AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: ‘A Complete Unknown' Wins Best Picture
After delaying its awards ceremony for several weeks following the wildfires in Los Angeles, AARP the Magazine announced the winners of its annual Movies for Grownups Awards on Saturday, with A Complete Unknown going home as the big winner.
The show, hosted by Alan Cumming at the Beverly Wilshire, celebrates TV and film for older audiences, and this year also presented a career achievement award to Glenn Close. Though Conclave came into the ceremony with the most nominations, the film left empty handed. A Complete Unknown took best picture as Demi Moore and Adrien Brody won the top acting prizes, and Shogun was recognized as best TV series.
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Check out a full list of winners below:
A Complete Unknown (WINNER)ConclaveEmilia PérezGladiator IISeptember 5
Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)Demi Moore () (WINNER)June Squibb (Thelma)
Adrien Brody () (WINNER)Daniel Craig (Queer)Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)Jude Law (The Order)
Joan Chen () (WINNER)Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys)Lesley Manville (Queer)Connie Nielsen (Gladiator II)Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)Peter Sarsgaard () (WINNER)Stanley Tucci (Conclave)Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
Pedro Almodóvar (The Room Next Door)Jacques Audiard () (WINNER)Edward Berger (Conclave)James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)Ridley Scott (Gladiator II)
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Livecchi (Emilia Pérez)Jay Cocks and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox () (WINNER)Peter Straughan (Conclave)Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts (Dune: Part Two)
A Complete UnknownBeetlejuice, BeetlejuiceHis Three DaughtersSeptember 5Sing Sing (WINNER)
Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)Jodie Foster () (WINNER)Jean Smart (Hacks)Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the Building)Sofia Vergara (Griselda)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)Idris Elba (Hijack)Jon Hamm () (WINNER)Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)Hiroyuki Sanada (Shogun)
The CrownHacksPalm RoyaleShogun (WINNER)Slow Horses
DidiHereHis Three DaughtersThe Piano Lesson (WINNER)
A Complete Unknown (WINNER)The BrutalistHereMariaSeptember 5
I Am: Celine DionLuther: Never Too MuchPiece by PieceSuper/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (WINNER)Will & Harper
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