people won Oscars in all categories, he says. In acting categories, only 24 people of color have won since 1927, according to a Post report. More than 90 percent of Oscar voters are white and nearly 80 percent are male, according to the Los Angeles Times, and those numbers directly affect the range of stories and portrayals.

AMPAS head Cheryl Boone Isaacs, an African-American woman, is unhappy with the nominations as well, describing herself as “heartbroken and frustrated.” But until the Academy starts admitting more young, diverse members, it is not going to change. Boone agrees. She says. “The Academy is taking dramatic steps to alter the makeup of our membership. In the coming days and weeks we will conduct a review of our membership recruitment in order to bring about much-needed diversity in our 2016 class and beyond. As many of you know, we have implemented changes to diversify our membership in the last four years. But the change is not coming as fast as we would like. We need to do more, and better and more quickly.”

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Critics Choice Awards 2016

Posted on January 18, 2016 at 2:00 pm

TJ Miller hosted the first-ever combined Critics Choice film and television awards. I am not in any way objective because I’m a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, but I think it is a great show and I’m very proud of our awards, even the ones that don’t reflect the way I voted.

Best acceptance speech of the night, maybe best ever, was Jacob Tremblay, our best youth performance winner for “Room.” The scene backstage with him meeting BB-8 was adorable, too. BB-8 was there for the special award for ILM, another highlight. I really appreciated the kind words from many of the awardees for the critics and the contribution we make in supporting their best work and bringing it to the attention of audiences.

The Oscar race comes into clearer view now with Leonardo DiCaprio, Sylvester Stallone, and “Spotlight” looking like probable winners.

FILM:

BEST PICTURE — “Spotlight”

BEST ACTOR — Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”

BEST ACTRESS — Brie Larson, “Room”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR — Sylvester Stallone, “Creed”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS — Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS — Jacob Tremblay, “Room”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE — “Spotlight”

BEST DIRECTOR — George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY — Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY — Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, “The Big Short”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY — Emmanuel Lubezki, “The Revenant”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN — Colin Gibson, “Mad Max: Fury Road”

BEST EDITING — Margaret Sixel, “Mad Max: Fury Road”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN — Jenny Beavan, “Mad Max: Fury Road”

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP — “Mad Max: Fury Road”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS — “Mad Max: Fury Road”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE — “Inside Out”

BEST ACTION MOVIE — “Mad Max: Fury Road”

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE — Tom Hardy, “Mad Max: Fury Road”

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE — Charlize Theron, “Mad Max: Fury Road”

BEST COMEDY — “The Big Short”

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY — Christian Bale, “The Big Short”

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY — Amy Schumer, “Trainwreck”

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE — “Ex Machina”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM — “Son of Saul”

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE — “Amy”

BEST SONG — “See You Again”, Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa, “Furious 7”

BEST SCORE — Ennio Morricone, “The Hateful Eight”

TELEVISION:

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES — Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent, Amazon

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES — Rami Malek, Mr. Robot, USA

BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES — Idris Elba, Luther, BBC America

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES — Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The CW

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES — Carrie Coon, The Leftovers, HBO

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES — Kirsten Dunst, Fargo, FX Networks

BEST COMEDY SERIES — Master of None, Netflix

BEST DRAMA SERIES — Mr. Robot, USA

BEST GUEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES — Timothy Olyphant, The Grinder, Fox

BEST GUEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES — Margo Martindale, The Good Wife, CBS

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES — Fargo, FX Networks

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES — Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fox

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES — Christian Slater, Mr. Robot, USA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES — Jesse Plemons, Fargo, FX Networks

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES — Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory, CBS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES — Constance Zimmer, UnREAL, Lifetime

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES — Jean Smart, Fargo, FX Networks

BEST ANIMATION SERIES — BoJack Horseman, Netflix

BEST REALITY SHOW — COMPETITION — The Voice, NBC

BEST REALITY SHOW HOST — James Lipton, Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo

BEST STRUCTURED REALITY SHOW — Shark Tank, ABC

BEST TALK SHOW — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO

BEST UNSTRUCTURED REALITY SHOW — Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, CNN

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