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“Sinners” wins two Golden Globes; loses out on Best Motion Picture

One Battle After Another emerged as a major winner, taking home the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. The film continued its strong showing by earning three additional honors, including Best Supporting Actress for Teyana Taylor, along with Best Director and Best Screenplay awarded to Paul Thomas Anderson. Taylor’s win stood […]

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One Battle After Another emerged as a major winner, taking home the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. The film continued its strong showing by earning three additional honors, including Best Supporting Actress for Teyana Taylor, along with Best Director and Best Screenplay awarded to Paul Thomas Anderson.

Taylor’s win stood out, as she surpassed fellow nominee Amy Madigan for Weapons. During her acceptance speech, Taylor delivered a powerful message of representation and empowerment, emphasizing that women of color belong in every space, their voices are significant, and their dreams deserve recognition.

“To my brown sisters & little brown girls watching tonight… We belong in every room we walk into. Our voices matter, our dreams deserve space,” Taylor said during her acceptance speech.

Meanwhile, Hamnet, directed by Chloe Zhao, claimed the Best Motion Picture – Drama award, edging out Sinners in the final category of the evening. Despite the loss, Sinners still achieved notable recognition by winning the Golden Globe for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.

Addressing the audience, filmmaker Ryan Coogler reflected on the realities of the film industry, noting that filmmaking is often more about persistence than glamour. He expressed gratitude that the project received a theatrical release and shared how the team frequently reminded themselves during production in New Orleans that audiences would eventually experience the film on the big screen.

“We don’t always, when we work in the film business, wear tuxedos and get glammed-out. It’s usually a grind,” Coogler told the crowd. “It was an honor on this movie to know that it was getting a theatrical release. We would remind people every day, in the dog days of summer in New Orleans — we would say, ‘Hey, big movie. People are going to see this — big theater.’”

Sinners earned $280 million in the United States and was a rare movie that garnered both critical acclaim and massive popularity.

Coogler continued, “We didn’t know that they would show up, so we just want to say thank you that they did. It meant the world to us.”

Golden Globes winners: Movies

Best drama

WINNER: “Hamnet”
“Frankenstein”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”

Best comedy or musical

WINNER: “One Battle After Another”
“Blue Moon”
“Bugonia”
“Marty Supreme”
“No Other Choice”
“Nouvelle Vague”

Best actor in a drama

WINNER: Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
Joel Edgerton, “Train Dreams”
Oscar Isaac, “Frankenstein”
Dwayne Johnson, “The Smashing Machine”
Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
Jeremy Allen White, “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”

Best actress in a drama

WINNER: Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Die My Love”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Julia Roberts, “After the Hunt”
Tessa Thompson, “Hedda”
Eva Victor, “Sorry, Baby”

Best non-English language film

WINNER: “The Secret Agent”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“No Other Choice”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sirat”
“The Voice of Hind Rajab”

Best animated film

WINNER: “KPop Demon Hunters”
“Arco”
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle”
“Elio”
“Little Amelie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”

Best director

WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
Guillermo del Toro, “Frankenstein”
Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just an Accident”
Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
Chloe Zhao, “Hamnet”

Best actor in a comedy or musical

WINNER: Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”

Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked: For Good”

Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”

Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”

Amanda Seyfried, “The Testament of Ann Lee’

Emma Stone, “Bugonia”

Best screenplay

WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, “Hamnet”
Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just an Accident”
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”

Best actor in a comedy or musical

WINNER: Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
George Clooney, “Jay Kelly”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Lee Byung Hun, “No Other Choice”
Jesse Plemons, “Bugonia”

Cinematic and box-office achievement

WINNER: “Sinners”
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1: The Movie”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“Weapons’
“Wicked: For Good”
“Zootopia 2”

Best actress in a comedy or musical

WINNER: Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked: For Good”
Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”
Amanda Seyfried, “The Testament of Ann Lee’
Emma Stone, “Bugonia”

Best screenplay

WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, “Hamnet”
Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just an Accident”
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”

Best original song

WINNER: “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” (music by Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Park Hong Jun, lyrics by Kim Eun-jae [EJAE] and Mark Sonnenblick)
“Dream As One” from “Avatar: Fire and Ash” (music and lyrics by Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson and Simon Franglen)
“I Lied to You” from “Sinners” (music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson)
“No Place Like Home” from “Wicked: For Good” (music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz)
“The Girl in the Bubble” from “Wicked: For Good” (music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz)
“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” (music and lyrics by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner)

Best supporting actor

WINNER: Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another’
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
Adam Sandler, “Jay Kelly”

Best supporting actress

WINNER: Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Emily Blunt, “The Smashing Machine”
Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked: For Good”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan, “Weapons”

Best original score

Winner: Ludwig Göransson, “Sinners”
Alexandre Desplat, “Frankenstein”
Jonny Greenwood, “One Battle After Another”
Kangding Ray, “Sirat”
Max Richter, “Hamnet”
Hans Zimmer, “F1: The Movie”

Golden Globes winners: Television

Best limited/anthology series or TV movie

WINNER: “Adolescence”
“All Her Fault”
“The Beast in Me”
“Black Mirror”
“Dying for Sex”
“The Girlfriend”

Best drama

WINNER: “The Pitt”
“The Diplomat”
“Pluribus”
“Severance”
“Slow Horses”
“The White Lotus”

Best actress in a drama

WINNER: Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus”
Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
Britt Lower, “Severance”
Helen Mirren, “Mobland”
Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”

Best stand-up comedy performance

WINNER: Ricky Gervais, “Ricky Gervais: Mortality”
Bill Maher, “Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?”
Brett Goldstein, “Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life”
Kevin Hart, “Kevin Hart: Acting My Age”
Kumail Nanjiani, “Kumail Nanjiani, Night Thoughts”
Sarah Silverman, “Sarah Silverman: Postmortem”

Best supporting actress

WINNER: Erin Doherty, “Adolescence”
Carrie Coon, “The White Lotus”
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Catherine O’Hara, “The Studio”
Parker Posey, “The White Lotus”
Amy Lou Wood, “The White Lotus”

Best podcast

WINNER: “Good Hang With Amy Poehler”
“Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard”
“Call Her Daddy”
“The Mel Robbins Podcast”
“SmartLess”
“Up First”

Best actor in a comedy

WINNER: Seth Rogen, “The Studio”
Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
Glen Powell, “Chad Powers”
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”

Best supporting actor

WINNER: Owen Cooper, “Adolescence”
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
Walton Goggins, “The White Lotus”
Jason Isaacs, “The White Lotus”
Tramell Tillman, “Severance”
Ashley Walters, “Adolescence”

Best actress in a comedy

WINNER: Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”
Natasha Lyonne, “Poker Face”
Jenna Ortega, “Wednesday”

Best actor in a drama

WINNER: Noah Wyle, “The Pitt”
Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise”
Diego Luna, “Andor”
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Mark Ruffalo, “Task”
Adam Scott, “Severance”

Best comedy or musical

WINNER: “The Studio”
“Abbot Elementary”
“The Bear”
“Hacks”
“Nobody Wants This”
“Only Murders in the Building”

Best actor in a limited series

WINNER: Stephen Graham, “Adolescence”
Jacob Elordi, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”
Paul Giamatti, “Black Mirror”
Charlie Hunnam, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”
Jude Law, “Black Rabbit”
Matthew Rhys, “The Beast in Me”

Best actress in a limited series

WINNER: Michelle Williams, “Dying for Sex”
Claire Danes, “The Beast in Me”
Rashida Jones, “Black Mirror”
Amanda Seyfried, “Long Bright River”
Sarah Snook, “All Her Fault”
Robin Wright, “The Girlfriend”

Carol Burnett Award

Sarah Jessica Parker

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Helen Mirren

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Jovita Moore Mural Still Has Not Been Repainted in Grant Park

ATLANTA VOICE — A mural depicting late journalist Jovita Moore, painted on the exterior wall of a building now occupied by Bellwood Coffee in Grant Park, was painted over in April. Moore passed away in 2021 after decades of working in Atlanta television news. Bellwood Coffee owners stated in May they were unaware of Moore’s identity or significance to the community before painting over the mural.
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At the corner of Boulevard, SE. and Rosalia St., SE., directly across the street from an abandoned home and a Methodist Church, is Bellwood Coffee. One of hundreds of coffee shops in Atlanta, this place of business would not be worth a solitary discussion if not for the way its exterior walls are currently painted. There was once a mural depicting the late Jovita Moore, a beloved journalist who worked in Atlanta for decades. Moore, who passed away in 2021, mentored many of the people you see on television newscasts today. Though her legacy will never be forgotten, it was the mural of her image that was erased.

In April, members of the Grant Park community voiced their disgust at the mural, which graced a side wall of the building now occupied by Bellwood Coffee’s Grant Park location, before it was painted over. In its place are the words “Bellwood Coffee; Cocktails, Biscuits, Dry Goods, Air Conditioning. *Heat Too”. In May, the business owners responded to the community pushback on social media by acknowledging they did not know who Moore was before painting over her image. And later admitted that they did not attempt to find out what she meant to the community.

On May 21, the Bellwood Coffee Instagram account had a post about being “in close contact with Jovita’s family and are actively working on next steps in this process.” Two months later, the mural has not been replaced, repainted, or repositioned on the property. Nothing has been done. Black history is often erased, most recently by the current Presidential administration, but oftentimes on a smaller, quieter scale. The mural was originally painted by muralist Tommy Bronx, who had been in contact with the business owners about repainting it. As of July 6, Tommy Bronx had responded to a direct message via his Instagram account from The Atlanta Voice about any updates on his plans to repaint the mural.

“We’re currently working on it. You should see some movement in the weeks to come,” he wrote in a response.

On Monday, July 6, the business had several patrons inside and was running smoothly with three employees manning the counter. The Atlanta Voice dropped by Bellwood Coffee to get a look at the exterior wall where the mural once stood as a memorial to a journalist and mother who lost her life to brain cancer at the young age of 54. Moore’s image added some color to the block. The grey wall in its place does not.

A direct message was sent to the Bellwood Coffee Instagram account, and there hasn’t been a response as of 7 p.m. on Monday.

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‘Proud to Hang Her from a Tree’: Man Arrested for Threatening Black Senator

ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — A New York man faces felony hate crime charges for allegedly posting a threat against New York State Senator Lea Webb. James A. Crosby, 49, of Binghamton, was arrested by New York State Police after investigators determined he posted a threatening comment on a social media news post about a Juneteenth celebration.
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A New York man is facing felony hate crime charges after allegedly posting that he’d be “proud to hang” New York State Senator Lea Webb from a tree in response to a news story about a Juneteenth celebration.

James A. Crosby, 49, of Binghamton, was arrested June 23 by New York State Police after investigators determined he posted a threatening comment on a WBNG 12 News Facebook post. “I’d be proud to hang her from a tree,” Crosby wrote, according to WBNG.

Crosby was charged with making a terroristic threat as a hate crime, a class C felony, per the New York State Police. He is currently being held at Broome County Jail.

During the subsequent investigation, state police found Crosby was in illegal possession of firearms despite being prohibited from owning them due to a prior felony conviction. Investigators recovered a rifle, a large-capacity ammunition feeding device, and a firearm suppressor — all prohibited under New York state law, per the NYSP.

Crosby was charged with four additional counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, all class D felonies.

Webb, who represents New York’s 52nd Senate District, had been a featured speaker at a Juneteenth flag-raising ceremony at Binghamton City Hall, where the celebration included prayers and the singing of the Black national anthem.

Police said Crosby’s comment was posted in response to a WBNG news story covering the event.

The day before his arrest, Crosby posted a Facebook apology claiming the comment “was not intended to be racial in any way” and was made in reference to what he described as a “criminal,” citing criticism of Webb over her use of nonprofit legal aid in a foreclosure case — a matter state watchdogs said created an appearance of a conflict of interest, per the Ithaca Voice. He was arrested the following day.

Webb issued a public statement June 25 condemning the threat.

“It was extremely disappointing and hurtful to see the now-deleted threat and attacks on my life in response to a story about Juneteenth, a national holiday that recognizes the ending of slavery in America,” she said. “Feedback and thoughts on policy are one thing, but to make a public call for lethal violence is absolutely unacceptable and dangerous. We must recognize our shared humanity and reject violence in all forms.”

She thanked Gov. Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and law enforcement for their “swift response.”

Following Crosby’s comments, social media users called for a boycott of his contracting business, Crosby Home Improvements.

The Binghamton City Democratic Committee also called for an investigation into the incident before his arrest.

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CARICOM: Strengthen Integration for Future Generations

NEW YORK CARIB NEWS — Outgoing CARICOM Chairman Terrance Drew called on regional leaders to build a stronger and more effective Caribbean Community that benefits future generations. Speaking at the 51st Regular Meeting, Drew urged modernization of governance structures and improved implementation of Community decisions to make CARICOM safer and more prosperous.
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Speaking Sunday at the opening of the 51st Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Saint Lucia, Dr. Terrance Drew said the region must modernize its governance structures, improve the implementation of Community decisions, and ensure CARICOM becomes safer, more prosperous, and more relevant to the lives of its citizens.

The meeting, being held under the theme “CARICOM: From Resilience to Renewal in a Changing World,” coincides with the Community’s 53rd anniversary. During the ceremony, Dr. Drew formally handed over the rotating CARICOM chairmanship to Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister, Philip J. Pierre.

Reflecting on his six-month tenure as chairman, Drew praised fellow regional leaders for maintaining their commitment to democracy, good governance, unity, and the rule of law despite mounting global economic and geopolitical challenges.

“Throughout these challenges, CARICOM chose engagement over isolation. Together, we reaffirmed our commitment to a fair and rules-based international trading system and ensured that the interests of small developing states continued to be heard.”
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He highlighted progress made in strengthening the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, including deeper trade cooperation, expanded labour mobility, and efforts to lay the foundation for long-term economic growth. Drew also noted the Community’s growing partnerships beyond the Caribbean, particularly with the African Union, while stressing that every international partnership should advance the interests of all parties involved.

The outgoing chairman also expressed appreciation to Dr. Carla Barnett and the CARICOM Secretariat for their professionalism and unwavering support during his tenure.

“Whenever I called, you answered. Whenever support was required, you and your team responded with diligence, competence, and excellence.”

Dr. Drew urged the Secretariat to continue preserving its impartiality while faithfully implementing decisions made by Heads of Government, saying that balance has helped strengthen the regional integration movement.

The conference continues in Saint Lucia with regional leaders expected to deliberate on key issues including regional security, climate resilience, trade, economic integration, food security, Haiti, reparations, and strengthening the CSME.

Based on reporting by New York Carib News.

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