Meryl Streep as Dee Dee Allen in The Prom.
SNUB: Meryl Streep for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Ryan Murphy’s “The Prom” received love in the form of a Best Picture - Musical or Comedy nomination and a shoutout for James Corden in the Best Performance by an Actor category. The thing is, Corden’s portrayal of queer Broadway star Barry Glickman was lambasted by critics who called it “homophobic,” “offensive” and “so bad.” Streep, however, was celebrated as “the queen of this musical,” yet her name was left off the docket. As always, the seasoned actor showcased a well of talent in both “The Prom” and Steven Soderbergh’s “Let Them All Talk,” which was also left off the list. For the first time in what feels like forever, Meryl Streep has some competition. (And it’s in the form of Kate Hudson.) ―
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I am once again asking you to apply an extremely versatile photo of Bernie Sanders to a multitude of situations in your life because, yet again, the Vermont senator has gone viral for merely being his 79-year-old self. Sanders latest meme-able event arrived almost exactly a year after his last, the still-applicable I am once again asking you moment from a late 2019 fundraising video. Upon his arrival at the Jan. 20 inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the nation s new president and vice president, Sanders plopped down in a chair far away from the rest of the audience (social distancing king!), burrowed into his coat and cozy-looking knit mittens, and waited for the festivities to begin. And thus, a meme was born.
Hollywood and left-wing elites, including Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), are upset that the critically acclaimed
Minari will compete in the foreign language film category at the Golden Globe Awards, even though the movie is predominantly in Korean.
They are arguing that the ruling falsely implies that being American means speaking English, and are calling the decision “bullshit,” “xenophobic,” and “racist.”
The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. (HFPA) announced this week that
Minari will compete in the foreign language category, thus making it ineligible for the evening’s top award for best dramatic movie. A similar fate befell Clint Eastwood’s
Letters from Iwo Jima and Mel Gibson’s
16 Hilariously Reliable Tropes You ll Find In These Made-For-TV Holiday Movies
Whether at a Christmas bakeoff or at a historic inn, we promise you these characters discover the magic of the holidays and live happily ever after.
By Emma Gray, Claire Fallon, Leigh Blickley, Marina Fang, and Erin E. Evans
12/22/2020 05:45 am ET
Updated
Dec 22, 2020
The comfort of made-for-TV holiday movies lies in their consistency.
You have a pretty good idea of what you’re going to get when you turn on the Hallmark Channel or Lifetime or flip through the holiday offerings on Netflix between Oct. 31 and Jan.1 of each year. There will be a meet-cute of some sort. There will be a romantic plotline. The whole thing will be infused with the gaudiest, most literal interpretations of “holiday magic” and “the Christmas Spirit.”