Sunday, August 8, 2021

The Suicide Squad is #1


For the weekend of August 6-8, 2021, The Suicide Squad had great reviews and no other wide releases as its competition, and yet the $26.5 million opening can't be seen as anything but disappointing. Perhaps because HBOMax subscribers could see it for free, or the R-rating, but mostly the growing COVID numbers, the Delta variant fears, and the US cases/deaths numbers back to February levels have to be factors in the box office numbers overall. It makes me wonder if some upcoming releases are going to be postponed again.



Opens Next Week
FREE GUY with Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi and Joe Keery.
RESPECT with Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker and Audra McDonald.
DON'T BREATHE 2 with Stephen Lang, Brendan Sexton III and Madelyn Grace.

Opens August 20
REMINISCENCE with Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson and Thandiwe Newton.
THE NIGHT HOUSE with Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg and Evan Jonigkeit.
THE PROTEGE with Michael Keaton, Maggie Q and Samuel L. Jackson.

Opens August 27
CANDYMAN with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris and Colman Domingo.

Opens September 3
SHANG-CHI with Simu Liu, Tony Leung, Awkwafina, Michelle Yeoh and Tim Roth.

Sunday, June 27, 2021

F9 is #1 at box office


For the weekend of June 25-27, 2021, F9: The Fast Saga was the big winner, and its $70 million haul indicates that the box office is indeed on the road to recovery. Its opening wasn't as big at the eighth installment's $98 million opening, but it did open better than the Hobbs & Shaw spinoff. Audiences are making their way back to the multiplexes, and we're retuning to normalcy. F9 will inevitably join Godzilla vs. Kong and A Quiet Place Part II as the third movie of 2021 to pass the $100 million domestic mark.



Opens Next Week
THE FOREVER PURGE with Ana de la Reguera and Josh Lucas.
THE BOSS BABY 2 with the voices of Alec Baldwin and James Marsden.

Opens July 9
BLACK WIDOW with Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh.

Opens July 16
SPACE JAM 2 with LeBron James and Don CHeadle.

Opens July 23
OLD with Gael Garcia Bernal and Rufus Sewell.
GI JOE ORIGINS: SNAKE EYES with Henry Golding and Samara Weaving.
THE COMEBACK TRAIL with Robert DeNiro and Morgan Freeman.

Opens July 30
JUNGLE CRUISE with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.
STILLWATER with Matt Damon and Abigail Breslin.
THE GREEN KNIGHT with Dev Patel and Alicia Vikander.

Thursday, June 24, 2021

In the Heights - Movie Review


Starring Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Jimmy Smits, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Written by Quiara Alegria Hudes & Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Directed by Jon M. Chu.

★★★½ 

To bring Lin-Manuel Miranda's breakthrough 2008 Broadway play to the big screen, director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) opted to be as bright and dazzling as possible. The sky is blue, the sun is hot, the streets are alive, and the background extras are ready to dance on a moment's notice if a lead breaks into song. We get some classic dance homages (Busby Berkeley being the most obvious) and breakout vocals from some of Broadway's best.

Miranda is a smaller role here, as he's aged out of playing Usnavi, our protagonist, the Our Town Stage Manager of Washington Heights, a block of culture hanging on while inflation and small businesses closing threaten its existence. Usnavi is played by Anthony Ramos, whom Hamilton fans will recognize ("Me, I died for him"), and it's nice to see some other faces in unexpected roles. Brooklyn Nine-Nine fans should get a kick out of seeing Stephanie Beatriz as the very non-Diaz salon worker Carla. Did I know Jimmy Smits could sing before? I don't know, but he can.

These are fun people to hang out with for a couple hours. Is it meaty? At times. The plot isn't exactly complex. We know how transferring musicals to the big screen can go horrifically wrong (Cats, anyone?) but this one delivers.

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Stuff I'm Binging


TED LASSO
(AppleTV) - Jason Sudeikis is really good at playing smarmy a-holes, so it's a warm surprise to see him play a character so optimistic and sincere, you can't help but root for him. It's not so much a laugh-out-loud comedy as it is a soothing warm-glass-of-milk comfort comedy, about an American college football coach who's been hired to coach a premiere English football team (aka "soccer"). The owner of the team is a recent divorcee who wants Ted to fail because she know it would make her ex-husband upset to see his favorite team lose, but his approach is so crazy it just. Might. Work. Fun supporting characters, especially Hannah Waddingham (Game of Thrones) as the owner.

STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH (Disney+) - Never watch more than a few episodes of any of the SW animated series, but this one had a really good 70-minute episode 1. It picks up right when Order 66 is executed, and five clones who are a little different than everyone else don't get the order transmitted into their brains and don't feel compelled to follow it, which means they are torn between siding with their brothers or siding with the Jedi. Timeline-wise my understanding is this places it a few years before Star Wars: Rebels. I'm compelled to watch a few more with my kids and see how it goes.


STAR TREK: DISCOVERY
(Paramount+) - Finally started watching it, and I'm thoroughly enjoying how they've tweaked the ST formula. Instead of the main character being the captain and virtually every episode being stand-alone, the captain is a secondary character who's therefore free to be more flawed than every series before it. Best thing that ever happened to Sonequa Martin-Greene was getting cast on The Walking Dead as Sasha, and then having her character killed right when this opportunity opened up. It feels like it wants to be halfway between Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica, which is a good thing.

THE CROWN (Netflix) - Finally finished season 4. Loved how the first two seasons had Claire Foy take us through the first 15 years as Queen Elizabeth II, then Olivia Colman took us through the next 20-25 years over S3 and S4, and then when S5 comes out in a few months, Imelda Staunton will take us from the 1990's to the present over the final two seasons. I wonder if the series finale will be Prince Philip's funeral. Then again, my understanding is they don't plan for Diana's death to occur until S6, so maybe it'll conclude while Tony Blair's still PM.

THE ORDER (Netflix) - It had 100% on Rotten Tomatoes so we tried it. It was terrible. Bad acting, humor that might have been funny on Buffy or Angel 20 years ago that lands flat now. I don't get it. My wife kept watching; she says it's terrible but okay to have on while she's doing puzzles.

Monday, May 17, 2021

Spiral wins box-office weekend


For the weekend of May 14-16, 2021, Hollywood's slowly getting back into things. Spiral was an attempt to reboot the Saw franchise with a different direction, and unlikely lead in Chris Rock. In a normal year, this would be viewed as a big disappointment. As is, it opened about as well as Jason Statham's Wrath of Man the week before.

Meanwhile a movie starring Angelina Jolie and directed by Taylor Sheridan (Wind River) should have done better in any other year, but since it's also available on HBOMax, that could have affected its success.

I'm rooting for Godzilla vs. Kong to be the first movie of 2021 to cross the $100 million mark domestically.




Sunday, April 25, 2021

93rd Annual Academy Award Winners


BEST PICTURE
Nomadland

BEST DIRECTOR
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

BEST ACTOR
Anthony Hopkins, The Father

BEST ACTRESS
Frances McDormand, Nomadland

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas & the Black Messiah

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Promising Young Woman

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Father

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Soul

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Another Round (Denmark)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
My Octopus Teacher

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mank

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mank

BEST FILM EDITING
Sound of Metal

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Tenet

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

BEST SOUND
Sound of Metal

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Fight for You", Judas & the Black Messiah

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Mank

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
If Anything Happens I Love You

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Colette

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Two Distant Strangers

Saturday, April 24, 2021

The Morning Show - TV Review


Starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Bel Powley, Desean Terry and Jack Davenport.

An interesting timely approach. In the wake of Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose, this examines what it's like for a Today-like morning program that has to deal with the fallout when their main male anchor (Steve Carell) is fired for sexual misconduct. Jennifer Aniston plays the head female anchor who was barely holding it together when the scandal broke, and Reese Witherspoon is a small-town reporter who has one of her stories go viral and gets an opportunity to join the show. Made me think of what it was like for Savannah Guthrie, Gayle King, Norah O'Donnell, etc. 

Fantastic cast, with Billy Crudup the Emmy-winning stand-out as the network executive who seems to like the chaos and may or may not want Aniston to fail so he can fire her and get a clean slate of leads on the show. 

The genius of casting Carell for this part is that he has this lovable persona and he's famously one of the nicest off-camera guys around. So to see him as this character be accused of these things, it makes the viewers secretly deep down hope some of these accusations are false.

The pace of the season is expert. When I take it as a whole, you can see the creators had a grand idea from beginning to end how this was going to go. Some actors in there seem like they don't have a lot to do and then the episode comes where we see just how important their role is in the grand scheme of things.

I'm very interested to see where Season 2 goes from here. With COVID, production was delayed and the season was rewritten to incorporate that into the show, but it should be out before the end of 2021. It's on AppleTV.



Friday, March 19, 2021

Zack Snyder's Justice League - Movie Review


Starring Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Amy Adams, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Connie Nielsen, Jeremy Irons, Willem Dafoe, JK Simmons, Diane Lane, Joe Morton, Ciaran Hinds, Kiersey Clemons, Ryan Zheng, Amber Heard, Jesse Eisenberg, Jared Leto, and Billy Crudup.
Written by Chris Terrio.
Directed by Zack Snyder.

★★★

If it helps, don't think of it as a 4-hour movie. Think of it as a 4-episode limited series.

I thought Man of Steel was a thumbs-sideways and that Batman v. Superman was a let-down, though they both had their qualities. Justice League was a mess and about on par with BvS for me. I thought at the time that Joss Whedon did what he could with the troubled production, but stories have spread since what Whedon's really like to work with, and I felt bad about the personal family tragedy that led Snyder to walk away.

Now he's been granted the ability to tell the story the way he wanted to. Rather than making Justice League I & II, we get a full 4-hour experience. It's not perfect and it still pales in comparison to a similarly-plotted Avengers Infinity War & Endgame, but it's a vast improvement, and I really liked how the movie was able to take its time with these characters. I'd also be curious to go back and watch the 2017 movie again to see how different it was.

Ben Affleck is great as Bruce Wayne, and I was grateful to watch him stretch his legs in the role one last time. He's picking up the pieces after the death of Superman, and he knows he needs more people with special abilities to unite in order to fight what's coming. He has Wonder Woman on his side but he needs more. He tries to recruit Aquaman, Cyborg, Flash, some more successfully than others.

Of all the characters, it's clearest Whedon gave Cyborg the shortest end of the stick. We get full backstory here and a better idea of who the character is, what he can do, etc. Steppenwolf is also a more fully-realized villain here. His design's more impressive, his fighting ability makes more sense, and he has motive beyond Shiny Alien Wants to Conquer Earth. He has wronged his master Darkseid in the past and figures he can get back in his good graces by enslaving Earth for him. We only caught a glimpse of Darkseid in the original but he sure shows up here.

Other actors like Willem Dafoe and Kiersey Clemons, who'd been cut from the original, are able to deliver and expand their parts here, and even ones who weren't in it (like Jared Leto's Joker) pop by.

There are still some Snyderisms I'm not keen on. The sky is always this burnt sienna sheen from the sun in a perpetual state of setting behind some clouds. The slo-mo speed-up slo-mo approach to action scenes can make them seem repetitive. But I for one am happy that after everything he and his family's been through, Zack Snyder was able to return to his baby and fulfill his vision.

Vampires vs. the Bronx - Movie Review


Starring Jaden Michael, Gerald Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV, Sarah Gadon, Method Man, Shea Whigham, Coco Jones and Chris Redd.
Directed by Oz Rodriguez.

★★★

This low-budget indie is like 2020's answer to The Monster Squad. Three pubescent friends discover that vampires have moved into their neighborhood but how do you convince everyone else of a such a ludicrous reality?

There are some funny set pieces, some predictable jump scares, and the ambition of Act 3 only highlights how low their budget had to be. Some recognizable faces are sprinkled in (Alias Grace's Gadon, Joker's Whigham, SNL's Redd, a Zoe Saldana cameo, etc.)

It's 89% on RottenTomatoes, but I think it's really more of a 70% quality. I'd be interested in what teens think of it.

Monday, March 15, 2021

2020 Academy Award Nominations


BEST PICTURE
The Father
Judas & the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST DIRECTOR
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Ferrell, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

BEST ACTOR
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yuen, Minari

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sasha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas & the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield, Judas & the Black Messiah

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilms
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mank
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Father
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
The White Tiger

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Another Round (Denmark)
Better Days (Hong Kong)
Collective (Romania)
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)
Qu Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Father
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
News of the World
Tenet

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Judas & the Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST FILM EDITING
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Love & Monsters
The Midnight SKy
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Emma
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio

BEST SOUND
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Fight for You", Judas & the Black Messiah
"Hear My Voice", The Trial of the Chicago 7
"Husavik", Eurovision Song Contest
"Io Si (Seen)", The Life Ahead
"Speak Now", One Night in Miami

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Colette
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers

Sunday, March 14, 2021

Last-Second 2020 Oscar Nomination predictions


Nominations will be out tomorrow so here are my last-second guesses.

PICTURE

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Maybe: Da 5 Bloods, News of the World
Should Be But Won't: The Outpost

There will likely be 9 nominees, so there's my top 8, and I think one of those two titles will be the final one.

DIRECTOR

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Ferrell, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Maybe: Regina King, One Night in Miami
Should Be But Won't: Josephine Decker, Shirley

ACTOR

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Gary Oldman, Mank

Maybe: Steven Yuen, Minari
Should Be But Won't: Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night in Miami

ACTRESS

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Rosamund Pike, I Care a Lot

Maybe: Andra Day, The Unites States v. Billie Holiday
Should Be But Won't: Elizabeth Moss, Shirley

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Sasha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas & the Black Messiah
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

Maybe: Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
Should Be But Won't: Michael Stuhlbarg, Shirley

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilms
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Maybe: Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian
Should Be But Won't: Elizabeth Debicki, Tenet

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Mank
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Maybe: Another Round
Should Be But Won't: Palm Springs

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Father
First Cow
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Nomadland
One Night in Miami

Maybe: The White Tiger
Should Be But Won't: The Outpost

Sunday, February 28, 2021

2020 Golden Globe Winners


As expected, it had some surprising results. But also some heartfelt moments, specifically when Chadwick Boseman's widow Taylor Simone Boseman accepted his Golden Globe on his behalf.

==MOVIES==

Best Motion Picture – Drama
“Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Rosamund Pike (“I Care a Lot”)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Jodie Foster (“The Mauritanian”)

Best Director – Motion Picture
Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
“Minari” (A24)

Best Motion Picture – Animated
“Soul” (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
“Soul” (Pixar) – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Io Si (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead” (Netflix) – Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi


==TELEVISION==


Best Television Series – Drama
“The Crown” (Netflix)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
“Schitt’s Creek”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Emma Corrin (“The Crown”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series
Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s Gambit”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series
Mark Ruffalo (“I Know This Much Is True”)

Best Television Limited Series or TV Movie
“The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
John Boyega (“Small Axe”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Gillian Anderson (“The Crown”)

Thursday, February 4, 2021

2020 Screen Actors Guild Nominations


This one feels like it's going to have a closer resemblance to what the Oscar nominations are than the Globes. Usually the case, but just feels like more so this year. Some of the biggest perceived snubs get corrected here, but I'm still bummed everyone's forgotten about Elizabeth Moss in Shirley. Is it a sign of the times that the majority of 4 of the 5 nominated casts are minorities?

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 
“Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) 
“Minari” (A24) 
“One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) 
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role 
Amy Adams (“Hillbilly Elegy”) 
Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) 
Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”) 
Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) 
Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role 
Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”) 
Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) 
Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”) 
Gary Oldman (“Mank”) 
Steven Yeun (“Minari”)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role 
Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”) 
Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”) 
Olivia Colman (“The Father”) 
Youn Yuh-Jung (“Minari”)
Helena Zengel (“News of the World”)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role 
Chadwick Boseman (“Da 5 Bloods”)
Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)
Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
Jared Leto (“The Little Things”)
Leslie Odom, Jr. (“One Night in Miami”)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 
“Better Call Saul”
“Bridgerton”
“The Crown”
“Lovecraft Country”
“Ozark”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 
“Dead to Me”
“The Flight Attendant”
“The Great”
“Schitt’s Creek”
“Ted Lasso”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series 
Gillian Anderson (“The Crown”) 
Olivia Colman (“The Crown”) 
Emma Corrin (“The Crown”) 
Julia Garner (“Ozark”) 
Laura Linney (“Ozark”)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series 
Jason Bateman (“Ozark”) 
Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”) 
Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”) 
Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”) 
Rege-Jean Page (“Bridgerton”)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series 
Christina Applegate (“Dead to Me”) 
Linda Cardellini (“Dead to Me”) 
Kaley Cuoco (“The Flight Attendant”) 
Annie Murphy (“Schitt’s Creek”) 
Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”) 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series 
Nicholas Hoult (“The Great”)
Dan Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”)
Eugene Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”)
Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”)
Ramy Youssef (“Ramy”)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries 
Cate Blanchett (“Mrs. America”)
Michaela Coel (“I May Destroy You”)
Nicole Kidman (“The Undoing”)
Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s Gambit”)
Kerry Washington (“Little Fires Everywhere”)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries 
Bill Camp (“The Queen’s Gambit”)
Daveed Diggs (“Hamilton”)
Hugh Grant (“The Undoing”)
Ethan Hawke (“The Good Lord Bird”)
Mark Ruffalo (“I Know This Much Is True”)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture 
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Mulan”
“News of the World”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
“Wonder Woman 1984”

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series 
“The Boys”
“Cobra Kai”
“Lovecraft Country”
“The Mandalorian”
“Westworld”

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

The 78th Annual Golden Globe Nominations


This has been the weirdest year for Hollywood. I have never felt more unattached to the industry. My usual 50-ish movies a year in theaters disappeared. I've seen one movie in a theater in the past ten months. But some theaters are managing to stay open and hopefully some time this year, attendance will get back to a more normal level.

The Golden Globes this year also look like the wackiest crop in a long time. Sacha Baron Cohen nominated for acting twice? Better Call Saul is not nominated for Best TV Drama but Ratched is?

==MOVIES==

Best Motion Picture – Drama 

“The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics) 

“Mank” (Netflix) 

“Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) 

“Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) 

“The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) 

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 

“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios) 

“Hamilton” (Walt Disney Pictures) 

“Palm Springs” (Neon) 

“Music” (Vertical Entertainment)

“The Prom” (Netflix) 

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”) 

Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) 

Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”) 

Gary Oldman (“Mank”) 

Tahar Rahim (“The Mauritanian”)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) 

Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”) 

Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”) 

Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) 

Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”) 

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 

Sacha Baron Cohen (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”) 

James Corden (“The Prom”)

Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton”) 

Dev Patel (“The Personal History of David Copperfield”) 

Andy Samberg (“Palm Springs”)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 

Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”) 

Kate Hudson (“Music”)

Michelle Pfeiffer (“French Exit”) 

Rosamund Pike (“I Care a Lot”)

Anya Taylor-Joy (“Emma”)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”) 

Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) 

Jared Leto (“The Little Things”)

Bill Murray (“On the Rocks”) 

Leslie Odom, Jr. (“One Night in Miami”)  

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture 

Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”) 

Olivia Colman (“The Father”) 

Jodie Foster (“The Mauritanian”)

Amanda Seyfried (“Mank”) 

Helena Zengel (“News of the World”)

Best Director – Motion Picture

Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)

David Fincher, “Mank” (Netflix) 

Regina King, “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) 

Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) 

Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) 

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language 

“Another Round” (Samuel Goldwyn Films) 

“La Llorona” (Shudder) 

“The Life Ahead” (Netflix) 

“Minari” (A24) 

“Two of Us” (Magnolia Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Animated 

“The Croods: A New Age” (Universal Pictures) 

“Onward” (Walt Disney Pictures) 

“Over the Moon” (Netflix) 

“Soul” (Walt Disney Pictures) 

“Wolfwalkers” (Cartoon Saloon) 

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture 

“Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) 

“Mank” (Netflix) 

“The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) 

“The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics) 

“Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) 

Best Original Score – Motion Picture 

“The Midnight Sky” (Netflix) – Alexandre Desplat 

“Tenet” (Warner Bros.) – Ludwig Göransson 

“News of the World” (Universal Pictures) – James Newton Howard 

“Mank” (Netflix) – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross 

“Soul” (Pixar) – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste 

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

“Fight for You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros.) – H.E.R., Dernst Emile II, Tiara Thomas 

“Hear My Voice” from “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – Daniel Pemberton, Celeste

“Io Si (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead” (Netflix) – Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi 

“Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) – Leslie Odom Jr, Sam Ashworth 

“Tigress & Tweed” from “The United States vs. Billie Holliday” (Hulu) – Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq



==TELEVISION==

Best Television Series – Drama 

“The Crown” (Netflix)

“Lovecraft Country” (HBO Max) 

“The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus) 

“Ozark” (Netflix)

“Ratched” (Netflix)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

“Emily in Paris” (Netflix)

“The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max)

“The Great” (Hulu) 

“Schitt’s Creek” (CBC) 

“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus) 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Jason Bateman (“Ozark”) 

Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”) 

Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”)

Al Pacino (“Hunters”) 

Matthew Rhys (“Perry Mason”) 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama 

Olivia Colman (“The Crown”) 

Jodie Comer (“Killing Eve”)

Emma Corrin (“The Crown”) 

Laura Linney (“Ozark”) 

Sarah Paulson (“Ratched”) 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy 

Don Cheadle (“Black Monday”)

Nicholas Hoult (“The Great”) 

Eugene Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”) 

Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”) 

Ramy Youssef (“Ramy”) 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy 

Lily Collins (“Emily in Paris”)

Kaley Cuoco (“The Flight Attendant”) 

Elle Fanning (“The Great”) 

Jane Levy (“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”) 

Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”) 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series 

Cate Blanchett (“Mrs. America”) 

Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People”)

Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”) 

Nicole Kidman (“The Undoing”) 

Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s Gambit”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series

Bryan Cranston (“Your Honor”)

Jeff Daniels (“The Comey Rule”) 

Hugh Grant (“The Undoing”) 

Ethan Hawke (“The Good Lord Bird”) 

Mark Ruffalo (“I Know This Much Is True”) 

Best Television Limited Series or TV Movie 

“Normal People” (Hulu/BBC) 

“The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix) 

“Small Axe” (Amazon Studios/BBC) 

“The Undoing” (HBO) 

“Unorthodox” (Netflix) 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 

John Boyega (“Small Axe”) 

Brendan Gleeson (“The Comey Rule”) 

Dan Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”) 

Jim Parsons (“Hollywood”)

Donald Sutherland (“The Undoing”) 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 

Gillian Anderson (“The Crown”) 

Helena Bonham Carter (“The Crown”) 

Julia Garner (“Ozark”) 

Annie Murphy (“Schitt’s Creek”) 

Cynthia Nixon (“Ratched”)

Saturday, November 14, 2020

Cats - HBO Review


Starring James Corden, Judi Dench, Robbie Fairchild, Francesca Hayward, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Laurie Davidson, Rebel Wilson, Jason Derulo, Ray Winstone, Mette Towley and Taylor Swift.
Written by Lee Hall & Tom Hooper.
Directed by Tom Hooper.

★½ 

I saw this show up on HBOMax, and I said to myself, "I need to see something so spectacularly panned for myself." I've listened to the soundtrack several times but have never seen the play.

There's a level you have to give it if you're going to dare watch this. Yes, the CGI effects take a minute to get used to. This isn't like Bert Lahr in makeup as the Cowardly Lion. Their ears move like a real cat's, but their faces are human. But with whiskers. And... I don't know. You see what they are and know that it's going to be like THAT for the movie, so you go from there.

One of the problems I had with it was with Hooper's direction. He doesn't protect his actors in musicals. Because Hooper wanted live singing, Russell Crowe was left out to dry in Les Miserables. Here, Jennifer Hudson's "Memories" should be the emotional highlight of the movie, but she ugly-cries through the whole thing, and I'm like "Why? Why didn't the released version of the movie have more levels?"

The other problem is the source material. Let's face it. Cats has no plot. It has a series of songs strung together, and those involved have to hope their number is handled well. I thought James Corden's Bustopher Jones was fun, Laurie Davidson's Mr. Mistoffelees was one of the more sympathetic characters, and for others, well, I couldn't wait for Rebel Wilson's Jennyanydots to get off-screen.

There's one number where there are mice dancing to a number, and two or three get eaten during the number, but the show must go on. It's bizarre. The singing cockroaches were just unnerving.


Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Actors Who Voiced Mutiple Disney Animated Movies


It's nowhere near all of them but here are many of them.

Phil Harris
THE JUNGLE BOOK - Baloo
THE ARISTOCATS - Thomas O'Malley
ROBIN HOOD - Little John

Sebastian Cabot
THE SWORD IN THE STONE - Sir Ector
THE JUNGLE BOOK - Bagheera
THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE-THE-POOH - Narrator

Pinto Colvig
SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DAWRFS - Sleepy / Grumpy
THE THREE CABALLEROS - Aracuan Bird
FUN & FANCY FREE - Goofy
THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD & MR. TOAD - Ichabod Crane (screaming)
ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Flamingo
SLEEPING BEAUTY - Maleficent's Goon
GOOFY / PLUTO shorts from 1931-1965 - Goofy / Pluto

Verna Felton
DUMBO - Elephant Matriarch
CINDERELLA - Fairy Godmother
ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Queen of Hearts
LADY & THE TRAMP - Aunt Sarah
SLEEPING BEAUTY - Flora
THE JUNGLE BOOK - Mildred the Elephant

J. Pat O'Malley
THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD & MR. TOAD - Cyril
ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Walrus / Carpenter / Tweedledee / Tweedledum
101 DALMATIANS - Colonel the Dog / Jasper
THE JUNGLE BOOK - Col. Hathi the Elephant
ROBIN HOOD - Otto

Bill Thompson
ALICE IN WONDERLAND - White Rabbit / Dodo
PETER PAN - Mr. Smee
LADY & THE TRAMP - Jock / Bull
SLEEPING BEAUTY - King Hubert
THE ARISTOCATS - Uncle Waldo

Sterling Holloway
DUMBO - Mr. Stork
BAMBI - Adult Flower
THE THREE CABALLEROS - Prof. Holloway
MAKE MINE MUSIC - Peter & the Wolf narrator
ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Chessire Cat
THE JUNGLE BOOK - Kaa the Snake
THE ARISTOCATS - Roquefort
THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE-THE-POOH - Winnie-the-Pooh

Clarence Nash
PINOCCHIO - Figaro
BAMBI - Bullfrog
THE THREE CABALLEROS - Donald Duck
SONG OF THE SOUTH - Mr. Bluebird
THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD & MR. TOAD - Ichabod's Horse
ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Dinah
THE FOX & THE HOUND - Snarling Bear
THE BLACK CAULDRON - Hen Wen

Barbara Luddy
LADY & THE TRAMP - Lady
SLEEPING BEAUTY - Merryweather
101 DALMATIANS - Rover
ROBIN HOOD - Mother Church Mouse
THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE-THE-POOH - Kanga

Junius Matthews
101 DALMATIANS - Scottie
THE SWORD IN THE STONE - Archimedes
THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE-THE-POOH - Rabbit

Pat Buttram
THE ARISTOCATS - Napoleon
ROBIN HOOD - Sheriff of Nottingham
THE RESCUERS - Luke
THE FOX & THE HOUND - Chief

George Lindsay
THE ARISTOCATS - Lafayette
ROBIN HOOD - Trigger
THE RESCUERS - Rabbit

Paul Winchell
THE ARISTOCATS - Chinese Cat
THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE-THE-POOH - Tigger
THE FOX & THE HOUND - Boomer

Eva Gabor
THE ARISTOCATS - Duchess
THE RESCUERS - Miss Bianca
THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER - Miss Bianca

Ben Wright
101 DALMATIANS - Roger
THE JUNGLE BOOK - Akela the Wolf
THE LITTLE MERMAID - Grimsby

Jeanette Nolan
THE RESCUERS - Ellie Mae
THE FOX & THE HOUND - Widow Tweed

Betty Lou Gerson
CINDERELLA - Narrator
101 DALMATIANS - Cruella De Vil

Kathryn Beaumont
ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Alice
PETER PAN - Wendy

Billy Gilbert
SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS - Sneezy
FUN & FANCY FREE - Willie the Giant

Cliff Edwards
PINOCCHIO - Jiminy Cricket
DUMBO - Dandy Crow

Eleanor Audley
CINDERELLA - Stepmother
SLEEPING BEAUTY - Maleficent

Friday, August 7, 2020

The Swamp - HBO Review

 

★★★

Directed by Daniel DiMauro & Morgan Pehme.

This documentary took a different tone than I expected. When I saw the main politician it planned to follow around for a year was proud bomb-thrower Matt Gaetz, I figured this would be the thousandth "Look how evil the Republicans are" doc in our post-Michael Moore world. The directors instead focus on what "draining the swamp" actually means to Gaetz and others in DC and how they plan to do it.

The other two that get the most screen-time are Thomas Massie and Ken Buck, two more Republican House members who genuinely want to reform Washington and make Congress work again.

This may seem impossible with a TV-ready troll like Gaetz, but what we see is a true Trump believer who thinks he can be bipartisan and hyper-partisan at the same time. I now view Gaetz as a full formed human with whom I disagree strongly to his approach to Trump and to publicity stunts. But we see that he does have Democratic friends and colleagues where they work on serious reform.

We all know that Congress is basically a place where our Reps have some hearings, give some soundbites, and then spend the rest of the time trying to raise money. The doc singles out Newt Gingrich as the main reason why money has flooded into Washington and how "bipartisan" became a dirty word. We also see how bitter partisanship is exactly what the Top .1% would want. Maintaining the status quo is best for business.

Because this takes place over the year from the Mueller report to the impeachment vote, we get sections of that. When dealing with these, we see Gaetz, Massie, and Buck settle comfortably into their talking points. We also see how Congress can't seem to focus on more than one thing at a time. Let's do a 3400-page budget bill and make everyone vote on it hours after they get it!

In the end, Gaetz decides to become the first Republican House member to swear off Super-PAC money. If he really wants to reform DC, he needs to set a good example. He might also want to look in the mirror at how he's handling TV.


Tuesday, July 28, 2020

2020 Emmy Nominations

Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid's Tale
Killing Eve
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Stranger Things
Succession

Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dead to Me
Insecure
Schitt's Creek
The Good Place
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
What We Do in the Shadows

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me
Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek
Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Zendaya, Euphoria

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Steve Carell, The Morning Show
Brian Cox, Succession
Billy Porter, Pose
Jeremy Strong, Succession

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Masked Singer
Nailed It!
RuPaul's Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice

Outstanding Limited Series
Little Fires Everywhere
Mrs. America
Unbelievable
Unorthodox
Watchmen

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Jeremy Irons, Watchmen
Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
Paul Mescal, Normal People
Jeremy Pope, Hollywood
Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Regina King, Watchmen
Octavia Spencer, Self Made
Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
Nicholas Braun, Succession
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid's Tale
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Mark Duplass, The Morning Show
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies
Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
Julia Garner, Ozark
Sarah Snook, Succession
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid's Tale
Thandie Newton, Westworld

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Mahershala Ali, Ramy
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
Daniel Levy, Schitt's Creek
William Jackson Harper, The Good Place
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Sterling K. Brown, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Yvonne Orji, Insecure
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live
Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek
D'Arcy Carden, The Good Place
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Dylan McDermott, Hollywood
Jim Parsons, Hollywood
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen
Jovan Adepo, Watchmen
Louis Gossett Jr., Watchmen

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Holland Taylor, Hollywood
Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America
Margo Martindale, Mrs. America
Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America
Toni Collette, Unbelievable
Jean Smart, Watchmen

Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Drunk History
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Amy Poehler, Making It
Nicole Byer, Nailed It!
Bobby Berk, Queer Eye
RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race
Barbara Corcoran, Shark Tank
Padma Lakshmi, Top Chef

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Andrew Scott, Black Mirror
James Cromwell, Succession
Giancarlo Esposito, The Mandalorian
Martin Short, The Morning Show
Jason Bateman, The Outsider
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away With Murder
Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black
Cherry Jones, Succession
Harriet Walter, Succession
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid's Tale
Phylicia Rashad, This Is Us

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Fred Willard, Modern Family
Dev Patel, Modern Love
Brad Pitt, Saturday Night Live
Adam Driver, Saturday Night Live
Eddie Murphy, Saturday Night Live
Luke Kirby, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Angela Bassett, A Black Lady Sketch Show
Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Saturday Night Live
Maya Rudolph, The Good Place
Wanda Sykes, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Bette Midler, The Politician