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Golden Globe 2021 : Andra Day wins the award for Billie Holiday role in new movie chronicling jazz legend who was raised in Baltimore

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Andra Day won a Golden Globe on Sunday night for best entertainer in a show film for her job as Billie Holiday in a recently delivered film about the jazz legend brought up in Baltimore.

The Lee Daniels-coordinated film uncovers the torments she looked all through her profession: bigotry, abuse, illicit drug use, restriction, youngster rape. Occasion later got back to Baltimore at 22 years old with a widely praised execution at The Royal Theater in October 1937.

“The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” debuted Friday on Hulu.

Baltimore Sun writer Carl Schoettler composed of Holiday’s “phenomenal musicianship, the exceptional diction, phrasing, sense of timing and dramatic delivery that made her singing interesting. … She manufactured one of the great American singing styles from a youth lived poor and hard and mean on Durham Street in [Upper] Fells Point.”

Quite a while prior an neighborhood-based arts project gave homage to the square where Holiday resided, if just for a moderately short time, during the 1920s. There are painted screens and murals and other inventive references to her.

She is additionally regarded locally with Billie Holiday Court, in East Baltimore. There is a recreation center named in honor at Pennsylvania and Lafayette roads where there’s likewise an enormous bronze sculpture of her.

Different candidates for the honor were Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”; Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman”; Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”; and Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman.”

The 78th Golden Globe Awards winners are below :

Best motion picture — drama

  • WINNER | “Nomadland”
  • “The Father”
  • “Mank”
  • “Promising Young Woman”
  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Actress in a motion picture — drama

  • WINNER | Andra Day, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
  • Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
  • Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman”
  • Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
  • Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”

Actor in a motion picture — musical or comedy

  • WINNER | 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 motion picture — musical or comedy

  • WINNER | “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
  • “Hamilton”
  • “Music”
  • “Palm Springs”
  • “The Prom”

Director — motion picture

  • WINNER | Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
  • Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
  • David Fincher, “Mank”
  • Regina King, “One Night in Miami”
  • Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Actor in a motion picture — drama

  • WINNER | Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
  • Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”
  • Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”
  • Gary Oldman, “Mank”
  • Tahar Rahim, “The Mauritanian”

Limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television

  • WINNER | “The Queen’s Gambit”
  • “Normal People”
  • “Small Axe”
  • “The Undoing”
  • “Unorthodox

Actress in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television

  • WINNER | Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Queen’s Gambit”
  • Cate Blanchett, “Mrs. America”
  • Daisy Edgar-Jones, “Normal People”
  • Shira Haas, “Unorthodox”
  • Nicole Kidman, “The Undoing”

Supporting actress — television

  • WINNER | Gillian Anderson, “The Crown”
  • Helena Bonham Carter, “The Crown”
  • Julia Garner, “Ozark”
  • Annie Murphy, “Schitt’s Creek”
  • Cynthia Nixon, “Ratched”

Supporting actress in a motion picture

  • WINNER | Jodie Foster, “The Mauritanian”
  • Glenn Close, “Hillbilly Elegy”
  • Olivia Colman, “The Father”
  • Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”
  • Helena Zengel, “News of the World”

Television series — drama

  • WINNER | “The Crown”
  • “Lovecraft Country”
  • “The Mandalorian”
  • “Ozark”
  • “Ratched”

Motion picture — foreign language

  • WINNER | “Minari” (United States)
  • “Another Round” (Denmark)
  • “La Llorona” (Guatemala/France)
  • “The Life Ahead” (Italy)
  • “Two of Us” (France)

Actor in a television series, drama

  • WINNER | Josh O’Connor, “The Crown”
  • Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
  • Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
  • Al Pacino, “Hunters”
  • Matthew Rhys, “Perry Mason”

Actress in a motion picture — musical or comedy

  • WINNER | Rosamund Pike, “I Care a Lot”
  • Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
  • Kate Hudson, “Music”
  • Michelle Pfeiffer, “French Exit”
  • Anya Taylor-Joy, “Emma.”

Television series — musical or comedy

  • WINNER | “Schitt’s Creek”
  • “Emily in Paris”
  • “The Flight Attendant”
  • “The Great”
  • “Ted Lasso”

Actor in a television series — musical or comedy

  • WINNER | Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”
  • Don Cheadle, “Black Monday”
  • Nicholas Hoult, “The Great”
  • Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
  • Ramy Youssef, “Ramy”

Original song — motion picture

  • WINNER | “Io Si (Seen)” (“The Life Ahead”)
  • “Speak Now” (“One Night in Miami”)
  • “Fight for You” (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
  • “Hear My Voice” (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)
  • “Tigress & Tweed” (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”)

Original score — motion picture

  • WINNER | “Soul” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
  • “The Midnight Sky” — Alexandre Desplat
  • “Mank” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
  • “News of the World” — James Newton Howard
  • “Tenet” — Ludwig Göransson

Actress in a television series — drama

  • WINNER | Emma Corrin, “The Crown”
  • Olivia Colman, “The Crown”
  • Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve”
  • Laura Linney, “Ozark”
  • Sarah Paulson, “Ratched”

Screenplay — motion picture

  • WINNER | Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
  • Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, “The Father”
  • Jack Fincher, “Mank”
  • Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
  • Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”

Actor in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television

  • WINNER | Mark Ruffalo, “I Know This Much Is True”
  • Bryan Cranston, “Your Honor”
  • Jeff Daniels, “The Comey Rule”
  • Hugh Grant, “The Undoing”
  • Ethan Hawke, “The Good Lord Bird”

Motion picture — animated

  • WINNER | “Soul”
  • “The Croods: A New Age”
  • “Onward”
  • “Over the Moon”
  • “Wolfwalkers”

Actress in a television series — musical or comedy

  • WINNER | Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek”
  • Lily Collins, “Emily in Paris”
  • Kaley Cuoco, “The Flight Attendant”
  • Elle Fanning, “The Great”
  • Jane Levy, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”

Supporting actor — television

  • WINNER | John Boyega, “Small Axe”
  • Brendan Gleeson, “The Comey Rule”
  • Dan Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
  • Jim Parsons, “Hollywood”
  • Donald Sutherland, “The Undoing”

Supporting actor in a motion picture

  • WINNER | Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
  • Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
  • Jared Leto, “The Little Things”
  • Bill Murray, “On the Rocks”
  • Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night in Miami”

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Danny Ramirez on Joaquin Phoenix Leaving the Gay Romance Film Directed by Todd Haynes

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Todd Haynes was planning to cast Danny Ramirez and Joaquin Phoenix in a gay romance movie. However, Phoenix left the untitled production five days before Guadalajara, Mexico, filming got underway.

At the Academy Museum Gala on Saturday night in Los Angeles, Ramirez told Variety’s Marc Malkin, “It’s definitely disappointing.” “If anything,” he continued, “If anything, it just gave me more inspiration to keep driving, keep pushing, and knowing that I’m on the right path and approaching the work the right way. So that’s what I’m excited about.”

The movie, which depended on Phoenix’s casting, was in danger after it was revealed in August that he had quit the production, according to sources. Two guys in love in the 1930s who escape Los Angeles and travel to Mexico were the main subject of the NC-17-rated movie.

“It’s definitely a very complicated situation,” Ramirez stated. “The audition process was extensive, and so what I walked away with that was just the artistic validation of throwing down opposite of [Phoenix] in this chemistry read… There was a moment that I was like, ‘Oh, I’ve arrived as a performer.’”

“The most recent update is ‘hopefully.’” Ramirez said in response to a question about whether the movie is still in development with filmmaker Haynes.

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David Schwimmer Remembers Rejecting “Men in Black”: ‘That Would Have Made Me a Hollywood Star’

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Although David Schwimmer admits his “career would have taken a very different trajectory” if he had been the lead in the 1997 movie, he doesn’t regret declining Men in Black.

The actor said, “That’s not why I turned it down,” in response to a question on a recent episode of the podcast Origins With Cush Jumbo regarding whether he rejected down the successful franchise because it conflicted with his Friends filming schedule. Rather, he decided to become a feature film director.

Schwimmer said, “[It] was a brutal decision.” the actor chuckles. “I had just finished filming The Pallbearer, my first film with Gwyneth Paltrow, and there were high expectations of that, which didn’t come true (Laughs). It was kind of a bomb, but there were high expectations, and the studio, which was Miramax, wanted to lock me into a three-picture deal at a fixed price, and I said I would do that if I got to direct my first movie.”

After months of talks, the intelligence actor said that they had come to an agreement whereby he “would act in three more movies for them” in exchange for allowing him to “direct my entire theater company in the first film,” Since You’ve Been Gone from 1998. The film was told through the perspective of a doctor who was severely beaten up by a fellow graduate on graduation day, humiliating him and setting the stage for a ten-year class reunion.

“All these unknown actors but I was going to put them on the map, basically. I was going to let everyone discover the talent of this amazing company,” Schwimmer said, “We found this amazing script, and we were developing it. We started pre-production. All my best friends in the world in my theater company quit their jobs so they could be in this film over the summer, which was going to be a six-week shoot in Chicago.”

However, Schwimmer had to make a tough decision about his career because the production for his directing debut happened to coincide with the filming of Men in Black.

The Six Days Seven Nights actor recalls, “We’re in pre-production, hired the whole crew, everything’s going and that’s when I was offered Men in Black.” “It was a direct conflict with this. My summer window from Friends was four months. I had a four-month hiatus and Men in Black was going to shoot exactly when I was going to direct this film with my company. And of course, it was an amazing opportunity. However, my theater company and that relationship with all those people would probably have ended. I don’t think it would have recovered.”

Schwimmer stated that he is unsure if “he made the right choice,” but he firmly feels that in these kinds of circumstances “you have to follow your gut, you have to follow your heart.”

“Look, I’m really aware, whatever 20 years later maybe more, [Men in Black] would have made me a movie star,” he continued. “If you look at the success of that film and that franchise, my career would have taken a very different trajectory.”

In the end, Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith played the key parts in the Men in Black franchise.

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The Role of Vulnerability in Success: Hannah Love’s Guide to Embracing Your True Self

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In a world that often celebrates strength and success, vulnerability might seem like a weakness—but for Hannah Love, it’s a cornerstone of true personal growth and success. Throughout her journey, Hannah has discovered that embracing vulnerability isn’t just about being open with others; it’s about being honest with yourself. It’s through this honesty that real transformation begins.

Hannah’s life has been shaped by challenges that tested her resilience and forced her to confront deep-seated fears and insecurities. From childhood trauma to the emotional struggles of her twenties, she faced moments where vulnerability was not an option but a necessity. “For a long time, I saw vulnerability as a sign of weakness,” Hannah recalls. “I thought that if I let people see my pain, they would see me as less capable, less strong.”

However, as Hannah began to open up about her experiences, she realized that vulnerability was not her enemy—it was her greatest ally. It allowed her to connect with others on a deeper level, to share her struggles without shame, and to find strength in the very parts of herself that she had once tried to hide. “Vulnerability isn’t about being weak,” she explains. “It’s about being real. It’s about showing up as your true self, no matter how imperfect that self might be.”

One of the most significant lessons Hannah learned is that vulnerability is essential to building meaningful relationships. When we allow ourselves to be vulnerable, we create space for others to do the same. This mutual openness fosters trust and deepens connections, both personally and professionally. “The more I shared my story, the more I realized that others were going through similar struggles,” Hannah says. “By being vulnerable, I wasn’t just helping myself—I was helping others feel less alone.”

In her work as a mental health advocate, Hannah emphasizes the power of vulnerability in healing and personal development. She encourages others to embrace their imperfections, to share their stories, and to see vulnerability as a pathway to growth rather than a hurdle to overcome. “When we hide our true selves, we limit our potential,” she explains. “But when we embrace who we are, flaws and all, we open ourselves up to new possibilities.”

Hannah’s journey also taught her that vulnerability is closely linked to authenticity. For years, she tried to fit into societal molds, hiding her true feelings behind a mask of perfection. But this only led to more pain and disconnection. It was only when she started living authentically—when she stopped trying to be what others expected and started being herself—that she found true success. “Living authentically means embracing your vulnerabilities and showing up as your whole self,” she says. “It’s about being honest with yourself and others, even when it’s hard.”

Through her platform, Hannah continues to advocate for vulnerability as a key to personal and professional success. She believes that when we embrace our vulnerabilities, we not only empower ourselves but also inspire others to do the same. “Success isn’t just about what you achieve,” she explains. “It’s about how you achieve it—by being true to yourself and allowing others to see the real you.”

As Hannah prepares for her TEDx Miami talk, she is eager to share her insights on vulnerability and authenticity with a broader audience. She hopes to inspire others to embrace their true selves and to see vulnerability not as a weakness, but as a source of strength and connection. Her message is clear: in a world that often values perfection, it’s our imperfections—and our willingness to share them—that truly make us successful.

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