Movie Reviews and Previews Melissa Leo is a hated woman I think Netflix has a slight problem. I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and debuted just a few weeks later on Netflix with no fanfare. Yesterday they released the trailer for The Most Hated Woman in America starring Melissa By Sarah • Mar 10, 2017 03:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews King RDJ Uneasy is the head that wears the crown It would apply to Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, once all kings of the box office. For now though, RDJ’s reign seems pretty secure. He was first out with Iron Man 3. They came, they tried, they were turned away. By Lainey • Jul 11, 2013 05:14 pm
The Hunger Games Catching Fire casting and the search for Finnick Casting rumours are just like regular rumours. Everyone reads the first headline but no one ever reads the denial and subsequent dismissal. Take Melissa Leo for example. If you were to google Melissa Leo you’d find several pages of links reporting that she’s to be Mags in Catching By Lainey • Jul 18, 2012 10:34 am
Best and Worst of 2011 Worst of 2011: Melissa Leo’s Oscar ads I interviewed Melissa Leo like 2 hours after she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Oscar. She was really, really lovely. We were at Sundance. She said she was on her way that afternoon back to LA to start getting styled. And then a couple of weeks later her Oscar By Lainey • Dec 14, 2011 05:15 pm
Kate Winslet Kate cusses back As you know, Melissa Leo dropped an f-bomb at the Oscars in reference to Kate Winslet making it look “so f-cking easy”. Now Kate has answered back. Hilariously. In an interview with Zap2it, Kate replied: "Everyone dumps all this sh-t on me, all the f-cking time. (Melissa) is right, By Lainey • Mar 03, 2011 09:03 am
Oscars 2011 Oscar Undecided: Melissa Leo I can’t decide about Melissa Leo on Oscar night. With anything. Like, I don’t know if I like this dress. I know I don’t mind the high collar. I know I don’t mind the beading. But there’s also something decidedly low rent about it. Or By Lainey • Feb 28, 2011 01:03 am
Media Manipulation Oscar campaigns gone wild Written by Sarah Last week during the liveblog someone asked if I knew of any examples of when Oscar campaigning has backfired. I couldn’t think of any off the top of my head (Deadline includes a list in the article sourced below), but now we have a contemporary example. By Lainey • Feb 08, 2011 03:16 am
Oscars 2011 Keep your mind off it…and predictions Tomorrow morning. You know. We all get up at the ass of morning and wait for the announcement – Oscar nominations. There will be a lot of white-knuckling tonight. But not from Melissa Leo. Love her. When I talked to her on the carpet last night at the Red State premiere, By Lainey • Jan 24, 2011 10:19 am