Tag: Green Book
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WGA Awards 2019: Announcing Winners Live
The 71st annual Writers Guild Awards are underway at dual ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. and at the Edison Ballroom in New York City.Chelsea Peretti hosted the West Coast ceremonies while Roy Wood Jr. was the emcee in New YorkOriginal screenplay nominees are Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma”; Adam McKay’s “Vice”; Bo…
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‘The Favourite’ Dominates, But ‘Roma’ Wins the Big One at BAFTA Awards
“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. Yorgos Lanthimos’ twisted period drama won most of the big awards until the homestretch, when Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” was named…
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Watch: DGA Nominees Bradley Cooper, Spike Lee and More Go Deep in 2-Hour Conversation
If you’re a true cinephile or someone who’s curious about the deep ins and outs of filmmaking, you’re going to want to carve out about two and a half hours to watch this year’s Directors Guild of America nominees interview about their process on their nominated films. Each year, the morning before the DGA Awards…
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DGA Awards: Alfonso Cuaron Wins Feature Award for ‘Roma’
Alfonso Cuaron has won the Directors Guild Award for top feature film for “Roma,” keeping up his awards-season momentum.Cuaron topped Bradley Cooper for “A Star Is Born,” Spike Lee for “BlacKkKlansman,” Adam McKay for “Vice,” and Peter Farrelly for “Green Book.”“Thank you, cabron — you are my film career,” a deeply moved Cuaron told last…
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‘Glass’ Repeats Atop the Weekend Box Office While New Releases Struggle
The weekend turned out a bit better than expected with Universal’s Glass holding on to the top spot with an estimated $19 million on its way to a $100+ million domestic run, though the weekend’s newcomers in Fox’s The Kid Who Would be King and Serenity struggled. Meanwhile this year’s crop of Oscar nominees saw…
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‘Green Book’, ‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ Find China Release Dates
Best Picture Oscar nominee Green Book has secured a China release of March 1, a handful of days after the Academy Awards are handed out in Hollywood. Alibaba Pictures, which owns a stake in Amblin Partners, is a financier on the film and will be expected to lean on its popular ticketing platform Tao Piao…
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Oscars: ‘Black Panther’ Leads Best Picture Nominees to Near-Record Box Office Grosses
This year’s Academy Award nominees proved the Oscars don’t need a popular film category to recognize movies with huge box office grosses. The 2019 crop of best picture hopefuls have generated an impressive $1.26 billion so far in North America alone.That bounty is led by “Black Panther,” which earned a sensational $700 million at the…
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‘Green Book’ Wins PGA Award For Best Film & Takes Lead In Oscar Race
The Producers Guild of America held the 30th annual PGA Awards on Saturday night and it allowed the influential guild to finally have their say in the Oscars race. And who did the PGA anoint as the Best Film of the Year? Oh, just “Green Book.”Since the PGA have gone to 10 nominees in 2010,…
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‘Green Book’ Wins at Producers Guild Awards, Picking Up Oscar Momentum
“Green Book” has won the top prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards, meaning we have an official Best Picture frontrunner. Often seen as an Oscar bellwether, the PGA Awards’ top winner has matched up with that of the Academy 20 times since the Guild started giving out awards — including last year, when…
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Oscars: With PGA Victory, ‘Green Book’ Becomes Best Picture Frontrunner
Save for a pair of recent back-to-back discrepancies in “The Big Short” and “La La Land,” the Producers Guild’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Theatrical Motion Pictures has been a fairly reliable barometer for the annual Oscar season outcome. At least, ever since both the PGA and film Academy expanded their top categories, sharing the…