“Jojo Rabbit” And “Knives Out” Emerge Victorious From The Costume Designers Guild Awards

The morning after the Academy Awards, Taika Waititi — the winner of the adapted screenplay Oscar for “Jojo Rabbit” — is drinking a Pedialyte. But however hungover the filmmaker might be, it does not stop him from hamming it up for a photo shoot. He writhes on a hotel room couch, folds himself into an armoire and holds out his Oscar with a look of mock terror on his face, as if he’s warding off a vampire with a cross.

The morning after the Academy Awards, Taika Waititi — the winner of the adapted screenplay Oscar for “Jojo Rabbit” — is drinking a Pedialyte. But however hungover the filmmaker might be, it does not stop him from hamming it up for a photo shoot. He writhes on a hotel room couch, folds himself into an armoire and holds out his Oscar with a look of mock terror on his face, as if he’s warding off a vampire with a cross.

By Anthony D'Alessandro

We want the world for Taika Waititi — and an Oscar of his own is a good start.

“Look at me,” Taika Waititi exclaimed during an early afternoon interview at the Toronto Film Festival last fall, “it’s like asking you to play Adolf Hitler.”

The Oscars are just a few days away, which means it's officially time to reflect on all the and channel your inner movie critic to decide who you'd chose to win if you were an Academy member. For your consideration, just spoke with tree actress about how being a mother inspired her performance in Jojo Rabbit.

The Marriage Story actress spoke to People about being able to effortlessly portray a mother on screen as she is a mother in her real life. The actress who has a daughter named Rose Dorothy Dauriac, said that being a mother in real life helped her invaluably as she could easily relation to being a protective mother, who wants to make sure that the child is safe and happy.

The Chinese box office is gearing up for a starkly unsexy Valentine’s Day, with “Jojo Rabbit” and a local title formally pulling out of the mid-February line-up, while unconfirmed reports suggest that others – including “Little Women” – will soon pull the plug, amidst strict measures to prevent the spread of deadly coronavirus.

Moments ago, the 2020 Writers Guild Awards began. Interestingly, the show kicked off by announcing both of the big Film prizes, Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay.

Taika Waititi owes a lot of this awards season to his mother, Robin Cohen. She’s the one who first told him that he should think about adapting Christine Leunens’ novel “Caging Skies” for the big screen.

By Erik Pedersen

At the Jan. 3 AFI Awards, Mel Brooks interrupted his speech about the American Film Institute’s women directors program to praise Taika Waititi for Searchlight’s “Jojo Rabbit.” However, he joked, the filmmaker “did not ask my permission to use Hitler!”

By Matt Grobar

Costume designers are no strangers to making a statement, which they accomplished once more in their calls for pay parity at the Costume Designers Guild Awards on Tuesday night.Attendees at the 22nd annual ceremony were greeted, upon entry, with paddles on their seats calling for "Pay Equity Now." In a speech during the ceremony, Guild president Salvador Perez added, "The issue of pay equality is something we know everyone in this room supports.

At the 22nd annual Costume Designers Guild Awards on Tuesday evening, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, host Mindy Kaling wore a special dress custom-designed for her by CDG president Salvador Pérez Jr., The Hollywood Reporterhas exclusively learned."It’s the most glamorous night of awards season; Oscars schmoscars!" Pérez told THR on Tuesday.

The 22nd Costume Designers Guild Awards kicked off Tuesday at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, honoring the best in film, television and short-form costume design.

The Costume Designers Guild handed out its trophies for the 22nd annual CDG Awards with “Jojo Rabbit” and “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” receiving top honors among the costumers.