Variety has amassed 62 nominations for the Los Angeles Press Club‘s 19th annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, including nods for Print Journalist of the Year for Chris Willman and Online Journalist of the Year for Ethan Shanfeld. In the criticism category, Owen Gleiberman was nominated for film critic (over 1,000 words) as well as music critic and Daniel D’Addario was nominated for theater/performing arts critic. Willman was nominated for music critic, online columnist of the year and print columnist of the year, among other nods.
Several Variety cover stories were recognized as finalists, including Daniel D’Addario’s Jodie Foster cover, Trish Deitch’s Jamie Lee Curtis cover, Shanfeld’s Miley Cyrus cover and D’Addario’s Charlie Hunnam cover. In the art and photography category, Daniel Doperalski was nominated in the portrait photo, music/theater/arts category for his photo for Variety’s “KPop Demon Hunters” cover. Shanfeld was also nominated for several other reported features; his Baywatch casting story is up for TV Industry Feature (Over 1,000 Words) while his his investigation into the Diddy Trial “circus” is up for Music/Performing Arts Industry Feature (Over 1,000 Words).
Winners will be revealed at the Art & Entertainment Journalism Awards on Dec. 6 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, where Brandi Carlile will be honored with the Humanitarian Award. Variety won 20 prizes at last year’s Arts & Entertainment Awards. See the full list of Variety finalists below: Online Journalist of the Year, Tied to an Organization Chris Willman, Variety, “Who’s Crying?
Not Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, but Most Everyone Else During the Who’s Hollywood Bowl Farewell Shows” Daniel Doperalski, Variety, “The Women of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ on Overcoming Rejection, ‘Golden’s’ Success and Breaking Boundaries for Korean Culture: ‘Drop the K. It’s No More’” Obituary/In Appreciation, Film Personalities Owen Gleiberman, Variety, “Remembering Robert Duvall, Whose Acting Brilliance Colored in the Light and Dark Sides of Humanity” Obituary/In Appreciation, TV Personalities Daniel D’Addario, Variety, “Remembering Eric Dane: From ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ to ‘Euphoria,’ He Went From McSteamy to an Actor of Surprising Depth” Brent Lang, Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, “Can New Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro Weather AI, Revitalize ‘Star Wars’ and Marvel and Save the Magic Kingdom?” Brian Steinberg, Variety, “CBS News Veers Toward Dysfunction Under Bari WeissFollowing Gaffes at 60 Minutes, Evening News” Personality Profile, Film Industry (over 2,500 words) Daniel D’Addario, Variety, “Jodie Foster on Rejecting Studio Movies, Revisiting‘Silence of the Lambs’ and Whether She Came Out During Her Golden GlobesSpeech: ‘They Were Confused’” Trish Deitch, Variety, “‘I Can’t Not Be Who I Am’: Jamie Lee Curtis on Her 47-Year Career, Falling in Love With Christopher Guest and Why She Hopes CharlieKirk Found God” Personality Profile, TV/Streaming industry (over 2,500 words) Daniel D’Addario, Variety, “How Charlie Hunnam Became the Serial Killer From Hell: Inside the Voice Recordings, Psychotic Breakdowns and Terrifying Murders in Ryan Murphy’s New ‘Monster’” Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, “‘I Wasn’t Trying to Kill Hannah Montana Off’: Miley Cyrus on ‘Reclaiming’ the Disney Icon After 20 Years, Getting Sober and Reuniting With Dad Billy Ray” Personality Profile, TV/Streaming industry (under 2,500 words)K.J. Yossman, Variety, “Emilia Clarke on ‘Game of Thrones’ Salary Rumors, ‘Ponies’ Season 2 and Living With Survivor’s Guilt” Personality Profile, Music Industry (under 2,500 words) Jem Aswad, Variety, “David Byrne Goes Deep About ‘Who Is the Sky?,’ How to Be a Non-Star, and Why a Talking Heads Reunion Shouldn’t Happen: ‘Be Careful What You Long for’” Film Industry Feature (Over 1,000 Words) Daniel D’Addario, Variety, “Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt and Benny Safdie’s Underdog ‘The Smashing Machine’: In a Topsy-Turvy Year, Don’t Count Them Out for Oscars Glory” Michael Schneider, Variety, “From Jean Smart’s Heart Surgery to a Shocking Lesbian Episode, ‘Hacks’ Ends — and Cements Its Legacy as One of TV’s Best Comedies” Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, “‘This Whole Thing Is Not Normal’: Inside the ‘Baywatch’ Reboot Casting Call With 2,000 Wannabe Lifeguards” Music/Performing Arts Industry Feature (over 1,000 words) Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, “Inside the Diddy Trial Circus: How Screaming Fans, Baby Oil and Street Preachers Turned the Courthouse Into a Madhouse” TV/Film Industry Feature (under 1,000 words) Rebecca Rubin, Variety, “Can Timothée Chalamet Save Indie Film?
Inside ‘Marty Supreme’s’ Wild Press Tour” Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, “Call the Doctor: As Hollywood Gigs Dry Up, Actors Are Playing Fake Patients in Real Hospitals” Daniel D’Addario, Variety, “‘Melania’: Why Would Amazon Spend $75 Million on a Movie This Boring?” Chris Willman, Variety, “With ‘Mother Mary’ as Hollywood’s Latest Implausible Pop Star, Why Does Every Fictional Music Movie Have to Feel So Phony?” Leo Barraclough, Variety, “Scott Free Eyes Further Series Adaptations of Ridley Scott and Tony Scott Movies Following ‘Alien: Earth’ and ‘Blade Runner 2099’” Daniel D’Addario, Variety, “Tony Dokoupil’s ‘CBS Evening News’ Debut Is an Inauspicious Sign of Where CBS News Is Headed” Michael Schneider, Variety, “Disney Stands Its Ground in the Face of Trump’s Jimmy Kimmel Temper Tantrum and FCC Harassment” Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, “Kanye West Said Sorry. Does He Mean It This Time?”
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