Annara Snow

5 hours ago, House Cambodia said:

Is it living, i.e. an animal? Could be ravens or crows, for example.

If 'object' excludes a living thing, my hunch is a book or scroll.

14. Not an animal - but an animal is a character, so you've wasted a question

15. Yes, it is a book or a scroll

On 4/23/2024 at 7:42 PM, FantasyCreature said:

Okay, I have something in mind. Is it located in some cold place, like, at least above the Neck?

13. Not located in a cold place above the Neck

That was an oddly specific question...I don't know what you meant, but maybe first try to guess what kind of object it is.

1 hour ago, FantasyCreature said:

Alright... Is it any kind of food or drink?

1. Not a character 

2. Object

3. A part of the current timeline

4. Not a weapon

5. Not a personal object (object that someone may carry with them or wear, like a crown, jewellery, a piece of clothing).

6. In Westeros

7. Not a song

8. Made of real life material

9. Not made of hard material (rock, metal, bricks, gemstones, steel, wood, glass, hardened clay etc.)

10. Not made of cloth

11. Not a body part

12. Not any kind of food or drink

As a helping hint, remember that I had to ask what is meant by "hard material" to be able to answer question 9.

5 hours ago, FantasyCreature said:

Let me try. Although I'm not very good at it probably.

 

Umm, has it been seen in only a female POV, and not a male POV?

Guessing what kind of object it is would help a lot

1. Not a character 

2. Object

3. A part of the current timeline

4. Not a weapon

5. Not a personal object (object that someone may carry with them or wear, like a crown, jewellery, a piece of clothing).

6. In Westeros

7. Not a song

8. Made of real life material

9. Not made of hard material (rock, metal, bricks, gemstones, steel, wood, glass, hardened clay etc.)

10. Not made of cloth

11. Not a body part

Marry Ned

Bang Benjen

Kill Brandon

next: evil middle aged lords of ASOIAF

Tywin Lannister

Roose Bolton

Randyll Tarly

4 hours ago, FantasyCreature said:

I would, if I knew any of the actors. But just searching up their name doesn't give me any useful information other than their looks, and well, that can be changed anyway, so I know next to nothing about these people. 

You don't know Mark Ruffalo?! Really?

On 12/14/2023 at 5:15 PM, Annara Snow said:

Lyonel "Laughing Storm" Baratheon

Next: Mark Ruffalo

Why is no one playing this anymore?

On 4/13/2024 at 5:29 PM, FantasyCreature said:

Erm... Is anyone interested in a new game? 

Is anyone interested in guessing this one? There's no new game until you do.

It's not like it's even difficult, you all just stopped asking questions.

On 3/31/2024 at 11:50 AM, FantasyCreature said:

Oh, looks like this has come upon a stale point. Tough choices. I'll just continue the game and hope for some guys next time  

Marry: Viserra

Bang: Daena

Kill: Saera

Next up, we've got "the most beautiful women in Westeros" (haven't gone through the whole thread, so I apologise if they've  come up recently):

Cersei Lannister, Ashara Dayne, Lyanna Stark (if we can add a choice, I'd like to add Catelyn Tully)

We can only have 3, no cheating!

Kill Cersei

Marry grownup Lyanna

Bang Ashara

Next: most handsome men in Westeros 

Jaime Lannister

Rhaegar Targaryen

Robert Baratheon at the time of Robert's Rebellion

Now about the ceremony: 

Overall it was mediocre, with a very unfunny host who made the same lazy annoying jokes we've heard all season (Killers is long, Poor Things has sex scenes...). The only time he made me laugh was when he made a reference to the La La Land/Moonlight fiasco. Kimmel's lamest moment was when he started reading a negative review of his performance and I wondered for a moment if he can be self deprecating and self aware, but no, turns out it was Donald Trump in his Instagram post, saying Kimmel was a terrible host (you know that The Onion headline, "Heartbreaking: The worst person you know just made a great point") I'm only half joking when I say it feels like Kimmel and Trump made a deal to try to make themselves look cool in front if their target audience  -how could Kimmel make himself look better in front of the Hollywood crowd but by higjlghting that Trump doesn't like him? While Trump gets to prove to his stans that he is oh so "anti establishment". Win-win!

There were, however, a few notable moments in the ceremony. The rare genuinely funny and charming moments included the funny bits by some of the presenters - the one about Jeff Goldblum and Spielberg (especially with Spielberg participating in the bit) and the De Vito/Schwarzenegger Batman joke with Keaton contributing with his Batman glare, plus John Cena's moment.

Pacino ended up being unintentionally funny - which I didn't mind. We all knew Oppenheimer would win, why pretend there was suspense?

And there were some important speeches, but they were rare. I liked what Cord Jefferson said, after winning for American Fiction, about investing in more small movies rather than blockbusters. But the entire ceremony was held in the shadow of the fact everyone knew Israel was about to attack Rafah that night, further killing and victimising Palestinian refugees from Gaza. Some of the celebrities wore Artists for Ceasefire pins and little Palestinian flags. But in terms of what was heard that night on stage, you wouldn't know anything was happening.

The lowest point was when Sean Lennon and the rest of the crew that won for their animated short called War is Over, but only talked about wars being bad in general, without saying anything about any current wars, anything actually brave or important. The ongoing wars were only mentioned in two speeches. The director of 20 Days in Mariupol, of course, ve a speech about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, to a big applause. But that was expected and also, that's not the war that's controversial in Hollywood or US in general.

Jonathan Glazer's speech, however, turned out to be the most important moment in the ceremony, and this is even more obvious now. He got a strong applause and cheers from a part of the audience, silence from others and no boos, which suggests many in Hollywood feel the same but everyone knows how brave it is ri speak up and mention Gaza at all or condemn Israel in any way  And that's clear now, after Variety: Hollywood Reporter etc. have been competing to find as many Hollywood people (90% of which I've either never heard of or are very irrelevant) who would condemning Glazer. Absolutely insane that a Jewish man who made a Holocaust film about how bad it is when we dehumanise people and pretend genocide isn't happening, is getting attacked as "anrisemitic" for saying that it's bad when we, in the present, dehumanised people and pretend genocide is not happening. And for a very balanced speech thar mentioned the Israeli victims of the Hamas attack on 7 Ocrober in the same brearh as the Palestinian victims of Israel' atrack in Gaza. That did not help, because apparently no one is allowed to acknowledge  that killing Palestinian civiloans is wrong, or that Israeli occupation of Palestine is what has led to all of that. Lots of people thought or pretended to like The Zone of Interest but didn't understand it or recognise themselves in the Hoss family

Since I'm posting here, I'll give my views on the films and the ceremony, especially now I've watched all of the films nominated  for Best Picture:

My ranking of nominees:

1) Past Lives / Poor Things - my favourites of the past year. Both masterpieces but completely different, so it's hard to compare them.

3) Anatomy of a Fall / The Zone of Interest

5) The Holdovers - again hard to compare, ranking a bit lower just because it's less original and innovative than those above 

6) Oppenheimer/ Killers of the Flower Moon - great epic films. Best of the year? Maybe not, still excellent and never bored me in spite of the length.

8) American Fiction - smart, witty movie with great commentary on current cultural issues 

9) Maestro / Barbie - the only weaker films here. Both are  more interesting than you would expect in style and content, but not exactly solid. Maestro may be more Cooper dealing with certain themes and issues (his own, as some are suggesting.) through Berenstain than a good biopic of Bernstein. Barbie is lots of fun and technically brilliant but incredibly thematically incoherent.

Overall, Oppenheimer is a fine movie and  not undeservimg but I'm mostly happy for the long overdue Oscars for Nolan. Can we count this as best Picture and Director Oscars for Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception and Dunkirk too?

One thing that is funny though is how Maestro was derided as "Oscar bait" but Oppenheimer was not (the quality of both movies aside).

Emma Stone's performance was one of those incredible performances that definitely should win so I'm very glad she did. Poor Things at least got a few well deserved Oscars if it could not win the Best Picture one. I really like Lily Gladstone and hope she gets many more great roles and wins for something else. The only performanc I haven't seen is Benning in Nyad.

Happy for Murphy winning, though Giamatti would have been great too. Cooper was not gonna win and the controversy didn't help, but he was also really good and also had deserved to win before- and Twitter making him the "villain of the award season" just because people think he really wants to win an Oscar (guess what? They all do) was ridiculous. I haven't seen Rustin so I can't comment except that Colman Domingo is a brilliant actor in general, who shined in crappy shows like Fear of the Walking Dead and Euphoria and almost made them watchable. I also really like Jeffrey Wright, but his role in American Fiction was not as outstanding for a nomination over Di Caprio (who should have been nominated for Killers, on the strength of performance alone, but didn't campaign) and Koji Yakusho (I'm not a big fan of Perfect Days, but his performance is great and the movie hangs on it). 

I still haven't seen All of Us Strangers and May December so I can't comment on actors from those films being snubbed as many have said, in particular Charles Melton for May December. I do think Dominic Sessa (Holdovers) and Milo Machado Graner (the kid from Anatomy of a Fall) deserved nominations for supporting actor- over Brown and, while Gosling was the best performer in Barbie, the incredibly annoying reaction of Barbie fans to the nominations make me wish no one was nominated for Barbie. I guess that would make both Barbie fans and the rest of is happy. Of the nominees, I don't think RDJ was that outstanding to dominate the season. I prefer De Niro and especially Ruffalo. And if RDJ was overdue, so is Ruffalo. (But I bet Hollywood would not like the speech he would give!)

I have only seen 3 of the supporting female performances and Randolph is definitely the best of them. Ferrera shouldn't have even been nominated for Barbie.

I'm glad Zone won Best sound - absolutely deserved - in addition to Best International Feature (though Io capitano is a fantastic movie I recommend - and a more traditional great viewing experience than Zone). Anatomy of a Fall and American Fiction were good Screenplay winners (and I'm additionally happy because the writer of American Fiction gave the second best abs most important accepting speech of the night, after Jonathan Glazer). Oppenheimer of course fully deserved Best editing. But I wish Score or maybe Cinematography had gone to Killers. It didn't deserve to go home completely empty handed.

Of the two Barbie songs, while I'm Just Ken was more fun and more important for the movie, What Was I Made For? is the one I prefer as a song in general. But a song that should have been nominated and wasn't and that had both is Can't Catch Me Now by Olivia Rodrigo - both a great song and perfect commentary on the characters themes of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, buy I guess Academy won't touch anything The Hunger Games. (This may also be the time to mention that Tom Blyth gave one of the best leading performances of the year)

I have seen two nominees in the Best Documentary category: 20 Days in Mariupol is a solid documentary / historical evidence and it's about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The latter is why everyone knew it would definitely win. However, Four Daughters is a far superior film. It's not just a great documentary, it's a great film in general- as exciting, suspenseful and emotional as a great live action drama. Its format is innovative and original, it's an intimate look at a family while also commenting on current issues no less important than the Russia-Ukraine war. But I would never expect the Academy to give the Oscar to a movie by and about Muslim Arab women over the Ukrainian film.

On 3/13/2024 at 11:19 AM, Heartofice said:

Not absurd at all! Think you are taking this a little too personally mate.

Anyway, just look at the cast, Trainspotting had a bunch of unknowns, regular looking people, speaking in a language that is barely intelligible to anyone outside of Scotland. Requiem had a cast made up of major Hollywood stars, Jared Leto and Jennifer Connelly being some of the most beautiful people around, Burstyn and Wayans also incredibly recognisable. I know Requiem is a dark and grim, but it also is clearly a Hollywood movie.

I also highly doubt Aronofsky had never seen Trainspotting by the time he'd made Requiem. 

On 3/13/2024 at 11:42 AM, DMC said:

Ewan McGregor wasn't much of an unknown at that point.  Indeed, he's quite comparable to Leto at the same point.  Johnny Lee Miller?  Fairly comparable to Marlon Wayans.  Even the budgets were rather comparable.  1.5 million pounds to $4.5 million -- and Trainspotting was shittons more successful!  This idea that Trainspotting was somehow much less "Hollywood" ignores the fact Requiem wasn't Hollywood -- it was filmed almost entirely on Coney Island. 

Sorry if I got a bit hostile, but this is my point here -- there's not much distinction.

I'm sorry but "regular looking people"? You can make that case about Robert Carlyle and certainly Ewan Bremner, but Jonny Lee Miller and Kevin McKidd were definitely pretty boy and muscled up pretty boy at the time, and when had Ewan McGregor nor been a  hearthtob? I would in fact sat he was much much so than Leto back in the day. Just look at his subsequent Hollywood career and the roles he played abd overall popularity vs Leto (also, while Leto had been n a few big movies, he was not a lead in any of them. 

In terms of fame, yeah, none of them were household names but St least McGregor and Carlyle were rising stars in the UK, having had breakout roles in Boyle's debut Shallow Grave and a very memorable instalment of the  popular TV crime drama Cracker, respectively (coincidentally, both alongside Christopher Eccleston). Trainspotting was the breakout on the Hollywood/ global level.

Calling Requiem a more "Hollywood" film is just weird - if anything  it's far less fun and it's not trying to be enjoyable to the average viewer, and I'm pretty sure it was nowhere as popular.

The physical attractiveness angle is an odd one to use when, as I pointed out, it doesn't even work. It feels like you're saying it because of the common view that UK productions tend to feature more "regular looking actors", which is true in general, but doesn't apply to every single case. It makes me think of how Jack Davenport tried to argue that he and the rest of the Coupling cast were not as good looking as the Friends cast, or when someone tried to argue the US/Canadian remake of Being Human made it more Hollywood by having a more attractive cast, in spite of the fact that the UK original starred a major hunk like Aiden Turner, and gorgeous Lenore Critchlow.

On 3/10/2024 at 4:43 PM, Mladen said:

The 2024 Asian Film Awards - Winners

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Best Film

• “12.12: The Day” (South Korea)
• “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)
• “Paradise” (Sri Lanka, India)
• “Perfect Days” (Japan)
• “Snow Leopard” (China)

Best Director

• KIM Sung-soo for “12.12: The Day” (South Korea)
• GU Xiaogang for “Dwelling by the West Lake” (China)
• HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke for “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)
• KORE-EDA Hirokazu for “Monster” (Japan)
• Prasanna VITHANAGE for “Paradise” (Sri Lanka, India)

Best New Director

• Khagvadulam PUREV-OCHIR for “City of Wind” (France, Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Qatar, Germany)
• PHAM THIEN An for “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell” (Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain)
• Dominic SANGMA for “Rapture” (India, China, Switzerland, Qatar, Netherlands)
• Amanda Nell EU for “Tiger Stripes” (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar)
• Nick CHEUK for “Time Still Turns the Pages” (Hong Kong)

Best Actor

• HWANG Jung-min in “12.12: The Day” (South Korea)
• WU Kang-Ren in “Abang Adik” (Malaysia)
• SHEN Teng in “Full River Red” (China)
• YAKUSHO Koji in “Perfect Days” (Japan)
• Tony LEUNG Chiu Wai in “The Goldfinger” (Hong Kong, China)

Best Actress

• JIANG Qinqin in “Dwelling by the West Lake” (China)
• JUNG Yu-mi in “Sleep” (South Korea)
• ZHOU Dongyu in “The Breaking Ice” (China, Singapore)
• Audrey LIN in “Trouble Girl” (Taiwan)
• KIKUCHI Rinko in “658km Yoko” (Japan)

Best Supporting Actor

• PARK Hoon in “12.12: The Day” (South Korea)
• Jack TAN in “Abang Adik” (Malaysia)
• NAKAMURA Shido in “Kubi” (Japan)
• PARK Jung-min in “Smugglers” (South Korea)
• Sean WONG in “Time Still Turns the Pages” (Hong Kong)

Best Supporting Actress

• HAMABE Minami in “Godzilla Minus One” (Japan)
• Rachel LEUNG in “In Broad Daylight” (Hong Kong)
• TSUTSUI Mariko in “Last Shadow at First Light” (Singapore, Japan, Slovenia, The Philippines, Indonesia)
• GO Min-si in “Smugglers” (South Korea)
• WAN Fang in “Snow in Midsummer” (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore)

Best Newcomer

• Tergel Bold-Erdene in “City of Wind” (Mongolia, France, Portugal, Netherlands, Qatar, Germany)
• Awat RATANAPINTHA in “Doi Boy” (Thailand, Cambodia)
• Yoyo TSE in “Fly Me to the Moon” (Hong Kong)
• WANG Yibo in “Hidden Blade” (China)
• SHIRATA Mihaya in “Last Shadow at First Light” (Singapore, Japan, Slovenia, The Philippines, Indonesia)

Best Screenplay

• HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke for “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)
• SAKAMOTO Yuji for “Monster”
• Prasanna VITHANAGE and Anushka SENANAYAKE for “Paradise” (Sri Lanka, India)
• Jason YU for “Sleep” (South Korea)
• Pema Tseden for “Snow Leopard” (China)

Best Editing

• KIM Sang-bum for “12.12: The Day” (South Korea)
• HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke, and YAMAZAKI Azusa for “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)
• Matthieu LACLAU for “Only the River Flows” (China)
• A. Sreekar PRASAD for “Paradise” (Sri Lanka, India)
• Nick CHEUK, Keith CHAN Hiu Chun for “Time Still Turns the Pages” (Hong Kong)

Best Cinematography

• LEE Mo-gae for “12.12: The Day” (South Korea)
• KITAGAWA Yoshio for “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)
• CHENGMA Zhiyuan for “Only the River Flows” (China)
• Azamat DULATOV for “Qas” (Kazakhstan)
• Matthias DELVAUX for “Snow Leopard” (China)

Best Original Music

• UMEBAYASHI Shigeru for “Dwelling by the West Lake” (China)
• ISHIBASHI Eiko for “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)
• Akmaral MERGEN for “Qas” (Kazakhstan)
• Anon Ch Momin for “Rapture” (India, China, Switzerland, Qatar, Netherlands)
• LEE Dong-june for “1947 Road to Boston” (South Korea)

Best Costume Design

• Tim YIP for “Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms” (China)
• KUROSAWA Kazuko for “Kubi” (Japan)
• YOON Jung-hee for “Smugglers” (South Korea)
• Elaine NG for “Snow in Midsummer” (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore)
• MAN Lim Chung for “The Goldfinger” (Hong Kong, China)

Best Production Design

• CHO Hwa-sung for “Concrete Utopia” (South Korea)
• MITSUMATSU Keiko for “Monster” (Japan)
• ZHANG Menglun for “Only the River Flows” (China)
• Daktse Drundrup for “Snow Leopard” (China)
• Eric LAM for “The Goldfinger” (Hong Kong, China)

Best Visual Effects

• EUN Jae-hyun for “Concrete Utopia” (South Korea)
• Douglas Hans SMITH for “Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms” (China)
• YAMAZAKI Takashi, SHIBUYA Kiyoko, TAKAHASHI Masaki, NOJIMA Tatsuji for “Godzilla Minus One” (Japan)
• JIN Jong-Hyun for “The Moon” (South Korea)
• Allen WEI, Ahdee CHIU, DING Yanlai, Eric XU for “The Wandering Earth II” (China)

Best Sound

• KIM Hyun-sang for “Concrete Utopia” (South Korea)
• YANG Jiang, ZHAO Nan for “Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms” (China)
• INOUE Natsuko for “Godzilla Minus One” (Japan)
• Vuong Gia Bao, Xander TOH for “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell” (Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain)
• TU Duu-Chih, WU Shu-Yao for “Snow in Midsummer” (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore)

AFA Next Generation Award

• ZHAO Liying, actor (China)

Excellence in Asian Cinema

• LEE Young-ae, actor (Korea) and SUZUKI Ryuhei, actor (Japan)

Asia Rising Star Award:

• Win Metawin, actor (Thailand)

Highest Grossing Asian Film: “Full River Red” dir. ZHANG Yimou (China)

Lifetime Achievement Award: ZHANG Yimou, director (China)

 

I've seen three of these films - amd Monster was my favorite of them, I'm glad it got Best Director.

Not the biggest fan of Perfect Days, but that central performance was incredible.

Evil Does Not Exist, however, was such a weird movie, and maybe I need to watch it again to figure out what it was trying to do, but that ending just left Mr confused, and not in a good way.

I'm hoping Godzilla: Minus One finally gets a release here.

8 hours ago, Nictarion said:

Did a rewatch of Midnight Mass. Loved it even more the second time through. Hamish Linklater was just fantastic in this. Wish he was in more stuff.

Probably going to do The Haunting of Hill House again next. 

It's absolutely criminal that he was snubbed for this by all sorts of awards. The miniseries too.

On 3/5/2024 at 8:09 PM, Ran said:

Purely what I think will win. I think if I had to make a list of what I want to win, the main differences would be supporting actor (Mark Ruffalo; Downey's winning it as a lifetime achievement award, IMO), original screenplay (Past Lives is my personal choice, by a hair), animated feature (The Boy and the Heron), and ... maybe Score (Killers of the Flower Moon). 

I haven't seen everything yet, will try in the next few days (still to see The Holdovers, Maestro and American Fiction, plus May/December, The Color Purple, and unfortunately it looks like there's no possibility to see The Boy and the Heron unless it is released in cinemas here), but my biggest differences are: Four Daughters for Best Documentary Feature; Mark Ruffalo for Supporting Actor; Past Lives or Poor Things for Best Picture (but I'm also OK with Oppenheimer winning)... not sure about the score.

On 3/4/2024 at 10:17 AM, Mladen said:

The 2023 American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Award Winners

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BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Non-Theatrical)

• 100 Foot Wave: “Jaws” – Alex Bayer, Alex Keipper & Quin O’Brien
• Albert Brooks: Defending My Life – Bob Joyce
• Beckham: “The Kick” – Michael Harte, ACE
• Being Mary Tyler Moore – Mariah Rehmet
• Escaping Twin Flames: “Up in Flames” – Martin Biehn, Kevin Hibbard, Inbal B. Lessner, ACE, Troy Takaki, ACE & Mimi Wilcox

BEST EDITED MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES

• Frasier: “Blind Date” – Joseph Fulton
• How I Met Your Father: “Daddy” – Russell Griffin, ACE
• The Upshaws: “Off Beat” – Angel Gamboa Bryant

BEST EDITED SINGLE CAMERA COMEDY SERIES

• Barry: “Wow” – Ali Greer, ACE & Franky Guttman, ACE
• The Bear: “Fishes” – Joanna Naugle, ACE
• The Bear: “Forks” – Adam Epstein, ACE
• Only Murders in the Building: “Sitzprobe” – Shelly Westerman, ACE & Payton Koch
• Ted Lasso: “So Long, Farewell” – Melissa McCoy, ACE

BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES

• Ahsoka: “Fallen Jedi” – Dana E. Glauberman, ACE
• The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time” – Timothy A. Good, ACE
• Slow Horses: “Strange Games” – Sam Williams
• Succession: “Conner’s Wedding” – Bill Henry, ACE
• Succession: “With Open Eyes” – Ken Eluto, ACE

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (NON-THEATRICAL)

• Black Mirror: Beyond the Sea – Jon Harris
• Flamin’ Hot – Kayla M. Emter & Liza D. Espinas
• Reality – Jennifer Vecchiarello & Ron Dulin

BEST EDITED LIMITED SERIES

• Beef: “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech in Pain” – Harry Yoon, ACE & Laura Zempel, ACE
• Beef: “The Great Fabricator” – Nat Fuller
• Fargo: “The Paradox of Intermediate Transactions” – Christopher Nelson, ACE
• Fargo: “The Tragedy of the Commons” – Regis Kimble
• Lessons in Chemistry: “Introduction to Chemistry” – Géraud Brisson, ACE & Daniel Martens

BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES

• Couples Therapy: “Episode 310” – Delaney Lynch, Helen Kearns, ACE & Katrina Taylor
• Dancing with the Stars: “S32.E5” – Laurens Van Charante, Ben Bulatao, ACE, Fernanda Cardoso, Jessie Sock, Jon Oliver, Neal Acosta, Raiko Siems, Joe Headrick & Mike Bennaton
• Deadliest Catch: “Pain Level Ten” – Rob Butler, ACE, Isaiah Camp, ACE, Alexander Rubinow, ACE & Josh Stockero

BEST EDITED VARIETY TALK/SKETCH SHOW OR SPECIAL EVENT

• A Black Lady Sketch Show: “My Love Language is Words of Defamation” – Stephanie Filo, ACE, Malinda Zehner Guerra & Taylor Joy Mason, ACE
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: “Dollar Stores” – Anthony Miale, ACE
• Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour – Dom Whitworth, Guy Harding, Hamish Lyons, Rupa Rathod, Ben Wainwright-Pearce & Reg Wrench

BEST EDITED ANIMATED SERIES

• Blue Eye Samurai: “The Tale of the Ronin and The Bride” – Yuksa Shirasuna
• Bob’s Burgers: “Amelia” – Jeremy Reuben, ACE & Stephanie Earley
• Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: “Ramona Rents a Video” – Keisuke Yanagi

The 2023 Guild Of Music Supervisors Award (GMS) Winners

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Best Music Supervision – Television Drama

• Ed Bailie, Abi Leland, Toby Williams – “Top Boy” Season 3
• Zoë Ellen Bryant, Pete Saville – “I Hate Suzie Too” Season 2
• Rick Clark – “Dark Winds” Season 2
• Nora Felder – “Yellowjackets” Season 2
• Gabe Hilfer – “The White Lotus” Season 2
• Jonathan Leahy, Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe – “Welcome to Chippendales” Season 1
• Janine Scalise – “The L Word: Generation Q” Season 3

Best Music Supervision – Television Comedy or Musical

• Matt Biffa – “Sex Education” Season 4
• Leah Harrison – “I’m a Virgo” Season 1
• Mike Moreno – “Mariachis” Season 1
• Javier Nuño, One Six, Joe Rodríguez – “Neon” Season 1
• Frankie Pine – “Daisy Jones & The Six” Season 1
• Robin Urdang – “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Season 5
• Justine von Winterfeldt – “Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin” Season 1
• Laura Webb, Lindsay Wolfington – “XO, Kitty” Season 1

Best Music Supervision – Reality Television

• Greg Danylyshyn – “Teen Mom: The Next Chapter” Season 1
• Peter Davis – “Are You The One?” Season 9
• Jon Ernst – “Love Is Blind” Season 5
• Carrie Hughes – “Love & Hip Hop: Miami” Season 5
• Sara Torres, Jordan Young – “Love Island USA” Season 5

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television

• “A Beautiful Game” – “Ted Lasso”
  • Songwriters: Max Martin, Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance
  • Performer: Ed Sheeran
  • Music Supervisors: Christa Miller, Tony Von Pervieux
• “City On Fire” – “City on Fire”
  • Songwriter: Zach Ellis
  • Performer: Ex Post Facto
  • Music Supervisor: Jonathan Leahy
• “Esperando Pelitos” – “Big Mouth”
  • Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • Performers: Robin De Jesús, PJ Sin Suela
  • Music Supervisor: Amanda Krieg Thomas
• “I Found You” – “The L Word: Generation Q”
  • Songwriters: Annalia Marie Mallory, Viv Parker, Lexxi Taylor Saal
  • Performer: India Carney
  • Music Supervisor: Janine Scalise
• “Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)” – “Daisy Jones & The Six”
  • Songwriters: Jason Boesel, Blake Mills, Marcus Mumford, Johnathan Rice, Stephony Smith
  • Performer: Daisy Jones & The Six
  • Music Supervisor: Frankie Pine
• “The Manster (Dr. Hunkenstein’s Theme)” – “Welcome to Chippendales”
  • Songwriters: Dan Bern, Siddhartha Khosla, Robert Siegel, Mike Viola
  • Performer: Welcome to Chippendales cast
  • Music Supervisors: Jonathan Leahy, Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe
• “Pussy Don’t Lie” – “Big Mouth”
  • Songwriters: Megan Pete, Mark Rivers
  • Performer: Megan Thee Stallion
  • Music Supervisor: Amanda Krieg Thomas
• “Staplehead” – “Poker Face”
  • Songwriters: John Darnielle, Jamey Jasta
  • Performer: Doxxxology
  • Music Supervisor: Thomas Golubić

DOCUMENTARIES

Best Music Supervision for a Documentary

• Justin Feldman – “All Up in the Biz”
• Jonathan Finegold – “Little Richard: I Am Everything”
• Joel C. High – “Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story”
• Susan Jacobs – “Wild Life”
• Aminé Ramer, Andrea von Foerster – “Peter Case: A Million Miles Away”
• Amani “Burt Blackarach” Smith – “Stamped from the Beginning”
• Allison Wood – “Last Stop Larrimah”

Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries

• Janet Billig Rich, Lisa Moberly – “Dear Mama” Season 1
• James Cartwright – “Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators” Season 1
• Kyle McKeveny, Joe Rudge – “The Super Models” Season 1
• Andrea von Foerster – “Welcome to Wrexham” Season 2
• Willa Yudell – “Arnold” Season 1

ADVERTISING

Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Synch)

• Jeremy Daw, JT Griffith – Nike: A Feel for Every You
• Andrew Kahn, Morgan Thoryk – Check ‘Em Out
• Sunny Kapoor, Mike Ladman, Mara Techam – Going Out in Style in the Greatest Story Ever Worn
• Sunny Kapoor, Mike Ladman, Brandy Ricker, Mara Techam – One Fair Exchange in the Greatest Story Ever Worn
• Mike Ladman, Mara Techam – Rumble
• Sara Matarazzo, Stephanie Pigott, Danielle Soury – American Gothic
• Scott McDaniel – Run This Town – The Road to Halftime Starts on Rihanna Drive
• Lilah Obregon-Wilson – Wear Your Shine – The Coach Shine Collection
• Jonathan Wellbelove – iPhone 14 – Action Mode

Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Original Music)

• Abbey Hendrix, Mika Sheerin, Jonathan Wellbelove – iPhone 15 Pro – On with the Show
• Mike Ladman, Mara Techam – Unshattered
• Mike Ladman, Mara Techam – More of Life Brought to Life – Sneakers
• Sara Matarazzo, Stephanie Pigott, Danielle Soury – Xbox Series X|S – Wake Up and Dream
• Nicole Palko, Jonathan Wellbelove – iPhone 15 Plus – Miss You

TRAILERS

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Film

• Maggie Baron – “Problemista” – Official Trailer
• Deric Berberabe, Jordan Silverberg – “Killers of the Flower Moon” – Official Trailer 2
• Calum Brice-Stevens – “All of Us Strangers” – Official Trailer
• Danny Exum, Derek Liner – “Sisu” – Official Trailer
• Bobby Gumm – “Damsel” – Official Trailer
• Angel Mendoza – “Killers of the Flower Moon” – Official Teaser Trailer
• Scenery Samundra, Gregory Sweeney – “Priscilla” – Official Trailer

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Series

• Isaac Allaway, Eduardo Fontes Williams – “The Crown” Season 6 – Part 2 Trailer
• Maggie Baron – “The Idol” – Official Teaser Trailer
• Deric Berberabe, Jordan Silverberg – “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” – Official Trailer
• Deric Berberabe, Jordan Silverberg – “Swarm” – Official Trailer
• Bobby Gumm – “The Witcher” Season 3 – Official Trailer
• Rochelle Holguin Cappello, Katie Pool – “Yellowjackets” Season 2 – Official Trailer
• Sanaz Lavaedian, Marina Polites – “Griselda” – Official Trailer

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Video Game & Interactive

• Jonny Altepeter, Peter Li – Valorant – Iso Agent Trailer – Myths
• Rebecca Bergman, Brian Murphy – Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League – Official Justice League Trailer – No More Heroes
• Chris Fox, Kyle Hopkins – South of Midnight – Announce Trailer
• Lindsey Kohon, Naaman Snell, Ryan Tomlin, Brandon Young – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III – Gameplay Reveal Trailer
• Raphaella Lima, Michael Sherwood – Apex Legends: Ignite – Launch Trailer
• Nick Maker – Marathon – Official Announce Trailer
• Ryan Tomlin, Brandon Young – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III – Makarov Reveal Trailer

VIDEO GAMES

Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Synch)

• Alex Hackford – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Alex Hackford, Sophie Levine, Monty Mudd – MLB ’23: The Show
• Maya Halfon Cordova – Forza Horizon 5: Rally Adventure
• Raphaella Lima, Cybele Pettus, Steve Schnur – EA SPORTS FC 24
• Raphaella Lima, Cybele Pettus, Steve Schnur – F1 23
• Raphaella Lima, Cybele Pettus, Steve Schnur – Madden NFL 24
• Ryan Tomlin, Brandon Young – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Season 2-6

Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Original Music)

• Alex Hackford, Scott Hanau, Keith Leary – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
  • Composer: John Paesano
• Simon Landry, Alex Riviere – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
  • Composer: Pinar Toprak
• Steve Schnur – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  • Composers: Stephen Barton, Gordy Haab
• Jaren Tolman – Hogwarts Legacy
  • Composers: Peter Murray, Chuck E. Myers, J. Scott Rakozy
• Austin Wintory – Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
  • Composers: Montaigne, Tripod, Austin Wintory
• Brandon Young – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
  • Composer: Walter Mair

The 2023 American Society Of Cinematographers (ASC) Winners

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Limited or Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Dan Atherton for “Great Expectations” – “The Three Keys” (FX)
• Sam Chiplin for “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart” – “Part One: BLack Fire Orchid” (Prime Video)
• Ben Kutchins, ASC for “Boston Strangler” (Hulu)
• Igot Martinovic for “George & Tammy” – “Stand by Your Man” (Showtime)
• Jason Oldak for “Lessons in Chemistry” – “Book of Calvin” (Apple TV+)
• Tobias Schliessler, ASC for “All The Light We Cannot See” – “Episode 2” (Netflix)

Episode of a One-Hour Regular Series

• Ricardo Diaz for “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” – “The Second Coming” (Max)
• Rob C. Givens for “Gotham Knights” – “Daddy Issues” (CW)
• M. David Mullen, ASC for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” – “Four Minutes” (Prime Video)
• Cathal Watters, ASC, ISC for “Foundation” – “In Seldon’s Shadow” (Apple TV+)
• Glen Keenan for “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” – “Hegemony” (Paramount+)

Episode of a Half-Hour Television Series

• Julian Court, BSC for “The Diplomat” – “The James Bond Clause” (Netflix)
• Carl Herse for “Barry” – “Tricky Legacies” (Max)
• Jon Joffin, ASC for “Schmigadoon!” – “Something Real” (Apple TV+)
• Blake McClure, ASC for “Minx” – “I Thought the Bed was Gonna Fly” (Starz)
• Andrew Wehde for “The Bear” – “The Bear” (Hulu)

Music Video

• Scott Cunningham, ASC for “Gorilla” (performed by Little Simz)
• Jon Joffin, ASC for “At Home” (performed by Jon Bryant)
• Andrey Nikolaev for “Tanto” (performed by Cassie Marin)

 

The White Lotus winning best music supervision over Yellowjackets is just as insane and undeserved as when it won best score Emmy over Succession.

On 3/4/2024 at 9:54 AM, Mladen said:

The 2023 Satellite Award (IPA) Winners

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MINISERIES & LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Fargo (FX Network)

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES, LIMITED SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Rachel Weisz – Dead Ringers (Amazon Prime Video)

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES, LIMITED SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Guy Pearce – A Spy Among Friends (MGM+)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES & LIMITED SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Christina Ricci – Yellowjackets (Showtime)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES & LIMITED SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jonathan Bailey – Fellow Travelers (Showtime)

TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
The Last of Us (HBO Max)

TELEVISION SERIES, GENRE
Yellowjackets (Showtime)

ACTRESS IN A SERIES, DRAMA OR GENRE
Helen Mirren – 1923 (Paramount+)

ACTOR IN A SERIES, DRAMA OR GENRE
Gary Oldman – Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Only Murders in the Building (Disney+)

ACTRESS IN A SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO)

ACTOR IN A SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (FX)

ENSEMBLE TELEVISION
Succession (HBO)

 

Ah, the awards no one cares about .

5 hours ago, Ran said:

My predictions:

Best Picture: Oppenheimer

Best Director:  Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”

Best Lead Actress:  Emma Stone, “Poor Things”

Best Lead Actor: Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”

Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”

Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”

Best Adapted Screenplay: “Oppenheimer”

Best Original Screenplay: “Anatomy of a Fall”

Best International Feature: “The Zone of Interest,” United Kingdom

Best Documentary Feature: “20 Days in Mariupol”

Best Animated Feature:  “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

Best Film Editing: “Oppenheimer”

Best Cinematography: “Oppenheimer”

Best Visual Effects: “The Creator”

Best Production Design: “Poor Things”

Best Costume Design: “Barbie”  

Best Makeup & Hairstyling: “Maestro”

Best Original Song: “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”

Best Original Score: “Oppenheimer”

Best Sound: “The Zone of Interest”

Best Animated Short: Haven't seen any.

Best Documentary Short: Haven't seen any.

Best Live-Action Short: “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”

Is this a prediction solely based on what you think WILL win, or what you think should win?

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16 hours ago, Mladen said:

Yes, but all of those three, in the past 10 years, only Venice proved to be impactful in terms of setting momentum for award season that culminates with Oscars. There's a reason why I didn't post Berlinare winners, because they will be of importance next season (2024/2025), not this one. That's why I said I should open next year with all festival winners.

Oscar season doesn't have an official start. These threads start at the beginning of December, with the announcement of NYFCC winners. Many pundits believe Venice Film Festival is the one that opens the Oscar season, as most Oscar contenders like to have premieres there (POOR THINGS, MAESTRO, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, TAR and many more in recent years).

It's simply the matter of calendar, nothing else. When I open the thread for next season, I will open with them, I promise. 
 

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@SpaceChampion, last year, Netflix and SAG-AFTRA made a deal about live streaming of the ceremony. As someone who watched the ceremony, I have never seen 2 hours last so long. It was dreadful. Good set of winners, semi-interesting speeches, but the presenters and backstage interviews... Meh! 

I'm saying that the awards at the biggest film destivala are pretty damn important in the world of film by itself, and not just by whether or not they mean something for the Oscars. Oscars are not the be all and end all of all film awards, especially since they usually ignore most of the world cinema.

And I'm not seeing any other thread here about film awards.

18 hours ago, Mladen said:

I didn't mean to say that  I meant that Berlin, Sundance and Cannes lately have little to no influence on what movies and performances will be the focus of award season that culminates with Oscars. 

Yes, award season, such as it is, is focused on American and British movies. Lately, Oscars are more and more international but they remain primarily American award. 

That doesn't mean other awards don't count, just that they don't play a role in the season of film and TV awards in States. I mean, Turkish TV scene has Golden Butterflies in December... But we all know those winners won't influence Emmys. 

I mean, Cannes, Berlinale and Venice Film Festivals are pretty big in the world of cinema. A bit more important than the Turkish TV scene, I'd say.

3 hours ago, Mladen said:

Every year, when I open the thread I forget to start with Berlin, Sundance, Cannes, Venice and Toronto winners. Except for the last two, they rarely play into award season. This year may be different so I will take a mental note to start next year's thread with festival winners. 

Awards don't count unless they're American or British?

Berlinale winners:

https://www.berlinale.de/en/festival/awards-and-juries/international-jury.html

16 hours ago, Mladen said:

Actually, I remember they were televized for at least 10 years prior. I remember watching Cate winning for BLUE JASMINE.

 

No, I mean they didn't use to have awards for TV shows until a few years ago, did they? Blue Jasmine was a movie.

44 minutes ago, Mladen said:

The Film Independent SPIRIT Awards - Winners

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Best New Scripted Series

• Beef
• Dreaming Whilst Black
• I'm a Virgo
• Jury Duty
• Slip

Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

• Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
• Dear Mama
• Murder in Big Horn 
• Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
• Wrestlers

Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series

• Emma Corrin, A Murder at the End of the World
• Dominique Fishback, Swarm
• Betty Gilpin, Mrs. Davis
• Jharrel Jerome, I’m a Virgo
• Zoe Lister-Jones, Slip
• Bel Powley, A Small Light
• Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
• Ramón Rodríguez, Will Trent
• Ali Wong, Beef
• Steven Yeun, Beef

Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series

• Murray Bartlett, The Last of Us
• Billie Eilish, Swarm
• Jack Farthing, Rain Dogs
• Nick Offerman, The Last of Us
• Adina Porter, The Changeling
• Lewis Pullman, Lessons in Chemistry
• Benny Safdie, The Curse
• Luke Tennie, Shrinking
• Olivia Washington, I’m a Virgo
• Jessica Williams, Shrinking

Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Serie

• Clark Backo, The Changeling
• Aria Mia Loberti, All the Light We Cannot See
• Adjani Salmon, Dreaming Whilst Black
• Keivonn Montreal Woodard, The Last of Us
• Kara Young, I’m a Virgo

Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
Jury Duty
Ensemble Cast: Alan Barinholtz, Susan Berger, Cassandra Blair, David Brown, Kirk Fox, Ross Kimball, Pramode Kumar, Trisha LaFache, Mekki Leeper, James Marsden, Edy Modica, Kerry O'Neill, Rashida Olayiwola, Whitney Rice, Maria Russell, Ishmel Sahid, Ben Seaward, Ron Song, Evan Williams

 

I forgot they had TV awards now (since the last few years?)Well, 

10 hours ago, Mladen said:

Someone mentioned it last night. There's always "last chance to award" narrative and they simply cruised through this season. I was honestly surprised. But, as you said, it should have been less of a surprise given the history.

 

 

Well, the fact they didn't even nominate Jeremy Strong for his final season for the one major award he did not win for Succession, showed they didn't care much about 'last chances'. Sarah Snook and Matthew McFadyen were great and Kieran Culkin showed he could do great dramatic work in the final season in addition to his usual thing and the show would never work without Brian Cox's presence, but when people talk about and make the 'greatest TV performances' lists, it's Jeemy Strong as Kendall Roy they single out, throughout all 4 seasons, and with good reason (and ot's not just because he is, after all, the main character).

6 hours ago, Mladen said:

As Carey Mulligan said, that is plainly naïve. Yeah, I believe in meritocracy but it is art, these things are rather subjective and one can never exclude other factors. We need to understand that most Academy members haven't even seen all the movies and performances and would vote for this or that person because they like them or they think they should have an Oscar. How would you explain the nomination of America Ferrera? Or Jamie Lee Curtis winning? We have seen real hunger from some... From Sandra Bullock to Michelle Yeoh and tragically ineffective Bradley Cooper. One of my worst wins is Julianne Moore in 2015 for "Still Alice" beating Rosamund Pike in "Gone Girl". But, given the fact how many times Moore was snubbed and that she is indeed Oscar-caliber actor, one can see what Academy did there. Simply, you can't separate "the narrative" from the decision-making process in these things. 

We know they don't all watch it. And it's certainly not primarily about "personal tastes" and who people like, because how would that explain the same people sweeping the season most of the tone? The voters are not all the same for all those different awards, are they?

I'm pretty sure it's mostly about campaigning and whose campaign turns out to be the most successful one.