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Behind The Candelabra & Jared Leto Crown A Good Year For LGBTs At The Golden Globes

January 13, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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The Golden Globe winners have been announced, with the two top prizes going to 12 Years A Slave for Best Motion Picture (Drama) and American Hustle for Best Motion Picture (Musical Or Comedy).

It’s tough to tell which is the best indicator towards the Best Picture, as while normally it’s the Drama Globe that’s more likely to go onto Academy Awards success, that was actually the only award 12 Years won, while American Hustle also picked up two film actress gongs for Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence.

The other good indicator, the Best Director award, went to Gravity, suggesting it’s still a pretty open field for the Oscars.

It was a good year on the LGBT front, as Dallas Buyers Club picked up Best Actor (Drama) for Matthew McConaughey (whose character is straight but fighting for better access to HIV meds for all those affected) and Best Supporting Actor for Jared Leto’s performance as a transgender character. Leo DiCaprio picked up the other Best Actor Award (Musical Or Comedy) for Wolf Of Wall Street.

On the TV front the gay-themed Behind The Candelabra also did well, picking up a couple of gongs, including Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television, and Best Actor for Michael Douglas.

There were a couple of disappointments, such as Taylor Schilling losing out for the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Jim Parsons missing out for Big Bang Theory, but overall it was a pretty good year for films & TV that include LGBT content at the Golden Globes.

Take a look at the full list of winner below.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
WINNER:
12 Years a Slave – Plan B Entertainment, New Regency Productions and River Road Entertainment; Fox Searchlight Pictures

Captain Phillips – Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
Gravity – Warner Bros. Pictures / Esperanto Filmoj / Heyday Films; Warner Bros. Pictures
Philomena – Pathe, BBC Films, BFI, Canal+, Cine+, Baby Cow/Magnolia Mae; The Weinstein Company
Rush – Universal Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media, Imagine Entertainment, Working Title, Revolution Films; Universal Pictures

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER:
American Hustle – Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing

Her – Warner Bros. Pictures / Annapurna Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures
Inside Llewyn Davis – Mike Zoss Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, Studio Canal; CBS Films
Nebraska – Paramount Vantage; Paramount Pictures
The Wolf of Wall Street – Paramount Pictures and Red Granite Pictures; Paramount Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
WINNER:
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Idris Elba – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
Robert Redford – All Is Lost

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
WINNER:
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks
Kate Winslet – Labor Day

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER:
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street

Christian Bale – American Hustle
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis
Joaquin Phoenix – Her

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER:
Amy Adams – American Hustle

Julie Delpy – Before Midnight
Greta Gerwig – Frances Ha
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Enough Said
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
WINNER:
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Daniel Brühl – Rush
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
WINNER:
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle

Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
June Squibb – Nebraska

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
WINNER:
Alfonso Cuaró – Gravity

Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
David O. Russell – American Hustle

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER:
Brooklyn Nine-Nine – FOX – Universal Television

The Big Bang Theory – CBS – Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television
Girls – HBO – HBO Entertainment in association with Apatow Productions and I am Jenni Konner Productions
Modern Family – ABC – Twentieth Century Fox Television
Parks and Recreation – NBC – Universal Television

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER:
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

Zooey Deschanel – New Girl
Lena Dunham – Girls
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WINNER:
Frozen – Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures

The Croods – DreamWorks Animation LLC; Twentieth Century Fox
Despicable Me 2 – Universal Pictures, A Chris Meledandri Production; Universal Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER:
Michael Douglas – Behind the Candelabra

Matt Damon – Behind the Candelabra
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dancing on the Edge
Idris Elba – Luther
Al Pacino – Phil Spector

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
WINNER:
The Great Beauty (ITALY) (La Grande Bellezza) – Indigo Film, Medusa Film, BABE Films; Janus Films

Blue Is the Warmest Color (FRANCE) – (La vie d’Adele, chapitres 1 et 2) – Quat’sous Films; IFC Films
The Hunt (DENMARK) (Jagten) – Zentropa Entertainment; Magnolia Pictures
The Past (IRAN) (Le passé) – Memento Films Production, France 3 Cinema, BIM Distribuzione; Sony Pictures Classics
The Wind Rises (JAPAN) (Kaze tachinu) – Studio Ghibli; Touchstone Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER:
Andy Samberg – Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Jason Bateman – Arrested Development
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Michael J. Fox – The Michael J. Fox Show
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
WINNER:
Spike Jonze – Her

Bob Nelson – Nebraska
Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan – Philomena
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave
Eric Singer, David O. Russell – American Hustle

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
WINNER:
Robin Wright – House of Cards

Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black
Taylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black
Kerry Washington – Scandal

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER:
Jon Voight – Ray Donovan

Josh Charles – The Good Wife
Rob Lowe – Behind the Candelabra
Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad
Corey Stoll – House of Cards

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
WINNER:
“Ordinary Love” – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Music by: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., Brian Burton; Lyrics by: Bono

“Atlas” – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Music by: Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion; Lyrics by: Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion
“Let It Go” – Frozen – Music by: Kristen Anderson Lopez, Robert Lopez; Lyrics by: Kristen Anderson Lopez, Robert Lopez
“Please Mr. Kennedy” – Inside Llewyn Davis – Music by: Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T-Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen; Lyrics by: Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T-Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
“Sweeter than Fiction” – One Chance – Music by: Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff; Lyrics by: Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
WINNER:
Alex Ebert – All Is Lost

Alex Heffes – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Steven Price – Gravity
John Williams – The Book Thief
Hans Zimmer – 12 Years a Slave

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
WINNER:
Breaking Bad – AMC – Sony Pictures Television

Downton Abbey – PBS – Carnival Films
The Good Wife – CBS – CBS Television Studios in Association with Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions
House of Cards – Netflix – Donen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger Street Productions, Inc. in association with Media Rights Capital for Netflix
Masters of Sex – SHOWTIME – Showtime, Sony Pictures Television, Round Two Productions, Timberman/Beverly Productions

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
WINNER:
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad

Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Michael Sheen – Masters of Sex
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
James Spader – The Blacklist

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER:
Elisabeth Moss – Top of the Lake

Helena Bonham Carter – Burton and Taylor
Rebecca Ferguson – The White Queen
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Coven
Helen Mirren – Phil Spector

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER:
Behind the Candelabra – HBO – HBO Films in association with Jerry Weintraub Productions

American Horror Story: Coven – FX networks – Ryan Murphy Television and Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
Dancing on the Edge – Starz – Starz Entertainment
Top of the Lake – Sundance Channel – See-Saw Films
The White Queen – Starz – Starz Entertainment

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER:
Jacqueline Bisset – Dancing on the Edge

Janet McTeer – The White Queen
Hayden Panettiere – Nashville
Monica Potter – Parenthood
Sofía Vergara – Modern Family

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey  DIRECTORS: Alfonso Cuaron  FILMS: Dallas Buyers Club, Behind The Candelabra, American Hustle, 12 Years A Slave  

The BAFTA Nominations Are Revealed, With LGBT Films Doing Pretty Well

January 8, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

gravity-poster3The BAFTA nominations are out, with Gravity getting the most nods with 11 nominations. 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle are each nominated in ten categories, while Captain Phillips has nine nominations. Behind the Candelabra and Saving Mr. Banks are each nominated five times.

Gravity will compete in the Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Director for Alfonso Cuarón, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound, Special Visual Effects and Leading Actress.

The nominees for the EE Rising Star Award, which is always an interesting category to watch, were announced earlier this week. They include are Dane DeHaan, George MacKay, Lupita Nyong’o, Will Poulter and Léa Seydoux. This audience award is voted for by the British public and presented to an actor or actress who has demonstrated exceptional talent and promise.

On the LGBT front, Behind The Candelabra did well with five nominations in the Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair categories. Matt Damon is nominated for Supporting Actor. As it premiered on TV in the US, it’s not eligible for the Oscars, but its British cinema release allows it to compete at the BAFTA film awards.

The lesbian-themed Blue is the Warmest Colour, which won the Palm d’Or, is nominated for Film Not in the English Language. Philomena, which includes a gay subtheme, will compete for Best Film line-up, with three further nominations in Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay and Leading Actress for Judi Dench.

The EE British Academy Film Awards take place on Sunday 16 February at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

Take a look below for the full list of nominations. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Matt Damon  FILMS: Gravity, 12 Years A Slave, Philomena, Behind The Candelabra, Blue Is The Warmest Colour  

The Golden Globe Nominations Are Announced, With Behind The Candelabra Leading The TV Way

December 12, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

12-years-a-slave-pic1The Awards Season truly kicked off today with Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde and Aziz Ansari heading for the Beverly Hilton Hotel to announce the nominations for The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are set to return to host The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards, which will be given out on Sunday, January 12th, 2014.

12 Years a Slave and American Hustle led the film nominations getting an impressive seven each. Nebraska did well with five nominations, while Captain Phillips and Gravity picked up four each. On the TV front, with House of Cards and Behind the Candelabra getting four apiece. Candelabra’s haul includes nominations for both Matt Damon and Michael Douglas.

Extra gay interest in the film categories was added by Philomena getting a Best Comedy Or Musical Film nomination. The lesbian-themed Palm d’Or winner Blue Is the Warmest Color is nominated for Best Foreign Language film.

There were a few surprises though, particularly The Butler not managing to score any nominations, despite many expecting it to make a decent Oscar run. Many also questioned why Pixar didn’t get a Best Animated Feature nom for Monsters University.

The 2014 Golden Globe Nominations are as follows:

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
12 Years a Slave – Plan B Entertainment, New Regency Productions and River Road Entertainment; Fox Searchlight Pictures
Captain Phillips – Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
Gravity – Warner Bros. Pictures / Esperanto Filmoj / Heyday Films; Warner Bros. Pictures
Philomena – Pathe, BBC Films, BFI, Canal+, Cine+, Baby Cow/Magnolia Mae; The Weinstein Company
Rush – Universal Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media, Imagine Entertainment, Working Title, Revolution Films; Universal Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks
Kate Winslet – Labor Day

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Idris Elba – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford – All Is Lost

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
American Hustle – Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
Her – Warner Bros. Pictures / Annapurna Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures
Inside Llewyn Davis – Mike Zoss Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, Studio Canal; CBS Films
Nebraska – Paramount Vantage; Paramount Pictures
The Wolf of Wall Street – Paramount Pictures and Red Granite Pictures; Paramount Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Julie Delpy – Before Midnight
Greta Gerwig – Frances Ha
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Enough Said
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis
Joaquin Phoenix – Her

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Croods – DreamWorks Animation LLC; Twentieth Century Fox
Despicable Me 2 – Universal Pictures, A Chris Meledandri Production; Universal Pictures
Frozen – Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blue Is the Warmest Color (FRANCE) – (La vie d’Adele, chapitres 1 et 2) – Quat’sous Films; IFC Films
The Great Beauty (ITALY) (La Grande Bellezza) – Indigo Film, Medusa Film, BABE Films; Janus Films
The Hunt (DENMARK) (Jagten) – Zentropa Entertainment; Magnolia Pictures
The Past (IRAN) (Le passé) – Memento Films Production, France 3 Cinema, BIM Distribuzione; Sony Pictures Classics
The Wind Rises (JAPAN) (Kaze tachinu) – Studio Ghibli; Touchstone Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
June Squibb – Nebraska

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Daniel Brü – Rush
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Alfonso Cuaró – Gravity
Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
David O. Russell – American Hustle

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Spike Jonze – Her
Bob Nelson – Nebraska
Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan – Philomena
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave
Eric Singer, David O. Russell – American Hustle

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Alex Ebert – All Is Lost
Alex Heffes – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Steven Price – Gravity
John Williams – The Book Thief
Hans Zimmer – 12 Years a Slave

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“Atlas” – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Music by: Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion; Lyrics by: Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion
“Let It Go” – Frozen – Music by: Kristen Anderson Lopez, Robert Lopez; Lyrics by: Kristen Anderson Lopez, Robert Lopez
“Ordinary Love” – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Music by: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., Brian Burton; Lyrics by: Bono
“Please Mr. Kennedy” – Inside Llewyn Davis – Music by: Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T-Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen; Lyrics by: Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T-Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
“Sweeter than Fiction” – One Chance – Music by: Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff; Lyrics by: Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Breaking Bad – AMC – Sony Pictures Television
Downton Abbey – PBS – Carnival Films
The Good Wife – CBS – CBS Television Studios in Association with Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions
House of Cards – Netflix – Donen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger Street Productions, Inc. in association with Media Rights Capital for Netflix
Masters of Sex – SHOWTIME – Showtime, Sony Pictures Television, Round Two Productions, Timberman/Beverly Productions

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black
Taylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black
Kerry Washington – Scandal
Robin Wright – House of Cards

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Michael Sheen – Masters of Sex
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
James Spader – The Blacklist

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
The Big Bang Theory – CBS – Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television
Brooklyn Nine-Nine – FOX – Universal Television
Girls – HBO – HBO Entertainment in association with Apatow Productions and I am Jenni Konner Productions
Modern Family – ABC – Twentieth Century Fox Television
Parks and Recreation – NBC – Universal Television

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES -COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Zooey Deschanel – New Girl
Lena Dunham – Girls
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jason Bateman – Arrested Development
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Michael J. Fox – The Michael J. Fox Show
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory
Andy Samberg – Brooklyn Nine-Nine

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
American Horror Story: Coven – FX networks – Ryan Murphy Television and Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
Behind the Candelabra – HBO – HBO Films in association with Jerry Weintraub Productions
Dancing on the Edge – Starz – Starz Entertainment
Top of the Lake – Sundance Channel – See-Saw Films
The White Queen – Starz – Starz Entertainment

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Helena Bonham Carter – Burton and Taylor
Rebecca Ferguson – The White Queen
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Coven
Helen Mirren – Phil Spector
Elisabeth Moss – Top of the Lake

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Matt Damon – Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas – Behind the Candelabra
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dancing on the Edge
Idris Elba – Luther
Al Pacino – Phil Spector

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jacqueline Bisset – Dancing on the Edge
Janet McTeer – The White Queen
Hayden Panettiere – Nashville
Monica Potter – Parenthood
Sofí Vergara – Modern Family

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Josh Charles – The Good Wife
Rob Lowe – Behind the Candelabra
Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad
Corey Stoll – House of Cards
Jon Voight – Ray Donovan

Golden Globes will be handed out on January 12th, 2014.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
FILMS: 12 Years A Slave, Behind The Candelabra, American Hustle  

Behind The Candelabra (DVD)

October 14, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe, Scott Bakula, Debbie Reynolds, Matt Damon
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Running Time: 118 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: October 14th 2013

Hollywood studios refused to pay for Behind The Candelabra as despite the presence of Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean’s 11) and having a relatively low-budget, they thought it was too gay to become a success. They’re probably kicking themselves now as HBO stepped up to the pay for it and had a huge hit with it on US TV, while distributors in other countries took it to cinemas and saw healthy box office. [Read more…]

Behind The Candelabra Picks Up More Emmys On A Good Night For The Gays

September 23, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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Everything LGBT did well at the Emmys, with Neil Patrick Harris hosting, Modern Family picking up Best Comedy series, and Jim Parsons winning his third Lead Actor In A Comedy Series Emmy for The Big Bang Theory.

However the big winner was Behind The Candelabra, which added three more Emmys to the nine it won at last week’s Creative Arts Emmy. The HBO movie won Winning Outstanding Movie or Miniseries, Best Director in a Movie or Miniseries for Steven Soderbergh and Lead Actor in a Movie or Miniseries for Michael Douglas.

The actor was up against co-star Matt Damon in the category and in his in acceptance speech offered to share the award with Matt, asking “Do you want the top or the bottom?” You can take a look at Douglas’ speech below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Jim Parsons, Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Matt Damon  DIRECTORS: Steven Soderbergh  FILMS: Behind The Candelabra  

Behind The Candelabra Dominates Creative Arts Emmys On A Good Night For LGBT

September 16, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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It was a great night for Behind The Candelabra at the Creative Arts Emmys, as it won eight awards out of the nine categories it was nominated in. The HBO movie, starring Matt Damon and Michael Douglas, won in the casting, art direction, picture editing, hairstyling, sound mixing, non-prosthetic makeup, prosthetic makeup, and costumes categories.

It’s a great result for the gay-themed Liberace biopic, and it’s not finished yet. Behind The Candelabra is also nominated in the directing, writing, supporting actor, lead actor (with both Douglas and Damon nominated) and top miniseries/movie categories at next week’s Primetime Emmys ceremony. If it takes all of them, it would equal the record for most Emmys by a movie or miniseries, which was set by John Adams, with 13, in 2008.

Behind The Candelabra wasn’t the only LGBT winner at awards shindig, as Dan Bucatinsky of Scandal picked up Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series for playing gay journalist James Novak, who really love his family but has to deal with a rather scheming husband.

In real life Bucatinsky is married to Opposite Of Sex and Happy Endings director Don Roos. As the actor said in his acceptance speech, “How many guys get to (thank) their onscreen husband and their real-life husband? Thank you, Supreme Court of the United States.”

Tim Gunn of Project Runway won outstanding host for a reality or reality-competition show, alongside Heidi Klum, while Lily Tomlin picked up the trophy for best voice-over performance for her narration of ‘An Apology to Elephants’, a documentary about the treatment of captive elephants.

Neil Patrick Harris hosts the Primetime Emmy next Sunday.

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ACTORS: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon  DIRECTORS: Steve Soderbergh  FILMS: Behind The Candelabra  

Behind The Candelabra Scores 15 Emmy Nominations

July 19, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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It was a good day for gay stuff on TV yesterday when the Emmy Nominations were announced. Topping the list was the Liberace Behind The Candelabra which grabbed a very impressive 15 nods, including Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie noms for both Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, and a Best Director nod for Steven Soderbergh. Indeed Rob Lowe seems to be the only person involved in the film who didn’t get nominated.

Indeed it almost seems like you need to includes something gay in your show or TV movie to get a lot of Emmy nominations, as all the top shows have included LGBT. American Horror Story: Asylum led the way with 17 nom, folllowed by Game Of Thrones (16), Behind The Candelabra (15), Saturday Night Live (15), Breaking Bad (13), 30 Rock (13), Downton Abbey (12), Mad Men (12) and Modern Family (12 – which included noms for both of the show’s gay couple, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Ty Burrell).

The awards will be handed out September 22nd. You can find the full list of nominees over at Emmy.com.

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ACTORS: Matt Damon, Michael Douglas  DIRECTORS: Steven Soderbergh  FILMS: Behind The Candelabra  

Producer Jerry Weintraub Thinks Behind The Candelabra ‘Is Going To Change The Film Business In America’

June 6, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

jeery-weintraubJerry Weintraub has produced some major hits, including Ocean’s 11 and The Karate Kid, but with his latest movie, the HBO funded Behind The Candelabra (which opens in UK cinemas on June 7th), his hopes don’t just stretch to commercial success, he thinks the movie “is going to change the film business in America”.

A few months ago, director Steven Soberbergh said that despite having Michael Douglas and Matt Damon attached, and a relatively low budget, no major studio would touch it. “They said it was too gay…” said Soderbergh. “This is after Brokeback Mountain by the way. I was stunned. It made no sense to any of us. Nobody would make it, went to everybody in town.”

Weintraub hopes things will change now the movie’s the made. He told JemmOne radio that when they went to the studios, “They didn’t believe in it. Great! So HBO did and HBO, in fact, gave us a much larger audience than we could ever get in the theatres and we were ecstatic about it.”

He then said, “It’s my opinion that this is going to change the film business in America and you’re going to see a lot more things done this way. We had three and a half million homes just on Sunday night (when the film was broadcast on HBO in America) and that’s without the TIVO-ing. When we’re finished, God knows how many millions of people will see this film and that’s what we wanted. That’s why we made it.”

Asked about attitudes concerning homosexuality, Weintraub said: “I think that’s changing. 58 percent of the people in America are for gay marriage now and it should be, in my opinion, legal. There’s nothing wrong with it. People should love who they love and they should be able to walk down the street with who they want to walk down the street with and hold hands with who they want to hold hands with.”

He then talked a bit about being rebuffed by the studios and whether that was homophobic. “I don’t think they wanted to keep anything in the closet. I don’t think it’s about that,” he said. “There are plenty of homosexuals in Hollywood, plenty of homosexuals in the studios etc etc. I think it had to do with the fact that they couldn’t see making a lot of money with the film. They couldn’t realise it. It didn’t click for them. People have their own opinions about things and I respect them and I couldn’t care less. I don’t care what the studios say, I never did. I make things that I want to make.”

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Behind The Candelabra (Cinema)

June 4, 2013 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Starring: Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe, Debbie Reynolds, Dan Aykroyd, Matt Damon
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Running Time: 118 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: June 7th 2013

Soderbergh has famously stated this will be his last film. If true that would be a real shame, as he seems to have saved his best work till last. This biopic of Liberace is one of his best films – arguably his best of all. It’s extremely funny without any nastiness, camp without being bitchy and ultimately a very touching piece about ageing, desire, friendship and companionship.

It also features career-defining performances from Douglas and Damon. Douglas is clearly having the time of his life as the outrageous entertainer – what a shame he can’t be nominated for an Oscar (as it premiered on HBO in the US, ruling it ineligible). It’s a spot-on performance of an ageing, absurd, ridiculous man, but the key is that Douglas’ Liberace takes himself completely seriously. A twinkle in Douglas’ eye would ruin it. What we have here is a master entertainer, a talented musician with a desire to be loved, and absolutely no self-awareness at all. He is vain, selfish and determined to have his desires fulfilled. [Read more…]

Michael Douglas Says He Knows ‘Gay Actors Who Haven’t Come Out’

June 1, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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Michael Douglas has been busy promoting Behind The Candelabra, where he plays the gay Liberace, a man who not only never came out, but even one a libel action against the Daily Mail for suggesting he likes boys more than girls. Now he’s been talking to Shortlist and has said that while times has changed, things have remained the same for some people.

He notes, “Without naming names, I certainly think there are a couple of people out there who have not come out in the spirit of protecting their careers and livelihoods. It’s probably a little bit more difficult going that way. I think that’s true.”

However he adds, “It’s a much smaller minority of people who think they still have to stay in the closet. It’s quite interesting to see how fast it’s all changed.”

Douglas also notes of Liberace that the fact he was gay didn’t make him any less of a man. “He may be gay, but he’s an Alpha Male on top of his game.”

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ACTORS: Michael Douglas  FILMS: Behind The Candelabra  
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