TV Updates Bridgerton: The Ton goes for the Emmy Yvette Nicole Brown hosted Netflix’s FYSEE event for Bridgerton yesterday with cast members Charithra Chandran, Nicola Coughlan, and the breakout star of season two, Simone Ashley. Emmy nomination voting begins in a month and campaigning is well underway for consideration. Netflix is hoping that Bridgerton can be part of By Lainey • May 17, 2022 11:25 am
Style Euphoria: Six for Six As we’ve been mentioning the last few weeks, it’s Emmy campaign season and last night was Euphoria’s turn to make a case for nominations in the drama category for its second season – which was uneven, for sure, compared to the first season, but it’s also been By Lainey • Apr 21, 2022 12:47 pm
Award Season Campaigning Amanda Seyfried in the lead? Like Maria, I haven’t yet started The Dropout, starring Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes. Mostly because I’m still catching up on so many other shows – like the other tech scammer show that’s on right now: WeCrashed, with Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto. And the thing with that By Lainey • Apr 13, 2022 12:59 pm
TV Updates Selena, Steve, and Martin: Murders in Contention I know… I KNOW. We just got done with the Oscars and a tiresome award season that ended in the most exhaustingly controversial way. And now I’m hitting you up with more awards speculation and I’m sorry. But that’s what the focus is pivoting to now in By Lainey • Apr 11, 2022 12:06 pm
Assy Style Jessica Chastain and the red carpet skip The Oscars are happening in less than a week. The high points of the Oscars are always the bookends – the beginning, which is the red carpet during arrivals, and the end, which is when Best Picture is typically presented. It’s the in between that show producers and the Academy By Lainey • Mar 21, 2022 12:41 pm
Award Season Campaigning Brace for a CODA upset Last week, the Oscar race got a shakeup after Sian Heder’s CODA snatched Best Adapted Screenplay from presumptive favorite The Power of the Dog at the BAFTAs. Dog triumphed that weekend, though, winning top honors at the BAFTAs and the Critics’ Choice Awards, clinging to its place atop the By Sarah • Mar 21, 2022 11:10 am
Award Season Campaigning Andrew Garfield and the Oscar secrets For a couple of weeks now we’ve been talking about Oscar nominees and how, typically, it’s more fun to be a nominee who isn’t a frontrunner because there’s no pressure, you can just enjoy the ride. There are exceptions, of course, as we’ve been seeing By Lainey • Mar 17, 2022 01:53 pm
Top Reads Lady Gaga: A Speech for all the Awards Lady Gaga was named the New York Film Critics Circle Best Actress back in December for her performance as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci. She’s also been nominated for almost everything else from the SAGs to the BAFTAs and more…but not the Oscar. Many consider this to By Lainey • Mar 17, 2022 01:29 pm
Award Season Campaigning Will Smith’s pre-Oscar speeches… “and Bradley Cooper” Sarah wrote the other day after his win at the Critics Choice Awards that Will Smith seems unstoppable at this point, just a day before Oscar voting begins. Will has the SAG, the BAFTA, the Critics Choice, the Golden Globe, and last night he attended the National Board of Review By Lainey • Mar 16, 2022 02:04 pm
Award Season Campaigning Kristen Stewart makes one last pitch on Kimmel Final voting for the Oscars opens tomorrow, and Kristen Stewart is pushing for the finish line, keeping up her pace of appearing everywhere with a stop at Jimmy Kimmel Live. She wore a fabulous sparkly blue jumpsuit that looks GREAT on camera, and was generally lively and fun and confident, By Sarah • Mar 16, 2022 09:35 am
Top Reads Will Smith continues his streak Will Smith clocked two more wins this weekend, picking up Best Actor trophies at the BAFTAs and the Critics’ Choice Awards (full disclosure: I am a voting member of the CCA). He seems fairly unstoppable at this point, that “it’s his time” energy coalescing right as final balloting for By Sarah • Mar 14, 2022 11:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews A big weekend for awards season It was a big weekend for awards season, with a number of awards shows, including the BAFTAs in London and the Critics’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles (with a London outpost for the BAFTA crowd) on Sunday, and the Directors’ Guild Awards and Annie Awards (for animation) on Saturday. Let By Sarah • Mar 14, 2022 10:07 am
Award Season Campaigning Kristen Stewart loves being nominated Kristen Stewart was back in New York yesterday to promote Spencer at Tribeca Screening Room. The film made the festival circuit late last summer and through the fall. It officially opened in November and has been available on VOD for a while. So all told, it’s been over half By Lainey • Mar 11, 2022 10:21 am
Equality Issues Ariana DeBose: A Leading Lady …who dances and sings Ariana DeBose was just profiled in Vanity Fair for their Oscar package. She is, of course, nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Anita in West Side Story and currently the presumed frontrunner. Articles like this will reach Oscar voters, it’s all part of campaign By Lainey • Mar 10, 2022 01:13 pm
Award Season Campaigning Ariana and Kristen are having the best time Ariana DeBose is widely considered to be the Oscar frontrunner for Best Supporting Actress. If she wins this weekend at the BAFTAs, her lead will be considerable. But it’s by no means a foregone conclusion since, as we’ve seen, this year has been so unpredictable and King Richard By Lainey • Mar 08, 2022 12:02 pm
Music King Richard at the Luncheon…without Beyoncé As Sarah wrote in her post yesterday about this past weekend’s schedule of pre-Oscar events and awards ceremonies, King Richard is the industry editors’ choice for Best Picture this year which was a surprise because it was up against a film like Dune which, you would think, is the By Lainey • Mar 08, 2022 09:58 am
