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Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 9:00AM I will miss Twitter when it's gone even though it was kind of a hellscape. Anyway, here are some choice showbiz related tweets from the past couple of weeks, curated for this crowd here at TFE...
Cate Blanchett has yet to TRULY challenge herself as an actress by playing the role of a mentally sound lady who has a nice day
— Chelsea Pope (@chelseathepope) November 6, 2022
Friday, December 9, 2022 at 9:45PM Team Experience will be discussing each Oscar category as we head into the precursors. Here's Eurocheese and Baby Clyde...
"Ciao Papa" in GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO
EUROCHEESE: Well Baby, It's Cold Outside and you know what that means - we're Falling Slowly into awards season, and it's time to name the songs seeking Glory in the City of Stars. There are a few big hits that Take My Breath Away: Rihanna's "Lift Me Up," which seems to be everywhere at the moment; Lady Gaga's "Hold My Hand" in the year's biggest hit that just won't slow down; and the standout song from Del Toro's Pinocchio, "Ciao Papa," which I expect will make the cut. Do you agree these three are solid initial nominees, or do you have High Hopes that rest elsewhere? Any Secret Love that you see near the top of your list?
BABY CLYDE: Hey Mr Cheese, I Just Called To Say I Love You. The Academy must be salivating at the prospect of this year’s nominees. Am I correct in thinking that Rihanna, Gaga, Taylor and Billie Eilish are all legit contenders in this category...
Friday, December 9, 2022 at 6:15PM by Travis Cragg
Austin Butler as "ELVIS"
As anticipated here last month, Baz Luhrmann's Elvis has dominated the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts awards this week. The musical biopic won a total of 11 statues. But the wealth wasn’t completely hoovered up by the Memphis biopic, as some other uniquely Australian stories managed to pick up awards as well. The full results for film are after the jump…
Friday, December 9, 2022 at 2:45PM by Nathaniel R
The American Film Institute has named their top ten films and television programs of 2022, giving them all a boost in the awards conversation. And that's clearly what the prize is intended for, given their resolutely mainstream Oscar and Emmy buzz focused lists each year (in their early years they were sometimes a bit more adventurous though still mainstream). The two most "daring" choices for films, if you can call them that, are Nope and She Said, neither of which have a huge amount of Oscar buzz at the moment, though Nope has been performing well in early top ten list / precursor season.
The AFI lists in film and television and some commentary after the jump...
AFI, List-Mania, Nope, She Said, The Banshees of Inisherin, Top Ten, precursor awards Friday, December 9, 2022 at 12:35PM by Nathaniel R
Kiti Manver stars in "MAMACRUZ"
The Sundance Film festival is just a month plus away (January 19th-29th) with tickets going on sale December 13th for online packages, December 16th for in person packages, and January 12th for individual films. We are always very excited about the World Cinema Program which usually has great finds not to mention future Oscar submissions. For example the 2022 roster included five current Oscar hopefuls: Bolivia's Utama (Grand Jury Prize), Finland's Girl Picture (Audience Award), Brazil's Mars One, Australia's You Won't Be Alone, and Ukraine's Klondike and most of the other titles were also very well received. What treasures await us this year?
Here is the list of films. Which should we prioritize for Team Experience coverage in January?
