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People

Get well soon, Lindsay!!

Post author By Dan
Post date February 11, 2019

Lindsey Buckingham’s vocal cords damaged after emergency heart surgery

Lindsey Buckingham underwent emergency open heart surgery late last week, and though he’s on the mend at home, the operation resulted in vocal cord damage.

The former Fleetwood Mac rocker’s wife, Kristen Buckingham, posted the update on Facebook Friday afternoon, capping off a tumultuous year for the musician that included his ouster from the Grammy-winning band.

“Each day he is stronger than the last,” his wife wrote. “While he and his heart are doing well, the surgery resulted in vocal cord damage. While it is is unclear if this damage is permanent, we are hopeful it is not.”

All touring and shows scheduled will be put on pause as Buckingham “gathers the strength to heal completely,” she added.

The 69-year-old guitarist has a family history of heart-related problems that claimed the lives of his father and brother, said his wife, who accompanied the update with a hospital photo of the rocker. She noted that the family shared its story in hopes that it would inspire others to seek preventative care.

“This past year has been a very stressful and difficult year for our family to say the least. But despite all this, our gratitude for life trumps all obstacles we have faced at this moment. We feel so fortunate he’s alive. As does he. He looks forward to recovery and putting this behind him,” she added.

Buckingham’s official departure from Fleetwood Mac came in April when the band announced Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Neil Finn of Crowded House were joining the lineup. Shortly after that, the band announced a new tour and Buckingham announced his own solo tour.

In October, Buckingham sued Fleetwood Mac and blamed Stevie Nicks for getting him fired.

Awards

The Academy Awards are coming soon!!! Only two weeks now!!!

Post author By Dan
Post date February 11, 2019

BAFTA Awards 2019: ‘The Favourite’ Dominates, But ‘Roma’ Wins the Big One

“The Favourite” lived up to its name until the last minute at the EE British Academy Film Awards, which were presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) on Sunday in London. But in the homestretch, “Roma” director Alfonso Cuarón won the best director award, and then his black-and-white memory piece was named 2018’s best picture.

“The Favourite” settled for seven wins, by far the most of any film. Yorgos Lanthimos’ twisted period drama won for lead actress Olivia Colman and supporting actress Rachel Weisz, as well as awards in the original screenplay, production design, makeup and hair, costume design and Outstanding British Film categories.

In addition to Best Film and Best Director, “Roma” won in the cinematography and Best Film Not in the English Language categories. The wins capped a wild weekend for Cuarón in which he did a Q&A in London on Friday evening, flew to Los Angeles on Saturday for another Q&A and for the American Society of Cinematographers Awards (where he lost to “Cold War”) and then returned to London for the BAFTAs on Sunday.

In a tightly competitive year at the Oscars, the win for “Roma” adds to an awards résumé that also includes wins at the Critics’ Choice Awards and Directors Guild Awards, keeping the Netflix film in the running as one of the leading Oscar contenders.

Rami Malek was named best actor for “Bohemian Rhapsody,” while Mahershala Ali won the supporting-actor award for “Green Book.” Both men have become prohibitive favorites in the Oscar acting races, while Olivia Colman’s win suggests that she can still challenge Glenn Close in the best-actress race.

The effect of Weisz’s win for supporting actress is harder to gauge, because Regina King, who has won almost every award for which she’s been nominated for “If Beale Street Could Talk,” was not nominated by BAFTA.

“BlacKkKlansman” won for adapted screenplay, giving Spike Lee his first BAFTA award.

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” was named best animated film, while “Free Solo” was named best documentary.

“Vice” won for editing, “Bohemian Rhapsody” won for sound and “Black Panther” won for visual effects. In the music category, which mixes original scores with songs, “A Star Is Born” won for its songs, with Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper and Lukas Nelson being singled out.

“Black Panther” star Letitia Wright won the Rising Star Award, which is voted on by the public, over Barry Keoghan, Cynthia Erivo, Jessie Buckley and Lakeith Stanfield.

“The Favourite” had gone into the show with the most BAFTA nominations, 12, followed by “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “First Man,” “Roma” and “A Star Is Born” with seven each.

Director Bryan Singer was originally singled out as one of three “Bohemian Rhapsody” nominees in the Outstanding British Film category, but after voting closed his nomination was suspended following accusations of sexual misconduct. Producer Graham King and writer Anthony McCarten remained the film’s nominees of record, with a BAFTA statement saying that Singer’s nomination would remain suspended “until the outcome of the allegations has been resolved.”

In the 71 years that BAFTA has been handing out awards, its choice for the year’s best film has agreed with the Academy Awards’ Best Picture winner only 26 times. Recently, BAFTA and the Oscars matched six years in a row between 2009 and 2014 – but since then BAFTA winners “Boyhood,” “The Revenant,” “La La Land” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” went on to lose at the Oscars to “Birdman,” “Spotlight,” “Moonlight” and “The Shape of Water,” respectively.

Still, BAFTA remains a fairly accurate Oscar predictor overall: Last year, in the 19 categories that overlap between the Oscars and BAFTA, the BAFTA winner went on to take the Oscar 14 times.

The British Academy Film Awards are taking place at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and are being hosted by actress Joanna Lumley.

Here is the complete list of nominees. Winners will be indicated by *WINNER.

BEST FILM
“BlacKkKlansman”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Roma” *WINNER
“A Star Is Born”

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
“Beast”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite” *WINNER
“McQueen”
“Stan & Ollie”
“You Were Never Really Here”

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
“Apostasy,” Daniel Kokotajlo (Writer/Director)
“Beast,” Michael Pearce (Writer/Director), Lauren Dark (Producer) *WINNER
“A Cambodian Spring,” Chris Kelly (Writer/Director/Producer)
“Pili,” Leanne Welham (Writer/Director), Sophie Harman (Producer)
“Ray & Liz,” Richard Billingham (Writer/Director), Jacqui Davies (Producer)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
“Capernaum”
“Cold War”
“Dogman”
“Roma” *WINNER
“Shoplifters”

DOCUMENTARY
“Free Solo” *WINNER
“McQueen”
“RBG”
“They Shall Not Grow Old”
“Three Identical Strangers”

ANIMATED FILM
“Incredibles 2”
“Isle of Dogs”
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” *WINNER

DIRECTOR
“BlacKkKlansman,” Spike Lee
“Cold War,” Paweł Pawlikowski
“The Favourite,” Yorgos Lanthimos
“Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón *WINNER
“A Star Is Born,” Bradley Cooper

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Cold War,” Janusz Głowacki, Paweł Pawlikowski
“The Favourite,” Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara *WINNER
“Green Book,” Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga
“Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón
“Vice,” Adam McKay

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“BlacKkKlansman,” Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott *WINNER
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty
“First Man,” Josh Singer
“If Beale Street Could Talk,” Barry Jenkins
“A Star Is Born,” Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Eric Roth

LEADING ACTRESS
Glenn Close, “The Wife”
Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born”
Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Olivia Colman, “The Favourite” *WINNER
Viola Davis, “Widows”

LEADING ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Christian Bale, “Vice”
Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody” *WINNER
Steve Coogan, “Stan & Ollie”
Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, “Vice”
Claire Foy, “First Man”
Emma Stone, “The Favourite”
Margot Robbie, “Mary Queen of Scots”
Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite” *WINNER

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Adam Driver, “BlacKkKlansman”
Mahershala Ali, “Green Book” *WINNER
Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Sam Rockwell, “Vice”
Timothee Chalamet, “Beautiful Boy”

ORIGINAL MUSIC
“BlacKkKlansman,” Terence Blanchard
“If Beale Street Could Talk,” Nicholas Britell
“Isle of Dogs,” Alexandre Desplat
“Mary Poppins Returns,” Marc Shaiman
“A Star Is Born,” Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Lukas Nelson *WINNER

CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” Newton Thomas Sigel
“Cold War,” Łukasz Żal
“The Favourite,” Robbie Ryan
“First Man,” Linus Sandgren
“Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón *WINNER

EDITING
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“First Man”
“Roma”
“Vice” *WINNER

PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”
“The Favourite” *WINNER
“First Man”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Roma”

COSTUME DESIGN
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite” *WINNER
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Mary Queen of Scots”

MAKE UP & HAIR
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite” *WINNER
“Mary Queen of Scots”
“Stan & Ollie”
“Vice”

SOUND
“Bohemian Rhapsody” *WINNER
“First Man”
“Mission: Impossible – Fallout”
“A Quiet Place”
“A Star Is Born”

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“Black Panther” *WINNER
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”
“First Man”
“Ready Player One”

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
“I’m OK”
“Marfa”
“Roughhouse” *WINNER

BRITISH SHORT FILM
“73 Cows” *WINNER
“Bachelor, 38”
“The Blue Door”
“The Field”
“Wale”

EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Barry Keoghan
Cynthia Erivo
Jessie Buckley
Lakeith Stanfield
Letitia Wright *WINNER

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema: Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley

Movies

I must piece together some time this week to see THE LEGO MOVIE 2!!

Post author By Dan
Post date February 11, 2019

Lego Movie 2 tops the box office with $35 million debut

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part is taking a brick to its competition.

The latest in the animated toy-inspired franchise takes the top spot at the box office in its opening weekend with an estimated $35 million in ticket sales at 4,303 theaters in the U.S. and Canada from Friday through Sunday, bringing its North American total to $88.7 million.

For the first time in 2019, new releases make up the box office top three with Paramount’s What Men Want grabbing second place with an estimated $19 million across 2,912 theaters and Lionsgate’s Cold Pursuit rounding out the top three with an estimated $10.8 million across 2,630 theaters. The weekend’s other new release, Orion horror flick The Prodigy, did not fare as well, taking the sixth slot with an estimated $6 million across 2,530 theaters.

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part is Warner Bros. latest entry in its plasticine franchise, after 2017’s Lego Batman Movie and Lego Ninjago Movie. The film is the first official sequel to the 2014 hit that kickstarted the franchise, The Lego Movie.

With a script from Lego masterminds Phil Lord and Chris Miller and directed by Mike Mitchell, the film reunites the heroes of Bricksburg as they attempt to save their city from a new threat. It features the voice talents of returning cast members Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Alison Brie, Will Arnett, as well as newcomers to the franchise Stephanie Beatriz, Tiffany Haddish, Maya Rudolph, and more.

Despite strong reviews, The Lego Movie 2 fell short of projected expectations which anticipated a weekend haul somewhere between $50-55 million. The sequel didn’t come close to the 2014 opening take of the original film, which took in $69 million its first weekend at the box office. This marks the second worst opening for a film in the franchise, after The Lego Ninjago Movie’s $20.4 million opening in Sept. 2017.

New release What Men Want, a gender-swapped take on Nancy Meyer’s 2000 comedy hit What Women Want, grabs second place with its estimated $19 million total in line with industry expectations. Directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray), the Paramount comedy stars Taraji P. Henson as a sports agent who is constantly overshadowed by her male counterparts, until an encounter with a psychic suddenly gives her the power to hear what men are thinking. It couldn’t compare to the Mel Gibson-Helen Hunt original, which took $33.6 million in its opening weekend back in 2000.

The weekend’s other major title, Liam Neeson revenge thriller Cold Pursuit, fell far short of expectations with its third place estimated total of $10.8 million. The Lionsgate release reportedly cost $60 million to make, but the film was likely hampered by its release in the midst of major controversy involving star Liam Neeson after he confessed in an interview that he once contemplated a “revenge” attack against a random black person. Neeson apologized for the remarks after the backlash.

Indeed, it marks Neeson’s worst opening for a wide release since he rebranded himself as an action star with the wild success of 2009’s Taken. The film follows a local snowplow operator (Neeson) who becomes consumed by revenge when his son is murdered by a local drug cartel. Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum, and William Forsythe also star. Hans Petter Moland directed the film, and it’s an English-language remake of his 2014 Norwegian film In Order of Disappearance.

The Prodigy, which was the fourth new title of the weekend, came in sixth with an estimated $6 million total. The film stars Taylor Schilling as a mother who believes her son’s disturbing behavior might be due to something supernatural.

2019 box office winners The Upside and Glass round out the top five for the weekend, with estimated totals of $7.2 million and $6.4 million respectively. It’s a steep decline for Glass of nearly 33 percent, having held on to the top spot at the box office for the previous three weekends running. Meanwhile, STX Films’ The Upside continues to make a strong showing in its fifth week, bringing its cumulative domestic total to $85.8 million, an unexpected victory for a film that once seemed as if it might be lost to the controversy surrounding the Weinstein company.

Overall box office is down 14.5 percent year-to-date, according to Comscore. Check out the Feb. 8-10 numbers below.

1. Lego Movie 2: The Second Part — $35 million
2. What Men Want— $19 million
3. Cold Pursuit— $10.8 million
4. The Upside— $7.2 million
5. Glass— $6.4 million
6. The Prodigy — $6 million
7. Green Book— $3.6 million
8. Aquaman— $3.3 million
9. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse— $3 million
10. Miss Bala — $2.7 million

Movies

Fifty-Five Hours? That’s definitely enough for him to make 3, 4-Hour movies. BRING IT ON, I say!!!

Post author By Dan
Post date February 4, 2019

Peter Jackson to revamp The Beatles ‘Let It Be’ film from original footage

Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson, best known for his Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies, is collaborating with The Beatles to produce a new film from the 55 hours of footage originally filmed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg for what turned into ‘the intimate bioscopic experience’ that was 1970’s Let It Be motion picture.

The footage was shot in January 1969 as The Beatles prepared for a TV special that never materialised, starting in Twickenham Film Studios and moving to Apple’s London office in Savile Row, climaxing with the legendary performance on the roof of that building — which took place exactly 50 years ago today.

Peter Jackson said, “The 55 hours of never-before-seen footage and 140 hours of audio made available to us, ensures this movie will be the ultimate ‘fly on the wall’ experience that Beatles fans have long dreamt about – it’s like a time machine transports us back to 1969, and we get to sit in the studio watching these four friends make great music together.”

I think it’s fair to say that The Beatles have never really been totally happy with either the finished Let It Be album (famously pulled together by Phil Spector, much to McCartney’s annoyance) or the film, which portrays the struggles within an unhappy looking unit, as George Harrison clashes with Paul and John brings Yoko into virtually every session. The film has never been issued officially on DVD and the band approved a revised version of the album, Let It Be Naked, which was issued in 2003.

According to Peter Jackson, “I was relieved to discover the reality is very different to the myth. After reviewing all the footage and audio that Michael Lindsay-Hogg shot 18 months before they broke up, it’s simply an amazing historical treasure-trove. Sure, there’s moments of drama – but none of the discord this project has long been associated with. Watching John, Paul, George, and Ringo work together, creating now-classic songs from scratch, is not only fascinating – it’s funny, uplifting and surprisingly intimate. I’m thrilled and honoured to have been entrusted with this remarkable footage – making the movie will be a sheer joy.”

The footage will be restored by Park Road Post of Wellington, New Zealand using techniques developed for Jackson’s We Shall Not Grow Old WW1 documentary film.

A name for the film – which is being made with the full co-operation of Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon, and Olivia Harrison – will be announced in due course, along with a release date. With the Abbey Road album widely expected to be reissued this year, 2020 would clearly be a great time release the new movie because it would celebrate 50 years since the original. One would expect some kind of audio/video box set to follow.

Pertinently, Apple have said that a restored version of the original Let It Be movie will also be made available.

Movies

Is the Summer Movie Season here yet?

Post author By Dan
Post date February 4, 2019

Glass cuts through competition for third weekend atop the box office

Glass is still slicing through its competitors to hold onto the top spot at the box office.

The M. Night Shyamalan thriller tops the box office for the third week running with an estimated $9.5 million in ticket sales at 3,665 theaters in the U.S. and Canada from Friday through Sunday, bringing its North American total to $88.7 million. Globally, it’s brought in an estimated $199 million. STX Films’ The Upside also holds onto its momentum in its fourth weekend, coming in second with $8.6 million across 3,568 theaters, while the only nationwide new release Miss Bala takes the third place slot with an estimated $6.7 million across 2,203 theaters.

The overall weekend take paints a dismal picture amounting to the worst Super Bowl weekend at the movies since 2000. It’s a rare weekend where every film failed to pass the $10 million mark. Inclimate weather across the United States likely contributed to the steep decline in movie-going.

New release Miss Bala actually came in ahead of studio projections of $5 million with its estimated $6.7 million total. Still, the film has a ways to go before it might recoup its $15 million budget. The film marks a major milestone for Hollywood with Sony heralding its 95 percent Latinx cast and crew.

Starring Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) as the title character, the action film follows a young woman drawn into the world of cross-border crime when she seeks revenge on a drug cartel that kidnapped her friend. Ismael Cruz Cordova and Anthony Mackie also star in the production, directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight). The movie, which marked Rodriguez’s first major outing as an action star, was hammered by critics. It comes in far below Rodriguez’s other mainstream cinematic turns, including her most recent release as one of several vocal talents in Warner Bros. animated Smallfoot last fall, which opened to $23 million.

Fictional superheroes round out the top five with Aquaman coming in fourth with $4.8 million in its seventh weekend kicking it to a global tally of $1.1 billion. Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse continues to weave its web over audiences, taking fifth place with an estimated $4.4 million haul in its eighth weekend.

It’s fairly rare to see a documentary crack the top 10, but Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old grabs the tenth spot this weekend with an estimated $2.4 million total. The film features never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of World War I.

Overall box office is down 15.4 percent year-to-date, according to Comscore. Check out the Feb. 1-3 numbers below.

1. Glass — $9.5 million
2. The Upside — $8.6 million
3. Miss Bala — $6.7 million
4. Aquaman— $4.8 million
5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — $4.4 million
6. Green Book — $4.3 million
7. Kid Who Would Be King — $4.2 million
8. A Dog’s Way Home — $3.5 million
9. Escape Room — $2.9 million
10. They Shall Not Grow Old — $2.4 million

Television

She probably 100% right. Maybe even 1000% right.

Post author By Dan
Post date January 28, 2019

Maisie Williams: ‘I don’t think anyone will be satisfied by Game Of Thrones ending’

Maisie Williams fears Game Of Thrones fans will be disappointed by the show’s climax, no matter how writers tie it all up.

The actress, who plays Arya Stark in the hit HBO fantasy drama, can’t see a win for the cast and crew when the program wraps later this year, because no one wants the series to end.

“I don’t know that anyone is going to be satisfied,” the 21 year old tells Sky News. “No one wants it to end, you know, but I’m really proud of this final season. I’ve always felt ashamed to say things like that, but I am. I’m really proud of all the work we’ve put it, for me it’s the right time. I hope people like it.”

Her co-star Kit Harington previously echoed her concerns about the end of the show, stating, “It’s like when you finish a book, you’re not happy it’s over are you? You don’t finish a good book and say, ‘I’m happy I finished that’. You have this grief that it’s over, and it’s exactly the same with nine years doing this show. No matter how it ended, or how it does end, there’s always this bit of you that’s like, ‘Oh’. There’s this loss around it.”

Maisie recently told The Guardian she was all alone on the set as she said goodbye to her character in her final scene.

“I ended on the perfect scene,” she said. “I was alone – shocker! Arya’s always bloody alone. But I was alone and I had watched a lot of other people wrap. I knew the drill, I had seen the tears and heard the speeches.

“I got to the end and I didn’t want more. I had exhausted every possible piece of Arya. And this season was quite big for me. I had a lot more to do. Mainly because there’s just less characters now, so everyone’s got more to do.”

The hit show’s final six episodes will air from mid-April.

Awards

Woo Hoo!!! Congratulations Emily Blunt!!!! OH…and all the other winners too!!

Post author By Dan
Post date January 28, 2019

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2019: See the complete winners list

The latest and perhaps greatest key indicator as to which actors might be accepting an Oscar in the major categories next month was revealed on Sunday night, as the Screen Actors Guild Awards holds its 25th annual ceremony honoring excellence in film and television. All members of SAG — numbering over 100,000 — are eligible to vote for the winners, with many of these voters also making up the Academy’s actors branch. Since the SAG Awards launched two and half decades ago, 20 lead actors claimed both the SAG prize and that year’s Oscar, and 18 lead actresses have accomplished the same feat.

Which means that Glenn Close and Rami Malek may have just received some very good news: Fresh off of their Golden Globe wins, The Wife star and Bohemian Rhapsody frontman nabbed trophies in the Best Actress and Best Actor in a Drama categories, respectively. Also taking home awards were the cast of Black Panther, Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), and Mahershala Ali (Green Book). A Star Is Born, which entered the night with the most nominations (four), was shut out, as were triple nominees BlacKkKlansman and The Favourite.

Over in TV land, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — a nominations co-leader with Ozark — delivered the strongest performance of the night by winning three of its four nominations, including Best Comedy Ensemble and individual honors for Rachel Brosnahan and Tony Shalhoub. This Is Us took home the Best Drama Ensemble award (with Sterling K. Brown, the night’s most nominated actor, also hitting the stage later that night as part of the Black Panther cast), while Sandra Oh (Killing Eve), Jason Bateman (Ozark), Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora), and Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace) also came up victorious.

Below, the complete list of the actors and shows that claimed trophies:

FILM NOMINEES

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

A Star Is Born
WINNER: Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
Crazy Rich Asians

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Emily Blunt — Mary Poppins Returns
WINNER: Glenn Close — The Wife
Olivia Colman — The Favourite
Lady Gaga — A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy — Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Christian Bale — Vice
Bradley Cooper — A Star Is Born
WINNER: Rami Malek — Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen — Green Book
John David Washington — BlacKkKlansman

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams — Vice
WINNER: Emily Blunt — A Quiet Place
Margot Robbie — Mary Queen of Scots
Emma Stone — The Favourite
Rachel Weisz — The Favourite

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER: Mahershala Ali — Green Book
Timothée Chalamet — Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver — BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott — A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant — Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Ant-Man and the Wasp
Avengers: Infinity War
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
WINNER: Black Panther
Mission: Impossible — Fallout

TELEVISION NOMINEES

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Julia Garner — Ozark
Laura Linney — Ozark
Elizabeth Moss — The Handmaid’s Tale
WINNER: Sandra Oh — Killing Eve
Robin Wright — House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER: Jason Bateman — Ozark
Sterling K. Brown — This Is Us
Joseph Fiennes — The Handmaid’s Tale
John Krasinski — Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
Bob Odenkirk — Better Call Saul

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Alex Borstein — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Allison Brie — GLOW
WINNER: Rachel Brosnahan — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Jane Fonda — Grace and Frankie
Lily Tomlin — Grace and Frankie

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Alan Arkin — The Kominsky Method
Michael Douglas –The Kominsky Method
Bill Hader — Barry
WINNER: Tony Shalhoub — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Henry Winkler — Barry

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Amy Adams — Sharp Objects
WINNER: Patricia Arquette — Escape at Dannemora
Patricia Clarkson — Sharp Objects
Penélope Cruz — The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Emma Stone — Maniac

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Antonio Banderas — Genius: Picasso
WINNER: Darren Criss — The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Hugh Grant — A Very English Scandal
Anthony Hopkins — King Lear
Bill Pullman — The Sinner

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

The Americans
Better Call Saul
The Handmaid’s Tale
Ozark
WINNER: This Is Us

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Atlanta
Barry
GLOW
The Kominsky Method
WINNER: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

WINNER: GLOW
Marvel’s Daredevil
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
The Walking Dead
Westworld

SPECIAL AWARD
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award: Alan Alda

Movies

It’s January, the annual dumping ground for bad movies – so nothing new is going to be very good, but GLASS was pretty good. With very low expectations, I enjoyed it.

Post author By Dan
Post date January 28, 2019

Glass is reflecting well on its creators.

The M. Night Shyamalan thriller is primed to exceed expectations with a decline of 53 percent to hold on to the top spot at the box office for two weeks running. It slides into first place with an estimated $19 million in ticket sales at 3,844 theaters in the U.S. and Canada from Friday through Sunday, bringing its North American total to $73.6 million over the course of its first two weekends. Globally, it’s brought in an estimated $162.7 million.

Featuring actors and characters from Split and Unbreakable, Glass stars Bruce Willis as a security guard with superhuman strength and a sixth sense about bad guys, who tangles with a murderous genius with brittle bones (Samuel L. Jackson) and an ex-zoo employee with multiple personalities (James McAvoy), one of whom is a feral killer known as the Beast. Critics’ reviews have been lukewarm, while audiences gave Glass a mediocre B CinemaScore. Its cinematic cousin Split similarly topped the box office in 2018 for two weeks running, but its two-week haul was $84.1 million in contrast to Glass’ $73.6 million in its first two weekends in theaters.

STX Films’ The Upside continues to stay in the top three, coming in at second place with an estimated $12.2 million domestic haul, while the power of Aquaman remains strong with an estimated $7.35 million in its sixth weekend in theaters. Aquaman continues to swim to new heights, now officially the biggest DC movie of all time, the third largest Warner Bros. release of all time, and one of the top 25 movies of all time industry-wide with a global haul of $1.09 billion.

New releases Serenity and The Kid Who Would Be King both fell short of expectations, coming in at eighth and fourth, respectively. A family-friendly take on Arthurian legend, The Kid Who Would Be King will nab the fourth spot with an estimated $7.3 million across 3,124 theaters — not a great start for a film that reportedly cost about $60 million to make. Directed by Joe Cornish, the British-U.S. production from Working Title and 20th Century Fox follows a young boy (Andy Serkis’ son Louis Ashbourne Serkis) as he discovers Excalibur, the legendary sword of King Arthur. Rebecca Ferguson and Patrick Stewart also star.

The film garnered mostly strong reviews and a B+ CinemaScore, but it still failed to claim its place in the hierarchy of movies inspired by Arthurian legend. It fared slightly worse than the last King Arthur film, the much-maligned Charlie Hunnam led King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, which opened to $15.4 million in 2017.

Serenity looks to be a massive bomb, with an estimated take of $4.8 million in its opening weekend across 2,561 theaters. Directed by Steven Knight, Aviron’s noir thriller stars Matthew McConaughey as a fishing boat captain with a shadowy past, which materializes in the form of a glamorous woman, played by Anne Hathaway, who crashes into his simple life on a small Caribbean island. Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jason Clarke, and Jeremy Strong also star.

The film seems universally reviled, earning both negative reviews and a pitiful D+ CinemaScore from audiences. It marks the worst wide-release opening of Hathaway’s career, falling below her previous low, 2011’s One Day, which opened to $5 million.

Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse rounds out the top five with an estimated total of $6.2 million in its seventh weekend, bringing its domestic total to $169 million. Earning an Oscar bump, Universal’s Green Book increased its total weekend haul by an estimated 150 percent, adding 1,518 locations in the wake of a slew of Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, for an estimated total of $5.4 million in the sixth spot.

Overall box office is down 13 percent year-to-date, according to Comscore. Check out the Jan. 25-27 numbers below.

1. Glass — $19 million
2. The Upside — $12.2 million
3. Aquaman — $7.4 million
4. The Kid Who Would Be King— $7.3 million
5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — $6.2 million
6. Green Book — $5.4 million
7. A Dog’s Way Home — $5.2 million
8. Serenity — $4.8 million
9. Escape Room — $4.3 million
10. Mary Poppins Returns — $3.1 million

Awards

Congrats to all the nominees!!

Post author By Dan
Post date January 22, 2019

Roma and The Favourite lead Oscar nominations with 10 bids each

Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma and Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite have led all films with 10 nominations each heading to the 91st Academy Awards.

The nominees for best picture are: A Star Is Born, Roma, Green Book, The Favourite, Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody and Vice.

With Roma, Netflix has scored its first best picture nomination, something the streaming giant has dearly sought. Marvel, too, joined the club with Black Panther, the first superhero movie ever nominated for best picture.

Spike Lee was nominated for his first directing Oscar 30 years after a writing nod for 1989’s Do the Right Thing. Notably left out of the category was Bradley Cooper, whose A Star Is Born landed eight nominations, including best actress for Lady Gaga, but was overlooked for Cooper’s direction.

On behalf of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, presenters Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross unveiled nominations Tuesday morning from Los Angeles’ Samuel Goldwyn Theatre.

The nominees for best actor are Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born), Christian Bale (Vice), Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate), Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Viggo Mortensen (Green Book).

Up for best actress are Yalitza Aparicio (Roma), Glenn Close (The Wife), Olivia Colman (The Favourite), Lady Gaga (A Star is Born) and Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?).

The nominees for best supporting actress are Amy Adams (“Vice”), Marina De Tavira (“Roma”), Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Emma Stone (“The Favourite”) and Rachel Weisz (“The Favourite”). Tavira was something a surprise, while Claire Foy of “First Man” was left out.

Up for best supporting actor are: Mahershala Ali (Green Book), Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman), Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) and Sam Rockwell (Vice). Notably snubbed was Timothy Chalamet (Beautiful Boy).

The lead-up to Tuesday’s nominations was rocky for both the film academy and some of the contending movies. Shortly after being announced as host, Kevin Hart was forced to withdraw over years-old homophobic tweets that the comedian eventually apologized for. That has left the Oscars, one month before the Feb. 24 ceremony, without an emcee, and likely to stay that way.

Some film contenders, like Peter Farrelly’s Green Book and the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, have suffered waves upon waves of backlash, even as their awards tallies have mounted. On Saturday, Green Book won the top award from the Producers Guild, an honour that has been a reliable Oscar barometer. In the 10 years since the Oscars expanded its best-picture ballot, the PGA winner has gone on to win best picture eight times.

The season’s steadiest contender — Cooper’s A Star Is Born — looked potentially unbeatable until it got beat. Despite an enviable string of awards and more than $400 million US in worldwide box office, Cooper’s lauded remake was almost totally ignored at the Golden Globes. Still, A Star Is Born was the sole film to land top nominations from virtually every guild group.

The academy is reportedly planning to go host-less following Hart’s exit, something it has tried only once before in an infamous 1989 telecast that featured a lengthy musical number with Rob Lowe and Snow White.

The Oscars last year hit a new ratings low, declining 20 per cent and averaging 26.5 million viewers. Though ratings for award shows have generally been dropping, the downturn prompted the academy to revamp this year’s telecast. Though initial plans for a new popular film category were scuttled, the academy is planning to present some awards off-air and keep the broadcast to three hours.

Awards

Here’s the full list!!

Post author By Dan
Post date January 22, 2019

Oscar nominations 2019

Best Picture
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice

Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Glenn Close, The Wife
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, Vice
Marina de Tavira, Roma
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Best Actor
Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice

Best Director
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Adam McKay, Vice

Best Original Screenplay
The Favourite (Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara)
First Reformed (Paul Schrader)
Green Book (Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly)
Roma (Alfonso Cuarón)
Vice (Adam McKay)

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
BlacKkKlansman (Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty)
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
A Star Is Born (Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters)

Best Cinematography
Łukasz Żal, Cold War
Robbie Ryan, The Favourite
Caleb Deschanel, Never Look Away
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Matthew Libatique, A Star Is Born

Best Production Design
Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma

Best Costume Design
Mary Zophres, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Ruth Carter, Black Panther
Sandy Powell, The Favourite
Sandy Powell, Mary Poppins Returns
Alexandra Byrne, Mary Queen of Scots

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Border (Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer)
Mary Queen of Scots (Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks)
Vice (Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney)

Best Original Score
Ludwig Goransson, Black Panther
Terence Blanchard, BlacKkKlansman
Nicholas Britell, If Beale Street Could Talk
Alexandre Desplat, Isle of Dogs
Marc Shaiman, Mary Poppins Returns

Best Original Song
“All the Stars,” Black Panther
“I’ll Fight,” RBG
“The Place Where Lost Things Go,” Mary Poppins Returns
“Shallow,” A Star Is Born
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings,” The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Best Film Editing
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice

Best Sound Editing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma

Best Sound Mixing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
A Star Is Born

Best Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story

Best Animated Feature Film
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Foreign-Language Film
Capernaum
Cold War
Never Look Away
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG

Best Documentary Short Subject
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Period. End of Sentence.

Best Animated Short Film
Animal Behaviour
Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends

Best Live-Action Short Film
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin