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    'Mank' and 'The Queen's Gambit' Win Big at 2021 ASC Awards

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    The David Fincher-directed movie and the Netflix coming-of-age miniseries take home the top prizes at the 35th annual American Society of Cinematographers awards.

    Apr 20, 2021

    AceShowbiz –
    “Mank”, “The Queen’s Gambit”, and “The Crown” were among the big winners at the American Society of Cinematographers 35th annual awards on Sunday (18Apr21).

    “The Mandalorian” was also victorious while filmmaker Sofia Coppola was honoured with the ASC Board of Governors Award for her contributions to cinema.

    Accepting her latest accolade, the director said, “It’s the coolest award that I’ve ever gotten.”

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    The award was presented to the helmer by her colleague Edward Lachman. “For me, she had a remarkable composure and vision,” he said. “You found a way that allowed myself and all the creative departments around you to contribute while you still maintained your own personal vision. You’ve always been able to enlighten us with your talent. It seems so effortless, enriching us.”

    Meanwhile, during his acceptance speech, “Mank” cinematographer Messerschmidt heaped praise on director David Fincher, “Thanks to David Fincher for creating an environment where we could do our best work, and expecting it.”

    The full list of winners is:

    Theatrical Release: Erik Messerschmidt for “Mank”
    Motion Picture, Miniseries, of Pilot Made for Television: Steven Meizler for “The Queen’s Gambit” – “End Game”
    Spotlight Award: Aurelien Marra for “Two of Us”
    Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Non-Commercial: Fabian Wagner for “The Crown” – “Imbroglio”
    Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Commercial: Jon Joffin for “Motherland: Fort Salem” – “Up is Down”
    Documentary: Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw for “The Truffle Hunters”
    Episode of a Half-Hour Series for Television: Baz Idoine for “The Mandalorian” – “Chapter 13: The Jedi”

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      Charles Dance Recalls How David Fincher Pitched Him William Randolph Hearst Role for 'Mank'

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      Speaking about his ‘megalomaniac’ part in the acclaimed new movie, the ‘Alien 3’ actor claims to be inspired by former President Donald Trump and media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.

      Mar 22, 2021

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      Charles Dance jumped at the chance to be a glorified extra in David Fincher’s acclaimed new movie “Mank”.

      The actor appeared in the director’s first film, “Alien 3”, and the pair has kept in touch over the years, but the Brit was still surprised when the moviemaker asked him to play newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst in his latest project, which explores the making of Hollywood classic “Citizen Kane”.

      Dance was delighted to work with Fincher again and admits he would have done anything on set.

      “Out of the blue, I got this email saying he’s making a film around the making of ‘Citizen Kane’, and how would I like to go over and play Hearst?” Charles tells The Daily Telegraph magazine. “He said, ‘It’s a glorified extra, but I’d love you to do it’. I read the script and thought it was a bit more than a glorified extra, more of a telling cameo, but I said, ‘David, I would come and change light bulbs for you’.”

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      After accepting the role, the actor reveals former U.S. President Donald Trump and media tycoon Rupert Murdoch helped inspire his portrayal of the “megalomaniac” Hearst.

      “I read a couple of books, tried to get examples of his voice, (but) also thought about people of my generation, like Rupert Murdoch and – although he’s considerably down the intellectual scale – Donald Trump. Hearst was an extraordinarily wealthy man, but he was a bit of a megalomaniac, and veered between being entertaining and charming and being a complete b**tard.”

      Fincher famously has exacting standards and shot most scenes dozens of times, with one lengthy dinner scene taking over 40 takes to perfect, which Charles admitted was “very hard” on lead actor Gary Oldman.

      “It was very hard work for Gary, because wherever David was shooting, it was either on Gary or a reaction from one of us – so Gary, rightly but also generously, was just firing on all 12 cylinders [in every take],” he explains.

      All the hard work paid off – “Mank” is not only a critical hit, it landed more Oscar nods than any other film when the Academy Awards nominations were announced last week, March 15.

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      Oscar Nominees Warned There's No Option to Attend 2021 Ceremony via Zoom

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      The committee behind the Academy Awards has issued a notice, informing the 2021 nominees that they won’t be able to attend the upcoming ceremony via video link.

      Mar 20, 2021

      AceShowbiz –
      Oscar nominees have been warned that connecting to the Academy Awards via video link is “not an option.”

      The ceremony will take place next month (Apr21) as an in-person event, with organisers opting to treat it as an “active movie set,” with various coronavirus safety measures in place.

      In a letter sent out to over 200 nominees on the shortlists on Thursday (18Mar21), producers detailed the “great lengths” they were going to in a bid to stage a “safe and enjoyable” evening.

      While producers Steven Soderbergh, Jesse Collins, and Stacey Sher acknowledged some may be uneasy about it being an in-person event at Los Angeles’ Union Station – albeit with “additional show elements live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood” – they sought to offer reassurance.

      They wrote, “Of course, your first thought is CAN THAT BE DONE SAFELY? The answer is YES, IT CAN. We are treating the event as an active movie set, with specially designed testing cadences to ensure up-to-the-minute results, including an on-site COVID safety team with PCR testing capability.”

      Guests attending from outside of Los Angeles will receive further “specific instructions”, which will vary from those already living in the city. And those who are “unable to attend because of scheduling or continued uneasiness about travelling” were told “there will not be an option to Zoom in for the show.”

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      “We are going to great lengths to provide a safe and ENJOYABLE evening for all of you in person, as well as for all the millions of film fans around the world, and we feel the virtual thing will diminish those efforts,” they added.

      The producers encouraged winners to make speeches “personal” but keep them short and expressed their hope that the ceremony, which takes place on 25 April, will have a “feeling of casual exchange and good humour.”

      And they want to set the tone with a “pre-show gathering” immediately before the ceremony.

      “The good news is you should be pretty relaxed by show time because you will have been at a pre-show gathering in the Union Station courtyard for the previous ninety minutes with your fellow nominees and their guests (ONLY nominees and their guests will be attending the show, by the way. Oh, and the presenters!),” they continued.

      The letter also touched on the night’s dress code, stressing casual attire would not be welcomed.

      “You’re wondering about the Dress Code (as well you should). We’re aiming for a fusion of Inspirational and Aspirational, which in actual words means formal is totally cool if you want to go there, but casual is really not,” the note concluded. In addition to having a smaller guest list this year, it was previously announced that both the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon, which takes place in the lead up to the ceremony, and the post-event Governor’s Ball have been cancelled for this year.

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      Amanda Seyfried Fears Pregnancy Would Ruin Her Experience Filming 'Mank'

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      The ‘Mamma Mia!’ star, who gave birth to her second child with husband Thomas Sadoski in September 2020, portrays real-life 1930s actress Marion Davies in the Herman J. Mankiewicz biopic.

      Feb 26, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Amanda Seyfried was “terrified” when she discovered she was pregnant at the start of filming “Mank”, because she dreaded the thought of dealing with morning sickness while onset.
      The “Mamma Mia!” star portrays real-life 1930s actress Marion Davies in the Herman J. Mankiewicz biopic, which chronicles his battle to complete the screenplay for Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane”.
      However, Seyfried admits she had nothing to fear, because the excitement of working on the David Fincher passion project, opposite Gary Oldman as Mankiewicz, made her temporarily forget she was expecting.
      Recalling her initial reaction to her positive pregnancy test, Seyfried said, “I was very surprised, and I was also terrified, because the anticipation of getting to set everyday, especially when you’re waking up at 3am, which is the earliest I’ve ever gotten up for a job, knowing that I’m gonna have morning sickness, knowing how horrible I feel physiologically, was just that was a challenge. Just getting mind over matter and getting to set (was difficult).”

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      “Of course, when I was on set, everything disappeared, we’d roll the cameras and I’d forget that I was pregnant for a second,” she added. “But it’s that challenging part at the beginning of a pregnancy that I thought was really gonna ruin my experience, but it was even better because I had this little man in me.”
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      Filming was completed in early February 2020 and she gave birth to a son, her second child with husband Thomas Sadoski, in September.
      Her performance in “Mank”, which was released in November, has since won her critical acclaim, as well as a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

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      'Mank' and 'Trial of the Chicago 7' Among Nominees at 2021 DGA Awards

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      David Fincher’s black-and-white project and Aaron Sorkin’s historical film lead the movie nominations at the upcoming 25th annual Art Directors Guild Awards.

      Feb 26, 2021
      AceShowbiz – “Mank”, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, and Roberto Benigni’s new film “Pinocchio” will compete for the best movie prizes at the 25th annual Art Directors Guild Awards.
      David Fincher’s black and white movie “Mank” will take on “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, “Mulan”, “News of the World”, and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” for the Best Period Film honour, while the Fantasy Feature Film category will be a fight between “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn”, “Pinocchio”, “Tenet”, “The Midnight Sky”, and “Wonder Woman 1984”.
      “Da 5 Bloods”, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”, “Palm Springs”, “Promising Young Woman”, and “The Prom” will compete for the Contemporary Feature Film prize.
      Here are the full list of nominees:
      Period Feature Film:

      Fantasy Feature Film:

      Contemporary Feature Film:

      Animated Feature Film:

      One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series:

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      One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series:

      Television Movie or Limited Series:

      Half Hour Single-Camera Series:

      Multi-Camera Series:
      “Ashely Garcia: Genius in Love” – “Unintended Consequences”
      “Bob [Love] Abishola” – “Randy’s a Wrangler,” “Paris is for Lovers, Not Mothers,” “Straight Outta Lagos”
      “Family Reunion” – “Remember When Jade Was Down with the Swirl?,” “Remember When Shaka Got Beat Up?”
      “The Neighborhood” – “Welcome to the New Pastor,” “Welcome to the Hockey Game”
      “Will & Grace” – “Accidentally on Porpoise,” “We Love Lucy,” “It’s Time”

      Short Format: Web Series, Music Video or Commercial:

      Variety, Reality or Competition Series:

      Variety Special:

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      'Mank' and 'The Crown' Lead Nominations at 2021 Critics Choice Awards

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      The Gary Oldman-fronted film and the British royal drama series dominate the movie and TV nominations respectively at the upcoming Critics Choice Awards.

      Feb 9, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Netflix has dominated another awards nomination list, picking up a staggering 46 nods for the Critics Choice prizegiving.
      David Fincher’s “Mank” leads the way for the streaming site with 12 mentions while the acclaimed “Minari” follows with 10.
      Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and Tom Hanks western “News of the World” follow with eight and seven nominations, respectively.
      Four of the 10 titles that will be competing for Best Picture at the virtual ceremony are Netflix films – “Da 5 Bloods”, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, “Mank”, and “The Trial of the Chicago 7”. The others are “Minari”, “News of the World”, “Nomadland”, “One Night in Miami…”, “Promising Young Woman”, and “Sound of Metal”.
      Ben Affleck (“The Way Back”), Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”), Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”), Tom Hanks (“News of the World”), Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”), Delroy Lindo (“Da 5 Bloods”), Gary Oldman (“Mank”), and Steven Yeun (“Minari”) will fight it out for Best Actor, while the Best Actress category is made up of Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”), Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”), Sidney Flanigan (“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”), Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”), Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”), Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”), and Zendaya Coleman (“Malcolm & Marie”).
      Meanwhile, in the TV categories “The Crown” and “Ozark” lead the way with six nominations apiece. “Mrs. America”, “Lovecraft Country”, “Schitt’s Creek”, and “What We Do in the Shadows” follow with five.
      The 26th Critics Choice Awards will air on 7 March (21).
      The full list of nominations is:
      Best Picture:

      Best Actor:

      Best Actress:

      Best Supporting Actor:

      Best Supporting Actress:

      Best Young Actor/Actress:

      Best Acting Ensemble:

      Best Director:

      Best Original Screenplay:

      Best Adapted Screenplay:

      Best Cinematography:
      Christopher Blauvelt – “First Cow” (A24)
      Erik Messerschmidt – “Mank” (Netflix)
      Lachlan Milne – “Minari” (A24)
      Joshua James Richards – “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
      Newton Thomas Sigel – “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
      Hoyte Van Hoytema – “Tenet” (Warner Bros.)
      Dariusz Wolski – “News of the World” (Universal Pictures)

      Best Production Design:

      Best Editing:

      Best Costume Design:

      Best Hair and Makeup:

      Best Visual Effects:

      Best Comedy:

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      Best Foreign Language Film:
      “Another Round” (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
      “Collective” (Magnolia Pictures)
      “La Llorona” (Shudder)
      “The Life Ahead” (Netflix)
      “Minari” (A24)
      “Two of Us” (Magnolia Pictures)

      Best Song:

      Best Score:
      Alexandre Desplat – “The Midnight Sky” (Netflix)
      Ludwig Goransson – “Tenet” (Warner Bros.)
      James Newton Howard – “News of the World” (Universal Pictures)
      Emile Mosseri – “Minari” (A24)
      Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – “Mank” (Netflix)
      Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste – “Soul” (Disney)

      Best Drama Series:

      Best Actor in a Drama Series:

      Best Actress in a Drama Series:

      Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:

      Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:

      Best Comedy Series:

      Best Actor in a Comedy Series:

      Best Actress in a Comedy Series:

      Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:

      Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:

      Best Limited Series:

      Best Movie Made for Television:

      Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television:

      Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television:

      Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television:

      Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television:

      Best Talk Show:

      Best Comedy Special:
      “Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty” (Netflix)
      “Hannah Gadsby: Douglas” (Netflix)
      “Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill” (Netflix)
      “Marc Maron: End Times Fun” (Netflix)
      “Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia” (Netflix)
      “Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything” (Netflix)

      Best Short Form Series:
      “The Andy Cohen Diaries” (Quibi)
      “Better Call Saul: Ethics Training with Kim Wexler” (AMC/Youtube)
      “Mapleworth Murders” (Quibi)
      “Nikki Fre$h” (Quibi)
      “Reno 911!” (Quibi)
      “Tooning Out the News” (CBS All Access)

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      Gary Oldman Admits to Be Uneasy With His Lack of Disguise in 'Mank'

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      In the David Fincher-directed movie, the ‘Darkest Hour’ star takes on the role of Herman J. Mankiewicz, who was tasked with revamping the script for Orson Welles’ iconic 1941 film ‘Citizen Kane’.

      Dec 28, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Gary Oldman was “uneasy” at his lack of a disguise to portray Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, because he had become so comfortable hiding behind prosthetics to play real people.
      The Brit portrays the writer tasked with revamping the script for Orson Welles’ iconic 1941 film “Citizen Kane” in new biopic “Mank”, but he wasn’t keen on director David Fincher’s idea to forgo heavy makeup and prosthetics, which Oldman wanted to use to make him look more like the titular character.
      “I am partial to a disguise. I like to hide. And David wanted no veil between me and the audience,” Oldman tells The Associated Press.
      “He said, ‘I want you as naked as you’ve ever been.’ It wasn’t that I resisted that. I was just a little uneasy with it at first.”

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      The movie chronicles the tumultuous development of “Citizen Kane”, and co-stars Amanda Seyfried as actress Marion Davies, and Charles Dance as her lover and media magnate, William Randolph Hearst.
      In a separate interview, actor Ferdinand Kingsley said that director David Fincher asked him and Oldman to do one scene nearly 50 times for the movie. “He’s intensive insofar as he doesn’t take his foot off the gas. You spend very little time not acting, not doing a take,” said Kingsley. “The turnarounds take about 90 seconds. The crew are military, so almost all the time on set is spent doing takes and you do a lot. You do 30, 40, 50, 60 takes a shot.”
      As for his personal best for takes was during filming, Kingsley mentioned one scene with Oldman. “Gary and I did one shot 40-something, 50-ish times. I think the record on the shoot was either 74 or 78 and that was a scene with Gary, Tom Pelphrey, and Arliss Howard in a walking and talking scene. So they all got blisters.”
      “They’re walking around the MGM studio lot and it’s a brilliant shot. I think David [Fincher] said his record is 104 takes. When I asked if we were going to beat that he swore at me. That was when he filmed Panic Room and he said it was a stunt. I can’t imagine what it was like,” he added.

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      Amanda Seyfried Praises 'Mank' Director for Creating Authentic '30s Era Set

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      Aside from claiming that David Fincher ‘doesn’t make any mistakes,’ the ‘Mamma Mia!’ star shares how she found a way to tackle her role as finding a way to tackle her role in the biopic.

      Dec 5, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Amanda Seyfried was hesitant to step into the shoes of early 20th century actress Marion Davies for new biopic “Mank”, because she didn’t know how to approach the bygone era.
      The David Fincher movie is based on the life of Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and chronicles the tumultuous development of Orson Welles’ iconic 1941 film “Citizen Kane”, with Gary Oldman starring as the titular character.
      Seyfried portrays Davis, alongside Charles Dance as her lover, media magnate William Randolph Hearst, but the “Mamma Mia!” star admits finding a way to tackle her role proved to be a little tricky at first – until she stepped onto the 1930s era set.
      “Fincher doesn’t make any mistakes, really. He creates a world that feels so authentic, and when you think about 1930s Hollywood, it just feels so far away, and I always saw myself as a very modern actress,” Seyfried shared on U.S. breakfast show “Today”.
      “I was like, ‘How am I gonna jump into this?’ But it was really kind of easy in some ways because I felt like the costumes, the makeup, the hair, the set pieces, it was all there.”

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      “It was a dream that I didn’t know I had. How many opportunities do you get to play a 1930s era movie star… like this?”

      As part of her portrayal of Davis, the Pennsylvania-born Seyfried had to master a Brooklyn, New York accent.
      “My trick is do everything very subtly,” she explained. “Mild is really the only thing I think I can get away with (with) something that’s not natural; it’s not a natural accent for me.”
      “My biggest fear is to distract people and (for) it (to) sound terrible, so I just did a mild Brooklyn accent!”
      Her efforts appear to be paying off as Seyfried’s performance in the Netflix movie has already earned her high praise from critics, and the actress is considered to be one of the early favourites to land an Oscar nomination for the 2021 Academy Awards.

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