Italy’s maestro Abbado dies after39 stellar career TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2014
David Heyman (left) and Alfonso Cuaron (third from right) producers from “Gravity,” and (from second left) Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, Steve McQueen and Brad Pitt, producers from “12 Years a Slave,”pose with the Darryl F Zanuck awards for outstanding producer of a theatrical motion picture at the 25th annual Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan 19, 2014, in Beverly Hills, Calif. —AP/AFP photos ‘Gravity’ and ‘12 Years’ share top PGA prize
he Alfonso Cuaron film “Gravity” and the harrowing historical drama “12 Years a Slave” shared the top Tprize Sunday at the Producers Guild of America (PGA), a first for the awards. In the past six years the winner of the PGA then picked up the Oscar for best film at the Academy Awards, as Hollywood’s prize-giving season moves into full flow. But it was the first time the big prize at the PGA, in Los Angeles, has been shared in its 25-year his- tory, according to Variety magazine. “12 Years a Slave,” about a free black man sold into slav- ery in 1840s America, and “Gravity,” starring Sandra Bullock, who plays an astronaut stranded in space with George Clooney, were already among the Oscar frontrunners. The 3D space spectacular tops the Oscars nominations list with 10 nods, along with David O. Russell’s stylish crime caper “American Hustle”. The Oscars, the climax of Tinseltown’s glitzy awards season, is on March 2. “American Hustle” won the top film prize at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards on Saturday, having already won big at the Golden Globes, where it took best musical/comedy film and two acting awards. Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” took the covet- ed best drama prize at the Golden Globes. Other PGA win- ners included the TV movie with Michael Douglas and Matt Producer Michelle MacLaren (at podium) accepts the Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Damon, “Behind the Candelabra,” the documentary on WikiLeaks, “We Steal Secrets,” and the Disney animated film Television, Drama for ‘Breaking Bad’ with (from left to right) actor Bryan Cranston, producers Mark Johnson, Vince “Frozen.” In the television categories, highly acclaimed Gilligan and Stewart Lyons onstage. Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren pose. comedy “Modern Family” and drama series “Breaking Bad” took top honors. — AFP
Ron Howard (left) and Leonardo Producers Tanya Michnevich (left) and Meredith Bennett accept the Gillian Anderson speaks onstage. Actors Chiwetel Ejiofor (left) and Lupita Nyong’o speak onstage. DiCaprio pose. Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television for ‘The Colbert Report’ onstage.
Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy attend the event. Producer Audrey Morrissey (at podium) and producers of ‘The Voice’ accept the Award for Outstanding Producer of Tom Hanks and Kristin Chenoweth Competition Television onstage.