TV winners include "Game of Thrones," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "The Masked Singer," "Schitt’s Creek"
Jojo Rabbit (costume designer Mayes C. Rubeo), Knives Out (Jenny Eagan) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Ellen Mirojnick) won the feature film honors at the 22nd CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards) which took last night (1/28) at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The annual CDGA celebrated excellence in film, television, and short form costume design as voted on by the Guild’s membership. The Guild includes more than 1,100 costume designers and illustrators working in motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos, and new media programs throughout the world.
Taking the television category awards were Schitt’s Creek (costume designer Debra Hanson), Game of Thrones (Michele Clapton), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Donna Zakowska) and The Masked Singer (Marina Toybina). Winning the short form design category was the United Airlines’ commercial “Star Wars Wing Walker” (Christopher Lawrence).
Mindy Kaling hosted the evening which celebrated special honorees Mary Ellen Fields, Michael Kaplan, Adam McKay, and Charlize Theron, as well as the winners of the eight competitive award categories.
Theron received the Spotlight Award, which 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. Her Bombshell co-star John Lithgow gave a heartfelt speech about Theron and her dynamic work in life and on screen.
Kaplan was honored with the Career Achievement Award, recognizing his extraordinary body of work and lasting impact on filmmaking. Kaplan received the Award from J.J. Abrams. The two have worked closely together numerous times including multiple Star Wars and Star Trek films.
McKay was awarded the Distinguished Collaborator Award, which honors individuals who demonstrate unwavering support of costume design and creative partnerships with costume designers. Constance Wu, director Lorene Scafaria and costume designer Susan Matheson presented him with the award.
Fields received the Distinguished Service Award from the president of the CDG, Salvador Perez. The award honors someone whose specialties and talents contribute to the craft and art of Costume Design.
The following is the list of winners in the eight competitive categories voted on by the Guild’s membership:
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Knives Out – Jenny Eagan
Excellence in Period Film
Jojo Rabbit – Mayes C. Rubeo
Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Film
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil – Ellen Mirojnick
Excellence in Contemporary Television
Schitt’s Creek: “The Dress” – Debra Hanson
Excellence in Period Television
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “It’s Comedy or Cabbage” – Donna Zakowska
Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Television
Game of Thrones: “The Iron Throne” – Michele Clapton
Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television
The Masked Singer: “Season Finale: And the Winner Takes It All and Takes It Off” – Marina Toybina
Excellence in Short Form Design
United Airlines: “Star Wars Wing Walker”, commercial – Christopher Lawrence
Celebrities in attendance to present the Awards included Jennifer Beals, Julia Butters, Eliza Coupe, Nathalie Emmanuel, Tan France, Ana Gasteyer, Djimon Hounsou, Kathryn Newton, Catherine O’Hara, Lucy Punch, Adam Scott, and James Scully.
Review: Writer-Directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood’s “Heretic”
"Heretic" opens with an unusual table setter: Two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are discussing condoms and why some are labeled as large even though they're all pretty much a standard size. "What else do we believe because of marketing?" one asks the other.
That line will echo through the movie, a stimulating discussion of religion that emerges from a horror movie wrapper. Despite a second-half slide and feeling unbalanced, this is the rare movie that combines lots of squirting blood and elevated discussion of the ancient Egyptian god Horus.
Our two church members — played fiercely by Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East — are wandering around trying to covert souls when they knock on the door of a sweet-looking cottage. Its owner, Mr. Reed, offers a hearty "Good afternoon!" He welcomes them in, brings them drinks and promises a blueberry pie. He's also interested in learning more about the church. So far, so good.
Mr. Reed is, of course, if you've seen the poster, the baddie and he's played by Hugh Grant, who doesn't go the snarling, dead-eyed Hannibal Lecter route in "Heretic." Grant is the slightly bumbling, bashful and self-mocking character we fell in love with in "Four Weddings and a Funeral," but with a smear of menace. He gradually reveals that he actually knows quite a bit about the Mormon religion — and all religions.
"It's good to be religious," he says jauntily and promises his wife will join them soon, a requirement for the church. Homey touches in his home include a framed "Bless This Mess" needlepoint on a wall, but there are also oddities, like his lights are on a timer and there's metal in the walls and ceilings.
Writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood — who also... Read More