Wkly Hit List, 1/28/2023

This post (or livestream) is going to be hard to get through in light of recent events, so let's get it moving fast with the latest new 7-Day Rounder. It doesn't look like there's an ounce of bad news on this one, that is if you're Mike Pence or the country of Russia.

7-Day Rounder

Saturday

Retired Astronaut Buzz Aldrin marries ‘longtime love’, Dr. Anca Faur, on his 93rd birthday

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Sunday

Kalahari Resorts and Conventions considers building a new waterpark in Palmer, Massachusetts

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Monday

M&Ms replaces 'beloved spokescandies' with former Saturday Night LIVE Star Maya Rudolph

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Tuesday

Classified documents found at the Indiana home of former US Vice President Mike Pence

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Wednesday

The United States of America and Germany send tanks to the country of Ukraine to battle Russian Invasion

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Thursday

“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” casts Lance Reddick and Toby Stephens for Disney+ series

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Friday

Atlanta, Chicago and New York are the three finalists to host 2024 Democratic National Convention

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We have a big item to share in a special Sneak Peek of the Week, before before we do I have something to explain. We were going to look at the new DC series from The CW Network, Gotham Knights this week. But now maybe we shouldn't see it after the release of the Tyre Nichols video, police brutality must be addressed immediately in this country. Instead, we'll take a look at the newly opened attraction at the All-New Mickey's Toontown in Disneyland Resort California. Disney Parks fans out there might know it as: "Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway."

Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Disneyland Park

Our Inside Scoop this week is a recap of the Nomination Reveals of the 95th Annual Academy Awards. I must say I might worried if the Oscars do awful in the ratings on ABC. With Jimmy Kimmel as the Host, what chance do they have anyway? Let's now look at the nominees for some of the most important categories this year:

Best Picture
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water 
The Banshees of Inisherin 
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

Best Director
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Todd Field – Tár
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Best Actor
Austin Butler – Elvis as Elvis Presley
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale as Charlie
Paul Mescal – Aftersun as Calum Paterson
Bill Nighy – Living as Mr. Rodney Williams

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Tár as Lydia Tár
Ana de Armas – Blonde as Norma Jeane Mortensen / Marilyn Monroe
Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie as Leslie Rowlands
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans as Mitzi Schildkraut-Fabelman
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Quan Wang

Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin as Colm Doherty
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway as James Aucoin
Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans as Boris Schildkraut
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin as Dominic Kearney
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang

Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Queen Ramonda
Hong Chau – The Whale as Liz
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin as Siobhán Súilleabháin
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Deirdre Beaubeirdre
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki

Best Original Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner
Tár – Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund

Best Adapted Screenplay
All Quiet on the Western Front – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson
Living – Kazuo Ishiguro
Top Gun: Maverick – Screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
Women Talking – Sarah Polley

Best Animated Feature Film
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 
The Sea Beast
Turning Red

Here are nine more categories that deserve some attention in this post (or livestream) as well.

Best Documentary Feature
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny

Best Live Action Short Film
An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase

Best Animated Short Film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks 
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It

Best Original Song
"Applause" from Tell It Like a Woman – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren
"Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick – Music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
"Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson; Lyrics by Tems and Ryan Coogler
"Naatu Naatu" from RRR – Music by M. M. Keeravani; Lyrics by Chandrabose
"This Is a Life" from Everything Everywhere All at Once – Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski; Lyrics by Ryan Lott and David Byrne

Best Cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front – James Friend
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths – Darius Khondji
Elvis – Mandy Walker
Empire of Light – Roger Deakins
Tár – Florian Hoffmeister

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
All Quiet on the Western Front – Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová
The Batman – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
Elvis – Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti
The Whale – Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley

Best Costume Design
Babylon – Mary Zophres
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth Carter
Elvis – Catherine Martin
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Shirley Kurata
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris – Jenny Beavan

Best Film Editing
The Banshees of Inisherin – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
Elvis – Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers
Tár – Monika Willi
Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton

Best Visual Effects
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman 
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick

After further review, there's a good chance that The Batman and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever might win big at the Oscars, and if they don't, we can't say that didn't try. I understand why movies like All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Tár, and Top Gun: Maverick might win Best Picture because they told compelling stories in their movies that made people want to watch, but we'll see on March 12 who comes out Number #1.

CELEBRITY of the WEEK
Richard Fleeshman
Born: June 9, 1989
Appeared in The CW's Reign and The Sandman
Set to start in The Ark on Syfy

That's your Celebrity of the Week, and this has been is the Wkly Hit List.

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