Tag: The Crown
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SAG Awards: Netflix Wins Big During Pandemic Year With ‘The Crown,’ ‘Chicago 7’ and ‘Ma Rainey’
In a pandemic year where most viewers consumed movies and TV shows from their couches, Netflix had a big night Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday with “The Trial of the Chicago 7” winning best motion picture and “The Crown” being named best TV drama. Pop TV’s “Schitt’s Creek” continued its hot streak on its…
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Viola Davis, Jason Bateman & Other SAG Award Snubs & Surprises
Usually the SAG Awards are the first of the major peer groups to hand out statues in the new year, but 2021 is proving to be even more change-inducing than 2020.The 27th Annual SAG Awards were pushed a couple of times, first due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and then when the Grammys decided to…
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SAG Award Winners 2021 — Updating Live
The Screen Actors Guild Awards show is happening this Sunday, April 4, as a one-hour celebration, which is shorter than the usual two-hour-plus telecast, but will still make time for all the honorees of this year’s ceremony.Dominating on the film side this year in terms of nominations are “Minari” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” with…
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With the SAG Awards on Deck, What’s Next in TV Honors?
It was a quiet week on the TV Awards front, with the calendar largely going dark after the March 24 Producers Guild of America Awards, where many of the usual suspects — Netflix’s “The Crown” and “The Queen’s Gambit” namely — added new shinies to their rapidly expanding collections.That awards drought will end on Sunday…
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Emmys 2021: From Underdog to Top Dog, Can Anything Topple ‘Ted Lasso’?
If you’ve paid any attention to the past few months of awards ceremonies, you know that Apple TV+ has found a winner in “Ted Lasso,” a comedy series featuring Jason Sudeikis as a clueless American recruited to coach soccer in England.With its blend of skillfully deployed humor and general niceness, the series has proven itself…
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‘Nomadland,’ ‘The Crown,’ ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Top 2021 PGA Awards
Like most of the past year’s awards ceremonies, the 32nd Annual Producers Guild of America Awards were a virtual event, but a fast one. Lasting just XXX, the PGA honored the best in television in film. The big winner of the night, however, was “Nomadland,” which took the PGA Award for Theatrical Motion Picture.Read More:…
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After the PGA Awards, Do We Already Have Our Emmy Drama Series Winner?
Watching the 2021 Producers Guild Awards ceremony on Wednesday night felt a lot like cultural deja vu. When you used to stumble downstairs in the middle of the night, unable to sleep, and settle on watching a movie on cable that you think you’ve seen before, but you can’t be certain. The plot points seem…
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‘Nomadland’ sets sights on Oscars after latest win at PGA awards
Soul, My Octopus Teacher, The Crown, Hamilton among other winners.Searchlight Pictures’ Nomadland has added the PGA Award to its trophy cabinet as it sets its sights on the Academy Awards on April 25.Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, and history-making Chloé Zhao beat nine other sets of producers in a strong field to…
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Writers Guild Awards 2021 Winners Include ‘Promising Young Woman’, ‘Ted Lasso’, ‘Borat 2’, and More
The winners of the Writers Guild of America Awards for 2021 were announced over the weekend, and the line-up includes several titles that have become awards season mainstays at this point – we’re talking Promising Young Woman, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Crown, and everyone’s new favorite, Ted Lasso. Other winners include the quiz show Weakest…
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‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,’ ‘Promising Young Woman’ Win at Writers Guild Awards 2021
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “Promising Young Woman” took top narrative film honors on Sunday at the 73rd annual Writers Guild of America Awards.Kal Penn hosted the virtual presentation that cemented “Borat” and “Promising Young Woman” as among the frontrunners for Oscar screenplay wins next month.Amazon Studios’ “Borat” prevailed for adapted screenplay for a large contingent…