TV honorees include "Call My Agent," "Lovecraft Country," "Pose," "Ted Lasso," "The Queen’s Gambit," "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"
Casting Society honored excellence in casting across feature films, television and theater on Wednesday night (3/23) at the 37th Annual Artios Awards during a worldwide virtual ceremony which also was a celebration of the organization’s 40th anniversary.
Among the feature film winners were CODA, Don’t Look Up, Encanto, West Side Story, The Tender Bar, Zola, The Humans and Shiva Baby.
On the television side, honorees included Call My Agent, Ted Lasso, Lovecraft Country, Pose, The Queen’s Gambit and The United States vs. Billie Holiday.
Actress and creator Danielle Pinnock (CBS’ Ghosts) hosted the star-studded award ceremony, which included a congratulatory message from Steven Spielberg to his casting director for West Side Story.
The award show began with a 40th anniversary video consisting of interviews with past, present and future members talking about what the anniversary means to them and a celebration of the magic of theater. Pinnock welcomed the virtual audience with her signature brand of humor and Ariana DeBose began the presentations. Highlights of the ceremony included the Associate Spotlight Award to casting associates Kimberly Ehrlich and Xavier Rubiano, and the Zeitgeist Award to Spider-Man: No Way Home, given to a popular film.
“We are so excited to honor these immensely talented, creative and hard working casting directors tonight,” said Casting Society president Kim Williams. “What a wonderful way to begin Casting Society’s 40th year by celebrating these extraordinary casting directors’ invaluable contributions to the entertainment world.”
Here’s a category-by-category rundown of winners:
Film Categories
Animation
ENCANTO – Jamie Sparer Roberts, Grace C. Kim (Associate)
Big Budget – Comedy
DON’T LOOK UP – Francine Maisler, Kathy Driscoll-Mohler (Additional Casting), Carolyn Pickman (Location Casting), Matt Bouldry (Location Casting), Kyle Crand (Location Casting), Molly Rose (Associate)
Big Budget – Drama
WEST SIDE STORY – Cindy Tolan, Nicholas Petrovich (Associate)
Studio Or Independent – Comedy – TIE
THE TENDER BAR – Rachel Tenner, Bess Fifer (Location Casting), Carolyn Pickman (Location Casting), Rick Messina (Associate)
and
ZOLA – Kim Taylor-Coleman
Studio Or Independent – Drama
CODA – Deborah Aquila, Tricia Wood, Lisa Zagoria, Angela Peri (Location Casting), Lisa Lobel (Location Casting), Melissa Morris (Associate)
Low Budget – Comedy Or Drama
THE HUMANS – Ellen Chenoweth, Susanne Scheel (Associate)
Micro Budget – Comedy Or Drama
SHIVA BABY – Kate Geller
Short Film
GROWING FANGS – Jessica Munks, Michael Morlani
The Zeitgeist Award
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME – Sarah Halley Finn, Chase Paris (Location Casting), Tara Feldstein Bennett (Location Casting), Molly Doyle (Associate)
Television / Theater Categories
Television Pilot and First Season – Comedy
TED LASSO – Theo Park, Olissa Rogers (Associate)
Television Pilot and First Season – Drama
LOVECRAFT COUNTRY – Kim Taylor-Coleman, Meagan Lewis (Location Casting), Mickie Paskal (Location Casting), Jennifer Rudnicke (Location Casting) Rebecca Carfagna (Associate), AJ Links (Associate)
Television Series – Comedy
CALL MY AGENT – Constance Demontoy
Television Series – Drama
POSE – Alexa L. Fogel, Elizabeth Berra (Associate)
Limited Series
THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT – Ellen Lewis, Kate Sprance, Olivia Scott-Webb, Tina Gerussi (Location Casting)
Film, Non-Theatrical Release
THE UNITED STATES VS BILLIE HOLIDAY – Leah Daniels-Butler, Billy Hopkins, Ashley Ingram, Kevin Scott, Andrea Kenyon (Location Casting), Randi Wells (Location Casting)
Children’s Pilot and Series (Live Action)
ALL THAT – Nickole Doro, Shayna Sherwood, Devon Brady (Associate)
Animated Series
BIG MOUTH – Julie Ashton
Reality Series
QUEER EYE – Danielle Gervais, Pamela Vallarelli, Ally Capriotti Grant
Short Form Series
MAPLEWORTH MURDERS – Jill Anthony Thomas, Anthony J. Kraus (Associate)
Virtual Theater (new category exclusive for 2022 due to Covid19 shuttering Broadway)
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA – Stephanie Klapper
Taylor Swift Wins Big At MTV Video Music Awards, Ties Beyoncé’s Record
Taylor Swift 's dominance continued at the MTV Video Music Awards, where she took home seven awards — including the night's biggest, the trophy for video of the year.
In her speech Wednesday night, Swift thanked her "boyfriend, Travis" for being on set of the "Fortnight" music video and cheering her on. Fans rewarded the mention of NFL star Travis Kelce with loud screams.
"Everything this man touches turns to happiness and fun and magic," she said, before shifting gears to the 2024 presidential election and instructing her fans who are over 18 to register to vote.
Swift did, however, avoid discussing Kamala Harris' presidential bid on stage. On Tuesday night, Swift endorsed the vice president, moments after Harris' debate with former president Donald Trump ended.
Swift's awards haul brings her to a career total of 30, tying her and Beyonc for the title of most-awarded musician in VMA history. Eminem is now the male artist with the most VMAs, at 14.
Swift and Post Malone also took home the first televised award of the VMAs for best collaboration, for "Fortnight," handed to them by Flavor Flav and Olympian Jordan Chiles.
Swift started that speech by giving remembrance to everyone who lost their lives and loved ones during 9/11, 23 years ago.
"I've just been thinking about what happened 23 years ago, everyone who lost a loved one and everyone that we lost and that is the most important thing about today," she said. "And everything that happens tonight falls behind that."
She then turned to discussing Malone.
"There is a reason Post Malone is everyone in music's favorite person to collaborate with," she shifted her attention to him. "It has taken forever for me to get him to stop calling me... Read More