Movie Reviews and Previews Father, Son, and Oscar for Gaga? That title, of course, is delivered the way Lady Gaga says it in House of Gucci, with her much discussed and debated Italian accent. Because Gaga, as we know, two weeks after receiving another SAG nomination for her performance in the film, is currently campaigning for her second Oscar acting By Lainey • Jan 25, 2022 11:10 am
Award Season Campaigning Ben Affleck: Batman and Oscar One of the sidebar conversations on social media that came out of that Joss Whedon profile this week was about Batman. As Sarah noted in her post about Joss, for years there has been in-fighting among fanboys about Justice League and Zack Snyder’s version vs Joss’s version By Lainey • Jan 19, 2022 01:33 pm
Relationship Assumption Andrew Garfield: A Lying Oscar Campaign There’s no one way to campaign for an Oscar but there are some campaign messages that are more common than others. “Getting ugly for Oscar” is a common one. “Suffering” for Oscar is a storyline we hear a lot – from Leonardo DiCaprio to Jared Leto to Christian Bale to By Lainey • Jan 18, 2022 12:41 pm
Award Season Campaigning David Letterman and Nominee Will Smith Here is Will Smith, fresh off his SAG award nomination, taping a segment with David Letterman for Letterman’s Netflix interview show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. They both look to be in high spirits, which isn’t unusual for Will Smith—that guy is always on—but Letterman By Sarah • Jan 14, 2022 09:23 am
Top Reads Kristen Stewart: Stepping Out After the Snub As Sarah covered yesterday, the Screen Actors Guild announced their nominations yesterday and one of the biggest shocks was that Kristen Stewart was NOT nominated for Best Actress. It’s considered the most major snub of the field – Kristen’s performance as Princess Diana is widely acclaimed, and I’m By Lainey • Jan 13, 2022 12:47 pm
Award Season Campaigning Awards season takes shape As we’ve been saying, this awards season is wide open. But with the SAG nominations landing today, we’re finally starting to get a picture of what the Oscar race really looks like. For instance, The Power of the Dog, a favorite frontrunner since it hit the festival circuit By Sarah • Jan 12, 2022 01:21 pm
Award Season Campaigning Ben Affleck pre-50 George Clooney’s The Tender Bar started streaming on Prime last Friday, which is why Ben Affleck was featured in the LA Times this weekend. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in the film (he didn’t win) and he does have a shot at an By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 01:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Best Actress Oscar Race post GGs As we’ve been seeing over the last few months, this is a wide-open award season. The Golden Globes may have been awarded last night but I don’t think the results there really established any clear frontrunners. In the Best Picture category, we always knew The Power of By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 11:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews There won’t be another Denzel Denzel Washington is on the cover of this week’s Variety, promoting his two-fer as both the star of The Tragedy of Macbeth and director of A Journal for Jordan. For Macbeth, he’s a heavy favorite for an Oscar nomination; if it happens, it would be his ninth By Sarah • Jan 07, 2022 10:42 am
Award Season Campaigning The Golden Globe nominations The Golden Globe Awards will not be broadcast in January, because of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s past f-cksh-t. The organisation claims it has undergone sweeping changes but even getting to the point of agreeing to change seemed like such a challenge, right now there’s a By Lainey • Dec 13, 2021 11:19 am
Award Season Campaigning West Side Story and Rachel Zegler, a contender? There’s been a LOT of hype about Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. It’s currently sitting at 95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes so far. The film opens this Friday and if it can do a solid box office, it’s almost guaranteed, not just for a Best Picture By Lainey • Dec 08, 2021 12:22 pm
Award Season Campaigning Nicole Kidman goes for the lead As Sarah and I have been saying, it’s a wide open Oscar race this year across almost all the major categories, including Best Actress. Nicole Kidman has been making a strong push right now with Being the Ricardos. Last week she was in New York, attending multiple screenings and By Lainey • Dec 07, 2021 09:50 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 7, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Critics Choice Awards television nominations were announced yesterday. In the comedy category, it was really great to see that Reservation Dogs will be competing for Best Comedy Series alongside Ted Lasso, Only Murders in the Building, Insecure, Hacks, The Other Two, and What We Do In The By Lainey • Dec 07, 2021 09:01 am
Award Season Campaigning Annie supports Jessica I love it when celebrities give me the content I’ve been asking for. For the last month or so, as we get deeper into award season, I’ve been posting about celebrity support in an Oscar campaign and how every year, we see celebrities come out to endorse their By Lainey • Dec 03, 2021 12:11 pm
Bad Style Here comes Nicole Being The Ricardos comes out next week, and while reviews are still embargoed, Oscar buzz is building momentum for Nicole Kidman. Awards season remains extremely competitive, but Kidman is looking more and more like a solid pick for a nomination (along with Olivia Colman and Kristen Stewart). Here’s Kidman, By Sarah • Dec 03, 2021 10:21 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Maggie Gyllenhaal wins big at the Gothams Maggie Gyllenhaal was the top winner at the Gotham Awards last night, winning three statues from different juries of her peers in her hometown New York crowd for her feature directorial debut, The Lost Daughter. For a New Yorker, and independent film champion like Maggie, the Gothams are definitely a By Joanna • Nov 30, 2021 12:45 pm
