LGBTQ Critics Vote J.Lo, Billy Porter, “Cats” Among Best of 2019
GALECA, which is comprised of 260 primarily U.S. journalists who cover film and television, named the winners of its 2019 Dorian Awards, which recognize TV, movies, and talent in both mainstream and LGBTQ-focused categories.
Leading the acting categories, Renée Zellweger won Film Performance of the Year—Actress for Judy and Antonio Banderas won Film Performance of the Year—Actor for Pain and Glory. Hustlers star Jennifer Lopez edged out stiff competition to win Film Performance of the Year—Supporting Actress.
FX's Pose topped the TV Drama and LGBTQ TV Show categories for the second year; star Billy Porter also won again for TV Performance of the Year—Actor.
Among GALECA's trademark categories, Booksmart won Unsung Film of the Year, The Other Two won Unsung TV Show of the Year, Cats won Campy Flick of the Year, and The Politician won Campy TV Show of the Year. LGBTQ Film of the Year went to Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
Lady Gaga, specially honored as Wilde Artist of the Decade, also won TV Musical Performance of the Year for her Oscars performance of "Shallow" with A Star Is Born co-star Bradley Cooper.
Fleabag creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who won TV Comedy of the Year and TV Performance of the Year—Actress, was also named Wilde Wit of the Year, which honors a celebrity "whose observations both challenge and amuse."
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite scored five big wins, including Film of the Year.
"GALECA members strive to determine the best cinematic experiences through the distinct LGBTQ lens, and this year was particularly rich in options," said GALECA president Diane Anderson-Minshall, editorial director of The Advocate. “Yet when director Bong Joon-ho's Parasite practically swept our awards roster with five wins, I was not surprised. The dynamic, darkly comic drama about a poor family conniving to live the good life speaks to the times we live in, with vivid commentary on class, inequity and even climate change. Parasite is a perfect film for the Trump era."
GALECA, established in 2009 as a core member of CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, "aims to generate camaraderie and solidarity in an unsettling media environment, champion constructive film and television criticism and elevate the craft of entertainment journalism," according to an official statement. "Via panels, screenings and our annual Dorian Awards, GALECA also strives to remind at-risk youth, bullies and bigots that the world looks to the Q eye for leads on great, unique movies and TV."
As previously announced, Olivia Wilde, first-time director of Booksmart, will receive a special honor as Wilde Artist of the Year at GALECA’s invite-only Dorian Awards Winners Toast, held February 2 in Los Angeles.
Find a full list of 2019 Dorian Award nominees and winners (noted by asterisks) below.
Film of the Year
Hustlers
Little Women
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Pain and Glory
*Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Director of the Year
Pedro Almodovar, Pain and Glory
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
*Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Sam Mendes, 1917
Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Film Performance of the Year—Actress
Awkwafina, The Farewell
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Alfre Woodard, Clemency
*Renée Zellweger, Judy
Film Performance of the Year—Actor
*Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Taron Egerton, Rocketman
Film Performance of the Year—Supporting Actress
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Florence Pugh, Little Women
*Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
Film Performance of the Year—Supporting Actor
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
*Song Kang-ho, Parasite
LGBTQ Film of the Year
Booksmart
End of the Century
Pain and Glory
*Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Rocketman
Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Atlantics
Pain and Glory
*Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
The Farewell
Screenplay of the Year
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
*Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won, Parasite
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Rian Johnson, Knives Out
Documentary of the Year
American Factory
Apollo 11
For Sama
*Honeyland
One Child Nation
LGBTQ Documentary of the Year
Circus of Books
Gay Chorus Deep South
The Gospel of Eureka
5B
*Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
Visually Striking Film of the Year (tie)
Midsommar
*1917
The Lighthouse
Parasite
*Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Unsung Film of the Year
*Booksmart
Her Smell
Gloria Bell
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Waves
Campy Flick of the Year
*Cats
Greta
Knives Out
Ma
Serenity
TV Drama of the Year
Chernobyl
Euphoria
*Pose
Succession
Unbelievable
TV Comedy of the Year
*Fleabag
The Other Two
PEN15
Russian Doll
Schitt’s Creek
TV Performance of the Year—Actor
Bill Hader, Barry
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
*Billy Porter, Pose
Jeremy Strong, Succession
TV Performance of the Year—Actress
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
Mj Rodriguez, Pose
*Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
LGBTQ TV Show of the Year
Euphoria
The Other Two
*Pose
Schitt’s Creek
Tales of the City
Unsung TV Show of the Year
Gentleman Jack
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
*The Other Two
PEN15
Years and Years
TV Current Affairs Show of the Year
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
The Rachel Maddow Show
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
*Leaving Neverland
TV Musical Performance of the Year
*Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, “Shallow,” The 91st Academy Awards
Lizzo, "Truth Hurts,” VMAs 2019
Megan Mullally, “The Man That Got Way,” Will & Grace
Annie Murphy, “A Little Bit Alexis,” Schitt’s Creek
Michelle Williams, “Who’s Got the Pain?,” Fosse/Verdon
Campy TV Show of the Year
American Horror Story: 1984
Big Little Lies
RuPaul’s Drag Race
*The Politician
Riverdale
The "We’re Wilde About You!" Rising Star Award
Roman Griffin Davis
Kaitlyn Dever
Beanie Feldstein
*Florence Pugh
Hunter Schafer
Wilde Wit of the Year
Dan Levy
Billy Porter
Randy Rainbow
Taika Waititi
*Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Wilde Artist of the Decade (special accolade)
*Lady Gaga
Greta Gerwig
Ryan Murphy
Billy Porter
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Timeless Star (career achievement award)
*Catherine O’Hara
