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  • Michael Keaton wins Golden Globe for ‘Dopesick’

    Via ANI

    WASHINGTON: Actor Michael Keaton took house his 3rd Golden Globe Award. The superstar received the award for his position within the hit TV sequence ‘Dopesick’.

    The announcement was once made at the professional Twitter deal with of Golden Globes.

    “This was once a golden yr for tv movement footage however the #GoldenGlobe for Highest Actor — Restricted Sequence, Anthology Sequence or Tv Movement Image is going to @MichaelKeaton. Congratulations,” the tweet learn.

    The actor was once nominated towards Paul Bettany (WandaVision), Oscar Isaac (Scenes From a Marriage), Ewan McGregor (Halston) and Tahar Rahim (The Serpent).

    ‘Dopesick’, an eight-episode sequence directed through Barry Levinson, is in regards to the opioid epidemic in america.

    In line with the most efficient dealer through Beth Macy, the sequence tracks the start of the epidemic, particularly following Purdue Pharma, one of the crucial tough pharmaceutical firms of the arena, and the Sackler circle of relatives whose individuals invented OxyContin.

    ‘Dopesick’ objectives to unmask one of the most large companies that declare extra lives once a year in The usa, providing the imaginative and prescient of various teams suffering from the addition to this kind of medication, comparable to medical doctors, members of the family, shoppers, and representatives of the pharmaceutical trade.

    Keaton performs Samuel Finnix, a small-town Virginia physician who’s offered to the drug as a modern approach to assist his sufferers care for ache.

    Coming again to this yr’s Golden Globes, the nominations for the award rite have been introduced on December 13, 2021. More than a few media organisations together with US broadcaster NBC, and streaming giants like Netflix, Amazon and Warner Media are boycotting the rite over the Hollywood International Press Affiliation’s (HFPA) loss of motion to extend the club range of the organisation.

    The HFPA is protecting the rite in personal and the winners are being introduced on-line.