Monday, January 30, 2017

The 23rd Annual Screen Actors' Guild Awards

I didn't get to watch these, of course, but I loved hearing the news. The SAGs always seem to be a little bit different; sometimes they predict the Oscars, sometimes they carve their own path. As always, winners are bolded.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE

Captain Fantastic
Fences
Hidden Figures
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Casey Affleck for Manchester By the Sea
Andrew Garfield for Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling for La La Land
Viggo Mortenson for Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington for Fences

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Amy Adams for Arrival
Emily Blunt for The Girl On the Train
Natalie Portman for Jackie
Emma Stone for La La Land
Meryl Streep for Florence Foster Jenkins

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mahershala Ali for Moonlight
Jeff Bridges for Hell or High WaterHugh Grant for Florence Foster Jenkins
Lucas Hedges for Manchester By the Sea
Dev Patel for Lion

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Viola Davis for Fences
Nicole Kidman for LionNaomie Harris for Moonlight
Octavia Spencer for Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams for Manchester By the Sea

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES

The Crown
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
Westworld

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES 

Sterling K. Brown for This Is Us
Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones
John Lithgow for The Crown
Rami Malek for Mr. Robot
Kevin Spacey for House of Cards

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES 

Millie Bobby Brown for Stranger Things
Claire Foy for The Crown
Thandie Newton for Westworld
Winona Ryder for Stranger Things
Robin Wright for House of Cards

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES 

The Big Bang Theory
Black-ish
Modern Family
Orange Is the New Black
Veep

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES 

Anthony Anderson for Black-ish
Titus Burgess for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell for Modern Family
William H. Macy for Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor for Transparent

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES 

Uzo Aduba for Orange Is the New Black
Jane Fonda for Grace and Frankie
Ellie Kemper for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep
Lily Tomlin for Grace and Frankie

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES 

Riz Ahmed for The Night Of
Sterling K. Brown for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Bryan Cranston for All the Way
John Turturro for The Night Of
Courtney B. Vance for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES 

Bryce Dallas Howard for Black Mirror
Felicity Huffman for American Crime
Audra McDonald for Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Sarah Paulson for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Kerry Washington for Confirmation

OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES 

Game of Thrones
Marvel's Daredevil
Marvel's Luke Cage
The Walking Dead
Westworld

OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE 

Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Nocturnal Animals
Hacksaw Ridge
Jason Bourne 

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The 89th Annual Academy Awards - Nominations

Here they are!! Nominations for the 2017 Oscars are IN. Not surprised about some of them, but oh so excited. I'm going to be attending another event this year, and will probably be livetweeting, but will do an updated post the next day or so. (Follow @DanaDeMille)

BEST PICTURE

Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight


ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Casey Affleck for Manchester By the Sea
Andrew Garfield for Hacksaw RidgeRyan Gosling for La La Land
Viggo Mortenson for Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington for Fences

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Isabelle Huppert for Elle
Ruth Negga for LovingNatalie Portman for JackieEmma Stone for La La Land
Meryl Streep for Florence Foster Jenkins

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mahershala Ali for MoonlightJeff Bridges for Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges for Manchester By the Sea
Dev Patel for LionMichael Shannon for Nocturnal Animals

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Viola Davis for Fences
Naomie Harris for Moonlight
Nicole Kidman for Lion
Octavia Spencer for Hidden FiguresMichelle Williams for Manchester By the Sea

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life As a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia


CINEMATOGRAPHY

Bradford Young for Arrival
Linus Sandgren for La La Land
Greig Fraser for LionJames Laxton for MoonlightRodrigo Prieto for Silence

COSTUME DESIGN

Joanna Johnston for Allied
Colleen Atwood for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemConsolata Boyle for Florence Foster Jenkins
Madeline Fontaine for Jackie
Mary Zaphres for La La Land

DIRECTING

Denis Villeneuve for Arrival
Mel Gibson for Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle for La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan for Manchester By the Sea
Barry Jenkins for Moonlight

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
13th 

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe's Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets

FILM EDITING

Joe Walker for Arrival
John Gilbert for Hacksaw Ridge
Jake Roberts for Hell or High Water
Tom Cross for La La Land
Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon for Moonlight

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Land of Mine - Denmark
A Man Called Ove - Sweden
The Salesman - Iran
Tanna - Australia
Toni Erdmann - Germany

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Eva von Bahr and Love Larson for A Man Called Ove
Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo for Star Trek Beyond
Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson for Suicide Squad

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

Mica Levi for Jackie
Justin Hurwitz for La La Land
Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka for Lion
Nicholas Britell for Moonlight
Thomas Newman for Passengers

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" - La La Land - Music by Justin Hurtwitz, Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
"Can't Stop the Feeling" - Trolls - Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
"City of Stars" - La La Land - Music by Justin Hurwitz, Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
"The Empty Chair" - Jim: The James Foley Story - Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting
"How Far I'll Go" - Moana - Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

I wasn't going to comment much on these but I AM SO EXCITED about "Audition" from La La Land getting nominated - I adore that song and it moved me. But I also really want Lin-Manuel Miranda to EGOT so I'm conflicted.

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Patrice Vermette (Production Design) and Paul Hotte (Set Decoration) for Arrival
Stuart Craig (Production Design) and Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Jess Gonchor (Production Design) and Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration) for Hail, Caesar!
David Wasco (Production Design) and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (Set Decoration) for La La Land
Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design) and Gene Serdena (Set Decoration) for Passengers

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper


SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

Ennemis Interieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode

SOUND EDITING

Sylvain Bellmare for Arrival
Wylie Stateman and Renee Tondelli for Deepwater Horizon
Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright for Hacksaw Ridge
Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan for La La Land
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman for Sully

SOUND MIXING

Bernard Gariepy Strobl and Claude La Haye for Arrival
Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace for Hacksaw Ridge
Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow for La La Land
David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth for 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

VISUAL EFFECTS

Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton for Deepwater Horizon
Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould for Doctor Strange
Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Don Lemmon for The Jungle Book
Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff for Kubo and the Two Strings
John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

Eric Heisserer for Arrival
August Wilson for Fences
Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi for Hidden Figures
Luke Davies for Lion
Barry Jenkins (Screenplay) and Tarell Alvin McCraney (Story) for Moonlight

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

Taylor Sheridan for Hell or High Water
Damien Chazelle for La La Land
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou for The Lobster
Kenneth Lonergan for Manchester By the Sea
Mike Mills for 20th Century Women