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Lady Gaga’s awards season has begun!
The NYFCC named Benedict Cumberbatch best actor and Kodi Smit-McPhee best supporting actor for their movieThe Power of the Dog, now streaming on Netflix. Kathryn Hunter won best supporting actress forThe Tragedy of Macbeth.
Power of the Dogalso was acknowledged for best director, Jane Campion. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debutThe Lost Daughterwon best first film. Paul Thomas Anderson’sLicorice Pizzawon best screenplay.
House of Guccireviews saw Gaga praised as a standout, with critics calling her performance “tremendous fun and ultimately touching” as well as noting that she “has a born actress’s gift for letting you read her emotions while holding a nugget of mystery in check.”
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Gaga recentlytoldThe New York Timesthat working with director Ridley Scott onHouse of Gucciwasunparalleled, praising the directorfor his collaborative approach to filmmaking.
“I have to say this, Ridley: There’s not a lot of men that are directors who would empower a woman to be ugly on camera,” Gaga said. “When I aged and had scenes where I was in this embarrassing, desperate state, he embraced the ugliness of this character and that should be commended, because it is ugly to be disposed of for your looks, it is ugly to be left for a younger woman.”
She added, “So I appreciate that Ridley took something that was sort of a ‘sexy murder’ and he let it be ugly.”
House of Gucciis now playing in theaters.
source: people.com
