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‘Spotlight,’ ‘Straight Outta Compton’ among PGA nominees
them were Lenny Abraha- ‘’The Good Dinosaur,”
mson’s “Room,” which is
expected to get star Brie ‘’Minions” and “The Pea-
Larson a best actress nomi-
nation; Quentin Tarantino’s nuts Movie.”
bloody Western “The Hate-
ful Eight;” David O. Russell’s Feature documentary
miracle mop inventor pic
“Joy;” and Ryan Coogler’s nominees were previously
continuation of the Rocky
Balboa saga “Creed.” announced and include
There were no surprises in
the animation nominees, “Amy” and “The Look of Si-
though, which included
“Anomalisa,” ‘’Inside Out,” lence.”
The Producers Guild rep-
resents more than 7,000
producers of film, television
and online content.
Winners will be announced
on Jan. 23 during a cere-
mony in Los Angeles.q
This photo shows a scene from the film, “Spotlight.” The film is among the 10 nominees for the Pro-
ducers Guild Awards, which were announced Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016.
(Kerry Hayes/Open Road Films via AP)
LINDSEY BAHR Big Short;” and the high- cally been a solid indica-
octane “Mad Max: Fury tor of films that ultimately
AP Film Writer Road.” received Academy Award
More populist crowd-pleas- nominations for best pic-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Spot- ers like Ridley Scott’s space ture. Last year, “Birdman”
adventure “The Martian” won both the PGA and the
light,” ‘’Straight Outta and the N.W.A biopic Academy Award.
“Straight Outta Compton” This year, Oscar front-run-
Compton” and “The Mar- were also nominated, as ners seem more elusive
was the revenge epic “The than ever to determine,
tian” were among the Revenant.” aside from a strong con-
Surprises include a few well- sensus around “Spotlight.”
10 feature film nominees reviewed films that were The voting period for Oscar
considered underdogs in nominees closes on Friday
announced Tuesday for the awards race — the and the selections will be
border drama “Sicario,” announced on Jan. 14. The
the 27th Producers Guild the artificial intelligence Golden Globes will reveal
thriller “Ex Machina;” the its winners on Sunday.
Awards. Cold War thriller “Bridge of Aside from “Star Wars”
Spies;” and the immigrant and “Carol,” many other
Conspicuously missing romance “Brooklyn.” Oscar hopefuls were left
PGA nominees have histori- out of the PGA lot. Among
were critics favorite “Carol”
and “Star Wars: The Force
Awakens,” a wild card thus
far in award races.
The Producers Guild nomi-
nees reflected a diverse lot
of films, including favorites
such as the investigative
journalism pic “Spotlight;”
the star-studded finan-
cial crisis comedy “The
Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood dies at 81
JILL LAWLESS rock super group Cream dancefloor drama “Sat-
Associated Press and its guitarist Eric Clap- urday Night Fever,” with a
LONDON (AP) — Robert ton before signing brothers soundtrack that brought
Stigwood, the impresario Barry, Maurice and Robin the Bee Gees mega-star-
who managed the Bee Gibb, collectively known as dom that reached a pitch
Gees and produced 1970s the Bee Gees, whose me- as high as Barry Gibb’s sig-
blockbusters “Grease” and lodic folk-rock achieved nature falsetto.
“Saturday Night Fever,” has late-’60s success before a That film and the Stigwood-
died. He was 81. career slump. produced “Grease,” re-
Stigwood’s office said he Stigwood moved into the- leased in 1978, also made
died Monday. The cause of ater — bringing Broadway John Travolta into one of
death was not announced. hit “Hair” to the London the decade’s biggest stars.
Born in Adelaide, Australia, stage — and film, produc- Stigwood’s golden touch
in 1934, Stigwood moved ing cinema versions of An- failed him with “Sgt. Pep-
to Britain in the 1950s and drew Lloyd Webber-Tim per’s Lonely Hearts Club
soon became an astute Rice musical “Jesus Christ Band,” a Beatles-based
player in Britain’s embryon- Superstar” and The Who’s movie musical which was a
ic rock music industry. rock opera “Tommy.” critical and box-office flop
In the 1960s he managed He also produced the 1977 in 1978.q
