28th Annual Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival Announces Director and Line-Up of Host

Juliette Jeffers

The 28TH Annual Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival (LAWTF) has a roster of distinguished artists who will co-host six evenings of programs virtually. This year’s overall theme is And Still, We Rise!  

The six evenings of Festival shows this year will be directed by Fay Hauser-Price. A member of the Directors Guild of America, her directing credits include Where There’s Smoke, 5150, Paris in Search of a Dream, Read to M, L.A., The Emerging Artists Showcase, Story of a People,  24/Seven; A Gift of Son; and The Other Side of Victory. She is also a producer, writer, and actor.

Thursday, March 25, 2021, at 7 p.m., The Champagne GALA and Awards Ceremony honors five distinguished women for their contributions to theatre and presents song and dance performances.  

Theme of the GALA: Empowered Women.

Hosts are Hattie Winston and Ted Lange.

Hattie Winston has starred on Broadway (The Tap Dance Kid, The Me Nobody Knows, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Hair, Scapino!, I Love My Wife), on television (Becker, The Electric Company, Homefront), and feature films (The Battle of Shaker Heights, Beverly Hills Cop III, and Jackie Brown). She is a founding member of the Negro Ensemble Company.

Ted Lange is known internationally for his portrayal of Isaac Washington on the long-running TV series The Love Boat. Lange received the Renaissance Man Theatre Award from the NAACP for his stage accomplishments as an actor both on Broadway and in Los Angeles, playwright (23 plays), and director. His one-man show in which he portrays Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Behind the Mask, tours worldwide.

Friday, March 26 at 7 p.m.

Theme: Balancing Acts.

Hosts are Margaret Avery and Dawn Didawick.

Margaret Avery was the recipient of an Academy Award ® nomination for The Color Purple, Ms. Avery appeared regularly on the BET TV series Being Mary Jane. She starred in the acclaimed Robey Theatre Company production of The River Niger, and won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for her performance in Does The Tiger Wear a Necktie?

Dawn Didawick is a founding member of Antaeus Theatre Company. Her long, varied career has taken her from New York to Europe in the classics and new works.  At Antaeus, her credits include: The Man Who Had All the Luck, The Bear, Pera Palas, Autumn Garden, The Seagull, The Crucible, and multiple roles in ClassicsFest including Amanda in The Glass Menagerie and Big Mama in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof {Stage Raw Award).

Saturday, March 27 at 7 p.m.

Theme: Truth to Power.

Hosts are Florence LaRue and Rosie Lee Hooks.

Florence LaRue is an original member of the legendary, Grammy® Award-winning pop singing group The 5th Dimension. The last remaining original member of the group that originated the genre called “Champagne Soul,” she still tours with the current version of the group today, singing the group’s original songs, and more. She also appeared in the national tour of the Broadway hit Ain’t Misbehavin’, and tours with Just As I Am.

Rosie Lee Hooks - A founding member of the musical performance ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, she more recently appeared in the acclaimed Robey Theatre Company productions of Knock Me a Kiss and Transitions.  She is currently Director of Watts Towers Arts Center and Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center. She was also a founding member of the D.C. Black Repertory Theatre Company.

Sunday, March 28 at 7 p.m.

Theme: Secrets.

Hosted by Juliette Jeffers and Jessica Lynn Johnson.

Juliette Jeffers is a Caribbean-American writer and performer. Her plays include Judgment Day, Chocolate Match,  Pan Gyul,  Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down (Bronx Council on the Arts Award), and Tio Pablo (Hollywood Short and Sweet Festival Award)). She has also appeared in film and TV roles and over sixty national commercials. Additionally, she is a director and producer. She is also the Curator of the Black Voices Solo Theatre Festival at the Whitefire Theatre.

Jessica Lynn Johnson is acclaimed both as a solo performer and as a director of solo artists. She is the founder of the company Soaring Solo LLC. Her directing credits include Unemployed Finally, The Mermaid Who Learned How to Fly, 365 Days of Crazy, Triangles Are My Favorite Shape, Bully-mia, Not My Show, Answers Outta The Blue, Dear Yoko, and more. She received the award for Best National Solo Artist and multiple awards from the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Monday, March 29 at 7 p.m

Theme: Boxed In, Set Free.

Hosts are Kat Kramer and Iona Morris.

Kat Kramer founded Kat Kramer's Films That Change the World to showcase motion pictures that raise awareness about important social issues.  She has starred in two popular one-woman shows, The Colors of Myself and Kriss Krossing. Kat has played the classic roles in The Miracle Worker, The Diary Of Anne Frank, Great Expectations, David and Lisa, and The Lark. She can be seen in the indie feature film Turnover.

Iona Morris is a director/writer/actor. who wrote and directed the short film, Celeste’s Dreams, which is making the Film Festival rounds with 16 Festivals screening her film. Ms. Morris’ won awards for her theatre directing and as an actress as well. She has directed and helped many celebrities create their one-person shows; Jenifer Lewis, Blair Underwood, Penny Johnson Jerald, and Kim Wayans to name a few. She is currently the Acting/Dialogue Coach on the comedy Black-ish.

Tuesday, March 30 at 7 p.m.

Theme: Unbound.

Hosts are Angela Gibbs and Jahna Houston.

Angela Gibbs produced the plays 227 (subsequently developed as a TV series) and Checkmates, starring Denzel Washington and Ruby Dee. Ms. Gibbs has a diverse background in the entertainment industry that spans four decades. As an actor, her credits include films (Love Jacked, Straight Outta Compton) and TV shows (recently On My Block and a series regular role on Black Jesus).

Jahna Houston is an actor, producer, and writer. She has appeared on stage in Undertow,  I Feel Like Going On, and Guess Who’s Coming for Me? She performed on television in Hollywood Fiction, Get Thee Behind M,e and the mini-series Wicked. She has performed roles in the feature films Triumphant: She Fights to Win,  A Fatal Friend,  and A Little Problem.

Festival performers and honorees are the subjects of separate releases. For more information about Festival programming and tickets, please go to www.lawtf.org or call (818) 760-0408.

'Soul" Arrives on 4K Ultra DVD on March 23

An all-new In-Home trailer for Disney and Pixar’s “Soul” is now available celebrating the meaning of life. Add some “Soul” to your Disney and Pixar collection. Disney and Pixar’s “Soul” arrives on 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™, DVD, and Digital on March 23 with exclusive bonus features for the whole family.

About “Soul”

Jamie Foxx leads an all-star cast in this hilarious, heart-filled adventure. Disney and Pixar’s “Soul” introduces Joe, who lands the gig of his life at the best jazz club in town. But one misstep lands Joe in a fantastical place: The Great Before. There, he teams up with soul 22 (Tina Fey), and together they find the answers to some of life’s biggest questions.

About Pixar Animation Studios

Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative, and production capabilities in the art of computer animation. The Northern California studio has created some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time, including “Toy Story,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “Cars,” “The Incredibles,” “Ratatouille,” “WALL•E,” “Up,” “Toy Story 3,” “Brave,” “Inside Out,” and “Coco.” Its movies have won 37 Academy Awards® and have grossed more than $14 billion at the worldwide box office. "Soul," Pixar's 23rd feature, is currently streaming on Disney+. 

The 28th Annual Los Angeles Women's Theater Festival Announces Honorees

Diahann Carroll

The 28th Annual Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival (LAWTF) will honor five women for their exceptional career and life achievements in the Opening Night Champagne GALA and Awards Ceremony on March 25, 2021, at 7 p.m. in a virtual presentation (due to the ongoing pandemic).  The deserving honorees who have made laudable contributions to the world of theatre are listed here:

Diahann Carroll is this year’s recipient of the Infinity Award, memorializing the exceptional achievements of a theatre artist. An icon and a trailblazer on stage, on-screen and on television, Ms. Carroll made her Broadway debut in the Harold Arlen/ Truman Capote musical House of Flowers, starring subsequently and becoming the first African American female actor to win a Tony® Award for Richard Rodgers’ No Strings, followed by Agnes of God, Black Broadway, the national touring company of Same Time Next Year, the Canadian production of Sunset Boulevard, Bubbling Brown Suga, Love Letters, and more.  Her film career spanned over six decades and included an Oscar®-nominated performance in Claudine, Carmen Jones, Paris Blues, and more. As the first African American female star of a dramatic television series, Julia, she won a Golden Globe Award. She subsequently became the first Black female to star in a nighttime soap opera, Dynasty.

Paula Donnelly will receive the Rainbow Award, bestowed on an artist or individual for her diverse contributions in fostering non-traditional and multicultural theatre works. Paula Donnelly began working with Cornerstone Theatre Company (famed for creating theatre works in collaboration with people in the community) in 1998 as a stage manager and joined Cornerstone’s Ensemble in 2000. Her credits for Cornerstone include Los Biombos, AKA, For Here or to Go?, Peter Pan, and Crossings. As Director of Engagement, Paula teaches and shares Cornerstone’s methodology, works to strengthen community relationships post-production, and to contributes to the expansion of community-engagement practices in theatre. She helps imagine and implement engagement values in all aspects of Cornerstone’s work. Ms. Donnelly loves the state of California, her home city of Los Angeles, and the many people and stories contained therein.

Akuyoe Graham will be the recipient of the Integrity Award, presented to an artist or individual who has brought credibility and dignity to her work. Award-winning actor/author/educator Akuyoe Graham possesses an extraordinary gift – the ability to sit with society’s outcasts and rapidly guide them to a life-changing experience of their own beauty of being. Akuyoe’s personal encounter with her transcendent inner beauty was the culmination of a long journey, which she re-enacts in her highly acclaimed one-woman play, Spirit Awakening. By animating the pivotal characters who influenced her along the way, Akuyoe takes audiences on her odyssey of self-discovery. Whether in a prison classroom with a dozen inmates – or on stage before hundreds of students or regular playgoers – Akuyoe’s archetypal journey electrifies audiences and inspires them to look beneath their own social masks to their unchanging inner essence. 

Shigemi Matsumoto will be bestowed with the Eternity Award, given to an artist or individual whose lifetime achievements have made a lasting contribution to the world of theatre. Ms. Matsumoto has performed with over 50 national and international opera companies including those in San Francisco, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Brussels, Wolf Trap, Portland, Kansas City, San Antonio and Tucson. Her opera roles include Mimi, Musetta, Susanna, Micaela, Norina, Edina,  Pamina, Despina, Rosina, Nanetta, Lauretta, Violetta, Abigail, Adelw, Zerlina, Yolanda, and Frasquita. She has made recordings with Luciano Pavarotti and with the NBC Orchestra. She has worked individually with all of The Three Tenors (Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo). Her honors include the Distinguished Alumni Award from her alma mater Cal State Northridge; and the Hans von Leden Award (for World Voice Day). She is the founder of the Classical Singers Association, which has been a mainstay in helping young singers become better educated in the musical requirements necessary to become a professional singer.

Rose Portillo will receive the Maverick Award, presented to an artist or individual whose work has set a high standard of individuality and self-styled creativity. Ms. Portillo is an accomplished actor/writer/director/educator and visual artist whose stage and film career began with a lead role in Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit, (original LA production, Broadway, film), and the role of the Mother in the 2017 revival. She was Associate Director of About Productions, now celebrating 33 years of creating original theater works, and founded the company's Young Theaterworks which serves students primarily in East Los Angeles. Since appearing in Theresa Chavez's solo play, L.A. Real, she has partnered with Chavez, the company's Artistic Director, on more than nine critically acclaimed productions. As an actor, Rose has extensive credits in regional theatre, film, and television.   Rose has been honored with the Lee Melville Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Los Angeles Theatre Community.

There will be special live performances at the GALA in addition to the awards presentation. Performers include:

Jacquelyn Brown-Benefield. Rise Up and I Am Enough. These two uplifting songs celebrate personal empowerment.

Juli Kim in Abandon. In this dance piece, the woman abandons both beauty and docility in favor of inner strength and power.

Founded by Executive Producer Adilah Barnes and Miriam Reed, the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival is an annual event unique among Los Angeles cultural institutions and should not be missed as LAWTF celebrates its 288h year.

The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival is a non-profit organization. The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival organization is made possible this year in part by Los Angeles County Arts and Culture; Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles; City National Bank; Women in Media;  KPFK 90.7; and Adilah Barnes Productions.

Festival Director: Fay Hauser-Price. Festival Managing Producer: Kelly McMahon.

Admission to the GALA is $25.   For the other programs, ticket prices this year include general admission single show tickets at $15 until March 18 or $20 thereafter. A VIP all-access pass for the entire virtual Festival is available for $90. Reservations: (818) 760-0408 or go to http://www.lawtf.org To join and follow LAWTF on Facebook and Twitter, click on their links at http://www.lawtf.org

28th Annual Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival 'And Still We Rise' Set To Open March 25-30

 

          Last March, the Annual Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival was just two weeks away from opening when we were forced to postpone because of the emerging coronavirus pandemic, which shuttered live performance venues across the country. The pandemic is still with us for a while longer, so we’re coming back in March 2021 with six consecutive dates of virtual presentations. The overall theme of the Festival this year is AND STILL WE RISE!….because we do.

 

          The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival (LAWTF) marks 28 years of producing well over 600 extraordinary multicultural and multidisciplinary solo performers from around the globe.

 

          The longest-running Annual Solo Festival for women in Los Angeles, LAWTF will take place

March 25- March 30, 2021, online.

 

          The virtual Champagne GALA and Awards Ceremony will take place Thursday, March 25, 2021, at 7:00 p.m.PST and will be hosted by Ted Lange (The Love Boat) and Hattie Winston (Becker). WITH Fay Hauser-Price (Hope Builders) at the helm as Festival Director. The event will honor five women of exceptional achievement and contribution to the world of theatre:

Infinity Awardee- Diahann Carroll (awarded posthumously);

Rainbow Awardee- Paula Donnelly;

 Integrity Awardee- Akuyoe Graham;

Eternity Awardee- Shigemi Matsumoto;

Maverick Awardee- Rose Portillo.

There will be live performances in addition to the awards presentation. Theme: Empowered Women.. Performers include:

Jacquelyn Brown-Benefield. Rise Up and I Am Enough. These two uplifting songs celebrate personal empowerment.

Juli Kim in Abandon. In this dance piece, the woman abandons both beauty and docility in favor of inner strength and power.

The rest of the schedule is as follows:

Friday, March 26, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. Theme: Balancing Acts. Hosted by Margaret Avery (The Color Purple) and Dawn Didawick (Hart of Dixie):

Heather Dowling in Fertile. Explores the expectation and ultimate resolution of procreation.

Lynne Jassem in Tapping My Way to the Nuthouse. One child dancer's story of mental pain and ultimately mental health is told through the lenses of multi-media, tap dance, mime, music, and humor.

Dagmar Stansova in Loose Underwear. . From exorcisms to orgasms, the daughter of a New Age Holocaust survivor is compelled to “cha-cha” away the wounds of her ancestors.

Karen A. Clark in The Women. In this excerpt, through music, poetry, and storytelling, Karen A. reflects on the women in her family, particularly her mother, who provided a “wow” factor.

Saturday, March 27, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. Theme: Truth to Power. Hosted by Florence LaRue (The 5^th Dimension) and Rosie Lee Hooks (Knock Me a Kiss):

              Roxanne Beckford in Walk Good: A Jamerican Journey. How the littlest Head Girl at St. Andrews Preparatory in Kingston, Jamaica became a driver in a presidential motorcade for the leader of the free world...after pit stops as a beauty queen, a mother of four, and an actress. 

 

Cynthia Ling Lee in Lost Chinatowns. A dance-theatre work that explores the destruction, lost vibrancy, and historic erasure of Chinatowns in Santa Cruz, CA from 1860-1955.

Miriam Reed in Susan B. Anthony Says a Word. A young Susan B. Anthony discovers why women MUST have the vote.

Sharon Nyree Williams in Dare to Claim the Sky. . Based on her self-published anthology of the same name, Dare to Claim the Sky is an honest and unfiltered spoken word journey of one woman that addresses family, religion, depression, and being Black in this society.Sunday, March 28, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. Theme: Secrets. Hosted by Juliette Jeffers (Chicago Med) and Jessica Lynn Johnson (Soaring Solo LLC):

            Barbara Brownell in Finding My Light. It’s not the cards you are dealt but the attitude that makes all the difference.

 

Dee Freeman in The Poison Gun. Dee, a naïve 6-year-old Black girl from rural Louisiana becomes a key witness in a murder investigation as she fights to keep a secret from a racist cop who has his own agenda for finding out the truth.

Pamela Najera in Too Old, Too Asian, Too Short. Through storytelling, dance, and multimedia, Pamela recounts growing up in a family with secrets and lies and connects the dots of a life that land her a career as a production dancer and magician’s assistant on a cruise ship.

Monday, March 29, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. Theme: Boxed In, Set Free. Hosted by Iona Morris (Celeste’s Dreams) and Kat Kramer (Turnover):

Petal d’Avril in Forgetting, Not Forgotten. Petal’s life is abruptly interrupted when her mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in this story of triumph in a shattered world.

Vanessa Boss in Uprooted. Buckle your seat belts as the creatures of Vanessa’s inner world take you on the flight of her life amidst disturbances that trigger violent weather on a journey that ultimately safely lands on Vanessa’s strength.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. Theme: Unbound. Hosted by Angela Gibbs (This Is Us) and Jahna 

Houston (Triumphant: She Fights to Win!)):

Jacquelyn Brown-Benefield. (See March 25 description).

Crystal Bush in Chrissy Meth.  Somehow, from the depths of drug addiction, Chrissy Meth finds hope, and through spirituality and yoga begins to put the pieces of her life back together.

Jannica Olin in (Im0Perfekt. A solo show that takes a look at identity, beauty, and labels, and how you sometimes need to (literally) lose a part of yourself in order to discover who you truly are.

Founded by Executive Producer Adilah Barnes and Miriam Reed, the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival is an annual event unique among Los Angeles cultural institutions and should not be missed as LAWTF celebrates its 28TH Anniversary.

Festival 2021 Managing Producer: Kelly McMahon.

The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival is a non-profit organization. The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival organization is supported this year in part by Los Angeles County Arts and Culture; Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles; City National Bank; Women in Media; KPFK 90.7; and Adilah Barnes Productions.

Admission to the GALA on March 25 is $25. For the other programs, ticket prices this year include general admission single show tickets at $15 until March 18 or $20 thereafter. A VIP all-access pass for the entire Festival is available for $90. Reservations: (818) 760-0408 or go to http://www.lawtf.org To join and follow LAWTF on Facebook and Twitter, click on their links at http://www.lawtf.org

'Judas And The Black Messiah,' Opens February 12

 

By Darlene Donloe

The story of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his fateful betrayal by FBI informant William O'Neal, is a little known one, but no less an affecting and important moment in Black history. 

At only 21, Chairman Fred Hampton was assassinated by the FBI, who offered a plea deal and coerced a petty criminal named William O’Neal to help them silence him, and the Black Panther Party.  

Chairman Hampton, or comrade as they called each other, was quickly growing popular and too powerful. People started paying attention and more importantly were becoming inspired by his words.  That greatly scared the FBI and the Chicago Police who were growing weary of his ability to fire up a new generation of revolutionaries.

So the government sent in William O’Neal, a petty criminal who was offered a deal by the FBI. If he would infiltrate the Black Panthers and provide intel on Hampton, he would walk free.  O’Neal took the deal.

It’s all being told in the biopic, Judas and the Black Messiah, set in the 1960s and also set for nationwide release on February 12, 2021.

Judas and the Black Messiah, directed by Shaka King, stars Daniel Kaluuya, LeKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, and Martin Sheen. 

Kaluuya as Hampton and Stanfield as O’Neal is a force to be reckoned with. Together they have authentic cinematic chemistry.

Kaluuya, who made his bones in the Jordan Peele thriller, Get Out, is known for engulfing whatever character he is playing. He throws himself into the roles with his body, his eyes, and his sensibility. There is a clear authenticity to his performance in Judas and the Black Messiah that reveals the many layers of a leader in the making. 

Stanfield as O’Neal is amazing to watch. He plays off Kaluuya so brilliantly with his subtle nuances and strength of character. All at once, he shows the vulnerability, strength, confusion, and complexity of a man who had clearly lost his soul.  This is, without a doubt, a career-best performance.

Dominique Fishback is a joy to watch. Although hers is a supporting role, she delivers a standout performance as Hampton’s girlfriend, Deborah Johnson. Johnson, who bore Hampton’s only child, Fred Hampton, Jr., is the one that brought out Hampton’s soft side.   

Judas and the Black Messiah will surely get under your skin. It will incense you to the 10th power.  There are moments of intensity that will surely make you anxious.   The movie, which exposes a piece of civil rights history, does exactly what it’s supposed to do. It pulls the curtain back on a U.S. government that by any means necessary would silence the voices of leaders in the Black community who were becoming too powerful. 

The government was so scared of the possibilities of the Illinois Black Panther Party, that they tried to kill not only its members but the spirit of the movement. 

In actuality, Hampton was trying to unite other oppressed ethnic groups so that, they too, would stand up for their rights.  Hampton started the Rainbow Coalition and was excited and dedicated to his school breakfast program.

In trying to assassinate a dream, the U.S. government ignited a movement that was emboldened after Hampton’s vile American-sanctioned murder. 

This is clearly one of the best films of 2021.

On the DONLOE SCALE: D (don’t bother), O (oh, no), N (needs work), L (likable), O (oh, yeah) and E (excellent), Judas and the Black Messiah gets an E (excellent).

Peacock Announces Season 3 Of 'Mr. Mercedes'

Based on the best-selling Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch) by Stephen King, MR. MERCEDES returns for its much-anticipated third season. When beloved local author John Rothstein is found murdered, Hodges, Holly, and Jerome, along with local police, must track down his killer. But this case is more complex than the cold-blooded killing of an American icon. Unpublished novels of Rothstein’s were stolen from his home, and they are worth millions. As the case unfolds, the trio learns that although Brady Hartsfield may be gone, his depravity lives on in the lives of his victims.

Season three of MR. MERCEDES premieres on Thursday, March 4 on Peacock. All 10 episodes will drop at once. Seasons one and two are now streaming on Peacock.

MR. MERCEDES season three cast includes Brendan Gleeson, Justine Lupe, Jharrel Jerome, Breeda Wool, Holland Taylor, Kate Mulgrew, Gabriel Ebert, Maximiliano Hernandez, Rarmian Newton, Josh Daugherty, Claire Bronson, Brett Gelman, Bruce Dern, Glynn Turman, Natalie Paul, Patch Darragh, and Meg Steedle.

MR. MERCEDES is produced by Sonar Entertainment and Temple Hill Entertainment.

David E. Kelley wrote and executive produced season three with Stephen King, along with executive producer Jonathan Shapiro. Jack Bender serves as director and executive producer.

The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards Announced

The nominations for the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Wednesday morning.

The announcement took place virtually, with previous Golden Globe winners Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson hosting. It aired at 5:35 a.m. PT on NBC's Today. 

Nominees were announced across 25 categories encompassing film and TV. Overall, Netflix leads all networks and streamers with a total of 42 nominations — 22 in film (followed by Amazon Studios with seven) and 20 in TV (followed by HBO with seven).

The Golden Globe nominations announcement comes a day after it was revealed that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will return as hosts of the ceremony. 

The show will be bicoastal for the first time in history, with the duo splitting duties from their respective home bases. Fey will be in New York at the Rainbow Room, and Poehler will host from inside the Beverly Hilton, where the show is typically held. Nominees are expected to appear from various locations around the world.

This will mark Fey and Poehler's fourth time hosting the Golden Globes; they previously served as hosts for three consecutive years, from 2013-15.

This year's Golden Globe Awards ceremony airs live Sunday, Feb. 28, at 5 p.m. PT on NBC. (The show is produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is also a division of MRC.)

Best Motion Picture, Drama

The Father

Mank

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

The Trial of the Chicago 7 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins, The Father

Gary Oldman, Mank

Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Hamilton

Music

Palm Springs

The Prom

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Kate Hudson, Music

Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit

Rosamund Pike, I Care a Lot

Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

James Corden, The Prom

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

Dev Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield

Andy Samberg, Palm Springs

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture

Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman, The Father

Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian

Amanda Seyfried, Mank

Helena Zengel, News of the World

Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

Jared Leto, The Little Things

Bill Murray, On the Rocks

Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami

Best Director, Motion Picture

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

David Fincher, Mank

Regina King, One Night in Miami

Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Jack Fincher, Mank

Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Florian Zeller and  Christopher Hampton, The Father

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best Motion Picture, Animated

The Croods: A New Age

Onward

Over the Moon

Soul

Wolfwalkers

Best Picture, Foreign Language

Another Round

La Llorona

The Life Ahead

Minari

Two of Us 

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

Alexandre Desplat, The Midnight Sky

Ludwig Göransson, Tenet

James Newton Howard, News of the World

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Mank

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste, Soul

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

"Fight for You," Judas and the Black Messiah

"Hear My Voice," The Trial of the Chicago 7

"Is Si (Seen)," The Life Ahead

"Speak Now," One Night in Miami

"Tigress & Tweed," The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Best Television Series, Drama

The Crown

Lovecraft Country

The Mandalorian

Ozark

Ratched

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama

Olivia Colman, The Crown

Jodie Comer, Killing Eve

Emma Corrin, The Crown

Laura Linney, Ozark

Sarah Paulson, Ratched

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama

Jason Bateman, Ozark

Josh O'Connor, The Crown

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Al Pacino, Hunters

Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy

Emily in Paris

The Flight Attendant

The Great

Schitt's Creek

Ted Lasso

Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy

Lily Collins, Emily in Paris

Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant

Elle Fanning, The Great

Jane Levy, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek

Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy

Don Cheadle, Black Monday

Nicholas Hoult, The Great

Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek

Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Normal People

The Queen's Gambit

Small Axe

The Undoing

Unorthodox

Best Performance by an Actress, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People

Shira Haas, Unorthodox

Nicole Kidman, The Undoing

Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen's Gambit

Best Performance by an Actor, Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Bryan Cranston, Your Honor

Jeff Daniels, The Comey Rule

Hugh Grant, The Undoing

Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird

Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True

Best Supporting Actress, Television

Gillian Anderson, The Crown

Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown

Julia Garner, Ozark

Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek

Cynthia Nixon, Ratched

Best Supporting Actor, Television

John Boyega, Small Axe

Brendan Gleeson, The Comey Rule

Daniel Levy, Schitt's Creek

Jim Parsons, Hollywood

Donald Sutherland, The Undoing