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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 5 January 2017
Moonlight,’ ‘La La Land,’

‘Deadpool’ land WGA nods

JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar
favorites “Moonlight,” ‘’La
La Land” and “Manchester
by the Sea” landed Writers
Guild Award nominations
on Wednesday, but so did
the R-rated “X-Men” spi-
noff “Deadpool.”
Ruth Negga poses backstage with the award for rising star for
“Loving,” at the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festi- The Writers Guild of Amer-
val Awards Gala on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, in Palm Springs, Calif. ica announced its nomi-
Associated Press nees for the best screen-
‘Loving,’ ‘La La plays of the year with se-
lections that largely stuck
Land’ top AARP Movies to awards season regulars.
The best original screen-
for Grownups honors play nominees were: Ken-
neth Lonergan’s script for
“Manchester by the Sea,”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Century Women” and Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight,”
AARP says that “Loving” is Denzel Washington for Damien Chazelle’s “La La
the best film of the year. “Fences.” Land,” Taylor Sheridan’s
The drama is based on Others receiving kudos “Hell or High Water” and This image released by Lionsgate shows Ryan Gosling, right,
a couple’s real-life 1960s include Viola Davis for Jeff Nichols’ “Loving.” and Emma Stone in a scene from, “La La Land.”
battle to fight a Virginia “Fences”; Jeff Bridges for While the WGA Awards Associated Press
law barring interracial mar- “Hell or High Water,” and can be strong predictors
riage. It stars Joel Edgerton writer-director Kenneth Lo- of the Academy Award “Moonlight” (based on the late playwright August
and Ruth Negga. nergan for “Manchester by screenplay nominees, the Tarell Alvini McCraney’s Wilson; “Hidden Figures,”
In AARP’s Movies for the Sea.” Academy of Motion Pic- play) adapted scripts. by Allison Schroeder and
Grownups honors an- France’s “Elle” was named tures Arts and Sciences has The nominees for best Theodore Melfi; “Nocturnal
nounced Wednesday, the best foreign-language film. already deemed “Loving” adapted screenplay were: Animals,” by Tom Ford; and
Ryan Gosling-Emma Stone The awards will be present- (inspired by Nancy Buir- “Arrival,” penned by Eric “Deadpool,” by Rhett Re-
romance “La La Land” ed Feb. 6 at a ceremony ski’s documentary) and Heisserer; “Fences,” by ese and Paul Wernick.q
captured the best come- hosted by Margo Martin-
Lead actor honors went to best grown-up love story, Review: ‘The Beautiful
dy-musical award.
dale. She’s an honoree for
Annette Bening for “20th the film “Hollars.”q Dead’ by Belinda Bauer
Michael Keaton

reveals why he left OLINE H. COGDILL considering them “exhibi-
Associated Press
tions.” At work, Eve is be-
Batman franchise Art, obsession and the pull ing pressured to pursue the
between
one’s
profes-
story, no matter the cost.
sional life and personal At home, Eve deals with
life make a searing back- another kind of pressure —
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mi- ground for British author caring for her father, whose
chael Keaton has revealed Belinda Bauer’s new stand- dementia is escalating.
the reason behind his de- alone psychological thriller. While the killer’s thoughts
parture from the “Batman” Although “The Beautiful often succumb to cliches,
franchise after two films. Dead” succumbs to some making him more of a stock
Keaton starred as the su- stereotypes of the serial figure, Bauer avoids this
perhero in 1989’s “Bat- killer novel, Bauer’s strong trap with her other charac-
man” and 1992’s “Batman character study and sense ters, including the victims, This book cover image re-
leased by Atlantic Monthly
Returns.” Both of those films of place keep the taut plot each of whom is shown as Press shows, “The Beautiful
were directed by Tim Bur- churning with surprises. a fully realized person. Dead,” by Belinda Bauer.
ton. Joel Schumacher was Eve Singer, a crime reporter Eve proves to be a formi- Associated Press
hired to direct 1995’s “Bat- for London’s iWitness News, dable heroine. On the sur-
man Forever,” and Keaton In this Sept. 15, 2016, file becomes a murderer’s ob- face, a crime reporter for
decided to pass on starring photo, actor Michael Keaton session when she covers a tabloidlike network isn’t show their close relation-
poses for photographers
in that film. upon arrival at the world pre- the stabbing of his latest the most sympathetic, but ship, her need to do the
Keaton said in an interview miere of the film ‘The Beatles, victim. The killer’s gimmick is Bauer delves deep to show right thing by her father
with The Hollywood Report- Eight Days a Week’ in London. that he chooses to murder Eve’s humanity. She is a se- and her frustration with his
er’s “Awards Chatter” pod- Associated Press in the middle of a crowd rious journalist who is more declining health. Readers
cast that the script for the to do what he wanted to while London’s Christmas interested in justice than a will also root for Detective
film “never was good.” He do” with the film, which shoppers linger on the story. The scenes with her Sgt. Emily Aguda, whose
said he didn’t understand was lighter in tone than the streets. He poses these vic- father, who raised her as a petite size belies her mad
why Schumacher “wanted first two films.q tims in gruesome tableaus, single parent, realistically self-defense skills. q