Movies for Grownups Awards celebrates Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis first gained fame as a young “scream queen,” but now, she is reaping rewards for being a decidedly grownup talent.
While the “Halloween” veteran has revisited that horror franchise in several recent films, she has been earning much praise and an Oscar nomination lately for her performance in the film “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” She also is the recipient of this year’s career achievement honor at the 21st Annual Movies for Grownups Awards With AARP the Magazine. Taped in late January at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.) it will be televised as a “Great Performances” offering Friday, Feb. 17, on PBS (check local listings). Alan Cumming returns as host of the event.
The daughter of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, Curtis – who also has a best supporting actress nomination at the ceremony for the aforementioned “Everything Everywhere All at Once” – began her career on television with series guest roles and a co-starring part in “Operation Petticoat” in the late 1970s, then the original “Halloween” came soon afterward. Though scary stories were her specialty for a while, movies including “Trading Places” and “A Fish Called Wanda” broadened her image, a fact sure to be cited as she receives her special Movies for Grownups Awards honor.
Following are the nominees in several categories in the 21st Annual Movies for Grownups Awards, which also encompass television programs of the past year.
Best picture/best movie for grownups: “Elvis”; “Everything Everywhere All at Once”; “The Fabelmans”; “Tar”; “Top Gun: Maverick”; “The Woman King”; “Women Talking”
Best actor: Tom Cruise, “Top Gun: Maverick”; Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”; Tom Hanks, “A Man Called Otto”; Bill Nighy, “Living”; Adam Sandler, “Hustle”
Best actress: Cate Blanchett, “Tar”; Viola Davis, “The Woman King”; Lesley Manville, “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”; Emma Thompson, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”; Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best supporting actor: Andre Braugher, “She Said”; Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”; Woody Harrelson, “Triangle of Sadness”; Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”; Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best supporting actress: Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”; Patricia Clarkson, “She Said”; Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”; Judith Ivey, “Women Talking”; Gabrielle Union, “The Inspection”
Best TV series: “Abbott Elementary”; “The Old Man”; “Only Murders in the Building”; “The White Lotus”; “Yellowstone”
Best TV movie/limited series: “Black Bird”; “The Dropout”; “Inventing Anna”; “The Staircase”; “The Watcher”
Best actor, TV: Jeff Bridges, “The Old Man”; Steve Carell, “The Patient”; Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”; Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”; Wes Studi, “Reservation Dogs”
Best actress, TV: Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”; Toni Collette, “The Staircase”; Laura Linney, “Ozark”; Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary”; Rhea Seehorn, “Better Call Saul”