Tag: Judy
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Golden Globes: The Complete Winners List (Updating Live)
The Golden Globes, Hollywood’s unofficial start to awards season, will kick off Sunday, Jan. 5. Ricky Gervais is returning to host the annual ceremony that celebrates the best in movies and television.Netflix is expected to rule at the 77th show after the streaming service reigned supreme in terms of nominations, leading on the film side…
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The Truth About Oscar’s Reality-Based Films
In the first 72 years of the Academy Awards (1927-99), 14 fact-based movies won the best-picture prize, or 19%. In the 21st century, fact-based films have won 33% of the time.Last year, three of 2018’s four acting winners were playing real-life characters. And six of the eight best-picture contenders were fact-based, including winner “The Green…
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‘For Sama,’ Renee Zellweger Win Big at British Independent Film Awards
Syrian documentary “For Sama” was the big winner at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday, taking home four awards for its sobering portrayal of how the ongoing war in Syria affects the women who live there.“For Sama,” directed by Aleppo resident Waad al-Kateab with Edward Watts, follows al-Kateab through five years of her life…
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British Independent Film Awards 2019 Winners: ‘For Sama,’ Renée Zellweger, ‘Parasite’ Score
The British Independent Film Awards, which took place in London on Sunday, offer early insight into the indie movies that awards voters want to support as we head into the thick of the Academy Awards race. See the full list of this year’s winners below.The Syrian war portrait “For Sama,” from filmmakers Waad Al-Kateab and…
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‘Judy’ Producer on Renee Zellweger’s Performance: ‘People Had Forgotten She Could Sing’
“I knew she had the chops – she could do drama, had won an Oscar for drama, can do comedy, and had an Oscar nomination for ‘Chicago,’” says David Livingstone of Renee Zellweger’s turn in “Judy,” which he produced under his Calamity Film banner.A onetime movie marketing exec in London and L.A., he had worked…
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The 12 Best Biopic Performances of All Time — IndieWire Critics Survey
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday.The Judy Garland biopic “Judy” has been met with mixed reviews, but Renée Zellweger’s work in the title role has inspired rave after rave, and has made her the one to beat for Best Actress.This week’s question: What…
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After ‘Judy’ Wows on Opening Weekend, How High Can It Go?
Renee Zellweger’s musical biopic “Judy” enjoyed breakout box-office success not unlike that of its subject, Judy Garland.Boosted by Oscar talk for Zellweger’s portrayal of the famed entertainer, “Judy” struck a chord with moviegoers and collected a promising $3 million. That haul is especially impressive considering it opened in just 461 North American theaters, translating to…
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Is Hollywood still in love with the suffering ‘gay icon’?
A new biopic sees Renée Zellweger star as Judy Garland, an actor who revolutionised Lgbt fandomThere’s a touching scene in the new movie Judy (as in Garland), when the legendary trouper, played by Renée Zellweger, meets two gay fans after her London show and invites herself back to theirs for dinner. After a comically disastrous…
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Post-TIFF, the Best Actress Oscar Race Is Scarlett Johansson v. Renée Zellweger
The Toronto International Film Festival gives, and takes away. Toronto’s notoriously friendly audiences are not to be trusted entirely — with the exception of the People’s Choice Award, which has gone to such Best Picture winners as “Chariots of Fire,” “American Beauty,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “The King’s Speech,” “12 Years a Slave,” and “Green Book.”So when…
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Renée Zellweger On Her ‘Judy’ Duet With Rufus Wainwright
Renée Zellweger’s transformation into Judy Garland for biopic “Judy” has pulled in several other big names eager to celebrate the ruby-slippered icon. Musicians Sam Smith and Rufus Wainwright will be joining Zellweger on the “Judy” soundtrack for separate duets.Wainwright, another self-proclaimed Garland super-fan, will pair with Zellweger on “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.”“I joked…