Oscars Documentary Feature Shortlist: Snubs, Surprises And A Netflix-Amazon Showdown

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Variety breaks down the biggest snubs and other surprises of the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards.David Fincher’s “Mank” led the film nominations with six nods and felt like it had a few possibilities to win, from director Fincher to supporting actress Amanda Seyfried to the score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who ended up losing to themselves (and Jon Batiste) for “Soul.” But it ended the night empty-handed.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, a Prince William and Kate Middleton wedding documentary gets Europe sales; Leonine’s SEO Entertainment taps Constantine executive Sebastian Heinlein; Daryl McCormack joins Emma Thompson in “Leo Grande” cast; Flame distributes a David Attenborough documentary and Portfolio boards mockumentary “Decoys.”Cineflix Rights has pre-sold Royal Wedding documentary “The Day Will and Kate Got Married” to TV4 (Sweden), YLE (Finland), TV2 (Denmark), NRK

, Disney's live-action origin story about the 101 Dalmatians villain (with Stone in the titular role). The first trailer for the movie dropped on February 17, and it's so spooky—and so chic. Go ahead and watch it for yourself, below, then we can discuss. Emma Stone, unsurprisingly, nails Cruella's smoky and inexplicable mystery while rocking some very memorable looks.

Hello, Cruel World. New Trailer Tomorrow.

hearing the singer perform on rival BBC show on Sunday, which left some convinced that it wasn't her after hearing her true voice. Another name that has popped up is Stacey Solomon after hearing the accent in her voice.

Naman Ramachandran Disney Plus Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video and Netflix are among 17 operators in India which have adopted an ‘implementation tool kit’ intended to enhance a video streaming industry self-regulation code that they signed last year. In doing so they hope to head off further intervention from the federal government.Other signatories of the ‘Universal Self-Regulation Code for OCCPs (Online Curated Content Providers),’ created by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)

For her sister Robyn Lively’s birthday, Gossip Girl alum Blake Lively baked a very fancy birthday cake and took to Instagram to show off the final product! The baked goodness was a pink unicorn cake she made and decorated herself.

John Legend, H.E.R., Janelle Monae, Leslie Odom, Jr., and Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell? Yes, the shortlist for the 2021 Original Song Academy Award is full of surprises. But, happily, few snubs this time around.

If there is any category that was full of surprises on Oscar’s shortlist day, it’s Visual Effets. To say there were unexpected selections and a slew of snubs is a major understatement.

The shortlist for the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film is long on expected contenders, from Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round to Andrei Konchalovsky’s Dear Comrades! The Academy’s expanded 15-strong list unveiled Tuesday has essentially made for few snubs while also noting a group of films from far and wide that highlight the power of cinema in all its forms and provenance.

Also Read: Oscars Obliterate Old Record With 238 Qualifying DocumentariesAs usual for the documentary shortlists in the years since judging was moved from small committees and given to the Documentary Branch at large, the list contained almost all of the year’s most-honored docs.

European consumers have gone all-in on streaming, helping to drive massive growth in video-on-demand services, which last year booked revenues of $14 billion (€11.6 billion) across 28 European countries. That compares to just $468 million (€388.8 million) a decade ago, according to a new report released Tuesday by media think tank the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO).

SAG Awards is going to look and feel a little different — especially now that the ceremony won’t be held until April 4, two months after the nominations announcement.

Voting for the shortlist in the International Feature Film Oscar race is currently underway with the expanded roster of 15 titles to be unveiled next week. In a year unlike any other, there is reliably excellent work and another embarrassment of riches among the 93 films submitted from countries all around the world.

The 2021 Golden Globe nominations raised a number of eyebrows with unexpected inclusions and omissions among this year's nominees. In terms of surprises, Sia's yet to be released Music, which has already generated controversy as the musician chose to cast Maddie Ziegler as an autistic girl instead of an actor on the spectrum, snagged an unexpected two nominations for best motion picture, musical or comedy and for actress Kate Hudson.