Arts & Entertainment
‘The Favourite,’ ‘Pose’ rake in wins at Dorian Awards
‘Roma,’ Billy Porter also among winners
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics unveiled the winners for its 10th annual Dorian Awards across 26 TV and film categories on Tuesday.
“The Favourite” lived up to its name by securing a win for Film of the Year. Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara won Screenplay of the Year for penning the film’s script. Olivia Colman also earned Best Film Performance of the Year for her role as Queen Anne.
Alfonso Cuarón won Director of the Year for “Roma,” and the film also won Foreign Language Film of the Year.
Other notable film wins include “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” for LGBTQ Film of the Year, Richard E. Grant for Film Performance of the Year — Supporting Actor for his role in “Can You Ever Forgive Me
In the television categories, “Pose” led the pack with wins for TV Drama of the Year and LGBTQ TV Show of the Year. Billy Porter also won TV Performance of the Year — Actor for “Pose.” “Schitt’s Creek,” which stars out actor Dan Levy, also won TV Comedy of the Year.
GALECA consists of more than 200 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally entertainment journalists. Select winners and nominees will be honored at GALECA’s Winners Toast at the Paley restaurant in Hollywood on Saturday, Jan. 12 hosted by Frank DeCaro.
Check out the complete list of winners below.
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
“The Favourite” (FOX SEARCHLIGHT)
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“Roma”
“A Star is Born”
Director of the Year
(Film or Television)
Alfonso Cuarón-“Roma” (NETFLIX)
Marielle Heller-“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Barry Jenkins-“If Beale Street Could Talk”
Yorgos Lanthimos-“The Favourite”
Spike Lee-“Blackkklansman”
Film Performance of the Year — Actress
Yalitza Aparicio-“Roma”
Toni Collette-“Hereditary”
Olivia Colman-“The Favourite” (FOX SEARCHLIGHT)
Lady Gaga-“A Star is Born”
Melissa McCarthy-“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Film Performance of the Year — Actor
Christian Bale-“Vice”
Bradley Cooper-“A Star is Born”
Ethan Hawke-“First Reformed” (A24)
Rami Malek-“Bohemian Rhapsody”
John David Washington-“Blackkklansman”
Film Performance of the Year — Supporting Actress
Elizabeth Debicki-“Widows”
Regina King- “If Beale Street Could Talk” (ANNAPURNA PICTURES)
Emma Stone-“The Favourite”
Rachel Weisz-“The Favourite”
Michelle Yeoh-“Crazy Rich Asians”
Film Performance of the Year — Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali-“Green Book”
Timothée Chalamet-“Beautiful Boy”
Sam Elliott-“A Star is Born”
Richard E. Grant- “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (FOX SEARCHLIGHT)
Michael B. Jordan-“Black Panther”
LGBTQ Film of the Year
“Boy Erased”
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (FOX SEARCHLIGHT)
“Disobedience”
“The Favourite”
“Love, Simon”
Foreign Language Film of the Year
“Burning”
“Capernaum”
“Cold War”
“Roma” (NETFLIX)
“Shoplifters”
Bo Burnham-“Eighth Grade”
Alfonso Cuarón-“Roma”
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara- “The Favourite” (FOX SEARCHLIGHT)
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty-“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Barry Jenkins-“If Beale Street Could Talk”
Documentary of the Year
“Free Solo”
“RBG”
“Shirkers”
“Three Identical Strangers”
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”(FOCUS FEATURES)
LGBTQ Documentary of the Year
“The Gospel According to Andre”
“McQueen” (BLEECKER STREET MEDIA)
“Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood”
“Studio 54”
“Whitney”
Visually Striking Film of the Year
“Annilhation” (PARAMOUNT)
“Black Panther”
“The Favourite”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“Roma”
Unsung Film of the Year
“Colette”
“Disobedience”
“The Happy Prince”
“Tully”
“We the Animals”
“Widows” (20TH CENTURY FOX)
Campy Flick of the Year
“Aquaman”
“Book Club”
“Mama Mia! Here We Go Again”
“A Simple Favor”(LIONSGATE)
“Suspiria”
TV Drama of the Year
” American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace”
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
“Homecoming”
“Killing Eve”
“Pose” (FX)
TV Comedy of the Year
“Barry”
“GLOW”
“The Good Place”
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
“Schitt’s Creek”* (POP)
TV Performance of the Year — Actor
Darren Criss-“American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace”
Hugh Grant-“A Very English Scandal”
Billy Porter-“Pose” (FX)
Matthew Rhys-“The Americans”
Ben Whishaw-“A Very English Scandal”
TV Performance of the Year — Actress
Amy Adams-“Sharp Objects”
Rachel Brosnahan-“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Jodie Comer-“Killing Eve”
Sandra Oh-“Killing Eve” (BBC AMERICA)
Julia Roberts-“Homecoming”
LGBTQ TV Show of the Year
“A Very English Scandal”
“American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace”
” Killing Eve”
“Pose” (FX)
“Queer Eye”
Unsung TV Show of the Year
“The Bisexual”
“Dear White People”
“The Good Fight”
“One Day at a Time”
“Schitt’s Creek” (POP)
TV Current Affairs Show of the Year
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” (TBS)
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
“The Rachel Maddow Show”
TV Musical Performance of the Year
Adam Lambert, “Believe”-41st Kennedy Center Honors
Billy Porter, MJ Rodriguez
Noah Reid, “Simply the Best”-“Schitt’s Creek”
Keala Settle, “This is Me”- 90th Academy Awards
Sufjan Stevens, “Mystery of Love” -90th Academy Awards
Campy TV Show of the Year
“American Horror Story: Apocalypse”
“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”
“Queer Eye”
“Riverdale”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1, LOGO)
The “We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star Award
Awkwafina
Elsie Fisher
Henry Golding
MJ Rodriguez
Wilde Wit of the Year
(Honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)
Samantha Bee
Hannah Gadsby
Kate McKinnon
John Oliver
Michelle Wolf
Wilde Artist of the Year
(Honoring a truly groundbreaking force in film, stage and/or television)
Bradley Cooper
Hannah Gadsby
Lady Gaga
Nicole Kidman
Ryan Murphy
Timeless Star
(Given to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom
Harvey Fierstein
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Gay playwright Aurin Squire’s take on D.C. journalism in the ‘90s
‘My Favorite Sociopath’
Contemporary American Theater Festival
July 10-Aug. 2
Shepherdstown, W.Va.
Catf.org
Discernment. It’s a thing some people have, explains playwright Aurin Squire, especially when you’re gay or Black in America (Squire is both).
“You instinctively know when the mob is teaming up for the best interests of the powers that be. You can feel it in the air.”
In his sharp new satire “My Favorite Sociopath,” Squire writes about life experiences but set in a different time and place: It’s the 1990s, early days of the 24-hour news cycle, and three ambitious journalism students are pursuing success in D.C.
And now, Squire’s play, along with other new works, are making their world premieres at the annual Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) at Shepherd University in historic, queer-friendly Shepherdstown, W.Va. (just a 90-minute drive from D.C.).
“All of my plays are queer in some way,” says Squire, 46. “This one touches on harmless and dangerous lies. The characters are on the spectrum sexually, and it’s interesting how all that falls out.”
And he’s given it a lot of thought.
“Already as a kid, it seemed to me that the rage against rap music and sex was coming from closeted people resisting their own urges and temptations. For me, it was interesting to see a witch hunt led by witches. Queer people can always call out a lie.”
Since September, Squire has also been working with a TV show about the tech industry set in Silicon Valley. He says, “It seems the general flow of the tech industry is that humanity and civilization is finished and it’s just about accumulating as many goods as possible before everything collapses. In fact, those who are profiting actually agree. But for those who disagree, they believe the solution is to build bigger gates, but activists believe we can stop this”
Yet, he’s learned from folks associated with the show. “Many say the quickest way to divorce yourself from any responsibility or regulations — smash and grab. Otherwise, you have to stop and think and regulate your desires for greed and power”
Squire possesses a penchant for pithy titles. He laughs, explaining the first thing he wrote as a student at Juilliard was “Obama-ology,” the comedy with contemporary message. While a lot of people liked the name, it didn’t necessarily vibe with the author. He concedes that he chooses names based on “easy to remember” and titles that won’t be easy to lose as a file.
Another is “Defacing Michael Jackson,” a coming-of-age dramedy set in rural Florida in 1984, specifically Squire’s native town Opa-locka, Miami, a fantastical place famed for its fanciful Moorish revival architecture.
Living in the shadow of exotic structures, he wasn’t particularly fazed. Squire says “It wasn’t until returning to visit after my freshman year at Northwestern University in Chicago that I realized how weird it was: When you grow up in a place, you take surroundings for granted no matter how over the top.”
Now based in New York (where for two happy years, 2017-2019, he shared digs with drag king Murry Hill), Squire returns frequently to Miami to be with family, but this summer has been filled with both work and travel.
Currently, he’s in Shepherdstown with CATF shaping up “My Favorite Sociopath.” Later this summer he will travel to South Africa for research, followed by a silent writing retreat in Santa Fe, N.M.
Much of Squire’s work reflects the Latino, African, Caribbean, African-American, and Jewish cultures he grew up around in South Florida.
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“Conservatives always try to stop progress and eventually they always lose. It’s just a question of where we’ll be in the middle of the end of civilization before that happens. I’d like to hope we can turn the ship around before then.”
In addition to “My Favorite Sociopath,” CATF summer season features three other world premieres (Lisa D’Amour’s comedy “The Smoker,” “Refugee Rhapsody” by Yussef El Guindi, “Best Line Wins: A Play Inspired by the Improvised Lives of Elaine May & Mike Nichols” by Beth Kander) and “¡VOS!” by Christina Pumariega.
CATF runs from July 10-Aug. 2 in three venues on the Shepherd University campus: Frank Center, Marinoff Theater, and Studio 112.
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