Maple Leaf Finally, Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale get the J-Rod treatment! We talk often about great cutaways in awards show history, and yada yada Taylor Swift dancing, but one that often goes overlooked involves my favourite celebrity couple, Bobby Cannavale and Rose Byrne. When Bobby was accepting his Emmy for Boardwalk Empire in 2013, he gave an endearingly rambly list of By Joanna • Dec 06, 2019 12:22 pm
BFFs Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach: “indie couple goals” on Netflix’s big night Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach wore matching Raf Simons Laura Dern sweaters while presenting her with a special Tribute prize at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York last night. According to Greta, the real-life filmmaking couple had "been looking for an excuse to wear our Laura Dern By Joanna • Dec 03, 2019 03:01 pm
BFFs Eddie and Jamie steal the show When you give Jamie Foxx a microphone at the Governors Awards, and let him know he has three to four minutes to adlib remarks while in a room with this year's Oscar contenders like Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio and Scarlett Johansson, you have to know the hype-man is By Joanna • Oct 28, 2019 11:21 am
Award Season Campaigning Taron Egerton and Elton John won’t let you forget about Rocketman It wouldn’t be awards season without a big splash, and who’s splashier than Elton John?! Following the release of his juicy memoir Me this week, he’s putting the spotlight not just on his life story on the page, but on the screen too. Last night, he and By Joanna • Oct 18, 2019 12:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scarjo, Adam, and Laura Dern: primed for award season Scarlett Johansson got stuck in traffic on her way to the New York Film Festival press conference for Marriage Story the other day but her seven minute absence only bolstered the crowd's enthusiastic appreciation for the film, and her performance. Her sweet hug with co-star Alan Alda right By Joanna • Oct 09, 2019 03:54 pm
Renee Zellweger Renee Zellweger's awards season head start The upcoming Oscars will be awarded on February 9, 2020, two weeks earlier than when the Oscars took place in 2019. An earlier date means the campaign season is squeezed into a shorter timeline, so the strategy shifts for the contenders. Celebrity endorsements and honours will soon start flowing at By Joanna • Oct 09, 2019 01:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taylor Russell: The Breakout Star of TIFF 2019 Waves is a film that many thought would win the coveted TIFF Grolsch People's Choice Award, but in spite of not placing, it remains a film festival phenomenon, and growing sleeper hit. When TIFF added an extra screening of the film on Saturday morning due to overwhelming demand, By Joanna • Sep 16, 2019 04:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lucy in the Sky: a diaper-free disorienting astronaut love triangle The new Natalie Portman film Lucy in the Sky is not the simmering astronaut love triangle movie you're probably expecting to see. Instead, it's a disorienting look at life after space, raising a question of how "rocket lag" can permanently alter your desires and By Joanna • Sep 13, 2019 04:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Renee Zellweger: Ovations and Tears Renee Zellweger's unapproved-by-Liza-Minnelli Judy Garland London era biopic Judy premiered last night in Toronto to what could be the warmest reception of the festival. Like Just Mercy's eight-minute standing ovation and others for Pain and Glory, Uncut Gems, Waves and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, By Joanna • Sep 11, 2019 05:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Sandler & Antonio Banderas can (and should) challenge Joaquin Phoenix Before the start of Adam Sandler's Uncut Gems at its big TIFF premiere on Monday, somebody shouted out "Oscar for the Sandman!" People laughed nervously and clapped, because they did not know what they were in for from the uncomfortably tense and dark dramedy about a By Joanna • Sep 11, 2019 11:01 am
TIFF 2019 Coverage Timothee Chalamet: The Fanboy comes back to TIFF Even if you're an entertainment reporter deep in the trenches at TIFF, you've seen the super steamy photos of Timothee Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp making out on a yacht in Capri last week. The memes are next level. Their film The King premiered in Venice, thereby By Joanna • Sep 10, 2019 09:42 am
TIFF 2019 Coverage Robert Pattinson: TIFF Party MVP Robert Pattinson was one of the MVPs of the TIFF party circuit this weekend. He was among the people everybody wanted to get some face time with, and then did, and appeared to be in really great spirits the whole time…although, when you're schmoozing with Taika Waititi By Joanna • Sep 09, 2019 02:41 pm
BFFs Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan: the new bromance Endings, Beginnings was always going to have a star-studded world premiere at TIFF. The cast is stacked: Sebastian Stan, Jamie Dornan, Shailene Woodley, Shamier Anderson… and with the film being on the market, they came ready to play and sell Drake Doremus’ latest improv-based “romantic” breakup drama. But the real By Joanna • Sep 09, 2019 11:28 am
TV Updates Kirsten Dunst gets her star The past 48 hours or so of the Kirsten Durst news cycle has been a pre-long weekend gift. We've been treated to new photos and video of Kiki and her fiancé Jesse Plemons as she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which included the public By Joanna • Aug 30, 2019 12:06 pm
TV Updates Julia Louis-Dreyfus: “all about trophies” Emmy voting officially ended late last night, and in less than a month, we’ll know for sure if Julia Louis-Dreyfus will break the record she shares with Cloris Leachman and become the most-decorated performer in Emmy history. GoldDerby has her as a done deal to win in her category, By Joanna • Aug 30, 2019 09:59 am
Break Ups Jamie Foxx: no more romance, still has bromance Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes have officially split after six years together, according to multiple outlets. Sources confirmed what many assumed after Jamie was spotted leaving Bootsy Bellows the other night with 21-year-old singer Sela Vave, better known as “just a girl he’s helping out”. The news of their By Joanna • Aug 20, 2019 11:02 am
