Your email address will not be published. The Amazon limited series recounts the shocking true story of British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe (Grant), who in 1979 was accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover (Whishaw). Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Emmy Podcast #33: Drama, Drama, Drama! with Kevin Jacobsen and Amanda Spears, Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards: ‘Crip Camp,’ ‘Gunda,’ ‘Mr. A Very English Scandal is the shocking true story of the first British politician to stand trial for conspiracy to murder. Winner. Debra Granik's Leave No Trace came out on top. A Very English Scandal is a three-part British television comedy-drama miniseries based on John Preston's 2016 book of the same name. Hugh Grant was as surprised as everyone else about his BAFTA nomination for “Paddington 2,” mostly because “it’s not a classic awards-type film. Watch our exclusive video interview with Grant above. Required fields are marked *, © Copyright 2020 Gold Derby, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover and forced to stand trial in 1979. It is a dramatisation of the 1976–1979 Jeremy Thorpe scandal and more than 15 years of events leading up to it. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Your email address will not be published. and now makes the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race even harder. A Very English Scandal ist eine britische Miniserie, die am 20.Mai 2018 auf dem Sender BBC One ihre Premiere feierte. 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Grant, who was a teenager during the real-life trial, recalls it as “a Monty Python-type farce” and a “voyeuristic joy for the British nation.”, In bringing the story to the screen, the series “walks this very fine line between drama and comedy.” Screenwriter Russell T. Davies (“Doctor Who“) “could just see the fun side of any scene, even if it’s about murder.”. 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Golden Globe Awards for 'Very English Scandal, A' 2019. It bested Academy Award nominees If Beale Street Could Talk and Can You Ever Forgive Me? Leave No Trace (Bleecker Street) The 31st USC Scripter Awards were held last night at the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library and gave us quite a surprise. Here is the full list of nominees and winners. Ashley Jones returning to ‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’ but how long will Bridget Forrester be back. 2019 Screen Actors Guild 1 nomination. Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. The 31st USC Scripter Awards were held last night at the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library and gave us quite a surprise. In Television, Amazon’s A Very English Scandal also surprised, winning over one of this season’s biggest awards favorites The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. Released in the U.K. last December, “Paddington 2” opened stateside in early January to critical raves (it holds a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes) and is now eligible at the Oscars. It’s a kid’s film, it’s a sequel, it’s animated.” Yet Grant snagged a Best Supporting Actor bid for playing Phoenix Buchanan, a narcissistic, washed-up actor with his sights set on the friendly title bear’s fortunes. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 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Though he wouldn’t name names, he reveals that he “created him out of scraps of old actors I’d worked with in my 20s in the provincial theater in England.”, Though “Paddington 2” is ostensibly a children’s movie, Grant considers it “moving” and “important.” In its story about a kindly bear who immigrates to England from Peru, “there’s something to be said about welcoming strangers, refugees, aliens, which is sort of pertinent in these political times.”, This season the actor could also find himself in the TV awards race for “A Very English Scandal,” which reunites him with his “Florence Foster Jenkins” (2016) director Stephen Frears, not to mention Ben Whishaw, who voiced Paddington. Awards See all Awards . Deadline Media. The USC Scripter Awards began in 1988 and are given by the USC Library Board of Councilors and are chosen by a committee of Writers Guild of America Members, Academy Award-winning and -nominated screenwriters, industry executives, authors, faculty members and some members of the Friends of the USC Libraries. He won the Globe and BAFTA for “Four Weddings and a Funeral” (1994), and contended twice more at the Globes for “Notting Hill” (1999) and “About a Boy” (2002) and once more at the SAG Awards as a member of the ensemble cast of “Sense and Sensibility” (1995). Grant has yet to be nominated for an Oscar, but for “Florence Foster Jenkins” he received SAG, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Critics’ Choice nominations. Grant relished the opportunity to spoof his profession, donning a variety of costumes and personas to portray a pompous thespian. COPYRIGHT © HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION. The 365-days-a-year awards season of the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes and more. Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Movie Or Miniseries https://www.goldderby.com/video/hugh-grant-interview-a-very-english-scandal 2019. Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television.