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    Cate Blanchett's 'Stateless' Sweeps 2020 AACTA Awards With Multiple Wins

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    The drama miniseries collects all of the acting price for television among other notable trophies, while Shannon Murphy’s directorial debut ‘Babyteeth’ dominates with Best Film win and a slew of others.

    Dec 1, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Cate Blanchett’s drama series “Stateless” was the big winner at Monday’s (November 30) Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards.
    The star, who opted out of attending the ceremony, won awards as both a supporting actress and producer for the miniseries, which explores Australia’s immigration detention system.
    It scooped all of the acting prizes for TV, including Best Lead Actor for Fayssal Bazzi and Best Lead Actress for Yvonne Strahovski. The trophy for Best Guest or Supporting Actor went to another “Stateless” star, Darren Gilshenan.
    The show was announced Best Telefeature or Miniseries and also swept up statuettes for Best Screenplay (Elise McCredie) and Best Direction.

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    Meanwhile, the film categories were dominated by “Babyteeth” – Shannon Murphy’s directorial debut – which won Best Film, Best Screenplay (Rita Kalnejais) and Best Direction. It also cleaned up in the acting categories, with Eliza Scanlen winning Best Lead Actress for her role as cancer-diagnosed teen Milla, Toby Wallace taking home Best Lead Actor, Ben Mendelsohn bagging Best Supporting Actor with Essie Davis taking home Best Supporting Actress.
    Rebel Wilson was also a winner at the AACTAs and appeared via a video link to accept her Subscription Television Award for Best Presenter statuette for “LOL: Last One Laughing Australia”.
    Further winners on the night included Tim Minchin who won the Best Comedy Performer award for “Upright”, Shaun Micallef who took Best Comedy Entertainment Program for “Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell” and “Gogglebox”, which was awarded the Best Factual Entertainment Program award. Best Reality Program went to “MasterChef Australia”, and the award for Best Drama Series went to “Mystery Road”.
    The Winners List of 2020 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards:
    Best Drama Series: “Mystery Road”
    Best Telefeature or Mini Series: “Stateless”
    Best Comedy Series: “Upright”
    Best Comedy Entertainment Program: “Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell”
    Best Entertainment Program: “Have You Been Paying Attention?”
    Best Factual Entertainment Program: “Gogglebox Australia”
    Best Lifestyle Program: “The Living Room”
    Best Reality Program: “MasterChef Australia”
    Best Children’s Program: “Bluey”
    Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama: Fayssal Bazzi – “Stateless”
    Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama: Yvonne Strahovski – “Stateless”
    Best Comedy Performer: Tim Minchin – “Upright”
    Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama: Darren Gilshenan – “Stateless”
    Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama: Cate Blanchett – “Stateless”
    Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy: “Stateless” – Episode 1: The Circumstances in Which They Come (Emma Freeman)
    Best Screenplay in Television: “Stateless” – Episode 1: The Circumstances in Which They Come (Elise McCredie)
    Best Cinematography in Television: “Stateless” – Episode 1: The Circumstances in Which They Come (Bonnie Elliott)
    Best Editing in Television: “Stateless” – Episode 1: The Circumstances in Which They Come (Mark Atkin)
    Best Sound in Television: “Stateless” – Episode 1: The Circumstances in Which They Come (Tom Heuzenroeder, Pete Smith, Michael Darren, Des Kenneally)
    Best Original Score in Television: “Stateless” – Episode 6: The Seventh (Cornel Wilczek)
    Best Production Design in Television: “Stateless” – Episode 1: The Circumstances in Which They Come (Melinda Doring)
    Best Costume Design in Television: “Stateless” – Episode 1: The Circumstances in Which They Come (Mariot Kerr)
    Best Direction in Nonfiction Television: “Maralinga Tjarutja” Larissa Behrendt
    Best Subscription Television Presenter: Rebel Wilson – “LOL: Last One Laughing Australia”

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      Cate Blanchett's TV Drama 'Stateless' Leads Nominations at 2020 AACTA Awards

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      The refugee television drama series dominates the nominations at this year’s Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts awards with a total of 18 nominations.

      Nov 20, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Cate Blanchett’s refugee drama looks set for success at Australia’s AACTA Awards after landing 18 nominations.
      “Stateless”, which was produced by and stars Blanchett, dominated the TV section of the nominations for the Australian Film Institute-Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts’ prizegiving when the nominees were announced on Wednesday (19Nov20).
      These included a Supporting Actress in a Television Drama nod for the “Elizabeth” star, as well as nominations for Best Telefeature or Miniseries, multiple screenplay and directing nominations. Its main star, Jai Courtney, is also up for Best Lead Actor and the show will also compete for editing, cinematography, casting and costume design nominations.
      In the movie section, Shannon Murphy’s directing debut “Babyteeth” leads the way with 13 nods, ahead of “True History of The Kelly Gang” with 12 and “H Is for Happiness” and “The Invisible Man” with ten apiece. All four are up for Best Film as are “Relic” and the Helen Reddy biopic “I Am Woman”.

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      The nominees for Best Actor in a Film are George MacKay (“True History of the Kelly Gang”), Sam Neill (“Rams”), Richard Roxburgh (“H Is for Happiness”), Toby Wallace (“Babyteeth”), and Hugo Weaving (“Measure for Measure”).
      Elisabeth Moss (“The Invisible Man”), Tilda Cobham-Hervey (“I Am Woman”), Laura Gordon (“Undertow”), Lupita Nyong’o (“Little Monsters”), and Eliza Scanlen (“Babyteeth”) are the Lead Actress in a Film nominees.
      Russell Crowe (“True History of the Kelly Gang”) and Ben Mendelsohn (“Babyteeth”) are among those up for supporting acting prizes.
      The winners will be announced from 27 November (20), when industry prizes will be handed out online. Two ceremonies will then take place at The Star venue in Sydney on 30 November in accordance with Covid-19 safety measures.

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      Cate Blanchett Lands Lead Role in Video Game Adaptation 'Borderlands'

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      The ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ actress is expected portray a superhuman, one of the main protagonists in the upcoming big-screen adaptation which will be directed by Eli Roth.
      May 7, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Cate Blanchett is reportedly set to star in the new movie adaptation of hit science-fiction video game “Borderlands”.
      Sources tell Variety the “Thor: Ragnarok” star is in talks to star as another superhuman by playing Lilith in the film, which will be directed by “Hostel” filmmaker Eli Roth.
      Lilith is one of the main playable protagonists in the original 2009 game, being one of only six women in the galaxy in the superhuman siren class.
      Craig Mazin, who won an Emmy for his work on the “Chernobyl” mini-series, has penned the latest screenplay draft.
      “Borderlands” is a role-playing game set on the frontier of a science-fiction universe on the planet of Pandora, a world which has been abandoned by a mega-corporation.
      The game and follow-up instalments, the latest of which, “Borderlands 3”, was released in September 2019, have sold more than 57 million copies worldwide.

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      Cate Blanchett to Play Cult Leader on Refugee Drama 'Stateless'

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      In addition to the 50-year-old actress, the cast of the Tony Ayres-directed series, which is set to debut in America on 1 March, includes Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic West and Jai Courtney.
      Feb 25, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Cate Blanchett is to star in refugee TV drama “Stateless”.
      The mini-series centres on an immigration facility in the actress’ native Australia and chronicles four strangers, including an Afghan refugee and a flight attendant. Blanchett stars as a cult leader.
      The 50-year-old will collaborate with longtime friend, writer Elise McCredie, and director Tony Ayres for the six parter.
      Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic West and Jai Courtney round out the cast of the series, which will debut in America on 1 March.

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