As you can see in this photo, 1994 was a confusing time—you were either going to go full grunge, or you were white knuckling onto your '80s fashion sensibilities. Let's go back for a moment: Bill Clinton was in office, Schindler's List would practically sweep the Oscars, Woodstock '94 would deliver us the gift that was Trent Reznor covered in mud playing Closer (revisit now, we'll wait), Pearl Jam would go after Ticketmaster, Jeff Buckley would release his full-length studio album Grace, ice hockey would become Canada's official winter sport (what was it before, curling?), and Kurt Cobain would be found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound just 16 days after this photo was taken.
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Flashback: A Day In The Life Of A NYC Band, 1994
The Cinecultist's Weekly Movie Picks: Listening In Edition
There's two majorly horrific films coming out this weekend, though only some of the frights are intentional. Gaspard Ulliel seemed like such a nice boy in . Personally the "Jack Sprat" jokes seems a little tired but maybe seeing the comedian act with himself and poor Thandie Newton in various, vaguely offensive stereotypes is your thing.
The Cinecultist's Weekly Movie Picks: Shaken Not Stirred Edition
Yeesh, there sure are a lot of new movies out this weekend. Choose wisely and you will be well rewarded.
Julianne Nicholson and Justin Kirk, Actors
Justin Kirk: We were in Pennsylvania for four days or something like that.
Emmy Nominations 2004: BORING
Gothamist doesn't know why we bothered with the 2005 Emmy Nominations because they were boring, except that we're ruthless TV watchers and awards show fiends, so we're painted into the corner. The actors, actresses, and programs nominated were all fine and very talented, but it's the same crew every year! James Gandolfini...Allison Janney...The West Wing...Will & Grace - which wasn't even as good as the subpar non-nominated Friends this past season...four writing nominations for the Sopranos...blah blah blah. David Chase has a death grip on the Academy, even with Cousin Tony! This is almost as bad as when Helen Hunt and Candice Bergen would...keep...winning...even after their characters and shows lost steam seasons ago. There was even a posthumous nomination for John Ritter! Yes, he's a great comic talent, but come on. There needs to be a way for newer shows to get their feet in the door, like Nip/Tuck, The Gilmore Girls, The O.C., and Scrubs. But here are some nominations we were happy about:
SAG Nominees Announced
In the television category, kudos to our favorite cops and lawyers for getting an ensemble acting nomination. Also, Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order SVU was nominated for lead actress in a drama. And while snubbed for a Golden Globe, our friend Justin Kirk was nominated for best actor in a TV movie for his amazing work in Angels America; Al Pacino, Jeffrey Wright, Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker, and Emma Thompson were also nominated for their roles in Angels. To bring it full circle, Ben Shenkman, who also starred in Angels, played the defendant's lawyer on Law & Order last night.
Previously on Gothamist
Plus our super scientific rules for what not to do when you blog. And the week in full.
Justin Kirk
You can see Part 1 of Angels in America all this week and next. Part 2 airs on Sunday at 8PM. And Gothamist on the rave reviews of Angels in America.
Angels in America This Sunday
Variety's Todd McCarthy: "Fully capturing the grandeur, extravagance, urgency, poetry and humor of the produced play, the savvy veteran director [Nichols]has brought out an elemental dimension of emotional melodrama that makes the piece compulsive screen fare without subtracting one bit from its status as great theater."
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