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Kobe Bryant: Basketball Legend and Oscar Winner
Most people know Kobe Bryant as an all-time great basketball player in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers. However, most of us here know that Bryant had recently delved into the world of film. His first foray into the medium earned him an Oscar in the category of Best Animated Short Film. Under the umbrella of Kobe Inc., Bryant established an entertainment division titled Believe Entertainment Group. Their first production was the 4-minute short film, Dear Basketball, written and voiced by Bryant himself. The film was based on the transcript of his retirement speech, originally...
Frozen 2 was the Big Winner at the Lumiere Awards
The Lumiere Awards from Advanced Imaging Center handed out their awards last night. Frozen 2 won big with Best Immersive Feature, Original Song and use of HDR. Our very own Jazz Tangcay reports for Variety's Artisans. The full list of winners: Best Immersive Feature Film – Animated: “Frozen II” (Disney) Best Immersive Feature Film – Live Action: “Avengers: Endgame” (Disney) Best Music-Themed Motion Picture: “Rocketman” (Paramount) Best Documentary: “Save This Rhino” (National Geographic) Best Immersive Audio – Theatrical: “Ford v Ferrari” (Fox) Best Immersive Audio – Episodic: “Carnival Row” (Amazon) Best Use of AR in Live Broadcast: Madonna/Maluma on the Billboard Music Awards 2019 Best Use of AR in Musical Experience: “Grease AR” Best Use of High Dynamic Range – Episodic: “Stranger Things” (Netflix)...
Best Picture — What the Stats Can Tell Us, and What They Can’t
It came as no surprise to our AwardsDaily readers who accurately predicted Sam Mendes to win the DGA in our poll. We followed the stats and the stats prevailed. The stats said no director has ever won the DGA without having first won some combination of Globe Picture, Director, or PGA. Mendes had won all three. But the love for Parasite online that most of us share is intense, and the loudest voices on the internet can cloud reality. Thus, if you spend a lot of time on Twitter you might have assumed that Bong and his masterful film were the runaway frontrunners. Its win at SAG ensemble and at ACE felt like major thrust of momentum. But remember, Parasite was beating every other...
Sam Mendes Wins DGA, Roger Deakins Wins ASC, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Greta Gerwig Win Scripters, Ford v Ferrari Wins CAS
DGA nominees: Feature Film Bong Joon Ho, Parasite Sam Mendes, 1917 Martin Scorsese, The Irishman Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit First Feature Mati Diop, Atlantics Alma Har'el, Honey Boy Melina Matsoukas, Queen & Slim Tyler Nilson & Michael Shwartz, The Peanut Butter Falcon Joe Talbot, The Last Black Man in San Francisco Documentary Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, American Factory Feras Fayyad, The Cave Alex Holmes, Maiden Ljubomir Stefanov & Tamara Kotevska, Honeyland Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang, One Child Nation Comedy Series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "It's the Sixties, Man!" (Prime Video) Bill Hader, Barry, "ronny/lily," (HBO) Veep, "Veep," (HBO) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "It's Comedy or Cabbage," (Prime Video) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "Marvelous Radio,"...
‘Klaus’ Dominates 47th Annie Awards
Klaus was the big (surprise) winner at the 47th Annie Awards, winning seven trophies including Best Animated Feature and Best Directing in an Animated Feature. Read on for the full list of winners. Best Animated Feature: Klaus Best Animated Feature, Independent: I Lost My Body Directing in an Animated Feature Production: Klaus Directing in an Animated Television/Media Production: Disney Mickey Mouse (Episode: For Whom the Booth Tolls) Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production: Klaus Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Media Production: Carmen Sandiego (Episode: Becoming Carmen Sandiego: Part 1) Best General Audience Animated Television/Media Production: BoJack Horseman (Episode: The Client) Best Animated Television/Media Production for Children: Disney Mickey Mouse (Episode: Carried Away) Best Animated Television/Media Production for Preschool Children: Ask the Storybots (Episode: How Do...
Randy Newman, an Essential Voice Behind Toy Story 4
Randy Newman is 75. Not only is he a musical genius, but he's one of the few who gets to the top of the pile on name alone. Newman has earned Oscar nominations for Original Song and Original Score since 1982's Ragtime. 38 years later he's back with a double nomination for Best Original Song for Toy Story 4 and Best Original Score for Marriage Story. In an interview with Newman on NPR's Tim Greiving notes: As the film series evolved, the characters stopped to reflect more. In Toy Story 2, Newman wrote "When She Loved Me" for Sarah McLachlan—which went with a montage about losing the most important person in the world to you. In Toy Story 3, Woody and the gang suffered...
Cinema as Pure Art: The Case for 1917
If you put a hundred humans on an island to fight for survival or try to eke out a little happiness, sooner or later one of them is going to make art. They will make it not because there is any good reason, but because they have to. Because they feel compelled to. It starts as a rumble, a spark of imagination — and before long, it must be made, it must built, it must be created. Then it's put on prominent display for everyone else to see and to ponder because the art can’t exist just as a thing made. It must resonate or reflect off the people who look at it, off the people who live alongside it, the people who will...
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The Return of ‘Shrill’ Will Have You Screaming with Joy
Aidy Bryant's Annie is back, and she gets to spread her wings more in season two. When we last left Aidy Bryant's Annie at the end of the debut season of Shrill, she was confronting her online tormentor by hurling a brick through his car window. It's the kind of release and satisfaction that we wouldn't expect from an earnest comedy series, but it's a booster for Annie's confidence for the next chapter in her life. The second season of Hulu's Shrill continues to gives us a character to root for, and it's freaking hilarious. It...
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Production Designer Amy Williams on Bringing “Little America” to Life
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Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz on Bringing Sincerity to ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’
They don't make movies like The Peanut Butter Falcon anymore. We have become too cynical, but directors Michael Schwartz and...
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‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Hair and Makeup Team Talk About Making the 70s Come Alive and Reteaming for ‘Coming 2 America’
The hair and makeup team for Dolemite Is My Name (led by Carla Farmer, Stacey Morris, and Vera Steimberg) is...
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David Harbour on Hopper’s Ultimate Sacrifice in the ‘Stranger Things’ Finale
I was not expecting to have the emotional reaction I had when I watched the season three finale of Netflix's...
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Clarissa Thibeaux on Marvel’s ‘Runaways’ and Playing a Shape-Shifting Alien
In Marvel’s Runaways, Clarissa Thibeaux played the shape-shifting alien, Xavin, helping the titular Runaways, a group of teens who venture...
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Editor Lee Smith on Cutting ‘1917’ as a ‘One-Shot’ Masterpiece
Sam Mendes' Golden-Globe winning masterpiece 1917 poses quite the conundrum when talking about its editing. Mendes and team famously built the...
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