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S.S. Rajamouli ’s Indian epic RRR received an Oscar nomination this morning for Best Original Song “ Naatu Naatu ,” but it missed out on crossing into other major categories despite strong campaigning and a groundswell of support. “Naatu Naatu,” with music by M.M. Keeravaani and lyric by Chandrabose, has had folks dancing in the aisles for months and was considered a shoo-in for an Academy nod. The song previously won top honors at the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes and was the first song from an Indian film to be shortlisted for an Oscar. (Indian composer AR Rahman previously won Best Original Song and Best Original Score for his work on Slumdog Millionaire which was a British production). However, coming off of a New York Film Critics Circle win for Best Director and with Rajamouli making the rounds and charming at screenings and Q&As for Academy and guild members, there seemed to be potential in further Oscar nominations. Oscar Nominations … [Read more...] about ‘RRR’ Scores Historic Oscar Nomination For Best Original Song, But Shut Out Of Other Major Races

Refresh for updates… Awards Season 2023 continues tonight with the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards being handed out in Los Angeles, and Deadline is updating the winners list live as they are announced. See all 41 categories spanning film and TV below. So far tonight, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story took the Acting Ensemble prize, awarded off-camera, and S.S. Rajamouli’s Indian smash RRR won Best Foreign Language Film. On the TV side, Amanda Seyfried repeated her Emmy and Golden Globe wins for Hulu’s limited series The Dropout . A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once comes into the Chelsea Handler-hosted evening with a leading 14 nomination s, including five for acting, with Steven Spielberg’s Universal pic The Fabelmans next with 11. Babylon and The Banshees of Inisherin have nine each. All are up for Best Picture, vying against Elvis, and the two highest-grossing films of 2022: Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick A spate of … [Read more...] about Critics Choice Awards Winners List – Updating Live

The longest-acting movie awards voting committee got it done in about 3½ hours this year, with the New York Film Critics Circle finally naming Focus Features’ Tár as Best film of 2022. The movie, which reps filmmaker Todd Fields return to the camera in 16 years also saw its star Cate Blanchett win Best Actress. The NYFCC is known for bestowing wins to indie movies and the org can take as long as five hours to deliberate on the day they announce wins. Whatever film the group names as Best Picture doesn’t always translate to an Oscar Best Picture win; the last title to do so was 2011’s The Artist. That’s not to say their winners aren’t in the Oscar mix. Last year , the NYFCC named Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car its Best Film, with the pic going on to win Best International Feature Film at the Oscars . Jane Campion last year received Best Director for The Power of the Dog , and went on to win Best Director at the Oscars . Among the NYCC’s previous Best Pics … [Read more...] about New York Film Critics Circle Names ‘Tár’ As Best Film; Cate Blanchett & Colin Farrell Take Lead Acting Prize: Winners List