Notes On The Season: Kate Winslet Talks ‘Ammonite’ To ‘Avatar’; The Golden Globe Sacha Baron Cohen Tried To Buy; Frank Langella On The Last Great Movie Star

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A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit.Will this now 8 month awards season ever end?In a normal year, the way it was originally planned, we’d be spending this Valentines Day weekend checking out the BAFTA Awards and prepping for the Oscars just two weeks from now.

Instead Monday , the President’s Day holiday , is exactly one month away from the announcement of Oscar nominations, and we still have just a little less than two and a half long months until the Oscars themselves take place on their latest date ever, Sunday April 25, 2021, colliding directly with Emmy season in a never ending whirlwind of zoom panels, virtual screenings , and occasional invites out to a drive-in to see Ammonite.