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Monday, December 2, 2024



























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Dark comedy 'A Different Man' surprisingly triumphs at Gotham Awards By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: 23:12 EST, 2 December 2024 | Updated: 04:23 EST, 3 December 2024

NEW YORK (AP) - In a surprise that stunned the audience of Hollywood´s first big awards-season bash, "A Different Man," a dark comedy about doppelgängers, deformity and authenticity in acting, won best feature film at the 34th Gotham Awards on Monday night.

Much can be unpredictable at the Gotham Awards, which uses small juries of insiders and film industry veterans to pick nominees and winners. But as the "A Different Man" ensemble, including Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson, took the stage, writer-director Aaron Schimberg was in obvious disbelief.

"I don´t think I'm the only person in this room who´s totally stunned," said Schimberg. "Considering the other nominees, I thought it would be hubris to prepare a speech."

At a starry Gothams that drew Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet and Angelina Jolie, most were expecting triumph for Sean Baker´s "Anora," a comedy about a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch. It came in the lead nominee, the Cannes Palme d´Or winner, and maybe a top best-picture contender at the Oscars, but went home empty-handed.

Instead, the night belonged to the A24 release "A Different Man," which stars Stan as a man with facial deformities who's healed of them. He's then upstaged by the character played by Pearson, who genuinely has neurofibromatosis, a condition that covers much of his face with benign skin tumors.

The Gothams aren´t an Oscar bellwether, though several of its recent top winners - including last year's winner "Past Lives," as well as "Everything Everywhere All at Once" and "Nomadland" - have gone on to be nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards, with "Everything Everywhere" and "Nomadland" winning.

Whether any of the winners Monday night - "Sing Sing" and "Nickel Boys" were also victorious - will use the early wins as a springboard for more trophies remains to be seen. But the Gothams, a black-tie affair held at Cipriani Wall Street in downtown Manhattan, tend give some sense of the flavor of the upcoming gauntlet of award-season ceremonies.

How prominent politics, and the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, might be in this year´s Oscar race is one of the biggest questions as the season ramps up. On Monday, Trump's name was never uttered on stage (though Stan is in the awards mix for playing him in "The Apprentice" ), nor were there any overtly political statements. But several winner seemed to allude to the shifting political climate.

"Let's keep doing the work that really matters and makes a difference," said Colman Domingo, who won best lead performance. "That's what we can do right now. That can be the light in the darkness."

Domingo won for his starring role in "Sing Sing," the indie drama about a real prison program called Rehabilitation Through the Arts, which helps incarcerated people heal through theater productions. Clarence Maclin, one of the formerly incarcerated men who co-star in the film, won best supporting performance. (The Gothams give gender-neutral acting awards that number 10 nominees instead of the typical five.)

"If someone was going to tell me ten years ago, I was going to be here, I wouldn´t have believed it," said Maclin.

"Sing Sing," also from A24, was arguably the emotional winner of the night. The film's ensembled also accepted a tribute award. In one of the evening's most powerful speeches Sean Dino Johnson, a founding member of RTA, spoke passionately about the redemptive qualities of the arts.

"Standing here tonight we are proof that movies like `Sing Sing´ don´t just entertain," said Johnson. "They change lives."

RaMell Ross' "Nickel Boys," his arrestingly photographed Colson Whitehead adaptation, also won two major awards: best diretor for Ross and breakthrough performer for Brandon Wilson. Ross´ film, about two Black teenagers at an abusive juvenile reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida, is filmed largely from the first-person perspective of its two main characters.

For many, the Gothams are a chance to make an impression with a speech that helps solidify their awards chances. To that cause, the Gothams gave out an array of tribute awards. This year´s crop was particularly starry, including Zendaya (for "Challengers" ), Jolie (for "Maria"), Chalamet and James Mangold (for "A Complete Unknown"), Denis Villeneuve (for "Dune: Part Two" ), the cast of "The Piano Lesson," and Franklin Leonard, founder of the fabled unproduced screenplay platform The Black List.

Jolie, who plays the opera singer Maria Callas in "Maria," also spoke about the importance of the arts.

"It´s so important that art be taught in our schools, and so concerning that is being reduced," Jolie said.

Zendaya, honored for her performance in Luca Guadagnino's "Challengers," took a moment to thank her date. "My mom's here tonight," she said. "Shout out mom."

Chalamet read a short speech about his transformation into Bob Dylan for the upcoming "A Complete Unknown."

"Getting to study and immerse myself in the world of Bob Dylan has been the greatest education a young artist can receive," Chalamet said. "If you're already a fan of Bob Dylan, this will make perfect sense to you. If you're not familiar with his work, perhaps our film can serve as a humble gateway to one of the great poets and chroniclers of our times."

Best documentary went to "No Other Land," a film made by a Palestinian and Israeli filmmaker collective that documents Israeli occupation of a Palestinian village in West Bank over the course of years. Despite being one of the year´s most acclaimed documentaries, "No Other Land" remains without an American distributor. Payal

Kapadia´s "All We Imagine as Light," a poetic drama about three women in modern Mumbai, took the award for best international film. Though the film was the first Indian movie in competition in more than 30 years at the Cannes Film Festival, India opted not to select it for its Oscar submission.

The award for breakthrough director went to Vera Drew for "The People's Joker," a superhero parody about gender identity. Drew thanked Warner Bros. "for not suing me" and Nicole Kidman, an attendee, because, Drew said, "'Batman Forever' is when I realized I was trans."







Tis the season—the 2024-2025 awards season, that is. As is tradition, The Gotham Film & Media Institute ushered in the months-long red carpet bonanza that leads up to Oscars night with a star-studded celebration in Manhattan on Monday evening. The Gothams tipped the spotlight and handed the mic to breakthrough talent and Hollywood heavyweights alike, proving that independent storytelling is the important throughline that brings the entire industry together.

As black town cars snaked down Wall Street from 5.30 p.m., onlookers leaving the office craned their necks and did a double take inside the temporary tent popped up outside Cipriani. What could be bringing the likes of Zendaya, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Pamela Anderson, Demi Moore, Colman Domingo, Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, and many, many more to the Financial District on a Monday?! As the leafy-walled step and repeat looked like the IMDB homepage had come to life, leading ladies and gents didn’t seem at all phased by the frigid December temperatures as they gave us a sizzle reel of awards season fashion to come.

Elegant as always, Angelina Jolie was among one of the first to take to the stage, in an understated black silk dress with a handkerchief hem. Jolie was presented with the Performer Tribute for her turn as influential opera singer Maria Callas, in recognition of the seven months she spent learning the soprano’s songs. “It’s wonderful to be here in New York, where Maria was born and lived most of her life, on what would have been her 101st birthday,” Jolie said poignantly.

As Jolie returned to her table, her seatmate Azazel Jacobs congratulated and applauded her. Moments later, it would be his turn, as the His Three Daughters screenwriter was announced as the winner of Best Screenplay for his touching film in which Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, and Elizabeth Olsen play estranged sisters caring for their sick father.


NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 02: Angelina Jolie attends The Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on December 02, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall/GC Images)



























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The Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards - Winners Room





















NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 02: Angelina Jolie and Azazel Jacobs attend the Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on December 02, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media Institute )













NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 02: Angelina Jolie attends The Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on December 02, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/WireImage)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 02: (L-R) Pablo Larraín, Angelina Jolie and Jeffrey Sharp attend the Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on December 02, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media Institute )



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Thursday, October 31, 2024



Angelina Jolie will be honored with the Performer Tribute at the Gothams on Dec. 2 in New York City for her role as Maria Callas in the Netflix musical drama “Maria.”

“Like the legendary figure she portrays, Angelina Jolie transcends mere performance to craft something extraordinary. Her interpretation captures both Maria Callas’s complexity as an artist and the cultural resonance that defines an icon,” said Jeffrey Sharp, Executive Director of The Gothams. “We are thrilled to celebrate what is truly one of Ms. Jolie’s career-defining performances in the final installment of Pablo Larrain’s magnificent trilogy.”

Award recipients at the 2024 Gothams will be recognized at the ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on Dec. 2. Nominees for best feature at the Gotham Awards include “Anora,” “Nickel Boys,” “Babygirl,” “A Different Man” and “Challengers.” Best director nominations include “Anora’s” Sean Baker, “I Saw the TV Glow’s” Jane Schoenbrun, Payal Kapadia (“All We Imagine as Light”), Guan Hu (“Black Dog”) and RaMell Ross (“Nickel Boys”).


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