Style Taika with one week to go The Oscars are next weekend. Final voting opened yesterday and closes on Tuesday. Despite not being a frontrunner—TIFF’s Peoples’ Choice award will not align with Best Picture this year—Taika Waititi is still campaigning for Jojo Rabbit. Last night he made an appearance at the 92nd Street Y, By Sarah • Jan 31, 2020 12:53 pm
Style Cynthia and Charlize at the Nominees Luncheon The Oscars are less than two weeks away. The suspense this year is in the Best Picture and Director races. All the acting categories are pretty much locked up: Renee Zellweger for Best Actress, Joaquin Phoenix for Best Actor, Laura Dern for Best Supporting Actress, and Brad Pitt for Best By Lainey • Jan 28, 2020 03:44 pm
BFFs Brad and his “lover” Leo According to Brad Pitt, who was probably not being serious, Leonardo DiCaprio calls him “lover”: “Lover. He calls me Lover,” said Pitt. “It’s a bit confusing, but I roll with it.” These days, he’s a joke a minute, this guy. That said, he referred to Leo as “LDC” By Lainey • Jan 28, 2020 11:28 am
BFFs Taika and his hero, Bong Joon-ho The Oscar Nominees Luncheon took place yesterday. This is when they gather every year for the class photo, ahead of the big night, and now they can see the finish line after months of campaigning – except, of course, for Brad Pitt who hasn’t been campaigning AT ALL. We’ll By Lainey • Jan 28, 2020 10:21 am
Award Season Campaigning Joker is now 2019’s safest movie The Oscar nominations were announced this morning, and somehow, in a year with a wealth of solid options that could provide a controversy-free Oscar month, the Academy still managed to irk and irritate. Lainey and Duana will have more on specific snubs and #OscarsSoMale on the next episode of Show By Sarah • Jan 13, 2020 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for January 13, 2020 Dear Gossips, Big day today. And normally the biggest headline here at this site would be that it’s Oscar nomination day as we brace for whatever controversy comes out of the snubs and exclusions. To give you some idea of what we might expect, The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott By Lainey • Jan 13, 2020 08:48 am
BFFs Bradley presents to Brad Brad Pitt was seen in New York the other night leaving Bradley Cooper’s apartment. Last night he was at the National Board of Review gala accepting his award for Best Supporting Actor presented to him by Bradley Cooper. As I wrote yesterday, the two have been friends for some By Lainey • Jan 09, 2020 09:07 am
BFFs Brad, Brad, and Jen Brad Pitt pretty much locked in his Oscar on Sunday, didn’t he? As mentioned, Once Upon a Time …in Hollywood is not my favourite film, but he is, for me, the best part of it. And it’s time. Every year we talk about who’s “due” in Hollywood By Lainey • Jan 08, 2020 10:18 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 8, 2020 Dear Gossips, Leading up to Christmas, the predominant headline about Little Women was that they were having a hard time getting men to come to the screenings which may have been why the film was largely ignored by the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild. So the box office By Lainey • Jan 08, 2020 09:37 am
Relationship Assumption Brad and Jen at the after-party This was one of the major storylines heading into the Globes once the nominations were announced: Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt both single (put a pin in that) and back at the Globes. What does it mean? What it meant during the show was jacksh-t. There was no interaction, although By Lainey • Jan 06, 2020 11:35 am
TV Updates Intro for December 20, 2019 Dear Gossips, I’m so excited about Eddie Murphy’s return to Saturday Night Live this weekend, it’s almost pathetic. But I can’t be the only one. SNL is excited. And I wonder if they’re actually planning two shows – the main show, obviously, but also a show By Lainey • Dec 20, 2019 09:15 am
Award Season Campaigning Brad Pitt’s pre-birthday Q&A Today is Brad Pitt’s birthday. It’s also Katie Holmes’s birthday and I’ve been trying to Gossip Genie these two for months now. Probably won’t happen. Because he’s getting back together with Jennifer Aniston??? More on that in a minute. Brad spent the night before By Lainey • Dec 18, 2019 09:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Sandler still has a shot Back in September, Joanna wrote about the premiere of Adam Sandler’s Oscar hopeful, Uncut Gems. Well, Uncut Gems is now in theaters, and Adam Sandler’s Oscar hopes still exist. Reviews remained strong even after the festival buzz faded, an Uncut Gems hive has materialized online—led by Vulture’ By Sarah • Dec 17, 2019 04:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Driver, the new frontrunner? Timing is working out really well in Adam Driver’s favour right now for award season. He probably doesn’t much care about this (more on that in a minute) but Netflix would care. Marriage Story is Netflix and right now, his performance in Marriage Story has put him in By Lainey • Dec 17, 2019 11:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews SAG’s Triple Bombshell The cast of Bombshell, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie, attended a special screening for the film last night in LA, just before the Screen Actors Guild nominations this morning. Bombshell came up big, with all three women earning nominations – Charlize in the leading category and both Nicole and By Lainey • Dec 11, 2019 01:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Saoirse stands for Greta The Golden Globe nominations were announced yesterday. As you may have heard, there were some snubs. I know I mentioned this yesterday but When They See Us, Ava DuVernay’s series about the Exonerated Five, nominated for 16 Emmys, watched by 22 million accounts on Netflix, was completely shut out. By Lainey • Dec 10, 2019 11:41 am
