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Austin Butler won GG and BAFTA. Brendan won SAG and Critics Choice. "Elvis" had 8 Oscar nominations. "The Whale" wasn't even nominated for "Best Picture." Brendan wasn't the unanimous favorite. His Oscar win was simply the flip side of his GG loss. But his sentimental journey is over now. As for Best Actress: https://variety.com/feature/2024-oscars-best-actress-predictions-1235678121/

Lily Gladstone won the GG for Drama. She will win the Oscar. The upset last year was in Best Actor.

Re: Cillian Murphy. Never before have I read such a negative description of his stunning bone structure and complexion, never mind his eyes, nor his being referred to as some nameless "lead actor." Re: "[P]aired with and compared to 'Oppenheimer'." This was a deliberate move by Margot Robbie as producer: https://www.slashfilm.com/1463132/oppenheimer-producer-margot-robbie-movie-barbie-release/ She made a bad bet, as it turned out. Re: "Best Animated" team's absence. Attendance might have struck them as unseemly, given their acceptance message: https://deadline.com/2024/01/the-boy-and-the-heron-wins-golden-globe-for-best-motion-picture-animated-1235697769/

I guess Brendan is still miffed he lost the 2023 GG to Austin Butler.

I'm pretty sure it was a legal wedding, and that no way in Hades is any split going to be "highly publicized," at least not on the network that wants us to not stop believin'! I'm also pretty darn certain that not one person in attendance was "embarrassed" to be so. There's no crying in baseball, and there's no embarrassment in Bachelor Nation! This is REALITY TELEVISION. Publicity, commercials, interviews, articles, sequels, prequels, anniversaries, major events, and home visits are not tangential, not "milking"; they ARE the genre, the definition, the irreducible quantity. Jeopardy's Ken Jennings parlayed his wins into the esteemed hosting gig (and being a "Master Mind"), and nobody gives him grief. Athletes become TV show hosts in non-sports categories; is Jesse Palmer to be criticized? Perfumes, clothing lines, cookware, etc.---so many entertainment figures "branch out" of their niche both to make money and to stay in the public's eye with nary a peep of opprobrium. 🤫 So if in their 70s Gerry and Theresa want another grab at the brass ring of happiness and are willing to risk the slings and arrows of viewers of their Reality Show Merry-Go-Round, good for them. 🎠 🤞 Would I do it? Never! 🤪 But I also didn't change the channel. 😉

Get ready for Season 11 of "MAFS: AUS"! https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/25268172/married-at-first-sight-australia-cast/ https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/perths-chosen-singles-to-star-in-season-11-of-popular-aussie-dating-show-married-at-first-sight-revealed-c-13134953

A source for your comment: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/12/can-jews-go-to-heaven-vatican-reconfirms-yes.html Luckily for me, I'm a proverbial "lapsed Catholic"! 😉 But I am a great admirer of Pope Francis, who, by this declaration, is hoping to remove any vestiges of anti-Semitism (aka, the doctrine of "forced conversion") from the faith. But apparently the concepts of Heaven and Hell differ between Catholicism and Judaism. "I don't believe we've met. You are....? St. Peter? May I call you 'Pete'? I'm familiar with gated communities, but I kind of expected to arrive....well, nowhere, really. Or at least some place darker, given my behavior, you shouldn't ask. There's so much bright light here! I wasn't ready for....where am I, again? Heaven? Do you mean The Villages?"

Christianity is Christianity, not simply a moral code of ethics (NTTAWWT). I'd say more, but IMO there lies madness!

Not Gerry’s father. He wasn't able to be there: https://screenrant.com/the-golden-bachelor-wedding-who-is-gerry-turners-dad-not-at-wedding/ This article describes two wedding cakes. Were we shown them?

The Day After: Golden Bachelor newlyweds seen taking a romantic stroll https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12931939/Golden-Bachelor-newlyweds-Gerry-Turner-Theresa-Nist-romantic-stroll.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton

Back in the day, Kathy got riled at Theresa for the latter's TMI about her early "connection" with Gerry. Turns out both women knew right away that it was so. ⚡😍 💍 Susan? Tone down the ABC hosting audition. Kathy's doing it better. 🎤 📺 Leslie? No regrets, girlfriend. You'll always have your Prince. 😉 🎸 Joey? Oh, Baby, I'll be there! (Why, he's practically my Homie, being from only two counties away!) 🥰 😄 🌹

Not quite sure what "Southern elegance" means, but I also am not quite sure what "carnival" means here, either. Re: Treesa's gown. I've opined on how the "Virginal Bride" look was completely wrong, given that the entire premise was how love could yet be found the second time around, so about the "Mermaid" style in particular: Not a good look for any actual human. An off-white "body-con" dress of "day length" would have shown Theresa's fit frame just fine.

What? No "spontaneous" Groomsmen Dance?! No Removal of the Bridal Garter?! No "cute children" cavorting?! No faces smeared with wedding cake?! No staggering Drunken Uncles?! No cringe-worthy speech by the Best Man?! Such a lack of dignity, I'm tellin' yas! Oh, not Theresa. Nope. 😉🤑

Call me Ms. Trash, because those perks sound pretty dang sweet to me! (Free trip to Italy? Yes, please!) I trust you didn't watch any weddings of the British Royal Family? 😆😆😆

I truly do not understand this comment, if you refer strictly to Theresa and Gerry. Yes, there were some nervous laughs on the bride's part, and Gerry’s vows were a bit too "Season recap," but I thought the vows part was otherwise pretty on point. Hey, at least we didn't get Stripper Couture as many modern wedding gowns resemble.

Mes amis! We are gathered here tonight to witness the marriage of Gerry (Indiana!), Widower Extraordinaire, and his Treesa, She of the Calming Hand and Head for Finance. A joint venture of Reality TV, by Reality TV, and for Reality TV. Thus, by the power invested in ABC, commercials will be shown, family will speak on camera, the Unchosen will "smile," and the Officiant will do Improv. God bless us, everyone.

This is one of the most beautiful wedding ceremonies I've ever seen. Yes, there were commercial breaks, but I think the main event easily supersedes.

People in formal attire. Stringed instruments in accompaniment. Cocktails at white-cloth-topped tables. Beautiful serene setting. Such a spectacle!

Aging happens....if one is lucky. Denigrating it isn't an attractive trait at any age. I thought Theresa looked absolutely fabulous in that white outfit that showed off her amazing legs.

MAJOR FAUX PAS to propose or announce a pregnancy at another's wedding. Really bad form, ABC.

What's so "sad" about this wedding? And as for its being a "spectacle," as one who got married in a courthouse, I think many "normal" weddings might qualify. It is no secret that Reality TV pays all its participants. It's become a career path. I have a feeling Jesse and his wife probably have agreed on his whereabouts. "Bread and circuses"? Um, TV isn't a new invention. I DO have one criticism: NO WAY should Treesa be decked out like a never-been-married bride!

I hope Cameron finds himself a lovely Kiwi cyclist!

Both Becca and Austin sound ignorant of the religions being discussed.

I think what we see will be a real marriage ceremony. They each could have continued dating on their own without this show. This isn't "MAFS: Australia," and Gerry and Theresa aren't whatever generation is in their 20s now. Catholic Treesa isn't going to merely, as we used to say, shack up with Gerry, nope, not having included her entire family in this televised venture. They will marry. They will honeymoon in fabulous Italy. They will move to and establish a home in SC. They (and families) will be filmed. They have tasted ABC's bread, and will want to keep it buttered. In short, Gerry and Theresa Turner will (aim to) become our Golden Ryan and Trista Sutter. https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/golden-bachelor-gerry-turner-theresa-nist-share-wedding-details-admit-fantasy-suite-everything

Would you call a McDonald's franchise owner "a fry cook mostly of a greasy spoon" (a term usually referring to a diner, anyway)? And if Gerry were a fry cook, or later a janitor, is there some unworthiness attached to these jobs? I get the "lies" accusations, but there seems also to be an implied denigration here. In any case, here is what seems to be the reality of Gerry’s varied career history. Irony Alert: Mr. Fell in Love So Soon's restaurant was Mr. Quick. https://www.tvinsider.com/1107927/golden-bachelor-gerry-turner-career-fast-food-mr-quick-golds-gym/