'Summer of Soul' Sweeps Critics Choice Doc Awards
►"This is hands down the best night of my life." Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s
Summer of Soul won all six categories in which it was nominated, including best documentary, at the 2021 Critics Choice Documentary Awards, which were handed out Sunday in Brooklyn. The film features footage, largely forgotten and unseen for 50 years, of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, featuring Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder and more. Speaking to
THR's
Hilary Lewis before the awards, Questlove said that a win would be a “cherry on top” of the effort that went into the film.
The full list of winners. —
COLA sweet. Bosch,
Insecure and
The Matrix Resurrections scored wins at the 2021 California on Location Awards, which honors the best location professionals in the industry. The Location Team of the Year prize for a studio feature went to
The Matrix Resurrections, while
Bosch won Location Team of the Year in the one-hour episodic TV category for 2020-2021.
The full list of winners. —
Less is more. For the 93rd Academy Awards, a record 97 countries submitted a film for the best international feature Oscar competition, and a record 93 were accepted into the race. For the 94th Oscars, the number of submitted films trickled down to 80, and the process of vetting those entries is still underway.
THR's awards analyst
Scott Feinberg looks at the selection process that's become leaner but also edgier in terms of the material, something that voters used to shy away from.
The analysis. In other news... —Weddings, tennis whites and sea adventures: The
Downton Abbey sequel trailer arrives —Cineworld’s CEO touts “real grounds for optimism” as
October revenue nears 2019 levels —
Warner Music quarterly financials rise as digital revenue jumps 19 percent
—
Snap hires longtime Google executive to lead global carrier partnerships
—Oscars: France’s
Titane, Iran’s
A Hero and Denmark’s
Flee among
top contenders for best international feature —Oscars: Mexico’s
Prayers for the Stolen, Romania’s
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn among
dark horse contenders for best international feature —Where
Hollywood is moving —
Taylor Lautner reveals he’s engaged to girlfriend Tay Dome
—Edible
Insecure:
A map of L.A. restaurants featured on the comedy —
Ryan Murphy spends big for Cliff May-designed equestrian ranch
—The old Santa Monica post office
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Daily Beast]
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Sex And The City Effect Roars Back to Make Its Mark On Our Wardrobes [
The Guardian]
—"We’re Like the Anti-
Billions": How
Succession Makes Wealth Look Miserable [
The Ringer]
—How Kristen Stewart Became Her Generation’s Most Interesting Movie Star [
New Yorker]
—Ping. Ding. Chirp. Notifications Are Driving Us Crazy. [
Wall Street Journal]
Today... ...in 1977, Steven Spielberg’s
Close Encounters of the Third Kind held its world premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York before hitting wide release and eventually earning nine Oscar noms at the 50th Academy Awards ceremony.
The original review. Today's birthdays: Shailene Woodley (30),
Jonny Lee Miller (49), Sophia Di Martino (38), Asia Kate Dillon (37), Beverly D'Angelo (70), Virginie Ledoyen (45), Sam Waterston (81), Bob Gunton (76), Sydney Tamiia Poitier (48), François Ozon (54), Sean Murray (44), Susie Abromeit (39), Ildikó Enyedi (66), Jon Hurwitz (44)
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