AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

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AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Current: 23rd AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Awarded forBest Movie for Audiences 50 and Older
CountryUnited States
Presented by AARP
First awarded2002;22 years ago (2002)
Website www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/

The AARP Movies for Grownups Awards are awards given out to "champion films made by and for grownups." [1] Given annually by the AARP, they began in 2002 with the goal of encouraging Hollywood to make more movies by and about people over the age of 50. [2] The first awards were announced in an issue of AARP the Magazine , before transitioning to an annual ceremony in 2006. Since 2018, the awards have been telecast throughout the United States on PBS.

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History

The first Movies for Grownups awards were announced in a 2002 issue of AARP the Magazine, recognizing films released in 2001. The first award for Best Movie for Grownups was given to Lantana , while Best Director was awarded to Robert Altman for Gosford Park . [3] Created by the magazine's entertainment editor, Bill Newcott, [4] the awards are chosen by the editors of AARP the Magazine, and all winners and nominees must be at least fifty years old. [5] The original trophy was called La Chaise d'Or, and was a golden statue in the shape of a movie theater chair. [6]

The awards transitioned to a live ceremony in 2006, with that year's event being hosted at the Bel-Air Hotel by Angela Lansbury and Shelley Berman. That year, the award for Best Movie for Grownups was given to Capote . [7]

Starting in 2007, an annual Career Achievement Award was added as part of the ceremony.

In 2015, for the first time, the awards were telecast locally on Los Angeles's KTLA station. [8] In 2018, AARP began an ongoing arrangement to broadcast the awards on PBS as part of the Great Performances series. [9] That year's awards were hosted by Alan Cumming, with Best Movie for Grownups going to Star Wars: The Last Jedi . [10]

The first award for a TV movie was given to Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay in 2003. [11] TV awards were later discontinued, until the 2021 ceremony, when AARP added new categories to recognize achievement in television as well as film. That year's ceremony was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a limited selection of awards announced in a televised ceremony hosted by Hoda Kotb. [12]

Categories

Current Categories - Film

Current Categories - Television

Discontinued Categories

Footnotes

  1. ↑ No award was given for Best Time Capsule for the years of 2007-2010.
  2. ↑ No award was given for Best Grownup Love Story for 2019.
  3. ↑ No award was given for Best Buddy Picture for films released in 2011, 2017, or 2018. For films from 2019, AARP announced five nominees but did not name a winner.

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References

  1. ↑ Appelo, Tim. "2020 Movies for Grownups Awards Nominations". AARP.
  2. ↑ Appelo, Tim. "About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards". AARP.
  3. ↑ Newcott, William R. (May 2002). "Movies for Grownups". AARP the Magazine. Washington, DC. pp. 56–58.
  4. ↑ "Gray is Good".
  5. ↑ "AARP Selects 'The Theory of Everything' as 2014's Best Picture (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . 8 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Watching Old Movies is a Way of Connecting to Our Past". 31 January 2008.
  7. ↑ "About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards".
  8. ↑ "Coming to a Screen Near You: The MFG Awards Gala". 3 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine ~ About | Great Performances | PBS". Great Performances. December 18, 2018.
  10. ↑ Appelo, Tim. "Complete List of Winners at the 2018 Movies for Grownups Awards". AARP.
  11. ↑ "Movies for Grownups Awards 2003 with Bill Newcott".
  12. ↑ "AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. March 4, 2021.
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