With awards season in full swing, the honours are flying fast.
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Rob LeDonne When Jeff Lima, an actor of Puerto Rican descent (“Chicago Fire”), began auditioning for television and film work, he noticed something dejecting. “Early on, I can’t tell you how many of the same characters I was going out for,” says Lima, 30, of the stereotypical hardened-Latino roles he was presented with.
With awards season in full swing, the honours are flying fast.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 won outstanding cast in a motion picture at the 27th annual SAG Awards on Sunday night. Frank Langella accepted on behalf of the cast, touching on what the film stands for in the political and cultural landscape.
Michael Keaton broke an impressive record with his win at the 2021 SAG Awards!
While Nomadland picked up Best Picture at the Critics Choice a couple of weeks back—a pretty reliable Oscar top prize indicator—at Sunday night’s SAG, it wasn’t even nominated in that category. Instead, that prize went to Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, possibly bolstering its chances at the Academy show on April 25th.
Also Read: Sacha Baron Cohen on Playing the 2 Sides of Abbie Hoffman in 'Trial of the Chicago 7' (Exclusive Video)Baumgarten explained to TheWrap five crucial editing elements that came together to build the scene, an energetic dramatization of a moment that forms the crux of the film. You can watch the full scene below.Clarity is the most important thing“My biggest concern was clarity,” Baumgarten said.
Chris Willman Music WriterOzuna was in the zone for the 28th annual edition of the BMI Latin Awards, pulling in eight as the winners were announce on digital and social channels as well as the performing rights organization’s website.The Puerto Rican singer was named contemporary Latin songwriter of the year for a second time, having previously received it in 2018.
Meghan Markle is putting her baking skills front and centre once again.
If The Trial of the Chicago 7 wins the SAG Award for Best Ensemble, it would mark a precedent-setting third time that Michael Keaton has been in the winners circle, previously in eventual Best Picture winners Spotlight and Birdman. Deadline caught up with an actor willing to share the spotlight, hang onto certain things — a Batman reprise in The Flash — and try his first TV series for Hulu, in Dopesick, a drama about the insidious rise of addictive prescription Opioid pain killers.
Dunzo! Kristin Cavallari and Jeff Dye have pulled the plug on their casual romance after five months, a source confirms to Us Weekly.
Krisin Cavallari and Jeff Dye have gone their separate ways. The Very Cavallarialum, 34, and comedian, 38, decided to call off their romance after roughly five months of dating. “It was never that serious to begin with,” a source told E! News. “She was having fun.” Throughout their short-lived romance, Kristin and Jeff were often spotted out and about together. And it all started in October 2020.
Sports Illustrated's famed swimsuit edition features Leyna Bloom, the first trans woman of color ever included in the feature. Bloom, who grew up in Chicago and is Black and Filipino, that she had a specific intention and strict rules for how she wanted to appear in the shoot. “I told them: no bikinis, no strings, no thongs, no nudity,” she said.
Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has revealed a portion of his royalties will be donated to local charity I Grow Chicago.Tweedy pledged five per cent of his royalties to social justice organisations following the global Black Lives Matter protests in June last year in response to the police killing of George Floyd.According to its website, I Grow Chicago’s aim is to grow the neighbourhood of Englewood “from surviving to thriving through community connection, skill building, and opportunity”.In a new
Academy Awards — delayed two months by the coronavirus pandemic — with 10 nominations, including best picture, best director, acting nods for Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried, and a host of others for its lavish craft. The rest were spread among a wide variety of contenders.
Best Actor predictions included Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal, Anthony Hopkins for The Father and Tahar Rahim The Mauritanian for Best Actor; and Judas and the Black Messiah's Daniel Kaluuya, and Sacha Baron Cohen for The Trial of the Chicago 7 for supporting actor. Meanwhile, Best Actress nominees include Mank's Amanda Seyfried, Pieces of a Woman's Vanessa Kirby, Nomadland's Frances McDormand, The Father's Olivia Colman, and Andra Day for The United States vs.
It was longer than usually, but at long last, the Oscar nominations are here. The field was led this year by Mank, scoring ten citations, with a number of films next in line. More to come, but for now, why not just get right to the good stuff, no? The movies deserve the stage. So, here you go…
Mark Dacascos (John Wick: Chapter 3), Janel Parrish (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before franchise), and Celestino Cornielle (Bosch) have been cast in The Ray, an indie action thriller directed by Christopher Borrelli. They are joining previously announced stars Ben Milliken, Richard Kind, Brad William Henke, Alison Thorton, and Hudson Yang.