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Angelina Jolie was photographed yesterday out with Miss Zahara and Vivienne leaving the mall. This is, of course, after her big Comic-Con appearance where she was officially announced as a member of the Marvel family, cast as Thena in The Eternals… or Eternals? We’ve now been through a decade of Marvel movies and building the Avengers. Full Story
Angelina and (The) Eternals: it’s official
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Though it’s been rumoured for months, it wasn’t official until this weekend at Comic-Con: Angelina Jolie will play Thena in The Eternals. Or Eternals? Sorry. This is the kind of thing I fixate on. According to the poster, there is no “the”. But then in the caption of the tweet, the “the” is included in THE ETERNALS. Full Story
Men in Black: International is the latest summer victim
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Barring Disney movies, the box office this summer (so far) has been kind of miserable. Audiences are not feeling all the sequels, but they’re not turning out for original movies, like Booksmart Full Story
Dear Gossips,
The Academy has not commented on the host situation for the Oscars but yesterday they did confirm two hosts for Oscar nominations announcement day: Who's excited for #OscarNoms Read Full Intro
Dear Gossips,
Last summer, The Big Sick was called “the best romantic comedy in years”, becoming one of the highest grossing independent films of 2017, and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon. Read Full Intro
Kumail Nanjiani Won The Oscars
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He didn’t, of course. He and his wife Emily V. Gordon were nominated for their screenplay The Big Sick and didn’t win, though it picked up Best First Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards the night before. I was anxious about this – The Big Sick was a totally worthy screenplay but my heart was with Get Out, so I had very complicated feelings – but ultimately I think Kumail had almost as big a night not winning as he would have had they won. Full Story
Kumail and Emily’s big win
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“Shut up, listen and amplify.” That’s how Kumail Nanjiani chose to end his acceptance speech at last night’s Critics’ Choice Awards. Coming off the Golden Globes where men barely acknowledged the recent seismic shift in their industry which is entirely a THEM problem, it was nice to hear a man not only address the issue but rightly call out his fellow men to do the bare minimum: “shut up, listen and amplify. Full Story
The Big Snub
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The Golden Globes have always been much more interesting in how they recognise achievements in television. We’ll get to some of their TV nominations in a separate post. Where film is concerned, even though you think that with the drama and the musical/comedy categories separated, there’s still room for inclusion, and there’s a lot of room for f-ckery. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
The American Film Institute (AFI) released its Top 10 of 2017 yesterday. We’ll discuss some of the entries through the day but in this space I want to once again spotlight The Big Sick, co-written by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon and, by alphabetical order, the first title to be named. Read Full Intro
Getting ready for the Golden Globes
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association celebrated 75 years of the Golden Globes last night. As mentioned earlier, the Golden Globe nominations will be announced on December 11. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
Oscar campaigning is officially underway as there were several events this weekend in Hollywood, featuring many expected award season contenders trying to build as much awareness around their projects and performances before the holiday break. Read Full Intro