Faulkner

Another legend. And she looked so vibrant in interviews as recently as last year. RIP.

I don’t discount that a capable actor can inspire writing, but Jacob Young would be wasted on Chance.

Yeah, I enjoyed it too. It’s pretty much by-the-numbers and predictable af, but QL sold it well. That said, I wouldn’t seek it out or make it appointment viewing, but it might draw me in for an episode if I somehow stumbled upon it. I figured this should probably go into the CBS section, @Toups. Thanks.

Critics Choice Film Award nominations announced: Best Picture “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) “Mank” (Netflix) “Minari” (A24) “News of the World” (Universal Pictures) “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios) “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) Best Director Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari” (A24) Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) David Fincher, “Mank” (Netflix) Spike Lee, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) Regina King, “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) Best Actor Ben Affleck, “The Way Back” (Warner Bros) Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios) Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) Tom Hanks, “News of the World” (Universal Pictures) Anthony Hopkins, “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics) Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) Gary Oldman, “Mank” (Netflix) Steven Yeun, “Minari” (A24) Best Actress Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) Andra Day, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (Hulu) Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features) Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman” (Netflix) Frances McDormand, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) Zendaya, “Malcolm & Marie” (Netflix) Best Supporting Actor Chadwick Boseman, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros) Bill Murray, “On the Rocks” (A24/Apple TV Plus) Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios) Best Supporting Actress Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios) Ellen Burstyn, “Pieces of a Woman” (Netflix) Glenn Close, “Hillbilly Elegy” (Netflix) Olivia Colman, “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics) Amanda Seyfried, “Mank” (Netflix) Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari” (A24) Best Young Actor/Actress Ryder Allen, “Palmer” (Apple TV Plus) Ibrahima Gueye, “The Life Ahead” (Netflix) Alan Kim, “Minari” (A24) Talia Ryder, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features) Caoilinn Springall, “The Midnight Sky” (Netflix) Helena Zengel, “News of the World” (Universal Pictures) Best Acting Ensemble “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros) “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) “Minari” (A24) “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) Best Original Screenplay “Mank” (Netflix) – Jack Fincher “Minari” (A24) – Lee Isaac Chung “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features) – Eliza Hittman “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) – Emerald Fennell “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios) – Darius Marder, Abraham Marder “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – Aaron Sorkin Best Adapted Screenplay “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller “First Cow” (A24) – Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) – Ruben Santiago-Hudson “News of the World” (Universal Pictures) – Luke Davies, Paul Greengrass “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – Chloé Zhao “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) – Kemp Powers Best Production Design “Emma” (Focus Features) – Kave Quinn, Stella Fox “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) – Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara, Diana Stoughton “Mank” (Netflix) – Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale “News of the World” (Universal Pictures) – David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan “The Personal History of David Copperfield” (Searchlight Pictures) – Cristina Casali, Charlotte Dirickx “Tenet” (Warner Bros) – Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas Best Cinematography “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) – Newton Thomas Sigel “First Cow” (A24) – Christopher Blauvelt “Mank” (Netflix) – Erik Messerschmidt “Minari” (A24) – Lachlan Milne “News of the World” (Universal Pictures) – Dariusz Wolski “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – Joshua James Richards “Tenet” (Warner Bros) – Hoyte Van Hoytema Best Costume Design “Emma” (Focus Features) – Alexandra Byrne “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) – Ann Roth “Mank” (Netflix) – Trish Summerville “Mulan” (Walt Disney Pictures) – Bina Daigeler “The Personal History of David Copperfield” (Searchlight Pictures) – Suzie Harman, Robert Worley “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) – Nancy Steiner Best Editing “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Yorgos Lamprinos “Mank” (Netflix) – Kirk Baxter “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – Chloé Zhao “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios) – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen “Tenet” (Warner Bros) – Jennifer Lame “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – Alan Baumgarten Best Hair and Makeup “Emma” (Focus Features) “Hillbilly Elegy” (Netflix) “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) “Mank” (Netflix) “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (Hulu) Best Visual Effects “Greyhound” (Apple TV Plus) “The Invisible Man” (Universal Pictures) “Mank” (Netflix) “The Midnight Sky” (Netflix) “Mulan” (Walt Disney Pictures) “Tenet” (Warner Bros) “Wonder Woman 1984” (Warner Bros) Best Score “The Midnight Sky” (Netflix) – Alexandre Desplat “Mank” (Netflix) – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross “Minari” (A24) – Emile Mosseri “News of the World” (Universal Pictures) – James Newton Howard “Soul” (Pixar) – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross “Tenet” (Warner Bros) – Ludwig Göransson Best Song “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” (Netflix) – “Husavik (My Home Town)” “The Life Ahead” (Netflix) – “Io Si (Seen)” “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros) – “Fight for You” “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) – “Speak Now” “The Outpost” (Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment) – “Everybody Cries” “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (Hulu) – “Tigress & Tweed” Best Foreign Language Film “Another Round” (Samuel Goldwyn Films) “Collective” (Magnolia Pictures) “La Llorona” (Shudder) “The Life Ahead” (Netflix) “Minari” (A24) “Two Of Us” (Magnolia Pictures) Best Comedy “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios) “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix) “The King of Staten Island” (Universal Pictures) “On the Rocks” (A24/Apple TV+) “Palm Springs” (Hulu/NEON) “The Prom” (Netflix)

Yeah, GH just showed Carly mourning at Morgan’s grave, and his grave showed him as born in 1994. That sort of wacky discrepancy is something soap viewers have become accustomed to—we know Carly hadn’t even arrived on the scene until 1996—but it’s understandable why they aren’t more specific. I suppose they could still celebrate birthdays each year and not specify an age, but they’d rather focus on keeping their plots moving instead of muddying things up with those sorts of annual obligations.

Same conversation, different day for Hope and Liam. They’ve got to figure out different ways for them to relate to each other. They’ve chosen not to dive much into character at all, and the constant plot summary in their dialogue is annoying.

Fourth week at No. 1 for “Drivers License”:

Has JG given a proper interview about Y&R recently? I see Ron Carlivati and O’Connor/Van Etten doing press, but I don’t see JG out there much at all. Not that I expect the soap press to hold him accountable, but I’d love to hear what he thinks he’s doing. If he isn’t doing press, I’m curious about the reason.

Exactly. They’ve forgotten how to milk story. Everything feels so tossed-off and half-assed and meaningless.

B&B actually portrays conflict and soapy secrets, but feels similar in many ways (a lot of rushing through story and missing beats while also feeling very slow and repetitive). I do wonder what’s happening at CBS. Certainly The Talk’s troubles might be a focus right now.

Not that the Kyle baby thing is some great gold, but they do tend to burn through any story that could conceivably provide drama while lingering on banal stuff like Victoria using her kids to manipulate Billy away from Lily. Kyle really shouldn’t know what Sally/Theo know this soon.

From Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

Another GOP congressman has died after having COVID:

Another GOP congressman has died of COVID:

ABC has had success (at least in DVR/streaming) with Big Sky this season, so I wondering if they’re going for a vibe that’s as dark as that. I can’t imagine that going over well with longtime AMC viewers. (Fox’s Star certainly had a dark vibe—having an 80-year-old woman brutally raped, etc.)

From Singapore 🇸🇬

That episode is powerful. Aside from tributes to characters whose real-life performers have passed away, American soaps haven’t treated death so powerfully in many, many years. I think JJ on DAYS would have been a great story touching on this subject. Not in the context of the racially biased police shooting story, however. Didn’t need him becoming a martyr.

Henry Kissinger is almost 100, and Jim Baker will be 91 in a couple of months.

From Madrid 🇪🇸

From Paris 🇫🇷