Better Man

AACTA International Awards 2025: ‘Better Man’, ‘The Brutalist’ Lead Nominees By Jessica Lynch The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has revealed the nominees for the 14th International AACTA Awards. Celebrating the best in global film and television, the winners will be announced during the 2025 AACTA Awards on the Gold Coast this February. Leading the nominations is “Better Man,” the much-anticipated Robbie Williams biopic, earning six nods, including Best Film, Best Director for Michael Gracey (“The Greatest Showman”), and Best Lead Actor for Jonno Davies. Davies’ motion-capture performance as Williams marks a groundbreaking moment, highlighting the innovative strides of modern storytelling. Close behind, “The Brutalist” secured five nominations, with Guy Pearce earning a nod for Best Supporting Actor. Golden Globe favourite “Emilia Pérez” followed with four nominations, while “Anora” and “Dune: Part Two” round out the Best Film category, offering a blend of independent grit and epic spectacle. This year’s awards are notable for breaking new ground: motion-capture performances have been recognised for the first time, reflecting the evolving landscape of performance and technology. Jonno Davies’ role in “Better Man” marks a milestone for the industry as technology and artistry merge seamlessly. The winners will be revealed across two ceremonies held at HOTA, Home of the Arts, on the Gold Coast: the AACTA Awards Industry Gala on February 5th and the AACTA Awards Ceremony on February 7th. Both events are part of the larger AACTA Festival, a five-day celebration of screen culture that includes workshops, meet-and-greets, and outdoor screenings. The 2025 AACTA Awards will be broadcast on Channel Ten on February 7th, with an extended version available on BINGE and Foxtel the following day. The 2025 AACTA International Award Nominees Best Film “Anora” “Better Man” “Dune: Part Two” “Emilia Pérez” “The Brutalist” Best Lead Actor in Film Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist” – as László Tóth Daniel Craig – “Queer” – as Lee Jonno Davies – “Better Man” – as Robbie Williams Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing” – as John “Divine G.” Whitfield Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave” – as Thomas Lawrence Best Lead Actress in Film Kirsten Dunst – “Civil War” – as Lee Smith Karla Sofia Gascón – “Emilia Pérez” – as Emilia Pérez Nicole Kidman – “Babygirl” – as Romy Mikey Madison – “Anora” – as Mikheeva Kate Winslet – “Lee” – as Lee Miller Best Supporting Actor in Film Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain” – as Benji Kaplan Damon Herriman – “Better Man” – as Nigel Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist” – as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Stanley Tucci – “Conclave” – as Cardinal Bellini Denzel Washington – “Gladiator II” – as Macrinus Best Supporting Actress in Film Toni Collette – “Juror #2” – as Faith Killebrew Ariana Grande – “Wicked” – as Glinda Felicity Jones – “The Brutalist” – as Erzsébet Tóth Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez” – as Rita Mora Castro Alison Steadman – “Better Man” – as Betty Best Direction in Film Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez” Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist” Michael Gracey – “Better Man” George Miller – “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” Denis Villeneuve – “Dune: Part Two” Best Screenplay in Film “Anora” – Sean Baker “Better Man” – Michael Gracey, Oliver Cole, Simon Gleeson “Conclave” – Peter Straughan “The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold “A Real Pain” – Jesse Eisenberg The 2025 AACTA Awards Ceremony will be broadcast on Channel Ten at 7:30 p.m. AEDT on February 7, with an extended version available on BINGE and Foxtel the following evening. For more information, visit aacta.org. https://au.variety.com/2024/awards/awards/a...nominees-19237/ https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/aacta-in...ational-awards/

If you don't mind, let me pin this thread into upper section because it's a very hot topic of our Forum at the moment. Let's keep it here until Feb or so. Talking this, I must admit that this video is highly discussed on Twitter today. I didn't watch this clip because want to keep it until its first screening.. x5GXnFYfjT4

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Ayda is all these people in Twitter ))) KjArCBApn_A

Frankly speaking, I like to do whistling of any songs. That's strange but one of my favourite one during this... let's say process... is Hey Tiger! Really funny and kind song. Is anybody remember that song? :)

I liked this part in this article on BBC:

Because we don't have a special Gary's thread and while there are no much news about TT, let me put it here. Gary is informing about his and band's plans next year. O63WUBuOx-w

I'm not sure it's so interesting stuff but it's a little bit different to all movie promo if you tired on 'Better Man' for a little bit :D Current stuff more like on his traditional promo )) German TV grymWN4pigQ

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97TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED Posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2024 LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 97th Academy Awards®: Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects. MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) Fifteen songs will advance in the Original Song category for the 97th Academy Awards. Eighty-nine songs were eligible in the category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees. The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title: “Forbidden Road” from “Better Man” “Winter Coat” from “Blitz” “Compress/Repress” from “Challengers” “Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late” “El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” “Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez” “Sick In The Head” from “Kneecap” “Beyond” from “Moana 2” “Tell Me It’s You” from “Mufasa: The Lion King” “Piece By Piece” from “Piece by Piece” “Like A Bird” from “Sing Sing” “The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight” “Out Of Oklahoma” from “Twisters” “Kiss The Sky” from “The Wild Robot” “Harper And Will Go West” from “Will & Harper” VISUAL EFFECTS Ten films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 97th Academy Awards. The Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the shortlist. All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration. The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are: “Alien: Romulus” “Better Man” “Civil War” “Deadpool & Wolverine” “Dune: Part Two” “Gladiator II” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” “Mufasa: The Lion King” “Twisters” “Wicked” Nominations voting begins on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, and concludes on Sunday, January 12, 2025. Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on Friday, January 17, 2025. The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide. https://press.oscars.org/news/97th-oscarsr-...ories-announced

Well, it's not an Oscars nomination yet but it qualified to the next round (for example, Miley Cyrus's, Lady Gaga's songs were out)... Fingers crossed! Pharrell, Elton John, Lainey Wilson Land on Oscars’ Best Original Song Shortlist Two songs from Emelia Pérez also made the cut, as did tracks by Kneecap, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and Robbie Williams December 17, 2024 Songs by Pharrell, Elton John, and Lainey Wilson, as well as multiple selections from Emelia Pérez, have made the Oscars’ shortlist for Best Original Song. Pharrell’s “Piece by Piece,” the title track from his animated Lego biopic, made the cut, as did John’s “Never Too Late,” co-written with Brandi Carlile for his recent documentary. And Wilson secured a shortlist nod for her contribution to Twisters, “Out of Oklahoma,” co-written with Luke Dick and Shane McAnally. The two songs from Emilia Pérez to make the shortlist were “El Mal” and “Mi Comino,” both of which were just nominated for Best Original Song at the Golden Globes. The two tracks were written by the film’s core musical team, Clément Ducol and Camille, while writer-director Jacque Audiard also contributed to “El Mal.” The 15-song shortlist also includes Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ “Compress/Repress” from Challengers; Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Tell Me It’s You” from Mufasa, and Robbie Williams’ “Forbidden Road” from his upcoming primate-infused biopic, Better Man. Perennial Oscar hopeful Diane Warren is once again in the running, making the shortlist for “The Journey” from Tyler Perry’s new WWII drama, The Six Triple Eight. (Warren has been nominated 15 times, and while she’s never won a competitive Oscar, she did receive an Honorary Award in 2022.) Another exciting shortlist nod was “Sick in the Head” by celebrated Belfast rap trio Kneecap from their lightly fictionalized biopic. Maren Morris snuck onto the list, too, as a co-writer on Delacey’s “Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot, as did Kristen Wiig, who co-wrote “Harper and Will Go West” from Will Ferrell and Harper Steele’s doc, Will and Harper. The full Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song is below. Other Academy Awards shortlist categories released today include Best International Film, Documentary, Animated and Live Action Best Makeup, Visual Effects, and Sound. Best Original Song Shortlist “Forbidden Road” from Better Man – Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek “Winter Coat” from Blitz – Nicholas Britell, Steve McQueen and Taura Stinson “Compress/Repress” from Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late – Elton John and Brandi Carlile “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol and Camille “Sick in the Head” from Kneecap – Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvaí, Adrian Louis Richard Mcleod, and Toddla T “Beyond” from Moana 2 – Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear “Tell Me It’s You” from Mufasa: The Lion King – Lin-Manuel Miranda “Piece by Piece” from Piece by Piece – Pharrell Williams “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing – Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel and Adrian Quesada “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight – Diane Warren “Out of Oklahoma” from Twisters – Lainey Wilson, Luke Dick and Shane McAnally “Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot – Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack and Ali Tamposi “Harper And Will Go West” from Will & Harper – Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig and Josh Greenbaum https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-ne...ist-1235209462/ ---

While here is another inteview with Frazer who plays Nate character in the movie... But who is Nate? Robbie's friend at school or?... CxXYXMHeujk&t=929s

In a case you prefer to watch this interview (Digital Spy) on Youtube aYmkqrf7XRw --- This one is different and new one by Radio Times. It's a very kind and good interview, especially in the end. Really recommend you (no spoilers). And also I like to look at Rachelle and Jonno - beautiful pair and I feel well how they love and admire Robbie's legacy and Rob himself sjuYqbaUp78

I suppose he mentioned this topic talking about returning to a normal work after the movie promo? ) yzCd6m0kMBs

So, also tons of new interviews, including even with Guillermo Del Toro! Wow! BZEY3e-F2Ek 79cN0PXpdwI _xT4c7HXFeU F9je3czhYFU ufpa85TkLy4 WgRvArYPaEo rf76mZFY9AA 295x5XHtz1M t5An_2LmZ18 OU7cazeIyLE ---

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This post can be skipped. Here is an old interview from 2021 when Michael just mentioned his work on Better Man. On 9-20 I liked this reaction of this lady :)) a63zuNsArc0

Better Man vs Wicked Bettericked or WickedMan :) W4538cdH-JQ B1eBNyN72mI FCoHtQN-ewY

Tons of videos and note about Better Man since today!! zGBps6NSfz0 T95Dsm9hUTE

So good promo, Tess! :) Enjoy both!

13.12.24 update Awards Nominations (22) for Better Man by far: Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) 2024 - Best Original Song - Feature Film (Robbie Williams - Forbidden Road) - Best Music Themed Film, Biopic or Musical (Paul Currie, Michael Gracey, Craig McMahon, Coco Xiaolu, MaJules Daly) Rolling Stone UK Awards 2024 - The Film Award (Better Man) - Winner Golden Globes 2025 - Best Original Song (Robbie Williams - Forbidden Road) The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards 2025 - Best Film - Best Direction in Film - Best Screenplay in Film - Best Lead Actor in Film - Best Supporting Actress in Film - Best Supporting Actor in Film - Best Cinematography in Film - Best Sound in Film - Best Original Score in Film - Best Soundtrack - Best Original Song (Robbie Williams - Forbidden Road) - Best Visual Effects or Animation - Best Editing in Film presented by Spectrum Films - Best Production Design in Film - Best Costume Design in Film - Best Casting in Film presented by Casting Networks Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards - Best Motion Capture (Jonno Davies) Critics Choice Awards 2025 - Best Visual Effects (Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs)

Another nomination! Now it's at the Critics Choice Awards 2025. (Los Angeles, CA – December 12, 2024) – The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the film category nominees for the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards. The winners will be revealed at the star-studded Critics Choice Awards gala hosted by Chelsea Handler, which will broadcast LIVE on E! on Sunday, January 12, 2025 (7:00 – 10:00pm ET / PT) from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The show will also be available to stream the next day on Peacock. BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Wicked Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Better Man Visual Effects Team – The Substance Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes https://www.criticschoice.com/2024/12/12/fi...helsea-handler/