Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages are Davis’ assessment of the current standings of the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any film or performance. Like any organization or body that votes, each individual category is fluid and subject to change. Predictions are updated every Thursday.
Last Updated: Oct. 27, 2022
2023 Oscars Predictions: Best Costume Design Shonka Dukureh as Big Mama Thornton in “Elvis”
Category Commentary: Ruth E. Carter became the first Black woman to win this category for “Black Panther” (2018). With two other nominations for “Malcolm X” (1992) and “Amistad” (1997), she even has a few snubs under her belt including “Dolemite Is My Name” (2019). Her work on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is...
Last Updated: Oct. 27, 2022
2023 Oscars Predictions: Best Costume Design Shonka Dukureh as Big Mama Thornton in “Elvis”
Category Commentary: Ruth E. Carter became the first Black woman to win this category for “Black Panther” (2018). With two other nominations for “Malcolm X” (1992) and “Amistad” (1997), she even has a few snubs under her belt including “Dolemite Is My Name” (2019). Her work on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is...
- 10/27/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
In October, some of our New York City actors hit a slow patch, while others were productive, going on auditions and even having a first onscreen kiss.Scott WintersScott Winters had a productive month, earning roles in three short films and getting two auditions for television pilots. He was surprised to get cast in one film and had his first onscreen kiss in another.Why were you surprised to get cast? I felt as if I blew the audition. I didn't take my own advice. When I go to auditions, I try and shut everybody out. I sometimes put on headphones and just get in the zone. But I fell victim to what Paul Barry at New Jersey Shakespeare calls "the cocktail party." I saw a bunch of people I knew there, and it was like, "Oh, hey, how are you? What's going on?" I was not as focused as I want to be.
- 11/11/2008
- backstage.com
Nadia OwusuAfter a rocky few months in which she lost her job, her apartment, and her computer, things have improved for Nadia Owusu. She got a new day job and a new apartment and has managed to squeeze in some acting. So what's the survival job? I'm working for a place that publishes a lot of business magazines, and I'm doing fact-checking and editing. This puts you in the same quadrant of the galaxy as writing, so how does that feel as a survival job compared to the others you've had? Much better than waiting tables. What have you been doing artistically? I shot an online commercial for Stuart Miller furniture. It was kind of fun. There was no dialogue or anything. I just had to sit and stand in a chair multiple times and look really happy about being in the chair. Other than that, I've done All My Children a couple of days.
- 10/7/2008
- by Andrew Salomon
- backstage.com
In August, our actors perservered through good callbacks and bad colds, plus writing a novel, auditioning (gasp) for a reality show -- and (double gasp) doing a table read with Mel Gibson and Robert De Niro.Franklin Ojeda SmithFranklin Ojeda Smith had a callback for a role on an HBO pilot, Last of the Ninth, created by David Milch (Deadwood and NYPD Blue). Smith also earned a role in a short film.How was the callback for Last of the Ninth? It went very, very well. At the end of the piece, [Milch] said it was very, very lovely work. I suspect that even though I didn't book that role, something will come from that down the road. Tell me about the short. It gives me the chance to sing. I play an old singer from the '50s. I didn't know you sang. I don't. Can you sing?Everybody can sing,...
- 9/4/2008
- by Andrew Salomon
- backstage.com
Back Stage's five actors in New York City get a lot done in July, including booking a huge job in a new Mel Gibson-Robert De Niro movie and finding a new apartment.Scott WintersScott Winters booked perhaps the biggest job of his career last month, a multiple-day part in a Mel Gibson-Robert De Niro movie, Edge of Darkness. So what do you do in this movie? I play a doctor in a scene with Mel. I get beaten up.You're a doctor and you get beaten up? Yes. So why does he beat you up? I don't know how much I can reveal. He is being kept someplace against his will, and I'm a bad guy. Or I should say I'm on the side of the bad guys. So when do you do this? My scenes are in October. It is the first multiple-day shoot on a film.
- 8/14/2008
- by Andrew Salomon
- backstage.com
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