South London star Delroy Lindo at the annual Movies for Grownups awards in Beverly Hills this month. Photograph: Maarten De Boer/Getty Images for AARP Lindo was reportedly as taken aback as the rest of the industry. In bed in Los Angeles on Thursday morning, he was rung by his son and told the news. Really? Are you for real? he asked, before looking at his phone and finding 179 messages confirming it.
The single biggest points-accruing day in Vulture's Movies Fantasy League comes at the midpoint of awards season ahead of the actual Oscars on March 15, hosted by Conan O'Brien. The nominations are being announced by The Testament of Ann Lee star Lewis Pullman and Oscar nominee for The Color Purple Danielle Brooks on January 22, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Interested viewers can check out the reveal on the Academy's YouTube page or on ABC's Good Morning America.
Another brick has been laid in One Battle After Another's impenetrable fortress this awards season. Tonight, the film won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, capping off a stellar week for its awards run. The film won four total awawrds, also taking Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, for Teyana Taylor. If it wasn't already the frontrunner for Best Picture at the Oscars, it would be now.