Movie Reviews and Previews The Contenders and a Covey Sisters Reunion The Unforgettable Gala, honouring Asian and Pacific Islander performances, was once again hosted by Simu Liu this year. Simu is enjoying award season as a member of the Barbie cast and I really like what he said at the event about being part of Barbenheimer: “I am responsible for 100% By Lainey • Dec 18, 2023 03:05 pm
BFFs Michael B Jordan and his friend, Ben Affleck Some or many would assume, seeing those two names, that they’d be featured in Variety’s Actors on Actors series. Not this time, not this year. This year the two were paired for the Directors on Directors series and it makes perfect sense. Ben Affleck directed himself in Air By Lainey • Dec 14, 2023 10:36 am
BFFs Coop and the Ladies: Carey, Lea, and Gaga Bradley Cooper’s Maestro has been in theatres a couple of weeks now and will start streaming on Netflix on December 20. It is also a contender this award season in multiple categories – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress. So, as we have seen, Coop has been campaigning. By Lainey • Dec 13, 2023 09:59 am
TV Updates Jennifer Aniston’s year-end push The strike was happening when the third season of The Morning Show premiered which meant that Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon could not put the same energy into promoting their series that they have in the past. There were a couple of magazine covers here and there but no carpets By Lainey • Dec 12, 2023 02:24 pm
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 12, 2023 Dear Gossips, Is May December a comedy? I mean, I’m the kind of person who laughs in discomfort, in situations where laughter is totally inappropriate, which I guess tracks with this particular film. And I did laugh at some of Natalie Portman’s performance choices because she was so By Lainey • Dec 12, 2023 09:04 am
TV Updates The unserious Golden Globes nominations The nominations for the Golden Globes were announced this morning. Remember how we almost didn’t have to go through with the Golden Globes anymore? Le sigh, so close, yet so far. Instead, this is the first post-HFPA Globes, as the HFPA has dissolved, and the Globes are now voted By Sarah • Dec 11, 2023 12:21 pm
BFFs Charles and Julianne on repeat (Coop on the grill) Following the London premiere of May December, Charles Melton and Julianne Moore stuck around for another screening and Q&A at Soho House, finessing the BAFTA voters and whatever Academy members are in London right now. As Lainey mentioned, the Golden Globe nominations will be announced Monday, and it’ By Sarah • Dec 08, 2023 09:28 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 8, 2023 Dear Gossips, There is too much stuff going on! Awards season is always chock-a-block with events, but it feels especially bad this year, with strike-delayed premieres finally happening, and films that would have done more promotion earlier in the year cramming it all now. It also feels like all the By Sarah • Dec 08, 2023 08:53 am
Baby and Bump Obsession The Color Purple Fashion The big Hollywood premiere of The Color Purple happened last night and… the fashion that this cast and Oprah have been throwing down, my GOD. Let’s start with the Mighty O because we saw her kill it in purple at the Academy Museum Gala last weekend and she was By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 02:34 pm
Quiveration We’re already watching Charles Melton It’s been two days since we’ve talked about Charles Melton here. Let’s fix that. The cast of May December was in London last night to promote the film, which is picking up some awards momentum with two New York Film Critics Circle wins announced last week for By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 11:58 am
BFFs Emma Stone ft. Taylor Swift Poor Things opens tomorrow. Right now, it’s one of the top contenders for Best Picture, and Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo are in the thick of their campaigns for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. The premiere was last night in New York, and it drew some big By Sarah • Dec 07, 2023 11:32 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 7, 2023 Dear Gossips, Bradley Cooper has spent the last few weeks since the strike ended promoting his film Maestro. Just as few days ago he and Carey Mulligan were screening the film in London, campaigning for those BAFTA votes. Yesterday, however, an unusual and unofficial campaign stop: working at a food By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 09:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Independent Spirit Awards are in the thick of it Coming off their record-breaking trip to the Oscars earlier this year, in which they won all “big six” awards for acting, directing, and Best Picture, A24 clocked another impressive list of nominations for the 2023 Independent Spirit Awards. They earned eleven nominations overall, with five going to Past Lives, which By Sarah • Dec 06, 2023 12:12 pm
Gorgessity The Actresses and The Fashion As I said earlier… the looks from last night’s Academy Museum Gala, if this is any indication of what we’re going to see when the awards really start up on January, they are going for it, making up for lost time in the most glamourous way. And especially By Lainey • Dec 04, 2023 03:28 pm
Style Barbenheimer Part Two: Award Season It was one of the biggest entertainment stories of the year: Barbenheimer, two huge movies going head to head at the box office, ostensibly a counterprogramming heavyweight bout, and what ended up happening was great for everyone – both films were winners, the battle resulted in what culturally can be seen By Lainey • Dec 04, 2023 09:48 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 4, 2023 Dear Gossips, Well it’s crunch time now. About two weeks to go before Hollywood wraps it up for the year and everything slows down for the holidays and there’s so much to make up for after the strike and it’s award season and it’s suuuuuch a By Lainey • Dec 04, 2023 09:00 am
