Congratulations to Henry Winkler for winning Best Supporting Actor (in a comedy series) at the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards on 01/15/23!! He truly deserves it too, because his performance in S3 was just…*chef’s kiss*…absolutely astounding!! 😌👏🏻🍾🎉
Eddie Redmayne didn’t take home the BAFTA award for Supporting Actor this year, although he was nominated for The Good Nurse. But his ‘shirtless…tuxedo jumpsuit’ by Alexander McQueen + his elegant demeanor put in in the sartorial spotlight.
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Will Win: Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer Downey Jr. played a Salieri-like conceit as Lewis Strauss a physicist whose jealousy over a small slight early in his and Oppenheimer’s career leads him to take sweet revenge later on when fate puts the scientist’s career in his hands. It’s a transparent ploy to give the audience a hissable villain but Downey nails the quick-witted, small minded man who craves the place in history that his rival would give anything to give up.
Should win: Ryan Gosling - Barbie. He almost upends the movie by playing Ken’s character arc (plaintive suitor to patriarchal dictator to uneasy partner) with the same level of goofy charm. And delivers the film’s funniest line (“I’ll play the guitar at you.”) with a studied nonchalance that’s like a cherry on a dimbulb sundae.
Shoulda been nominated: Matt Damon - Oppenheimer. While Downey’s performance is an entertaining sideshow, the way Damon plays General Leslie Groves as a smart decent man over his head among geniuses who might destroy the world to save it, allows an actor who might be too good to ever win an Oscar for acting to become both everyman and audience surrogate.
WHY THEY STRIKE: Sean Astin (SAG), Member of the SAG-AFTRA Negotiating Committee & Actor on Lord of the Rings
"They're paying us late. At Universal. And Warner Brothers. And Disney. And Amazon. And Hulu. And Netflix. Are you kidding me?"
Sean Astin makes an impassioned speech on the SAG picket line. Today, August 13, 2023 marks 30 days since the start of their strike (July 14, 2023).