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Presenting The Winners Of The 2021 Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards

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Earlier this evening the annual Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards winners were announced and though I didn’t manage to share the original list of nominations, I have left them for you in the winners circle rundown so you could see who won over the others. The ceremony was done virtually which probably surprises no one at all at this point in time and we didn’t see a second of it I am afraid. That doesn’t prevent me from sharing the rundown with you below so please indulge and enjoy. See you at the close.

Favorite Movie:
WINNER – Wonder Woman 1984
Dolittle
Hamilton
Hubie Halloween
Mulan
Sonic the Hedgehog

Favorite Movie Actor:
WINNER – Robert Downey Jr. – Dolittle as Dr. John Dolittle
Jim Carrey – Sonic the Hedgehog as Dr. Robotnik
Will Ferrell – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga as Lars Erickssong
Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton as Alexander Hamilton
Chris Pine – Wonder Woman 1984 as Steve Trevor
Adam Sandler – Hubie Halloween as Hubie Dubois
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Presenting The 41st Annual Razzie Awards Nominations

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Though we often laud the best of the best here on “The Chronicles” with our awards show narratives, there comes a time when the attention is paid to the worst of it all and that is where “The Razzies” come into play. The full title is the Golden Raspberry Awards and the nominees for this past years most awful of it all are listed below for your perusal. I’ll return at the close with some editorial thoughts.

Worst Picture:
365 Days (Next Film) – Maciej Kawulski, Ewa Lewandowska, and Tomasz Mandes
Absolute Proof (One America News Network) – Mary Fanning, Brannon Howse, and Mike Lindell
Dolittle (Universal Pictures) – Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, and Susan Downey
Fantasy Island (Columbia Pictures) – Jason Blum, Marc Toberoff, and Jeff Wadlow
Music (Vertical Entertainment) – Sia and Vincent Landay

Worst Director:
Charles Band – All 3 Barbie & Kendra movies (Corona Zombies, Barbie & Kendra Save the Tiger King and Barbie & Kendra Storm Area 51)
Barbara Bia?ow?s and Tomasz Mandes – 365 Days
Stephen Gaghan – Dolittle
Ron Howard – Hillbilly Elegy
Sia – Music
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Presenting The 50th Annual Juno Awards Nominations

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The 50th Annual Juno Awards were recently announced and you readers already know by now just how much we like to share these types of rundowns with our audience. We’ve done this one a few times in the past but since the new readers might be in the unaware, these are honors for the Canadian side of the musical fence. With that being said let’s take a look at the nominees for the 50th Annual Juno Awards. See you at the close.

Artist of the Year:
The Weeknd
Ali Gatie
Céline Dion
Jessie Reyez
Justin Bieber

Group of the Year:
Arkells
Half Moon Run
Loud Luxury
The Glorious Sons
The Reklaws
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Presenting: 73rd Directors Guild of America Awards Nominees

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Readers of “The Chronicles” are well aware of our interest in supporting a healthy number of awards shows since it keeps many of our Pop Culture focuses interesting and educates us on stuff we might not have been aware of at the moment. This is the first time ever that I am including the Directors Guild Of America awards to our rundowns so before we get to this years nominations, here is a brief about them.

“The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad”.

* FILM *

Feature Film:
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
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Presenting The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards Winners

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The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards were handed out in a virtual ceremony that was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler who are returning for the fourth time, after hosting in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Fey and Poehler will share duties from their respective cities, with Fey on the East Coast and Poehler on the West Coast. Fey will be live from New York’s Rainbow Room, Poehler will be live from the Beverly Hilton, in Beverly Hills, and nominees, from various locations around the world. The full list of winners are:

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA:
THE FATHER (Trademark Films; Sony Pictures Classics)
MANK (Netflix; Netflix)
WINNER – NOMADLAND (Highwayman / Hear/Say / Cor Cordium; Searchlight Pictures)
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (LuckyChap Entertainment / FilmNation Entertainment; Focus Features)
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (Marc Platt Productions / Dreamworks Pictures; Netflix)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA:
VIOLA DAVIS – MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
WINNER – ANDRA DAY – THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
VANESSA KIRBY – PIECES OF A WOMAN
FRANCES MCDORMAND – NOMADLAND
CAREY MULLIGAN – PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA:
RIZ AHMED – SOUND OF METAL
WINNER – CHADWICK BOSEMAN – MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
ANTHONY HOPKINS – THE FATHER
GARY OLDMAN – MANK
TAHAR RAHIM – THE MAURITANIAN
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