Whoa, here it comes, just like Hurricane Hilary, an off-kilter, sidewinder of a movie awards season that’s tearing up the rule book even before it starts.
Thanks to El Niño, unholy weather is almost a given. Look for ceremonies that look a lot like 2010, when shivering assistants sheltered the rich and famous with big green golf umbrellas at a Golden Globes ceremony that used to be run by something called the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (defunct, but the Globes still exist).
That was the upside down year when Avatar shut out The Hurt Locker, which went on to whip Avatar at the Oscars, and Sandra Bullock, a Globe winner for The Blind Side–now shaded by football vet Michael Oher’s suit against the real-life inspiration for Bullock’s role—said her rain-challenged hair was turning into a Chia Pet.
Too early to worry about awards? Hardly. As Pete Hammond notes, festivals are looming. The Oscar screening portal is open. And just four weeks from last Friday, as the sun sets on Rosh Hashanah, Sept.
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