2013 Award Season

[shtexas]

Seems to me, Lincoln is a "soft" favorite for the best picture Oscar. It will probably get the most noms tomorrow, but can be beaten. Reminds me of when Bugsy was the nom leader and an early favorite. It didn't feel right, but it was unclear which film would take its place. Ended up being Silence of the Lambs.

[Ti-Amie]

The Directors Guild of America revealed its TV and commercial nominees today. Winners will be announced at the 65th annual DGA Awards Dinner hosted by Kelsey Grammer on February 2 at Hollywood & Highland. Here’s the full list:

MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES
GREG BERLANTI
Political Animals, “Pilot”
(USA Network)
Mr. Berlanti’s Directorial Team:
·Unit Production Manager: Suzanne Geiger
·First Assistant Director: Richard Coad
·Second Assistant Director: Katie Carroll
·Second Second Assistant Director: Brad Robinson
This is Mr. Berlanti’s first DGA Award nomination.

PHILIP KAUFMAN
Hemingway & Gellhorn
(HBO)
Mr. Kaufman’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Trish Hofmann
· Assistant Unit Production Manager: Frank Simeone
· First Assistant Director: Mike Topoozian
· Second Assistant Director: Michael A. McCue
· Second Second Assistant Director: Cindy A. Taylor
This is Mr. Kaufman’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for The Right Stuff in 1983.

KEVIN REYNOLDS
Hatfields & McCoys
(HISTORY CHANNEL)
Mr. Reynolds’ Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Lucia Maghiar
· First Assistant Director: Christopher Landry
· Second Assistant Director: Maria Nita
· Second Second Assistant Director: Madalina Bugeanu
This is Mr. Reynolds’ first DGA Award nomination.

JAY ROACH
Game Change
(HBO)
Mr. Roach’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Mary Kane
· First Assistant Director: Josh King
· Second Assistant Director: Emily McGovern
· Second Second Assistant Director: Brian F. Relyea
This is Mr. Roach’s second DGA Award nomination. He previously won the DGA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series for Recount in 2008.

MICHAEL RYMER
American Horror Story: Asylum, “Dark Cousin”
(FX)
Mr. Rymer’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Chip Vucelich
· First Assistant Director: Ron Rapiel
· Second Assistant Director: Francesco Tignini
· Additional Second Assistant Director: Jason Z. Kemp
· Second Second Assistant Director: Jeremy Reisig
This is Mr. Rymer’s first DGA Award nomination.

DRAMATIC SERIES
MICHAEL CUESTA
Homeland, “The Choice”
(SHOWTIME)
Mr. Cuesta’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: J. David Brightbill
· First Assistant Director: Ken Collins
· Second Assistant Director: Kim Kennedy
This is Mr. Cuesta’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series for the “Pilot” episode of Homeland in 2011.

JENNIFER GETZINGER
Mad Men, “A Little Kiss”
(AMC)
Ms. Getzinger’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Michele Greco
· First Assistant Director: Adam Ben Frank
· Second Assistant Director: Jessica Lowrey
· Second Second Assistant Director: Erik J. Carpenter
This is Ms. Getzinger’s third DGA Award nomination. She was previously nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series in 2009 for her Mad Men episode “The Gypsy and the Hobo” and again in 2010 for her Mad Men episode “The Suitcase.”

LESLI LINKA GLATTER
Homeland, “Q & A”
(SHOWTIME)
Ms. Glatter’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: J. David Brightbill
· First Assistant Director: Louis J. Guerra
· Second Assistant Director: Kim Kennedy
This is Ms. Glatter’s third DGA Award nomination. She won for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series in 2009 for the “Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency” episode of Mad Men and was nominated in 1990 for “Episode 32006” of Twin Peaks.

RIAN JOHNSON
Breaking Bad, “Fifty-One”
(AMC)
Mr. Johnson’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Stewart A. Lyons
· Assistant Unit Production Manager: James Paul Hapsas
· First Assistant Director: Ben Scissors
· Second Assistant Director: Louis Lanni
· Second Second Assistant Director: Anna Ramey
· Additional Second Assistant Director: Joann Connolly
This is Mr. Johnson’s first DGA Award nomination.

GREG MOTTOLA
The Newsroom, “We Just Decided To”
(HBO)
Mr. Mottola’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Leanne Moore
· First Assistant Director: Kenneth B. Roth
· Second Assistant Director: Zach Hunt
· Second Second Assistant Director: Steve Dudycha
This is Mr. Mottola’s first DGA Award nomination.

COMEDY SERIES
LOUIS C.K.
Louie, “New Year’s Eve”
(FX)
Mr. C.K.’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Managers: M. Blair Breard, Tony Hernandez
· First Assistant Director: Adam Escott
· Second Assistant Director: Nicholas Vanderpool
This is Mr. C.K.’s first DGA Award nomination.

MARK CENDROWSKI
The Big Bang Theory, “The Date Night Variable”
(CBS)
Mr. Cendrowski’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Kelly-Anne Lee
· First Assistant Director: Anthony Rich
· Second Assistant Director: Chris Klausen
· Second Second Assistant Director: Nikki Lorre
· Associate Director: Gay Linvill
This is Mr. Cendrowski’s first DGA Award nomination.

BRYAN CRANSTON
Modern Family, “Election Day”
(ABC)
Mr. Cranston’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Sally Young
· First Assistant Director: Jim Hensz
· Second Assistant Director: Helena Lamb
· Second Second Assistant Director: Matthew W. Heffernan
· Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Patrick Richmond
This is Mr. Cranston’s first DGA Award nomination.

LENA DUNHAM
Girls, “Pilot”
(HBO)
Ms. Dunham’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Managers: Regina Heyman, Ilene S. Landress
· First Assistant Director: Mark McGann
· Second Assistant Director: Jason Ivey
· Second Second Assistant Director: Marcos Gonzalez Palma
This is Ms. Dunham’s first DGA Award nomination.

BETH MCCARTHY-MILLER
30 Rock, “Live from Studio 6H”
(NBC)
Ms. McCarthy-Miller’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Diana Schmidt
· First Assistant Director: James E. Sheridan
· Second Assistant Directors: Jennifer Truelove, Bill Sell
· Associate Directors: Stefani Cohen, Bob Caminiti, Michael Poole
· Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly, Lynn Finkel
This is Ms. McCarthy-Miller’s eighth DGA Award nomination. She was previously nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series for 30 Rock episodes “Live Show” in 2010, “The Reunion Episode #304” in 2008 and “Somebody to Love” in 2007. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety twice, in 2001 for America: A Tribute to Heroes (co-directed with Joel Gallen) and in 2000 for the “Val Kilmer/U2” episode of Saturday Night Live. She was also twice nominated in this category for Saturday Night Live episodes “Christopher Walken & The Foo Fighters” in 2003 and the 25th Anniversary episode in 1999.

MUSICAL VARIETY
MICHAEL DEMPSEY

12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief

(Multiple Networks/Cable Outlets)

Mr. Dempsey’s Directorial Team:

· Associate Directors: Alex Vietmeier, Stefani Cohen

· Stage Managers: Lynn Finkel, Karen Tasch Weiss, Andrew Feigin, Lauren Class Schneider, Jeffrey Pearl, Jeffrey Markowitz, Joey Despenzero

This is Mr. Dempsey’s first DGA Award nomination.

DON ROY KING

Saturday Night Live with Host Mick Jagger

(NBC)

Mr. King’s Directorial Team:

· Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Bob Caminiti

· Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly

This is Mr. King’s sixth DGA Award Nomination. He was previously nominated in this category for the Alec Baldwin episode of Saturday Night Live in 2006, the Justin Timberlake episodes of Saturday Night Live in 2009 and 2011, the Betty White episode of Saturday Night Live in 2010, and again for Saturday Night Live in 2008.

DON MISCHER

84th Annual Academy Awards

(ABC)

Mr. Mischer’s Directorial Team:

· Associate Directors: Jim Tanker, Tim Kettle, Lori Margules, Jennifer Mischer, Michael Polito

· Stage Managers: Gary Natoli, Rita Cossette, Dave Cove, Valdez Flagg, Chris Hines, Alissa Levisohn, Arthur Lewis, Roxanne Lozano, Dency Nelson, Ron Paul, Vince Poxon, Tammy Raab, Jason Seligman, Doug Smith, David Wader

This is Mr. Mischer’s 17th DGA Award nomination. He has won the DGA Award ten times: in 1978, 1979 and 1980 for The Kennedy Center Honors, in 1982 for Shirley MacLaine – Illusions, in 1983 for Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, in 1984 for Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre (co-directed with Twyla Tharp), in 1985 for Motown Returns to the Apollo, in 1989 for Gregory Hines: Tap Dance in America, in 1996 for Opening Ceremonies: Atlanta Olympic Games and in 2009 for We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. He was also nominated in 1979 for The Third Barry Manilow Special, in 1980 for Goldie and Liza Together, in 1982 for The Kennedy Center Honors, in 1987 for Made in the USA with Mikhail Baryshnikov, in 2001 for Barbra Streisand “Timeless” (co-directed with Barbra Streisand) and in 2011 for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.

CHUCK O’NEIL

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, “#17153”

(Comedy Central)

Mr. O’Neil’s Directorial Team:

· Associate Director: Paul A.J. Pennolino

· Stage Manager: Craig Spinney

This is Mr. O’Neil’s ninth DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2010 for Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear and in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2008 and 2011, all for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

GLENN WEISS

66th Annual Tony Awards

(CBS)

Mr. Weiss’ Directorial Team:

· Associate Directors: Ken Diego, Robin Abrams, Stefani Cohen, Ricky Kirshner

· Stage Managers: Garry Hood, Phyllis Digilio-Kent, Peter Epstein, Andrew Feigin, Lynn Finkel, Doug Fogel, Jeffry Gitter, Dean Gordon, Arthur Lewis, Jeffrey M. Markowitz, Joey Meade, Tony Mirante, Cyndi Owgang, Jeff Pearl, Elise Reaves, Lauren Class Schneider

This is Mr. Weiss’ ninth DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety in 2007, 2010 and 2011 for the 61st, 64th and 65th Annual Tony Awards. He was previously nominated in this category in 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2008, all for the 55th, 56th, 59th, 60th, and 62nd Annual Tony Awards.

REALITY PROGRAMS

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs for 2012 are (in alphabetical order):

TONY CROLL

America’s Next Top Model, “The Girl Who Becomes America’s Next Top Model”

(CW)

Mr. Croll’s Directorial Team:

· Associate Directors: David Charles, Dan Curran

· Segment Directors: Bryan O’Donnell, Rebecca Taylor

This is Mr. Croll’s fourth DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs in 2008 for “Episode 1002” of America’s Next Top Model and in 2005 for “Episode #1, Pilot” of Three Wishes (the award was a tie with J. Rupert Thompson who won for Fear Factor – “Heist Fear Factor, Season 6 Premiere”). He was previously nominated in this category in in 2007 for “Episode 101” of Shooting Sizemore.

PETER NEY

Face Off, “Scene of the Crime”

(Syfy)

Mr. Ney’s Directorial Team:

· Associate Director: Paul Hogan

This is Mr. Ney’s first DGA Award nomination.

BRIAN SMITH

Master Chef, “Episode #305”

(FOX)

Mr. Smith’s Directorial Team:

· Associate Director: Anna Moulaison-Moore

· Stage Manager: Drew Lewandowski

This is Mr. Smith’s third DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2010 and 2011 for episodes “103” and “201” of Master Chef.

J. RUPERT THOMPSON

Stars Earn Stripes, “Amphibious Assault”

(NBC)

Mr. Thompson’s Directorial Team:

· Stage Managers: Joe Osborne, Tommy Kuk, Bryan Boardley

This is Mr. Thompson’s fifth DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs in 2005 for Fear Factor – “Heist Fear Factor, Season 6 Premiere.” (The award was a tie with Tony Croll who won for Three Wishes – “Episode #1, Pilot.”) He was previously nominated in this category in 2011 for Fear Factor 2.0 – “Scorpion Tales,” in 2008 for Estate of Panic – “102, That Sinking Feeling,” and in 2006 for Fear Factor – “Military Fear Factor, Season Finale.”

TIM WARREN

Ink Master, “Episode 103”

(SpikeTV)

Mr. Warren’s Directorial Team:

· Associate Director: Charity Ozarowski

This is Mr. Warren’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2006 for “Episode #101” of Pros vs. Joes.

DAYTIME SERIALS

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials for 2012 are (in alphabetical order):

ALBERT ALARR
Days Of Our Lives, “11895”

(NBC)

Mr. Alarr’s Directorial Team:

· Associate Directors: Mike Fiamingo, Joe Lumer, Lugh Powers, Tina Keller

· Stage Managers: Fran De Simone, Stuart Howard

· Production Associates: Krista Cremidan, Holly Metts, Sara Peterson, Lucy Yalenian

This is Mr. Alarr’s third DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category for “Episode #10090” of Days of Our Lives in 2005 (co-directed with Herbert Stein) and “Episode #619” of Port Charles in 1999.

LARRY CARPENTER

General Hospital, “Bad Water”

(ABC)

Mr. Carpenter’s Directorial Team:

· Associate Directors: Penny Pengra, Denise Van Cleave

· Stage Managers: Brendan Higgins, Robert Markham, Craig McManus

· Production Associates: Christine Cooper, Allison Reames

This is Mr. Carpenter’s ninth DGA Award nomination in this category. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials four times for One Life to Live episodes “Starr X’d Lovers, The Musical, Part Two” in 2010, “So You Think You Can Be Shane Morasco’s Father” in 2008, “Episode #9947” in 2007 and “Episode #8849” in 2003. He was also nominated four times for One Life to Live episodes “Erika’s 40th” in 2011, “Episode #9686” in 2006, “Episode #9385” in 2005 and “Episode #8655” in 2002.

William Ludel

General Hospital, “Magic Milo”

(ABC)

Mr. Ludel’s Directorial Team:

· Associate Directors: Penny Pengra, Denise Van Cleave, Christine Magarian-Ucar

· Stage Managers: Craig McManus, Crystal Craft

· Production Associates: Christine Cooper, Allison Reames

This is Mr. Ludel’s eighth DGA Award nomination in this category. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials three times for General Hospital episodes “Intervention” in 2011, “Episode #9801” in 2001 and “Episode #8248” in 1995 (co-directed with Alan Pultz); and was previously nominated for General Hospital episodes “Macho Men” in 2009, “Luke in Purgatory” in 2008, “Episode #11177” in 2006 and for “Episode #7922” (co-directed with Shelley Curtis) in 1994.

SCOTT MCKINSEY

General Hospital, “Shot Through The Heart”

(ABC)

Mr. McKinsey’s Directorial Team:

· Associate Directors: Penny Pengra, Denise Van Cleave, Christine Magarian-Ucar

· Stage Managers: Craig McManus, Crystal Craft

· Production Associates: Christine Cooper, Allison Reames

This is Mr. McKinsey’s eighth DGA Award nomination in this category. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials for Port Charles, “Episode #1433” in 2002 and for General Hospital, “Episode #8883” in 1997. He was previously nominated for General Hospital episodes “Forces of Nature” in 2011, “Episode #11228” in 2007, “Episode #11178” in 2006, “Episode #8492” in 1996, and “Episode #8233” (co-directed with Shelley Curtis) in 1995.

JILL MITWELL

One Life To Live, “Between Heaven and Hell”

(ABC)

Ms. Mitwell’s Directorial Team:

· associate Directors: Tracy Casper Lang, Teresa Cicala, Michael Sweeney, Paul S. Glass

· Stage Managers: Alan Needleman, Keith Greer, Tracy Casper Lang, Leah M. Weber

· Production Associates: Nathalie Rodriguez, Kevin Brush

This is Ms. Mitwell’s ninth DGA Award nomination and all for her direction of One Life to Live. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials three times for One Life to Live, “Episode #9779” in 2006, “Episode #8295” in 2000 and “Episode #6356” in 1993. She was nominated five additional times for One Life to Live episodes “Starr X’d Lovers, The Musical, Part Three” in 2010, “Episode #8691” in 2002, “Episode #8012” in 1999, “Episode #7761” in 1998, and “Episode #7285” in 1996.

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs for 2012 are (in alphabetical order):

STUART GILLARD

Girl vs. Monster

(Disney Channel)

This is Mr. Gillard’s third DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Direction in Children’s Programs for Going to the Mat in 2004 and was nominated for Avalon High in 2010.

PAUL HOEN

Let it Shine

(Disney Channel)

Mr. Hoen’s Directorial Team:

· Unit Production Manager: Katie Willard Troebs

· First Assistant Director: Daniel Coffie

· Second Assistant Director: Todd Turner

· Second Second Assistant Director: D. Scott Kirkley

This is Mr. Hoen’s sixth DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Program in 2007 for Jump In and was previously nominated in this category in 2000 for the Even Stevens episode “Take My Sister… Please,” in 2004 for Searching for David’s Heart, in 2008 for Cheetah Girls: One World and in 2010 for Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.

SAVAGE STEVE HOLLAND

Big Time Movie

(Nickelodeon)

This is Mr. Holland’s first DGA Award nomination.

JONATHAN JUDGE

Camp Fred

(Nickelodeon)

Mr. Judge’s Directorial Team:

· Unit Production Manager: Tara L. Craig

· First Assistant Director: Lance W. Lanfear

· Second Assistant Director: Billy Greenfield

· Additional Second Assistant Director: Andrew Kent

· Second Second Assistant Director: Mark Ballou

This is Mr. Judge’s first DGA Award nomination.

AMY SCHATZ

Don’t Divorce Me! Kids’ Rules for Parents on Divorce

(HBO)

This is Ms. Schatz’s seventh DGA Award nomination. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs four times for A Child’s Garden of Poetry in 2011, Classical Baby (I’m Grown Up Now) “The Poetry Show” in 2008, ‘Twas the Night in 2001 and Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepy Time Tales in 1999. She was also twice nominated in this category for Hard Times for an American Girl: The Great Depression in 2009 and Through a Child’s Eyes: September 11, 2001 in 2002.

COMMERCIALS

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for 2012 are (in alphabetical order):

LANCE ACORD

Park Pictures

Jogger, Nike – Wieden + Kennedy, Portland

· First Assistant Director: Adam Somner

· Second Assistant Director: Trevor Tavares

The Dog Strikes Back, Volkswagen 2012 – Deutsch LA

· First Assistant Director: Howell Caldwell

· Second Assistant Director: Ben Randolph

· Second Second Assistant Director: Kelly Flynn

Thread, Levi’s – Wieden + Kennedy, Portland

· First Assistant Director: John Lowe

· Second Assistant Directors: John Scott Wilson, Stan Wiencko, Jackie Kelman Bisbee

Greatness, Nike – Wieden + Kennedy, Portland

· First Assistant Director: Adam Somner

· Second Assistant Director: Trevor Tavares

· Second Second Assistant Director: Matthew Milan

This is Mr. Acord’s third DGA Award nomination in this category. He was previously nominated in 2003 and again in 2011.

STEVE AYSON
MJZ/The Sweet Shop

Beer Chase, Carlton Draught – Clemenger BBDO/Melbourne

· First Assistant Director: Todd Thompson

· Second Assistant Director: Jason Swanson

Let Me Go, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Fallon Minneapolis

This is Mr. Ayson’s first DGA Award nomination.

FREDRIK BOND
MJZ

Surfer, Puma – Droga5

· Unit Production Manager: Line Postmyr

· First Assistant Director: Howell Caldwell

· Second Assistant Director: Ben Randolph

· Second Second Assistant Director: Dana Rummerfield

Eternal Optimism, Budweiser – Anomaly

· First Assistant Director: Richard Marvin

· Second Assistant Director: Andrew Ward

· Second Second Assistant Directors: Deven Parmar, Kenneth Hanson

This is Mr. Bond’s fifth DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2011, 2008, 2007 and 2004.

ALEJANDRO G. INARRITU

Anonymous Content

Best Job, Proctor and Gamble – Wieden + Kennedy

· First Assistant Director: Peter Kohn

· Second Assistant Director: Michelle Schrauwers

· Second Second Assistant Directors: Heather Anderson, Blake Perkinson

This is Mr. Iñárritu’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Babel in 2006.

TOM KUNTZ

MJZ

Terry Crews Muscle Music, Old Spice – Wieden + Kennedy NY

· First Assistant Director: Craig Eisenberg

· Second Assistant Director: Robert Topp

Stray Animals, DirecTV – Grey

· First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith

· Second Assistant Director: Robert Kay

Roadside Ditch, DirecTV – Grey

· First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith

· Second Assistant Director: Robert Kay

Platoon, DirecTV – Grey, NY

· First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith

· Second Assistant Director: Jeb Barrows

· Second Second Assistant Director: David Riebel

This is Mr. Kuntz’s fifth DGA Award nomination. He previously won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for Eyebrows (Cadbury), Tips (Career Builder), Scents for Gents (Old Spice) and Tailor (Skittles) in 2009; and was previously nominated in this category in 2006, 2008 and 2010.


http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/dire...ons-2013-list/

[Ti-Amie]

AFI Awards: Hollywood Power Players Turn Out For A Moment Of Sanity During Oscar Season Madness


Between the roller-coaster ride of Thursday’s Oscar nominations and Critics Choice Awards and this weekend’s Golden Globe mania, Friday’s annual AFI Awards Luncheon was not only a breath of fresh air in this awards season. It was a desperately needed event to put everything in perspective and show not only the impressive group of creative heavyweights from the year’s best movies and TV programs, but also a strong turnout of studio power players, exactlly what this should all be about. It’s a celebration of the year’s best work, not another televised awards show that simply tries to divide everything into groups of winners and losers, bad jokes and nervous nominees. “Our wish for today is that this room become a respite from the noise, for us to carry you away as you carry us away. Think of it as when the lights go down in a movie theatre or a story beginning on television. We want you to feel good about your work and feel good about the people you work with because together you have created something beautiful, and in the weeks to come and the years that will pass nothing can take that away from you,” said AFI President and CEO Bob Gazzale in his opening remarks that set just the right tone. With tables for each of AFI’s 10 movies of the year (Argo, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, The Dark Knight Rises, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life Of Pi, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty) and 10 television programs (American Horror Story: Asylum, Breaking Bad, Game Change, Game Of Thrones, Girls, Homeland, Louie, Mad Men, Modern Family, The Walking Dead), there wasn’t an inch of room left in the Four Seasons Hotel ballroom where the event was held. The movie tables also included 8 of the 9 Oscar nominees for Best Picture.

During lunch and after the presentation of highly entertaining clips of each of the honorees and a brilliantly cut montage there was lots of networking. Oscar’s now famous “snubbed” directors trio of DGA nominees Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow and Tom Hooper were among those in the room having a good time talking to each other along with some of those who weren’t overlooked like Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, David O. Russell and Beasts’ first time director Benh Zeitlin who was simply excited to be in the room. He was understandably still reeling from the shock of his Best Director nomination. He told me he wasn’t even listening to that part of the Academy’s noms announcement because he didn’t even think it was possible. He and the small indie film’s producers mentioned they are just a week away from celebrating the movie’s Sundance debut one year ago when their unlikely journey began and has now culminated in 4 major Oscar nominations including Best Picture. Hooper offered advice to Zeitlin about getting “through” the season, and Spielberg was seen chatting with him during arrivals.

Studio heads in the room included Sony’s Amy Pascal and Michael Lynton along with AFI Chairman Sir Howard Stringer, Universal’s Ron Meyer and Chairman Adam Fogelson, DreamWorks’ Stacey Snider, Disney’s Alan Horn, Warner Bros’ Jeff Robinov and 20th Century Fox’s Jim Gianopulos who told me he was extremely happy about Life Of Pi’s remarkable showing with 11 Oscar nominations. Fox additionally has international on Lincoln which got 12 noms, also making Gianopulos proud. “I have one and a half chances to win Best Picture this year,” he joked (throw in Fox Searchlight’s underdog Beasts Of The Southern Wild and it actually makes two and a half chances).

Hooper told me he hopes this room of power players looks at the work that was presented on the screen at the lunch and is encouraged to greenlight more of this kind of filmmaking. He also noted that some of the best work today is really being done on television, and there was strong evidence at the AFI lunch with many of those clips getting even stronger response than the movie clips. For those who like to read tea leaves at these things the clips that seemed to get the biggest crowd response were a nearly X-rated encounter between Louie C.K. and Melissa Leo on FX’s Louie on the TV side and Silver Linings Playbook on the film end, although you could hear a pin drop during screening of the Les Miserables Anne Hathaway scene. But in this room there were no winners and losers, just the cream of the crop of Hollywood circa 2012.

One nice aspect of this event is the benediction to send everyone out on a high. This year director Norman Jewison delivered it and deliver he did summing up perfectly what this whole thing is really all about. “I sat here today and i watched these extraordinary pieces of work, extraordinary stories and I can tell you with some degree of authority that you people are crazy. That’s okay because we need you to entertain us yes, but also to give us some little insight into ourselves, our nation, our society and in the end to remind us that we’re all in this together. And to come together once a year without being called a winner or a loser is a gift and for that I really thank the American Film Institute… In the weeks to come you are all going to walk a mile of red carpet and you’ll shrug when somebody asks you ‘who really votes for the Golden Globe?’ and some of you will win something and some of you will not, but believe me none of that really matters. Just remember the stories and remember this moment when we come here together to remember how lucky we are to be in this crazy, mixed up family and to cheer one another and support one another as you have done today.”

Well said, and well done again AFI.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/afi-...eason-madness/

[Miles]

Bob Gazzale, the head of the AFI, sends the most entertaining emails, bar none, in Hollywood.

[munchin]

The Golden Globes were a pretty great show tonight. Amy Poehler and Tina Fey just killed with their monologue. Jodie Foster gave a great speech addressing her sexuality. And there were some big surprises (lots of Argo love). It's a better show than the Oscars are probably gonna be.

[munchin]

The winners:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/m...-list/1830353/

[shtexas]

Hollywood Foreign Press just loves all the cool kids. Clooney, Affleck, Tarantino, SNL alums, etc.

[JTContinental]

With each word that comes out of Claire Danes mouth, I wish more and more that she would make like the capital of Finland and Helsinki.

[Ti-Amie]

The complete list of nominees and winners at the 2013 Golden Globes (winners' names are in red and denoted with an asterisk):

Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
*Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Motion Picture, Drama
*Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director, Motion Picture
*Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
*Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Richard Gere, Arbitrage
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
*Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
*Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Ewan McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
*Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Maggie Smith, Quartet
Meryl Streep, Hope Springs

Best Foreign Language Film
*Amour (Austria)
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
The Intouchables (France)
Kon-Tiki (Norway/U.K./Denmark)
Rust and Bone (France)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
*Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Alan Arkin, Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
*Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best TV Series, Comedy or Musical
The Big Bang Theory
Episodes
*Girls
Modern Family
Smash

Best TV Series, Drama
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
*Homeland
The Newsroom

Best TV Movie or Miniseries
*Game Change
The Girl
Hatfields and McCoys
The Hour
Political Animals

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV series, Drama
Connie Britton, Nashville
Glenn Close, Damages
*Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series, Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
*Damian Lewis, Homeland

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
*Lena Dunham, Girls
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
*Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Louis CK, Louie
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
*Kevin Costner, Hatfields and McCoys
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Woody Harrleson, Game Change
Toby Jones, The Girl
Clive Owen, Hemingway and Gellhorn

Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway and Gellhorn
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Sienna Miller, The Girl
*Julianne Moore, Game Change
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie
Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson, Game Change
*Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie
Max Greenfield, New Girl
*Ed Harris, Game Change
Danny Huston, Magic City
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Best Animated Film
*Brave
Frankenweenie
Hotel Transylvania
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture
Zero Dark Thirty (Mark Boal)
Lincoln (Tony Kushner)
Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell)
*Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)
Argo (Chris Terrio)

Best Score for a Motion Picture
*Life of Pi (Mychael Danna)
Argo (Alexandre Desplat)
Anna Karenina (Dario Marianelli)
Cloud Atlas (Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil)
Lincoln (John Williams)

Best Original Song, Motion Picture
"For You" - Act of Valor
"Not Running Anymore" - Stand Up Guys
"Safe & Sound" - The Hunger Games
*"Skyfall" - Skyfall
"Suddenly" - Les Miserables

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rac...evealed-411840

[Charlie02123]

Odd that so many winners weren't even nominated for Oscars.

[skatingfan]

Odd that so many winners weren't even nominated for Oscars.

In recent years the Golden Globes have become less and less reliable as predictors of the Oscars - the guild awards generally seem to be much more predictive of Oscar winners than anything.

[JTContinental]

IMO, I'd say the Hollywood Foreign Press has gone out of their way to be different from the Oscars for the past few years.

[Ti-Amie]

Winners of the 15th annual CDG Awards will be announced February 19 in a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton, where Anne Hathaway will receive the guild’s Spotlight Award and Lorne Michaels the Distinguished Collaborator Award. Here are this year’s nominees for excellence in film, television and commercial costume design:

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/cost...nominees-list/

NOMINEES FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD AWARDS
EXCELLENCE IN CONTEMPORARY FILM
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Stephani Lewis
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Louise Stjernsward
Silver Linings Playbook – Mark Bridges
Skyfall – Jany Temime
Zero Dark Thirty – George L. Little
EXCELLENCE IN PERIOD FILM
Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran
Argo – Jacqueline West
Les Misérables – Paco Delgado
Lincoln – Joanna Johnston
Moonrise Kingdom – Kasia Walicka-Maimone
EXCELLENCE IN FANTASY FILM
Cloud Atlas – Kym Barrett, Pierre-Yves Gayraud
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor, Bob Buck
The Hunger Games – Judianna Makovsky
Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY TELEVISION SERIES
Girls – Jennifer Rogien
Nashville – Susie DeSanto
Revenge – Jill Ohanneson
Smash – Molly Maginnis
Treme – Alonzo Wilson, Costume Designer. Ann Walters, co-Costume Designer
OUTSTANDING PERIOD/FANTASY TELEVISION SERIES
Boardwalk Empire – John Dunn, Lisa Padovani
Downton Abbey – Caroline McCall
Game of Thrones – Michele Clapton
OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI SERIES
American Horror Story: Asylum, Season 2 – Lou Eyrich
Hatfields & McCoys – Karri Hutchinson
Hemingway & Gellhorn – Ruth Myers
EXCELLENCE IN COMMERCIAL COSTUME DESIGN
Capital One: Couture – Roseanne Fiedler
Captain Morgan Black – Judianna Makovsky
Dos Equis: Most Interesting Man in the World – Julie Vogel

[Ti-Amie]

BREAKING…Refresh for latest: Nominations for the César Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscar, were announced this morning in Paris and, much like last year, a surprise film beat out the perceived favorites to lead the pack. Multi-hyphenate Noémie Lvovsky scored 13 nominations this morning with Camille Redouble, outperforming Michael Haneke’s awards darling Amour. Last year, Poliss – interestingly, a film also directed by a woman – had 13 nominations to The Artist‘s ten. The Gaumont-backed Camille is a romantic comedy about a fortysomething mother of a 24-year-old girl who, on a boozy present-day New Year’s Eve, time travels back to high school circa 1985. This is Lvovsky’s fifth film as a director and here she’s nominated in that category along with Original Screenplay and Best Actress mentions. The film also has a further seven acting nods. Following Camille is the multi-Oscar-nominated Amour with ten nominations including Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Actor and Actress (for the Oscar-nommed Emmanuelle Riva). Also with ten nods is Benoît Jacquot’s Farewell, My Queen which opened the Berlin Film Festival nearly a year ago. Other films turning up in several races include two Cannes titles: Jacques Audiard’s Rust & Bone and Leos Carax’s Holy Motors along with François Ozon’s In The House and Pathé’s box office hit What’s In A Name. Ben Affleck’s Argo also picked up a nod as Best Foreign Film. The César Awards will be handed out in Paris on February 22. The full list of nominees follows:

Best Picture
Farewell, My Queen
Amour
Camille Redouble
In The House
Rust & Bone
Holy Motors
What’s In A Name

Best Director
Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen
Michael Haneke, Amour
Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble
François Ozon, In The House
Jacques Audiard, Rust & Bone
Leos Carax, Holy Motors
Stéphane Brizé, Quelques Heures De Printemps

Best Actress
Catherine Frot, Les Sauveurs Du Palais
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble
Corinne Masiero, Louise Wimmer
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Léa Seydoux, Farewell, My Queen
Hélène Vincent, Quelques Heures De Printemps

Best Actor
Jean-Pierre Bacri, Cherchez Hortense
Patrick Bruel, What’s In A Name
Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
Vincent Lindon, Quelques Heures De Printemps
Fabrice Luchini, In The House
Jérémie Rénier, Cloclo
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour

Best Supporting Actress
Valérie Benguigui, What’s In A Name
Judith Chemla, Camille Redouble
Isabelle Huppert, Amour
Yolande Moreau, Camille Redouble
Edith Scob, Holy Motors

Best Supporting Actor
Samir Guesmi, Camille Redouble
Michel Vuillermoz, Camille Redouble
Benoit Magimel, Cloclo
Claude Rich, Cherchez Hortense
Guillaume de Tonquedec, What’s In A Name

Newcomer (Female)
Alice de Lencquesaing, Au Galop
Lola Dewaere, Mince Alors!
Julia Faure, Camille Redouble
India Hair, Camille Redouble
Izia Higelin, Mauvaise Fille

Necomer (Male)
Félix Moati, Télé Gaucho
Kacey Mottet Klein, Sister
Pierre Niney, Comme Des Frères
Matthias Schoenaerts, Rust & Bone
Ernst Umhauer, In The House

Best Original Screenplay
Bruno Podalydès, Denis Podalydès, Adieu Berthe – L’Enterrement De Mémé
Michael Haneke, Amour
Noémie Lvovsky, Maud Ameline, Pierre-Olivier Mattei, Florence Seyvos, Camille Redouble
Leos Carax, Holy Motors
Florence Vignon, Stéphane Brizé, Quelques Heures De Printemps

Best Adapted Screenplay
Lucas Belvaux, 38 Witnesses
Gilles Taurand, Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen
François Ozon, In The House
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Rust & Bone
Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de la Patellière, What’s In A Name

Best Costumes
Christian Gasc, Farewell, My Queen
Pascale Chavanne, Augustine
Madeline Fontaine, Camille Redouble
Mimi Lempicka, Cloclo
Charlotte David, Populaire

Best Art Direction
Katia Wyszkop, Farewell, My Queen
Jean-Vincent Puzos, Amour
Philippe Chiffre, Cloclo
Florian Sanson, Holy Motors
Sylvie Olivé, Populaire

Best Animated Film
Edmond Etait Un Ane, Franck Dion
Ernest Et Célestine, Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier
Kirikou Et Les Hommes Et Les Femmes, Michele Ocelot
Oh Willy, Emma De Swaef, Marc Roels
Zarafa, Rémi Besançon, Jean-Christophe Lie

Best First Film
Augustine, Alice Winocour
Comme Des Frères, Hugo Gélin
Louise Wimmer, Cyril Mennegun
Populaire, Régis Rosnard
Rengaine, Rachid Djaidani

Best Documentary
Bovines Ou La Vraie Vie Des Vaches, Emmanuel Gras
Duch, Le Maître Des Forges De L’Enfer, Rithy Panh
Les Invisibles, Sébastien Lifshitz
Journal De France, Claudine Nougaret, Raymond Depardon
Les Nouveaux Chiens De Garde, Gilles Balbastre, Yannick Kergoat

Best Original Score
Bruno Coulais, Farewell, My Queen
Gaëtan Roussel, Joseph Dahan, Camille Redouble
Philippe Rombi, In The House
Alexandre Desplat, Rust & Bone
Rob, Emmanuel D’Orlando, Populaire

Best Short Film
Ce N’est Pas Un Film De Cow-Boys, Benjamin Parent
Ce Qu’il Restera De Nous, Vincent Macaigne
Le Cri Du Homard, Nicolas Guiot
Les Meutes, Manuel Schapira
La Vie Parisienne, Viencent Dietschy

Best Cinematography
Romain Winding, Farewell, My Queen
Darius Khondji, Amour
Stéphane Fontaine, Rust & Bone
Caroline Champetier, Holy Motors
Guillaume Schiffman, Populaire

Best Editing
Luc Barnier, Farewell, My Queen
Monika Willi, Amour
Annette Dutertre, Michel Klochendler, Camille Redouble
Juliette Welfling, Rust & Bone
Nelly Quettier, Holy Motors

Best Sound
Brigitte Tallandier, Fançis Wargnier, Olivier Goinard, Farewell, My Queen
Guillaume Sciama, Nadine Muse, Jean-Pierre Laforce, Amour
Antoine Deflandre, Germaine Boulay, Eric Tisserand, Cloclo
Brigitte Tallandier, Pascal Villard, Jean-Paul Hurier, Rust & Bone
Erwan Kerzanet, Josefa Rodriguez, Emmanuel Croset, Holy Motors

Best Foreign Film
Argo
Bullhead
Laurence Anyways
Oslo, 31 August
The Angels’ Share
A Royal Affair
A Perdre La Raison


http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/cesa...d-nominations/

[Moose]

Best Foreign Film
Argo
Bullhead
Laurence Anyways
Oslo, 31 August
The Angels’ Share
A Royal Affair
A Perdre La Raison

I take it the Cesars have some equivalent to the Oscar's "Country can nominate one film, and then the awards committee picks what films make the category" rule? And I'm curious how "Argo" was chosen over "Lincoln". "Zero Dark Thirty" or "Les Miz"?