Chloé Zhao Becomes Second Woman to Win Top Directors Guild Award
The âNomadlandâ filmmaker is the first woman of color to take the feature-film directing prize. Sheâs now the prohibitive front-runner for the Oscar.
The director Chloé Zhao, the director of photography Joshua James Richards and Frances McDormand filming âNomadland.âCredit.Searchlight Pictures
April 10, 2021
The Directors Guild of America made history Saturday night, giving the groupâs top prize for feature-film directing to Chloé Zhao (âNomadlandâ), the first woman of color to receive the award and only the second woman ever to win in the category, after Kathryn Bigelow (âThe Hurt Lockerâ).
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Apple TV+ today announced a series order for “The Crowded Room,” a seasonal anthology that will be produced by Apple Studios and New Regency, with Academy Award winner Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind”) set to write and executive produce. On the heels of the premiere of global hit Apple Original film “Cherry,” Tom Holland will star in the lead role of the first season and will serve as executive producer alongside Goldsman.
“The Crowded Room is a gripping anthology series that will explore the true and inspirational stories of those who have struggled and learned to successfully live with mental illness. The anthology’s 10-episode first season is a captivating thriller, inspired by the award-winning biography “The Minds of Billy Milligan” by Daniel Keyes. It tells the story of Billy Milligan (Holland), the first person ever acquitted of a crime because of multiple personality disorder (now known as dissociative identity disorder).
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In a skit about how to look your best while teleconferencing, Roy Wood Jr. poked fun at the virtual format of the 26th Annual Criticsâ Choice Awards, which took place on March 7. Following suit with other awards shows, this yearâs ceremony was partially in-person and partially virtual, with Taye Diggs hosting from Santa Monica while presenters and nominees tuned in from around the globe. The digital format meant that the showâs usual pomp and circumstance were necessarily replaced with canned applause, awkwardly-paced interviews, and video call fumbles caused by faulty internet connection (celebrities, theyâre just like us!). And though the disembodied âVirtual Tables of actors and actresses showed us firsthand that glamorous attire doesnât ameliorate the awkwardness of Zoom socializing, t
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Usually the SAG Awards are the first of the major peer groups to hand out statues in the new year, but 2021 is proving to be even more change-inducing than 2020.
The 27th Annual SAG Awards were pushed a couple of times, first due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and then when the Grammys decided to have their show on the same night SAG was planning to celebrate. This led to the WGA Awards kicking things off, with PGA following soon after.
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But, the additional time did not seem to affect SAG ballot outcomes by much. Netflix’s “The Crown” picked up its second consecutive drama series ensemble, for example, while “Schitt’s Creek” wrapped up its run with the SAG after nabbing an Emmy and a Golden Globe for its final season. Additionally, Jason Sudeikis, Catherine O’Hara, Mark Ruffalo and Anya Taylor-Joy also followed their February Gold
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