Award Season Campaigning George Clooney and Bennifer: An Award Season Run? Ever since it was announced that George Clooney would be directing Ben Affleck in the film adaptation for The Tender Bar, I’ve been saying that this film will have awards potential. George and Ben have already won an Oscar together, Best Picture no less, for Argo. The screenplay for By Lainey • Sep 23, 2021 12:02 pm
Award Season Campaigning Del Toro, Coop, and Cate enter the race One of the big question marks of the 2021 awards season was Guillermo Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, a new adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham’s novel (there is also a 1947 film starring Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell) of the same name. Del Toro literally JUST finished the film, By Sarah • Sep 16, 2021 01:00 pm
Gorgessity Kristen Stewart Makes Her Case Going into Venice and the fall film season, Pablo Larraín’s Spencer, starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, was on almost everyone’s list. It’s a triple threat situation: Princess Diana forever and ever will bring the intrigue and fascination; Pablo Larraín is an acclaimed filmmaker who brings the By Lainey • Sep 07, 2021 01:05 pm
Award Season Campaigning Regé-Jean Page’s carriage upgrade We are now six weeks away from the Emmy nominations and one of the big series contenders is Bridgerton. Bridgerton is one of two high profile drama series considerations for Netflix, alongside The Crown, so Regé-Jean Page’s Variety cover feature, which came out last week, was released just By Lainey • Jun 01, 2021 10:32 am
Award Season Campaigning Riz and Sir Anthony Hopkins’ night before ‘Twas the night before Oscar voting closes… and Best Actor contenders Riz Ahmed and Sir Anthony Hopkins both flexed their last-minute campaign hustle on two separate late night talk shows. Sir Anthony Hopkins popped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert alongside his The Father director, Florian Zeller, while By Joanna • Apr 20, 2021 01:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for April 15, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Oscars are exactly ten days away and today is the first voting day for Academy members. The voting window closes on Tuesday, April 20 and then, of course, we’ll know on Sunday, April 25 who the winners are. With this in mind, here’s the cover By Lainey • Apr 15, 2021 08:52 am
Style Carey Mulligan Goes For Oscar Carey Mulligan was nominated for an Oscar over a decade ago for her performance in An Education, still a movie I adore, like a beloved book. She was an underdog back then, as that the year Sandra Bullock won for The Blind Side, but she’s definitely not an underdog By Lainey • Apr 12, 2021 01:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Daniel and YJ win at the BAFTAs The BAFTAs are the final major pre-Oscar award show and can sometimes shape how the Oscars shake out; Oscar voting begins this week, so the BAFTAs certainly help a campaign. This award season has been wide open and unpredictable and the BAFTAs have definitely added to that. Sir Anthony By Lainey • Apr 12, 2021 10:01 am
Child Stars Intro for March 10, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Directors Guild of America and the BAFTAs announced their nominations yesterday. Chloe Zhao, widely considered to be the frontrunner this season, and possibly a lock for Oscar, is now the first woman of colour to be nominated by the DGA. The name that really jumped out for By Lainey • Mar 10, 2021 09:08 am
Award Season Campaigning Minari’s Oscar Campaign Features the Star of Award Season Oscar nomination voting begins today and runs until March 10. The nominations will be announced March 15. Right now, if there’s a frontrunner, it’s probably Nomadland, off the strength of director Chloe Zhao’s lead in the director race and its universal acclaim. Heading into the Globes, Nomadland’ By Lainey • Mar 05, 2021 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue 2021 The Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue has a spectacular but controversial past, much like Hollywood itself. To be honest, there are some classic VF Hollywood issues that I look back on and still get excited about. Like certain ones from the 90s featuring people who would become Mega Celebrities – who, of By Lainey • Feb 23, 2021 01:01 pm
Award Season Campaigning Golden Globes: Three women more than before One bright spot in the Golden Globes film nominations is that for the first time, THREE women have been nominated for Best Director. Regina King (One Night in Miami), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman), and Chloe Zhao (Nomadland) all received directing nods. Previously, only five women have ever been nominated By Sarah • Feb 03, 2021 01:39 pm
Equality Issues The somehow still outrageous Golden Globe nominations, film If ever there was a year for the Golden Globes to be really bold and fresh, it is now, after a bizarre year in film in 2020. However, the nominations are, as per usual, outrageous and a little outraging, just as they are on television side with some deserving inclusions By Sarah • Feb 03, 2021 11:50 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for February 3, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Golden Globe nominations will be announced this morning and we’ll have more on which films and series and performers the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is recognising this year. Because it’s the HFPA though… expect some randomness and maybe (probably?) a little foolery. Like if Michaela By Lainey • Feb 03, 2021 08:57 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 29, 2021 Dear Gossips, You may have noticed a headline this week about Gillian Anderson after she appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and they played a behind-the-scenes video from the set of The Crown when, during a break from filming, she and Olivia Colman, along with other cast By Lainey • Jan 29, 2021 09:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Riz and Steven: On Metal, Minari, Acting, and Codeswitching We’re less than a week away from the Golden Globe Awards now and I’m slowly making my way through most of the contenders. The one film that’s gaining momentum that I’ve yet to see – and I’m hoping to get a screener soon – is Lee Isaac By Lainey • Jan 28, 2021 01:16 pm
