TV nominations include "Mrs. Maisel," "The Assassination of Gianni Versace," "Handmaid's Tale," "Westworld"
Nominees were announced for the 21st CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards) celebrating excellence in film, television, and short-form costume design.
Among the notable multiple nominees were costume designer Sandy Powell and Jenny Eagan. Powell is nominated in the Period Film category for both The Favourite and Mary Poppins Returns. Eagan is a nominee in Contemporary Film for Widows and in the Short Form Design category for the Nespresso commercial, “Quest.”
Additionally Ruth E. Carter is nominated in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film for Black Panther. Carter, as earlier announced, will receive the Guild’s Career Achievement honor during the awards ceremony next month.
Besides The Favourite and Mary Poppins Returns, the other nominees in the Period Film category are BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody and Mary Queen of Scots.
In addition to Widows, the Contemporary Film nominees are A Star is Born, Crazy Rich Asians, Mama Mia! Here We Go Again and Ocean’s 8.
Joining Black Panther in the field of Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film nominees are A Wrinkle in Time, Aquaman, The Avengers: Infinity War, and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.
Among the TV fare in the running for honors are: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, The Romanoffs, Sharp Objects, This Is Us, GLOW, Outlander, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Westworld.
“I would like to congratulate all of the nominees of the 2019 Costume Designers Guild Awards. This year, we are especially thrilled to include the nominees for our brand-new Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television category. We look forward to celebrating the art of Costume Design and our honorees at our 21st awards gala on February 19, 2019,” said Salvador Perez, president of the Costume Designers Guild Local #892.
The nominations in that Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live TV category are Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, The Late Late Show with James Corden, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Saturday Night Live and So You Think You Can Dance.
Winners will be announced at the ceremony which will take place on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The evening’s host and additional honorees, including the Distinguished Service and Spotlight awards, will be announced in the coming weeks. The CDGA previously announced that the Distinguished Collaborator honor would go noted series creator/producer/director/filmmaker Ryan Murphy.
Following is the list of final nominees.
Excellence in Contemporary Film
A Star Is Born – Erin Benach
Crazy Rich Asians – Mary E. Vogt
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again – Michele Clapton
Ocean’s 8 – Sarah Edwards
Widows – Jenny Eagan
Excellence in Period Film
BlacKkKlansman – Marci Rodgers
Bohemian Rhapsody – Julian Day
The Favourite – Sandy Powell
Mary Poppins Returns – Sandy Powell
Mary Queen of Scots – Alexandra Byrne
Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Film
A Wrinkle in Time – Paco Delgado
Aquaman – Kym Barrett
The Avengers: Infinity War – Judianna Makovsky
Black Panther – Ruth E. Carter
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms – Jenny Beavan
Excellence in Contemporary Television
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – Lou Eyrich & Allison Leach
Grace and Frankie – Allyson B. Fanger
The Romanoffs – Janie Bryant & Wendy Chuck
Sharp Objects – Alix Friedberg
This Is Us – Hala Bahmet
Excellence in Period Television
The Alienist – Michael Kaplan
Glow – Beth Morgan
The Man in the High Castle – Catherine Adair
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Donna Zakowska
Outlander – Nina Ayres & Terry Dresbach
Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Television
American Horror Story: Apocalypse – Paula Bradley & Lou Eyrich
The Handmaid’s Tale – Ane Crabtree
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events – Cynthia Summers
Star Trek: Discovery – Gersha Phillips
Westworld – Sharen Davis
Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert – Paul Tazewell
The Late Late Show with James Corden – Lauren Shapiro
RuPaul’s Drag Race – Zaldy Goco
Saturday Night Live – Tom Broecker & Eric Justian
So You Think You Can Dance – Marina Toybina
Excellence in Short Form Design
Adidas: “See My Creativity”, commercial – Bonnie Stauch
Childish Gambino: “This is America”, music video – Natasha Newman-Thomas
Elton John – Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Legacy, short film – Charlie Altuna
Justin Timberlake: “Supplies” Directed by Dave Myers, music video – Ami Goodhart
Nespresso: “The Quest”, commercial – Jenny Eagan
Google Opens Its Defense In Antitrust Case Alleging Monopoly Over Online Ad Technology
Google opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology Friday with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government.
"The industry has been exceptionally fluid over the last 18 years," said Scott Sheffer, a vice president for global partnerships at Google, the company's first witness at its antitrust trial in federal court in Alexandria.
The Justice Department and a coalition of states contend that Google built and maintained an illegal monopoly over the technology that facilitates the buying and selling of online ads seen by consumers.
Google counters that the government's case improperly focuses on a narrow type of online ads — essentially the rectangular ones that appear on the top and on the right-hand side of a webpage. In its opening statement, Google's lawyers said the Supreme Court has warned judges against taking action when dealing with rapidly emerging technology like what Sheffer described because of the risk of error or unintended consequences.
Google says defining the market so narrowly ignores the competition it faces from social media companies, Amazon, streaming TV providers and others who offer advertisers the means to reach online consumers.
Justice Department lawyers called witnesses to testify for two weeks before resting their case Friday afternoon, detailing the ways that automated ad exchanges conduct auctions in a matter of milliseconds to determine which ads are placed in front of which consumers and how much they cost.
The department contends the auctions are finessed in subtle ways that benefit Google to the exclusion of would-be competitors and in ways that prevent... Read More