lifestyle THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2013 Music & Movies ‘12 Years a Slave’ leads Spirit Awards nominations he race to Oscar has officially begun, as the slav- Accompanying Delpy in the best screenplay cate- ery exploration “12 Years a Slave” was nominated gory is Woody Allen for “Blue Jasmine,” Nicole TTuesday for a leading seven Spirit Awards, which Holofcener for “Enough Said” and Scott Neustadter honor independent film. The Steve McQueen-directed and Michael H. Weber for “The Spectacular Now.” For drama is up for best feature, best director, best actor his performance in the romantic comedy “Enough (Chiwetel Ejiofer), best supporting actress (Lupita Said,” James Gandolfini earned a posthumous nomina- Nyong’o), best supporting actor (Michael Fassbender), tion for best supporting male. best screenplay (John Ridley) and best cinematogra- Though the Spirit Awards were begun to honor phy (Sean Bobbitt). With six nominations, Alexander lower-budget films outside of Hollywood’s main- Payne’s black-and-white comedy “Nebraska” is also in stream, there is often overlap, and particularly so this the running for best feature, best director, best actor year. Many of the 2013 Spirit nominees are expected for Bruce Dern, best supporting actress for June to be strong Oscar contenders. Higher-budget studio Squibb, best supporting actor for Will Forte and best releases like “Gravity” and “Captain Phillips” don’t com- first screenplay for Bob Nelson. pete in the Spirit Awards, which are limited to films Other best-picture contenders include J.C. with a budget less than $20 million. Last year, David O. Chandor’s near-wordless shipwreck drama “All is Lost,” Russell’s “Silver Lining Playbook” swept the Spirit Noah Baumbach’s New York tale “Frances Ha” and the Awards, winning best feature, best director, best Coen brothers’ folk music story “Inside Llewyn Davis.” screenplay and best actress for Jennifer Lawrence. “All is Lost” also earned a best director slot for Presented by the cinema group Film Independent, Chandor. Also up for best director are Jeff Nichols for the Spirit Awards will be handed out the day before the coming-of-age drama “Mud” and Shane Carruth the Oscars at an afternoon ceremony along the beach for the sci-fi “Upstream Color.” Along with Ejiofor and in Santa Monica, Calif, on Mar 1. The Spirit Awards will Dern, the best male lead category includes Oscar Isaac air that night on IFC. Nominees were chosen by panels for “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Matthew McConaughey for of film professionals. Members of Film Independent, “Dallas Buyers Club,” Robert Redford for “All is Lost” including filmmakers and movie fans, are eligible to and Michael B. Jordan for “Fruitvale Station.” vote on the winners. — AP Julie Delpy received two nominations, for best female lead and best screenplay for “Before Midnight,” the third installment in the romantic drama series that kicked off with “Before Sunrise” in 1995. Delpy shares the best screenplay nomination with Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the script. Among other best actress nominees are Cate Blanchett for “Blue Jasmine,” Gaby Hoffmann for “Crystal Fairy,” Brie This image released by Fox Searchlight shows Benedict Cumberbatch, left, and Chiwetel Ejiofor in a scene from ‘12 Years A Larson for “Short Term 12” and Shailene Woodley for Slave.’ — AP “The Spectacular Now.” The Arctic Monkeys, Game show ‘Jeopardy!’ on America, old songs and synths gives Broadway a boost hey have recorded in America and front- Turner: Some are more enjoyable that oth- man Alex Turner lives in Los Angeles and ers. Sometimes it’s tough to get through one nswer: It’s the TV show that’s spreading the travel the country taping clues in site-specific loca- ed clues, including from “Mamma Mia!” “Jersey Taffects an Elvis look in their latest stage of the old ones ... You know, you don’t feel like word about Broadway. tions, have visited more than a dozen Broadway Boys” and “The Color Purple.” Playwright Edward show, but the Arctic Monkeys remain a British that anymore. When you tell the same joke A sets, including “Avenue Q,” “The Phantom of the Albee and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber even rock-and-roll phenomenon. None of the four 600 times, you won’t hear what it is anymore, Opera,” “Les Miserables,” “The Producers,” “Hairspray,” had their own five-question categories. But, until members - all from Sheffield in northern but then sometimes like the 601st time you Question: What is “Jeopardy!” and “The Lion King.” now, an entire category hasn’t been devoted to a England is even 30, but they already have five might see something in it you didn’t before. The hit syndicated game show hosted by Alex Actors from Broadway shows have also present- single show. For it to happen, the show has to be albums under their belts after surfing an Q: Do you think playing in America is Trebek has always sprinkled in theater clues since able to spark questions beyond the stage. Internet-built fan base to stardom - one of the the gateway to international success? its debut in 1984 but lately has been upping the Questions for “Wicked” naturally led to ones for first rock groups to do so. On stage on their Turner: I don’t know because I think we’re ante. For the 10th anniversary of “Wicked” late last “The Wizard of Oz” movie and book, while “Rodgers current tour to promote new album “AM”, kind of relatively successful internationally, month, the TV show took the unprecedented step + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” has a rich history to Turner sports an Elvis Presley-style pom- you know, tonight we’re playing in this huge of having an entire category dedicated to the musi- draw questions. padour and swivels his hips. Famed for vocals place and the same tomorrow. Q: You went to cal, and producers are doing it again on Tuesday “It has to be part of Americana and part of the inflected with a Yorkshire accent, his spoken record some of your albums in the States? for “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” “Certain culture,” says Schmidt, who, along with executive voice is these days overlaid by a California Turner: Originally it was just getting us far shows lend themselves better for us to do this,” producer Harry Friedman, is a huge theater fan. drawl. away from this kind of comfortable environ- says Rocky Schmidt, the supervising producer of “We just didn’t want to disenfranchise people and While other rock groups of their genera- ment or whatever it was, some version of the game show. “The real trick to this is making it have them say, ‘OK, I’ve never seen that. I don’t care tion have morphed into more electronic or ‘home’. The first we did over there was the accessible to the millions of ‘Jeopardy!’ viewers. If about this whole category’ and turn away.” Kelly synthesized sound - following the dance-floor third album and at that point we really want- you haven’t seen the show, is it still interesting to Miyahara, one of the Clue Crew, was on hand at the trends of the day - the Arctic Monkeys have ed to tear up the rulebook and work with new you?” empty Broadway theater in June to help tape sev- gone the other way, with more distorted gui- people. So we went to (Queens of the Stone The TV show taped the clues with Cinderella eral clues herself - all while trying to remain cool. tar, powerful bass lines and Matt Helders’s sig- Age frontman) Josh Homme’s studio in the herself - star Laura Osnes did a video clue in her “I think it is every little girl’s dream to be on the nature percussion. They have consolidated desert and made that “Humbug” record and ball gown costume - on June 14 at the show’s stage at Cinderella,” says Miyahara, who sat in their formula on their latest album - which that was a massive turning point for the home at the Broadway Theatre. The actual contest Cinderella’s carriage and even wore her tiara. “It ranges from ballads to psychedelic themes - group. I think we needed to go there and was taped in September. “I think it’s great exposure took me back to being 10 years old again sitting on and returned to the top of the British charts. freshen up our ideas. It was like if this band is for the show,” says Osnes, a Tony Award-nominated that stage.” Jimmy McGuire, another of the Clue Turner and Helders spoke with Reuters in going to continue you need to move forward. actress who grew up watching “Jeopardy!” in Crew, was also there and was dazzled. A theater fan Madrid before a show at the Palacio de los Minnesota but admits to being a bigger fan of “The as well, he went to high school with Tony winner Deportes arena near the beginning of a world Q: How many new guitar pedals and Price Is Right.” “I’m not very good at it, I think that’s Billy Porter in Pittsburgh and played Conrad Birdie tour that will last until the middle of next year. stuff did Joshua show you? Helders: A lot why. I don’t know a lot of that type of trivia,” Osnes in a production of “Bye Bye Birdie” in eighth grade. of machines, a lot of pedals. From what I says. “I enjoy doing things I’m good at and I knew I “To me, just being on the stage gave me the Q: How did you escape from the synth- saw there was a lot of bad things.