Tag: Green Book

  • ‘Fiji Water Girl’ plays best supporting role in Golden Globes

    ‘Fiji Water Girl’ plays best supporting role in Golden Globes

    Worker armed with a tray of refreshment and unerring sense of where the camera steals the showThe Golden Globes red carpet featured its share of scene-stealers: Lady Gaga in a dress with a train several metres long , Timothee Chalamet in a sequin holster, Melissa McCarthy dressed like a gorgeous, purple wizard, and Billy Porter…

  • Golden Globes: HFPA Ignores Film Critics and Makes Good on TV Kingmaker Role

    Golden Globes: HFPA Ignores Film Critics and Makes Good on TV Kingmaker Role

    The Golden Globe Awards started out with promise for Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born,” largely considered this year’s Oscar frontrunner with phase-one Academy balloting already underway. The year’s biggest movie ballad, “Shallow,” roped a prize for Lady Gaga and company early on, but that was to be the film’s final happy moment as Alfonso…

  • Golden Globes Winners by the Numbers: ‘Green Book’ Is the Story of 2019

    Golden Globes Winners by the Numbers: ‘Green Book’ Is the Story of 2019

    The Golden Globes are in the books, and “Green Book” was the story for 2019, earning three trophies on Sunday.Also having a fine evening were “The Kominsky Method,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” and “Roma,” each with two wins tonight.Those five were the only productions with multiple wins in the…

  • ‘Green Book’ Wins Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy Film

    ‘Green Book’ Wins Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy Film

    “Green Book” has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, coming out on top of a competitive category that included “Crazy Rich Asians,” “The Favourite,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” and “Vice.” Each received several nominations, with Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic leading all films with six nods total.“The Favourite” and…

  • Mahershala Ali Wins Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for ‘Green Book’

    Mahershala Ali Wins Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for ‘Green Book’

    For his first big film role post-“Moonlight,” Oscar winner Mahershala Ali continued to add to his cache of awards, taking home the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” on Sunday night. In the fact-based historical feature, Ali plays Dr. Don Shirley, an African-American jazz pianist and composer,…

  • Golden Globes 2019 Full Winners List, Updating Live

    Golden Globes 2019 Full Winners List, Updating Live

    Awards season is in full swing with tonight’s 76th annual Golden Globe Awards, kicking off this evening on its earliest date ever. This year’s ceremony is hosted by “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” actor Andy Samberg and “Killing Eve” star Sandra Oh, who promise a good time for all. While the Golden Globes are not necessarily a harbinger…

  • Golden Globes Winners List (Updating Live)

    Golden Globes Winners List (Updating Live)

    Hosts Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg are ringing in the new year with some of Hollywood’s best and brightest at the 2019 Golden Globes ceremony Sunday night.Joining the duo on stage is a host of celebrity presenters including Halle Berry, Chadwick Boseman, Sterling K. Brown, Jessica Chastain, Kaley Cuoco, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dick Van Dyke,…

  • ‘A Star Is Born,’ ‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Ozark’ Lead SAG Nominations

    ‘A Star Is Born,’ ‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Ozark’ Lead SAG Nominations

    “A Star Is Born” led the way with four SAG feature film nominations while “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Ozark” each scored a quartet of TV nominations.“BlacKkKlansman” and “The Favourite” each took a trio of film nominations. “Barry,” “Glow,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Kominsky Method” all scored three TV nods.Nominees for the feature film…

  • Scores from ‘Green Book,’ ‘Solo,’ Others Disqualified from Oscar Race (Exclusive)

    Scores from ‘Green Book,’ ‘Solo,’ Others Disqualified from Oscar Race (Exclusive)

    First-round voting is underway for Oscar’s Original Song and Original Score categories, but Academy music-branch voters are discovering that four talked-about scores are missing from the eligibility list.Music for “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” “Green Book,” “Mandy” and “The Other Side of the Wind” has been disqualified for various reasons, Variety has learned.More than 150…

  • Peter Farrelly’s Green Book: a white man’s version of a black man’s life?

    Peter Farrelly’s Green Book: a white man’s version of a black man’s life?

    From the Lethal Weapons to Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen’s latest, black-white duos in film are commonplace. But often it’s just self-servingStop us if you have heard this one before: “One of them is black; one’s white. How are they going to get along when they’re thrown together by fate?” To be fair, new movie…