Faulkner

Wow, Basilashvili beat Fed. Feels like these guys wanted to pounce. Glad they didn’t simply get intimidated by the “aura” as they did when he returned rusty early in 2017.

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Jan-Michael Gambill 🇺🇸

The View can trend for Meghan McCain’s silly hairdos, and they want in on the action. CBS Daytime is a disaster across the board.

It IS so weird because it’s such an old white lady, Upper East Side show. Old white ladies on the UES don’t tend to have very diverse friendships. Did someone say that Ramona surprisingly bonded with Eboni, or did I dream that?

They just want their ratings up by any means necessary. Kinda gross.

What happened? I did not see this. Ok I see it now. Didn’t watch today. Guess they want to be The View.

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Nadine Velazquez has been cast as the fourth member of the group. Sounds like her character has become sort of a Wendy Williams type. https://deadline.com/2021/03/nadine-velazquez-abc-hip-hop-drama-pilot-queens-1234709580/

I agree. Half of them were dreadful (Olivia, Kandi, Tina, Utica). The others were meh. I agree that Gottmik and Rosé were the best of the bunch, but that wasn’t saying much.

Renewed for S2: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/equalizer-renewed-season-2-cbs

Certainly the Oscars have had some left-field choices in recent years (Benh Zeitlin, Lenny Abrahamson). The above seems a feasible final five, though. I see Regina got nominated as a first-time director.

I wonder if that’s our Oscar final 5 or if Regina King might break in.

C’mon now. This is great comedy!

Given that he’s trending No. 1 on Twitter for a show that doesn’t even air here, he’ll be monetizing his BS somewhere else very soon.

Institutions are crumbling one by one, some more slowly than others. I would say “pass the popcorn,” but too many innocent folks will be hurt by vengeful people aiming to hold on to their increasingly flimsy power.

Saw the BAFTA nominations, whose acting and directing nominees are now determined by special juries to address diversity concerns. They are unlikely to be as closely followed as an Oscar precursor. Four of the directing nominees are women, and the acting categories are loaded with nominees of color. Notably, the entire BAFTA membership votes for Best Film, whose nominees are NOT as diverse. (Not even Ma Rainey or Judas and the Black Messiah are nominated there.) Best Film The Father The Mauritanian Nomadland Promising Young Woman The Trial Of The Chicago 7 Leading Actress Bukky Bakray, Rocks Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version Vanessa Kirby, Pieces Of A Woman Frances Mcdormand, Nomadland Wunmi Mosaku, His House Alfre Woodard, Clemency Leading Actor Riz Ahmed, Sound Of Metal Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Adarsh Gourav, The White Tiger Anthony Hopkins, The Father Mads Mikkelsen, Another Round Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian Supporting Actress Niamh Algar, Calm With Horses Kosar Ali, Rocks Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Dominique Fishback, Judas And The Black Messiah Ashley Madekwe, County Lines Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari Supporting Actor Daniel Kaluuya, Judas And The Black Messiah Barry Keoghan, Calm With Horses Alan Kim, Minari Leslie Odom Jr., One Night In Miami… Clarke Peters, Da 5 Bloods Paul Raci, Sound Of Metal Rising Star Bukky Bakray Conrad Khan Kingsley Ben-Adir Morfydd Clark Sope Dirisu Outstanding British Film Calm With Horses The Dig The Father His House Limbo The Mauritanian Mogul Mowgli Promising Young Woman Rocks Saint Maud Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer His House, Remi Weekes (Writer/Director) Limbo, Ben Sharrock (Writer/Director), Irune Gurtubai (Producer) [Also Produced By Angus Lamont] Moffie, Jack Sidey (Writer/Producer) [Also Written By Oliver Hermanus And Produced By Eric Abraham] Rocks, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson (Writers) Saint Maud, Rose Glass (Writer/Director), Oliver Kassman (Producer) [Also Produced By Andrea Cornwell] Film Not In The English Language Another Round Dear Comrades! Les Misérables Minari Quo Vadis, Aida? Documentary Collective David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet The Dissident My Octopus Teacher The Social Dilemma Animated Film Onward Soul Wolfwalkers Director Another Round, Thomas Vinterberg Babyteeth, Shannon Murphy Minari, Lee Isaac Chung Nomadland, Chloé Zhao Quo Vadis, Aida?, Jasmila Žbanić Rocks, Sarah Gavron Original Screenplay Another Round, Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg Mank, Jack Fincher Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell Rocks, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson The Trial Of The Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin Adapted Screenplay The Dig, Moira Buffini The Father, Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller The Mauritanian, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven Nomadland, Chloé Zhao The White Tiger, Ramin Bahrani Original Score Mank, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross Minari, Emile Mosseri News Of The World, James Newton Howard Promising Young Woman, Anthony Willis Soul, Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross Casting Calm With Horses, Shaheen Baig Judas And The Black Messiah, Alexa L. Fogel Minari ,Julia Kim Promising Young Woman, Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu Rocks, Lucy Pardee Cinematography Judas And The Black Messiah, Sean Bobbitt Mank, Erik Messerschmidt The Mauritanian, Alwin H. Küchler News Of The World, Dariusz Wolski Nomadland, Joshua James Richards Editing The Father, Yorgos Lamprinos Nomadland, Chloé Zhao Promising Young Woman, Frédéric Thoraval Sound Of Metal, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen The Trial Of The Chicago 7, Alan Baumgarten Production Design The Dig, Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald The Father, Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone Mank, Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale News Of The World, David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan Rebecca, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer Costume Design Ammonite, Michael O'connor The Dig, Alice Babidge Emma, Alexandra Byrne Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ann Roth Mank, Trish Summerville Make Up & Hair The Dig, Jenny Shircore Hillbilly Elegy, Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal Mank, Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams Pinocchio, Mark Coulier Sound Greyhound, Tbc News Of The World, Michael Fentum, William Miller, Mike Prestwood Smith, John Pritchett, Oliver Tarney Nomadland, Sergio Diaz, Zach Seivers, M. Wolf Snyder Soul, Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker Sound Of Metal, Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc Special Visual Effects Greyhound, Pete Bebb, Nathan Mcguinness, Sebastian Von Overheidt The Midnight Sky, Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, David Watkins Mulan, Sean Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury The One And Only Ivan, Santiago Colomo Martinez, Nick Davis, Greg Fisher Tenet, Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley British Short Animation The Fire Next Time, Renaldho Pelle, Yanling Wang, Kerry Jade Kolbe The Owl And The Pussycat, Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf The Song Of A Lost Boy, Daniel Quirke, Jamie Macdonald, Brid Arnstein

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Looking like Zhao, Boseman, and Kaluuya are locks. Carey Mulligan seems to be looking likely as Best Actress, but that still feels a bit open. Supporting Actress is anyone’s guess. We shall see if Nomadland resonates enough with the Academy for Best Picture.

Brandy has signed on alongside Eve and Naturi Naughton: https://deadline.com/2021/03/brandy-star-queens-abc-hip-hop-drama-pilot-1234709087/