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The 40-Year-Old Version
''The Forty-Year-Old Version'' is a 2020 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and produced by Radha Blank, in her feature directorial debut. It stars Blank, Peter Kim, Oswin Benjamin, and Reed Birney. Loosely based on Blank's own life, the film sees her playing Radha, a playwright and teacher who turns to rapping when she finds herself nearing her 40th birthday. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020, where Blank won the U.S Dramatic Competition Directing Award, and was released on October 9, 2020, by Netflix. It was named one of the ten best films of 2020 by the National Board of Review. Plot Radha is a playwright and teacher nearing her 40th birthday and living under the burden of the unfulfilled promise of a 30 under 30 award she won nearly a decade ago. Archie, her agent and friend, gives her latest play ''Harlem Ave'' to J. Whitman, a wealthy white producer, who suggests her work needs to focus more on Black suffering. After ...
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Radha Blank
Radha Blank (born September 24, 1976) is an American actress, filmmaker, playwright, rapper, and comedian. Born and raised in New York City, Blank is known for writing, directing, producing, and starring in ''The Forty-Year-Old Version'' (2020), for which she won the U.S. Dramatic Competition Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival making Radha, after Ava Duvernay, only the second Black Woman Director in Sundance’s 40 year history to win the award. Career Early work Blank began her career as a playwright, writing several plays that never made it to the stage; in an interview with ''The Guardian'', Blank claimed to have "about 12 plays that haven't seen the light of day." Her plays include ''HappyFlowerNail'', ''Casket Sharp'', ''nannyland'' and the critically acclaimed ''Seed''. She is a Helen Merrill Playwriting Award recipient, an NEA New Play Development Award recipient and a NYFA Fellow. Though under-produced, Blank’s plays helped her secure writing jobs in telev ...
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Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It is regarded as the foremost online review aggregation site for the video game industry. Metacritic's scoring converts each review into a percentage, either mathematically from the mark given, or what the site decides subjectively from a qualitative review. Before being averaged, the scores are weighted according to a critic's popularity, stature, and volume of reviews. The website won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. Criticism of the site has focused on the assessment system, the ass ...
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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2020
16th AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: '' Minari'' The 16th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2020, were announced on March 19, 2021. Winners and nominees References External links Official website {{Austin Film Critics Association 2020 film awards 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ... 2020 in Texas ...
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Austin Film Critics Association
The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) is an organization of professional film critics from Austin, Texas. Each year, the AFCA votes on their end-of-year awards for films released in the same calendar year. A special award, the Austin Film Award, is given each year to the best film made in Austin or by an Austin-area director. History The Austin Film Critics Association was founded in 2005 by local film critics Cole Dabney and Robert "Bobby" McCurdy while attending Bowie High School in Austin. The organization grew in its first eight years, expanding from three members in 2005 to 25 members in 2013. On January 12, 2007, after only one year in existence, ''Entertainment Weekly'' called the AFCA "wildly contrarian" for naming Elliot Page Best Actress for her role in ''Hard Candy'' over Helen Mirren for her performance in ''The Queen'', as Mirren had swept the category so far during the award season. The association chose to name the group's Breakthrough Artist Award to hono ...
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Satellite Award For Best Film
The Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the annual awards given to motion pictures by the International Press Academy. The category was gone through several changes since its inception, specially related to the genre of the film awarded. * From 1996 to 2010, two categories based on genre were presented, Best Drama Film and Best Musical or Comedy Film * In 2011, the IPA pared down its Satellite nominations in the motion picture categories from 22 to 19 classifications; the change reflects the merger of drama and comedy under a general Best Picture heading, including the Best Actor/Actress headings and the Supporting headings.2011 Satellite Winners
December 2011. * In 2016 and 2017, two winners were announced within the Best Motion Picture category, one for a major studio film and other for an independent film. * In 20 ...
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25th Satellite Awards
The 25th Satellite Awards is an award ceremony honoring the year's outstanding performers, films and television shows, presented by the International Press Academy. The nominations were announced on February 1, 2021. The winners were announced on February 15, 2021. Special achievement awards Auteur Award (for singular vision and unique artistic control over the elements of production) – Emerald Fennell (''Promising Young Woman'') Humanitarian Award (for making a difference in the lives of those in the artistic community and beyond) – Mark Wahlberg Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Tilda Swinton Nikola Tesla Award (for visionary achievement in filmmaking technology) – Dick Pope Best First Feature – Channing Godfrey Peoples (''Miss Juneteenth'') Stunt Performance Award – Gaëlle Cohen Ensemble: Motion Picture – ''The Trial of the Chicago 7 ''The Trial of the Chicago 7'' is a 2020 American historical ...
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Satellite Awards
The Satellite Awards are annual awards given by the International Press Academy that are commonly noted in entertainment industry journals and blogs. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards. The award ceremonies take place each year at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles. Categories Film * Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture, Best Actor (includes previous drama, musical, and comedy awards) * * Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture, Best Actress (includes previous drama, musical, and comedy awards) * * Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature, Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature * Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design, Best Art Direction and Production Design * Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture, Best Cast (2004–present) * Satellite Award for Best Cinematography, Best Cinematography * Satellite Award for Best Costume Design, Best Costume D ...
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Hollywood Music In Media Award For Best Music Supervision – Film
The Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Music Supervision – Film is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Hollywood Music in Media Awards The Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) is an award organization honoring original music (Song and Score) in all forms visual media including film, TV, video games, trailers, commercial advertisements, documentaries, music videos and special pr ... (HMMA). History It is presented to the music supervisors who have overseen music for a production. The award was first given in 2014, during the fifth annual awards. Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Music Supervision - Film Best Music Supervision - Film Awards established in 2014 2014 establishments in the United States ...
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Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ...
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Khrysis
Christopher Frederick Tyson (born September 7, 1981), better known as Khrysis, is an American hip hop producer and half of the duo The Away Team. Khrysis' productions consist of samples of records with intricate melodies and diverse drum beats. He began in his teens, recording tracks from his father's massive jazz and R&B record collection onto tape, and then extracting drum samples to make loops using a dual cassette player. He met rapper Chaundon at NC Central University, who introduced him to 9th Wonder. Later, he began an association with The Justus League.Ewing, Aliya (2008)Khrysis Explains Dodging Duty In Iraq, ''HipHopDX'' With fellow League member Sean Boog, he formed The Away Team, releasing their debut album ''National Anthem'' in May 2005, and the follow-up ''Training Day'', in 2007. The two artists would continue to release music as a group until 2011's Scars & Stripes. Khrysis was also one of the main in-house producers for the North Carolina rap collective Jus ...
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Hollywood Music In Media Award For Best Original Song In A Feature Film
The Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in a Feature Film is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Hollywood Music in Media Awards The Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) is an award organization honoring original music (Song and Score) in all forms visual media including film, TV, video games, trailers, commercial advertisements, documentaries, music videos and special pr ... (HMMA). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best "original" song, written specifically for a film. The award was first given in 2014, during the fifth annual awards. Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s References {{HMMA Chron Best Original Song in a Feature Film Film awards for Best Song ...
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11th Hollywood Music In Media Awards
The 11th Hollywood Music in Media Awards was held on January 27, 2021 to recognize the best in music in film, TV, video games, commercials, and trailers. The nominations were announced on January 15, 2021. Kenny Loggins was honored with the Career Achievement Award. Winners and nominees Score Song Music Supervision Other 2020 Music Genre Winners Following artists have been awarded in the 2020 Music Genre categories: Rising Star Award (Female) Annabel Whitledge Rising Star Award (Male) Alexander James Rodriguez Adult Contemporary/AAA Estrella Cristina Alternative Modern Eyes Americana/Folk/Acoustic Derek Woods Band Blues Samantha Fish Children's Music Kendra K Christian/Gospel Chris Bender Contemporary Classical Brian Ralston Country Johnny Collier Dance Therése Neaimé Downbeat/Downtempo Lionel Cohen & JVMIE EDM (Electronic Dance Music) Philippe Funk Holiday Juliet Lyons & Robin Sandoval Instrumental Armin Kandel Instrumental Performance (Guitar) AM Dandy ...
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