Award Season Campaigning Team Kidman and Boy Erased at the Governors Awards (Lainey: Nicole Kidman is currently promoting Boy Erased. In a couple of weeks she’ll be promoting Destroyer. Gold Derby just asked her about the possibility of being nominated for both Best Actress and Supporting Actress in the same year - it’s rare, but it’s not impossible…and By Sarah • Nov 19, 2018 04:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews MBJ at the Governors Awards The Black Panther cast was mostly present and accounted for at the Governors Awards reminding me how much I love them all but I’m going to focus on my man Michael Bae Jordan. He wore an impeccably tailored white suit jacket that he can wear to our wedding if By Kathleen • Nov 19, 2018 03:54 pm
Award Season Campaigning Constance, Michelle, and co: Team Crazy Rich Asians at the Governors Awards There aren’t usually this many Asians at Oscar events. Because there aren’t usually all-Asian casts in Hollywood. Crazy Rich Asians came out in August. It’s one of the most successful movies of the year. It does actually have an outside shot at a couple of nominations, including By Lainey • Nov 19, 2018 03:35 pm
Award Season Campaigning Wakanda Campaigns: Team Black Panther at the Governors Awards The citizens of Wakanda turned out for the Governor Awards, with Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o, and Michael B. Jordan on hand. We’ll leave MBJ for Kathleen, because I like my life and don’t want to lose it. As is usual with Wakandans, everyone looks super By Sarah • Nov 19, 2018 02:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek and Lucy Boynton: Team Bohemian Rhapsody at the Governors Awards It’s a one-person team, really. Bohemian Rhapsody continues to perform very well at the box office. Right now it’s approaching $400 million worldwide and could make as much as $500 globally by the end of its theatrical run. Despite the problems that many critics – including Sarah – had with By Lainey • Nov 19, 2018 11:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lady Gaga and Sam Elliott: Team ASIB at the Governors Awards Martin Levy was one of the honorary Oscar recipients at the Governors Awards last night. Martin is a publicist and the Academy was formally acknowledging the work of publicity on a night when, as you know, Oscar strategists were working hard to position their candidates in the best possible light By Lainey • Nov 19, 2018 09:49 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for November 19, 2018 Dear Gossips, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards happened last night as the recipients of this year’s honorary Oscars were celebrated. This is one of the biggest events on the Oscar circuit – you’re literally in the Oscar ballroom, among Academy voters, with select press By Lainey • Nov 19, 2018 08:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Favourite begins campaigning The Favourite is one of my favorite films of the year—yes, I see that, too—and it will be rolling out starting next week, beginning a hopeful Oscar charge. Leading the way on that is a cover feature in The Hollywood Reporter with its trio of stars, Olivia Colman, By Sarah • Nov 15, 2018 01:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Can Rami challenge Bradley? Critics’ reactions to Bohemian Rhapsody have been mixed – click here to read Sarah’s thoughts on the film if you missed it – but it is definitely a crowd-pleaser with the box office to match, already crossing the $100 million mark in the US and bringing in strong numbers internationally for By Lainey • Nov 15, 2018 10:39 am
Music Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s campaign promise We are in it now. It’s mid-November. Golden Globe nominations will be announced in three weeks. And while we do have a front runner for Oscar Best Picture, the major prize, the one that matters the most, I’m not sure anyone is convinced at the moment that A By Lainey • Nov 13, 2018 01:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews MBJ is not the SMA If you have been a regular visitor of this site for the last 15 years, you know that at this time of year, this week exactly actually, I handicap a list of possible contenders for PEOPLE’s annual Sexiest Man Alive and make a prediction. Click here to see last By Lainey • Nov 06, 2018 10:08 am
BFFs Annie honours Hugh Hugh Jackman received the Hollywood Actor Award at the Hollywood Film Awards last night for his performance in Jason Reitman’s The Front Runner which doesn’t come out until November 21. Like I said, this is a bizarre event on the awards circuit but it’s meant to position By Lainey • Nov 05, 2018 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Sometimes Back when she was campaigning for her Black Swan Oscar, I dubbed Natalie Portman “Natalie Never” because I couldn’t handle her cloying campaign persona. Over the years, though, I’ve mellowed toward Portman, and in the last year I’ve actually kind of liked her. It’s mostly thanks By Sarah • Oct 31, 2018 11:29 am
Style Rami Malek’s Oscar odds I have seen Bohemian Rhapsody. I loathe it. I’ll have a full review as soon as I can wrangle my incoherent fuming into something more orderly, but I need a minute to just be in my feelings about how much I hate this movie. There’s a new trailer By Sarah • Oct 25, 2018 01:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jen and Dolly “politickin’” together? As covered in the previous post, Dolly Parton started her Oscar campaign yesterday for the Dumplin’ soundtrack. Last week, when I wrote about Dumplin’, there had yet to be a release date. We have one now – the movie will start streaming on Netflix December 7th and also have a limited By Lainey • Oct 23, 2018 12:45 pm
Music Dolly says not yet I am EXCITED. As I posted yesterday, even though A Star is Born is currently the Oscar frontrunner across most major categories, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Bradley Cooper, they’re not letting them run away with it. Nobody is standing aside, not yet. Why would they? It’ By Lainey • Oct 23, 2018 11:00 am
