Awards Season Is Upon Us

I've dropped all of my streaming subscriptions - except hulu, which is included in my cell phone package. I rarely go out to movies, and there's nothing much on "regular" TV but some old sitcoms and the occasional sportsball game.

I've kinda isolated myself from a big part of the culture.

So when the (eg) Golden Globes come out, I have a vague sense of disconnect because while I have some passing familiarity with most of the shows, I don't think I've actually seen any of them. 

And that can be a problem, because there have been plenty of movies and shows over the years that I've really liked that could never be thought of as "mainstream". I guess I should be looking for a way to tap into the lesser known works, to keep myself better apprised of what's going on so I don't "miss out" on something that could be important (?)

Sorry - I'm just randomly rambling. Trying to figure out if I should make more of an effort, or just let it go. It is a puzzlement.

The complete list of Golden Globes winners in 2024

Best motion picture, drama

“Oppenheimer”

Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture, drama

Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon.”

Best motion picture, musical or comedy

“Poor Things”

Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy

Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”

Best television series, drama

“Succession”

Best performance by a female actor in a television series, drama

Sarah Snook, “Succession”

Best television series, musical or comedy

“The Bear”

Best television limited series, anthology series, or motion picture made for television

“Beef”

Cinematic and box office achievement

“Barbie”

Best original song, motion picture

“What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell.

Best original score, motion picture

Ludwig Göransson, “Oppenheimer”

Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture, drama

Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”

Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy

Emma Stone, “Poor Things”

Best director, motion picture

Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”

Best motion picture, animated

“The Boy and the Heron”

Best performance by a male actor in a television series, drama

Kieran Culkin, “Succession”

Best performance by a female actor in a television series, musical or comedy

Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”

Best motion picture, non-English language

“Anatomy of a Fall”

Best performance in stand-up comedy on television

Ricky Gervais, “Ricky Gervais: Armageddon”

Best performance by a male actor in a television series, musical or comedy

Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”

Best screenplay, motion picture

Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, “Anatomy of a Fall”

Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role on television

Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession”

Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role on television

Elizabeth Debicki, “The Crown”

Best performance by a male actor in a limited series, anthology series or a motion picture made for television

Steven Yeun, “Beef”

Best performance by a female actor in a limited series, anthology series, or a motion picture made for television

Ali Wong, “Beef”

Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture

Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”

Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”

Another Sweep

Here's the list of recipients for this year's Pulitzer Prizes.

And of course, DumFux News - continuing its time honored tradition - remains Pulitzerless, Polkless, Peabodyless and Emmyless. 

In its 24th year (launched in 1996), 0 awards

JOURNALISM

Public service

Staff of the South Florida Sun Sentinel

Breaking-news reporting

Staff of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Investigative reporting

Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan and Paul Pringle of the Los Angeles Times

Explanatory reporting

David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner of the New York Times

Local reporting

Staff of the Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.)

National reporting

Staff of the Wall Street Journal

International reporting

Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry and Nariman El-Mofty of the Associated Press, and the staff of Reuters, with notable contributions from Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo

Feature writing

Hannah Dreier of ProPublica

Commentary

Tony Messenger of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Criticism

Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post

Editorial writing

Brent Staples of the New York Times

Editorial cartooning

Darrin Bell, a freelance cartoonist

Breaking-news photography

Photography staff of Reuters

Feature photography

Lorenzo Tugnoli of The Washington Post

Special citation

Staff of the Capital Gazette

BOOKS, DRAMA AND MUSIC

Fiction

“The Overstory” by Richard Powers

Drama

“Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies Drury

History

“Frederick Douglass” by David W. Blight

Biography or autobiography

“The New Negro” by Jeffrey C. Stewart

Poetry

“Be With” by Forrest Gander

General nonfiction

“Amity and Prosperity” by Eliza Griswold

Music

“p r i s m” by Ellen Reid

Special citation

Aretha Franklin

George Polk

Every year, Long Island University hands out awards to reporters and news organizations they deem to have achieved excellence in print or broadcast journalism.

Cision PR Newswire:

"The Polk Awards recognize the changing landscape of news," said John Darnton, curator of the awards. "The story of a person who in all likelihood is wrongly convicted is tried and true. But the podcast, as a delivery vehicle spread over multiple episodes that makes listeners feel it is unfolding in real time right before their ears, is a new and exciting reincarnation."

Darnton noted that the judges had reviewed 554 submissions, a record number since the Polk Awards began. "Few years have been as fruitful as this one," he added. "These winners tell us that the best of our journalists remain resilient, courageous, dedicated and undeterred by attacks on their ability and integrity."


It's awards season again, and for the 23rd year in a row - since its inception - DumFux News came up short. Again. 

0 for 23 Lifetime

(let's just say you're not goin' to the Hall Of Fame on those numbers)

Today's Chart

As expected - and for the 20th year in a row - a coupla things come into pretty sharp focus.

The first is re-affirmation that the reason DumFux News and "conservatives" bitch about liberal bias is almost solely because they're way off to the right.

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The second item is that DumFux news has extended its losing streak to 22 years.

No Pulitzer
No Peabody
No Polk
No Hillman

Zero Zip Zilch Nada

Could Be A Lot

I'm wondering how significant it is when the opening bit at CMA is a nice big slam on 45*.

Record Intact

The Polk Awards were announced this week, (kinda kicking off Awards Season) which means we've passed another solid year of outstandingness in world journalism, during which DumFux News extended its unblemished record of perfection having received a grand total of ZERO awards for reporting of any kind.  Again.

Brooklyn, N.Y. - Four reporters who revealed the extent of secret surveillance and massive data collected by the National Security Agency are winners of the 65th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism announced today by Long Island University. The four – from the British newspaper The Guardian and The Washington Post – were among 30 recipients from 15 news organizations who were recognized in 13 categories for work in 2013.

Reporting by those honored also triggered probes of statehouse corruption in Virginia and political payback in New Jersey, explored the gap between rich and poor in urban and rural locales, produced telling accounts of mass death in Bangladesh and civilian killings by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, exposed dark sides of pro football and major league baseball and examined community responses to mental illness that ranged from ineffective to absurd.

DumFux News has been around since 1996, and they've never won anything for anything.

No awards. Ever. No Peabody. No DuPont-Columbia. No Loeb. No Murrow. Not even an Emmy. Nada.