Dune, Coming 2 America and Cruella topped the sci-fi/fantasy, contemporary and period film categories, respectively, at the 24th Costume Designers Guild Awards ceremony held live on The Broad Stage in Santa Monica on Wednesday (3/9) evening.
The winners on the TV side included episodes of The Book of Boba Fett, Emily in Paris, The Great and Saturday Night Live.
Earning distinction in the Short Form Design category was the Swarovski commercial titled “Welcome to Wonderlab.”
Andrew Rannells and Casey Wilson co-hosted the evening which celebrated special honorees Andrew Garfield (actor, Spotlight Award), Amy Pascal and Rachel O’Connor (producers, Distinguished Collaborator Award), and Sharen Davis (costume designer, Career Achievement Award). The Spotlight Award honors an actor whose talent and career personify an enduring commitment to excellence, including a special awareness of the role and importance of costume design, the Distinguished Collaborator Award honors individuals who demonstrate unwavering support of costume design and creative partnerships with costume designers, and the Career Achievement Award recognizes leaders who have made a lasting impact on costume design.
The following is the list of winners in the eight competitive categories voted on by the Guild’s membership:
Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
Dune – Jacqueline West & Robert Morgan
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Coming 2 America – Ruth E. Carter
Excellence in Period Film
Cruella – Jenny Beavan
Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television
The Book of Boba Fett: Chapter 1 – Shawna Trpcic
Excellence in Contemporary Television
Emily in Paris: French Revolution – Patricia Field & Marylin Fitoussi
Excellence in Period Television
The Great: Five Days – Sharon Long
Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television
Saturday Night Live: Rami Malek/Young Thug – Tom Broecker & Eric Justian
Excellence in Short Form Design
Swarovski: “Welcome to Wonderlab” (Commercial) – B. Åkerlund
Participating talent included Judith Light (actress, tick, tick… Boom!) who presented the Spotlight Award, Laura Dern (actress, Marriage Story) who presented the Distinguished Collaborator Award, Aunjanue Ellis (actress, King Richard) who presented the Career Achievement Award with a surprise video message from Will Smith (actor, King Richard), and Glenn Close (actress, Swan Song), who inducted the late Anthony Powell into the Costume Designers Guild Hall of Fame with a special filmed message. In addition, Jabari Banks (actor, Bel Air), Stephanie Beatriz (actress, Encanto), Ariana DeBose (actress, West Side Story), Melora Hardin (actress, The Bold Type), Christopher McDonald (actor, Hacks), Alfred Molina (actor, Spider-Man: No Way Home), Karen Pittman (actress, The Morning Show), Storm Reid (actress, Euphoria) and Academy Award® winner Mira Sorvino (actress, Shining Vale) all presented awards in the show. Coco Jones (actress, Bel Air) was also in attendance.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More