2019 Hollywood Film Awards

Lol, THE awards everyone's looking forward to! (Mainly because they clearly indicate which studios are willing to pay for which movies and in which categories)

We can write off who wins best actress. It's like a variation of pay it forward

I expected Erivo and Egerton to get something. LaBeouf is a surprise. It's not like Wilde will get anything major for "Booksmart" but if Clint's movie is a hit and if she has a meaty role in it as some suggested (from the trailer, it didn't seem so), these can help her narrative.

BONG BONG BONG!

Does that mean The Irishman wins Best Picture? Can’t they just give their awards normal names?

I don't really think any of those 4 need it; although, I guess Banderas could use the visibility since he doesn't seem locked like the other three do. 

I guess it gives them all exposure, and shows that Netflix means business again, but usually the acting "winners" don't really have much chance at winning the actual Oscar. So I hope this doesn't end up being a curse for them. 

Yeah, I'm just being superstitious. I know that the HFA isn't really cursed, but usually the "winners" just happen to be people who have no chance to win or even be nominated in a lot of cases.

It just depends on what studios are willing to shell out the most money for which projects.

For actor, I guess Banderas makes a lot of sense since Taron Egerton is already getting Breakout Actor. I can't see Phoenix or DiCaprio wanting to go to this, and Driver is filming and has Star Wars coming out so he doesn't really need the exposure either. Netflix could have went with another one of their actors, but I don't think they wanted to do that because Driver is their main push in the category. I guess Disney could have bought it for Bale or Damon or both, but they're probably just worried now about breaking even with it.  

For actress, it makes sense too. in previous years, I think Amazon definitely would have bought it for Felicity Jones, but it seems like this year that they've sort of given up too. I guess they spent too much at Sundance, and then Late Night ended up flopping on top of that. Erivo is already receiving Breakout Actress, so she's covered. Lionsgate I guess could have, but maybe they didn't want to feel like they were picking Theron over Robbie, or that their resources could be better used elsewhere. STX probably doesn't have the money to spend on Wu and/or Lopez. I don't know how much A24 is going to do this year since last year they really didn't do much. Finally, Universal and Sony have other contenders too, so they're probably rather invest in 1917 and OUAIH over Us and Little Women. 

For supporting actor, I guess this is a pretty smart move by Netflix. It shows who their main push is going to be, and hopefully leads to pundits and voters really going all in on the narrative as to why Pacino only has one Oscar. 

Same with supporting actress for Netflix. It cuts off Fox Searchlight giving exposure to Johansson in another category for something that isn't Marriage Story. It also cuts off Robbie and Lopez early on, and similar to Pacino, hopefully gets pundits and voters really questioning why Dern isn't an Oscar winner yet. 

I don't think she's a lock or anything, but she's the strongest of the 4, yes.