Movies For Grownups Lifetime Achievement Awards Recipient Shirley MacLaine and Presenter Kathy Bates Photo:AARP Movies for Grownups |
AARP The Magazine’s 18th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards were held this week in Beverly Hills, celebrating 2018’s standout films with unique appeal to movie lovers with a grownup state of mind and recognizing the inspiring artists who make them.
Co-produced by the PBS Great Performances series, the Movies for Grownups Awards will be broadcast on Friday, February 15 at 9:00 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) and will stream the following day on pbs.org/moviesforgrownups and PBS apps.
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Hosted by actor and comedian Martin Short, the star-studded awards ceremony included a touching tribute to Career Achievement Award honoree Shirley MacLaine. Other highlights of the evening included a special appearance by Michael Douglas, who presented his Fatal Attraction co-star Glenn Close with Best Actress honors for her role in The Wife; Mahershala Ali who handed his co-star Viggo Mortensen the Best Actor award for Green Book; and Spike Lee received a standing ovation when he was awarded Best Director by actor Topher Grace, one of the stars of BlacKkKlansman.
The complete list of the 18th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards Winners:
Career Achievement: Shirley MacLaine
Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups: Green Book
Best Actress: Glenn Close (The Wife)
Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Best Supporting Actress: Judi Dench (All Is True)
Best Supporting Actor: Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Best Director: Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Best Screenwriter: Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Best Ensemble: Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Grownup Love Story: What They Had
Best Intergenerational Film: Mary Poppins Returns
Best Foreign Film: Roma
Readers’ Choice: A Star Is Born
Best Time Capsule: If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Documentary: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
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