Today saw the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) handing out their awards for achievements in film for 2014, and they gave top honors to Boyhood, which also received Best Director and Best Supporting Actress. This means that, for the first time in six years, it looks as though BAFTA and AMPAS will disagree, what with the near-certainty of the latter going with Birdman for Best Picture (its wins with the PGA, DGA, and SAG have made it impossible to deny).
Tonight, the final major guild, The Directors Guild of America, announced their awards for 2014, awarding their top prize to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for his brilliant direction of Birdman. This means that the film has won the "Triple Crown" (PGA, DGA, and SAG), making it an unstoppable force as we head into the Oscars.
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild awards have just concluded, with Birdman winning the top honor of Best Cast in a Motion Picture as expected. With the film having taken tonight's biggest honor, coupled with its huge win at the PGA awards last night, there seems little doubt that we now have our next winner of the Best Picture Oscar.
The 26th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards have just concluded, ending with a gigantic surprise. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's brilliant Birdman has taken down the juggernaut Boyhood to claim the PGA's top award as Best Picture of the Year, meaning we now have a new leader for the Best Picture Oscar. As previously mentioned, the PGA and the Academy have agreed on Best Picture 18 out of 25 times, including the last seven years in a row.
The Broadcast Film Critics Association have just finished announcing their annual Critics Choice Awards, with Birdman winning honors in seven categories (including Best Actor, Best Actor in a Comedy, Best Ensemble, and Best Original Screenplay) and Boyhood taking four of its own, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just finished announcing their nominees for the 87th Annual Academy Awards, with Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel leading the way with nine nominations apiece, followed by The Imitation Game with eight. As usual, there were plenty of surprises to be found this morning. Let's take a look at a few:
Today, The Directors Guild of America announced their nominees for their top honor, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film. I mentioned in my predictions last night that there were at least 2-3 slots that were somewhat wide-open, with a number of possible names that could fill them. This would allow for a couple of potential surprises, and taking a look at today's nominees, some surprises we did indeed get.
Tomorrow, the Directors Guild of America will announce their nominations for their 67th annual awards, so let's take a look at whose names we'll most likely be seeing in those five coveted slots for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures.
The 72nd Annual Golden Globes have just finished, leaving us with plenty to talk about after the evening’s events. The Hollywood Foreign Press threw us plenty of curveballs, including a couple of major upsets that took plenty of people by surprise.
The Golden Globes are fast approaching, so once again, it's time to reveal my predictions for what nominees I feel have the best chance of being victorious in their respective categories. As usual, we have a lot of categories that appear to be locks, but we also have a couple of categories where two or three nominees have a great chance of winning, so without further delay, let's get right to it.
