The Globes Shake Up the Season, Just in Time for Oscar Noms |
Happy Oscar nominations voting week to all who celebrate.
I’m Rebecca Ford, and now that the Golden Globes have come and gone, Academy voters are finally casting their nominations ballots this week. Wagner Moura, Teyana Taylor, and Rose Byrne’s somewhat unexpected wins really helped their campaigns at a key time: Their races at the Globes were extremely competitive, with Moura up against Michael B. Jordan, Taylor against Amy Madigan, and Byrne up against Amanda Seyfried and Chase Infiniti. All three winners gave great speeches to the room, which was filled with Academy voters. For many of them, those speeches are the last thing they hear before casting their ballots.
Globes night also solidified One Battle After Another as the front-runner for best picture. The movie won four awards, including director and screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson and best motion picture, musical or comedy. I ran into Anderson in the middle of the evening, after he had already won screenplay and director, and heard him telling Rashida Jones that he would celebrate after the night was done; maybe he had an inkling that another major award was on the horizon. Meanwhile, Hamnet won the night’s other top prize: best motion picture, drama. That film has performed steadily this awards season, but it was certainly helpful for the movie to earn a big prize outside of Jessie Buckley’s expected win for best actress.
We discuss all the big winners on this week’s episode of Little Gold Men, and also debate whether Sinners is in trouble after missing out on some of the big prizes. (It did win the award for cinematic and box-office achievement, as well as best original score). But the night’s biggest winner was someone who didn’t get a trophy at all: Eva Victor, who received a shout-out from Julia Roberts right before Roberts was set to reveal the winner for best motion picture, comedy or musical. Not only did Roberts call Victor her “hero,” but she also told everyone to run out to see Victor’s film, Sorry, Baby. Will that translate to a nomination for Victor, maybe in the screenplay category? I don’t know. But on the eve of Oscar nominations voting, there’s no bigger prize than an endorsement from one of the biggest movie stars in the world. |
