Back in the summer, it was reported that Jacob Elordi and Olivia Jade Giannulli had broken up. Then she showed up with him at the TIFF premiere of Frankenstein, a whole heatscore in white, and it was obvious that their split was brief. A few weeks after that, it was over again.

Since then Jacob’s been hustling for a best supporting actor nomination. He’s been high on thirst and low on scowls. And he started 2026 on a high note, winning the Critics Choice Award for best supporting actor, thereby greatly increasing his chances at an Oscar nomination, heading into the Globes as a new favourite, especially since Sentimental Value was completely shut out by the Screen Actors Guild and Paul Mescal has been so quiet on the campaign circuit. (I both love him and am frustrated by him for this because I appreciate that he’s stepping back and letting Jessie Buckley have all the shine for Hamnet but he is my vote for supporting actor among those in actual contention – his performance is devastating in the film – and I really wish he’d make more of a push!)

But then the Globes broke for Stellan Skarsgård at exactly the right time, and since the Oscar Academy is more international than the SAGs, Sentimental Value isn’t out of it, and Stellan’s certainly not out of it, not with his long and varied career, there’s an argument here that he’s in the Oscar “overdue” category.

The point is… it’s a race. A race for the nomination, first and foremost, and voting is happening right now, this week, ahead of the announcement next Thursday.

Jacob is currently campaigning in New York, he was at a Frankenstein screening last night, and Olivia was with him. So I guess they’re back together? And apparently they love getting back together at screenings for his film. Not exactly the most low-key way to confirm it.

Jacob and Olivia were also papped at dinner with his parents last night. And leaving the hotel together, so they are together-together, for the third or fourth time. Will she join him over the next few weeks when he begins promoting Wuthering Heights?

We’re just under a month away from one of the most highly anticipated film releases of the Q1, a movie that’s already been debated and discoursed for its casting and tone and everything else, including the way it’s been titled, with quotation marks.

Emerald Fennell recently explained the punctuation:

So it’s a version of Wuthering Heights, her version, and not THE only version. If it’s anything like Emerald’s previous work, the film will be provocative, polarising, twisted… and people will be seeing it just as actual Oscar voting is happening, so voters will know Jacob as two classic literary characters on film – Frankenstein’s monster and Heathcliff. Will Olivia be joining him on that press tour?

Jacob Elordi and Olivia Jade exit Cafe Cluny after spending time with Jacob's parents and attend a 'Frankenstein' Q&A At SVA Theaters in NYC on January 14, 2025

Photo credits: T.JACKSON / BACKGRID

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