Michael Buble (Photo by Evaan Kheraj/Warner Bros Records)
Michael Bublé is back with another music-filled special, Michael Bublé Sings and Swings, airing on NBC on December 20, 2016 at 8pm ET/PT. The 2016 hour-long special marks the four-time Grammy winner’s sixth annual special on NBC and will feature fan favorites “Nobody but Me,” “Always on My Mind,” “Home,” “God Only Knows” and “Feeling Good.”
Michael Bublé Sings and Swings was filmed in Manchester, England in October 2016. The special, which features Bublé backed by his band and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, was directed by Simon Staffurth (Adele: Live in London) and executive produced by Anouk Fontaine.
Over the course of his career, Bublé’s sold more than 55 million albums and has had five albums hit the top spot on Billboard’s Top 200 pop chart. His latest album, Nobody But Me, made its debut on the charts in the #2 spot.
Passengers star Chris Pratt paid a visit to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, CA on December 12, 2016 for a very special screening of the Columbia Pictures sci-fi film co-starring Jennifer Lawrence. Pratt spent time with members of the military and their families, posing for photos and signing autographs as he made his way down a line of fans that stretched for blocks. Pratt also did a special meet-and-greet with Wounded Warriors who attended the exclusive Passengers screening. And while the focus of the advance screening was to thank the Marines and their families and give them a special holiday treat, Pratt also took part in a few interviews to talk about his role in the action thriller directed by Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) and opening in theaters on December 21, 2016.
“Well, you know, we focused a lot on simulating zero gravity during the stunts which is something that’s pretty difficult and unlike anything I’ve ever done before in stunt work where you do a lot of wirework,” explained Pratt, discussing training for Passengers. “But with this, we’re trying to create the illusion of zero gravity and so that was something that we trained for. And all the action sequences that happen in space in zero gravity, those were really hard and required various techniques all the way from animation to heavily-choreographed bits of physical stunts.”
The sets that were created for Passengers were elaborate and huge, and Pratt says the use of practical sets rather than green screen really helped him get into character. “The sets were incredible. We had a grand concourse – the inner mall of the ship – we built it was practical. We had to tear a wall down between two stages in Atlanta. It’s one of the biggest sets ever built. It’s four stories tall, thousands of feet long. They used eight miles of LED lights around the whole thing. It’s really unlike anything anyone’s ever seen before. It was nice. It’s nice anytime you’re doing a movie that relies heavily on animation that you don’t have to use your imagination too much. Acting often is just reacting to your environment and so you can fake that or you can actually put yourself in a real environment and not have to fake it as much, so they were smart to create a really vibrant and real physical set against which we could act and react.”
Asked how he’d handle being alone in space for so long (his character’s awake on the ship for a year prior to Jennifer Lawrence’s character waking up), Pratt replied, “Oh my gosh, it’s hard to say. It’s hard to say. I’d like to think that I’d be perfect, but you know I think it’s hard to say. I think there’s a reason solitary confinement is like a form of torture and punishment. Being cut off from other human beings is torturous and so I don’t know how I would react. Hopefully, not worse than Jim!”
Pratt says Passengers is not a post-apocalyptic tale, although people are leaving Earth to live on another planet. “Earth is still vibrant and healthy; it’s the cradle of civilization. But, based on a couple of bits of fictional science, we’re able to put people in a state of hibernation – stopping all metabolic function. It’s like putting them on ice for a couple of hundred years, if we wanted to. We can also move half the speed of light so given those two things, we’re able to colonize other planets and other solar systems. We’re able to find planets that are similar to Earth and colonize them. My character, Jim, is a guy who’s like a rate-2 mechanic, very blue collar, working class guy, living on an Earth that’s overcrowded and over-priced. He decides he’s going to essentially allow this Homestead company to fund his trip to this new planet. He’ll show up, he’ll be a mechanic, and he’ll help build things.
It’ll be a simpler time and there will problems there he can solve – his kind of problems – because the Earth he’s living on men like him are no longer required. If something breaks, you don’t fix it. You just buy a new one. Everything is disposable. You know, he’s a bit of a throwback and a pioneer, so it’s not desimilar to the men and women that jumped on boats in manifest destiny to kind of find and establish the world of the West, the New World. So, that’s who he is; that’s why he’s in this situation. He wakes up 90 years before he gets to Homestead 2 and is facing life alone on this ship forever.”
Pratt’s recently starred in a Western (The Magnificent Seven), has been chased by dinosaurs (Jurassic World), and now he’s in a big space adventure that mixes sci-fi and romance. If it seems as though he’s living out every kids’ fantasy on screen, Pratt says that’s because he is. “I got to play a baseball player. I got to play a Navy SEAL. I can’t think of anything left. I don’t know what else I can do to fulfill my boyhood fantasies. Yeah, I’m getting very fortunate in the roles that have come my way. For sure, it’s very much a dream the roles that I’ve been able to play over the last few years.”
Watch the Chris Pratt interview:
(Additional reporting by contributing writer Kevin Finnerty. Video by Gary Murray.)
Warner Bros Pictures released the official trailer for Dunkirk, the WWII action thriller from writer/director Christopher Nolan. The much-anticipated 2017 summer theatrical release stars Tom Hardy (Mad Mad: Fury Road, The Revenant), One Direction’s Harry Styles, Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies), Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet), Cillian Murphy (Inception, The Dark Knight trilogy), Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Barnard, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden, Barry Keoghan and Tom Glynn-Carney. Dunkirk is produced by Nolan and Emma Thomas, with Jake Myers executive producing.
The Plot:Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in.
The minions are back in ‘Despicable Me 3.’ (Photo Credit: Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures)
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment just released a new trailer, poster, and a couple of new photos from Despicable Me 3, the 3D-CG animated comedy directed by Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda, and Eric Guillon. The voice cast of the third film in the hit animated film series is led once again by Steve Carell, and includes Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Nev Scharrel, Steve Coogan, Jenny Slate, and Julie Andrews. Despicable Me 3 will open in theaters on June 30, 2017.
The third Despicable Me film will be involve the sibling rivalry between Gru and his long-lost twin brother who’s the polar opposite of Gru (both characters are voiced by Steve Carell). South Park‘s Trey Parker joins the franchise voicing Balthazar Bratt, a former child star who’s grown up to become obsessed with the character he played in the ‘80s, and proves to be Gru’s most formidable nemesis to date.
Watch the Despicable Me 3 trailer:
Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) in ‘Despicable Me 3’ (Photo Credit: Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures)Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) and Balthazar Bratt (voiced by Trey Parker) in ‘Despicable Me 3’ (Photo Credit: Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures)
Thandie Newton and Rodrigo Santoro in ‘Westworld’ (Photo: John P. Johnson/HBO)
Cast members of Manchester by the Sea, The Crown, Game of Thrones, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Stranger Things, and Westworld top the list of nominees for the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®. The annual SAG Awards recognize the best performances by individuals, casts, and ensembles in feature films and television shows, as well as stunt ensembles from both films and TV.
The SAG Awards nominees are selected by a film panel and a television panel, each made up of 2,500 randomly selected members of SAG-AFTRA. All members of of SAG-AFTRA are eligible to vote for the winners and the results will be announced on January 29, 2017 during the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony. The 2017 SAG Awards will be broadcast on Sunday, January 29th on TNT and TBS at 5pm PT/8pm ET.
2016’s Screen Actors Guild Awards winners included Spotlight‘s ensemble, Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant, Brie Larson for Room, Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl, and Idris Elba for Beasts of No Nation. On the television side, the 2016 winners (representing the best of 2015) included the ensembles of Downton Abbey and Orange is the New Black, as well as Idris Elba for Luther, Queen Latifah for Bessie, Kevin Space for House of Cards, Viola Davis for How to Get Away with Murder, Jeffrey Tambor for Transparent, and Uzo Aduba for Orange is the New Black.
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS NOMINATIONS:
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
CASEY AFFLECK / Lee Chandler – “MANCHESTER BY THE SEA” (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
ANDREW GARFIELD / Desmond Doss – “HACKSAW RIDGE” (Lionsgate)
RYAN GOSLING / Sebastian – “LA LA LAND” (Lionsgate)
VIGGO MORTENSEN / Ben – “CAPTAIN FANTASTIC” (Bleecker Street)
DENZEL WASHINGTON / Troy Maxson – “FENCES” (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
AMY ADAMS / Louise Banks – “ARRIVAL” (Paramount Pictures)
EMILY BLUNT / Rachel – “THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN” (Universal Pictures)
NATALIE PORTMAN / Jackie Kennedy – “JACKIE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
EMMA STONE / Mia – “LA LA LAND” (Lionsgate)
MERYL STREEP / Florence Foster Jenkins – “FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS” (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
MAHERSHALA ALI / Juan – “MOONLIGHT” (A24)
JEFF BRIDGES / Marcus Hamilton – “HELL OR HIGH WATER” (CBS Films)
HUGH GRANT / St Clair Bayfield – “FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS” (Paramount Pictures)
LUCAS HEDGES / Patrick Chandler – “MANCHESTER BY THE SEA” (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
DEV PATEL / Saroo Brierley – “LION” (The Weinstein Company)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
VIOLA DAVIS / Rose Maxson – “FENCES” (Paramount Pictures)
NAOMIE HARRIS / Paula – “MOONLIGHT” (A24)
NICOLE KIDMAN / Sue Brierley – “LION” (The Weinstein Company)
OCTAVIA SPENCER / Dorothy Vaughan – “HIDDEN FIGURES” (20th Century Fox)
MICHELLE WILLIAMS / Randi Chandler – “MANCHESTER BY THE SEA” (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture CAPTAIN FANTASTIC (Bleecker Street)
ANNALISE BASSO / Vespyr
SHREE CROOKS / Zaja
ANN DOWD / Abigail
KATHRYN HAHN / Harper
NICHOLAS HAMILTON / Rellian
SAMANTHA ISLER / Kielyr
FRANK LANGELLA / Jack
GEORGE MacKAY / Bo
ERIN MORIARTY / Claire
VIGGO MORTENSEN / Ben
MISSI PYLE / Ellen
CHARLIE SHOTWELL / Nai
STEVE ZAHN / Dave
FENCES (Paramount Pictures)
JOVAN ADEPO / Cory
VIOLA DAVIS / Rose Maxson
STEPHEN McKINLEY HENDERSON / Jim Bono
RUSSELL HORNSBY / Lyons
SANIYYA SIDNEY / Raynell
DENZEL WASHINGTON / Troy Maxson
MYKELTI WILLIAMSON / Gabriel
HIDDEN FIGURES (20th Century Fox)
MAHERSHALA ALI / Col. Jim Johnson
KEVIN COSTNER / Al Harrison
KIRSTEN DUNST / Vivian Mitchell
TARAJI P. HENSON / Katherine G. Johnson
ALDIS HODGE / Levi Jackson
JANELLE MONÁE / Mary Jackson
JIM PARSONS / Paul Stafford
GLEN POWELL / John Glenn
OCTAVIA SPENCER / Dorothy Vaughan
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
CASEY AFFLECK / Lee Chandler
MATTHEW BRODERICK / Jeffrey
KYLE CHANDLER / Joe Chandler
LUCAS HEDGES / Patrick Chandler
GRETCHEN MOL / Elise
MICHELLE WILLIAMS / Randi Chandler
MOONLIGHT (A24)
MAHERSHALA ALI / Juan
NAOMIE HARRIS / Paula
ANDRÉ HOLLAND / Kevin
JHARREL JEROME / Kevin (16)
JANELLE MONÁE / Teresa
TREVANTE RHODES / Black
ASHTON SANDERS / Chiron
TELEVISION PROGRAMS
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
RIZ AHMED / Nasir “Naz” Khan – “THE NIGHT OF” (HBO)
STERLING K. BROWN / Christopher Darden – “THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY” (FX Networks)
BRYAN CRANSTON / President Lyndon B. Johnson – “ALL THE WAY” (HBO)
JOHN TURTURRO / John Stone – “THE NIGHT OF” (HBO)
COURTNEY B. VANCE / Johnnie Cochran – “THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY” (FX Networks)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD / Lacie – “BLACK MIRROR” (Netflix)
FELICITY HUFFMAN / Leslie Graham – “AMERICAN CRIME” (ABC)
AUDRA McDONALD / Billie Holiday – “LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL” (HBO)
SARAH PAULSON / Marcia Clark – “THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY” (FX Networks)
KERRY WASHINGTON / Anita Hill – “CONFIRMATION” (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
STERLING K. BROWN / Randall Pearson – “THIS IS US” (NBC)
PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister – “GAME OF THRONES” (HBO)
JOHN LITHGOW / Winston Churchill – “THE CROWN” (Netflix)
RAMI MALEK / Elliot Alderson – “MR. ROBOT” (USA Network)
KEVIN SPACEY / Frank Underwood – “HOUSE OF CARDS” (Netflix)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN / Eleven – “STRANGER THINGS” (Netflix)
CLAIRE FOY / Queen Elizabeth II – “THE CROWN” (Netflix)
THANDIE NEWTON / Maeve Millay – “WESTWORLD” (HBO)
WINONA RYDER / Joyce Byers – “STRANGER THINGS” (Netflix)
ROBIN WRIGHT / Claire Underwood – “HOUSE OF CARDS” (Netflix)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ANTHONY ANDERSON / Andre Johnson – “BLACK-ISH” (ABC)
TITUSS BURGESS / Titus Andromedon – “UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT” (Netflix)
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
WILLIAM H. MACY / Frank Gallagher – “SHAMELESS” (Showtime)
JEFFREY TAMBOR / Maura Pfefferman – “TRANSPARENT” (Amazon)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
UZO ADUBA / Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren – “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” (Netflix)
JANE FONDA / Grace Hanson – “GRACE AND FRANKIE” (Netflix)
ELLIE KEMPER / Kimmy Schmidt – “UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT” (Netflix)
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / President Selina Meyer – “VEEP” (HBO)
LILY TOMLIN / Frankie Bergstein – “GRACE AND FRANKIE” (Netflix)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series THE CROWN (Netflix)
CLAIRE FOY / Queen Elizabeth II
CLIVE FRANCIS / Lord Salisbury
HARRY HADDEN-PATON / Martin Charteris
VICTORIA HAMILTON / Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
DANIEL INGS / Mike Parker
BILLY JENKINS / Prince Charles
VANESSA KIRBY / Princess Margaret
JOHN LITHGOW / Winston Churchill
LIZZY McINNERNY / Bobo Macdonald
BEN MILES / Peter Townsend
JEREMY NORTHAM / Anthony Eden
NICHOLAS ROWE / Jock Colville
MATT SMITH / Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
PIP TORRENS / Tommy Lascelles
HARRIET WALTER / Clemmie Churchill
DOWNTON ABBEY (Masterpiece/PBS)
SAMANTHA BOND / Lady Rosamund Painswick
HUGH BONNEVILLE / Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
PATRICK BRENNAN / Mr. Dawes
LAURA CARMICHAEL / Lady Edith Crawley
JIM CARTER / Charles Carson
RAQUEL CASSIDY / Baxter
PAUL COPLEY / Mr. Mason
BRENDAN COYLE / John Bates
MICHELLE DOCKERY / Lady Mary Crawley
KEVIN DOYLE / Joseph Molesley
MICHAEL FOX / Andy
JOANNE FROGGATT / Anna Bates
MATTHEW GOODE / Henry Talbot
HARRY HADDEN-PATON / Bertie Pelham
ROBERT JAMES-COLLIER / Thomas Barrow
SUE JOHNSTON / Miss Denker
ALLEN LEECH / Tom Branson
PHYLLIS LOGAN / Mrs. Hughes
ELIZABETH McGOVERN / Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham
SOPHIE McSHERA / Daisy Mason
LESLEY NICOL / Mrs. Patmore
DOUGLAS REITH / Lord Merton
DAVID ROBB / Dr. Clarkson
MAGGIE SMITH / Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
JEREMY SWIFT / Spratt
HOWARD WARD / Sgt. Willis
PENELOPE WILTON / Isobel Crawley
GAME OF THRONES (HBO)
ALFIE ALLEN / Theon Greyjoy
JACOB ANDERSON / Grey Worm
DEAN CHARLES CHAPMAN / Tommen Baratheon
EMILIA CLARKE / Daenerys Targaryen
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU / Jaime Lannister
LIAM CUNNINGHAM / Davos Seaworth
PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister
NATHALIE EMMANUEL / Missandei
KIT HARINGTON / Jon Snow
LENA HEADEY / Cersei Lannister
CONLETH HILL / Varys
KRISTOFER HIVJU / Tormund Giantsbane
MICHIEL HUISMAN / Daario Naharis
FAYE MARSAY / Waif
JONATHAN PRYCE / High Sparrow
SOPHIE TURNER / Sansa Stark
CARICE VAN HOUTEN / Melisandre
GEMMA WHELAN / Yara Greyjoy
MAISIE WILLIAMS / Arya Stark
STRANGER THINGS (Netflix)
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN / Eleven
CARA BUONO / Karen Wheeler
JOE CHREST / Ted Wheeler
NATALIA DYER / Nancy Wheeler
DAVID HARBOUR / Jim Hopper
CHARLIE HEATON / Jonathan Byers
JOE KEERY / Steve Harrington
GATEN MATARAZZO / Dustin Henderson
CALEB McLAUGHLIN / Lucas Sinclair
MATTHEW MODINE / Dr. Martin Brenner
ROB MORGAN / Officer Powell
JOHN PAUL REYNOLDS / Officer Callahan
WINONA RYDER / Joyce Byers
NOAH SCHNAPP / Will Byers
MARK STEGER / The Monster
FINN WOLFHARD / Mike Wheeler
WESTWORLD (HBO)
BEN BARNES / Logan
INGRID BOLSØ BERDAL / Armistice
ED HARRIS / Man in Black
LUKE HEMSWORTH / Ashley Stubbs
ANTHONY HOPKINS / Dr. Robert Ford
SIDSE BABETT KNUDSEN / Theresa Cullen
JAMES MARSDEN / Teddy Flood
LEONARDO NAM / Felix Lutz
THANDIE NEWTON / Maeve Millay
TALULAH RILEY / Angela
RODRIGO SANTORO / Hector Escaton
ANGELA SARAFYAN / Clementine Pennyfeather
JIMMI SIMPSON / William
PTOLEMY SLOCUM / Sylvester
EVAN RACHEL WOOD / Dolores Abernathy
SHANNON WOODWARD / Elsie Hughes
JEFFREY WRIGHT / Bernard Lowe
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)
MAYIM BIALIK / Amy Farrah Fowler
KALEY CUOCO / Penny
JOHNNY GALECKI / Leonard Hofstadter
SIMON HELBERG / Howard Wolowitz
KUNAL NAYYAR / Rajesh Koothrappali
JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper
MELISSA RAUCH / Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz
BLACK-ISH (ABC)
ANTHONY ANDERSON / Andre Johnson
MILES BROWN / Jack Johnson
DEON COLE / Charlie Telphy
LAURENCE FISHBURNE / Pops
JENIFER LEWIS / Ruby Johnson
PETER MACKENZIE / Mr. Stevens
MARSAI MARTIN / Diane Johnson
JEFF MEACHAM / Josh
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS / Rainbow Johnson
MARCUS SCRIBNER / Andre Johnson, Jr.
YARA SHAHIDI / Zoey Johnson
MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
AUBREY ANDERSON-EMMONS / Lily Tucker-Pritchett
JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy
JESSE TYLER FERGUSON / Mitchell Pritchett
NOLAN GOULD / Luke Dunphy
SARAH HYLAND / Haley Dunphy
JEREMY MAGUIRE / Joe Pritchett
ED O’NEILL / Jay Pritchett
RICO RODRIGUEZ / Manny Delgado
ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker
SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
ARIEL WINTER / Alex Dunphy
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix)
UZO ADUBA / Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren
ALAN AISENBERG / Baxter “Gerber” Bayley
DANIELLE BROOKS / Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson
BLAIR BROWN / Judy King
JACKIE CRUZ / Marisol “Flaca” Gonzales
LEA DeLARIA / Big Boo
BETH DOVER / Linda Ferguson
KIMIKO GLENN / Brook Soso
ANNIE GOLDEN / Norma Romano
LAURA GOMEZ / Blanca Flores
DIANE GUERRERO / Maritza Ramos
MICHAEL J. HARNEY / Sam Healy
BRAD WILLIAM HENKE / Desi Piscatella
VICKY JEUDY / Janae Watson
JULIE LAKE / Angie Rice
SELENIS LEYVA / Gloria Mendoza
NATASHA LYONNE / Nicky Nichols
TARYN MANNING / Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Doggett
JAMES McMENAMIN / Charlie “Donuts” Coates
ADRIENNE C. MOORE / Cindy “Black Cindy” Hayes
KATE MULGREW / Galina “Red” Reznikov
EMMA MYLES / Leanne Taylor
MATT PETERS / Joel Luschek
LORI PETTY / Lolly Whitehill
JESSICA PIMENTEL / Maria Ruiz
DASCHA POLANCO / Dayanara “Daya” Diaz
LAURA PREPON / Alex Vause
JOLENE PURDY / Stephanie Hapakuka
ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ / Aleida Diaz
NICK SANDOW / Joe Caputo
ABIGAIL SAVAGE / Gina Murphy
TAYLOR SCHILLING / Piper Chapman
CONSTANCE SHULMAN / Erica “Yoga” Jones
DALE SOULES / Frieda Berlin
YAEL STONE / Lorna Morello
LIN TUCCI / Anita DeMarco
SAMIRA WILEY / Poussey Washington
VEEP (HBO)
DAN BAKKEDAHL / Roger Furlong
SUFE BRADSHAW / Sue Wilson
ANNA CHLUMSKY / Amy Brookheimer
GARY COLE / Kent Davison
KEVIN DUNN / Ben Cafferty
CLEA DUVALL / Marjorie Palmiotti
NELSON FRANKLIN / Will
TONY HALE / Gary Walsh
HUGH LAURIE / Tom James
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / President Selina Meyer
SAM RICHARDSON / Richard
REID SCOTT / Dan Egan
TIMOTHY SIMONS / Jonah Ryan
JOHN SLATTERY / Charlie Baird
SARAH SUTHERLAND / Catherine
MATT WALSH / Mike McLintock
WAYNE WILDERSON / Wayne
STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
“DOCTOR STRANGE” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
“HACKSAW RIDGE” (Lionsgate)
“JASON BOURNE” (Universal Pictures)
“NOCTURNAL ANIMALS” (Focus Features)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
“GAME OF THRONES” (HBO)
“MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL” (Netflix)
“MARVEL’S LUKE CAGE” (Netflix)
“THE WALKING DEAD” (AMC)
“WESTWORLD” (HBO)
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
53rd Annual SAG Life Achievement Award – LILY TOMLIN
DJ Qualls and Rupert Evans in ‘The Man in the High Castle’ season 2 (Photo Credit: Liane Hentscher/Amazon Prime Video)
DJ Qualls reprises his role as Ed McCarthy in season two of Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle, the dramatic thriller based on Philip K. Dick’s award-winning novel. Alexa Davalos, Luke Kleintank, Rufus Sewell, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Rupert Evans also return for the show’s second season which is set to premiere on December 16, 2016. The upcoming season will consist of 10 one-hour episodes and during the San Diego Comic Con, DJ Qualls provided a little insight into what’s going to happen to his character during the new season. Qualls also discussed acting and how he approaches roles during our lengthy interview at Comic Con.
The Season 2 Plot:The Man in the High Castle explores what would have happened if the Allied Powers had lost World War II. While Germany controls much of the East Coast and Japan controls the West Coast, the Rocky Mountains have become a “neutral zone” — and ground zero for a resistance, led by a mysterious figure known only as “the Man in the High Castle.” While some citizens struggle against the fear, oppression and inequality, others accept their lives, as compromised and unfulfilling as they might be. But after a series of enigmatic films surface depicting a world vastly different from their own, some begin to question the very nature of their reality…
Season two resumes with Juliana Crain (Alexa Davalos) facing the consequences of her decision to betray the Resistance and allow Joe Blake (Luke Kleintank), a suspected Nazi agent, to escape the Pacific States with a film originally bound for the Man in the High Castle. Joe himself returns a hero to the Reich and finds himself thrust into the Nazi capital of Berlin, face to face with the father who abandoned him. Meanwhile, Frank Frink (Rupert Evans) becomes increasingly radicalized and drawn further into the resistance after seeing images of his own execution in the mysterious films.
With political tensions mounting between Germany and Japan, Trade Minister Tagomi (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) begins to regret his success in smuggling nuclear technology from the Reich and seeks solace in the strange new world he discovered at the end of season one. Meanwhile, Obergruppenführer John Smith (Rufus Sewell) struggles to reconcile the values of the Reich with the deteriorating health of his son— all while tasked with a mission from the Fuhrer for which failure is not an option. And Chief Inspector Kido (Joel De La Fuente) begins to take greater interest in the Man in the High Castle, the films, and how Juliana Crain is connected to it all…
Check out the video below for what Qualls had to say about being a part of The Man in the High Castle and much more:
Focus Features announced Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel Patience is being adapted into a feature film, with Clowes handling the screenwriting duties. Clowes earned an Oscar nomination for adapting his comic Ghost World which was directed by Terry Zwigoff and starred Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch. There’s no word yet on who will direct Patience or when we can expect to see the film in theaters.
“Daniel’s story is beautifully imagined. As with all of his works, it is vivid and affecting. Patience will be a thrilling, funny, and moving exploration of emotions we’ve all experienced,” stated Focus’ President of Production Jim Burke.
Clowes’ Patience was a fixture on the New York Times bestseller list for 19 weeks. Clowes, winner of the PEN Literary Award for Graphic Literature in 2011, is also the author of Eightball, David Boring, and Caricature.
The Patience Plot: The story explores the lengths to which one man will go, and the sacrifices he will make, for the love of his life. When his wife Patience is murdered, Jack falls into a deep pit of anger, grief, and guilt. Ten years later, he learns of a time machine that might allow him to fix things. From there, he plunges into a psychedelic journey through Patience’s past and the events that shaped her into the woman he knew and loved.
Focus Features hasn’t released many official details on The Book of Henry, however the studio has just unveiled the film’s first poster. Jurassic World‘s Colin Trevorrow directs from a script by Gregg Hurwitz (2010’s V television series). The cast includes Naomi Watts (Shut In), Jaeden Lieberher (Masters of Sex), Jacob Tremblay (Room), Sarah Silverman (Lady Dynamite), Lee Pace (Halt and Catch Fire), Maddie Ziegler (Dance Moms), and Dean Norris (Breaking Bad).
Focus Features is planning to release The Book of Henry in theaters on June 16, 2017.
The Plot: The story of a single mother raising two boys, one of whom is a genius.
First photo from WGN America’s ‘Underground’ season two.
WGN America has set a March 8, 2017 premiere date for the second season of the drama series Underground. Season two will air on Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT and will consist of 10 new hour-long episodes. Underground was created by Misha Green and Joe Pokaski and is executive produced by Green, Pokaski, John Legend, and Akiva Goldsman.
In addition to announcing the premiere date, WGN America released the first season two trailer along with the first official photo from the upcoming season.
The cast of Underground includes Jurnee Smollett-Bell (“Rosalee”), Aldis Hodge (“Noah”), Jessica de Gouw (“Elizabeth Hawkes”), Alano Miller (“Cato”), Amirah Vann (“Ernestine”) and Aisha Hinds (“Harriet Tubman”). Season one of the critically acclaimed series just received four NAACP Image Awards nominations for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Amirah Vann), and Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series (Anthony Hemingway).
The Season Two Plot: Season two follows an unremitting struggle for freedom within a divided America on the brink of civil war, each side vying to enact their own justice. Set in the aftermath of the Macon 7’s daring attempt to stage the greatest escape in history, this group of American heroes continues on their harrowing journey to freedom, with legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman blazing the trail.
Kit Harington in ‘Game of Thrones’ season 6 episode 9 (Photo: Helen Sloan/Courtesy of HBO)
IMDB has just announced the top 10 television series of 2016 based on page views from the popular entertainment website’s visitors. Game of Thrones finished out the year as the most visited television show, marking the fifth consecutive year the HBO series based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire book series has held the top spot. Westworld makes it debut on the list at #4, giving HBO two of IMBD’s top 10 shows.
“For the fifth consecutive year, HBO’s Game of Thrones claimed the #1 spot on IMDb’s list of Top 10 TV Shows of the year,” said Keith Simanton, IMDb’s Senior Film Editor. “Game of Thrones has demonstrated unparalleled and enduring popularity over the last five years. Not surprisingly, its lead actors are beloved as well. Emilia Clarke, for example, is IMDb’s #2 Top Star of 2016, a spot she also occupied in 2015.”
“But our year-end list is obviously not just about longevity. Our #2 spot is occupied by Netflix’s Stranger Things, whose 8 episodes dropped in July 2016, becoming an immediate hit with our users. The show not only served up a heap of ’80s nostalgia and reintroduced Winona Ryder to a new generation of streaming fans, but also fueled the popularity of two actresses on IMDb’s list of Top 10 Breakout Stars of 2016: Millie Bobby Brown (at #1) and Natalia Dyer (#4). Brown was so popular that she not only made it onto our Breakout Stars list, but she also charted at #3 on our Top 10 Stars of the 2016 list. Stranger Things was one of only two freshman series to rank on our Top 10 list this year; the other was HBO’s enormously popular sci-fi Westworld (#4).”
