Movie Reviews and Previews Oscar nominations: Who’s in? It is finally Oscar nomination morning, so we are officially 50% of the way through awards season (the Oscars aren’t until MARCH). The nominations this morning are largely as expected, featuring a lot of movies we’ve been talking about for months now. Everything Everywhere All At Once leads By Sarah • Jan 24, 2023 12:18 pm
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 24, 2023 Dear Gossips, My colleagues at etalk are probably super annoyed with me today because they have to deal with my gloat. Months and months ago, at the meeting table, I told them that Top Gun: Maverick would be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. And, well, it happened. TG: By Lainey • Jan 24, 2023 09:45 am
Award Season Campaigning The BAFTAs set the tone The BAFTA nominations were announced yesterday, with All Quiet on the Western Front earning a record-tying fourteen nominations. This is one of my top 10 for 2022, but also, it’s the film I tipped for a tight race in Best Cinematography, and its impressive BAFTA haul is likely a By Sarah • Jan 20, 2023 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Critics Cast Their Votes The Critics’ Choice Awards came and went last night with more of a whimper than a bang—it was a boring show and I say this as someone who gets to vote for those awards—but it is also the last big moment before Oscar nominations close on Tuesday. So, By Sarah • Jan 16, 2023 11:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The SAG Awards look like an Oscar preview We are in the thick of awards season, coming off the mid-week Golden Globes and diving right into the SAG Awards nominations, which were announced yesterday morning, and voting for Oscar nominations starts tomorrow. The importance of the SAG Awards during awards season is debatable—some people will insist they’ By Sarah • Jan 12, 2023 10:10 am
Award Season Campaigning Everyone was in Palm Springs yesterday The Palm Springs International Film Awards were last night as part of the Palm Springs Film Festival. We’re getting into the thick of awards season now, and with most of the categories either wide open or in a three-way split, everyone who is remotely a contender was out in By Sarah • Jan 06, 2023 10:03 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Ke and Keke win together The New York Film Critics Circle announced their winners list a few weeks ago but the award ceremony happened last night with several recipients in attendance, including the most awarded actor of the season so far: Ke Huy Quan, named Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Everything Everywhere All By Lainey • Jan 05, 2023 01:56 pm
Xenu Where is Tom Cruise’s Best Friend? 2022 was a good year for Tom Cruise, professionally. One of his best years in a long time. Top Gun: Maverick was the biggest movie of the year, and by now we all know the story behind it – that Tom insisted on holding the picture through the pandemic because he By Lainey • Jan 03, 2023 10:48 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 3, 2023 Dear Gossips, Happy New Year! New year, new gossip…and also the same gossip. After all, Leonardo DiCaprio is still hanging out with under-25 year old models. We’ll get to that soon. For now, let’s focus on the Golden Globe Awards because they’re happening exactly a week By Lainey • Jan 03, 2023 08:58 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 22, 2022 Dear Gossips, For Ke Huy Quan, the end of 2022 has been a win, literally. He’s been winning a lot of awards. He won the Gotham Awards a few weeks ago; the New York Film Critics Circle named him Best Supporting Actor; and of course he’s considered a By Lainey • Dec 22, 2022 08:27 am
Amazingness Tom Cruise: Rides and Dives Yesterday I posted about Tom Cruise jumping out of an airplane and falling through the sky while delivering a thank you and happy holidays message and promoting Top Gun: Maverick on streaming and on its Oscar campaign. Today I’m back, because he’s back, and instead of jumping out By Lainey • Dec 20, 2022 12:06 pm
TV Updates Austin Butler on SNL: Silly, Sweet, and Sincere As I wrote last week re: Austin Butler hosting SNL, the timing couldn’t be better for him. Austin is in contention for a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his performance in Elvis. He is the youngest candidate in the field which is why they’ve been strategic about how By Lainey • Dec 19, 2022 12:56 pm
Amazingness Happy Holidays from Tom Cruise Tom Cruise is ABSURD. Tom Cruise is always, absurdly, Tom Cruise. So what else did we expect a holiday message from him to look like? It is exactly what you would expect – because Tom Cruise is consistently and dependably absurd. Which is why he’s sending us his holiday wishes By Lainey • Dec 19, 2022 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for December 16, 2022 Dear Gossips, Babylon, the last major entry into awards season before the holidays, premiered in Los Angeles last night. Everyone turned out, from headliners Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Diego Calva, to members of the massive ensemble including Jean Smart, Flea, comedian Rory Scovel, Li Jun Li, Tobey Maguire, Lukas By Sarah • Dec 16, 2022 09:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The CCAs have what the Oscars want The nominations for the 2023 Critics’ Choice Awards were announced yesterday, and the coverage was overall more robust than what we saw earlier in the week for the Golden Globes. The Critics’ Choice Association is actively trying to snake the Globes’ place as THE pre-Oscar awards show, and so far, By Sarah • Dec 15, 2022 02:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kate and Glen talk about Tom Kate Hudson and Glen Powell are paired together for Variety’s Actors on Actors series this award season and one of the reasons is because they’ve known each other for a while as Glen worked with both Kate’s brothers, Oliver Hudson and Wyatt Russell, on previous projects. They’ By Lainey • Dec 14, 2022 12:39 pm
