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The Nominees
AACTA announces its illustrious line-up of presenters, performers and guests.
Acclaimed actor and AACTA president Russell Crowe, Oscar®, BAFTA, and AACTA Award winning director Baz Luhrmann , AACTA Award Winner and Emmy Nominated Succession star Sarah Snook, and comedian Rebel Wilson are among the galaxy of Australian stars presenting at this year’s AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel Group.
Joining them on stage for the ceremony on Wednesday, December 8, are screen icons Sam Neill (Rams), Rachel Griffiths (Total Control), Jack Thompson (High Ground), Marta Dusseldorf (Wentworth), brothers Stephen and Bernard Curry , Phoebe Tonkin (Bloom) director Taika Waititi and the creator of The Newsreader, Michael Lucas**.**
Crowe said: “There’s no doubt it’s been a tough time – for our industry and the world at large. The 2021 AACTAs offer us the opportunity to come together and recognise those who have worked so hard and produced such high-quality entertainment for people at a time when they needed it most.”
Also featuring in what is sure to be a night of stellar entertainment at the iconic Sydney Opera House, will be musical performances from Lime Cordiale, Baker Boy and Steve Kilbey.
Lime Cordiale’s latest single, Apple Crumble, is a collaboration between the popular pop rock band and actor Idris Elba, who will feature in their performance at the Ceremony in a world-first exclusive.
Also performing at the ceremony is rapper, dancer, artist and actor Danzal Bake r --aka Baker Boy-- whose debut album Gela is out now.
Celebrating the lives of the entertainers and creatives who have died in the past year, singer Steve Kilbey will perform a solo acoustic version of The Church classic Under the Milky Way during the In Memoriam section of the broadcast. Named one of the most Australian songs of all time in Triple M’s Ozzest 100, and heard in the movie, The Dry, Kilbey has only performed this unique and haunting version of his 1988 hit a handful of times.
Other Australian screen stars attending include: Eric Bana, Deborah Mailman, Stephen Peacocke, Matt Nable, Nakkiah Lui, Simon Baker, Eliza Scanlen, Bojana Novakovic, Michelle Lim-Davidson, Toby Leonard Moore, Susie Youssef, Dave Hughes, Courtney Act, Celia Pacquola, Shane Jacobson, Amanda Keller, and Tom Gleeson.
The 2021 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel Group ceremony will be broadcast on its new home, Channel 10 at 7.30pm on Wednesday, December 8, and encored in the days following on FOX ARENA on FOXTEL, BINGE, and AACTA TV.
The 2021 AACTA Awards Wednesday 8 December at 7.30pm on 10 and 10 Play on Demand
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2021 AACTA Audience Choice Awards
Your votes are in! AACTA is thrilled to announce the nominees for the Audience Choice Awards.
Today, the Australian Academy of Cinema Television Arts (AACTA) is delighted to announce the top five nominees for the 2021 Audience Choice Awards. Now in its second year, Audience Choice Awards allows the viewing public the opportunity to vote for their favourite actors, films and TV shows from the past year.
Following an online poll, five nominees in seven categories including Favourite Actor (both male and female), Favourite Film and Favourite Television Drama have been determined. The winners will be announced at the 2021 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel Group Ceremony, on Wednesday December 8 in addition to the peer-voted awards.
And the nominees are:
Favourite Actor
Eric Bana (The Dry)
Asher Keddie (Nine Perfect Strangers)
Deborah Mailman (Total Control)
Celia Pacquola (Rosehaven)
Pamela Rabe (Wentworth)
Favourite Television Drama
Clickbait – Netflix
Home and Away – Seven Network
Jack Irish – ABC
Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) – Seven Network
Wentworth – Foxtel
Favourite Film
A Sunburnt Christmas
The Dry
Mortal Kombat
Penguin Bloom
Peter Rabbit 2
Favourite Television Host
Carrie Bickmore – The Project – Network Ten
Hamish Blake – LEGO Masters Australia – Nine Network
Costa Georgiadis – Gardening Australia – ABC
Tom Gleeson – Hard Quiz – ABC
Adam Hills – Spicks and Specks – ABC
Favourite Competition Reality Show
Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn – Network Ten
The Block – Nine Network
LEGO Masters – Nine Network
MasterChef Australia – Network Ten
The Voice Australia – Seven Network
Favourite Digital Comedy Creator
Christian Hull
Jimmy Rees
Millie Ford
Sam Cotton
Sooshi Mango
Favourite Entertainment Show
Anh’s Brush with Fame – ABC
Bondi Rescue – Network Ten
Gardening Australia – ABC
Gogglebox Australia – Foxtel/Network Ten
Have You Been Paying Attention? – Network Ten
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The winners of the Industry Awards on Monday night seem good. Bluey wins Best Children’s Program, Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds wins Best Documentary/ Factual Program, while Fisk wins Best Narrative Comedy Program.
As for tonight’s “Main awards”, i hope that Ten do air a majority of the awards - for both film and television awards.
Looks like today’s main awards is a twilight event. The red carpet was held at the Sydney Opera House mid afternoon.
Guests had to wear mask inside while not on stage, as per NSW government’s COVID regulations.
This awards show is terrible. Amateur hour. Not remotely entertaining.
Tonight’s show is meant to be on the same level of presentation as BAFTA Awards.
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Did Ch10 cut out some of the awards. I’m sure I didn’t see the announcement of Anna Torv getting best actress in a drama or kitty Flanagan winning for Fisk.
Telecast finished at 9.28pm.
Good winners overall.
Nitram dominated the film awards, while The Newsreader dominated the television awards.
Some awards were cut from the telecast. Anna Torv winning Best Lead Actress was cut, as was William McInnes winning Best Supporting Actor. But most awards were shown.
I was disappointed They cut those. Weird choice to cut best actress as it is an important award I would have thought. I would have cut some of the reality show awards but what do you expect from a commercial network that has no scripted content In 2022 other than neighbours.
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I think Best Direction in Film (Justin Kurzel for Nitram) was also omitted from the telecast. It is also an important award.
Also not shown on TV were:
Best Entertainment Program (2021 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras - SBS)
Best Factual Entertainment Program (Love on the Spectrum)
Best Lifestyle Program (Grand Designs Australia)
Best Comedy Entertainment Program (Hard Quiz)
Best Miniseries or Telefeature (Fires)
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It’s quite ridiculous that they cut these awards from the telecast when these are some of the most recognisable people who are winning awards.
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Agree. Anna Torv and William McInnes are highly recognisable actors and should have been in the telecast.
Having 2 reality shows shown is too much for the telecast (Best Reality Program and the audience-voted Favourite Reality Program)
It doesn’t cut it when they are they doing so many “Favourite” awards now. It’s like they’re trying to replace the Logie Awards but not very well.
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Did they really need to get to Bull repeats that badly?
Nothing to do with 10, they’re just the FTA broadcaster and I daresay wouldn’t have had any or very little say in what was broadcast from the awards or not.
Also the first episode of Bull that aired last night was new, not a repeat but I take your point.
We know that AACTA’s never rate, which is probably why they’re back on 10.
Meanwhile, Josh and Laura Sambono were announced as the recipients of AACTA: Bite, a horror and genre film development initiative focusing on original horror or elevated genre feature film concepts.
They win $10,000 in development funds and an exclusive distribution deal with Monster Picture for their winning concept Drop Bears.