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Brie Larson, Alicia Vikander, Cast of Spotlight Win SAG Awards

The Screen Actors Guild Awards presented its coveted Actor statuettes for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2015 at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards held Saturday, January 30 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Honored with awards were the cast of Spotlight, along with Brie Larson and Alicia Vikander for performances in motion pictures. The complete list of recipients for the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards follows: 22nd SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS Winners THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role LEONARDO DiCAPRIO / Hugh Glass – “THE REVENANT” (20th Century Fox) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role BRIE LARSON / Ma – “ROOM” (A24) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role IDRIS ELBA / Commandant – “BEASTS OF NO NATION” (Netflix) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role ALICIA VIKANDER / Gerda Wegener – “THE DANISH GIRL” (Focus Features) Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture SPOTLIGHT (Open Road Films) TELEVISION PROGRAMS Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries IDRIS ELBA / DCI John Luther – “LUTHER” (BBC America) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries QUEEN LATIFAH / Bessie Smith – “BESSIE” (HBO) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series KEVIN SPACEY / Francis Underwood – “HOUSE OF CARDS” (Netflix) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series VIOLA DAVIS / Annalise Keating – “HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER” (ABC) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series JEFFREY TAMBOR / Maura Pfefferman – “TRANSPARENT” (Amazon) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series UZO ADUBA / Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren – “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” (Netflix) Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series DOWNTON ABBEY (Masterpiece/PBS) Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix) Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture “MAD MAX: FURY ROAD” (Warner Bros. Pictures) Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series “GAME OF THRONES” (HBO) LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 52nd Annual Life Achievement Award CAROL BURNETT
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‘Son of Saul’ Wins Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film

Son of Saul continues its streak as the best foreign film of 2015, winning the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. Son Of Saul, the winner of Grand Prix at the Cannes, Film Festival is the directorial debut of Lászlo Nemes. October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of Sonderkommando – the Jewish prisoners’ unit isolated from the rest of the camp. They are in charge of taking other prisoners to gas chambers and burning corpses. While working in one of the crematoriums, Saul finds the body of a boy and is convinced it is his son. Shaking off his lethargy, he decides to secretly arrange a real Jewish funeral for the boy. While other members of Sonderkommando are planning to rebel and escape, Saul takes upon himself the impossible mission of saving the boy’s body from the flames. To this end, he makes his way through the concentration camp in search of a rabi who would perform the ritual. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwC9DsWyxQc The winners at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards Best motion picture, drama “The Revenant” Best motion picture, musical or comedy “The Martian” Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama Brie Larson, “Room” After winning the category of BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA for her role in “Room,” actress Brie Larson poses backstage in the press room with her Golden Globe Award at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA on Sunday, January 10, 2016. Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy” Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, drama Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant” Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture Sylvester Stallone, “Creed” Best performance by actress in a supporting role in a motion picture Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs” Best director, motion picture Alejandro González Iñárritu, “The Revenant” Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy Matt Damon, “The Martian” Best screenplay, motion picture Aaron Sorkin, “Steve Jobs” Best original score, motion picture Ennio Morricone, “The Hateful Eight” Best motion picture, animated “Inside Out” Best original song, motion picture “Writing’s on the Wall,” “Spectre” Best motion picture, foreign language “Son of Saul” Best television series, drama “Mr. Robot,” USA Best television series, musical or comedy “Mozart in the Jungle,” Amazon Video Best television limited series or motion picture made for television “Wolf Hall,” PBS Best performance by an actor in a television series, drama Jon Hamm, “Mad Men” Best performance by an actor in a television series, musical or comedy Gael García Bernal, “Mozart in the Jungle” Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television Oscar Isaac, “Show Me a Hero” Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television Christian Slater, “Mr. Robot” Best performance by an actress in a TV series, drama Taraji P. Henson, “Empire” Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television Maura Tierney, “The Affair” Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television Lady Gaga, “American Horror Story: Hotel” Best performance by an actress in a television series, musical or comedy Rachel Bloom, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” image: For BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM, the Golden Globe is awarded to “Son of Saul” (Hungary), directed by László Nemes. (L-R) Actors Levente Molnar and Geza Rohrig, director Laszlo Nemes, producers Gabor Sipos and Gabor Rajna pose with the award backstage in the press room at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA on Sunday, January 10, 2016.
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Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” Dominates Awards at Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival

Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” dominated the 2015 Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival; apart from acknowledging the film as ‘Best Movie,’ the festival also gave awards to Samuel L. Jackson and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and to the music score composed by Ennio Morricone. Samuel L. Jackson and Jennifer Jason Leigh are considered the Best Leading Actor and Best Supporting Actress, for their roles in “The Hateful Eight”, a film produced by Bob & Harvey Weinstein, and distributed in Italy by Leone Group’s Andrea and Raffaella Leone, who were awarded as Capri’s ‘Producers of the Year’. Here is a detailed list of the assigned awards: Cary Fukunaga is the Best Director for acclaimed “Beasts of No Nation.” He also deserved the Best Cinematography Award whereas performer Idris Elba won as Best Supporting Actor. The film about African children soldiers was produced and distributed by the Netflix platform. Brie Larson (“Room”) is the festival’s Best Leading Actress. The Best Original Screenplay Award goes to David O. Russel’s “Joy”, which in Capri, Hollywood enjoyed its European premiere. Todd Haynes’ “Carol” was awarded as Best Adapted Screenplay, written by Phyllis Nagy, and for the Best Production Design by Judy Becker. Kenneth Branagh’s “Cinderella” received an award for its costumes created by three-time Oscar-winning designer Sandy Powell, who was also assigned the Legend Award and who in Capri exhibited the attires that she created for “Carol.” Pietro Scalia is the festival’s Best Editor for “The Martian.” Apart from acknowledging Ennio Morricone’s music score for “The Hateful Eight”, also “See You Again” – the song by Wiz Khalifa ft Charlie Puth, from “Fast and Furious 7” – won as Best Original Song. The Best Animation Movie is “Inside Out”; The Best Documentary is Paolo Ruffini’s “Resilienza”, the Best Foreign Movie is “Labyrinth of Lies” by Giulio Ricciarelli, a filmmaker of Italian origin and German adoption, running for the Oscar and included in the Academy’s Short List. Enrico Iannaccone was elected by the festival as “Director of the Future” for “La Buona Uscita.” The prestigious ‘Legend award’ went to Irish film director Jim Sheridan. Belgian performer Matthias Schoenaerts was awarded as “Revelation of the Year” for Hooper’s “The Danish Girl”. Oscar-winning screenwriter Bobby Moresco (“Crash”) – who in Capri announced his commitment to the Ambi Film-produced movie about Lamborghini – is the 2016 Italian-American Icon. Other celebrities awarded at the 2015 Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival include Italian filmmakers Giuseppe M. Gaudino, Guido Chiesa, Marco Ponti, Massimiliano Bruno, Riccardo Milani; Actors Paola Cortellesi (Capri Award as Italian Actress of the Year); Alessandro Cremona (Exploit Award for “007-Spectre”); Alessandro Siani (Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni’s Special Telegatto for the 2015 Best Box Office Gross “Si accettano miracoli”) Francesco Pannofino, Giulia Elettra Gorietti, Federico R. Rossi; And pianist Giovanni Allevi for music.
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AFI Picks Top 10 Films of 2015 Incl. ‘CAROL’ ‘ROOM’ ‘SPOTLIGHT’

The American Film Institute (AFI) announced the Official Selections of AFI AWARDS 2015, celebrating the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. “Since AFI’s founding in the White House Rose Garden 50 years ago, its mandate has been to celebrate our nation’s storytellers,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI President & CEO. “This is the goal of AFI AWARDS — to bring together our community as colleagues, not competitors, and to shine a proper light on their collective efforts to entertain and enlighten the world.” AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR THE BIG SHORT BRIDGE OF SPIES CAROL INSIDE OUT MAD MAX: FURY ROAD THE MARTIAN ROOM SPOTLIGHT STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON AFI TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR THE AMERICANS BETTER CALL SAUL BLACK-ISH EMPIRE FARGO GAME OF THRONES HOMELAND MASTER OF NONE MR. ROBOT UNREAL AFI SPECIAL AWARD MAD MEN
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AARP The Magazine Announces Nominees for 2015 Movies for Grownups Awards incl. ‘Brooklyn’ ‘Spotlight’

AARP The Magazine announced their nominees for the 2015 Movies for Grownups Awards, with Brooklyn, Joy, Love & Mercy, The Martian, and Spotlight contending in the Best Picture category. In the “Best Actress” category, nominations go to Helen Mirren (Woman in Gold), Blythe Danner (I’ll See You In My Dreams), Charlotte Rampling (45 Years), Maggie Smith (The Lady in the Van), and Lily Tomlin (Grandma). In the “Best Actor” category, Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) is nominated alongside Michael Caine (Youth), Tom Courtenay (45 Years), Johnny Depp (Black Mass), and Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes). Additionally, Michael Douglas will be presented with the esteemed Movies for Grownups® Career Achievement Award. “We’re getting the word out, and today’s filmmakers really understand the power of older audiences,” said Robert Love, Editor-in-Chief of AARP The Magazine. “More than ever before, Hollywood is focusing on creating compelling storylines that directly appeal to the 50-plus audience. AARP is thrilled to celebrate this year’s best filmmakers for their excellent work that speaks to the 70 million Americans in our demographic.” The awards celebrate 2015’s standout filmmakers, actors, actresses and movies that bear unique relevance for the 50-plus audience. The awards gala will return to the Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills on Monday, February 8th. Chase Card Services will be the Premier sponsor of the event. The complete list of the 15th Annual Movies for Grownups® Award Nominees are: Best Picture: Brooklyn; Joy; Love & Mercy; The Martian; Spotlight Best Documentary: Best of Enemies; In Transit; The Last Man on the Moon; Radical Grace; Very Semi-Serious Best Foreign Film: Mia Madre (Italy); Rams (Iceland); The Salt of the Earth (Brazil, in French); Tangerines (Estonia); Taxi (Iran) Best Actress: Blythe Danner, I’ll See You In My Dreams; Helen Mirren, Woman in Gold; Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years; Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van; Lily Tomlin, Grandma Best Actor: Michael Caine, Youth; Tom Courtenay, 45 Years; Bryan Cranston, Trumbo; Johnny Depp, Black Mass; Ian McKellen, Mr. Holmes Best Supporting Actress: Joan Allen, Room; Jane Fonda, Youth; Diane Ladd, Joy; Helen Mirren, Trumbo; Cynthia Nixon, James White Best Supporting Actor: Jeff Daniels, Steve Jobs; Robert DeNiro, Joy; Michael Keaton, Spotlight; Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies; Sylvester Stallone, Creed Best Director: Ridley Scott, The Martian; Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies; Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant; David O. Russell, Joy; Todd Haynes, Carol Best Screenwriter: Nick Hornby, Brooklyn; Nancy Meyers, The Intern; Oren Moverman, Michael A. Lerner, Love & Mercy; David O. Russell, Joy; Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs Best Comedy: 5 Flights Up; Danny Collins; The Intern; Joy; The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Best Grownup Love Story: 5 Flights Up; 45 Years; Carol; Freeheld; I’ll See You In My Dreams Best Intergenerational Film: Creed; Grandma; The Intern; Straight Outta Compton; Woman in Gold Best Buddy Picture: The 33; The Intern; Learning to Drive; A Walk in the Woods; Youth Best Time Capsule: Carol; Joy; Love & Mercy; The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; Straight Outta Compton Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up: Inside Out; Kingsman: The Secret Service; Paddington; The Peanuts Movie; Shaun The Sheep Movie
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Indiana Film Journalists Association Pick ‘Spotlight’ As Best Film of 2015

“Spotlight,” a drama exploring the Boston Globe’s investigation of widespread sexual abuse by Catholic priests, was named Best Film of 2015 by the Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA). In addition to Best Film, “Spotlight” won for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor, Mark Ruffalo. “Room,” an adaption of the best-selling novel about a woman raising her young son inside a solitary room, won runner-up in the best film race. “Room” also earned the Best Adapted Screenplay Prize, and was recognized for the top two performances of the year: Brie Larson for Best Actress and Jacob Tremblay for Best Actor. “Son of Saul” won Best Foreign Language Film and “Amy” earned Best Documentary. The Hoosier Award, which recognizes a significant cinematic contribution by a person or persons with roots in Indiana, or a film that depicts Hoosier State locales and stories, went to filmmaker Angelo Pizzo. The following is a complete list of honored films: Best Film Winner: “Spotlight” Runner-up: “Room” Other Finalists (listed alphabetically): “Anomalisa” “The Big Short” “Carol” “The End of the Tour” “Mad Max: Fury Road” “The Martian” “Steve Jobs” “Straight Outta Compton” Best Animated Feature Winner: “Anomalisa” Runner-Up: “Inside Out ” Best Foreign Language Film Winner: “Son of Saul” Runner-Up: “Goodnight Mommy” Best Documentary Winner: “Amy” Runner-Up: “Meru” Best Original Screenplay Winner: Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, “Spotlight” Runner-up: Matt Charman, Joel & Ethan Coen, “Bridge of Spies” Best Adapted Screenplay Winner: Emma Donoghue, “Room” Runner-up: Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, “The Big Short” Best Director Winner: George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road” Runner-up: Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight” Best Actress Winner: Brie Larson, “Room” Runner-up: Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years” Best Supporting Actress Winner: Greta Gerwig, “Mistress America” Runner-up: Elizabeth Banks, “Love & Mercy” Best Actor Winner: Jacob Tremblay, “Room” Runner-up: Jason Segel, “The End of the Tour” Best Supporting Actor Winner: Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight” Runner-up: Idris Elba, “Beasts of No Nation” Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance Winner: Phyllis Smith, “Inside Out” Runner-up: Tom Noonan, “Anomalisa” Best Musical Score Winner: Junkie XL, “Mad Max: Fury Road” Runner-up: Disasterpeace, “It Follows” Original Vision Award Winner: “Anomalisa” Runner-up: “Chi-Raq” The Hoosier Award Winner: Angelo Pizzo, writer/director/producer (As a special award, no runner-up is declared in this category.)
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‘Carol’ ’45 Years’ Lead Nominations for London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

Todd Haynes’ romantic drama Carol lead the 36th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with seven nominations including Film of the Year and both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara competing for Actress of the Year. Close behind in the race for the awards, which are voted on by 140 members of The Critics‘ Circle Film Section, is Andrew Haigh’s marital study 45 Years, with six nominations. Unusually, two films received three nominations each: Asif Kapadia’s Amy is nominated for Film, Documentary and British Film, while Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence is up for Film, Documentary and Foreign-Language Film. The full list of nominees for the 36th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards: FILM OF THE YEAR 45 Years Amy Carol Inside Out The Look of Silence Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR 45 Years Amy Brooklyn The Lobster London Road FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR Eden Hard to Be a God The Look of Silence The Tale of the Princess Kaguya The Tribe DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR Amy Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief The Look of Silence Palio A Syrian Love Story ACTOR OF THE YEAR Tom Courtenay – 45 Years Paul Dano – Love & Mercy Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Tom Hardy – Legend ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Cate Blanchett – Carol Brie Larson – Room Rooney Mara – Carol Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR Benicio Del Toro – Sicario Tom Hardy – The Revenant Oscar Isaac – Ex Machina Michael Keaton – Spotlight Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Olivia Colman – The Lobster Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria Tilda Swinton – Trainwreck Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR Andrew Haigh – 45 Years Todd Haynes – Carol Alejandro G Iñárritu – The Revenant George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Ridley Scott – The Martian SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR Emma Donoghue – Room Nick Hornby – Brooklyn Phyllis Nagy – Carol Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy – Spotlight Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR Michael Caine – Kingsman: The Secret Service, Youth Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation, Second Coming Colin Farrell – The Lobster, Miss Julie Michael Fassbender – Macbeth Slow West, Steve Jobs, Tom Hardy – Legend, London Roa, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenantd BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Emily Blunt – Sicario Carey Mulligan – Far From the Madding Crowd, Suffragette Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years, The Forbidden Room Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn, Lost River Kate Winslet – The Dressmaker, A Little Chaos, Steve Jobs YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER Asa Butterfield – X + Y Milo Parker – Mr Holmes, Robot Overlords Florence Pugh – The Falling Liam Walpole – The Goob Maisie Williams – The Falling BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER Tom Browne – Radiator Mark Burton & Richard Starzak – Shaun the Sheep Movie Emma Donoghue – Room Alex Garland – Ex Machina John Maclean – Slow West BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM Directed by Tweedie – dir Duncan Cowles Leidi – dir Simon Mesa Soto Over – dir Jorn Threlfall Rate Me – dir Fyzal Boulifa Stutterer – dir Benjamin Cleary TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Carter Burwell, music – Carol Wade Eastwood, stunts – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Colin Gibson, production design – Mad Max: Fury Road Elliott Graham, editing – Steve Jobs Edward Lachman, cinematography – Carol Tom Ozanich, sound design – Sicario Sandy Powell, costumes – Cinderella John Seale, cinematography – Mad Max: Fury Road Alistair Sirkett and Markus Stemler, sound design – Macbeth Andrew Whitehurst, visual effects – Ex Machina
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Toronto Film Critics Association names ‘Carol’ the Best Film of the Year

Todd Haynes’ 1950s melodrama ‘Carol’, the swooning tale of a life-changing love affair, won two top prizes at the 2015 awards of the Toronto Film Critics Association, including Best Picture, and Haynes named Best Director. The film’s stars, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, were runners-up for this year’s Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress prizes, respectively. Joshua Oppenheimer, who won the Allan King Documentary Award in 2013 for The Act of Killing, won the 2015 prize for its companion piece, The Look of Silence, which revisits the Indonesian genocide from the perspective of an optometrist confronting his brother’s murderers. The membership also chose the three finalists for the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award: The Forbidden Room, directed by Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson; My Internship In Canada, directed by Philippe Falardeau, and Sleeping Giant, directed by Andrew Cividino. The winner will be named at the TFCA’s awards gala, to be held January 5, 2016. Other winners include, Nina Hoss was named Best Actress for her performance as a woman forced to assume her own identity in post-war German in Christian Petzold’s Phoenix, which also won Best Foreign-Language Film. Alicia Vikander won Best Supporting Actress for her work as the calculating android Ava in Alex Garland’s near-future drama Ex Machina, which was named the year’s Best First Feature. The full list of Toronto Film Critics Association Awards winners and runners-up: BEST PICTURE “Carol” (Entertainment One) Runners-up “Mad Max: Fury Road” (Warner Bros.) “Spotlight” (Entertainment One) BEST ACTOR Tom Hardy, “Legend” Runners-up Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant” Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs” BEST ACTRESS Nina Hoss, “Phoenix” Runners-up Cate Blanchett, “Carol” Brie Larson, “Room” BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies” Runners-up Benicio Del Toro, “Sicario” Michael Shannon, “99 Homes” BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Alicia Vikander, “Ex Machina” Runners-up Rooney Mara, “Carol” Kristen Stewart, “Clouds of Sils Maria” BEST DIRECTOR Todd Haynes, “Carol” Runners-up Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight” George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road” Denis Villeneuve, “Sicario” BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL “The Big Short”, Charles Randolph and Adam McKay; based upon the book by Michael Lewis Runners-up “Anomalisa,” Charlie Kaufman; based on his stage play “Carol,” by Phyllis Nagy; based on the novel “The Price of Salt” by Patricia Highsmith “Spotlight,” by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy BEST FIRST FEATURE “Ex Machina,” directed by Alex Garland Runners-up “Sleeping Giant,” directed by Andrew Cividino “Son of Saul,” directed by Lázsló Nemes BEST ANIMATED FEATURE “Shaun the Sheep Movie” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up “Anomalisa” (Paramount Pictures) “Inside Out” (Disney*Pixar) BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM “Phoenix” (Films We Like) Runners-up “The Assassin” (Amplify Releasing) “Son of Saul” (Mongrel Media) ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY AWARD “The Look of Silence” (Blue Ice Docs) Runners-up “Amy” (Mongrel Media) “Listen To Me Marlon” ( distributor unknown ) ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD FINALISTS “The Forbidden Room,” directed by Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson “My Internship in Canada,” directed by Philippe Falardeau “Sleeping Giant,” directed by Andrew Cividino
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Vancouver Film Critics Circle Reveals 2016 Nominations, ‘Room’ Leads Canadian Nominations

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant leads all films in the 2016 Vancouver Film Critics Circle International section with three nominations. The nominees for Best Documentary are Amy, Cartel Land and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, while The Assassin, Goodnight Mommy and Son of Saul are up for Best Foreign Language Film. A riveting and uplifting tale of a mother and son escaping confinement, the Canadian-Irish co-production Room has earned six VFCC nominations in the Canadian categories, including one for Best Canadian Film, and director Lenny Abrahamson is nominated for Best Director of a Canadian Film, Room (pictured above) will face off against Guy Maddin and co-director Evan Johnson’s The Forbidden Room and Andrew Cividino’s Sleeping Giant for Best Canadian Film. Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World will also compete with Jerry Rothwell’s How to Change the World, Alan Zweig’s Hurt and Damien Gillis & Fiona Rayher’s Fractured Land for Best Canadian Documentary. The full list of 2016 Vancouver Film Critics Circle International nominees. BEST FILM Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Spotlight BEST ACTOR Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Michal Fassbender, Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl BEST ACTRESS Cate Blanchett, Carol Brie Larson, Room Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies Michael Shannon, 99 Homes Sylvester Stallone, Creed BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina BEST DIRECTOR Todd Haynes, Carol Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road BEST SCREENPLAY Emma Donoghue, Room Charlie Kaufman, Anomalisa Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy, Spotlight BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM The Assassin Goodnight Mommy Son of Saul BEST DOCUMENTARY Amy Cartel Land Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief The full list of nominees in the 2016 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Canadian categories. BEST CANADIAN FILM The Forbidden Room Room Sleeping Giant BEST ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM Michael Eklund, Eadweard Christopher Plummer, Remember Jacob Tremblay, Room BEST ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM Marie Brassard, Sabali Brie Larson, Room Julia Sarah Stone, Wet Bum BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM Patrick Huard, My Internship in Canada Reece Moffett, Sleeping Giant Nick Serino, Sleeping Giant BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM Joan Allen, Room Suzanne Clement, My Internship in Canada Tara Pratt, No Men Beyond This Point BEST SCREENPLAY FOR A CANADIAN FILM Benjamin August, Remember Andrew Cividino, Blain Watters & Aaron Yeger, Sleeping Giant Emma Donoghue, Room BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM Lenny Abrahamson, Room Andrew Cividino, Sleeping Giant Atom Egoyan, Remember BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World Fractured Land How to Change the World Hurt BEST FIRST FILM BY A CANADIAN DIRECTOR Hit 2 Pass, Kurt Walker Sleeping Giant, Andrew Cividino Wet Bum, Lindsay Mackay BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM Eadweard Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World No Men Beyond This Point
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Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Picks SPOTLIGHT as 2015 Best Film; TANGERINE Wins Best Indie Film

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the newsroom drama SPOTLIGHT as the best film of 2015, according to the results of its 22nd annual critics’ poll. This year’s awards are presented in memory of Philip Wuntch, the longtime Dallas Morning News film critic who passed away in October. Rounding out the composite list of the top 10 films of the year were THE REVENANT (2), CAROL (3), SICARIO (4), MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (5), THE BIG SHORT (6), THE MARTIAN (7), ROOM (8), THE DANISH GIRL (9) and BROOKLYN (10). The association voted SON OF SAUL as the best foreign language film of the year. Runners-up included THE ASSASSIN (2), THE SECOND MOTHER (3), MUSTANG (4) and GOODNIGHT MOMMY (5). AMY won for Best Documentary over THE LOOK OF SILENCE (2), THE WOLFPACK (3), GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF (4) and THE HUNTING GROUND (5). The association voted TANGERINE as the winner of the Russell Smith Award, named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film. The 2015 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association award winners. Best Picture: Spotlight (director — Tom McCarthy) Best Animated Feature: Inside Out (director — Pete Docter) Best Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul (Hungary) Best Documentary: Amy Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (The Revenant) Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) Best Actress: Brie Larson (Room) Best Supporting Actor: Paul Dano (Love and Mercy) Best Supporting Actress: Rooney Mara (Carol) Best Screenplay: Spotlight (Josh Singer, TomMcCarthy) Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant) Best Musical Score: The Revenant (Bryce Dessner, Carsten Nicolai and Ryûichi Sakamoto) Russell Smith Award (named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.) Tangerine (director — Sean Baker)
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‘Carol’ ‘Brooklyn’ ‘The Danish Girl’ ‘Spotlight’ Among 21st Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations

“Mad Max: Fury Road” leads the nominations for the 21st Critics’ Choice Awards with 13 nominations including Best Picture. “Carol,” impressed with nine nominations including Best Picture, and Best Director. “Spotlight” earned eight nominations, “Brooklyn,” “The Danish Girl,” each garnered five nominations and “Room” earned four. The winners will be revealed live at the Critics’ Choice Awards gala, which will be broadcast from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on A&E, Lifetime and LMN on Sunday, January 17 at 8PM ET/ 5PM PT. Actor and comedian T.J. Miller will serve as the show’s host. NOMINATIONS FOR THE 21st CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS BEST PICTURE The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Carol Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Sicario Spotlight BEST ACTOR Bryan Cranston – Trumbo Matt Damon – The Martian Johnny Depp – Black Mass Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl BEST ACTRESS Cate Blanchett – Carol Brie Larson – Room Jennifer Lawrence – Joy Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Paul Dano – Love & Mercy Tom Hardy – The Revenant Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies Michael Shannon – 99 Homes Sylvester Stallone – Creed BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara – Carol Rachel McAdams – Spotlight Helen Mirren – Trumbo Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation RJ Cyler – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Shameik Moore – Dope Milo Parker – Mr. Holmes Jacob Tremblay – Room BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE The Big Short The Hateful Eight Spotlight Straight Outta Compton Trumbo BEST DIRECTOR Todd Haynes – Carol Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant Tom McCarthy – Spotlight George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Ridley Scott – The Martian Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen – Bridge of Spies Alex Garland – Ex Machina Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – Inside Out Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short Nick Hornby – Brooklyn Drew Goddard – The Martian Emma Donoghue – Room Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Carol – Ed Lachman The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale The Martian – Dariusz Wolski The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario – Roger Deakins BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Bridge of Spies – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo Brooklyn – François Séguin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay Carol – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler The Danish Girl – Eve Stewart, Michael Standish Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson The Martian – Arthur Max, Celia Bobak BEST EDITING The Big Short – Hank Corwin Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel The Martian – Pietro Scalia The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione Spotlight – Tom McArdle BEST COSTUME DESIGN Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux Carol – Sandy Powell Cinderella – Sandy Powell The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan BEST HAIR & MAKEUP Black Mass Carol The Danish Girl The Hateful Eight Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Ex Machina Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant The Walk BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Anomalisa The Good Dinosaur Inside Out The Peanuts Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie BEST ACTION MOVIE Furious 7 Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Sicario BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE Daniel Craig – Spectre Tom Cruise – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Tom Hardy – Mad Max: Fury Road Chris Pratt – Jurassic World Paul Rudd – Ant-Man BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE Emily Blunt – Sicario Rebecca Ferguson – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road BEST COMEDY The Big Short Inside Out Joy Sisters Spy Trainwreck BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY Christian Bale – The Big Short Steve Carell – The Big Short Robert De Niro – The Intern Bill Hader – Trainwreck Jason Statham – Spy BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Tina Fey – Sisters Jennifer Lawrence – Joy Melissa McCarthy – Spy Amy Schumer – Trainwreck Lily Tomlin – Grandma BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE Ex Machina It Follows Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM The Assassin Goodnight Mommy Mustang The Second Mother Son of Saul BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Amy Cartel Land Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief He Named Me Malala The Look of Silence Where to Invade Next BEST SONG Fifty Shades of Grey – Love Me Like You Do Furious 7 – See You Again The Hunting Ground – Til It Happens To You Love & Mercy – One Kind of Love Spectre – Writing’s on the Wall Youth – Simple Song #3 BEST SCORE Carol – Carter Burwell The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone The Revenant – Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto Sicario – Johann Johannsson Spotlight – Howard Shore
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‘Carol’ Leads Nominations for 73rd Golden Globe Awards

‘Carol’ led the nominations for the 73rd Golden Globe Awards, with five nominations – best motion picture, drama; best performance by an actress, drama for both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara; best director, Todd Haynes; and best original score, Carter Burwell. Film festival hits The Danish Girl, Room and Spotlight were right behind with 3 nominations each. In the foreign film category Europe took the lead with nominations for France (Mustang), Hungary (Son of Saul), Finland/Germany/Estonia (The Fencer) and Belgium/France/Luxembourg (The Brand New Testament). Latin America rounded up the nominations with Chile’s The Club. The Golden Globes will be presented on January 10 and broadcast live by NBC. The complete list of nominations for 73rd Golden Globe Awards. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA CAROL Number 9 Films; The Weinstein Company MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / Kennedy Miller Mitchell; Warner Bros. Pictures THE REVENANT Regency Enterprises; Twentieth Century Fox ROOM Element Pictures / No Trace Camping; A24 SPOTLIGHT Anonymous Content / Participant Media / First Look; Open Road Films BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA CATE BLANCHETT CAROL BRIE LARSON ROOM ROONEY MARA CAROL SAOIRSE RONAN BROOKLYN ALICIA VIKANDER THE DANISH GIRL BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA BRYAN CRANSTON TRUMBO LEONARDO DICAPRIO THE REVENANT MICHAEL FASSBENDER STEVE JOBS EDDIE REDMAYNE THE DANISH GIRL WILL SMITH CONCUSSION BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY THE BIG SHORT Paramount Pictures / Regency Enterprises; Paramount Pictures JOY Fox 2000 Pictures; Twentieth Century Fox THE MARTIAN Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox SPY Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox TRAINWRECK Universal Pictures / Apatow Productions; Universal Pictures BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY JENNIFER LAWRENCE JOY MELISSA MCCARTHY SPY AMY SCHUMER TRAINWRECK MAGGIE SMITH THE LADY IN THE VAN LILY TOMLIN GRANDMA BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY CHRISTIAN BALE THE BIG SHORT STEVE CARELL THE BIG SHORT MATT DAMON THE MARTIAN AL PACINO DANNY COLLINS MARK RUFFALO INFINITELY POLAR BEAR BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED ANOMALISA Starburns Industries; Paramount Pictures THE GOOD DINOSAUR Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures INSIDE OUT Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures THE PEANUTS MOVIE Blue Sky Studios; Twentieth Century Fox SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE Aardman; Lionsgate / Studiocanal BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (BELGIUM / FRANCE / LUXEMBOURG) Terra Incognita / Climax Films / Après le Déluge / Juliette Films / Caviar; Belga Films / Le Pacte THE CLUB (CHILE) Fabula; Music Box Films THE FENCER (FINLAND / GERMANY / ESTONIA) Making Movies / Kick Film GmbH / Allfilm; Oy Nordisk Film Ab MUSTANG (FRANCE) CG Cinéma / Vistamar Flimproduktion; Cohen Media Group SON OF SAUL (HUNGARY) Laokoon Filmgroup; Sony Pictures Classics BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE JANE FONDA YOUTH JENNIFER JASON LEIGH THE HATEFUL EIGHT HELEN MIRREN TRUMBO ALICIA VIKANDER EX MACHINA KATE WINSLET STEVE JOBS BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE PAUL DANO LOVE & MERCY IDRIS ELBA BEASTS OF NO NATION MARK RYLANCE BRIDGE OF SPIES MICHAEL SHANNON 99 HOMES SYLVESTER STALLONE CREED BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE TODD HAYNES CAROL ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU THE REVENANT TOM MCCARTHY SPOTLIGHT GEORGE MILLER MAD MAX: FURY ROAD RIDLEY SCOTT THE MARTIAN BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE EMMA DONOGHUE ROOM TOM MCCARTHY, JOSH SINGER SPOTLIGHT CHARLES RANDOLPH, ADAM MCKAY THE BIG SHORT AARON SORKIN STEVE JOBS QUENTIN TARANTINO THE HATEFUL EIGHT BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE CARTER BURWELL CAROL ALEXANDRE DESPLAT THE DANISH GIRL ENNIO MORRICONE THE HATEFUL EIGHT DANIEL PEMBERTON STEVE JOBS RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, ALVA NOTO THE REVENANT BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE “LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO” — FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Music by: Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Ilya Salmanzadeh Lyrics by: Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Ilya Salmanzadeh “ONE KIND OF LOVE” — LOVE & MERCY Music by: Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett Lyrics by: Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett “SEE YOU AGAIN” — FURIOUS 7 Music by: Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz Lyrics by: Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz “SIMPLE SONG #3” — YOUTH Music by: David Lang Lyrics by: David Lang “WRITING’S ON THE WALL” — SPECTRE Music by: Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes Lyrics by: Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA EMPIRE FOX 20th Century Fox Television / Imagine Television GAME OF THRONES HBO HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360 and Startling Television MR. ROBOT USA NETWORK Universal Cable Productions NARCOS NETFLIX Gaumont International Television for Netflix OUTLANDER STARZ Sony Pictures Television BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA CAITRIONA BALFE OUTLANDER VIOLA DAVIS HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER EVA GREEN PENNY DREADFUL TARAJI P. HENSON EMPIRE ROBIN WRIGHT HOUSE OF CARDS BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA JON HAMM MAD MEN RAMI MALEK MR. ROBOT WAGNER MOURA NARCOS BOB ODENKIRK BETTER CALL SAUL LIEV SCHREIBER RAY DONOVAN BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY CASUAL HULU Lionsgate TV / Right of Way MOZART IN THE JUNGLE AMAZON VIDEO Amazon Studios ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK NETFLIX Lionsgate Television for Netflix SILICON VALLEY HBO HBO Entertainment in association with Judgemental Films, Alec Berg, Altschuler Krinsky Works, and 3 Arts Entertainment TRANSPARENT AMAZON VIDEO Amazon Studios VEEP HBO HBO Entertainment in association with Dundee Productions BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY RACHEL BLOOM CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND JAMIE LEE CURTIS SCREAM QUEENS JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS VEEP GINA RODRIGUEZ JANE THE VIRGIN LILY TOMLIN GRACE AND FRANKIE BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY AZIZ ANSARI MASTER OF NONE GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL MOZART IN THE JUNGLE ROB LOWE THE GRINDER PATRICK STEWART BLUNT TALK JEFFREY TAMBOR TRANSPARENT BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION American Crime ABC ABC Studios American Horror Story: Hotel FX 20th Century Fox Television Fargo FX MGM Television Studios / FX Productions Flesh & Bone Starz Starz Wolf Hall PBS A Playground Entertainment and Company Pictures production for BBC and MASTERPIECE in association with BBC Worldwide, Atlus Media and Prescience BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION KIRSTEN DUNST FARGO LADY GAGA AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL SARAH HAY FLESH & BONE FELICITY HUFFMAN AMERICAN CRIME QUEEN LATIFAH BESSIE BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION IDRIS ELBA LUTHER OSCAR ISAAC SHOW ME A HERO DAVID OYELOWO NIGHTINGALE MARK RYLANCE WOLF HALL PATRICK WILSON FARGO BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION UZO ADUBA ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK JOANNE FROGGATT DOWNTON ABBEY REGINA KING AMERICAN CRIME JUDITH LIGHT TRANSPARENT MAURA TIERNEY THE AFFAIR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION ALAN CUMMING THE GOOD WIFE DAMIAN LEWIS WOLF HALL BEN MENDELSOHN BLOODLINE TOBIAS MENZIES OUTLANDER CHRISTIAN SLATER MR. ROBOT
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