When I started at Puck, I revived a tradition that I had at Hollywood Reporter of bestowing “awards season awards” honoring the highs and (mostly) lows of the months-long death march to the Oscars. This year, I expanded it to The Town. With the Oscars a week away, here, without further delay, are this year’s honorees. Drumroll please…
Best Producer Whose Name Nobody Can Remember
Winner: Scott Rudin, who set up the best picture nominee Past Lives at A24 and played a major role in getting it made, yet has been scrubbed from the credits and never mentioned publicly after being ostracized over his bullying.