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National Board of Review Board Member Is Studio Exec, Lands 2 Major Prizes for “Uncut Gems,” Many Citations for Other Releases

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National Board of Review Board Member Is Studio Exec, Lands 2 Major Prizes for “Uncut Gems,” Many Citations for Other Releases

Readers of this column know that in years past I’ve written about the phony National Board of Review.

Tonight they will hand out their awards at a big gala at Cipriani 42nd St., at which movie fans pay dearly to run elbows with movie stars. A woman named Annie Schulhof runs this gonzo group that has an important sounding name, but in reality is a scam.

The NBR’s Board of Directors, handpicked by Schulhof, includes David Laub, who has a non specified title at A24 Films. So it shouldn’t come has much of a surprise that A24 picked up two major prizes for this year, plus many citations.

Four of the NBR’s top 10 Independent films are from A24. They are “Uncut Gems,” “The Farewell,” “Midsommar,” and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.”

Two of the NBR’s top movies of the year are from A24 as well: “Uncut Gems,” and the really awful “Waves.”

More importantly, Adam Sandler of “Uncut Gems” has won their best actor prize. Best Original Screenplay also went to “Uncut Gems.”

It’s a good thing Laub is on the Board of Directors. I’m actually surprised he didn’t get more of A24’s movies, like “The Lighthouse,” into this sketchy endeavor. But Schulhof has other friends to please. And she has to make sure enough studios get awards so they will pay for her tables at Cipriani.

Schulhof has to sell tickets to the dinner since her expenses are so high. See the chart below. Salaries at the NBR are over $300,000, and they’re higher than the previous year. Nice work if you can get it.

The NBR is famous for existing as a fan organization. Their members pay hundreds of dollars to belong, and hundreds more to go to the dinner and get their pictures taken with movie stars. In the movie business they’re considered a joke, but a useful tool to promote movies until the Oscar nominations come in.

At one time they boasted few academics who taught film as part of the group. But they’re all gone now. And Schulhof chooses the winners with a small group of pals based on patronage and friendships, as well as which studio will support her cause. She has a nose for money, which is why Netflix– which she must see as the Golden Goose– nabbed many prizes this year. Not only did she give “The Irishman” best picture, which you could say it deserved, but it got an “NBR Icon Award.” WTF is that?

There are also, as is tradition, three awards for a Clint Eastwood movie, this year’s “Richard Jewell.” Eastwood is guaranteed something every time he makes a movie because NBR board member Jeanine Basinger runs the Clint Eastwood archive at Wesleyan University.

 

Pop Shock: Artists Like Post Malone, Lil Nas X, Lizzo “Billions” of Streams Yield Not So Many Millions in Dollars

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Pop Shock: Artists Like Post Malone, Lil Nas X, Lizzo “Billions” of Streams Yield Not So Many Millions in Dollars

The biggest hit single, financially, for 2019, was “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X. According to buzzangle.com, “Old Town Road” earned $8.8  million. It was easily number 1.

Post Malone had positions 2 and 3. Billie Eilish had number 4. Ariana Grande was number 5.

Number 50 was a song I’ve never heard of called “Sweet but Psycho” by Ava Max, with $2.2 million.

Taylor Swift did not make the top 50 of top earning songs. If she made a lot of money in 2019, it came from actual sales and downloads, not streaming.

Just to give you an idea of how streaming works: “Old Town Road” had 977,322,000 streams– nearly a BILLION. After all the hype, that BILLION yielded $7.4 million.

The “truth hurts.” Lizzo’s song of that name had almost 500 million streams. The actual yield? $3.7 million.

Even those millions sound like a lot of money. But the artist is splitting that with the record company, paying the writers and producers, and numerous other expenses attributed to that single. Then, of course, there’s the IRS.

Directors Guild Shocker: No Women, Scorsese, Tarantino, Mendes Joined By Bong Joon Ho, Taika Waititi

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Directors Guild Shocker: No Women, Scorsese, Tarantino, Mendes Joined By Bong Joon Ho, Taika Waititi

Greta Gerwig will have to wait again. She was not nominated for a DGA award for “Little Women” even though she should have been. No women were nominated in a tone deaf announcement. Nice to see that the changing world doesn’t affect Hollywood.

Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and Sam Mendes were expected nominees. The two outliers are men: South Korean Bong Hoon Jo, for “Parasite,” and really on the outside, Taika Waititi, for “Jojo Rabbit,” a totally offensive and unpopular movie. (Waititi really owes Mel Brooks a big thank you for endorsing him.)

The DGA could have surprised everyone by including the directors of “The Farewell” (Lulu Wang) or Lorene Scafaria for “Hustlers,” but that didn’t occur to them. What a disappointment.

Also missing from the DGA nominations: Noah Baumbach for “Marriage Story,” Fernando Mereilles for “Two Popes,” Jay Roach for “Bombshell,” Clint Eastwood for “Richard Jewell” — any of which should have been there.

Three women did make the list of the DGA’s first time filmmakers: Mati Diop. Melina Metsoukas, and Alma Ha’rel. They can look forward to not being nominated again. The other first timers are Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, and Joe Talbot.

Quincy Jones Hosts Private Screening of “Black Godfather” Honoring Legendary Clarence Avant, Songwriter Pharrell

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Quincy Jones Hosts Private Screening of “Black Godfather” Honoring Legendary Clarence Avant, Songwriter Pharrell

You know a movie company means business when Quincy Jones hosts a screening.

Last night at the very chi-chi exclusive San Vicente Bungalows, Q– as we call him– presided over a private showing of “The Black Godfather,” the extraordinary documentary Nicole Avant has made about her father, legendary entertainment exec Clarence Avant. Jonah Hill, looking very trim, moderated a Q&A afterwards with Nicole and songwriter Pharrell Williams, who wrote a great song, “Letter to My Godfather,” that may well be nominated for an Oscar.

Among the guests were 10 time Oscar nominee for Best Song Diane Warren as well as Pharrell’s lovely parents.

But the focus was on Nicole and Quincy, since Clarence — who’s 89– was taking the night off. Reggie Hudlin’s film about him — playing on Netflix now– is a must see for anyone with aspirations of being a player in Hollywood and also maintaining a great reputation and influence across many disciplines. While people like Q and Berry Gordy have always been out in front, very visible, Clarence has been the ultimate background guy. Two former presidents, Obama and Clinton, revere him. All the titans of the record business know his acumen for making deals and smoothing out situations so records or movies could be made even when things look shaky.

And what a family: Nicole, married to Netflix COO Ted Sarandos, is a former ambassador to Bermuda. She’s so beloved that Brad Bell created a whole family on “The Bold and the Beautiful” named for her. Alex Avant is a top agent at CAA, whose clients include Jamie Foxx. Foxx is one of the many familiar faces that appear in “Black Godfather,” and the movie is worth it just to see him do his imitations.

But what Hudlin does in this film is put Clarence Avant in context, so that the whole history of the entertainment business for the last 50 years is seen through his eyes.  Clarence’s early friendships with MCA (now Universal)) founder Lew Wasserman and his son-in-law Sid Sheinberg, not to mention many other powerful behind the scenes players are delineated and explored in marvelous ways. And still, as the movie observes, no one knows exactly how Clarence made his money. He never sent anyone a bill!

But what a thrill as always to spend an evening with Quincy Jones. A towering music and entertainment legend himself, he’s never looked better. “I stopped drinking, I dropped 50 pounds!” the 85 year old declared. “I’ve got to look good for the ladies!”

 

Producers Guild Nominations Clarify Potential Oscar Contenders: “Irishman,” “Joker,” Tarantino, “1917,” But Clint Eastwood is MIA

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Producers Guild Nominations Clarify Potential Oscar Contenders: “Irishman,” “Joker,” Tarantino, “1917,” But Clint Eastwood is MIA

Here are the PGA nominees. After yesterday’s Writers Guild nods and the soon to come Directors Guild, the fields are narrowing. For some reason, “The Two Popes” isn’t getting a lot of love despite the fact that it’s great, and that the producers recreated the Sistine freaking Chapel. Also, both “Richard Jewell” and “Just Mercy” have been ignored. Interesting to note that “Uncut Gems” is not on the list. And “Jojo Rabbit”? I just don’t know.

 

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

1917
Producers: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne‐Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall

Ford v Ferrari
Producers: Peter Chernin & Jenno Topping, James Mangold

The Irishman
Producers: Jane Rosenthal & Robert De Niro, Emma Tillinger Koskoff & Martin Scorsese

Jojo Rabbit
Producers: Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi

Joker
Producers: Todd Phillips & Bradley Cooper, Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Knives Out
Producers: Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman

Little Women
Producer: Amy Pascal

Marriage Story
Producers: Noah Baumbach, David Heyman

Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
Producers: David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino

Parasite
Producers: Kwak Sin Ae, Bong Joon Ho

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

Abominable
Producer: Suzanne Buirgy

Frozen II
Producer: Peter Del Vecho

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Producers: Bradford Lewis, Bonnie Arnold

Missing Link
Producers: Arianne Sutner, Travis Knight

Toy Story 4
Producers: Mark Nielsen, Jonas Rivera

The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama

Big Little Lies (Season 2)
Producers: David E. Kelley, Jean‐Marc Vallée, Andrea Arnold, Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Gregg Fienberg, Nathan Ross, David Auge, Lauren Neustadter, Liane Moriarty

The Crown (Season 3)
Producers: Peter Morgan, Suzanne Mackie, Stephen Daldry, Andy Harries, Benjamin Caron, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Michael Casey, Andy Stebbing, Martin Harrison, Oona O Beirn

Game of Thrones (Season 8)
Producers: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, David Nutter, Miguel Sapochnik, Bryan Cogman, Chris Newman, Greg Spence, Lisa McAtackney, Duncan Muggoch

Succession (Season 2)
Producers: Jesse Armstrong, Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin Messick, Mark Mylod, Jane Tranter, Tony Roche, Scott Ferguson, Jon Brown, Georgia Pritchett, Will Tracy, Jonathan Glatzer, Dara Schnapper, Gabrielle Mahon

Watchmen (Season 1)
Producers: TBD

The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy

Barry (Season 2)
Producers: Alec Berg, Bill Hader, Aida Rodgers, Liz Sarnoff, Emily Heller, Julie Camino, Jason Kim

Fleabag (Season 2)
Producers: Phoebe Waller‐Bridge, Harry Bradbeer, Lydia Hampson, Harry Williams, Jack Williams, Joe Lewis, Sarah Hammond

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 3)
Producers: Amy Sherman‐Palladino, Daniel Palladino, Dhana Gilbert, Daniel Goldfarb, Kate Fodor, Sono Patel, Matthew Shapiro

Schitt’s Creek (Season 5)
Producers: Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy, David West Read, Ben Feigin, Michael Short, Rupinder Gill, Colin Brunton

Veep (Season 7)
Producers: David Mandel, Frank Rich, Julia Louis‐Dreyfus, Lew Morton, Morgan Sackett, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Jennifer Crittenden, Gabrielle Allan, Billy Kimball, Rachel Axler, Ted Cohen, Ian Maxtone‐Graham, Dan O’Keefe, Steve Hely, David Hyman, Georgia Pritchett, Erik Kenward, Dan Mintz, Doug Smith

The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television

Chernobyl
Producers: Craig Mazin, Carolyn Strauss, Jane Featherstone, Johan Renck, Chris Fry, Sanne Wohlenberg

Fosse/Verdon
Producers: Thomas Kail, Steven Levenson, Lin‐Manuel Miranda, Joel Fields, George Stelzner, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Williams, Tracey Scott Wilson, Charlotte Stoudt, Nicole Fosse, Erica Kay, Kate Sullivan, Brad Carpenter

True Detective
Producers: TBD

Unbelievable
Producers: TBD

When They See Us
Producers: Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Berry Welsh, Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay, Amy Kaufman, Robin Swicord

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures

American Son
Producers: TBD

Apollo: Missions to the Moon
Producers: TBD

Black Mirror: Striking Vipers
Producers: TBD

Deadwood: The Movie
Producers: David Milch, Carolyn Strauss, Gregg Fienberg, Scott Stephens, Daniel Minahan, Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant, Regina Corrado, Nichole Beattie, Mark Tobey

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Producers: TBD

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

30 for 30 (Season 10)
Producers: TBD

60 Minutes (Season 51, Season 52)
Producers: TBD

Leaving Neverland
Producers: TBD

Queer Eye (Season 3, Season 4)
Producers: David Collins, Michael Williams, Rob Eric, Jennifer Lane, Jordana Hochman, Rachelle Mendez, Mark Bracero

Surviving R. Kelly (Season 1)
Producers: TBD

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Season 25)
Producers: TBD

Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
Producers: TBD

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 6)
Producers: TBD

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Season 5)
Producers: TBD

Saturday Night Live (Season 45)
Producers: TBD

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

The Amazing Race (Season 31)
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo, Phil Keoghan

The Masked Singer (Season 1)
Producers: TBD

RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 11)
Producers: TBD

Top Chef (Season 16)
Producers: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Doneen Arquines, Casey Kriley, Tara Siener, Justin Rae Barnes, Blake Davis, Patrick Schmedeman, Wade Sheeler, Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Elida Carbajal Araiza, Brian Fowler, Caitlin Rademaekers, Steve Lichtenstein, Emily Van Bergen

The Voice (Season 16, Season 17)
Producers: John de Mol, Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Stijn Bakkers, Amanda Zucker, Kyra Thompson, Teddy Valenti, Kyley Tucker, Carson Daly

BAFTA British Academy Nominations: All White Performers, and Margot Robbie Gets 2 Supporting Actress Nods

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BAFTA British Academy Nominations: All White Performers, and Margot Robbie Gets 2 Supporting Actress Nods

The British Academy of Film and TV announced their nominees for BAFTA. Notable exceptions include not one black person, not even their very own Cynthia Erivo as “Harriet.” That’s pretty awful. Erivo is a likely Oscar nominee. But Margot Robbie got two best supporting actress nominations, for “Bombshell” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”

BEST FILM
1917 Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes, Jayne-Ann Tenggren
THE IRISHMAN Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
JOKER Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE Bong Joon-ho, Kwak Sin-ae

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
1917 Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
BAIT Mark Jenkin, Kate Byers, Linn Waite
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
ROCKETMAN Dexter Fletcher, Adam Bohling, David Furnish, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn, Lee Hall

SORRY WE MISSED YOU Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty
THE TWO POPES Fernando Meirelles, Jonathan Eirich, Dan Lin, Tracey Seaward, Anthony McCarten

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
BAIT Mark Jenkin (Writer/Director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (Producers)
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab (Director/Producer), Edward Watts (Director)
MAIDEN Alex Holmes (Director)
ONLY YOU Harry Wootliff (Writer/Director)
RETABLO Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio (Writer/Director)*

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE FAREWELL Lulu Wang, Daniele Melia
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
PAIN AND GLORY Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar
PARASITE Bong Joon-ho
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Céline Sciamma, Bénédicte Couvreur

DOCUMENTARY
AMERICAN FACTORY Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
APOLLO 11 Todd Douglas Miller
DIEGO MARADONA Asif Kapadia
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
THE GREAT HACK Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim

ANIMATED FILM
FROZEN 2 Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho
KLAUS Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh
A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON Will Becher, Richard Phelan, Paul Kewley
TOY STORY 4 Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen

DIRECTOR
1917 Sam Mendes
THE IRISHMAN Martin Scorsese
JOKER Todd Phillips
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE Bong Joon-ho

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BOOKSMART Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman
KNIVES OUT Rian Johnson
MARRIAGE STORY Noah Baumbach
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE Han Jin Won, Bong Joon-ho,

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE IRISHMAN Steven Zaillian
JOJO RABBIT Taika Waititi
JOKER Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
LITTLE WOMEN Greta Gerwig
THE TWO POPES Anthony McCarten

LEADING ACTRESS
JESSIE BUCKLEY Wild Rose
SCARLETT JOHANSSON Marriage Story
SAOIRSE RONAN Little Women
CHARLIZE THERON Bombshell
RENÉE ZELLWEGER Judy

LEADING ACTOR
LEONARDO DICAPRIO Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
ADAM DRIVER Marriage Story
TARON EGERTON Rocketman
JOAQUIN PHOENIX Joker
JONATHAN PRYCE The Two Popes

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
LAURA DERN Marriage Story
SCARLETT JOHANSSON Jojo Rabbit
FLORENCE PUGH Little Women
MARGOT ROBBIE Bombshell
MARGOT ROBBIE Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

SUPPORTING ACTOR
TOM HANKS A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
ANTHONY HOPKINS The Two Popes
AL PACINO The Irishman
JOE PESCI The Irishman
BRAD PITT Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

ORIGINAL SCORE
1917 Thomas Newman
JOJO RABBIT Michael Giacchino
JOKER Hildur Guđnadóttir
LITTLE WOMEN Alexandre Desplat
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER John Williams

CASTING
JOKER Shayna Markowitz
MARRIAGE STORY Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Victoria Thomas
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Sarah Crowe
THE TWO POPES Nina Gold

CINEMATOGRAPHY
1917 Roger Deakins
THE IRISHMAN Rodrigo Prieto
JOKER Lawrence Sher
LE MANS ’66 Phedon Papamichael
THE LIGHTHOUSE Jarin Blaschke

EDITING
THE IRISHMAN Thelma Schoonmaker
JOJO RABBIT Tom Eagles
JOKER Jeff Groth
(Ford v Ferrari) LE MANS ’66 Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Fred Raskin

PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917 Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales
THE IRISHMAN Bob Shaw, Regina Graves
JOJO RABBIT Ra Vincent, Nora Sopková
JOKER Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh

COSTUME DESIGN
THE IRISHMAN Christopher Peterson, Sandy Powell
JOJO RABBIT Mayes C. Rubeo
JUDY Jany Temime
LITTLE WOMEN Jacqueline Durran
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Arianne Phillips

MAKE UP & HAIR
1917 Naomi Donne
BOMBSHELL Vivian Baker, Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan
JOKER Kay Georgiou, Nicki Ledermann
JUDY Jeremy Woodhead
ROCKETMAN Lizzie Yianni Georgiou

SOUND
1917 Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson
JOKER Tod Maitland, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic
LE MANS ’66 David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow, Donald Sylvester
ROCKETMAN Matthew Collinge, John Hayes, Mike Prestwood Smith, Danny Sheehan
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
1917 Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, Dominic Tuohy
AVENGERS: ENDGAME Dan Deleeuw, Dan Sudick
THE IRISHMAN Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, Pablo Helman
THE LION KING Andrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, Adam Valdez
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
GRANDAD WAS A ROMANTIC. Maryam Mohajer
IN HER BOOTS Kathrin Steinbacher
THE MAGIC BOAT Naaman Azhari, Lilia Laurel

BRITISH SHORT FILM
AZAAR Myriam Raja, Nathanael Baring
GOLDFISH Hector Dockrill, Harri Kamalanathan, Benedict Turnbull, Laura Dockrill
KAMALI Sasha Rainbow, Rosalind Croad
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) Carol Dysinger, Elena Andreicheva
THE TRAP Lena Headey, Anthony Fitzgerald

EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
AWKWAFINA
JACK LOWDEN
KAITLYN DEVER
KELVIN HARRISON JR.
MICHEAL WARD

Globes: How Renee Zellweger Almost Missed Her Award, How Jennifer Aniston, Ellen Degeneres Reacted to the Envelope Opening

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Globes: How Renee Zellweger Almost Missed Her Award, How Jennifer Aniston, Ellen Degeneres Reacted to the Envelope Opening

Renee Zellweger almost missed getting her Golden Globe last night for the movie, “Judy.”

During the commercial break before the nominees for Best Actress in a Drama were read, Renee got up from her seat and headed up the main aisle. She paused briefly as she hit the first plateau and we spoke. Then she said, “I have to go to the bathroom!” Stars are human, you know.

Just as she continued her trek up the stairs, two of my colleagues said to me, “Roger, where is she going? Her category is next! Go after her!”

And so I did, following Renee up the stairs. But she had disappeared. The soundboard is right across from the Ladies’ room, so I stopped and said to one of the show’s tech people, “You know, Renee Zellweger is in the bathroom. FYI. You don’t want her to miss her call.” Years ago, Christine Lahti did exactly that.

Suddenly Renee emerged, and was startled to see me again. “Renee,” I said, “your category is next. You have to get back to your seat.” Renee is so polite and well comported, she said, “Oh we have plenty of time It’s best actor right now.” I replied, “No, no, no. You’ve got to get back now!” We pushed our way past a thicket of guests and back down the aisle she went.

A few minutes later, her name was announced. I was still standing at the top of the stairs. So were Jennifer Aniston and Ellen Degeneres. When they called “And the Golden Globe goes to…Renee Zellweger!” Aniston literally jumped for joy. She let out a shriek: “It’s Renee!” By that point the whole room was in an uproar.

My companion for the night, the great New York PR maven Norah Lawlor, was right behind me. She got this shot of Aniston and Degeneres that couldn’t better. Sweet joy for a friend.

 

photo c2020 Norah Lawlor, Lawlor Media Group

Golden Globes Ratings Heading to All-Time Low, Hour-by-Hour Drop off After Ricky Gervais Slices Them Up

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Golden Globes Ratings Heading to All-Time Low, Hour-by-Hour Drop off After Ricky Gervais Slices Them Up

Maybe it wasn’t such a great idea to have Ricky Gervais slice up the Hollywood Foreign Press last night in his Golden Globes monologue.

By the time Ricky had called the HFPA racists, and declared they didn’t know English, the rating started falling. They seem to have been the lowest ever for the Globes on NBC.

The show came out of NFL Football with 26 million in the audience. But in 9 o’clock hour it fell to 17 million, then 14 million, and ended the night with 12 million people holding on. This means that interest declined rapidly as the show progressed.

A big part of this was awarding movies no one has seen. “1917” is barely playing anywhere so far. But it was the big winner. And when it was obvious the Netflix movies weren’t going to win, viewers tuned out.

Also, there was no attempt made to highlight the year’s box office blockbusters. I hope the Oscars take heed: the viewing audience must see stars and nods to the movies they went to and paid good money for. They must be mixed in with the “art” films. The Emmys make this mistake, too. “NCIS” has 12 million viewers a week, but they’re not even mentioned on the Emmys.

Golden Globes Saved “Green Book” Last Year and Sent it to the Oscars, This Year: “1917” Anointed from Obscurity

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Golden Globes Saved “Green Book” Last Year and Sent it to the Oscars, This Year: “1917” Anointed from Obscurity

Even with Ricky Gervais straining to attack the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Golden Globes performed their second annual act of movie rescue last night.

Choosing Sam Mendes’s “1917” as Best Picture, and Mendes as Best Director, completely toppled the apple cart that had been the conventional wisdom so far this season. If you followed the critics groups in the major cities, either “The Irishman” or “Parasite” looked like the ultimate winner. “1917” had no buzz or momentum.

But you may recall, I wrote that Mendes’ amazing “one-take” film about World War I was a masterpiece from the first screening. I was surprised that it wasn’t getting more critics’ attention.

But the same thing happened last year with Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book.” None of the critics groups liked it. Everything was “Roma, Roma, Roma.” Then came the Globes, which resurrected Farrelly’s movie, and the path to the Academy Awards was made clear.

Will it happen again? In past years, the Academy zagged after the Globes zigged. The Globes were not a precursor of anything. Indeed, a better bellwether was the Critics Choice Awards, which will air this Sunday on the CW Network. Those awards will influence final Oscar voting. The Academy Awards nominations come on Monday morning. So hold on to your hats!

The Empire Strikes Back: Studios Sweep Golden Globes from Netflix, Snubbing Their Films and Giving Them 1 Major Award

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The Empire Strikes Back: Studios Sweep Golden Globes from Netflix, Snubbing Their Films and Giving Them 1 Major Award

Netflix Movies came to the Golden Globes with the best hand ever: four top notch films that could sweep the show and finally put the streaming platform on a par with the studios. Who could beat The Irishman, Marriage Story, Dolemite, and Two Popes?

Who? Why, the  movie studios, aka the Empire. After taking a beating public relations wise, with everyone declaring streaming will kill the box office, Universal, Paramount, Warner Bros, and Columbia Pictures roared back into prominence. They won all the major awards on the movie side of the Globes giving in only to the beloved Laura Dern of “Marriage Story” as best supporting actress.

Otherwise, it was all about the studios. Universal clinched best picture/drama and director for “1917,” Columbia got best picture/comedy and screenplay and best supporting actor for “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Warner Bros. took best actor and best score. The outlier was Best actress, which went to an independent movie company.

Netflix also suffered on the TV side. Best drama and limited dramatic series went to HBO, which came back with a vengeance last night. Their party was super cool, too, despite a weird advance attack from the NY Post.  And Amazon, which didn’t want press at any parties and can’t get arrested on the movie side, won Best TV comedy for the now-completed and never to return “Fleabag.” (That’s another story.)

Netflix won’t take this lying down. Particularly with “The Irishman,” it’s rather stunning that Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece got nothing. It will be interesting to see how they regroup. Meanwhile, Oscar ballots must be returned by tomorrow at 5pm Pacific time.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
1917 (Universal Pictures)

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Renee Zellweger, Judy (Roadside Attractions)

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker (Warner Bros. Pictures)

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