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A14 PEOPLE & ARTS
Wednesday 11 January 2023
Spielberg, ‘Top Gun’ feted by National Board of Review

By JAKE COYLE were.”
AP Film Writer Best supporting actress
NEW YORK (AP) — The prize went to Janelle Monáe
for best film of the year at for the whodunit sequel
the National Board of Re- “Glass Onion: A Knives Out
view Awards went to “Top Mystery.” Her introduction
Gun: Maverick.” Martin Mc- came from Benoit Blanc,
Donagh’s “The Banshees of himself: Daniel Craig. “Are
Inisherin” took home the you kidding me?” Monáe
most trophies. But the night exclaimed. “You guys got
belonged to its best-direc- (expletive) James Bond?”
tor honoree, Steven Spiel- “When Janelle floats, when
berg, and the parade of she glides into a room,
tributes paid to the 76-year- the chemicals in the air
old filmmaker. change,” Craig said of
So effusive was the praise his “Glass Onion” co-star.
for Spielberg that Colin Far- “When I had the privilege
rell, there to accept the of working with her, every
award for best actor for his day she lifted me up.”
performance in “The Ban- Brendan Gleeson, who stars
shees of Inisherin,” said the opposite Farrell in “The Ban-
experience of first watch- shees of Inisherin,” wasn’t
ing “E.T.” was the most eu- there to accept his award
phoric of his life, ranking it for best supporting actor,
even above the births of his though Farrell read a letter
two children. from him.
“I’m glad this isn’t tele- Gleeson remarked on
vised,” said Farrell. the success of Martin Mc-
Despite the lack of a Donagh’s movie: “Happy
broadcast from Cipriani’s days for a sad film.”
42 Street in midtown Man- Best director honoree Steven Spielberg, left, and best actress honoree Michelle Yeoh attend the McDonagh was also hon-
hattan, the National Board National Board of Review Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in New ored with the award for
of Review Awards have York. best original screenplay.
long been a regular and Associated Press Oscar Isaac, who stars in
starry stop in Hollywood’s from the experience of he said. “But when it came have risen. “Top Gun” star the playwright’s next film,
awards season. This year’s realizing that blood was time for me to sit down with Tom Cruise didn’t attend introduced McDonagh by
ceremony, hosted Sunday rushing to my head and Tony Kushner to explore the Sunday, but producer Jerry recalling his first meeting
for the seventh time by Wil- to my feet simultaneously, possibilities of a story that Bruckheimer applauded with him at a London pub,
lie Geist, came right in the was thinking: Wow, what became ‘The Fabelmans,’ him while accepting for an encounter that ended
thick of a battery of big a gentlemanly, respectful, I realized for the first time best film. in the two sharing mush-
dates on the Oscar calen- generous call that that was that I couldn’t take cover “Simply put: He’s a force of rooms. Once he reached
dar. The Golden Globes to make,” DeBose said. “To behind a mothership or a nature,” Bruckheimer said. the stage, McDonagh
are Tuesday, the Screen ask someone to join you in T-Rex or a big mechanical “A man with one goal: to thanked Isaac “for reveal-
Actor Guild nominations an adventure.” shark that never worked.” entertain audiences.” ing only one of my drug
are Wednesday and voting Gabriel LaBelle, who plays Much has been made After being introduced by preferences.”
for the Academy Awards a fictionalized version of about “The Fabelmans” her “Crazy Rich Asians” McDonagh then made one
starts Thursday. young Spielberg in “The being Spielberg’s most per- co-star Awkwafina, “Ev- of the night’s most pointed
That meant that the NBR Fabelmans” and was hon- sonal film, a classification erything Everywhere All at remarks, applauding his
Awards, put on by a long- ored for breakthrough he didn’t dispute. Though Once” star Michelle Yeoh film’s distributor, Searchlight
running group of film en- performance along with he noted that every movie, accepted the award for Pictures, for giving him no
thusiasts, was a chance Danielle Deadwyler of “Till,” in any genre, can be per- best actress. The Malay- notes on the screenplay:
to stoke buzz and polish similarly described the life- sonal to a director, Spiel- sian-born Yeoh noted she “Which is probably why I’m
acceptance speeches. changing nature of a call berg said making his latest was the first Asian to win up here tonight.”q
The National Board of Re- from Spielberg. “was like moving back in the award in nearly five
view makes it easier, too, “I feel like I’m in debt, like with my parents and my sis- decades, something that ARUBA
by announcing winners I owe you, like I owe you ters.” caused her to reflect on her
in advance and pairing my first born child or some- “You say you can’t go journey from Hong Kong to
each with a lavish introduc- thing,” LaBelle said, still in home again? Oh, no. That’s Hollywood. CLEAN
tion from a collaborator or apparent disbelief at his wrong. You can go home “One day Hollywood did
friend. Spielberg, who won turn of fate. again,” he said. come calling. It was an ab-
best director for his movie- “I don’t know how I’ll ever Though Spielberg is re- solute dream come true.
memoir “The Fabelmans,” pay you back.” nowned as a hit-maker, We all wanted to go to Hol-
was introduced by “West When Spielberg took the “The Fabelmans” has strug- lywood — until I got there,”
Side Story” star Ariana stage, the crowd rose in a gled to ignite at the box Yeoh said. “Suddenly, I was
DeBose. standing ovation. office with just $15.1 million a minority. I mean, how
DeBose recalled being “My whole career in all worldwide, sapping some did that happen? There
in a nail salon when “Ste- the films I’ve directed my of its Oscar momentum. are more of me than you!
ven (expletive) Spielberg” job, as I have seen it is as Meanwhile, the awards I was typecast. I didn’t
called to ask if she would the accompanist and the hopes for a pair of theatri- see faces like mine on the
join the cast. conductor to whoever or cal successes “Top Gun: screen. I met with people IS MORE
“What I remember most whatever should be the Maverick” and “Everything who didn’t know where Ko- DUSHI

about that moment, aside center of your attention,” Everywhere All at Once” rea and China and Japan