Timothee Chalamet Timmy plays favourites American Cinematheque this week is running a Timothée Chalamet Retrospective, which is wild to me, LOL. He’s 30 years old, like freshly 30. Their rationale, however, is that he has four Oscar nominations, to date, and if you consider that of the eight films that are screening during this By Lainey • Feb 11, 2026 03:09 pm
Award Season Campaigning Jacob Elordi’s big boost The Oscar nominees luncheon happened yesterday – and this year’s edition of the annual tradition was a bit more special because the luncheon was cancelled in 2025 due to the wildfires. Right now, as we enter the final stretch of award season, it’s actually looking quite competitive in three By Lainey • Feb 11, 2026 10:48 am
Award Season Campaigning Ben Affleck: Super Bowl and Marty Supreme I guess a Ben Affleck Dunkin’ Super Bowl ad is now an annual tradition. It was teased in the days leading up to the weekend that Ben had recruited an all-star roster of TV celebrities for this year’s edition and, indeed, it was more than initially expected. The premise By Lainey • Feb 09, 2026 01:57 pm
Style Kate plus Diane and Norman Kate Hudson has now been nominated in the best actress category for a SAG, BAFTA, and Oscar for her performance in Song Sung Blue. She is not a favourite to win – right now Jessie Buckley is the frontrunner and if there’s a dark horse in the race it would By Lainey • Jan 28, 2026 01:34 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Jacob Elordi brings his dog First Margot Robbie, now Jacob Elordi has his turn on Jimmy Kimmel Live! I actually double checked the corporate relationships here, to see if Disney, which owns ABC which airs Kimmel, is ultimately behind “Wuthering Heights”, what with the way that movie’s stars are passing through like Marvel actors By Sarah • Jan 28, 2026 11:51 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 27, 2026 Dear Gossips, The BAFTA nominations were announced this morning, hosted by David Jonsson and Aimee Lou Wood. There is overlap between the British Academy and the Oscar Academy, so not only are the BAFTAs themselves considered prestigious, the BAFTAs can be useful for predicting how the Oscars might swing. Not By Lainey • Jan 27, 2026 09:22 am
Award Season Campaigning Teyana Taylor: Host, Nominee, and “Bernadine” Teyana Taylor received her first Oscar nomination yesterday for her performance as Perfidia Beverly Hills in One Battle After Another. She’s contending for Best Supporting Actress, and this is looking like an actual race between Teyana and Amy Madigan when, just before the holidays, it was thought that Teyana By Lainey • Jan 23, 2026 01:18 pm
Award Season Campaigning Michael and Kate the morning after Yesterday morning, Michael B. Jordan earned his first Oscar nomination, one of sixteen record-breaking nominations earned by Sinners. Later in the day, he was all smiles while out in Los Angeles (he’s currently editing his remake of The Thomas Crown Affair). Like literally not even getting photographed by paparazzi By Sarah • Jan 23, 2026 09:55 am
Leonardo DiCaprio Leo goes shopping Leonardo DiCaprio went shopping the other day with Vittoria Ceretti in New York and that might seem like a sentence you’ve read before – that Leo and his model girlfriend were buying clothes – but the reason it’s occupying more thought than usual is because she wasn’t the one By Lainey • Jan 20, 2026 11:21 am
Award Season Campaigning RDJ shows up for Timmy As mentioned several times today, it is Oscar nominations voting week, as Academy members decide on which artists will be nominated for the Oscars, happening on March 15. The nominations will be announced a week today, next Thursday. So the contenders and their various studios are doing what they can By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 12:31 pm
Jacob Elordi Jacob and Olivia… again and again 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 By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 11:24 am
Leonardo DiCaprio Intro for January 15, 2026 Dear Gossips, We are now exactly two months away from the Oscars, which are happening on March 15, and it’s also nomination campaigning week, as Academy members are currently voting on the nominations, scheduled to be announced a week today on January 22. This means contenders are out there By Lainey • Jan 15, 2026 10:12 am
Top Reads Teyana Time As Sarah noted in our post-Globes coverage about Teyana Taylor and the Best Supporting Actress race, up until Sunday night, it was Amy Madigan’s performance in Weapons who was considered the frontrunner in the category. And she still is, I think, but she’s also not running away with By Lainey • Jan 14, 2026 11:52 am
What Else I am Jay Kelly’s #1 hater Let’s call this awards week, and it is continuing with the AFI Awards honoring the ten best movies and TV shows of 2025, plus It Was Just An Accident received the AFI Special Award. You can see the full list of honorees here, but I have to say, including By Sarah • Jan 09, 2026 04:07 pm
Maple Leaf Heated Rivalry at all the parties Hollywood is now fully operational, back to business in the first week of January, and it’s award season with the Golden Globes happening on Sunday, which every year means that almost everyone is in town, because even if they’re not contending for awards, they’re there to network, By Lainey • Jan 09, 2026 11:22 am
Award Season Campaigning New York Three Way Oh, get your mind out of the gutter. I could be referring to the dish in which you combine spaghetti, chili, and cheese! I’m not, though. I’m actually referring to Rose Byrne, Maya Hawke, and Arden Cho, all of whom stepped out yesterday in New York City. Rose By Sarah • Jan 09, 2026 10:20 am
