Gotham Awards fete Gyllenhaal’s film
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Elena Ferrante adaptation “The Lost Daughter” won four Gotham Awards, including best feature film, at the 31st Gotham Awards, the annual New York independent film celebration that serves as a kickoff to Oscar season.
Gyllenhaal won breakthrough director and best screenplay for her directorial debut, and star
Olivia Colman shared the award for outstanding lead performance with Frankie Faison, “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain,” a drama based on the 2011 police shooting in White Plains, New York.
For the first time, the Gothams were presented without gendered acting categories. Other borders seemed to disintegrate at the Gothams, once a more narrow celebration of independent film. Among the series winners was Netflix’s pop-culture sensation “Squid Game.”
“CODA,” the comingof-age drama about a hearing daughter in a deaf family, won several awards. Troy Kotsur, the veteran deaf actor who plays the film’s fisherman father, won outstanding supporting performance. Emilia Jones, who stars as the daughter, won breakthrough performer.
Nominees and winners (except for best film) are chosen by juries. In a few categories, they elected multiple winners.
Other winners included Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s intimate epic “Drive My Car” for best international film, and Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s “Flee,” an animated film about an Afghanistan migrant’s life, for best documentary.
Rodrigo, H.e.r.,weeknd win Apple Music Awards:
Olivia Rodrigo, H.E.R. and The Weeknd all won honors at a revamped
Apple Music Awards, which has grown larger to encompass global music patterns. Rodrigo was named breakthrough artist of the year, her “Sour” was named best album of the year, and her “drivers license” was song of the year. The streaming service crowned H.E.R. as songwriter of the year and The Weeknd was named global artist of the year, a step up from the category last year which was mere artist of the year.
Actor Dahl dies: Arlene Dahl, 96, the actor whose charm and striking red hair shone in such Technicolor movies of the 1950s as “Journey to the Center of the Earth” and “Three Little Words,” has died. Dahl’s son, actor Lorenzo Lamas, said in social media posts that she died Monday. No cause of death was given.
When her movie career ended, Dahl remained prominent in TV, including a three-year stint in the soap opera “One Life to Live” in the 1980s. Dahl
also was active in the lifestyle business, with a syndicated column on beauty tips, a perfume, and lingerie and exercise outfits she designed herself.
Lohan announces engagement:
Actor Lindsay Lohan has told her followers on Instagram that she’s engaged. The “Mean Girls” star, 35, announced her engagement to boyfriend Bader Shammas and showed off a traditional oval diamond ring with a photo of the couple looking happy, locked in an embrace. “My love. My life. My family. My future,” the post read.
Dec. 1 birthdays: Singer Dianne Lennon is 82. Drummer John Densmore is 77. Singer Bette Midler is
76. Actor Treat Williams is
70. Actor Charlene Tilton is 63. Comedian Sarah Silverman is 51. Actor David Hornsby is 46. Actor Riz Ahmed is 39. Singer Janelle Monae is 36. Actor Zoe Kravitz is 33. Singer Nico Sereba is 31.