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IT’S OFFICIALLY AWARD SEASON. ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS DROPPED LAST WEEK AND SEVERAL BOX OFFICE HITS ARE IN THE RUNNING FOR BEST PICTURE. SCI-FI BLOCKBUSTER “EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE” STOOD OUT, NABBING ELEVEN NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE AND BEST DIRECTOR. FIRST TIME NOMINATIONS WERE HANDED OUT TO JAMIE LEE CURTIS FOR HER SUPPORTING ROLE IN “EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE”, AUSTIN BUTLER FOR HIS LEADING PERFORMANCE IN “ELVIS”, AND BRENDAN FRASER FOR THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DRAMA “THE WHALE”. ANGELA BASSETT’S NOMINATION FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN “BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER” MARKS THE FIRST EVER ACTING NOMINATION FOR A MARVEL FILM. HOSTED FOR THE THIRD TIME BY JIMMY KIMMEL, THE AWARDS WILL BE HELD IN LOS ANGELES ON MARCH 12TH AND AIR AT EIGHT PM EASTERN.
SPEAKING OF AWARD SEASON, JUDGES WALKED OUT DURING A SCREENING OF “MAGAZINE DREAMS” AT THIS YEAR’S SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. WHEN A CAPTIONING DEVICE FOR DEAF JUROR AND ACTRESS MARLEE MATLIN WASN’T WORKING, ALL THREE JUDGES OF THE U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION WALKED OUT IN SOLIDARITY. THE JURY EXPRESSED THE NEED FOR CLOSED CAPTIONING REPEATEDLY BEFORE THE SCREENING, AS WELL AS THEIR DESIRE FOR OPEN CAPTIONS ON ALL SCREENS THAT MANY OTHER FILM FESTIVALS HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED. FILMMAKERS THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THIS HAVE SAID THAT ADDING OPEN CAPTIONING MAKES THE DISTRIBUTION PROCESS MORE TIME CONSUMING AND COSTLY. SUNDANCE CEO JOANNA VICENTE SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THE TEAM IMMEDIATELY FIXED THE DEVICE FOR THE NEXT SCREENING, AND THAT THE FESTIVAL’S ACCESSIBILITY EFFORTS ARE “ALWAYS EVOLVING” THROUGH FEEDBACK. THE THREE JUDGES WERE ABLE TO SCREEN THE MOVIE AT A LATER TIME, BUT THE MISHAP HAS SPARKED A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY IN THE MEDIA.
PAMELA ANDERSON IS TAKING BACK HER NARRATIVE. “PAMELA: A LOVE STORY”, A SELF NARRATED DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE ACTRESS’ LIFE, DROPPED ON NETFLIX TUESDAY. THE TWO HOUR DOCUMENTARY CHRONICLES HER RISE TO STARDOM, BECOMING A HOUSEHOLD NAME AS A LIFEGUARD ON BAYWATCH, AND THE FALLOUT OF A LEAKED SEX TAPE WITH HER EX HUSBAND TOMMY LEE. THE DOCUMENTARY ALSO TOUCHES ON HOW ANDERSON COPED WITH LAST YEAR’S RELEASE OF HULU’S “PAM AND TOMMY'', A BIOGRAPHICAL MINISERIES THAT COVERS THE SEX-TAPE SCANDAL. ANDERSON TOLD VARIETY THAT SHE WASN’T INVOLVED IN THE SERIES AND THAT ITS CREATORS “OWE HER A PUBLIC APOLOGY”. IN ADDITION TO THE DOCUMENTARY, ANDERSON’S NEW MEMOIR “LOVE PAMELA” IS HITTING SHELVES THIS WEEK.
RAPPER DRAKE EVADED A COURT ORDER THAT REQUESTS HIS DEPOSITION IN THE ONGOING MURDER CASE OF FLORIDA RAPPER XXX TENTACION. GUARDS BLOCKED THE SUBPOENA FROM BEING HAND DELIVERED LAST WEEK, CLOSING THE GATES TO HIS HOME AND KICKING THE SUBPOENA DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. DRAKE’S TESTIMONY IS REQUESTED DUE TO HIS PUBLIC FEUD WITH THE LATE RAPPER THAT CONTINUED UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 2018. JABS AT THE OTHER THROUGH SONG LYRICS AND INTERVIEWS THAT ALLUDE TO ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE TWO MAKE HIM A POSSIBLE WITNESS. DRAKE’S ATTORNEY MANAGED TO CONVINCE THE JUDGE THAT HE HAD NO RELEVANCE TO THE CASE, CITING THAT IT WAS UNREASONABLE TO DEMAND A DEPOSITION WHEN “NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED” THAT ASSERT HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE INCIDENT. THE JUDGE ON THE CASE EVENTUALLY DISMISSED THE ORDER.