Tag: Astras

There’s a point at which the Golden Globes became something of a joke. That was when Pia Zadora won over Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Kathleen Turner, Rachel Ward, and Craig Wasson. The HCA managed to become a punchline in only their 9th year with the elevation of a trained animal over professional actors…

The early results share one thing in common: there’s very little out of the ordinary in them. Note: It doesn’t appear they awarded the Original Score or Original Song categories. These may have been unexpectedly moved to the main awards. Awards Tallies (3) Frankenstein, Sinners (2) Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, One Battle After…

With their creative nominees announced last week and their full nominations today, we have the full info about the Astra Awards and they’ve really over-extended themselves to get as many nominees together as possible. The International Press Academy was the last organization that tried separating the supporting categories by drama and comedy/musical and even they…

Splitting up your creative arts awards is always a bad move and it seems certain based on what is known about this organization that it’s done in order to maximize publicity for the forgotten cousin of the Critics Choice Awards. Their nominations seem to focus on some titles we’ve been expecting but also highlighting a…

A surprising set of winners with Wicked taking numerous prizes in spite of being ignored on so many other occasions this season. Awards Tallies (8) Wicked (4) Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez (2) Challengers, The Fall Guy, A Real Pain, The Substance, The Wild Robot (1) A Complete Unknown, The Last Showgirl, Monkey Man, Saturday…

These were announced at the end of November and Thanksgiving kept me from reporting on them. With all the others announcing this week, it was time to get these put in place, not that they matter much. This organization has been facing controversy after controversy that makes what the Globes went through look like a…