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Oppenheimer’s cast walked out of its London premiere late on Thursday, in solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) actors’ strike. While buzz for the new Christopher Nolan film was strong at Leicester Square, the possibility of a strike caused the crew to push the premiere event up by an hour, only the previous night. As the actors’ union was unable to come to an equitable deal with movie studios — for proper residual payments — the strike was called upon with a 98 percent vote approval margin, causing Oppenheimer’s cast to leave from the venue in order to adhere to the terms of the union.

“I think right now we are just sorting of… I hope everyone makes a fair deal and we are here to celebrate this movie,” star Emily Blunt told Deadline, during the Oppenheimer red carpet event. “And if they call it, we’ll be leaving together as cast in unity with everyone… We are gonna have to. We are gonna have to. We will see what happens. Right now it’s the joy to be together.” Co-star Matt Damon echoed her sentiments, adding that his and Ben Affleck’s independent studio, Artists Equity, just shut down production on an undisclosed film, waiting for things to resolve between SAG-AFTRA and the studios. SAG-AFTRA is a union representing about 160,000 film and TV actors and media professionals primarily in the United States, whose leadership claims that its deal with movie studios for appropriate pay is not fair. “It’s the difference between having healthcare and not for a lot of actors, and we gotta do what’s right by them,” Damon said.

The last time the entertainment industry faced a double strike was in 1960, with both writers and actors voicing their concerns for appropriate payments, arising from the dawn of television. At the time, they together won residuals for repeated TV reruns and broadcast for movies and shows, in addition to welfare. Residuals payments are helpful for artists when they are in between projects. Now, in 2023, with streaming services taking the lead, companies like Netflix and Disney+ don’t disclose viewing figures for their shows, essentially offering a flat rate, regardless of how much a program might surge in popularity. Making things worse is the debate about the use of AI in film production, like using apps such as ChatGPT to write full-blown movie scripts — directly affecting the jobs and livelihood of writers.

AMPTP, the organisation bargaining on behalf of major studios claimed in a statement that it presented SAG-AFTRA with a deal that promised ‘historic pay and residual increases’ alongside higher caps on pension and healthcare contributions, and even a ‘groundbreaking AI proposal.’ Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s COO responded to the offer claiming that AMPTP had been devaluing the work of actors. As for the artificial intelligence proposal, it was revealed that production studios wanted to pay background performers for one day of work in exchange for the rights to their digital likeness for eternity, without compensation or further consent. The bizarre situation mirrors Black Mirror’s ‘Joan is Awful’ episode from season 6, where studios acquired rights to scan and use actors’ digital likenesses forever.

The strikes have caused movies and TV series productions to get delayed or halted until further notice when new bargaining agreements are met. However, a report from Variety suggests that filming on the Emmy-nominated House of the Dragon will continue normally in the UK. The HBO series’ cast is composed of primarily UK-based actors who do not work under America’s SAG-AFTRA contracts, but rather under the British acting union Equity, whose trade laws prevent them from striking in solidarity with international unions. Equity also put out a guide for its 47,000 members, stating that performers joining the strike will have no protection against dismissal or breaking the contract. It’s worth mentioning that the ongoing writers’ strike had no effect on House of the Dragon’s filming since scripts for season 2 were completed long before, and now creator Ryan J. Condal is strictly involved in a non-writing capacity.

Oppenheimer releases July 21 in theatres worldwide, while the second season of House of the Dragon is expected to release in 2024.

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The 2023 Golden Globes were held earlier on Tuesday night in California, celebrating the best talent in the film and entertainment industry from the year that went by. Both The Fabelmans and The Banshees of Inisherin led the pack of winners with two top honours apiece, with the former winning the coveted Best Picture award in the drama category. Its director Stephen Spielberg emerged as the best director this year, while the latter’s Martin McDonagh won for best screenplay. The Irish black comedy’s lead Colin Farrell also bagged an award for best actor in a musical/comedy. On the TV side, Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon, and the second seasons of The White Lotus and Abbott Elementary were among the big winners at the 2023 Golden Globes.

India was in the running too at this year’s Golden Globes. While S.S. Rajamouli’s action-packed epic RRR missed out in the Best Non-English Language film category, it netted an award for the Best Original Song, thanks to its energetic piece “Naatu Naatu.” The song has also been shortlisted for the upcoming Oscars in the similar category.

Elsewhere, the leads of the uber-creative Everything Everywhere All at Once, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, trumped as best performers in the musical/ comedy motion picture category. James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water — nominated in two categories — couldn’t bag a single award, though it continues to revel on the box office front, becoming the seventh biggest movie of all time (about Rs. 13,895 crore) in under a month since release.

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Cate Blanchett was crowned Best Actress in a drama film, for her commanding performance in Tár, while Austin Butler secured one for his slick persona in Elvis. Other notable achievements include Zendaya winning best actress for Euphoria season 2 and Jennifer Coolidge as best supporting actress for The White Lotus’ second season. Both actresses were awarded in similar fields during the 2022 Emmy Awards back in September.

Hosted by comedian-actor Jerrod Carmichael, the 2023 Golden Globes marked the ceremony’s return to a televised broadcast, after allegations of racism and unethical conduct were brought up against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — the body that organises the awards — in 2021. Its prime US-based network NBC dumped the awards show that year, wanting to see “meaningful reform” from the organisation. The original report from Los Angeles Times revealed that the HFPA contained zero Black members, and that some voters had been frequently accepting “freebies” from studios. It prompted a boycott from publicists and stars, eventually leading to the cancellation of last year’s Golden Globe Awards. Golden Globes returned to TV in 2023 — in India, it was streamed on Lionsgate Play.

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With that, here’s the entire list of winners at this year’s Golden Globes:

Golden Globe winners 2023 — the full list

2023 Golden Globe for Best Movie – Drama

The Fabelmans — WINNER
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

2023 Golden Globe for Best Movie – Musical or Comedy

The Banshees of Inisherin — WINNER
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Triangle of Sadness

2023 Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Movie – Drama

Cate Blanchett, Tár — WINNER
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
Olivia Colman, Empire of Light
Viola Davis, The Woman King

2023 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Movie – Drama

Austin Butler, Elvis — WINNER
Bill Nighy, Living
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Hugh Jackman, The Son
Jeremy Pope, The Inspection

2023 Colden Globe for Best Actress in a Movie – Musical or Comedy

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once — WINNER Anya Taylor-Joy, The Menu
Emma Thompson, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Lesley Manville, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Margot Robbie, Babylon

2023 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Movie – Musical or Comedy

Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin — WINNER
Adam Driver, White Noise
Daniel Craig, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Diego Calva, Babylon
Ralph Fiennes, The Menu

2023 Golden Globe for Best Director – Movie

Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans — WINNER
Baz Luhrmann, Elvis
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

2023 Golden Globe for Best Screenplay – Movie

Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin — WINNER
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner, The Fabelmans
Todd Field, Tár

2023 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in Any Movie

Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — WINNER
Carey Mulligan, She Said
Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

2023 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in Any Movie

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once — WINNER
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brad Pitt, Babylon
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse

2023 Golden Globe for Best Movie – Non-English Language

Argentina, 1985 (Argentina) — WINNER
All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
Close (Belgium)
Decision to Leave (South Korea)
RRR (India)

2023 Golden Globe for Best Animated Movie

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio — WINNER
Inu-Oh
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

2023 Golden Globe for Best Original Score – Movie

Justin Hurwitz, Babylon — WINNER
Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Carter Burwell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Hildur Gudnadóttir, Women Talking
John Williams, The Fabelmans

2023 Golden Globe for Best Original Song – Movie

“Naatu Naatu,” Kala Bhairava, M.M. Keeravani, Kala Bhairava, Rahul Sipligunj (RRR) — WINNER
“Carolina,” Taylor Swift (Where the Crawdads Sing)
“Ciao Papa,” Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro, Roeban Katz (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio)
“Hold My Hand,” Lady Gaga, BloodPop, Benjamin Rice (Top Gun: Maverick)
“Lift Me Up,” Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

2023 Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Series – Drama

Zendaya, Euphoria — WINNER
Emma D’Arcy, House of the Dragon
Hilary Swank, Alaska Daily
Imelda Staunton, The Crown
Laura Linney, Ozark

2023 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Series – Drama

Kevin Costner, Yellowstone — WINNER
Adam Scott, Severance
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Diego Luna, Andor
Jeff Bridges, The Old Man

2023 Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy

Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary — WINNER
Jean Smart, Hacks
Jenna Ortega, Wednesday
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building

2023 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy

Jeremy Allen White, The Bear — WINNER
Bill Hader, Barry
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building

2023 Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or TV Movie

Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout — WINNER
Jessica Chastain, George and Tammy
Julia Garner, Inventing Anna
Julia Roberts, Gaslit
Lily James, Pam & Tommy

2023 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or TV Movie

Evan Peters, Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story — WINNER
Andrew Garfield, Under the Banner of Heaven
Colin Firth, The Staircase
Sebastian Stan, Pam & Tommy
Taron Egerton, Black Bird

2023 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical-Comedy or Drama TV Series

Julia Garner, Ozark — WINNER
Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary

2023 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical-Comedy or Drama TV Series

Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary — WINNER
Henry Winkler, Barry
John Lithgow, The Old Man
Jonathan Pryce, The Crown
John Turturro, Severance

2023 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie

Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus — WINNER
Aubrey Plaza, The White Lotus
Claire Danes, Fleishman Is in Trouble
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Under the Banner of Heaven
Niecy Nash, Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

2023 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie

Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird — WINNER
Domhnall Gleeson, The Patient
F. Murray Abraham, The White Lotus
Richard Jenkins, Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Seth Rogen, Pam & Tommy