Awards Season Awards: The Whiffs, the Wins and the Wet Blankets
All the unlikely highs and despicable lows of an awards cycle that lasted a few weeks too long.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment THE PARTICIPATION TROPHY FOR FRUITLESS FOOTWORK: 15-Minute Standing Ovations Are European theater seats just that uncomfortable? Because each year, festival standing ovations get longer. At Venice, record applause for The Smashing Machine and The Testament of Ann Lee had guests leaving with numb palms and others with outsized expectations. Ovation-induced buzz helped make respective stars Dwayne Johnson and Amanda Seyfried early favorites … but they end this season empty-handed. Related Stories TV Disney Has Sold Out of Oscars Advertising Inventory Amid Live Event Push Movies THR's Guide to the Oscars: Everything You Need to Know Before Sunday's Show MISS UNCONGENIALITY: Nikki Glaser Glaser’s expert emcee work during the most recent two Golden Globes telecasts was like a pair of defibrillator paddles that hilariously resurrected a show most of us were fine to let die on the table. Hopefully, the delay in confirming her 2027 return was because the Brink’s truck was stuck in traffic. She’s worth every discontinued penny. HEDGE LORD: Paul Thomas Anderson After releasing his celebrated sendup of police states, immigration raids and white supremacy in an America confronting all three, the One Battle After Another filmmaker deftly avoided discussing … any of that. But after nearly five press-shy months, when the frontrunner was finally cornered at BAFTA, the best he could muster was, “I’m not a politician, but I’m a filmmaker.” You’re also a writer, PTA, and we know you can do better than that. TREND THAT NEEDS TO RIP: Dead Children Granted, only one movie hinged on a kiddo kicking the bucket — let’s poureth out a mug of ale for Hamnet, shalt we? — but some of these filmmakers are clearly working through stuff. From The Testament of Ann Lee and T...
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