Sally Field Gossip

Describing Maniac is pointless. It’s a dozen different shows stuffed into one larger framework, and if it accomplishes nothing else, it at least makes me want to see a fantasy series starring Emma Stone as a half-elf ranger with a drinking problem. But Maniac does accomplish more than that—though everyone’s mileage will vary as it TESTS YOU—because within its nested narrative is a decent story about trauma, loss, and recovery, and how hard it is to heal. Full Story

Is Jay Z working on new music? Let’s hope it’s not some Suit & Tie sh-t again. That was awful. Remember when he rapped about “truffle season”? I can’t even blame JT for that.   Wonder what #Zaytoven and #JayZ have cookin up in the studio! Full Story

Julia Roberts is currently promoting HBO’s The Normal Heart. That means a lot of Julia being Julia. Which means Julia honking, Julia lecturing, Julia judging… Julia being Julia. Which is kinda like Mimi being Mimi. Except Mimi doesn’t call it anything other than what it is. Julia pretends like she’s actually selfless. Full Story

You know, I know that red dresses are kind of frowned upon on this site from time to time. I know that the prevailing wisdom is that it’s impossible to do one well.  To this I say you know what? We’re throwing out the rule book. Because Sally Field is fantastic, and she looks spectacular, and she’s doing that thing where the dress reminds you of the part without actually being a costume from the show, and I was delighted. Full Story

Love the cap sleeve. The cap sleeve works at any age. It worked for Reese Witherspoon at her first Oscars, it works for Sally Field here at her, I dunno, how many Golden Globes has she attended? The colour is lovely on her. And the cleavage too. And her face isn’t jacked. And at 66 she still lights you up inside when she smiles. Full Story

Anne Hathaway is considered the favourite to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar by most experts. But you know this is a tight season. The tightest it’s been in a long time. And, well, here comes  a formidable challenger... Sally Field was at the Palm Springs Film Festival this weekend to accept the Career Achievement Award and she gave the most memorable speech of the night in front of an audience that included many, MANY Academy members living in the area who would be very happy to vote for her. Full Story

The Hollywood Reporter has posted its video/transcript of the 2012 Actress Roundtable – 7 women were invited (Anne Hathaway, Amy Adams, Sally Field, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Helen Hunt and Marion Cotillard), but as we know only 5 will be nominated, and there’s no guarantee it will be 5 exclusively from this group. Full Story

Steel Magnolias was on this weekend. I decided to watch it before watching the new Lifetime version with Queen Latifah. It’s been years, a long, long time. Duana told me recently that Steel Magnolias still holds up. Of course she was right. It might even be better. It’s certainly funnier. Full Story

I wish all the girls could have been there last night at the Shirley MacLaine AFI event. Still, it was enough to make me want to watch it right now. Maybe tonight. Maybe Jacek will go out and leave me alone to cry at the television and I can put the True Blood screeners on hold until tomorrow. Duana and I just texted back and forth about this. Full Story