Hi, I'm Renee Pezzotta,
and I'm here in North Hollywood. Just a few blocks ...
wait, not blocks. More like miles.
Just a few miles from where the Academy Awards are presented.
The Academy Awards are awards we humans give to actors who have excelled in films throughout the past year.
But I'm
here to present the 2018 Waggy Awards recognizing the best animal performance in film.
So let's get to some
awards.
Our first award is for best performance by a dog in a motion picture and the Waggy
goes to ...
Charlie, the dog for A Star Is Born. You know Charlie is actually Bradley
Cooper's very own Labradoodle.
I'm sad to say this might be the only award that movie
gets this year. Although, maybe best song.
Paws crossed.
Our next CATegory is
for best performance by a cat in a motion picture.
And the Waggy for best CATress ... Is
that too many cat puns?
Goes to Towne the Cat, who played Jersey the Cat in the movie, Can
You Ever Forgive Me?
Bravo, best catress.
So those were the two
big awards given out, but there were more Waggies given out at a previous ceremony.
Best support dog went to Olivia, the West Highland White Terrier in Widows.
You know
that dog had more screen time than Carrie Coon. Look it up.
Best ensemble went to the
cast of Dog Days. There were a lot of dogs in that movie.
A lot of worthy contenders,
but we decided to go with ensemble for them. To be fair to all the pups.
Best reality participant
went to the pandas in Pandas.
[SILENCE]
Best bunny performance
went to the bunnies in the movie, The Favorite.
Those bunnies, oh my God. Spoiler alert. The end, that one bunny, when she put her foot ... Ah, don't even with the bunny.
Best fowl
performance went to the birds in the Bird Box.
Oh my God, when they put those birds
in a box and then sent them down the river.
Listen, I know there were kids in the boat
too, but the kids have people there looking out for them.
I was worried about the birds
in the box with the two little holes in the
water and I didn't know what was gonna happen.
Best aquatic performance
went to Jason Momoa for Aqua Man.
What? He's half fish.
There were a couple of other movies
this year that I thought would bring in some new contenders, like The Mule and Red Sparrow.
However, The Mule was not a donkey and the Red Sparrow was not a bird.
Well, that's it for
the 2018 Waggies. as long they keep making movies with animals,
I'll keep on giving them
awards. Please support the humane society of America
and your local animal shelters
and rescue organizations.
See you next year for the Waggies.
