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2021 SAG Awards sees big wins for Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, and The Trial of the Chicago 7

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It was a huge win for diversity at the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night, with the late great Chadwick Boseman winning Best Leading Male for his performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a feat matched by his co-star Viola Davis, who took home female actor for her role in the Netflix […]

Nomadland claims top honour at the 2021 PGA Awards

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If it hadn’t done so already with its numerous victories along the road to the Oscars, Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland installed itself as a firm favourite for Best Picture at the Academy Awards last night when it received the top prize, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award, at the 2021 Producers Guild of America Awards. Along with […]

Borat, Promising Young Woman, and Ted Lasso win big at the WGA Awards

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The 73rd Writers Guild of America Awards took place on Sunday night and the results have gone some way to cementing Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Promising Young Woman as the screenplay favourites as far as the Academy Awards are concerned. In a virtual ceremony hosted by Kal Penn, Amazon Studios’ Borat took the adapted screenplay […]

Oscars 2021: Full list of nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards, with Netflix and David Fincher’s Mank leading the field with nominations in ten categories overall. Mank will contest the Oscar for Best Picture alongside The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, Sound of […]

Razzies: Nominations announced for 41st Golden Raspberry Awards

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With awards season in full swing, it’s time to turn our attention to the very worst in cinematic achievement with the nominations for the 41st annual Golden Raspberry Awards. Leading the field for this year’s Razzies is Robert Downey Jr.’s critically panned financial bomb Dolittle, which is up for Worst Picture, Worst Actor (Downey), Worst […]

Producers Guild announces nominations for 2021 PGA Awards

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The Producers Guild of America have announced the film and television nominations for the 2021 PGA Awards, whose top honour – the Darryl F. Zanuck Award – is widely regarded as the best indicator for the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards. With that in mind, it’s good news for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Judas […]

Morfydd Clark and Kingsley Ben-Adir among all-British list of nominees for BAFTA’s EE Rising Star Award

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Saint Maud star Morfydd Clark and Kingsley Ben-Adir, who plays Malcolm X in Regina King’s One Night in Miami, are among the all-British nominees for the EE Rising Star Award at this year’s BAFTAs. They will compete against His House and Gangs of London star Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù, County Lines actor Conrad Khan, and Bukky Bakray, […]

2021 Golden Globe Awards: Borat, Nomadland, The Crown and The Queen’s Gambit win big

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The pandemic may have played havoc with film and TV schedules over the past year, but that hasn’t prevented the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for celebrating the past twelve months of entertainment with last night’s 78th annual – and 1st virtual – Golden Globe Awards. Taking home the top honours on the film front were  […]

Rocks leads winners of 2020 British Independent Film Awards

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Director Sarah Gavron’s coming of age drama Rocks was named Best British Independent Film during Thursday’s 2020 BIFA Awards, with the film picking up a further four awards in Best Supporting Actress (Kosar Ali), Most Promising Newcomer (Ali), Best Supporting Actor (D’Angelou Osei Kissiedu) and Best Casting. Netflix’s British horror His House received the awards […]