TV Updates Golden Globe Nominations: Snubs and the End of An Era We’re doing more than one post today about the Golden Globe nominations but let’s start with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association because this is their event. This is a group of 90 or so international journalists known for making odd choices – and not always bad. In the television By Lainey • Dec 09, 2019 10:45 am
TV Updates Intro for December 9, 2019 Dear Gossips, We’ve been saying for weeks that this looks like the most competitive Oscar race in years across all categories and as more and more film associations and critics’ boards announce their winners and nominations lists, so far, while there are certainly stronger contenders than others, there does By Lainey • Dec 09, 2019 08:37 am
Style Intro for December 6, 2019 Dear Gossips, As mentioned a couple of days ago when I posted about Tracee Ellis Ross in this space, there have been a lot of great looks in contention for the Outfit of the Week. And even though they’re not the outfit of the week, they should still be By Lainey • Dec 06, 2019 08:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Can Parasite break the Korean Oscar curse? Parasite is one of the best films of the year, and it’s already landing on year-end lists, including earning a special award from the American Film Institute. This has, naturally, led to a discussion about its Oscar prospects, which is an interesting conversation for two reasons. One is that By Sarah • Dec 05, 2019 04:14 pm
BFFs Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach: “indie couple goals” on Netflix’s big night Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach wore matching Raf Simons Laura Dern sweaters while presenting her with a special Tribute prize at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York last night. According to Greta, the real-life filmmaking couple had "been looking for an excuse to wear our Laura Dern By Joanna • Dec 03, 2019 03:01 pm
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 3, 2019 Dear Gossips, Awkwafina! Awkwafina won the Best Actress for her performance in The Farewell at the Gotham Awards last night in New York. As Variety notes, the Gothams, “hosted by the Independent Filmmakers Project, resembles the Iowa caucus as the first stop on the long and tangled road of awards By Lainey • Dec 03, 2019 09:22 am
Style Taylor Swift covers British Vogue Taylor Swift has a big birthday coming: she turns 30 on December 13. She’ll be entering a new decade as we all enter a new decade. Who will Taylor be in her 30s? It remains to be seen whether or not she has something big planned for the day, By Lainey • Dec 02, 2019 11:55 am
Style JLo keeps hustling The National Board of Review will announce its best films, directors, and performers of the year tomorrow. The New York Film Critics Circle will make their announcements on Wednesday. Golden Globe nominations are coming a week today on Monday, December 9. How many times will Jennifer Lopez’s name come By Lainey • Dec 02, 2019 11:17 am
Dumbass Scarlett Johansson “can’t lie” Vanity Fair released its Oscar issue yesterday featuring Scarlett Johansson on the cover and an interview with Scarjo that dives into her work on two Oscar contenders, Jojo Rabbit and Marriage Story, as well as details about the upcoming Black Widow solo movie, her recent divorce, and the difficulties of By Prem • Nov 27, 2019 09:44 am
Award Season Campaigning Awkwafina in Fourth and Fifth Lulu Wang’s The Farewell premiered at Sundance to outstanding reviews and already, back then, people were talking Oscar potential. The film was released in July and remains one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year with strong specialty box office performance to back it up. And through By Lainey • Nov 19, 2019 04:16 pm
BFFs Oscar “Bobby” and all his friends As mentioned a few times recently, Robert Pattinson is a possibility for an Oscar nomination for his performance in The Lighthouse and he’s been campaigning. Robert was at the Academy Governors Awards a few weeks ago, he’s attended pre-awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association events, and he was part By Lainey • Nov 19, 2019 11:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Renee Z through the years Over the last couple of weeks, it’s been Charlize Theron in the spotlight, campaigning for Best Actress Oscar for her work in Bombshell as Megyn Kelly. There is another frontrunner, however, who is also an Oscar winner – that would be Renee Zellweger and I’m curious as to how By Lainey • Nov 13, 2019 03:35 pm
Award Season Campaigning JLo and Bobby Sarah and I wrote about Variety’s Actors on Actors series yesterday - she posted about Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans interviewing each other and I posted about Brad Pitt and Adam Sandler. Neither one was all that exciting, and neither had the randomness that makes these features interesting. Jennifer By Lainey • Nov 13, 2019 03:03 pm
BFFs The Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson Buddy Circle The working title of this piece was “Evans and ScarJo circle jerk”; I cleaned up the headline because I am a PROFESSIONAL. But make no mistake, any interview format that involves actors interviewing each other is a circle jerk, and the Variety “Actors on Actors” series is no different. It’ By Sarah • Nov 12, 2019 02:34 pm
Award Season Campaigning Brad and Adam, the actors Variety’s Actors on Actors series is hit and miss for me. And it all depends on the actors. Sarah’s got Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans coming up next and there’s some intrigue and insight there because of the Avengers connection and for me, I’m always curious By Lainey • Nov 12, 2019 02:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 12, 2019 Dear Gossips, IndieWire reported late on Friday that Universal told the New York Film Critics that Cats wouldn’t be ready for review until mid-December. The NY Film Critics vote on their best films of the year on December 4 which means that, if this is indeed true, Cats will By Lainey • Nov 12, 2019 08:45 am
