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We’re only a few months away to see what James Gunn has in store for us when his film Superman: Legacy hits theaters and his rebooted DC universe gets underway and while he’s made it clear there’s no need to make another Superman origin story, the same rules may not apply to one of the film’s heroes, Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi).
According to Newsweek, DC is planning on giving Dr. Michael Curtis Holt aka Mister Terrific his own origin story in a limited series before he makes his big screen debut in James Gunn’s upcoming Superman epic. Unfortunately, it will not be in the form of a television series, but rather a limited comic book run, which will lead into his role in Superman: Legacy, but still, something’s something, right?
Set to release on May 28, Mr. Terrific: Year One will be penned by Peabody Award-winning journalist, Al Letson and will be joined by award-winning artist Valentine De Landro and others who’ll help bring his story to life for DC fans to enjoy.
Per Newsweek:
Holt’s origin is that of higher intelligence, which he achieved at a very young age, reading the works of theoretical physicists like Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr at an early age. On top of “a natural aptitude for having natural aptitudes,” as the character states, he achieved 14 Ph.Ds long before becoming a superhero.
Following the death of his wife and unborn child, which he blames himself for, Holt finds new purpose in being told by Spectre about a Golden Age hero known as Terry Sloane, aka Mister Terrific.
Holt uses his genius-level intellect to operate T-Spheres, which allows him immunity to technology, the ability to hack other machines, and the ability to repel projections.
In James Gunn’s iteration of the Superman story, the Man of Steel and other superheroes (and villains) are already well-established beings in his DC universe, so how Mister Terrific and others play into the main story should be interesting. With many rumors circulating about the surprise cameos and inclusions of past heroes in the film circulating around the internet, one can only wonder why Mister Terrific was chosen to get his own origin story before the film’s release. He might have a bigger role in the film than we think.
What do y’all think about DC giving Mister Terrific his own limited-series before Superman: Legacy hits theaters? Let us know in the comments section below.
The red carpet was filled with glamor at the 2025 BAFTA Awards, where music stars including Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Camilla Cabello were in attendance at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday (Feb. 16).
Gomez was a nominee for her work in the film Emilia Pérez, and Grande and Erivo were both nominees with Wicked. Meanwhile, Cabello appeared at the BAFTAs to present the children’s and family film award, which went to Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.
Emilia Pérez and Wicked were both honored with two awards at Sunday night’s ceremony in London. Director Jacques Audiard won the film not in the English language award for Emilia Pérez, and Zoe Saldaña won supporting actress for her role in the film; Gomez and Grande had also been nominated in the same supporting actress category.
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Wicked costume designer Paul Tazewell took home the costume design award, and the film’s production designers were honored with the production design award. Erivo was nominated for leading actress, but Anora‘s Mikey Madison was honored with the award.
Gomez sparkled in a form-fitting, custom Schiaparelli gown along with jewels from Tiffany & Co., according to stylist Erin Walsh. Tiffany & Co. shared further details: the singer-actress wore designs from the Tiffany Archives, including drop earrings with pear-shaped diamonds, diamond bracelets and a “Tiffany High Jewelry ring in 18k white gold set with a round brilliant diamond of over 10 carats and over total 8 carats of diamond accents, as well as a Tiffany Victoria diamond vine band ring in platinum.”
Grande wore Louis Vuitton, says stylist Mimi Cuttrell. She accessorized her pink and black dress, with its sleek top and voluminous skirt, with Chaumet jewelry. Wicked co-star Erivo also graced the red carpet in custom Louis Vuitton — a white gown with a structural, lace bodice — paired with Tiffany & Co jewels, according to creative director Jason Bolden.
Cabello wore a Sabina Bilenko design and Tasaki jewlery, according to stylist Katie Qian. The singer’s dress, consisting of a bodysuit topped with an intricate, embellished overlay, is from the SS25 couture collection.
See photos of the music (and musical) stars’ dresses at the 2025 BAFTA Awards below, and catch up with the full list of winners from the BAFTA Awards here.
Selena Gomez attends the BAFTA Film Awards 2025 at the Royal Festival Hall on Feb. 16, 2025 in London, England.
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Ariana Grande attends the BAFTA Film Awards 2025 at the Royal Festival Hall on Feb. 16, 2025 in London, England
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Cynthia Erivo attends the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards at The Royal Festival Hall on Feb. 16, 2025 in London, England.
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Camila Cabello attends the BAFTA Film Awards 2025 at the Royal Festival Hall on Feb. 16, 2025 in London, England.
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Conclave was named best film at the 2025 BAFTA Awards. It tied with The Brutalist for most wins at the ceremony (four each). The awards were held on Sunday (Feb. 16) at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Doctor Who star David Tennant hosted for the second year in a row.
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In addition to best film, Conclave won outstanding British film, adapted screenplay and editing.
The Brutalist took leading actor for Adrien Brody, director for Brady Corbet, original score for Daniel Blumberg and cinematography for Lol Crawley.
Runners-up with two awards each were Emilia Pérez, A Real Pain, Wicked, Dune: Part Two, Anora and Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.
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Despite six nominations, the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown was shut out.
Brody has won best actor at most awards shows and is seen as the front-runner to take the Oscar on March 2. Other top awards still appear to be unsettled. The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez won the best picture awards at the Golden Globes. Anora won best picture at the Critics Choice Awards and was also victorious at three guild awards — the Producers Guild, Directors Guild and Writers Guild. With Conclave winning here, it adds more uncertainty to the Oscar race.
And while Anora’s Mikey Madison won best actress here, Demi Moore is still seen as very much in the hunt for the Oscar for best actress for The Substance.
Last year the outcome in the top eight categories (picture, director, the two writing awards and the four acting awards) at the BAFTAs and the Oscars was exactly the same, but two years ago there was no overlap in the winners in those categories at the two shows. And consider this: Only two of the last 10 BAFTA winners for best film went on to win the Oscar for best picture — Nomadland in 2021 and Oppenheimer in 2024.
Blumberg, who is also nominated for an Oscar for best original score, is an artist, musician, songwriter and composer from London. From 2005-’09, he was a founding member and lead singer for the band Cajun Dance Party. From 2009-’13, Blumberg was frontman and guitarist for the indie rock band Yuck.
Here’s the full list of 2025 BAFTA nominations, with winners marked.
Best film
Anora — Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, DJ Gugenheim, Brady Corbet
A Complete Unknown — Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold
WINNER: Conclave — Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman
Emilia Pérez – Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard
Leading actress
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
WINNER: Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun
Leading actor
WINNER: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Hugh Grant, Heretic
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Supporting actress
Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
WINNER: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Supporting actor
Yura Borisov, Anora
WINNER: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Director
Anora — Sean Baker
WINNER: The Brutalist — Brady Corbet
Conclave — Edward Berger
Dune: Part Two — Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Pérez — Jacques Audiard
The Substance — Coralie Fargeat
Original screenplay
Anora — written by Sean Baker
The Brutalist — written by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
Kneecap — written by Rich Peppiatt, story by Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh
WINNER: A Real Pain — written by Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance — written by Coralie Fargeat
Adapted screenplay
A Complete Unknown — screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
WINNER: Conclave — screenplay by Peter Straughan
Emilia Pérez — screenplay by Jacques Audiard
Nickel Boys — screenplay by RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing — screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield
Original score
WINNER: The Brutalist — Daniel Blumberg
Conclave — Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez — Camille, Clément Ducol
Nosferatu — Robin Carolan
The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers
Film not in the English language
All We Imagine as Light — Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim
WINNER: Emilia Pérez — Jacques Audiard
I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui) — Walter Salles
Kneecap — Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney
The Seed of the Sacred Fig — Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei
Documentary
Black Box Diaries — Shiori Ito, Hanna Aqvilin, Eric Nyari
Daughters — Natalie Rae, Angela Patton
No Other Land — Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
WINNER: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story — Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gilliett, Robert Ford
Will & Harper — Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum
Animated film
Flow — Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
Inside Out 2 — Kelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen
WINNER: Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl — Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
The Wild Robot — Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
Children’s & family film
Flow — Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
Kensuke’s Kingdom — Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, Camilla Deakin
WINNER: Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl — Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
The Wild Robot — Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
Casting
WINNER: Anora — Sean Baker, Samantha Quan
The Apprentice — Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba
A Complete Unknown — Yesi Ramirez
Conclave — Nina Gold, Martin Ware
Kneecap — Carla Stronge
Cinematography
WINNER: The Brutalist — Lol Crawley
Conclave — Stéphane Fontaine
Dune: Part Two — Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez — Paul Guilhaume
Nosferatu — Jarin Blaschke
Editing
Anora — Sean Baker
WINNER: Conclave — Nick Emerson
Dune: Part Two — Joe Walker
Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling
Kneecap — Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill
Costume design
Blitz — Jacqueline Durran
A Complete Unknown — Arianne Phillips
Conclave — Lisy Christl
Nosferatu — Linda Muir
WINNER: Wicked — Paul Tazewell
Makeup & hair
Dune: Part Two — Love Larson, Eva Von Bahr
Emilia Pérez — Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Romain Marietti
Nosferatu — David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton
WINNER: The Substance — Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli
Wicked — Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth
Production design
The Brutalist — Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia
Conclave — Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter
Dune: Part Two — Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau
Nosferatu — Craig Lathrop
WINNER: Wicked — Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales
Sound
Blitz — John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison
WINNER: Dune: Part Two — Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King
Gladiator II — Stéphane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey Danny Sheehan
The Substance — Valérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stéphane Thiébaut, Emmanuelle Villard
Wicked — Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title
Special visual effects
Better Man — Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs
WINNER: Dune: Part Two — Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe
Gladiator II — Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, Pietro Ponti
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes — Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz
Wicked — Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith
Outstanding British film
Bird — Andrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge
Blitz — Steve McQueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland
WINNER: Conclave — Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan
Gladiator II — Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa, Peter Craig
Hard Truths — Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
Kneecap — Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh
Lee — Ellen Kuras, Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet, Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee, Lem Dobbs
Love Lies Bleeding — Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman, Wereonika Tofilska
The Outrun — Nora Fingscheidt, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Liptrot
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl — Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek, Mark Burton
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Hoard — Luna Carmoon (Director, writer)
WINNER: Kneecap — Rich Peppiatt (Director, writer)
Monkey Man — Dev Patel (Director)
Santosh — Sandhya Suri (Director, writer), James Bowsher (Producer), Balthazar de Ganay (Producer), also produced by Alan McAlex, Mike Goodridge
Sister Midnight — Karan Kandhari (Director, writer)
British short animation
Adiós — José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, Bernardo Angeletti
Mog’s Christmas — Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
WINNER: Wander to Wonder — Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Maarten Swart
British short film
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing — Theo Panagopoulos, Marissa Keating
Marion — Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine, Marija Djikic
Milk — Miranda Stern, Ashionye Ogene
WINNER: Rock, Paper, Scissors — Franz Böhm, Ivan, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer
Stomach Bug — Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou
EE rising star award (voted for by the public)
Marisa Abela
Jharrel Jerome
WINNER: David Jonsson
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan
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The musical biopic on Pharrell Williams’ life as a child might never see the light of day. He has confirmed that the film has been scrapped.
As spotted on Variety the multi-hyphenate is putting the brakes on what would have been his newest big screen project. On Friday, Feb. 7 he and director Michel Gondry provided the entertainment magazine a formal statement on the status of Golden. “When all of us got into the editing room we collectively decided there wasn’t a path forward to tell the version of this story that we originally envisioned,” it read. “We appreciate all the hard work of the talented cast and crew. While we’re disappointed we can’t deliver this film, we have incredible partners at Universal and will collaborate in a different capacity again soon.”
Golden was set to capture Pharrell Williams’ childhood by combining music and story telling. During pre-production he described the project as “a coming-of-age story about self-discovery and pursuing your dreams, but it’s so much more magical than that. It’s a celebration of Black life, Black culture, and most importantly, Black joy.” It featured an all-star cast of talent including Janelle Monáe, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Halle, Bailey, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brian Tyree Henry and Quinta Brunson.
It is unclear what Universal Pictures will do with footage and soundtrack.
Anora appears to be the front-runner to win the Oscar for best picture. On Friday (Feb. 7) the film won the top award at the Critics Choice Awards. On Saturday (Feb. 8) it won the top prizes at both the Directors Guild of America Awards and the Producers Guild of America Awards.
The PGA Awards recognize the year’s best-produced features, documentaries, series and specials, as voted on by the PGA, which has more than 8,400 members. The 36th annual PGA Awards were held at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
Since its inception in 1990, the PGA Award for best theatrical motion picture has gone to the subsequent Oscar winner for best picture on all but 10 occasions.
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The correlation between the two awards has become even stronger since 2009, when both the PGA and the Academy Awards began using ranked-choice voting (sometimes called a preferential ballot). Since 2009, the PGA winner and the subsequent Oscar winner have agreed in all but three years. The last time the two award bodies diverged was in 2020, when the PGA award went to 1917, but the Oscars favored Parasite.
The PGA expanded the number of nominees for its top award from five to 10 in 2010, the same year the Oscars made a similar expansion.
The Greatest Night in Pop, a Netflix film about the 1985 “We Are the World” recording session, won outstanding producer of televised or streamed motion pictures. The film was nominated for three Primetime Emmys last year, including outstanding documentary or nonfiction special, and was nominated for a Grammy for best music film.
Saturday Night Live, now in its 50th season on NBC, won Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television, a remarkable feat for a show this deep into its run. It beat Ali Wong: Single Lady, The Daily Show, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
The Wild Robot won Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures. It has won in the animated film category at most film awards shows and is considered the front-runner to win the Oscar for best animated feature.
Special awards were also presented to Chris Meledandri (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures – presented by Steve Carell), Dana Walden (Milestone Award – presented by Bob Iger), Taika Waititi (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television – presented by Jon Favreau), and Lynda Obst & Paula Weinstein (Trailblazer Award – presented by Jane Fonda and Kate Hudson).
The 2025 Producers Guild Awards event chairs are Mike Farah and Joe Farrell. The 2025 Producers Guild Awards were produced by Anchor Street Collective and written by Lauren Cortizo, Jody Lambert and Matt Oberg for the guild. Branden Chapman served as executive producer, and Carleen Cappelletti was co-executive producer.
Here’s the complete list of 2025 nominees by the Producers Guild of America, with winners marked.
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
WINNER: Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
Wicked
Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Flow
Inside Out 2
Moana 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
WINNER: The Wild Robot
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
Bad Sisters
The Diplomat
Fallout
WINNER: Shōgun
Slow Horses
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Curb Your Enthusiasm
WINNER: Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
WINNER: Baby Reindeer
FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans
The Penguin
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country
Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Carry On
WINNER: The Greatest Night in Pop
The Killer
Rebel Ridge
Unfrosted
Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
30 for 30
Conan O’Brien Must Go
The Jinx – Part Two
WINNER: STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
Welcome to Wrexham
Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
Ali Wong: Single Lady
The Daily Show
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
WINNER: Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
WINNER: The Traitors
The Voice
The following nominees were previously announced.
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture
Gaucho Gaucho
Mediha
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Porcelain War
WINNER: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
We Will Dance Again
Outstanding Children’s Program
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
WINNER: Sesame Street
SpongeBob SquarePants
Outstanding Short-Form Program
The Crown: Farewell To a Royal Epic
Hacks: Bit By Bit
The Penguin: Inside Gotham
Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime
WINNER: Shōgun – The Making of Shōgun
Outstanding Sports Program
Formula 1: Drive to Survive
Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants
Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend
WINNER: Simone Biles Rising
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics
PGA Innovation Award
Critterz
Emperor
Impulse: Playing with Reality
WINNER: Orbital
The Pirate Queen with Lucy Liu
What If…? – An Immersive Story
A Complete Unknown, the James Mangold film about Bob Dylan in the 1960s, won best picture/best movie for grownups at AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards, which were held on Saturday (Feb. 8) at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. The event had originally been scheduled for Jan. 11, but was postponed due to the wildfires that spread across multiple neighborhoods of the Los Angeles area beginning on Jan. 7.
Alan Cumming, the Tony- and Primetime Emmy Award-winning host of the competition show The Traitors, returned as host of the show, which is in its 24th year. The awards are set to be broadcast by Great Performances on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT on PBS, its website and the PBS app.
AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards was established to encourage films and TV shows that resonate with older viewers. On itssite, AARP adds that there is an age requirement for individual honors: “AARP honors 2024’s finest film and TV achievements by talents 50+.” (They go so far as to list ages in the winners list on their site.)
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That 50+ requirement explains why Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) and Zoë Saldaña (Emilia Pérez), who are winning most awards for best supporting actor and actress, respectively, weren’t nominated here. Culkin is 42. Saldaña is 46. It also explains why Timothée Chalamet wasn’t nominated for best actor for playing Dylan in A Complete Unknown. Chalamet is just 29 — a whippersnapper in AARP terms.
A Complete Unknown competed in the best picture category with Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Gladiator II and September 5. The Dylan biopic won a second award for best time capsule. It was the only double winner at the show.
The awards for best actor and best actress went to Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) and Demi Moore (The Substance), who seem to be the front-runners to win Academy Awards in those categories.
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story won best documentary. The film, directed by Peter Ettedgui, tracks actor Christopher Reeve’s pivot from film star to activist for disability rights following a 1995 horse-riding accident. It triumphed in a tough category that had a greater than usual music emphasis. The other nominees were I Am: Celine Dion, directed by Irene Taylor, which focuses on the singer’s struggle with Stiff Person Syndrome; Luther Vandross: Never Too Much — directed by Dawn Porter, which traces the late R&B star’s life and career; Piece by Piece, directed by Morgan Neville, a journey through the life of Pharrell Williams, told through the lens of LEGO animation; and Will & Harper, directed by Josh Greenbaum, an intimate portrayal of friendship starring Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, friends of 30 years who go on a cross-country road trip.
Glenn Close was the Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Winner, their version of a lifetime achievement award.
Here’s the complete list of nominees for the 2025 Movies for Grownups Awards, with winners marked.
FILM AWARDS
Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups
WINNER: A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Gladiator II
September 5
Best Actress
Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)
Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)
WINNER: Demi Moore (The Substance)
June Squibb (Thelma)
Best Actor
WINNER: Adrian Brody (The Brutalist)
Daniel Craig (Queer)
Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
Jude Law (The Order)
Best Supporting Actress
WINNER: Joan Chen (Didi)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys)
Lesley Manville (Queer)
Connie Nielsen (Gladiator II)
Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Best Supporting Actor
Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)
Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
WINNER: Peter Sarsgaard (September 5)
Stanley Tucci (Conclave)
Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
Best Director
Pedro Almodóvar (The Room Next Door)
WINNER: Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
Edward Berger (Conclave)
James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
Ridley Scott (Gladiator II)
Best Screenwriter
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Livecchi (Emilia Pérez)
Jay Cocks and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
WINNER: Winnie Holzman (Wicked)
Peter Straughan (Conclave)
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts (Dune: Part Two)
Best Ensemble
A Complete Unknown
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
His Three Daughters
September 5
WINNER: Sing Sing
Best Intergenerational Film
Didi
Here
His Three Daughters
The Piano Lesson
WINNER: Thelma
Best Time Capsule
WINNER: A Complete Unknown
The Brutalist
Here
Maria
September 5
Best Documentary
I Am: Celine Dion
Luther: Never Too Much
Piece by Piece
WINNER: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper
TV AWARDS
Best TV Series or Limited Series
The Crown
Hacks
Palm Royale
WINNER: Shōgun
Slow Horses
Best Actress (TV)
Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)
WINNER: Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country)
Jean Smart (Hacks)
Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the Building)
Sofia Vergara (Griselda)
Best Actor (TV)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
Idris Elba (Hijack)
WINNER: Jon Hamm (Fargo)
Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
Hiroyuki Sanada (Shōgun)
Wicked, Emilia Pérez and The Substance each won three awards at the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards, which were held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. on Friday (Feb. 7). But none of those films took the top prize, best picture, which went to Anora (which won no other awards on the night).
Jon M. Chu, the director of Wicked, won best director. He’s the third director to win a Critics Choice Award for a musical, following Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!) and Damien Chazelle (La La Land). Chazelle went on to also win the Oscar for that film. Luhrmann and Chu weren’t even nominated for these films. Wicked’s other Critics Choice Awards were best production design and best costume design.
Emilia Pérez won best foreign language film, best original song for “El Mal,” and best supporting actress for Zoe Saldaña, who was took the lead on singing “El Mal” in the film.
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The Substance won best actress for Demi Moore, best original screenplay and best hair & make-up.
Films receiving two awards were A Real Pain, Conclave and Challengers.
“El Mal,” co-written by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard, also won the Golden Globe Award for best original song on Jan. 5. With these two wins, “El Mal” appears to be the front-runner in the race for best original song at the Oscars.
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross’ acclaimed score for Challengers won the Critics Choice Award for best original score, just as it won at the Golden Globes. But it cannot win the Oscar as it wasn’t even nominated. It’s just the third film score to win both the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award and not even be nominated at the Oscars. The first two were Howard Shore’s score for The Aviator and Justin Hurwitz’s score for First Man.
Chelsea Handler hosted the Critics Choice Awards for the third year in a row. The show was originally set for Sunday, Jan. 12, but was postponed to Sunday, Jan. 26, and then postponed again, because of wind-whipped wildfires in Los Angeles that began on Jan. 7. The three-hour show, which included awards for both film and television, aired at 7 p.m. ET/PT on E!. The show will also be available to stream the next day on Peacock.
Here’s the full list of nominations on the film side for the 2025 Critics Choice Awards, with winners marked.
Best Picture
A Complete Unknown
WINNER: Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked
Best Song
“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl – Music by: Andrew WyattLyrics by: Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li“Compress/Repress” – Challengers – Music by: Trent Reznor, Atticus RossLyrics by: Trent Reznor, Luca GuadagninoWINNER: “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Music by: Clément Ducol, CamilleLyrics by: Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard“Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper – Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig
“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot – Music & Lyrics by: Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi“Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez – Music & Lyrics by: Clément Ducol, Camille
Best Score
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
WINNER: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
Best Acting Ensemble
Anora
WINNER: Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked
Best Actor
WINNER: Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
WINNER: Demi Moore – The Substance
Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov – Anora
WINNER: Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
Best Supporting Actress
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
WINNER: Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Best Young Actor/Actress
Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
WINNER: Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
Izaac Wang – Didi
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet
Best Director
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
WINNER: Jon M. Chu – Wicked
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Best Original Screenplay
Sean Baker – Anora
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
WINNER: Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – Wicked
Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – Sing Sing
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
WINNER: Peter Straughan – Conclave
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two
Best Cinematography
WINNER: Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Alice Brooks – Wicked
Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys
Best Production Design
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist
WINNER: Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked
Suzie Davies – Conclave
Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – Gladiator II
Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – Dune: Part Two
Best Editing
Sean Baker – Anora
WINNER: Marco Costa – Challengers
Nick Emerson – Conclave
David Jancso – The Brutalist
Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5
Best Costume Design
Lisy Christl – Conclave
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria
WINNER: Paul Tazewell – Wicked
Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II
Best Hair and Makeup
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part Two
WINNER: Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – Wicked
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – Nosferatu
Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – A Different Man
Best Visual Effects
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Wicked
WINNER: Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Better Man
Visual Effects Team – The Substance
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Best Animated Feature
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
WINNER: The Wild Robot
Best Comedy
WINNER: A Real Pain
WINNER: Deadpool & Wolverine
Hit Man
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
Thelma
Best Foreign Language Film
All We Imagine as Light
WINNER: Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
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In the latest “Who green lights these movies?” news, it seems like Paramount Pictures is in desperate need for attention and cash as they’ve just released a trailer for their new Smurfs movie and all we can say is, “Well, at least Rihanna is getting that bag.”
That’s right, your favorite Bad Girl, Riri, is starring as the voice of Smurfette in Paramount Pictures’ fourth installment into the live-action Smurfs franchise. The question is did the previous Smurfs films make that much money at the box office to justify making another movie? We don’t know but it’s happening, and if the first teaser trailer is any indication of what we can expect, it’ll once again be family fun for everyone except probably the parents.
After Papa Smurf is abducted by a UFO of sorts, it’s on Smurfette (Rihanna) and the rest of the Smurfs to save him, and that ultimately leads them to our reality where they encounter different groups of Smurfs and get reacquainted with their arch nemesis, Gargamel, and his brother, Razamel.
Yeah, this might be a hard pass for us, y’all. Still, good for Rihanna for getting that bag.
Check out the trailer to Smurfs below and let us know if you’ll be checking it out when it hits theaters July 18. We have a feeling we already know the answer though.
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Just when it seemed like the Jurassic Park franchise might’ve wrapped up after the events of Jurassic World: Dominion, Universal Pictures has decided to revisit the world in which dinosaurs exist in modern times with a sequel to the Jurassic Park series but prequel to the Jurassic World trilogy. Yeah, exactly.
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According to Variety, Jurassic World: Rebirth is set to stomp into theaters this coming July and will be taking place five years before the events of 2015’s Jurassic World, which starred Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. Universal Pictures released the trailer to the Gareth Edwards feature earlier today (Feb. 5) and from the looks of it, it’s going to be one prehistoric ride in modern times.
Starring Scarlett Johanson as covert ops specialist Zora Bennett, the film centers around a team’s mission to secure genetic material from three of the biggest dinosaurs roaming what was once known as Jurassic Park. With hopes of cracking a medical breakthrough to save millions of lives, Bennett leads a team of scientists and others to the abandoned island only to learn that dinosaurs aren’t exactly domesticated and rather, well, territorial.
Needless to say, things go left almost immediately as there’s no actual playbook on how to deal with deadly and carnivorous prehistoric beasts.
Per Variety:
The cast also includes Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Ed Skrein, Mahershala Ali, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, Philippine Velge, David Iacono, Audrina Miranda and Bechir Sylvain.
Bailey plays paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis; Ali plays Duncan Kincaid, Zora’s partner; and Friend plays Martin Krebs, a representative for the drug corporation financing the mission. Velge, Sylvain and Skrein are said to play team members reporting to Zora.
We got Blade linking up with Black Widow in the Jurassic Park franchise before we got to see him in a Marvel cinematic movie. What the hell, man?!
Check out the trailer for Jurassic World: Rebirth and let us know if you’ll be checking for the flick when it hits theaters this coming July in the comments section below.
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Jonathan Majors may no longer be King The Conqueror in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the man is looking to make a comeback after domestic assault charges derailed his promising career something crazy.
Hoping to get his film career (and reputation) back on track, Briarcliff Entertainment released the first trailer for Major’s first comeback film Magazine Dreams, which stars the embattled actor as bodybuilder Killian Maddox who dreams of becoming the next Mr. Olympia and being the face of the body building community. Seemingly set in the ’80s or ’90s, Maddox’s obsession with body perfection leads him down the dangerous road of steroids, which leads to roid rage, violence and possible suicidal tendencies.
Still, Maddox tries to ground himself and is even open to an interracial relationship with a white woman. That probably won’t end well though as the trailer features Maddox dealing with racism and racial profiling from police officers.
Magazine Dreams was a hit at the Sundance Film Festival back a few years ago and according to Variety, multiple studios wanted in on the film, but things went left once allegations of domestic abuse became public and it never came to be.
Variety reports:
While “Magazine Dreams” was met with buzz after its debut at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, sparking a bidding war that led the film to find a home at Searchlight Pictures for a reported mid-seven figures, the distributor dropped the film in January 2024 after Majors was accused of domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.
Majors was arrested in March 2023 in Manhattan, which then led to him being charged with several counts of assault and aggravated harassment against Jabbari. After going to trial in New York, he was found guilty of two misdemeanor counts of harassment and assault. Jabbari also sued Majors for assault and defamation, but the suit was settled in November 2024.
They must feel that it’s safe now to place some bets on Jonathan Majors in 2025.
Check out the trailer to Magazine Dreams below, and let us know if you’ll be checking it out when it hits theaters on March 21 in the comments section.