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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent for filmfestivals.com
Oh, to ruin Award Season… but isn’t that what we’re on earth for? To have our dreams shattered but then our lives uplifted, if only in the movies? Enter LA LA LAND, a singing, dancing act of pure wish fulfillment starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Wait, a musical? Don’t be fooled. This is classic cinema updated with today’s angst. Stone says “the idea of this really modern story of two artists and dreamers” hooked her immediately. Ryan Gosling admits it was “a secret wish of mine” to make classic musicals.
LA LA LAND is the latest gift from Harvard-alum Damien Chazelle who brought us that inimitable gem, WHIPLASH. He’s the one who played drums in high school, which inspired the driven core character played by Miles Teller. In 2014, the then newcomer-director made the award show rounds for WHIPLASH. He even found himself seated on stage for AFI Fest with Tilda Swinton, Kristen Stewart, Bill Hader, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Marion Cotillard, plus other famous names. Chazelle seemed already tipped as someone who would make a mark in the movies. This may be the Rhode Island native's Oscar year as a Best Director contender. This new movie also makes you forget he wrote 10 Cloverfield Lane, the horror thriller, but it's just gliding on the Oscar that he is a viable screenwriter-for-hire in Hollywood too. (The connective tissue is Chazelle's interest in demons, one's own creative demons that drive great performances or in supernatural ones in his love of horror movies.)
Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 89th Academy Awards®. Eighty-five films had originally been considered in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Australia, “Tanna,” Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, directors;
Canada, “It’s Only the End of the World,” Xavier Dolan, director;
Denmark, “Land of Mine,” Martin Zandvliet, director;
Germany, “Toni Erdmann,” Maren Ade, director;
Iran, “The Salesman,” Asghar Farhadi, director;
Norway, “The King’s Choice,” Erik Poppe, director;
Russia, “Paradise,” Andrei Konchalovsky, director;
Sweden, “A Man Called Ove,” Hannes Holm, director;
Switzerland, “My Life as a Zucchini,” Claude Barras, director.
The German film TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade (DE/AT/MC, Komplizen Film, Missing Link Films) is on the short list of the last nine films for the 89th Oscar® in the Best Foreign Language Film category. This was announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The line-up also includes the German co-productions LAND OF MINE by Martin Zandvliet (DK/DE, Amusement Park Film) for Denmark with the German SHOOTING STAR Louis Hofmann and PARADISE by Andrei Konc...
...yes and who is going to win the red carpet beauty contest?
Time Inc.’s People and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) will come together to co-host the official SAG Awards® Post-Awards Gala, held immediately following the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles on a transformed Shrine Auditorium stage. This is the 21st year that People and EIF have united on the Gala, which honors the charitable efforts of actors in their commun...
THE KING’S CHOICE ON THE SHORTLIST FOR AN OSCAR NOMINATION Norwegian director Erik Poppe’s historical epic, which had after last weekend sold 705,726 tickets in Norway, is among the nine candidates for the five nominations for Best Foreign-Language Feature Norwegian director Erik Poppe’s The King’s Choice (Kongens nei) – this year’s No 1 Norwegian film on the charts, with 705,726 admissions after last weekend – is among the top candidat...
Nominees for the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances in film and television of 2016, as well as the nominees for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood. SAG-AFTRA Executive Vice President Gabrielle Carteris introduced Sophia Bush (Chicago P.D., One Tree Hill) ...
TELEVISION PROGRAMS Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series RIZ AHMED / “The Night Of” Total nominations in this category: 1 Total Actor® nominations: 1 This is Riz Ahmed’s first Actor® nomination STERLING K. BROWN / “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” Total nominations in this category: 1 Total Actor® nominations: 2 Concurrent nominations this year: MALE DRAMA &ndash...
RUTH NEGGA / Mildred Loving – “LOVING” (Focus Features) – Nominee, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama – Golden Globes “I am profoundly grateful for this recognition… I can’t thank the HFPA enough for their support, this is such an honor. I am humbled to be in the company of all of these extraordinary, talented, and powerful women. It has been such a gift to share Mildred and Richard Loving’s im...
"My heartfelt thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press for honoring KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS with this wonderful distinction. Working with the team of wizards and geniuses at LAIKA to bring KUBO to the world has been the most rewarding, most moving experience of my professional life. I’m grateful for it. And I’m grateful that the lovingly handcrafted efforts and brilliance of our extraordinary cast and crew have been so meaningfully recognized with this nomin...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 145 scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2016 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 89th Academy Awards®. The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title: "The Abolitionists," Tim Jones, composer "Absolutely Fabulous The Movie," Jake Monaco, composer "The Accountant," Mark Isha...
91 ORIGINAL SONGS VIE FOR 2016 OSCAR® LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 91 songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2016 are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 89th Academy Awards®. The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title and song title: "Just Like Fire" from "Alic...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 89th Academy Awards®. One hundred forty-five films were originally submitted in the category. The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: “Cameraperson,” Big Mouth Productions “Command and Control,” American Experience...
20 CONTENDERS ADVANCE IN VFX OSCAR® RACE LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 89th Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: “Alice through the Looking Glass” “Arrival” “The BFG” “Batman v Superman: Dawn o...
Late-night talk show host, producer and comedian Jimmy Kimmel confirmed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that he will host the 89th Oscars® to be broadcast live on Oscar® Sunday, February 26, 2017, on the ABC Television Network. This is Kimmel’s first time hosting the global telecast. “Mike and Jennifer have an excellent plan and their enthusiasm is infectious,” said Kimmel. “I am honored to have been chosen to host the 89th and final Oscars.&rdquo...
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 89th Academy Awards®. One hundred thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: "Bon Voyage," Marc Wilkins, director, and Joël Jent, producer (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduction) "Ennemis Intérieurs,"...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 89th Academy Awards®. Sixty-nine pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: "Blind Vaysha," Theodore Ushev, director (National Film Board of Canada) "Borrowed Time," Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj, directors (Quorum Films) ...
GOVERNORS AWARDS November 12, 2016 The Governors Awards is an annual event celebrating awards conferred by the Academy's Board of Governors – the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Honorary Award. Recipients are announced each summer and honored at a dinner gala in November. Highlights from the event are incorporated into the year's Academy Awards show. The 2016 honorees are Jackie Chan, Anne V. Coates, Lynn Stalmas...
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