by Eric Blume
Gaga wins again
The Grammy Awards have three categories that tie to moves and TV, and if you think the Oscar committee is myopic and predictable, they seem like the edgiest crew around in comparison with Grammy nominators. Let's take a look at what was nominated and what won at last night's annual Grammy Awards...
For Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, we had A Star is Born, The Lion King, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Rocketman, and Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse. Taron Egerton wasn't able to get a Grammy to soften his Oscar snub, and the winner was A Star is Born, which went to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. This makes Cooper a double-Grammy winner (the duo won last year for their vocal for "Shallow"), the first of his EGOT awards. But you could absolutely see Cooper being the rare EGOT winner...he's arguably overdue for his Oscar, he'll do some TV miniseries one day, and he's already been up for a Tony for "The Elephant Man"...so it seems very possible.
For Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, we had only three film nominees (Avengers Endgame, The Lion King, and Mary Poppins Returns) along with two TV nominees (Chernobyl and Game of Thrones Season 8). Voters didn't dig very deep for this category, to say the least, but the excellent Chernobyl was the just winner here. It's interesting that now that there is so much great television, we're seeing it infiltrate categories traditionally owned by movies only.
For Best Song Written for Visual Media, the winner was Lady Gaga and crew for "I'll Never Love Again" from A Star is Born, which ran against "The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy" from Toy Story 4; "Suspirium" from Suspiria; "Spirit" from The Lion King; and "Girl in the Movies" from Dumplin'. That's a weird category, and probably the weakest song from A Star is Born, but it brings Gaga's Grammy total to 11, with probably many more to come.
the fake Grammys from A Star is Born (2018)
What do you think of how the Grammys votes for awards in the movie world? This year is fairly reflective of most years: blockbusters, superhero movies, an actual musical, etc. Not the most daring or innovative of nominees and winners, but let us know your thoughts...