John Henry

Director Will Forbes

Genre Drama | Thriller

Cast Terry Crews, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Maestro Harrell, Kimberly Hebert Gregory

Rating R

Release Date January 24th, 2020 (Limited & On-Demand)

“A quiet man with a violent past has his life changed when an immigrant girl who is on the run from gang violence in South Los Angeles stumbles into his life.”

From director Will Forbes, John Henry is a drama that tells the story of ex-gang member John Henry, a quiet man with a violent past. When two immigrant kids on the run from his former South Los Angeles gang leader stumble into his life, John is forced to reconcile with his past in order to try and give them a future. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, John Henry:

• A modern adaption of the story of an African-American folk hero of the same name. The original folk hero story centers on a “steel-driving man” tasked with hammering a steel drill into rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock in constructing a railroad tunnel. He won a race against a steam-powered rock drilling machine.

2020 Golden Globes Nominations

The 77th Golden Globe Awards will honor the best in film and American television of 2019, as chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Produced by Dick Clark Productions and the HFPA, the ceremony will air live on NBC in the United States. Ricky Gervais will host the ceremony for the fifth time.

Check out the full nominations list below:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
“The Irishman” (Netflix)
“Marriage Story” (Netflix)
“1917” (Universal)
“Joker” (Warner Bros.)
“The Two Popes” (Netflix)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”)
Scarlett Johansson (“Marriage Story”)
Saoirse Ronan (“Little Women”)
Charlize Theron (“Bombshell”)
Renée Zellweger (“Judy”)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Christian Bale (“Ford v Ferrari”)
Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”)
Adam Driver (“Marriage Story”)
Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”)
Jonathan Pryce (“The Two Popes”)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
“Dolemite Is My Name” (Netflix)
“Jojo Rabbit” (Fox Searchlight)
“Knives Out” (Lionsgate)
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (Sony)
“Rocketman” (Paramount)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Ana de Armas (“Knives Out”)
Awkwafina (“The Farewell”)
Cate Blanchett (“Where’d You Go, Bernadette”)
Beanie Feldstein (“Booksmart”)
Emma Thompson (“Late Night”)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Daniel Craig (“Knives Out”)
Roman Griffin Davis (“Jojo Rabbit”)
Leonardo DiCaprio (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)
Taron Egerton (“Rocketman”)
Eddie Murphy (“Dolemite Is My Name”)

Best Motion Picture – Animated
“Frozen 2” (Disney)
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” (Universal)
“The Lion King” (Disney)
“Missing Link” (United Artists Releasing)
“Toy Story 4” (Disney)

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
“The Farewell” (A24)
“Les Misérables” (Amazon)
“Pain and Glory” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Parasite” (Neon)
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire” (Neon)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Kathy Bates (“Richard Jewell”)
Annette Bening (“The Report”)
Laura Dern (“Marriage Story”)
Jennifer Lopez (“Hustlers”)
Margot Robbie (“Bombshell”)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Tom Hanks (“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”)
Anthony Hopkins (“The Two Popes”)
Al Pacino (“The Irishman”)
Joe Pesci (“The Irishman”)
Brad Pitt (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)

Best Director – Motion Picture
Bong Joon-ho (“Parasite”)
Sam Mendes (“1917”)
Todd Phillips (“Joker”)
Martin Scorsese (“The Irishman”)
Quentin Tarantino (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Noah Baumbach (“Marriage Story”)
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (“Parasite”)
Anthony McCarten (“The Two Popes”)
Quentin Tarantino (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)
Steven Zaillian (“The Irishman”)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat (“Little Women”)
Hildur Guðnadóttir (“Joker”)
Randy Newman (“Marriage Story”)
Thomas Newman (“1917”)
Daniel Pemberton (“Motherless Brooklyn”)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Beautiful Ghosts” (“Cats”)
“I’m Gonna Love Me Again” (“Rocketman”)
“Into the Unknown” (“Frozen 2”)
“Spirit” (“The Lion King”)
“Stand Up” (“Harriet”)

Best Television Series – Drama
“Big Little Lies” (HBO)
“The Crown” (Netflix)
“Killing Eve” (BBC America)
“The Morning Show” (Apple TV Plus)
“Succession” (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”)
Olivia Colman (“The Crown”)
Jodie Comer (“Killing Eve”)
Nicole Kidman (“Big Little Lies”)
Reese Witherspoon (“The Morning Show”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Brian Cox (“Succession”)
Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”)
Rami Malek (“Mr. Robot”)
Tobias Menzies (“The Crown”)
Billy Porter (“Pose”)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
“Barry” (HBO)
“Fleabag” (Amazon)
“The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
“The Politician” (Netflix)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Christina Applegate (“Dead to Me”)
Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Kirsten Dunst (“On Becoming a God in Central Florida”)
Natasha Lyonne (“Russian Doll”)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Michael Douglas (“The Kominsky Method”)
Bill Hader (“Barry”)
Ben Platt (“The Politician”)
Paul Rudd (“Living with Yourself”)
Ramy Youssef (“Ramy”)

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
“Catch-22″ (Hulu)
“Chernobyl” (HBO)
“Fosse/Verdon” (FX)
The Loudest Voice (Showtime)
“Unbelievable” (Netflix)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kaitlyn Dever (“Unbelievable”)
Joey King (“The Act”)
Helen Mirren (“Catherine the Great”)
Merritt Wever (“Unbelievable”)
Michelle Williams (“Fosse/Verdon”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Christopher Abbott (“Catch-22”)
Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Spy”)
Russell Crowe (“The Loudest Voice”)
Jared Harris (“Chernobyl”)
Sam Rockwell (“Fosse/Verdon”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Patricia Arquette (“The Act”)
Helena Bonham Carter (“The Crown”)
Toni Collette (“Unbelievable”)
Meryl Streep (“Big Little Lies”)
Emily Watson (“Chernobyl”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alan Arkin (“The Kominsky Method”)
Kieran Culkin (“Succession”)
Andrew Scott (“Fleabag”)
Stellan Skarsgård (“Chernobyl”)
Henry Winkler (“Barry”)

Be sure to tune in January 5th, 2020, at 6:00 PM EST for the 77th Annual Golden Globes only on NBC!!

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Director J.J. Abrams

Genre Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Cast Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Mark Hamill

Rating PG-13

Release Date December 20th, 2019 (Disney+ May 4th)

“The surviving members of the resistance face the First Order once again, and the legendary conflict between the Jedi and the Sith reaches its peak bringing the Skywalker saga to its end.”

Directed and co-written by J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is the highly anticipated and long awaited final chapter of the Star Wars saga. Check out the official trailers below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker:

• The ninth and final Star Wars film to be composed by John Williams.

• Security was so tight during filming, Mark Hamill said it was "like being in the CIA."

• J.J. Abrams is the second director to direct multiple Star Wars films. The first was series creator George Lucas.

Bad Boys for Life

Director Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

Genre Action | Comedy | Crime

Cast Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig

Rating R

Release Date January 17th, 2020

“Marcus Burnett is now a police inspector and Mike Lowery is in a midlife crisis. They unite again when an Albanian mercenary, whose brother they killed, promises them an important bonus.”

From directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, Bad Boys for Life reunites Marcus Bennett and Mike Lowery, the most dysfunctional partners to ever grace the big screen, and this time around Burnett is now a police inspector and Mike Lowery is in a midlife crisis. They unite again when an Albanian mercenary, whose brother they killed, promises them an important bonus. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Bad Boys for Life:

• This movie is scheduled to come out 'roughly' 17 years after the last sequel. Which is over twice the amount of time, between the first film and the first sequel.

• Joe Carnahan dropped out of directing "Bad Boys for Life" due to the delays.

Knives Out

Director Rian Johnson

Genre Comedy | Crime | Drama

Cast Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis

Rating PG-13

Release Date November 27th, 2019

“A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.”

Written and directed by the talented Rian Johnson (Looper, Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Knives Out is a comedy drama “whodunnit” that follows a detective as he investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Knives Out:

• Both the title (Knives Out) and working title (Morning Bell) are tracks from the Radiohead album Amnesiac (2001).

• The film secured a $40m (US) funding at TIFF in September 2018.

Dolittle

Director Stephen Gaghan

Genre Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Cast Robert Downey Jr., Tom Holland, Michael Sheen, Rami Malek

Rating PG

Release Date January 17th, 2020

“A former doctor turns to treating animals because of his love for all creatures. When Doctor Dolittle discovers he can communicate with the animals, he embarks on a fantastical adventure.”

Written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, Dolittle tells the story of a former doctor who turns to treating animals because of his love for all creatures. When Doctor Dolittle discovers he can communicate with the animals, he embarks on a fantastical adventure. Check out the official trailer below!!

The Irishman

Director Martin Scorsese

Genre Biography | Crime | Drama

Cast Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Ray Romano

Rating R

Release Date November 27th, 2019 (Netflix)

“A mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.”

From legendary director Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, Casino, Goodfellas), The Irishman is a biography crime drama based on the book by Charles Brandt that tells the story of a mob hitman as he recalls his possible involvement in the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa. The film will release in select theaters on November 1st before hitting Netflix November 27th. Check out the official trailers below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, The Irishman:

• Netflix paid an unprecedented $105 million for exclusive rights to the film.

• According to Robert De Niro, the movie will use The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) style effects to make him and other cast members look younger during flashback scenes.

• This is the first feature film directed by Martin Scorsese to star Robert De Niro since Casino (1995).

Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez

Genre Documentary

Cast Aaron Hernandez

Rating Unrated

Series Premiere January 15th, 2020 (Netflix)

“Via interviews with friends, players and insiders, this docuseries examines how Aaron Hernandez went from an NFL star to a convicted killer.”

Killer Inside: The mind of Aaron Hernandez. From the studio that brought you Making a Murderer and Evil Genius, witness the rise and fall of the infamous athlete Aaron Hernandez. How can someone who had everything throw it all away? January 15, only on Netflix. Check out the official trailers below!!

Avenue 5

Genre Comedy | Sci-Fi

Cast Hugh Laurie, Zach Woods, Josh Gad, Lenora Crichlow

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere January 19th, 2020 10:00 PM EST (HBO)

“Space captain Ryan Clark of the Avenue 5 tries to get along with others in the space tourism industry.”

Avenue 5 is a space tourism comedy set 40 years in the future when the solar system is everyone’s oyster. Hugh Laurie will star as the Captain, and with him in charge, nothing can go wrong. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Avenue 5:

• The series is from Veep creator Armando Iannucci who will executive produce and direct the pilot.

Troop Zero

Director Bert & Bertie

Genre Comedy | Drama | Family

Cast Viola Davis, McKenna Grace, Jim Gaffigan, Allison Janney

Rating PG

Release Date January 17th, 2020 (Amazon Prime)

“In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a competition offers her a chance to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troop of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime.”

From directors Bert & Bertie, a female writing-directing duo from London, Troop Zero is a family comedy that takes place in rural 1977 Georgia, where a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a competition offers her a chance to be recorded on NASA's Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troop of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime. Check out the official trailer below!!

68 Whiskey

Genre Comedy | Drama

Cast Aaron Glenane, Beth Riesgraf, Cristina Rodlo, Derek Theler

Rating Unrated

Series Premiere January 15th, 2020 10:00 PM EST (Paramount Network)

“Army medics are deployed to a base in Afghanistan nicknamed “The Orphanage”; together, they endure a dangerous world that leads to self-destructive appetites, outrageous behavior, intense camaraderie and, occasionally, a profound sense of purpose.”

In the new 1-hour comedy drama series 68 Whiskey Army medics are deployed to a base in Afghanistan nicknamed "The Orphanage"; together, they endure a dangerous world that leads to self-destructive appetites, outrageous behavior, intense camaraderie and, occasionally, a profound sense of purpose. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, 68 Whiskey:

• 68W (68 Whiskey) is the Army's MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) for Combat Medic.

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 10

Genre Comedy

Cast Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, J.B. Smoove

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere January 19th, 2020 (HBO)

“The life and times of Larry David and the predicaments he gets himself into with his friends and complete strangers.”

Larry David is back for a 10th season of the hilarious hit HBO comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, premiering Sunday January 19th only on HBO!! Check out the official trailer below!!

Grace and Frankie: Season 6

Genre Comedy

Cast Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Martin Sheen

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere January 15th, 2020 (Netflix)

“Finding out that their husbands are not just work partners, but have also been romantically involved for the last twenty years, two women with an already strained relationship try to cope with the circumstances together.”

The ladies are BACK for a 6th season!! Finding out that their husbands are not just work partners, but have also been romantically involved for the last twenty years, two women with an already strained relationship try to cope with the circumstances together. Check out the official trailer below!! Season 6 of Grace and Frankie will be available to stream on Netflix starting January 15th.

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Grace and Frankie:

• In every season premiere, the show opens up with a scene on the beach. In each season finale, the show ends with a scene on the beach.

• The four main cast members were in their mid to late seventies when the show started, even though the characters themselves are all supposed to be seventy-years-old. Jane Fonda (Grace) was seventy-eight, Lily Tomlin (Frankie) was seventy-six, Sam Waterston (Sol) was seventy-five, and Martin Sheen (Robert) was seventy-five.

A Fall from Grace

Director Tyler Perry

Genre Thriller

Cast Tyler Perry, Crystal R. Fox, Mehcad Brooks, Bresha Webb

Rating Unrated

Release Date January 17th, 2019 (Netflix)

“Disheartened since her ex-husband’s affair, Grace Waters feels restored by a new romance. But when secrets erode her short-lived joy, Grace’s vulnerable side turns violent.”

Written and directed by Tyler Perry, A Fall from Grace tells the story of Grace Waters, a longtime pillar of her Virginia community, who stays composed when her ex weds his mistress and her son moves away. With convincing from her best friend Sarah, she tries putting herself first, and a handsome stranger becomes her surprise second love. Yet any woman can snap, and Grace's new husband soon ravages her life, her work and - many say - her sanity. Check out the official trailer below!!

Sex Education: Season 2

Genre Comedy | Drama

Cast Asa Butterfield, Emma Mackey, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere January 17th, 2020 (Netflix)

“A teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.”

Sex Education tells the story of a teenage boy who teams up with his sex therapist mother and a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school. Check out the official trailer for season 2 below!! The new season will be available to stream on Netflix January 17th.

Everything's Gonna Be Okay

Genre Comedy

Cast Josh Thomas, Kayla Cromer, Adam Faison, Maeve Press

Rating Unrated

Series Premiere Thursday January 16th, 2020 (Freeform)

“After their father’s untimely death, Nicholas and his two half-sisters are left to cope with not only a devastating loss, but also the realization that Nicholas is the one who will have to rise to the occasion and hold it all together.”

Everything's Gonna Be Okay is a new comedy drama from creator Josh Thomas, who also plays a lead role in the show. Nicholas is a neurotic twenty-something visiting his dad and teenage half-sisters, one of whom is on the autism spectrum. When Nicholas' trip is extended due to his father's untimely death, the siblings are left to cope with not only a devastating loss, but also the realization that Nicholas is the one who will have to rise to the occasion and hold it all together. Navigating autism, budding sexuality, consent, parenthood, adolescence, family and grief, the heartfelt comedy follows this imperfect family as they discover the importance of finding happiness in the middle of really difficult moments, one awkward conversation at a time.

Messiah

Genre Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Cast Michelle Monaghan, Mehdi Dehbi, John Ortiz, Tomer Sisley

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere January 1st, 2020 (Netflix)

“A CIA officer investigates a charismatic figure whose followers believe he can perform miracles; he may be a divine entity or a dangerous con artist.”

A new Netflix drama series, Messiah explores the lines among religion, faith and politics. It chronicles the modern world's reaction to a man who first appears in the Middle East creating a groundswell of followers around him claiming he is the Messiah. Is he sent from God or is he a dangerous fraud bent on dismantling the world's geopolitical order? The story unfolds from multiple points of view, including a young CIA agent, an Israeli Shin Bet officer, a Latino preacher and his Texan daughter, a Palestinian refugee and the media, among others. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Messiah:

• Parts of the series were filmed in downtown Nashville, which filled in for Washington DC.

• Everyone in the cast was deathly afraid of spiders, so multiple types were brought on set when fear was the desired emotion for the actors.

Golden Globes Winners 2020

The 77th annual Golden Globes Awards show has come and gone, so who took home the gold?! Check out the full lost of winners below, including a dominant performance by the new war drama 1917 and director Sam Mendes, as well as a not so surprising gold-filled evening for the team behind the film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.

BEST PICTURE - DRAMA

1917
The Irishman
Joker
The Two Popes
Marriage Story

BEST PICTURE - COMEDY/MUSICAL

Dolemite Is My Name
Knives Out
Jojo Rabbit
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Rocketman

BEST DIRECTOR

Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
SAM MENDES, 1917
Todd Phillips, Joker
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

BEST ACTOR - DRAMA

Adam Driver, Marriage Story
JOAQUIN PHOENIX, JOKER
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA

REN´´EE ZELLWEGER, JUDY
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Charlize Theron, Bombshell

BEST ACTOR - COMEDY/MUSICAL

Daniel Craig, Knives Out
Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
__TARON EGERTON, ROCKETMAN
Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name

BEST ACTRESS - COMEDY/MUSICAL

AWKWAFINA, THE FAREWELL
Ana de Armas, Knives Out
Cate Blanchett, Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Beanie Feldstein, Booksmart
Emma Thompson, Late Night

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Al Pacino, The Irishman
__BRAD PITT, ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
Annette Bening, The Report
LAURA DERN, MARRIAGE STORY
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Margot Robbie, Bombshell

BEST SCREENPLAY

Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Anthony McCarten, The Two Popes
QUENTIN TARANTINO, ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won, Parasite
Steven Zaillian, The Irishman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Beautiful Ghosts,” Taylor Swift and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats
“Into the Unknown,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Frozen II
“Spirit,” Beyoncé, The Lion King
“(I’M GONNA) LOVE ME AGAIN,” ELTON JOHN, ROCKETMAN
“Stand Up,” Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
HILDUR GUDNAD´ÓTTIR, Joker
Randy Newman, Marriage Story
Thomas Newman, 1917
Daniel Pemberton, Motherless Brooklyn

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

PARASITE
The Farewell
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Les Misérables
Pain and Glory

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Toy Story 4
Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
MISSING LINK
The Lion King

TELEVISION

BEST SERIES - DRAMA

Big Little Lies
The Crown
Killing Eve
The Morning Show
SUCCESSION

BEST SERIES - COMEDY/MUSICAL

Barry
FLEABAG
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The Politician

BEST LIMITED SERIES

Catch-22
CHERNOBYL
Fosse/Verdon
The Loudest Voice
Unbelievable

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

BRIAN COX, SUCCESSION
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Tobias Menzies, The Crown
Billy Porter, Pose

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
OLIVIA COLMAN, THE CROWN
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Bill Hader, Barry
Ben Platt, The Politician
Paul Rudd, Living With Yourself
RAMY YOUSSEF, RAMY

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kirsten Dunst, On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE, FLEABAG

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV SERIES

Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Andrew Scott, Fleabag
STELLAN SKARSGÅRD, CHERNOBYL
Henry Winkler, Barry

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES

PATRICIA ARQUETTE, THE ACT
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Toni Collette, Unbelievable
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies
Emily Watson, Chernobyl

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TELEVISION MOTION PICTURE

Christopher Abbott, Catch-22
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Spy
RUSSELL CROWE, THE LOUDEST VOICE
Jared Harris, Chernobyl
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TELEVISION MOTION PICTURE

Kaitlyn Dever, Unbelievable
Joey King, The Act
Helen Mirren, Catherine the Great
Merritt Wever, Unbelievable
MICHELLE WILLIAMS, FOSSE/VERDON

1917

Director Sam Mendes

Genre Drama | War

Cast Richard Madden, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay

Rating R

Release Date January 10th, 2020

“Two British soldiers experience one harrowing day while fighting in World War I in 1917.”

Directed and co-written by Sam Mendes, the man who brought us American Beauty, Jarhead, and Skyfall, 1917 is a war drama that tells the story of two young British soldiers during the First World War, who are given an impossible mission: deliver a message, deep in enemy territory, that will stop their own men, and Blake's own brother, walking straight into a deadly trap. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, 1917:

• Sections of the film were shot in and around Low Force, on the River Tees, Teesdale in June 2019. The production staff had to install signs warning walkers in the area not be alarmed by the bodies strewn around the site as they were prosthetic.

• 2020 Golden Globe Winner for Best Motion Picture and Best Director.

Just Mercy

Director Destin Daniel Cretton

Genre Drama

Cast Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson, Jamie Foxx, Rafe Spall

Rating PG-13

Release Date January 10th, 2020

“Just Mercy shadows world-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson as he recounts his experiences and details the case of a condemned death row prisoner whom he fought to free.”

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, who also wrote the screenplay, Just Mercy is a a powerful and thought-provoking true-story that follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan might have had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. Check out the official trailers below!!

Ted Takes Film Facts, Just Mercy:

• Based on the book "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson.

• This is Brie Larson and Destin Daniel Creston's third collaboration together after The Glass Castle (2017) and Short Term 12 (2013).