Movie Reviews and Previews Get Out is still in the conversation As well it should be. Get Out came out in February and we’re closing in on November and it’s still one of the best movies of the year. As it’s still hanging around, and given its box office success, which has kept it in the conversation as By Sarah • Oct 23, 2017 11:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina Jolie’s weekend screening Last weekend Angelina Jolie attended a Q&A after screening First They Killed My Father for Academy members. It was then confirmed that Cambodia had submitted FTKMF for Oscar consideration. As previously mentioned, that’s just the first step in a selection process that’s divided into several phases. By Lainey • Sep 25, 2017 12:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Official: Angelina goes for Oscar Just as everyone was coming down from the Emmy Awards yesterday, people in Hollywood were making moves for another awards show, the Oscars, still almost 6 months away. It was confirmed that the Cambodian Oscar Selection Committee has chosen to submit Angelina Jolie’s First They Killed My Father for By Lainey • Sep 19, 2017 04:00 pm
Quiveration Idris in a white sweater After promoting two films at TIFF this weekend and introducing us to his “girlfriend” Sabrina, Idris Elba was in New York yesterday, photographed outside The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. The Mountain Between Us opens on October 6th. So he’s promoting it beyond the festivals now, trying to generate By Lainey • Sep 12, 2017 01:39 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina’s Oscar goals? Angelina Jolie was in Telluride this weekend with all six of her children for the North American premiere of First They Killed My Father. There was a standing ovation after the screening. Many critics are calling the film her strongest directorial effort, so strong that they’re talking about Oscar By Lainey • Sep 05, 2017 01:06 pm
TV Updates Intro for August 15, 2017 Dear Gossips, The Emmys are 5 weeks away. Emmy voting began yesterday and ends August 28th so this, right now, is when campaigning is at its most intense. As previously reported, they’re now spending as much on Emmy campaigns as the Oscars and it’s an especially competitive year By Lainey • Aug 15, 2017 09:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Award season in August Some of us care about award season year-round. There’s a small group at work and we exchange emails almost every day about possible contenders, speculating about how the field will narrow as we get deeper into the fall. While the work itself should always be paramount, needless to say, By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 12:00 pm
TV Updates For Your Consideration: Nicole, Reese, and Alex Earlier this week, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, and Alexander Skarsgard were in Hollywood for a FYC Big Little Lies event in support of the show’s Emmy nominations. Casey Bloys, the head of HBO, confirmed earlier this week that they’re hoping to do a second season and Liane Moriarty, By Lainey • Jul 27, 2017 04:41 pm
Award Season Campaigning Intro for June 13, 2017 Dear Gossips, Oprah talked me into work today. She’s on this week’s episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, “the first podcast to which she has ever granted a wide-ranging interview”. The exclusive is described so specifically because of course she was interviewed last year on By Lainey • Jun 13, 2017 08:59 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for June 8, 2017 Dear Gossips, It’s Emmy season. Nominations will be announced next month. Which is why we’ll be seeing a lot of the contenders over the next few weeks. A few of those contenders participated in The Hollywood Reporter Drama Actress Roundtable - Oprah Winfrey, Jessica Lange, Nicole Kidman, Chrissy By Lainey • Jun 08, 2017 09:46 am
Award Season Campaigning Ryan Gosling pre-Oscars Ryan Gosling stepped out for lunch yesterday in Los Feliz. On Sunday, as you know, he’ll be at the Oscars, as a nominee for Best Actor for his performance in La La Land. He won’t win. Unless he’s a spoiler? Unless Denzel Washington and Casey Affleck split By Lainey • Feb 22, 2017 11:19 am
Style Emma’s best outfit of the season Emma Stone’s award season choices so far have been…kinda…same-same, right? Similar silhouettes, not that much edge? Duana always says I have an award season fashion theory. It’s a theory with two parts. First that they bank their best dresses for the biggest most high profile shows, By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 03:51 pm
Award Season Campaigning Denzel and Casey’s winning weekends Casey Affleck won the BAFTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role last night. Denzel Washington, however, was not nominated. And the last time they went head-to-head, at the SAGs, it was Denzel who pulled off the surprise. Which suddenly changed our assumption of what the Best Actor Oscar race By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 07:24 am
Music The Oscar performers The Academy today announced who would be performing at the Oscars this year. All five nominated songs will be represented. These are the artists who’ll sing them: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Auli’i Cravalho, How Far I’ll Go, Moana Sting, The Empty Chair, Jim: The James Foley Story John By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 03:33 pm
Award Season Campaigning Dev’s big weekend? Many of you have been asking for a post on Dev Patel. More posts on Dev Patel. It’s been a great week for Dev so far. On Monday he was at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon as a proper nominee for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Lion. And By Lainey • Feb 09, 2017 01:09 pm
Award Season Campaigning Justin Timberlake is still campaigning As I was scrolling through the photos attached to The Hollywood Reporter feature on Justin Timberlake, I stopped at the cover image. My colleague Brian looked over my shoulder and asked, “But WHY is he on the cover? What is he promoting?” The only answer to that question is, “Because, By Kathleen • Feb 08, 2017 01:13 pm
