and best actor went to york in phoenix in joker. playing judy garland. best actor went to york in phoenix injoker. in my mind, the best performance was for the best score. as february slid into march, weaver given portrait of a lady on fire. it was about the female gaze for which she won the cannes best picture prize. with stunning performances from individuals, this was another bona fides masterpiece from the creator of girlhood, one of my favourite films of the 21st—century. it will seem to be going so well. and then, in the middle of march, lockdown came. cinemas around the uk closed their doors with no clear idea of when they would open again. i had been warning signs. at the beginning of march, producers of the bond movie no time to die had already been delayed, but they announced that the film's release would be delayed until november. at the time, this seemed drastic, but it soon became clear that this was the first ofa became clear that this was the first of a string of blockbusters that would not be hitting the big screen anytime soon. and so be

artists a song from a popular film from 1944, "have yourself a merry little christmas," sung by judy garland about a family forced to move from st. louis about her father's transfer to new york. her garland plays a song to younger sister two her about the move. unlike most christmas songs that are cheery but emotionally shallow, this song captures the pain and sacrificed so many families were enduring in that dreadful winter more than seven decades ago. although the war is not mentioned, it is a song uniquely ,uited to christmas 2020 overshadowed by death and grief and uncertainty. they write that as we enter the new year of 2020 with anticipation and hope, so did americans in 1944 watching the triumph of the allied armies in western france and the headlong retreat of the german army to the safety of the heavily fortified line on the french-german border. one can almost give credence to the hopeful post of some soldiers that they would be home by christmas." "that hope wass -- i the battle of the bulge which was fought just about the time audience was were seen meet me in st. louis. with ame

queen at live aid, the sex pistols in paris, judy garland?now, it was tucker carlson receiving a rock star's reception at the turning point usa summit earlier this month, here are some of the highlights from his spectacular speech. >> the first thing you need to know is it's actually happening. this is not -- your enemy as horrible as they are is not some crazed ideologue wearing black spray painting the statues, that person is loathsome and should be in jail, me, but your actual enemy as a person who's funding him and making that kind of behavior possible and is doing it for a very specific reason, to tear down the past, to destroy the past, and why did they want to destroy the past? when you destroy the past, you eliminate all reference points. you have no idea what came before you, you have no idea what normal is and you cannot understand the consequences of what's happening now if you can't look to the past and understand the consequences of the same behavior in another. the root of wisdom is knowing what happened before. that's the road

artists a song from a popular film from 1944, "have yourself a merry little christmas," sung by judy garlandut a family forced to move from st. louis about her father's transfer to new york. her garland plays a song to younger sister two her about the move. unlike most christmas songs that are cheery but emotionally shallow, this song captures the pain and sacrificed so many families were enduring in that dreadful winter more than seven decades ago. although the war is not mentioned, it is a song uniquely ,uited to christmas 2020 overshadowed by death and grief and uncertainty. they write that as we enter the new year of 2020 with anticipation and hope, so did americans in 1944 watching the triumph of the allied armies in western france and the headlong retreat of the german army to the safety of the heavily fortified line on the french-german border. one can almost give credence to the hopeful post of some soldiers that they would be home by christmas." "that hope wass -- i the battle of the bulge which was fought just about the time audience was were seen meet me in st. louis. with america

. >> i'm melancholy, i like judy garland, that's how melancholy. >> have yourself a merry little christmas has a tinge of melancholy. >> it's a beautiful song. >> lovely. >> moving on. spotify says people are getting into the holiday spirit early this year. by mid november spotify listeners had streamed 5 billion minutes of christmas music. let that sink in. wondering how to commemorate this crazy year. take a look at hilarious covid themed ornaments. santa wants to keep you and his friends at the north pole safe so he is wearing a mask. how about that. >> we like that. >> this next ornament will remind us how hard it was to find toilet paper in the pandemic. >> i don't know if i need that on my tree. >> everybody needs toilet paper. >> i need it in the cupboard, just not in the tree. >> unless it's halloween. hand sanitizer everywhere. why not a bottle on your christmas tree. a chicago boutique has a few ornaments celebrating the one, the only, dr. anthony fauci. >> okay. i thought it was going to be fauci on a couchy. >> i like that. >> other ornaments sum up 2020 in a few words. one rea

garland in judy. taking best actorfor his memorising performance in the divisivejoker. although for my money the best performance in that movie was given by icelandic composer hildur gudnadottir who rightly claimed the statuette for best score. then as february slid into march we were treated to the uk cinema release of portrait of a lady on fire. french film—maker and ra pturing manifesto about female gays which she had won the canne screenplay prize in 2019. with stunning performances and paintily visuals this was another bona fide masterpiece from the creator of girlhood one of my favourite films from the 21st century. it all seemed to be going so well and then in the middle of march lockdown came. and cinemas around the uk closed their doors with no clear idea of when they would open again. there had of course been warning signs. at the beginning of march the producers of the bond movie, no time to die which had already been delayed due to the departure of original director danny boyle announced t

significant wins this year included renee zellweger winning best actress for playing the divine miss garland in judy fire, french film—maker celine sciamma's enra pturing manifesto about the female gaze, for which she had won the cannes screenplay prize in 2019. with stunning performances and painterly visuals, this was another bona fide masterpiece from the creator of girlhood, one of my favourite films of the 21st century. it all seemed to be going so well, and then in the middle of march, lockdown came and cinemas around the uk closed their doors with no clear idea of when they would open again. there had, of course, been warning signs. at the beginning of march, the producers of the bond movie no time to die, which had already been delayed due to the departure of original director danny boyle, announced that the film's release would be pushed back to november. at the time, this seemed like a drastic move, but it soon became clear that bond was just the first of a string of blockbusters that wouldn't be hitting the big screen anytime soon. and so began the great home—viewing boom of 2020. # woke