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Golden Globes: How the Winners and Losers Shake Out for the Oscars, “Barbie” Sidelined

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Now that we’ve seen the winners and losers of the Golden Globes, the Oscar race takes a few turns. Some stocks rose tonight, and some races ended.

“Barbie” won only Best Song and a special award for box office. I think that’s it for the Oscars. They’ll get some good nominations, but wins in the main categories will be tough.

“Oppenheimer” soared tonight. Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Supporting Actor. Coupled with below the line stuff like editing and cinematography, “Oppenheimer” is firmly in the lead.

Paul Giamatti’s Best Actor win — even in music or comedy — vaults him up to Number 2 behind Cillian Murphy in the Oscar race. In the cold right now is Bradley Cooper, whose masterful performance in “Maestro” still needs consideration.

What about “Killers of the Flower Moon?” They only got Best Actress, which is a shame. I still think Martin Scorsese has a shot at Best Director at the Oscars.

Next Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards –CW network, 8pm — will clarify things even more and be taken more seriously, I think, by Academy voters. This awards show tonight didn’t include “The Color Purple,” which will also pick up Best Ensemble awards, I think at the CCA and SAG. So there are some plot twists ahead.

Review: Golden Globes Settled Down After Host’s Awful Monologue — Do They Want Ricky Gervais Back? (Yes)

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Jo Koy was hired at the last minute. The writer for the Golden Globes had little time to put together a show. This was obvious tonight as Koy’s opening monologue was a disaster — his jokes were just crude, not witty, and they bombed.

Later in the show, the Globes gave an award for Best Stand Up Comic to Ricky Gervais, their former host (5 times) who they loathed for making fun of them. Was it a coincidence that Gervais got a Globe? I’d say no. They want him back. Pronto.

Tonight’s Golden Globes show was otherwise unremarkable. It went fairly smoothly. There were no outbursts about Trump or politics, or wars anything remotely objectionable. The show ran without problems but it was a high wire act, certainly. The new owners of the show and the Globes and Dick Clark Productions and all the Hollywood trade magazines want to return to CBS next year. They were not going to blow it.

Most of the show was written in a careful way. The few really good bits came from Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig — genius — and another with Issa Rae and Simu Liu — trenchant. But most of the dialogue was the usual banter, inoffensive enough to accommodate the CBS audience.

Will the ratings be good? CBS hoped the NFL game would run right into the show. It didn’t. There was almost a 40 minute break. Did viewers leave or stay? We’ll find out in the morning. The Jo Koy monologue may have turned off some who were watching. But they would have missed some lovely speeches, including Lily Gladstone, Emma Thomas, Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook, and so on. There were gems to be sifted from the rubble.

All in all, A minus, I’d say. The Globes will be back on CBS next year without a doubt.

Golden Globes Winners: “Oppenheimer” Best Drama, “Poor Things” Comedy, Paul Giamatti, Emma Stone, Cillian Murphy, Lily Gladstone

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Here’s the full list:
— analysis and notes in next story–

Best Motion Picture:

“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) (WINNER)
“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures)
“Maestro” (Netflix)
“Past Lives” (A24)
“The Zone of Interest” (A24)
“Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon)

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy

“Barbie” (Warner Bros.)
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) (WINNER)
“American Fiction” (MGM)
“The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
“May December” (Netflix)
“Air” (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Director, Motion Picture

Bradley Cooper — “Maestro”
Greta Gerwig — “Barbie”
Yorgos Lanthimos — “Poor Things”
Christopher Nolan — “Oppenheimer” (WINNER)
Martin Scorsese — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Celine Song — “Past Lives”

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

“Barbie” — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
“Poor Things” — Tony McNamara
“Oppenheimer” — Christopher Nolan
“Killers of the Flower Moon” — Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese
“Past Lives” — Celine Song
“Anatomy of a Fall” — Justine Triet, Arthur Harari (WINNER)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Bradley Cooper — “Maestro”
Cillian Murphy — “Oppenheimer” (WINNER)
Leonardo DiCaprio — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Colman Domingo — “Rustin”
Andrew Scott — “All of Us Strangers”
Barry Keoghan — “Saltburn”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Lily Gladstone — “Killers of the Flower Moon” (WINNER)
Carey Mulligan – “Maestro”
Sandra Hüller – “Anatomy of a Fall”
Annette Bening — “Nyad”
Greta Lee — “Past Lives”
Cailee Spaeny — “Priscilla”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Fantasia Barrino – “The Color Purple”
Jennifer Lawrence – “No Hard Feelings”
Natalie Portman – “May December”
Alma Pöysti – “Fallen Leaves”
Margot Robbie – “Barbie”
Emma Stone – “Poor Things” (WINNER)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Nicolas Cage — “Dream Scenario”
Timothée Chalamet — “Wonka”
Matt Damon — “Air”
Paul Giamatti — “The Holdovers” (WINNER)
Joaquin Phoenix — “Beau Is Afraid”
Jeffrey Wright — “American Fiction”

Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

Willem Dafoe — “Poor Things”
Robert De Niro — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Robert Downey Jr. — “Oppenheimer” (WINNER)
Ryan Gosling — “Barbie”
Charles Melton — “May December”
Mark Ruffalo — “Poor Things”

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture

Emily Blunt — “Oppenheimer”
Danielle Brooks — “The Color Purple”
Jodie Foster — “Nyad”
Julianne Moore — “May December”
Rosamund Pike — “Saltburn”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph — “The Holdovers” (WINNER)

Best Television Series, Drama

“1923” (Paramount+)
“The Crown” (Netflix)
“The Diplomat” (Netflix)
“The Last of Us” (HBO)
“The Morning Show” (Apple TV+)
“Succession” (HBO) (WINNER)

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy

“The Bear” (FX) (WINNER)
“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“Jury Duty” (Amazon Freevee)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“Barry” (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama

Pedro Pascal — “The Last of Us”
Kieran Culkin — “Succession” (WINNER)
Jeremy Strong — “Succession”
Brian Cox — “Succession”
Gary Oldman — “Slow Horses”
Dominic West — “The Crown”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama

Helen Mirren — “1923”
Bella Ramsey — “The Last of Us”
Keri Russell — “The Diplomat”
Sarah Snook — “Succession” (WINNER)
Imelda Staunton — “The Crown”
Emma Stone — “The Curse”

Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy

Ayo Edebiri — “The Bear” (WINNER)
Natasha Lyonne — “Poker Face”
Quinta Brunson — “Abbott Elementary”
Rachel Brosnahan — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Selena Gomez — “Only Murders in the Building”
Elle Fanning – “The Great”

Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy

Bill Hader — “Barry”
Steve Martin — “Only Murders in the Building”
Martin Short — “Only Murders in the Building”
Jason Segel — “Shrinking”
Jason Sudeikis — “Ted Lasso”
Jeremy Allen White — “The Bear” (WINNER)

Best Supporting Actor, Television

Billy Crudup — “The Morning Show”
Matthew Macfadyen — “Succession” (WINNER)
James Marsden — “Jury Duty”
Ebon Moss-Bachrach — “The Bear”
Alan Ruck — “Succession”
Alexander Skarsgård — “Succession”

Best Supporting Actress, Television

Elizabeth Debicki — “The Crown” (WINNER)
Abby Elliott — “The Bear”
Christina Ricci — “Yellowjackets”
J. Smith-Cameron — “Succession”
Meryl Streep — “Only Murders in the Building”
Hannah Waddingham — “Ted Lasso”

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

“Beef” (WINNER)
“Lessons in Chemistry”
“Daisy Jones & the Six”
“All the Light We Cannot See”
“Fellow Travelers”
“Fargo”
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Best Performance by an Actor, Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Matt Bomer — “Fellow Travelers”
Sam Claflin — “Daisy Jones & the Six”
Jon Hamm — “Fargo”
Woody Harrelson — “White House Plumbers”
David Oyelowo — “Lawmen: Bass Reeves”
Steven Yeun — “Beef” (WINNER)

Best Performance by an Actress, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Riley Keough — “Daisy Jones & the Six”
Brie Larson — “Lessons in Chemistry”
Elizabeth Olsen — “Love and Death”
Juno Temple — “Fargo”
Rachel Weisz — “Dead Ringers”
Ali Wong — “Beef” (WINNER)

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

Ludwig Göransson — “Oppenheimer” (WINNER)
Jerskin Fendrix — “Poor Things”
Robbie Robertson — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Mica Levi — “The Zone of Interest”
Daniel Pemberton — “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Joe Hisaishi — “The Boy and the Heron”
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Best Picture, Non-English Language

“Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon) — France (WINNER)
“Fallen Leaves” (Mubi) — Finland
“Io Capitano” (01 Distribution) — Italy
“Past Lives” (A24) — United States
“Society of the Snow” (Netflix) — Spain
“The Zone of Interest” (A24) — United Kingdom

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

“Barbie” — “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas (WINNER)
“Barbie” — “Dance the Night” by Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
“She Came to Me” — “Addicted to Romance” by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” — “Peaches” by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, and John Spiker
“Barbie” — “I’m Just Ken” by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt
“Rustin” — “Road to Freedom” by Lenny Kravitz

Best Motion Picture, Animated

“The Boy and the Heron” (GKids) (WINNER)
“Elemental” (Disney)
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Universal Pictures)
“Suzume” (Toho Co.)
“Wish” (Disney)

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy or Television

Ricky Gervais — “Ricky Gervais: Armageddon” (WINNER)
Trevor Noah — “Trevor Noah: Where Was I”
Chris Rock — “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage”
Amy Schumer — “Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact”
Sarah Silverman — “Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love”
Wanda Sykes — “Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer”

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

“Barbie” (Warner Bros.) (WINNER)
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Disney)
“John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate Films)
“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount Pictures)
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Universal Pictures)
“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” (AMC Theatres)

Big Pop Week Coming: Jennifer Lopez New Single Drops Wednesday, Ariana Grande Comes on Thursday Night

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Here we go with some new pop releases.

Jennifer Lopez is dropping her big comeback single on Wednesday. It’s called “Can’t Get Enough.” As I reported earlier, this is a real Frankenstein single, built in the laboratory of production masterminds. It has no fewer than 10 writing credits, including the composers of the original songs it’s based on. Crazy, huh?

Then there’s Ariana Grande. Her single. “Yes, And?” hits on Thursday night. There’s no information yet, but based on my conversation with Ariana and Max Martin recently, they’re the writers. The title sounds like a rebuke to people who wonder about Grande’s turbulent personal life. She’s quite a singer, so I hope she can show off that voice.

Why are there so few male pop singers? I don’t know. Shawn Mendes is on Twitter sledding in Canada mostly without clothing. Justin Bieber has put up pictures of himself playing golf. He just posted a photo of himself in front of instruments and said “Looking forward to next year.” Does he mean 2024 or 2025?

Monster Mash Exclusive: Andrew Garfield Out of Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” Jacob Elordi Said to Be In

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Fresh from having his bathwater drunk in “Saltburn,” Jacob Elordi may have a new gig.

Sources say that Elordi is taking over the role of the Frankenstein monster from Andrew Garfield in a new “Frankenstein” movie for Netflix.

Guillermo del Toro had already announced the film co-starring Oscar Isaac as the doctor — named Pretorious — who tracks down the monster who was believed to have died in a fire 40 years earlier. (So this won’t be ‘Young’ Frankenstein.) Two time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz and Mia Goth co-star.

Garfield is out due to scheduling conflicts. He has a lot of back-to-back projects including playing scientist Carl Sagan.

del Toro told Collider website back in the fall:

“I’m doing Frankenstein. We’re working on it, we start shooting on it in February. It’s a movie I’ve been wanting to do for 50 years since I saw the first Frankenstein and I had an epiphany and is basically a movie that requires a lot of growth and a lot of tools that I couldn’t have done 10 years ago, 20 years ago and now I’m brave or crazy enough or something and we’re going to tackle it.”

Elordi is hot hot hot right now after “Priscilla” and “Saltburn” launched him out of HBO’s “Euphoria.” (If and when “Euphoria” ever returns, they may have to feature a new, younger crowd now that Elordi, Zendaya, and Sydney Sweeney have flown the coop.)

So will Jacob Elordi do the Monster Mash this year? Seems like it.

Audacy Files for Bankruptcy– Radio Behemoth Owns Top News, Music, Sports Stations in New York, Los Angeles

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Audacious: Audacy has filed for bankruptcy.

The behemoth radio chain has teetered financially for more than a year. I told you about this last May.

Audacy owns NewsRadio 88 and WINS, and 92.3FM in New York, plus radio station WCBS FM. They have the sole news station in Los Angeles –KNX AM and FM — and the oldies channel there, KRTH 101 FM, plus rock station KROQ. They also own WFAN, the sports station in New York.

The company basically owns all of what used to be CBS Radio, including news and music stations in all the largest markets.

But advertising is dismal. The stations count on junk ads touting unlicensed medical cures and firms that threaten penalties for not paying taxes, that sort of thing.

Audacy also owns more than 200 radio stations across the country, and also operates dozens of digital radio channels. The company also has partnerships with companies like Warner Bros. Discovery and Bloomberg LP.

The stations will remain on the air. New ownership will take over. But how to get real ads? That’s the question.

Golden Globes: If “Barbie” Wins Tonight, Does That Kill Its Oscar Chances? Academy Will Go Another Way

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There’s a definite downside to winning a Golden Globe award.

When tonight’s results come in, the winners may wish things hadn’t gone their way.

Most of the Best Picture Drama winners at the Globes did not go on to win Oscars. They include last year’s “The Fabelmans,” plus “The Power of the Dog,” “1917,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Boyhood,” “Three Billboards,” and “The Revenant.”

Once those films won their Globes, they were done, kaput. Why? The Academy membership had no respect for the Hollywood Foreign Press and avoided rubber stamping their choices. Sometimes they did in weak years or when it was too obvious. Those times were “Nomadland,” “Moonlight,” most recently. One of the few times a Globes choice for Best Comedy or Musical went anywhere was in 2018 with “Green Book.”

So keep that in mind tonight. The Globes aren’t a precursor of anything when it comes to Best Picture. If “Barbie” sweeps, that almost guarantees the fun is over. “Oppenheimer” will probably take Best Picture Drama tonight. When that happens, there will be wiggle room for other competitors at the Oscars. “Killers of the Flower Moon” looms large, although “The Holdovers” looms like “Green Book.” People love it. “American Fiction” is also gaining traction.

As for actors tonight: Bradley Cooper and Margot Robbie would seem like a cinch in their categories. Annette Bening is strong in hers– Best Actress in a Drama, although Lily Gladstone may be too important even for the Globes to ignore. Best Actor in a Comedy is a toss up. I’m sure the 60 or so members of the HFPA who have transferred over to the new group wanted Timothee Chalamet. But Paul Giamatti or Jeffrey Wright could be surprise spoilers. Wait and see.

UPDATING Creative Arts Emmys: Guest Actor Awards to Storm Reid, Sam Richardson, Judith Light, Nick Offerman, “Weird Al” Movie from Roku Channel! “Succession” Music Loses!

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The Creative Arts Emmys are being handed out in Hollywood right now, the first of two nights. (The big Emmys are Monday January 15th on Fox.)

There are some headscratching surprises.

Guest Actor in a Drama went to Nick Offerman, for “The Last of Us,” a show picking up a lot of below the line prizes as well. Guest Actress in a Drama went to Storm Reid, also of “The Last of Us.” The “Succession” nominees got zip.

Guest Actor in a Comedy is Sam Richardson, from “Ted Lasso.” Guest Actress in a Comedy is Judith Light from “Poker Face.” This is Judy Light’s first Emmy after four tries. She won 2 Daytime Emmys a mere 40 years ago on “One Life to Live.” She has not one, but TWO Tony Awards on Broadway.

Best Outstanding Television Movie — The Weird Al Story. From the Roku Channel, of all things. This was made as a theatrical release, shown in Toronto, and then instead went to TV. The field here was very weak.

The Music Awards– scoring and theme — did not go to “Succession” or composer Nicholas Brittel. I will not accept these results and order an immediate siege of the Waystar Royco headquarters. Danny Elfman won both awards for “The Last of Us.”

How could

this music not have won?

51* Years Ago Today: Carly Simon’s Now Classic “You’re So Vain” Began a Three Week Run at Number 1

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Hard to believe, but today is a 51st anniversary for “You’re So Vain.”

Carly Simon’s instant classic pop record even in 1973 was a wicked tell all full of edgy accusations. Produced by Richard Perry, with background vocals by Mick Jagger, “You’re So Vain” also provoked an instant guessing game: who was she singing about?

To this day, Carly has remained cagey. And in fact the song may be about three people. One of them, to his lasting chagrin, is Warren Beatty. I know this story still riles him. Some say David Geffen is in the mix. Remember, after her first two albums, Simon had been thrust into heavy company. Her boyfriends included Cat Stevens and Kris Kristofferson. This was all before James Taylor. So she had plenty of material.

But let’s get away from “Who?” part because it doesn’t really matter. Carly’s voice and Perry’s rolling thunder of a production are what drives the record, which is just about perfect sonically. The momentum builds and builds as Carly checks off the self centered main character’s traits, including using the word ‘gavotte’ to rhyme with ‘yacht.’ This has to be the only time ‘gavotte’ has ever appeared in a pop song.

Simon was friends with Jagger, who stopped by the recording studio when she and Perry were making the record. Adding Jagger’s twangy country blues inflection to Simon’s vibrant, cool vocal — she has one of the best voices in all of pop — gave the record a jaunty feel. It also eliminated speculation that Mick was the man in question.

Carly had hits before “You’re So Vain” and a ton afterwards, but she will probably always be remembered for the most mysterious confessional of all time.

By the way, the line up here is all-star: that’s Simon on piano, Klaus Voorman on bass, Jim Gordon on drums, Perry on percussion, and Jimmy Ryan on guitars. Paul Buckmaster arranged the strings.

Taylor Swift’s “1989” 2.0 Number 1 Again, Has Sold 3 Million Copies Since October

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It’s pretty much the same album. Just told a different way.

Taylor Swift’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” finished the week at number 1. The album sold around 66,000 copies.

In all, since its release in October, “1989” 2.0 has sold 2 million downloads, LPs, and CDs. Kick in another 1 million streaming equivalent and you have a tidy 3 million copies.

No one does this anymore. It’s unheard of. Swift dominated the charts and all sales for 2023. Four of last week’s top 10 albums are from her. She IS the entire record business. Her only competition — and it’s far off — is Morgan Wallen and maybe Drake.

Sunday night Taylor’s “Eras” movie will probably win a Golden Globe. It’s a concocted prize to get her to the ballroom — Blockbuster or Box Office behemoth. “Eras Tour” didn’t make as much as “Barbie” or “Oppenheimer,” but those two will win film awards. Taylor will just get a Golden Globes sop, and make an appearance. That’s all the Globes care about — and CBS, too. You want it, you got it.

Swift is also the subject of a ridiculous but click baiting New York Times op-ed piece claiming she’s sending signals that she’s gay through her music. The Times also throws Shawn Mendes under the bus in the same piece. Really disappointing and embarrassing, particularly on the day former editor in chief, the great writer Joe Lelyveld, died. He’s already rolling in his grave.