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GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics hands out Dorian Awards
--From a press release
2021-04-19

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LOS ANGELES, CA, April 18, 2021 — Nomadland, the spare and fact-based drama of a group of struggling Americans living off the grid; the vivid blueswoman biopic Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; the family-happy fish-out-of-water fable Minari; writer-director-actress Radha Blank and her biting showbiz satire The Forty-Year-Old Version, the death-to-misogyny revenge thriller Promising Young Woman; and the urgent human-rights documentaries Disclosure and Welcome to Chechnya all scored more than one Dorian Award from GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics tonight via a televised special.

GALECA's Dorian Awards honor the best in all of film and TV, from mainstream to LGBTQ fare, on separate occasions. As revealed in the group's three-hour Dorians Film Toast 2021, shown on LGBTQ+ streaming platform Revry and hosted by famed entertainer and human rights hero Karel, Nomadland earned three Dorians: Best Film, Best Director for Chloé Zhao, and Most Visually Striking Film. Minari earned Best Non-English Language Film plus a supporting actress nod for Yuh-Jung Youn. Ma Rainey's was deemed Best LGBTQ Film by GALECA, and the musical drama's male lead, the late Chadwick Boseman, earned Best Film Performance—Actor.

Boseman was "such an incredible human, scholar, humanitarian, and a really wonderful actor," said Ma Rainey's costar Colman Domingo, accepting via a recorded video on behalf of Boseman and his family. "Creating complex roles about the African-American experience, and about people who are marginalized in society and trying to stand up and have a strong voice, fighting for representation—that is Chadwick Boseman's legacy."

Promising Young Woman star Carey Mulligan, fascinatingly mischievous as a woman out to avenge the death of a female friend, and the mystery's witty screenwriter, Emerald Fennell, both delighted with their humble acceptance videos for Best Film Performance—Actress and Best Screenplay, respectively.

"I'm just so happy that (Woman) has resonated, and I'm so grateful to (Fennell) for inviting me along for the ride," said Mulligan. Fennell, meanwhile, graciously spoke of her "admiration for (GALECA's) members."

In homage to Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, GALECA's Dorian "trophies" are actually small pop-art portraits of the winner (sometimes in character) or a rendering of a memorable scene from the champion title (the pieces, fashioned from an existing photo, come with an easel). "This might be the coolest prize I've ever seen," said Mulligan, holding up her Dorian. Fennell, taking a moment to lift the little velvet drape that covers each award when first received, called the art piece "amazing" and quipped that the artist (Jason Young) was "kind in giving me cheekbones."

Chloé Zhao said her Dorian for directing Nomadland is "deeply meaningful" because "Oscar Wilde is one of my greatest heroes," and because the film speaks to so many segments of society facing tough times. "Nomadland is about a woman who goes on a journey of grief and healing and ultimately of self discovery and self-acceptance."

Jessie Tyler Ferguson and Laverne Cox, both performers who've taken to producing documentaries, saw their respective projects, Welcome to Chechnya and Disclosure, tie for the win in two categories: Best Documentary and Best LGBTQ Documentary. A grave Ferguson said Chechnya, which details the persecution of LGBTQ people in the Eastern European republic, is about "people fighting genocide." Cox, in discussing her film's look at the history of transgender representation on screen, noted that "2020 was the deadliest year on record for trans people. We have to continue to highlight the humanity of trans people in the face of us being dehumanized."

Also speaking truth to power, Best Supporting Performance—Actor winner Daniel Kaluuya, honored for his portrayal of martyred Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah, said he was glad that more people were learning about what Hampton "stood for, what he believed, and what he did for the Black community and the community at large. I really hope that he continues to live on in everyone's hearts and minds."

The Wilde Artist Award, meant for "a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment," went to singer songwriter-actress-humanitarian Dolly Parton, whose memorable role in the landmark feminist comedy 9 to 5 has generated revived interest just as she made headlines for her deep-pocketed advocacy in helping get Americans vaccinated during the pandemic.

"Thank you to all the members of the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics for this lovely Wilde Artist award," Parton relayed in statement via her publicist. "I'm not sure I'm as edgy as past winners (in the Wilde Artist category) like Todd Haynes, Kate McKinnon, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jordan Peele—but I am honored and humbled. I appreciate all of you entertainment journalists who are so passionate and are working so hard. Keep up the good work!"

Parton's celebrated friend, septuagenarian actor and social media superstar Leslie Jordan, currently on screens in The United States vs. Billie Holiday—another fact-based drama about the fight against racism—was named the group's latest Timeless Star, a career achievement accolade previously awarded to the likes of Sir Ian McKellen, Jane Fonda, George Takei, John Waters, Lily Tomlin, Betty White and Dame Angela Lansbury.

Paying tribute to Jordan in video form ahead of a segment featuring the star himself: Billie Holiday's director Lee Daniels, Cheyenne Jackson (Jordan's costar in the Fox sitcom Call Me Kat), Beth Grant (sharing a ribald behind-the-scenes story back from their days filming 2000's cult hit Sordid Lives) and Leslie Grossman (a pal from TV's American Horror Story 1984). Summed up Grossman about Jordan's accomplishments, including a new gospel CD: "At a time when our world is as divided as it's ever been, there is one thing that everybody can agree on and that is their love for Leslie Jordan. You've done it all: Book, television, movies, social media, an album . . . and we know you're just getting started."

Trans filmmaker and actress Isabel Sandoval (Lingua Franca), in a special interview segment with GALECA Board Member Jazz Tangcay of Variety, accepted the Society's inaugural, Board-picked Trailblazer Award "for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity."

Also offering accepting videos or appearing in segments were Ma Rainey's director and Broadway legend George C. Wolfe, Welcome to Chechnya director David France, Nomadland producers Peter Spears and author Jessica Bruder, Turner Classic Movies host Jacqueline Stewart (trumpeting fall's opening of A.M.P.A.S.®'s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures), and California Governor Gavin Newsom, who offered a special message to GALECA members as well as LGBTQs and allies in the entertainment community.

In perhaps the Wilde-est portion of the Toast, fun-loving entertainer Charo presented the Campiest Flick honors with her usual gusto—and Rachel McAdams, star of the winning title, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, popped up to accept with a knowing wink. ( View at vimeo.com/karelmedia/review/538234902/77e55499e7 . ) Her costar Will Ferrell, she kidded, considers the movie "as a serious drama, a thespian's opus, so he might be a little pissed." Not to be outdone, celebrity impressionist extraordinaire Chad Michaels (RuPaul's Drag Race) evinced his favorite stars, from Joan Crawford to Cher.

Among the presenters helping raise the proverbial glass in the special: Sex and the City favorite Cynthia Nixon, actor Jharrel Jerome (Moonlight, Concrete Cowboy), comedian Margaret Cho, Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction, Crash), Harry Hamlin (the groundbreaking gay romance Making Love), acclaimed newcomer Danielle Zalopany (Waikiki), director Andrew Ahn (Driveways, Spa Night), Brad Rowe (the cult classic Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss), Rafael Silva (TV's 9-1-1: Lone Star), Peter Kim (The Forty Year-Old Version) writer-comic Bruce Vilanch, and satirist Deven Green.

Even GALECA members got the star treatment in the special, which included a half-hour pre-show. A couple dozen critics and journalists from the group discussed the nominees in choice categories, while groundbreaking media fixtures Jane Velez-Mitchell, Judy Wieder, Bobby Rivers and legendary film critic Kevin Thomas—all on the Society's Advisory Board—shared thoughts on some of their all-time favorite films.

Yet another highlight: Singer Morgan Mallory also performed an original song, "Look Into The Light," a tribute to the power of film written and composed by Karel and Mallory.

The Dorians Film Toast 2021 is currently available On Demand on Revry as well as on The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, Comcast Xfinity X1, Cox, ZUMO, Rakuten, Distro TV, Plex, Galaxy TV, Local Now, VIZIO, Zapping TV, STIRR, TiVo, and LGBTQ+ virtual reality channel on RAD available on PlayStation devices.

The show was also co-written and executive produced by Karel, and coproduced by Brandon Riley Miller ("Life in Segments," "High") and John Griffiths for GALECA.

See DoriansToast.com and GALECA.org for more information, and watch.revry.tv/details/34911 .


COMPLETE LIST OF DORIAN FILM AWARD WINNERS (noted in bold)


-Best Film-

FIRST COW

MINARI

NOMADLAND

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

SOUND OF METAL


-Best LGBTQ Film-

AMMONITE

THE BOYS IN THE BAND

I CARRY YOU WITH ME

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM

SUPERNOVA

UNCLE FRANK


-Best Non-English Language Film-

ANOTHER ROUND

BACURAU

I CARRY YOU WITH ME

LA LLORONA

MINARI

TWO OF US


-Best Director-

CHLOE ZHAO, NOMADLAND

EMERALD FENNELL, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

KELLY REICHARDT, FIRST COW

LEE ISAAC CHUNG, MINARI

REGINA KING, ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI


-Best Screenplay (original or adapted)-

CHLOE ZHAO, NOMADLAND

ELIZA HITTMAN, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS

EMERALD FENNELL, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

LEE ISAAC CHUNG, MINARI

RADHA BLANK, THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION


-Best Unsung Film — Presented by Stoli®-

DRIVEWAYS

FIRST COW

THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION

MISS JUNETEENTH

NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS

SHIRLEY

THE ASSISTANT


-Best Documentary (tie)-

COLLECTIVE

CRIP CAMP

DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD

DISCLOSURE

TIME

WELCOME TO CHECHNYA


-Best LGBTQ Documentary (tie)-

A SECRET LOVE

BORN TO BE

DISCLOSURE

MUCHO MUCHO AMOR: THE LEGEND OF WALTER MERCADO

WELCOME TO CHECHNYA


-Best Film Performance — Actress-

CAREY MULLIGAN, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

FRANCES MCDORMAND, NOMADLAND

NICOLE BEHARIE, MISS JUNETEENTH

SIDNEY FLANIGAN, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS

VIOLA DAVIS, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM


-Best Film Performance — Actor-

ANTHONY HOPKINS, THE FATHER

CHADWICK BOSEMAN, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM

DELROY LINDO, DA 5 BLOODS

RIZ AHMED, SOUND OF METAL

STEVEN YEUN, MINARI


-Best Film Performance — SUPPORTING Actress-

AMANDA SEYFRIED, MANK

CANDICE BERGEN, LET THEM ALL TALK

MARIA BAKALOVA, BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM

OLIVIA COLMAN, THE FATHER

YUH-JUNG YOUN, MINARI


-Best Film Performance — SUPPORTING Actor-

CHADWICK BOSEMAN, DA 5 BLOODS

DANIEL KALUUYA, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH

LESLIE ODOM JR., ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI

PAUL RACI, SOUND OF METAL

SACHA BARON COHEN, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7


-Most Visually Striking Film-

BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN)

MANK

NOMADLAND

SOUL

WOLFWALKERS


-Campiest Flick-

BAD HAIR

BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN)

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA

THE PROM

WONDER WOMAN 1984


-"We're Wilde About You!" Rising Star Award-

ALAN S. KIM

KINGSLEY BEN-ADIR

MARIA BAKALOVA

RADHA BLANK

SIDNEY FLANIGAN


-Wilde Artist Award-

(to a truly groundbreaking force in entertainment)

CHADWICK BOSEMAN

CHLOE ZHAO

DOLLY PARTON

ELLIOT PAGE

REGINA KING


-GALECA Trailblazer Award (Special Board-picked accolade)-

For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity

ISABEL SANDOVAL


-Timeless Star-

Honoring an actor or performer whose exemplary career has been marked by character, wisdom and wit

LESLIE JORDAN


ABOUT GALECA

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics' Dorian Awards, now in their 12th year, go to all of film and TV, mainstream to LGBTQ, reminding bigots, bullies and at-risk youth that the world looks to the queer eye for leads on great and unique entertainment. The organization currently includes approximately 290 members in all—professional journalists and culture leaders—across the U.S., Canada, Australia, U.K. and beyond.

For more information about the Society, visit GALECA.org and DoriansToast.com . Please support the group's efforts, from meaningful film and TV panels to LGBTQ youth outreach, by following @DorianAwards on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.


ABOUT REVRY

Watch Queer TV 24/7 with the first LGBTQ+ digital cable TV network. Revry offers free live TV channels and on-demand viewing of its global library featuring LGBTQ+ movies, shows, music, podcasts, news, and exclusive originals all in one place! Revry is currently available globally in over 280+ million households and devices and on seven OTT, mobile, and Desktop platforms. Revry can also be viewed on nine live and on-demand channels and Connected TVs including: The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, Comcast Xfinity X1, Cox, Distro TV, Plex, Galaxy TV, Local Now, VIZIO, Zapping TV, STIRR, TiVo, and as the first LGBTQ+ virtual reality channel on RAD (available on PlayStation devices). The company—an inaugural member of the Goldman Sachs Black and LatinX Cohort—is headquartered in Los Angeles and led by a diverse founding team who bring decades of experience in the fields of tech, digital media, and LGBTQ+ advocacy. Follow on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @revrytv, Revry.tv


ABOUT KAREL

Karel (Charles Karel Bouley) is a history-making broadcaster, having hosted on the #1 talk station in the country, LA's KFI AM 640 and then the #1 talk station in San Francisco and the West Coast, KGO AM 810. He is also a stage performer, comic, singer, actor, producer and journalist featured in some of the largest publications and websites in the world. He produced and starred in "Life In Segments" for four seasons (56 episodes) on Free Speech TV and now produces and hosts The Dorians Film and TV Toasts awards programs for GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics. He continues podcasting three times weekly with the Karel Cast, and in 2020 released the single "Married Men" on his own label. Most of all, he's a dog dad to Ember, #EmberDoes_Vegas and the duo lives, works and walks in Las Vegas, NV.


ABOUT STOLI® GROUP USA, LLC

Stoli Group USA, LLC is a U.S. importer and marketer of alcoholic beverages, headquartered in New York City. Formed in 2013, Stoli Group USA is a subsidiary of SPI Group, based in Luxembourg, one of the world's most dynamic wine and spirits organizations.


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