Brendan Fraser says grim ‘history’ with Golden Globes means he won’t attend awards even if he’s nominated
2 years, 4 months ago

Brendan Fraser says grim ‘history’ with Golden Globes means he won’t attend awards even if he’s nominated

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brendan Fraser will not participate in the 2023 Golden Globes, despite the high potential he’ll earn a nomination for his leading role in the Oscars front-runner The Whale. However, in an interview with GQ, published on Wednesday 16 November, Fraser said that even if he receives a 2023 Golden Globe nomination, he “will not participate”. “It’s because I have more history with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association than I have respect for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,” the actor said of the organisation that hosts the Golden Globes. This is my shot.” In the same interview, Fraser suggested that the notoriously bad CGI for Dwayne Johnson’s Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns has “charm”.

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Oscars 2023: Why ‘Whale’ actor Brendan Fraser’s win is more than just an award?
2 years ago

Oscars 2023: Why ‘Whale’ actor Brendan Fraser’s win is more than just an award?

Live Mint  

The 95th Academy awards did not just honour an actor for his exemplary work in the movie The Whale, the Oscars honoured a man, who delivered a transformative performance in what could only be termed as the revival of a career that was once so bright. “I started in this business 30 years ago and things didn’t come easily to …

Brendan Fraser fans celebrate Oscar winner’s ‘comeback of the century’
2 years ago

Brendan Fraser fans celebrate Oscar winner’s ‘comeback of the century’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Celebrating Fraser’s “comeback”, one fan posted on Twitter: “This man almost disappeared from the face …

Brendan Fraser wins best actor Oscar in career comeback
2 years ago

Brendan Fraser wins best actor Oscar in career comeback

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Brendan Fraser won the best actor Oscar for “The Whale,” a transformative role in which he revived a career that was once so bright. “I started in this business 30 years ago and things didn’t come easily to me,” said an emotional Fraser, breathing heavily on stage Sunday night. “This has been incredibly rewarding and affirming,” he …

Oscars 2023: Brendan Fraser wins Best Actor for ‘The Whale’
2 years ago

Oscars 2023: Brendan Fraser wins Best Actor for ‘The Whale’

The Hindu  

Actor Brendan Fraser won the Best Actor in a Leading Role award at the 95th Academy Awards for his performance in The Whale, a transformative role that revived his career. Fraser figures the role of Charlie, a 600-pound reclusive gay English teacher who tries to restore his relationship with his teenage daughter, found him at the perfect time. Fraser's portrayal …

Oscars 2023: Brendan Fraser wins Best Actor for The Whale
2 years ago

Oscars 2023: Brendan Fraser wins Best Actor for The Whale

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brendan Fraser has won Best Actor at …

Was this the ‘Year of the Comeback’ at the Oscars?
2 years ago

Was this the ‘Year of the Comeback’ at the Oscars?

LA Times  

Brendan Fraser accepts the award for lead actor for his role in “The Whale” at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday. This year even saw industry figures such as super producer Jerry Bruckheimer receive his first-ever Oscar nomination for “Top Gun: Maverick,” where Tom Cruise’s nomination as a producer on the film was his first in more than 20 years, …

Brendan Fraser wins best actor Oscar, capping a ‘Whale’ of a comeback
2 years ago

Brendan Fraser wins best actor Oscar, capping a ‘Whale’ of a comeback

LA Times  

Brendan Fraser accepts the award for Actor in a Leading Role at the 95th Academy Awards in the Dolby Theatre. Brendan Fraser, whose career has featured both meteoric success and semi-obscurity, celebrated perhaps his finest hour Sunday, winning the Oscar for lead actor for his performance in “The Whale.” “So this is what the multiverse looks like!” Fraser proclaimed in …

Brendan Fraser proudly supports acclaimed film The Whale in classic black suit and tie at PGA Awards
2 years, 1 month ago

Brendan Fraser proudly supports acclaimed film The Whale in classic black suit and tie at PGA Awards

Daily Mail  

The 34th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards, which honors the best film and television producers, was held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on Saturday, February 25. Dapper: Brandan Fraser, 54, served as a presenter and lent his support for his acclaimed drama film, The Whale, at the 34th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards in LA on …

Brendan Fraser calls Golden Globes ‘hood ornament’ that ‘means nothing to me’
2 years, 1 month ago

Brendan Fraser calls Golden Globes ‘hood ornament’ that ‘means nothing to me’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brendan Fraser has called the Golden Globes award a “hood ornament” …

Brendan Fraser on winning Critics Choice Best Actor Award for The Whale: 'If you like Charlie, good things will happen'
2 years, 2 months ago

Brendan Fraser on winning Critics Choice Best Actor Award for The Whale: 'If you like Charlie, good things will happen'

Firstpost  

It won’t be wrong to say that the year 2023 kick-started by felicitating well-deserved projects and artists in the entertainment industry across the globe. While SS Rajamouli’s RRR brought home two big titles back home, Darren Aronofsky’s psychological drama The Whale clinched an extremely important title at the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards. This is because Hollywood star Brendan Fraser’s …

Critics Choice Awards 2023: Brendan Fraser looks dapper after snubbing Golden Globes
2 years, 2 months ago

Critics Choice Awards 2023: Brendan Fraser looks dapper after snubbing Golden Globes

Daily Mail  

Brendan Fraser looked fashionable in a well-tailored suit while at the Critics' Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night - after snubbing the Golden Globes last week, The 54-year-old actor donned a dark blue blazer and matching pants to the awards ceremony - shortly before scooping the Best Actor gong for his performance in The Whale. What a moment: …

Golden Globes 2023: Brendan Fraser fans boycott award ceremony in support of The Whale star
2 years, 2 months ago

Golden Globes 2023: Brendan Fraser fans boycott award ceremony in support of The Whale star

Daily Mail  

Brendan Fraser fans called for all those who support the actor to boycott the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, which The Whale star has chosen not to attend this year following claims he was assaulted in 2003 by the organization's former president. Brendan Fraser fans have called for all those who support the actor to boycott the Golden Globe Awards ceremony …

Why is Brendan Fraser boycotting the Golden Globes?
2 years, 2 months ago

Why is Brendan Fraser boycotting the Golden Globes?

Daily Mail  

The Golden Globes return to NBC on Tuesday, a year after the untelevised ceremony took place in 2021 following a boycott due to the lack of diversity within the group that organizes the awards ceremony, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Globes: The Golden Globes return to NBC on Tuesday, a year after the untelevised ceremony took place in 2021 following …

The Whale's Brendan Fraser and Jeanne Moore at Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala
2 years, 2 months ago

The Whale's Brendan Fraser and Jeanne Moore at Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala

Daily Mail  

Brendan Fraser and partner Jeanne Moore were snapped Thursday on the red carpet at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala, where the actor was honored for his performance in The Whale. The latest: Brendan Fraser, 54, and partner Jeanne Moore were snapped on the red carpet at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala, where the actor …

Brendan Fraser 'excited' by Oscars buzz for The Whale
2 years, 3 months ago

Brendan Fraser 'excited' by Oscars buzz for The Whale

Daily Mail  

Brendan Fraser has said he is 'excited' by the Oscars buzz surrounding his film The Whale. Tipped to be nominated: Brendan Fraser has said he is 'excited' by the Oscar buzz surrounding his film The Whale Brendan, who received a six minute standing ovation when The Whale premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September, was asked by Jimmy if …

Golden Globes 2023: Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Avatar, Top Gun Maverick among nominees along with Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Hugh Jackman
2 years, 3 months ago

Golden Globes 2023: Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Avatar, Top Gun Maverick among nominees along with Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Hugh Jackman

ABC  

Australian stars Cate Blanchett, Margot Robbie, Hugh Jackman, Baz Luhrmann and Elizabeth Debicki are in the running to win Golden Globes next year. The Crown, Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Only Murders in the Building, Pam & Tommy and White Lotus all came away with four nominations. Baz Luhrmann's Elvis is up for a gong, while lead actor …

Brendan Fraser earns first Golden Globe nomination despite saying he won’t attend
2 years, 3 months ago

Brendan Fraser earns first Golden Globe nomination despite saying he won’t attend

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brendan Fraser has received his first Golden Globe nomination, despite previously …

Brendan Fraser on ‘The Whale’: I gave it everything I had every day
2 years, 3 months ago

Brendan Fraser on ‘The Whale’: I gave it everything I had every day

The Hindu  

In a darkened hotel room in New York's Soho neighborhood, Brendan Fraser kindly greets a reporter with an open plastic bag in his hand. Fraser's performance been hailed as his comeback — a word, he says, that “doesn’t hurt my feelings.” But it’s not the one he’d choose. It adds up to Fraser’s most empathetic performance, one that has returned …

The Whale: Brendan Fraser deserves the Oscar, but the movie? Yikes.
2 years, 3 months ago

The Whale: Brendan Fraser deserves the Oscar, but the movie? Yikes.

Slate  

The cetacean referred to most directly in the title of Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale is not the film’s 600-pound protagonist but the elusive white whale of Moby-Dick, a novel that figures largely in the hero’s past history and present emotional life. If I had to evaluate the movie making my own allusion to Melville’s leviathan, I might have gone with …

Brendan Fraser says he won't participate in Golden Globes
2 years, 4 months ago

Brendan Fraser says he won't participate in Golden Globes

The Hindu  

Brendan Fraser, whose performance in “The Whale” has made him a likely awards candidate this year, says he won't attend the Golden Globes in January if he's nominated. In 2018, Fraser said that the was groped by longtime Hollywood Foreign Press Association member Philip Berk, a former president of the organization behind the Globes. Berk, a member from South Africa, …

Brendan Fraser says he won’t participate in Golden Globes
2 years, 4 months ago

Brendan Fraser says he won’t participate in Golden Globes

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Brendan Fraser, whose performance in “The Whale” has made him a likely awards candidate this year, says he won’t attend the Golden Globes in January if he’s nominated. In 2018, Fraser said that the was groped by longtime Hollywood Foreign Press Association member Philip Berk, a former president of the organization behind the Globes. Berk, a member …

Brendan Fraser stands his Me Too ground and refuses to attend Golden Globes, even if he's nominated
2 years, 4 months ago

Brendan Fraser stands his Me Too ground and refuses to attend Golden Globes, even if he's nominated

Salon  

Brendan Fraser isn't budging when it comes to abandoning an organization that he claims protected itself over those it's supposed to honor. "I have more history with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association than I have respect for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association," Fraser said, condemning the organization that stages the Golden Globes and bestows the awards. In 2018, "The Mummy" …

Award favorite Brendan Fraser ‘will not participate’ in the 2023 Golden Globes
2 years, 4 months ago

Award favorite Brendan Fraser ‘will not participate’ in the 2023 Golden Globes

LA Times  

Actor Brendan Fraser photographed in the Los Angeles Times photo studio at RBC House, during the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Brendan Fraser, a favorite to win an award for his performance in “The Whale,” says he does not plan to attend the 2023 Golden Globe Awards. In 2021, Berk, who spent eight terms …

The Whale: Brendan Fraser career timeline: From Nineties icon to the ‘Brenaissance’
2 years, 5 months ago

The Whale: Brendan Fraser career timeline: From Nineties icon to the ‘Brenaissance’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Fraser was one of Hollywood’s most bankable leading men in the 1990s and 2000s open …

The Whale movie: Brendan Fraser gets ‘huge round of applause’ following first screening of Darren Aronofsky film
2 years, 6 months ago

The Whale movie: Brendan Fraser gets ‘huge round of applause’ following first screening of Darren Aronofsky film

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brendan Fraser is reportedly so good in …

The Whale review: 'Brendan Fraser deserves an Oscar'
2 years, 6 months ago

The Whale review: 'Brendan Fraser deserves an Oscar'

BBC  

The Whale review: 'Brendan Fraser deserves an Oscar' A24 Darren Aronofsky's latest is a "well-meaning redemption story", which stars Brendan Fraser as a morbidly obese literature professor. After years in the Hollywood wilderness, Brendan Fraser is getting parts in major films again - including DC's shot-but-shelved Batgirl movie - and his fans are hoping that this will lead to a …

Brendan Fraser nominated for major pre-Oscars award for performance in The Whale
2 years, 7 months ago

Brendan Fraser nominated for major pre-Oscars award for performance in The Whale

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brendan Fraser has received a prestigious award for his performance in …

Brendan Fraser in ‘The Whale’ stokes fans for his comeback: ‘Get that man an Oscar!’
2 years, 8 months ago

Brendan Fraser in ‘The Whale’ stokes fans for his comeback: ‘Get that man an Oscar!’

LA Times  

Brendan Fraser’s going all in for his return to the big screen, and the actor’s fans are more than ready for it. While Fraser’s character transformation garnered attention, many social media users were just excited to see the “Mummy” star continue his return to the big screen. Movies Review: Brendan Fraser sparks Indian crime drama ‘Line of Descent’ An organized-crime …

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