“12 Years a Slave and American Hustle emerged as movie awards front-runners on Thursday, as each picked up seven Golden Globe nominations, including best picture nods in their respective categories, just a day after being nominated for top prizes from Hollywood’s acting guild.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Surprises And Snubs In The 2014 Golden Globe Noms
“The Golden Globes have a long and often amusing reputation for nomination-morning howlers. But [this year], there was no Tourist, no Burlesque, no Salmon Fishing in the Yemen … Yet that didn’t mean the snubs and surprises, the jaw-droppers and the head-scratchers, weren’t there. Here are six of the biggest.”
12 Years a Slave Leads Screen Actors Guild Nominations
In an unusually good year for African-descended actors, 12 Years, “based on the real-life story of Solomon Northup, garnered nominations in four of SAG’s five film categories, including the organization’s top award, best ensemble cast.” Lee Daniels’ The Butler earned a further three nods.
Will David Sedaris Or Stephen Colbert Finally Win A Grammy This Year?
They’ve each been nominated in the Spoken Word category three times before – and they’re competing against a couple of living legends (whom people under 35 may not even remember).
Drag Queens, Soul Sisters And A Proto-Carrie: 2014 Grammy Noms For Musical Theater
There are three nominees. Did we give enough hints for you to guess them?
Classical Grammy Nominations 2014: An Esa-Pekka Year?
Salonen (or his work) is nominated in three different categories. Other nominees include the familiar (Rattle, DiDonato, Bartoli; Wagner, Beethoven, Pärt), those we should know better (Lutoslawski, Palestrina; Maria João Pires, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir), the up-and-coming (2013 Pulitzer winner Caroline Shaw; New York Polyphony), the little-known (Leonardo Vinci, not to be confused with that mirror-writing Mona Lisa guy), and the beleaguered (Osmo and the Minnesotans).
Upstarts Upset Chick Corea In 2014 Grammy Jazz Nominations
“A winner of 20 Grammys, including two last year, Corea, with his latest album The Vigil, was shut out Friday night in this year’s list of nominees, which again offered a welcome blend of relative newcomers and familiar faces.”
In Year Without Concerts, Minnesota Orchestra Management Spent $13M, Lost $1.1M
Board chairman Jon Campbell believes this says something about the “business model”.
Judge Tosses Booksellers’ Suit Against Publishers, Amazon Over Kindle
“Federal Judge Jed Rakoff has dismissed a lawsuit filed by independent booksellers against Amazon and the big six publishers that alleged a murky conspiracy to restrain trade.”
Tom Krause, 79, Bass-Baritone
While he had an operatic repertoire of over 50 roles in eight languages, he was known even more for lieder and concert music, and he made more than 100 recordings.