Movie Reviews and Previews Casey Affleck’s week of winning Casey Affleck started the week, and 2017, at the Palm Springs Film Festival where he received the Achievement Award. On Tuesday he was in New York to accept the Best Actor Award from the New York Film Critics Circle where he read aloud some of the worst reviews of his By Lainey • Jan 05, 2017 11:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The “unknowable” Natalie Portman In November Sarah wrote about Natalie Portman’s Oscar chances, noting that Natalie does indeed give a strong performance in Jackie and that, no doubt, Natalie knows how to campaign for an Oscar, but that the biggest obstacle to her getting another one this year is that she just won By Lainey • Jan 03, 2017 11:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Stone takes a sick day And misses the first campaign stop of the year. Emma Stone has strep throat, and could not attend the Palm Springs International Film Festival to receive her Vanguard Award - which she shares with Ryan Gosling - last night. It's her first sick day of awards season, as By Joanna • Jan 03, 2017 11:21 am
Award Season Campaigning Meet the Reynolds Ryan Reynolds got a star on the Walk Of Fame in Hollywood today. Blake Lively was with him. And also their two daughters. This is the first time their children have been seen in public. So, as you can imagine, it’s a big story. And you know, they KNOW By Lainey • Dec 15, 2016 05:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma & Ryan’s weekend Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling were immortalised together in Hollywood the other day. When I posted about this yesterday, I wondered whether or not that was premature – and most of you agreed. Now though, is it up to them to live up to it or us to ask them to By Lainey • Dec 09, 2016 10:07 am
Maple Leaf Ryan’s “first day out” La La Land Hollywood premiere last night. La La Land, as you know, is a frontrunner for Best Picture, in a tight race right now with Moonlight and, maybe, Manchester By The Sea although I feel like Manchester’s big hope might be Casey Affleck, the alleged sexual harasser. I By Lainey • Dec 07, 2016 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Weightlifting: The Actors Roundtable Last week it was the Actresses Roundtable. This week The Hollywood Reporter is featuring the Actors. I briefly mentioned this yesterday in the post about what Andrew Garfield said about Emma Stone. Now that I’ve read through the whole piece and watched all the videos… well…I’m not By Lainey • Dec 02, 2016 11:18 am
BFFs Amy and her friends Sarah texted me the other night all confused and annoyed about Nocturnal Animals NOT being part of the awards circuit, not really in the Oscar conversation. The film was well-reviewed out of the festivals. It’s an all-star cast. But it feels like it’s almost being ignored. Anyway, the By Lainey • Nov 30, 2016 04:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Casey Affleck is fine Critical status update report—Casey Affleck, actor and Oscar hopeful, continues to be absolutely, totally, 100% okay despite serious allegations of sexual harassment. The latest pit stop on the Casey Affleck Is Doing Just Fine Tour is the National Board of Review, where he won Best Actor for his performance By Sarah • Nov 30, 2016 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman’s alien answers Last night Natalie Portman showed up at the Gotham Awards, wearing a homeschooler’s home ec project, where she was a Best Actress nominee for Jackie. In something of an upset, she lost to Isabelle Huppert (Elle), because film voters have a hard time resisting Icons. The Gothams are not By Sarah • Nov 29, 2016 10:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Andrew & Emma's award schedules It's looking like Emma Stone will for sure be at every stop during award season, as a nominee. It would be a major shock if La La Land isn't a contender across all the major categories. Last week, a trailer for one of the final contenders By Lainey • Nov 28, 2016 01:18 pm
Award Season Campaigning Intro for November 28, 2016 Dear Gossips, They aired a feature on Casey Affleck yesterday morning on CBS Sunday Morning. He was interviewed by Tracy Smith and takes her on a walk through Fenway Park, discussing his childhood in Boston, how he enrolled at Columbia University only to return to Hollywood, and how he sees By Lainey • Nov 28, 2016 08:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicole Kidman, Hollywood’s den mother Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban walked the red carpet together at the premiere of Lion at the MoMA in New York last night. They were coy, playful and affectionate, and gave photographers several options of loved up photos to use and service to the press in service of Lion. In By Joanna • Nov 17, 2016 11:49 am
BFFs Project Casey Manchester By The Sea came out of festival season strong, with outstanding reviews and predictions for Oscar. Most award season experts still agree that Manchester will be nominated for several awards, including Best Picture, but I feel like in the last few weeks, people haven’t been talking about it By Lainey • Nov 15, 2016 02:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman’s second Oscar Joanna, our resident Natalie Portman apologist, is backing Portman in the Best Actress Oscar race, which is actually competitive this year. Portman is campaigning for Jackie—the last time Portman campaigned, for Black Swan, I was so turned off I started calling her “Natalie Never”— Pablo Larrain’s biopic of By Sarah • Nov 15, 2016 12:07 pm
Gorgessity Emma Stone locks it down The Hollywood Foreign Press Association held an event last night in Hollywood to “celebrate Golden Globe Award season”. Basically it was an excuse to have a party. But the stars show up because they have to lock down their nominations. Emma Stone was there too, although the way people are By Lainey • Nov 11, 2016 01:08 pm
