TV Updates Bidding farewell to awards season Amy Adams (almost) Amy Adams (likely) made her last stateside awards season appearance as a Best Actress nominee for Arrival at the SAG Awards on Sunday night. She did not receive an Oscar nomination for Arrival last week, but still has the BAFTAs on her nominee calendar. She wore a black Brandon Maxwell By Joanna • Jan 30, 2017 09:24 am
Award Season Campaigning Lin-Manuel Miranda was not sleeping Lin-Manuel Miranda is an “O” away from EGOT. He might not get it. He probably won’t get it? La La Land is the presumed frontrunner in the Best Song category. And Justin Timberlake can’t stop being Justin Timberlake so, as I mentioned yesterday, it might take a By Lainey • Jan 25, 2017 11:36 am
Award Season Campaigning Justin Timberlake: the Sleep Claimer After the Oscar nominations were announced yesterday, it was all about reaction. Celebrities released statements, everyone talked about how honoured they were, and Meryl Streep, well, Meryl Streep gave us this: Seriously, that’s what was officially sent out on her behalf by a Paramount publicist. It’s cute AF. By Lainey • Jan 25, 2017 11:14 am
Award Season Campaigning Michael Shannon’s work pays off As you know, I love Nocturnal Animals and am perpetually salty that it’s not getting enough attention this award season. It only got one Oscar nomination, although at least the Academy got this right: Michael Shannon was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. I’m still stung that the film By Sarah • Jan 24, 2017 01:44 pm
Award Season Campaigning The Icon and The Ingenue The most competitive category at the Oscars this year is Best Actress. It’s been this way since last fall. For several months, the race was defined as Emma Stone versus Natalie Portman. Back in November I wrote about their competition, and that despite Portman’s excellent work in Jackie, By Sarah • Jan 24, 2017 12:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Pre-nomination Andrew Andrew Garfield has been in London this week promoting Silence. It’s his work in Hacksaw Ridge, however, that is receiving the most recognition. A large majority of Oscar prognosticators are expecting to hear Andrew’s name called on Tuesday morning when the Academy announces its nominations. He told Reuters By Lainey • Jan 20, 2017 11:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Three Natalie Portmans = One Ashton Kutcher, and a Best Actress Update Natalie Portman covers the newest issue of Marie Claire UK. Inside, she talks about legalizing pot, her sense of humour, and, of course, Jackie. But she also reveals that as of 2010, Ashton Kutcher was worth roughly three times as much as she was in the eyes of Hollywood: “Ashton By Joanna • Jan 11, 2017 11:30 am
Maple Leaf Ryan Reynolds is one step closer to Oscar We have seen an unprecedented amount of hustle and thirst from Ryan Reynolds this award season as he pushes Deadpool as the year’s most improbable contender. And, well, it’s working, because besides those Golden Globe nominations, Deadpool has also bagged a Writers’ Guild and now a Producers’ Guild By Sarah • Jan 10, 2017 03:35 pm
Award Season Campaigning Ryan Reynolds wants to go to the Oscars Did it surprise you how visible Ryan Reynolds was in December? It’s not like he was promoting a movie. Wait, no. That’s wrong. It’s not like he was promoting a NEW movie. He was not promoting a new movie. He was promoting a movie that came out… By Lainey • Jan 06, 2017 03:37 pm
Award Season Campaigning Tom Hiddleston heads to the Globes Here’s Tom Hiddleston at Heathrow today, likely on his way to Los Angeles for the Golden Globes on Sunday where he’s nominated for his work in The Night Manager. It’s doubtful that he’ll win as he’s in the same category as Courtney B Vance in By Lainey • Jan 06, 2017 11:00 am
Award Season Campaigning C-nt and Lil C-nt Joanna wrote in the previous post about Reese Witherspoon’s support of Natalie Portman. I wrote on Tuesday about Tom Hanks’s support of Natalie Portman in Palm Springs and how, well, even though Emma Stone had the early momentum for Best Actress, you can’t mistake the signs now By Lainey • Jan 06, 2017 10:38 am
Award Season Campaigning Reese Witherspoon for Natalie Portman Emma Stone may have Jennifer Lawrence and Eddie Redmayne showing up to support her work in La La Land, but Reese Witherspoon was photographed a private screening of Jackie alongside Natalie Portman Wednesday night. @reesewitherspoon and Natalie Portman at a private screening of #JackieFilm ✨ A photo posted by JackieFilm (@jackiefilm) By Joanna • Jan 06, 2017 10:17 am
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 she' 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
