Rueben's Ramblings

Every year there are lots of awards shows, some important, some just fun and numerous just plain silly or nonsensical, but the following list – despite the pandemic – is just some of the top winners over the course of this year:

GOLDEN GLOBES (January)

Best Picture, Drama: The Fabelmans
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy: The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Director, Motion Picture: Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Best Actor, Motion Picture, Drama: Austin Butler, Elvis
Best Actress, Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture, Drama: Angela Bassett,Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Best Television Series, Drama: House of the Dragon
Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy: Abbott Elementary
Best Actor TV Drama: Kevin Costner, Yellowstone
Best Supporting Actress, Television Drama: Julia Garner, Ozark
Best Limited TV Series: The White Lotus

CRITIC’S CHOICE (January)

Best TV Drama: Better Call Saul
Best Actress, TV Drama: Zendaya, Euphoria
Best Supporting Actor, TV Drama: Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
Best Actress, TV Comedy: Jean Smart, Hacks
Best Supporting Actor, TV Comedy: Henry Winkler, Barry
Best Supporting Actress, TV Comedy: Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Best Limited TV Series: The Dropout
Best Foreign Language Series: Pachinko

GRAMMY AWARDS (February)

Record of the Year: About Damn Time by Lizzo
Album Of the Year: Harry’s House by Harry Styles
Song of the Year: Just Like That by Bonnie Raitt
Best New Artist: Samara Joy
Best Pop Solo Performance: Easy On Me, Adele
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Higher, Michael Bublé
Best Alternative Music Album: Wet Leg
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Encanto
Best Music Video: All Too Well: The Short Film, Taylor Swift
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording: Finding Me, Viola Davis

NOTE: This makes Viola Davis the latest EGOT (winner of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) alum.

NAACP AWARDS (February)

Entertainer of the Year: Angela Bassett
Outstanding Motion Picture: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Will Smith, Emancipation
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Viola Davis, The Woman King
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture: Jalyn Hall, Till
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series: Angela Bassett, 9-1-1
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special: Morris Chestnut, The Best Man: The Final Chapters

PRODUCERS GUILD (February)

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: The White Lotus
Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television: Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program: Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question

SAG AWARDS (February)

TV, Drama Ensemble: The White Lotus
Actress, TV Drama: Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Female Actor, TV Movie or Mini Series – Jessica Chastain, George & Tammy
Male Actor, TV Movie or Mini Series – Sam Elliott, 1883
Male Actor, Leading Role: Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Stunt Ensemble: Top Gun: Maverick

WRITERS GUILD (March)

Original Screenplay: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Adapted Screenplay: Women Talking
Drama Series: Severance
Daytime Drama: Days of Our Lives

SPIRIT AWARDS (March)

Best Lead Performance, New Scripted Series: Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Best Breakthrough Performance: Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

RAZZIE AWARDS (March)

Worst Picture: Blonde
Worst Actor: Jared Leto, Morbius
Worst Supporting Actor, Tom Hanks, Elvis
Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel: Disney’s Pinocchio

OSCARS (March)

Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Lead Actress: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Lead Actor: Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Best Sound: Top Gun: Maverick
Best Adapted Screenplay: Women Talking, Sarah Polley
Best Costume Design: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ruth E. Carter
Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

MTV MUSIC & TV AWARDS (May)

Best Movie: Scream VI
Best Show: The Last of Us
Best Performance in a Movie: Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Performance in a Show: Jenna Ortega, Wednesday
Best Hero: Pedro Pascal, The Last Of Us
Best Villain: Elizabeth Olsen, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Best Breakthrough Performance: Joseph Quinn, Stranger Thing

TONY AWARDS (June)

Best Play: Leopoldstadt
Best Musical: Kimberly Akimbo
Best Revival of a Musical: Parade
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Alex Newell, Shucked

NOTE: This is the first time a nonbinary has won a Tony Award

BET AWARDS (June)

Best Actor: Damson Idris
Best Actress: Angela Bassett
Young Stars Award: Marsai Martin
Best Movie: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Best New Artist: Coco Jones

TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS (August)

Individual Achievement in Drama: Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul
Individual Achievement in Comedy: Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face
Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming: Ms. Marvel on Disney+
Outstanding Achievement in Drama: Succession

MTV VMA’S (September)

Video of the Year: Taylor Swift, Anti-Hero
Best New Artist: Ice Spice, 10K Projects
Group of the Year: Blackpink
Best Rock Video: Måneskin, The Loneliest
Video for Good: Dove Cameron, Breakfast
Show of the Summer: Taylor Swift

COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS (November)

Entertainer of the Year: Lainey Wilson
Single of the Year: Fast Car, Luke Combs
Male Vocalist of the Year: Chris Stapleton
New Artist of the Year: Jelly Roll

NEW YORK FILM CRITICS AWARDS (November)

Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killer of the Flower Moon
Best Supporting Actor: Charles Melton, May December
Best Support Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Best International Film: Anatomy of a Fall

Congratulations to all of the above winners (and the countless others who won awards) this year. Are any of the above your favorites? Do you think there was an actor or actress who was overlooked this year? Please share your thoughts.

TOMORROW: Condolences