Category: The Big Short

“Yeah, you won,” presenter Michael B. Jordan said seconds after announcing that The Big Short, the semi-comic retelling of the 2008 fiscal crisis, had won the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures at the 27th annual PGA Awards, held Saturday night at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

The award — the guild’s equivalent of a best film prize — went to Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, who were present to accept, and their Plan B producing partner Brad Pitt. Kleiner, as he accepted the award, admitted there was some momentary confusion: They weren’t sure that Jordan wasn’t running through the list of nominees in alphabetical order, Gardner offered a shout-out to the film’s director Adam McKay. And then, alluding to the issue of the moment, diversity, which she had addressed earlier in the day at the PGA Nominees Breakfast, she addressed her fellow producers, saying, “Yes, we have a real problem, we do. We have privilege in our hands, we are storytellers. So we need to tell stories that reflect our world and our country.”

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Oscar-winning hairstylist Adruitha Lee talks about making wigs for Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Christian Bale—and going out of her way to give Brad Pitt the worst haircut he’s ever had

What kind of stuff did you do that was against your natural instinct?
I permed the wig I used on Ryan just so I could get that movement and that texture, and it always looked a little funny to me. On Steve’s wig I used Just For Men hair color on the wig because that color is just a little bit off. And I gave Brad a bad haircut, literally.

So everyone is wearing a wig except for Brad?
Yes. That’s his real hair, with a bad haircut. I would pick up pieces of hair and not use a comb, just my fingers and the scissors. Just basically almost cut whole chunks out of it. We laughed about what a bad haircut it was. I remember when the first trailer came out people were saying things like I hope the movie is better than the wigs. I got tickles because I was just doing my job.

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Paramount’s ensemble comedy about the U.S. recession averages a strong $90K in eight theaters
“The Big Short,” Paramount’s Oscar hopeful about the nation’s economic meltdown, cashed in on its recent awards nominations in its limited box office debut this weekend, taking in $720,000 from just eight theaters.
That’s an impressive $90,035 per-theater average for the dark comedy, which was directed and co-written by Adam McKay and nominated for Best Comedy by the Golden Globes on Thursday. That was one day after the cast, topped by Brad Pitt, Steve Carell, Christian Bale and Ryan Gosling, was nominated for best ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Opening weekend audiences gave the R-rated “The Big Short” an “A” CinemaScore, which was in line with the critics, who have it at 86 percent positive on Rotten Tomatoes.

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