2020 was a bleak year for everybody, but lots of people in the sports and entertainment world pitched in to lift the nation’s spirits. Beyoncé, The Weeknd and Taylor Swift certainly tried to keep America’s chin up, as did LeBron James and Tom Brady. And reliably amusing politicians like Ted Cruz, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor Greene did their level best to keep the rest of us in stitches.
Spoiler alert: Hollywood took a different route. A look at this year’s most honored pictures shows that Tinseltown’s philosophy was: If you felt bad before the movie started, just wait till it’s over.
Ready to see a personable young barista being smothered with pillows? You got it (“Promising Young Woman”). Hapless seniors being scammed out of their life’s savings (“I Care a Lot”) or succumbing to dementia (“The Father”)? We got…