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2022 01 03 - Variety
2022 01 03 - Variety
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NO. 13
CRITICS CHOICE
SAG AWARDS
2022
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B I Z + BU Z Z
Retreats Offer Solace From U.S. road trips to
international adventures,
these high-end hotels
beckon members of the biz
By Malina Saval
Lily Collins got lavish romance of restored log resort recently underwent a make-
married at Dunton cabins fitted with wood-burning over, adding to its already well-es-
Hot Springs, Colo.
stoves and artifacts plucked from tablished appeal for pro athletes
the olden days of the Wild West. and members of the Hollywood
(The property’s Well House cabin elite. Resort standouts: a nine-bed-
comes complete with its own pri- room Royal Suite, a four-bedroom
vate hot spring and cold plunge.) Presidential Suite and a 21-room
A blanket of sun-speckled snow top floor available to book for
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pastry chef Rabii Saber, a 2019
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demic, it’s impossible to pin “Emily in Paris” star Lily Collins piest place on earth kicked off in The Venetian Resort, Las Vegas
down how travel will shape up as got hitched to helmer Charlie October, and what better way to Sure, people head to Vegas to bet
we venture into awards season. McDowell at this ultra-luxe celebrate the magical legacy of it all on red — but there’s so much
What’s clear: we all need a break. resort in September, and it’s easy Walt Disney than a trip to the Four more to this famed desert oasis
Especially so post-Oscars. So to see why. Nestled in the San Seasons Resort Orlando, a five dia- than slot machines and roulette
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jet, these luxury resorts are there Hot Springs is a remote escape ing a bounty of amenities such as a cially those in search of gastro-
to satiate your wanderlust needs. marrying the rustic elements of lazy river, 18-hole golf course, well- nomical fare rivaling authentic
No matter what the future holds. an 1800s frontier town with the ness spa and six restaurants. The cuisine from Italy itself. Brera
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Sound
Judgment
Worms Its
Way Into
‘Dune’
By Tim Gray
a blank slate because nothing cians as well and we see sound as Since the planet itual-political group of women
— people, machines, technol- an extension of that. Where is Caladan has water, who can use their voices to get
the sound team
ogy — exists, so all of it has to be the dividing line? Why can’t Hans others to do their bidding. It
used the noise of
invented. In the ‘Dune’ universe, [Zimmer, the composer] have a dripping water
had to sound other-worldly, and
we have ornithopters, dream finger in the sound design, and we to differentiate it not like something coming out
sequences, the Voice, this palette have a finger in the music — to from Arrakis. of a control booth. “We spent a
of unknown things that make break down traditional barriers.” full year and a half refining it,”
sound, which we had to invent Another challenge was to says Mangini.
from scratch. differentiate sounds on vari- They recorded Marianne
“Denis’s mandate was to ous planets. Mangini says, “The Faithfull and actors Jean Gilpin
ground it in an organic real- planet Caladan has animal life and Ellen Dubin (“croaky, smoky
ity. He didn’t want it to feel sci- and water, so we used sounds of female voices,” says Green) saying
GRAYS GOLD ence-fiction-y. He wanted you to nature and water dripping, for lines of Paul and Reverend Mother
watch film and feel those sounds example. That’s in contrast with (Charlotte Rampling) and merged
Sound is one of the most import- existed in acoustic reality. Theo Arrakis, where there is no liquid the actors’ voices with those of the
ant and misunderstood elements and I had a philosophy: FDR, or or water sound. As we developed three women.
in filmmaking, and sound for Fake Documentary Realism.” the voice of the worm, we started Mangini and Green each
sci-fi films adds another degree The duo and their team gath- with some lion-tiger-whale stressed the idea that sound is
of difficulty. ered 3,200 individual sounds and growls, but Denis said there is the result of teamwork. Among
“Dune,” directed by Denis were working with 750 channels no moisture on this planet and the many top pros working with
Villeneuve, boasts two supervis- of audio. the esophagus of that worm is them were sound designer Dave
ing sound editors, Mark Mangini Villeneuve told them to “com- the driest place on the planet; Whitehead and re-recording
and Theo Green, who worked on pose with sound.” He wanted he kept imploring us to make the mixers Doug Hemphill and Ron
the film for 18 months. to blur the distinction between driest sound possible.” Bartlett. The result is Oscar-
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Bros.
“Science fiction is always com- score and sound design. Green The trickiest element for the worthy work. Seriously, what
Warner
plex,” says Mangini. “Theo and I says, “Mark and I, and the key team was perfecting the Voice, a other film this year provided
called it ‘universe building.’ It’s sound collaborators, are all musi- tool used by Bene Gesserit, a spir- sound for a worm’s esophagus?
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iris menas
‘West Side Story’
By Carole Horst
In the 1961 film version of “West think people desire, and can Menas’ experience was a bit would’ve looked like. And so that
Side Story,” the “tomboy” char- end up being very harmful to unusual. “There was nothing ever felt so much safer to me to be able
acter Anybodys is a young teen, the trans community. But I’m like, expected or demanded. A lot of to come in and step into the role,
a stereotype you’d find on any ‘hey, these are masters of their times trans people come in and because I didn’t have the labor of
sitcom of the era, dressed in craft, I’m absolutely gonna give we’re the only trans in the room educating anyone.”
dungarees and a T-shirt with a this a shot.’” and we have no advocate. There’s The actor “wanted to bring my
cute pixie haircut. But in Steven Then menas put it out of mind, been no consultant. We end up real-life lived experience as a non-
Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” until zie got a call back, and audi- doing the job and the emotional binary trans person to Anybodys,
transgender nonbinary actor tioned for Spielberg, Kushner, labor of a consulting team and first and foremost because we
iris menas (who prefers not to producer Christie Krieger and reliving our traumas for the pro- rarely see trans people repre-
use capital letters) shines as an other movie heavyweights. cess. But that was not the case here, sented in the media. We rarely see
older Anybodys as the script by “I walk in and honestly, it lit- they frontloaded all of the effort, them represented correctly.
“West Side Story’s”
Tony Kushner illuminates the erally felt like I was walking into all of the work. I mean, not only “We see how Anybodys is
iris menas brought
racism, harm of gentrification my family living room. I was like, a new dimension
historically, but obviously in a way treated by the gangs and how
and the frustration felt by peo- ‘this is so chill,’ ” menas says with to the character of that aligned with a trans person Anybodys is ostracized from
ple on the fringes of a postwar a laugh. Anybodys. in the 1950s, and what the reality society, which is a very real aspect,
society that doesn’t value them unfortunately, that’s still going
because they don’t fit in to the on. We see that, but we also see
American dream narrative. Anybodys standing up for himself,
Menas infuses Anybodys with and being true to himself in a time
all the pain of a person who has where everyone was telling him
the confidence to know who they that trans people aren’t real, you
are but faces ignorance and hate don’t exist, essentially.
on a daily basis. “I really just honestly wanted to
Menas was working on a bring life and reality and a ground-
Broadway show when zie (they) edness in Anybodys understand-
got the call to audition for “West ing of himself because we don’t
Side Story.” get to see trans people so sure of
“I was like, ‘oh my gosh, “West themselves on screen. And that
Side Story.” Oh my gosh, Steven. was really important for me — for
Oh my gosh, Tony Kushner.’ … Anybodys to be sure of who they
I’m excited. I’m nervous. I’m were at all times.”
doing it. So I went into the audi- Menas says the “set was a place
tion room. I read a little side for of joy.” Spielberg’s passion for the
Cindy Tolan and their assistant material and amount of trust he
Nick [Petrovich] and saw a bunch placed in the cast brought out
of trans and nonbinary people great performances , and the
there. I was like, ‘wow, they’re spe- camaraderie between cast and
cifically seeking trans and non-bi- crew was unique.
nary performers for the role,’ and “We were all on text threads
that was very intriguing to me. outside of the set. We had such
“And at first I was apprehen- a unique experience and it’s
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A W A R D S C I R C U I T
Critics
Choice
Awards
The 27th annual Critics Choice Awards will honor the best and brightest in film and
television despite being delayed due to COVID resurgence.
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By Zoe Hewitt
the party, inviting the guests and conclusion, more people will
we make sure that we are not iso- walk away without trophies than
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[Voters are] the people who make their lated from them, and they’re not with them after all, and having
living every day checking out entertainment isolated from us,” says Berlin of been recognized in any form
product, passing judgment and reporting the unique seating arrange- feels good.” Says Pennacchio,
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meaningful.” --Joey Berlin social and celebratory basis.” who works really hard know.
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for the second time for her role roles are certainly proof of that.
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By Natalie Oganesyan
Red jumpsuits, Salvador Dalí motifs with their own fights You have these anti-heroes in the egory in the process. Alongside
masks and the Italian anti-fascist against government tyranny, cor- show that people actually regard “Money Heist” on Netflix is South
revolutionary anthem “Bella Ciao” ruption and wealth inequality. as heroes and they create personal Korea’s sensation “Squid Game,”
are no longer merely elements “I think people needed a symbol,” bonds and social and political with both series dramatizing the
that comprise the iconoclastic creator Álex Pina tells Variety. “We bonds [with them].” brokenness of the global financial
Spanish caper drama “Money have this show that is presented as This year, local-language shows system post-2008 in high-stakes,
Heist.” They’ve managed to bleed a resistance against governments have led the charge in exploring fictional environments. France’s
Juhan/Netflix
South Korea’s
out into real life as numerous pro- and against institutions, and this “Squid Game” anti-capitalism and anti-estab- “Lupin,” for the same streamer,
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testers — from the hit series’ home combined with the entertainment, shifted from lishment themes and earned parses through these trends on
a local lens to
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country to Lebanon, Indonesia went beyond the borders of real- international Critics Choice Award noms in a micro-scale, rooting for suave
Noh
and beyond — have infused these ity, and people just adopted it. appeal. the foreign language series cat- thief Assane Diop (Omar Sy) as
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which draws extensively from his what was happening [was] peo-
Acapulco:
personal life and was more than ple needed to have tools to protest
a decade in the making, shifted and to have a voice.”
01.03.2022 VARIETY ● 27
A W A R D S C I R C U I T
SAG
Awards
The 28th annual SAG Awards returns hoping to be live this year,
honoring the best performances from film and television, voted on by their peers.
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By Paul Plunkett
Despite the uncertainty that it’s as safe and healthy as pos- selected due to the site’s size and I, for one, can’t wait because there
all of this season’s awards ceremo- sible,” says Jon Brockett, one of versatility, which will help manage are so many interesting projects.”
nies are contending with around two executive producers of the COVID protocols. While Brockett has been with
the impact of the COVID Omicron SAG Awards. “Whatever shape Kathy Connell, Brockett’s fellow the SAG Awards since its fifth show
variant, the 28th annual Screen and form that comes in, we’re executive producer, is excited as in 1998, Connell has been with the
Actors Guild Awards are forging still moving forward for an everything picks up speed with show since its inception in 1995
ahead with a Feb. 27 ceremony in-person show at this point this year’s awards season. “We’re in and notes that there’s nothing
with safety at the top of the list. and our goal is to create a really After a pre- the nomination phase right now, quite like the energy in the room
taped, virtual
“Right now, we’re just continu- meaningful experience.” show last we have [nominating] members at the SAG Awards.
Buckner
ally monitoring the situation and This year’s ceremony, which year, the SAG who are spending the holidays “It’s just such a warm room, we
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we’ll follow every local govern- honors actors in film and TV, will Awards are catching up on everything that always say that the actors are com-
keeping an eye
Michael
ment, guild, state and city guide- be held in the Barker Hangar at on the COVID they can,” she says. “We’ll have ing home,” she says. “Everybody
line we can to make sure that the Santa Monica Airport. It was situation. nominations early in January and in that room has had an opportu-
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nity to vote for each other. There While the process is becoming
is a real feeling of camaraderie; more streamlined so that ballots
it’s where the actors party in the and screeners can be handled
actors’ house.” online, options are available for
“It also can be a surreal experi- voting members with any level of
ence for some nominees who are technical ability.
there,” adds Brockett. “You might “We keep up with or meet the
have this huge A-list actor that membership where they are,
runs into somebody from their which is why everything is primar-
favorite TV show that they’ve just ily on online right now,” Brockett
binge-watched, and you’ve got says. “We do have a request line for
this actor in the ensemble of this members if they would like to be
TV show and their eyes are bug- provided a printed ballot, and we
ging out because, say, Tom Hanks do have an opt-out program this
is saying how much he loves their year, so members can opt out of
show. That’s so incredible.” physical DVDs, if they like to receive
The SAG Awards stand apart everything just online. Because
from other kudosfests for several it’s a lot, so hopefully that will cut
reasons, including that they only down on some of the actual phys-
honor actors and performances. ical DVDs that go out to members.”
Theres is also has a stunt ensem- As Connell and Brockett enter
ble category and ensemble awards the home stretch of the annual
for film and television. It boasts the recalls. “You had these actors Life Achievement recipient with awards cycle and acknowledge
largest voting body of awards sea- from South Korea getting this Leonardo 13 SAG Award nominations and that pulling off a massive event
son, with more than 130,000 SAG standing ovation from an inter- DiCaprio five wins, in addition to a packed such as this would be impossi-
appeared to
members casting ballots. national audience of stars and it shelf of other honors from her ble without the tireless efforts of
present the Screen
“We have members from all over blew them away.” Actors Guild Life stellar career. their colleagues both in putting
the country, union members who Streaming and the explosion of Achievement “I am honored to have been the ceremony together and in
Award to Robert
love the union, who love their fel- platforms for content has trans- chosen to receive the SAG Life coordinating the awards them-
De Niro in 2020.
low actors and they get to vote for lated into the SAG Awards becom- Achievement Award,” said Mirren selves. Brockett gives kudos to the
them,” Connell says. “From Miami ing more of an international event. when the award was announced. SAG Awards Committee, which is
to Chicago, to Boston, to San “We’re so happy to see this “Since I was a young actor starting chaired by JoBeth Williams, not-
Francisco, it’s always interesting evolution in more international out, I have always been inspired ing that they ensure the union’s
to see what they will do. I always programming and I think that a by and learned from American perspective and membership
say our members may surprise lot of that is due obviously to the screen acting, so this award is par- interests are looked after.
me, but they never disappoint me.” great performances, but those ticularly meaningful for me.” “We may be in the day-to-day of
Another anecdote that illus- performances have to be made With a show date, venue and it, but they really kind of drive the
trates the uniqueness of the available,” Brockett says. “We’re Life Achievement recipient show the overall show,” he says. He
SAG Awards was the reception getting so many different, diverse locked in, Connell, Brockett and also recognized the efforts of the
the cast of “Parasite” received at perspectives and it’s really great their team are now zeroing in on awards team he works with, led by
the 26th annual SAG Awards in to see, especially from an awards the awards themselves. coordinating producer Jen Coyne-
January 2020. The film made his- show perspective.” This year’s Life “Nominations are announced Hoerle and awards coordinator
tory for being the first film not in One honor SAG-AFTRA bestows Achievement Jan. 12,” says Brockett, with vot- John Bogulski, who coordinate
Award recepient
the English language to win the that predates the SAG Awards by Helen Mirren has ing on nominations closing on screenings, DVDs and streaming
ensemble award. more than three decades is the won four SAG Jan. 9. After the nominations are for members and oversee voting.
Chris Pizzello/AP Images; Mirren: Mark J. Terrill/AP Images
“They came out to introduce Life Achievement Award, which Awards, including announced, final voting opens “They really deserve a lot of atten-
one for her lead
their cast and just in the introduc- this year will be given to Helen role in “The Jan. 19 and then closes Feb. 25, tion for all the things that they do
tion, the room stood up,” Connell Mirren, the most decorated SAG Queen,” in 2007. three days before the ceremony. and after we air a show, it starts all
over again.”
Connell also singled out the
efforts of producers Gloria Fujita
O’Brien and Benn Fleishman, who,
like her, have been with the show
for at least a quarter century. “They
are extraordinary, we have a have
alwawys people working on our
show for years and years that come
back to us, because the show is a
We’re getting so many different, diverse family, and the union is our family.”
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perspectives and it’s really great to see, especially at 8 p.m. E.T. Feb. 27 on both TNT
from an awards perspective.” --Jon Brockett and TBS.
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Tick … Boom!” So the actor, play- drawn to the potential for failure, “Licorice Pizza,” the new-to-the- quickly on the set, and when we
ing the “Rent” and “Boom” cre- and what we’re all able to achieve, craft actor knew that she’d have filmed Venus’ second pro match,
ator Jonathan Larson, spent a and I think that’s a good fear to have multiple learning experiences I was very nervous. I wanted to do
year learning how to sing from as an actor. I felt like this was where on the horizon — one of which it justice.”
several voice coaches, including I had to go,” says Garfield. included reading a screenplay. When production was shut
industry legend Liz Caplan. The “This project was one of those “I had never read a script,” Haim down due to COVID, Sidney was
project was also workshopped weird and wonderful ones where says. “Paul and I talked about this, able to get more involved in
but even reading the words ‘exte- learning all the ins and outs of
rior’ and ‘interior,’ things like the game.
that, I felt — oh my God, this is a “I changed everything, from
real script! I don’t think there’s my diet to my sleeping habits to
an art to reading a script. I just the way I walked. My overall daily
read it as if it was a book. It was a mindset had to be adjusted. But I
page turner.” fell in love with tennis as a result
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But one of her biggest life les- of making this film, and now it’s a
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I was so nervous but that’s me free-driving the sons was learning how to drive a skill I can definitely say I’m com-
Tick,
streets of Tarzana.” --Alana Haim truck for the production. fortable with,” she says.
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By Danielle Turchiano
Beanie Feldstein, who was portrayal of Tripp on “Saturday a new, more sensitive lens has two paragraphs in a history book
tasked with bringing Monica Night Live” as one of the most emerged through which to re-as- [is] not a person.”
Lewinsky to life on “Impeachment: impressionable pieces of media sess notable public figures, result- “It was my job to display her
American Crime Story” was only she consumed about the woman. ing in documentary and scripted humanity, but it wasn’t my job to
5 years old when then-President “I, at that time, was young projects alike offering much more only portray her good. If I did that,
Bill Clinton was impeached. enough to not be very discerning fully formed pictures of complex it’s still two-dimensional because
In some ways, her age kept her when it came to what I was being individuals behind salacious it’s only showing one side of
from formulating any opinions fed by the media,” she admits. headlines. For the SAG Award someone,” Feldstein says. One of
about the players in the impeach- “I was ready to accept that this hopefuls stepping into those the most challenging pieces of the
ment because she was too young lurching, broad-shouldered, very roles, it is often the greatest les- story to portray was Lewinsky’s
to read the headlines of the masculine woman was in fact son in empathy. “deep, profound, all-consuming
time. Her co-star Sarah Paulson who Linda was.” Sarah Paulson Feldstein, who got a degree love” for the former president
plays Linda Tripp
did not come out of the real-life Things changed for both alongside Beanie in sociology from Wesleyan (played by Clive Owen).
events as unscathed. Feldstein and Paulson years Feldstein as University the same year Lewinsky “There’s a scene in episode 5
Paulson, who plays Linda later — and not a moment too Monica Lewinsky released a TED Talk that took where they’re saying goodbye to
in “Impeachment:
Tripp in the FX limited series, soon. With hindsight and some American Crime back her own narrative, knows one another,” she continues. “She
recalls John Goodman’s 1997-99 enlightenment and education, Story.” now that “what you would get in says, ‘You are my whole world.’
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By Danielle Turchiano
• There are so many secrets son for a really long time.” It’s
in Shauna’s life, from her time really satisfying.
in the wilderness after the • She gets into a relation-
plane crash, as well as the ship with Adam without really
affair she has in the present Googling him. Do you think
day that she keeps from her that’s a sense of arrested
husband. Were these specific development versus trust?
pieces you needed to know in Completely. I think she’s made
order to play her? I’m very com- a choice not to find this Insta-
mitment-phobic with television. gram and see a million pictures
I’m very scared of signing on to of him with his hot ex who’s like
something for years and years, 25. It’s also something that she’s
which is what it was pitched as, not trying to carry on; it’s this
and not have it be something thing that just keeps happening.
that’s creatively satisfying for [But] she gets to a point with him
that long a period. So, I just really where it’s feeling nice in a way,
wanted to ask, “Do you have a and what if it is something real?
plan?” [The showrunners] told And that’s where it all starts to
me Shauna has an affair that come crashing down and her
doesn’t go well; they told me daughter’s like, “Don’t be an
what happens with that person. idiot, he’s probably not who he
They told me how it works out says he is.”
with Jeff: They wanted the arc • At the end of Episode 8,
of the season to be us getting to Shauna confronts Adam be-
know each other and building a cause she now believes he is
gradual respect for him, realiz- the blackmailer. Where is her
ing, “Oh gosh, I’ve really under- mental state when she knocks
estimated this person.” on his door? I think despite her-
• What are some of the big- self she’s fallen for him at this
gest questions you still have point, and it’s the kind of rela-
lingering about Shauna? tionship she thought she was
Embarrassingly, I’m realizing going to have in college, and I
something I don’t know is what think it feels great so she doesn’t
happens to this pregnancy. want it to end. But it’s partly this
And then I’m just interested deep embarrassment of having
to see, for older Shauna, if the fallen for it, so she goes over
Melanie Lynskey has been one of McKay’s “Don’t Look Up” and choices she makes in Season 2 there to confront him with this
the most sought-after and versa- Showtime’s “Yellowjackets.” Lyn- start getting a little more sen- shame about, “How could I have
tile television and film actors for skey recently picked up a drama sible. It’s hard to talk about believed that you would look at
years, from a scene-stealing sup- actress Critics Choice Awards without talking about the very me and find me desirable?” She’s
Michael Buckner/Deadline
porting role on sitcom “Two and nom for the latter, in which she end of the show, but there’s a lot living in this place of self-loath-
a Half Men” to a leading lady on portrays the adult version of that I’m interested in exploring. ing and shame and all these
“Togetherness.” She’s also been Shauna, a former teen athlete It’s a really nice feeling to be l horrible things. Her headspace
part of ensembles such as Adam and plane crash survivor. ike, “Oh I could play this per- going over there is not great.
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