Are you watching the Golden Globes tonight?

On the red carpet Natasha Lyonne is a complete joy, marvelling at her career ('slow and steady wins the race!'). While Laverne Cox is still giving complete chaos as an interviewer, it's generated some fun moments like this exchange with her Orange is the New Black co-star.

LAVERNE: What story are you talling us with this look?

NATASHA: I'm telling you rain-proof. Noah's Ark could come and I'd be ready in my two zebras: Givenchy. David Webb.

LAVERNE COX: This is how you prepare for Noah's Ark?

NATASHA: Well you know that from the Bible. It's all right there in black and white so I'm just following God's wishes as usual.

We'll be back later with a rundown of best moments, the best tables (which one will have the most fun?), and the winners but for now use this space to discuss the red carpet and the big night. 

ADG Nominees

by Nathaniel R

The Art Directors Guild have named their film nominees in four categories (Period, Fantasy, Contemporay, and Animated). While the nominations are of note themselves, of course, they are also key tells in the tale of the year's Oscar race as the Best Production Design ogenerally come from a combo of three of those four categories; Sadly Oscar's branch members have never honored an animated film in the category, even a stop motion film which of course built actual sets with set decoration, just like live-action movies do...

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Weekend Box Office: M3GAN is Another Slasher Hit

By Ben Miller

As Smile and The Black Phone proved in 2022, no genre gets more bang for their buck than horror.  Avatar: The Way of Water was the top draw at theaters this weekend, but it's the murderous robot M3GAN that made the biggest splash.  Budgeted at a mere $12 million, Gerard Jonstone's film grossed a shocking $30 million to go along with jubiliant critical praise (93% on Rotten Tomatoes!).  After all, she is our new horror princess.  The Way of Water managed just a 33% drop in its fourth week with $45 million as it barrells it's way towards $2 billion worldwide.  Despite only being in theaters for four weeks, it's the seventh highest grossing movie of all-time.  James Cameron cannot miss (at least financially).

Weekend Box Office (actuals) Jan 6th-8th 🔺 = new or expanding /  ★ = Recommended
WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS)	LIMITED / PLATFORM
M3GAN	A MAN CALLED OTTO
1 ★ AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER $45.8 (cum. $517.6) 4340 screens	1 🔺   A MAN CALLED OTTO $4.2 (cum. $4.2) 637 screens
2 🔺 ★ M3GAN $30.4 *NEW* 3509 screens	2 🔺 ★ CORSAGE $251k (cum. $342k) 317 screens

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Drag Race RuCap: “One Night Only”

So many queens! Too many?

CLÁUDIO ALVES: The most popular drag contest on television (sorry Dragula) may not be called RuPaul's Best Friends Race, but writing for The Film Experience sometimes feels like it. I've met fantastic people over the few years I've been writing for the site, and some have become close pals. Indeed, it's rare that a day goes by without me chatting the house down with the fabulously-haired Nick Taylor. But, of course, when Drag Race's on the air, those conversations devolve into jokey recaps (rucaps!), so it seemed fitting to fuel that enthusiasm back into the site that made us friends in the first place. Though our usual TFE write-ups may lean serious-minded and long-winded, we can be fun and tight. That said, please don't hold us to that promise – we'll try, and that's good enough…right, Nathaniel?

Without further ado, let's dive into the supersized Season 15 premiere...

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Team Experience Predictions Chart - Round 4 - Post Holidays, Pre Awards Shows

We're polling the Team Film Experience on where the Oscar race stands. This week Best Picture, Director, and the Acting and Writing categories.

It has been over a month since we’ve checked in on the directing, acting and writing categories. Since then, Avatar has soared at the box office, Babylon has flopped and both the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards have announced their nominations. Some categories look completely different than they did at the end of November. Others, funny enough, remain the same. One category has a contender who is unanimously on the top of everyone’s predictions… and it’s not the one you think. 

Check out our predictions after the jump…

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