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Presenting The 2020 Juno Awards Nominations

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The nominations for the Canadian Juno Awards were recently revealed and this marks the second straight year that I have included this particular rundown in our context of such reports here on “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken”. While we might be a US based entertainment medium, we’ve long appreciated a number of Canadian artists and gladly help their awards celebrate the best of the best as viewed by their committee. Let’s take a look shall we? Don’t worry, I’ll be returning down at the close with some final opinion.

Artist of the Year:
Shawn Mendes
Bryan Adams
Alessia Cara
Tory Lanez
Jessie Reyez

Group of the Year:
Loud Luxury
88Glam
Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine
The Reklaws
Walk Off the Earth
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Nominees For The 73rd British Academy Film Awards

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Last year, I added the rundown from the British Academy Film Awards to the context of our awards show listings. They are generally referred to as the BAFTA’s and the nominees for the 73rd Annual presentation were recently announced. Let’s take a look down below.

Best Film:
1917 – Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes and Jayne-Ann Tenggren
The Irishman – Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Martin Scorsese and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Joker – Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino
Parasite – Bong Joon-ho and Kwak Sin-ae

Best Direction:
Sam Mendes – 1917
Bong Joon-ho – Parasite
Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Todd Phillips – Joker
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