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A-ha! I have been dying to make that gif ever since I first saw The Favourite and this seems like the perfect opportunity -- last Friday the critics guild I'm a member of, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, announced their nominations for their annual Dorian Awards, I posted them right here. Well today we've announced our esteemed winners and I think we did pretty darn great! The Favourite took our "Film of the Year" prize while Olivia Colman took Best Actress, while Can You Ever Forgive Me? took our "LGBTQ Film of the Year" award and Richard E. Grant took Best Supporting Actor from the same. 

All fine choices, and they don't stop there -- we also rallied around the great Schitt's Creek as both our "TV Comedy of the Year" and our "Unsung TV Show of the Year" prizes, AND we found room to honor Annihilation to boot! Huzzah for all that. To read all of our winners hit the jump where I'll share the whole list...

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

Name 10th Dorian Award Winners

Tuesday, January 8, 2019 (Hollywood, CA)  GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, comprised of over 200 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally entertainment journalists in the U.S., Canada, Australia and U.K., has announced its 10th Dorian Award winners across 26 TV and film categories. Select GALECA winners and nominees will be celebrated at the group’s freewheeling Winners Toast this Saturday, January 12, an invitation-only party at the Paley restaurant in Hollywood’s historic Columbia Square. Frank DeCaro, of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and SiriusXM’s The Frank DeCaro Show fame, will be the master of ceremonies. 

The Favourite lived up to its title with GALECA’s Dorian Award voters, who named the cheeky historical romp Film of the Year and bestowed its star, Olivia Colman, with the Film Performance of the Year—Actress tiara for her biting turn as Queen Anne. The sumptuous movie treat also scored Screenplay of the Year honors for Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara. 

Alfonso Cuarón, writer and helmer of Roma, the drama of a privileged family and their tragedy-stricken maid in 1970s Mexico City, was chosen Director of the Year, while the film itself was deemed the Foreign Language Film of the Year. Ethan Hawke took Film Performance of the Year—Actor for his work as a priest on the verge of madness in director Paul Schrader’s First Reformed. In supporting film performance categories, the winners were Regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk and Richard E. Grant for Can You Ever Forgive Me? The latter film, the fact-based dark comedy about a struggling New York writer who turns to forgery, was named GALECA’s Dorian Award winner for LGBTQ Film of the Year. 

In documentary categories, the biographical tributes Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and McQueen proved triumphant. As for GALECA’s unique category winners: The sci-fi hit Annihilation struck as Visually Striking Film of the Year; the female heist thriller Widows rallied as Unsung Film of the Year; and A Simple Favor, an outrageous mystery starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, nabbed the Society’s affectionate Campy Flick of the Year honor. 

Over on the TV side, FX’s Pose and Pop’s Schitt’s Creek both scored big with GALECA members. Pose—a drama set against the lively streets of New York City circa 1979—stood as TV Drama of the Year and LGBTQ Drama of the Year, also also helped its producer, Ryan Murphy, to his second Dorian Award win for Wilde Artist of the Year (Murphy is the first person to win this title twice in GALECA’s 10-year history). Pose’s star, Billy Porter, took two Dorians—one for TV Performance of the Year—Actor and a shared win with his costars MJ Rodriguez and Our Lady J for their moving rendition of “Home” on the series. 

Creek meanwhile, took TV Comedy of the Year as well as Unsung TV Comedy. Full Frontal With Samantha Bee impressed as TV Current Affairs Show of the Year for the third year in a row. Campy TV Show champ: RuPaul’s Drag Race. 

Awkwafina, the rapper turned breakout star of the hit comedy film Crazy Rich Asians, was crowned GALECA’s “We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star. Fresh-faced Australian comic Hannah Gadsby, who made a mark with her own well-received Netflix special last year, was named Wilde Wit of the Year. 

Harvey Fierstein was the group’s latest choice for Timeless Star, the group’s career achievement award. Previous recipients include Jane Fonda, Dame Angela Lansbury and Sir Ian McKellen. 

GALECA 2018/19 DORIAN AWARDS 

Film of the Year

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

THE FAVOURITE * (FOX SEARCHLIGHT)

If Beale Street Could Talk

Roma

A Star is Born

Director of the Year

(Film or Television)

ALFONSO CUARÓN, ROMA * (NETFLIX)

Marielle Heller, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk

Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite

Spike Lee, Blackkklansman

Film Performance of the Year — Actress

Yalitza Aparicio, Roma

Toni Collette, Hereditary

OLIVIA COLMAN, THE FAVOURITE * (FOX SEARCHLIGHT)

Lady Gaga, A Star is Born

Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Film Performance of the Year — Actor

Christian Bale, Vice

Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born

ETHAN HAWKE, FIRST REFORMED * (A24)

Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

John David Washington, Blackkklansman

Film Performance of the Year — Supporting Actress

Elizabeth Debicki, Widows

REGINA KING, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK * (ANNAPURNA PICTURES)

Emma Stone, The Favourite

Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Michelle Yeoh, Crazy Rich Asians

Film Performance of the Year — Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali, Green Book

Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy

Sam Elliott, A Star is Born

RICHARD E. GRANT, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? * (FOX SEARCHLIGHT)

Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther

LGBTQ Film of the Year ***

Boy Erased

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? * (FOX SEARCHLIGHT)

Disobedience

The Favourite

Love, Simon

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Burning

Capernaum

Cold War

ROMA * (NETFLIX)

Shoplifters

Screenplay of the Year

Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade

Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

DEBORAH DAVIS AND TONY MCNAMARA, THE FAVOURITE * (FOX SEARCHLIGHT)

Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me? 

Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk

Documentary of the Year

Free Solo

RBG

Shirkers

Three Identical Strangers

WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? * (FOCUS FEATURES)

LGBTQ Documentary of the Year

The Gospel According to Andre

MCQUEEN * (BLEECKER STREET MEDIA)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Studio 54

Whitney

Visually Striking Film of the Year

ANNIHILATION * (PARAMOUNT)

Black Panther

The Favourite

If Beale Street Could Talk

Roma

Unsung Film of the Year

Colette

Disobedience

The Happy Prince

Tully

We the Animals

WIDOWS * (20TH CENTURY FOX)

Campy Flick of the Year

Aquaman

Book Club

Mama Mia! Here We Go Again

A SIMPLE FAVOR * (LIONSGATE)

Suspiria

TV Drama of the Year

American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace

The Handmaid’s Tale

Homecoming

Killing Eve

POSE * (FX)

TV Comedy of the Year

Barry

GLOW

The Good Place

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

SCHITT'S CREEK * (POP)

TV Performance of the Year — Actor

Darren Criss, American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace

HUGH GRANT, A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL

BILLY PORTER, POSE * (FX)

MATTHEW RHYS, THE AMERICANS

BEN WHISHAW, A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL

TV Performance of the Year — Actress

Amy Adams, Sharp Objects

Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Jodie Comer, Killing Eve

SANDRA OH, KILLING EVE * (BBC AMERICA)

Julia Roberts, Homecoming

LGBTQ TV Show of the Year 

A Very English Scandal
American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Killing Eve
POSE * (FX)
Queer Eye

Unsung TV Show of the Year ***

The Bisexual
Dear White People
The Good Fight
One Day at a Time
SCHITT'S CREEK * (POP)

TV Current Affairs Show of the Year

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE * (TBS)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Rachel Maddow Show

TV Musical Performance of the Year

Adam Lambert, “Believe,” 41st Kennedy Center Honors

BILLY PORTER, MJ RODRIGUEZ AND OUR LADY J, “HOME”, POSE * (FX)

Noah Reid, “Simply the Best,” Schitt’s Creek

Keala Settle, “This is Me,” 90th Academy Awards

Sufjan Stevens, “Mystery of Love,” 90th Academy Awards

Campy TV Show of the Year

American Horror Story: Apocalypse

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Queer Eye

Riverdale

RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE * (VH1, LOGO)

The "We’re Wilde About You!" Rising Star Award

AWKWAFINA *

Elsie Fisher

Henry Golding

Indya Moore

MJ Rodriguez

Wilde Wit of the Year

(Honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)

Samantha Bee

HANNAH GADSBY *

Kate McKinnon

John Oliver

Michelle Wolf

Wilde Artist of the Year

(Honoring a truly groundbreaking force in film, stage and/or television)

Bradley Cooper

Hannah Gadsby

Lady Gaga

Nicole Kidman

RYAN MURPHY *

Timeless Star

(Given to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit)

HARVEY FIERSTEIN

ABOUT GALECA

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics sponsors the Dorian Awards, honoring the best in film and television. The nonprofit group counts over 200 active critics and journalists writing for legitimate media outlets in the United States, Canada, Australia and the U.K. GALECA aims to generate camaraderie and solidarity in an unsettling media environment, champion constructive criticism and elevate the craft of entertainment journalism. Via panels, screenings and the annual Dorian Awards Winners Toast, GALECA also strives to remind at-risk youth, bullies and bigots that our Q-munity has a rich history of putting great and unique entertainment on everyone’s radar. After all, how would the world fare without knowing what's campy? Keep in touch via GALECA.org, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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