AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'Trial of the Chicago 7,' 'Da 5 Bloods' Lead Nominations

Sonic The Hedgehog). In order to qualify, movies had to be released before February 28 for a seven-day run in a commercial movie theater in either Los Angeles, New York City, the Bay Area, Chicago, Miami, or Atlanta.

This awards season, it's almost as if the movies are having a conversation with one another. The year's pandemic-disrupted release schedule may have resulted in a smaller pool of films entering the conversation, but, to an unusual degree, a number of them overlap, both in theme and sometimes even in particulars, making for a denser and perhaps richer class of awards hopefuls.

The Casting Society of America has made its final callbacks for 2020, unveiling the film nominees for its 36th annual Artios Awards. The winners will be announced during the virtual ceremony April 15.

Aaron Sorkin’s award-nominated drama “The Trial Of The Chicago 7” will be free to stream on YouTube for two days.

EXCLUSIVE: The Black Reel Awards (BRAs), an annual event that recognizes the excellence of African-Americans, as well as the cinematic achievements of the African diaspora in the global film industry, has unveiled the nominees for its 21st annual awards ceremony. The event, hosted by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF), will take place on April 11 virtually across several media platforms.

The Writers Guild of America announced their film nominees for the delayed 2021 WGA Awards and, once again, the films that didn’t qualify shaped the list of honorees more than those who did. Awards season players “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “Promising Young Woman” made the cut as expected in the Original Screenplay category.

Also Read: 'Nomadland,' 'One Night in Miami,' 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Named Finalists for 2021 Scripter AwardsThose films failed to qualify because WGA rules restrict eligibility to films that were written under the guild’s Minimum Basic Agreement or a collective bargaining agreement of one of 11 affiliated international guilds.Even with the different eligibility requirements, more than two-thirds of WGA nominees have gone on to receive Oscar nominations for screenwriting in the past decade.

The WGA on Tuesday unveiled the movie nominations for its 2021 WGA Awards, honoring outstanding achievement in screenwriting of original, adapted and documentary films during 2020. Winners will be March 21 in a virtual ceremony. Check out the full list below.

Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah” has arrived at something of a cultural tipping point for Hollywood. Months before the tragedy of George Floyd‘s death or the millions of people marching in the streets for social justice, his period piece about the assassination of a prominent Chicago community leader, Fred Hampton, had wrapped production.

BEST PICTURE Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) Mank (Netflix) Minari (A24) News of the World (Universal Pictures) Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)BEST ACTOR Ben Affleck – The Way Back (Warner Bros.) Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) Tom Hanks – News of the World

Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups “Minari” “Nomadland” “One Night in Miami” “The Trial of the Chicago 7” “The United States vs.

The envelope, please. No, not the one inviting your aging bones to join the AARP. The one announcing the nominees for the upcoming Movies for Grownups Awards. This year, Minari, Nomadland, One Night in Miami, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and The United States vs. Billie Holiday are contending for the Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups category. The awards have also added categories in television/streaming for the first time.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentWith six nominations each, “Da 5 Bloods” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” led nominations for AARP The Magazine’s Movies for Grownups Awards, with Regina King recognized for both her acting (“Watchmen”) and directing (“One Night in Miami”).“Miami” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” also scored well, with five nominations each.The org this year added categories in television/streaming; best series contenders are “Perry Mason,” “Succession,” “Ted Lasso,” “The Crown” and

Da 5 Bloods, One Night In Miami, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom are in the running for top prizes at the 2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards.They will compete with Minari and The Trial of the Chicago 7 for the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture accolade, while Chadwick Boseman is up for a pair of posthumous acting nods for for his work in Ma Rainey and Da 5 Bloods.In the TV categories, The Crown and Ozark will face off with Better Call Saul, Lovecraft Country, and Bridgerton for

As awards season settles into its extended 2021 schedule the one organization there is no cure for, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are ready for their spotlight. Yes, the Golden Globe Awards will reveal their nominees on Wednesday morning and, as usual, every studio, network, and streamer is quaking in their boots.

The nominations for the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are in. 

Clayton Davis The Golden Globes have sounded off with the first big take on the film year that has included anything but stability and normalcy. Netflix ruled the nominations day as expected with 22 nods for the film side, with David Fincher’s “Mank” leading with six.

Also Read: Golden Globes Nominees 'Grateful,' 'Proud' and 'Beyond Thrilled' - See More Star Reactions“I hope people see the film and they feel good at the end of it, that they just feel a bit taller, that they have respect for these people and have a respect for protest, and mostly, I hope they have a good time for two hours,” Sorkin added.Sorkin was previously nominated at the Globes seven times in the Best Screenplay category, in which he also received a nomination this year.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P Henson hosted the virtual announcement event.  Find the full list of nominations here. The nominations this year follow the news that the 78th Golden Globes ceremony will be held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in two different locations.