Award Season Campaigning It’s pronounced Day-Vine (Joy Randolph) It is a highly competitive Oscar year—my Top 10 is taking forever because there were SO many good films in 2023!—but one category is looking increasingly clear, and that is Best Supporting Actress. Da’Vine Joy Randolph has been one of the top contenders since The Holdovers made By Sarah • Jan 08, 2024 01:20 pm
Golden Globes 2024 Emma Stone & The Gift for the Girl Who Has Everything Emma Stone won the Golden Globe last night for Poor Things, which could portend all kinds of interesting developments for the Oscars, but I’m not here to talk about that. It’s not that I don’t support the win – I do, and even for an accomplished and celebrated By Duana • Jan 08, 2024 12:56 pm
Top Reads The Globes Best Gossip: Taylor, Selena, Timmy, and Kylie They always say they don’t want drama… and yet somehow they find themselves in the middle of the drama. Leading up to the Golden Globes, all the gossip about Taylor Swift’s attendance was related to romance and whether or not there would be a new episode of TNT, By Lainey • Jan 08, 2024 12:02 pm
Golden Globes 2024 Lily and Justine’s good headlines Lily Gladstone made history last night, becoming the first Indigenous woman to win Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama at the Golden Globes. She gave the best speech of the night, at least among the film winners, acknowledging the historicity of her win, speaking Blackfeet By Sarah • Jan 08, 2024 11:30 am
Hook Ups Ali Wong & Steven Yeun BEEF up When we were planning all our coverage last night, we talked about how some ensemble casts come in with high energy, feeling like it could be their night – like the Barbie group, who seemed to deflate a little bit more with each award bringing them closer to a shutout (I By Duana • Jan 08, 2024 10:56 am
Golden Globes 2024 Bennifer’s First Golden Globes During Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s first era, they never attended the Golden Globes together. The Oscars, yes, but not the Golden Globes. Nearly a decade after they split though, they were at the Globes together but apart – in 2013 – and I bring this up because here’s what By Lainey • Jan 08, 2024 10:28 am
Golden Globes 2024 Barbenheimer Showdown at the Globes Barbenheimer emerged because Barbie and Oppenheimer had the same release date of July 21, 2023. There was an attempt by some media outlets to frame this as a showdown, but the culture collectively rose up, rejected the competition narrative, and turned Barbenheimer into a phenomenon that benefitted both films. However, By Sarah • Jan 08, 2024 09:55 am
Gorgessity Golden Globe Whites and Metallics It has been years since Elizabeth Debicki has had short hair but it still shocks me when I see her the way she’s looked for a while now – with long hair – because for whatever reason, the short hairstyle that she was wearing during the run of The Night Manager By Lainey • Jan 08, 2024 09:12 am
TV Updates The Big Time Bear You know how it is when you fall in love, right? Not only does everything feel so wonderful and right, and not only do you want to introduce your new love to everyone in your life – your love seems relevant to every situation, right? If you’re part of the By Duana • Jan 08, 2024 08:24 am
Golden Globes 2024 Intro for January 8, 2024 Dear Gossips, So the “new” Golden Globes were…a mess. Which is how we like our Golden Globes! Unfortunately for Jo Koy, in most of the post mortem coverage of the show, his performance as host is included in that mess. In his defence, he had no time. We all By Lainey • Jan 08, 2024 07:55 am
What Else What Else? Quick programming note: next week, there will not be a newsletter for The Squawk, as there are two awards shows back-to-back to start the week, so we’ll be working through those shows and red carpets here on LG. We will, however, be live-chatting on The Squawk on Sunday for By Sarah • Jan 05, 2024 04:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Diablo Cody is back It’s the new year, which means everyone’s favorite fake holiday, Valentine’s Day, is right around the corner. Since the death of horniness in movies and the rom-com’s revival being mostly limited to streaming, theatrical releases around Valentine’s Day have become very fraught. Last year’s By Sarah • Jan 05, 2024 03:15 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 5, 2024 Last week I wrote that Kate Hudson is probably coming out with an album and yes, she is (I was only half joking). That explains the concert. She also doubled-up on promo and brought her trainer on The Today Show (her nutritional supplement In Bloom has launched at Whole Foods) By Maria • Jan 05, 2024 02:18 pm
TV Updates Michelle & Gwyneth I was just saying in yesterday’s open that I was hoping to see a red carpet premiere for The Brothers Sun and it happened last night. Here they are, the Sun brothers, Bruce and Charles, played by Sam Song Li and Justin Chien, at the biggest night in their By Lainey • Jan 05, 2024 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Color Purple, choosing joy, and telling stories Tony Award nominee Danielle Brooks, who stars as Sofia in the latest rendition of The Color Purple, recently spoke about needing physical therapy after filming a mob scene in the movie, in which Sofia fights off a crowd of people. She said despite the production having a stage combat leader By Stephanie • Jan 05, 2024 12:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Color Purple’s Excellent Cast Alice Walker’s The Color Purple has been a seminal presence in American literature since its publication in 1982, inspiring both a film adaptation from Steven Spielberg in 1985 and a Broadway musical adaptation in 2005. Do I wish this latest Color Purple was just a straightforward adaptation of Walker’ By Sarah • Jan 05, 2024 10:55 am
