Movie Reviews and Previews Denzel goes for his third As mentioned earlier, Fences, directed by and starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, screened for Oscar, SAG, and media voters this weekend. Reviews are embargoed until December. But according to Variety and Deadline, reaction was mega positive across the board, and the ovation was intense, particularly for Viola Davis. Viola By Lainey • Nov 07, 2016 04:00 pm
Award Season Campaigning Notes from the Hollywood Film Awards The Hollywood Film Awards are about as significant as the People’s Choice Awards which is to say, not significant at all. The difference though is that, somehow, the Hollywood Film Awards actually attract talent and not just the cast of Big Bang Theory. That said, the award categories, every By Lainey • Nov 07, 2016 10:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessica Chastain too We’ve been hearing over and over again that this year’s Best Actress Oscar race is the most competitive it’s been in a while, much more competitive than Best Actor. We’ve been hearing over and over again that Emma Stone (La La Land) is currently the frontrunner, By Lainey • Nov 02, 2016 04:01 pm
BFFs Eddie Redmayne for Emma Stone It’s barely November, but Emma Stone is calling up the heavy hitters to help celebrate her (fantastic) work in La La Land. A few weeks ago, Jennifer Lawrence held down the fort for Emma in New York and made a Tonya Harding reference for the ages — but last night, By Joanna • Nov 02, 2016 01:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Oscar Loving? Sorry. That’s a cheese f-ck title. But once it was stuck in my head I couldn’t think of anything else. Loving opens next week. The film has already received strong reviews. Oscar experts are predicting that Loving will be nominated for Best Picture and that Ruth Negga will By Lainey • Oct 27, 2016 12:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Does Eddie Murphy have a shot at Best Supporting Actor this year? He definitely could be in contention. Eddie Murphy’s performance in the little-seen indie Mr. Church — which hit DVD and on-demand yesterday* — has been dubbed a “revelation” by The Hollywood Reporter. Whoever is running Eddie’s Twitter appears to agree with that take. All week long – Eddie’s Twitter account By Joanna • Oct 26, 2016 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Viola Davis goes supporting It’s been confirmed that Viola Davis will be campaigning in the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance in Fences instead of Best Actress. Variety reports that Viola screened the film last week and made the decision herself. The current Best Supporting Actress frontrunner is Michelle Williams for Manchester By Lainey • Oct 25, 2016 04:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Casey Affleck won’t be stopped Casey Affleck is the clear frontrunner for Best Actor this year, for Manchester by the Sea, and though Michael Keaton and Denzel Washington will have something to say about it, it’s such a weak year in that category that, even this early, it’s Affleck’s Oscar to lose. By Sarah • Oct 19, 2016 10:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dev & Nicole build momentum Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman were in London last night in support of Lion. No one was really talking about Lion before TIFF. At TIFF is where it really made a move as a contender, possibly Harvey Weinstein’s only Oscar contender of the season. As Joanna noted when she By Lainey • Oct 13, 2016 03:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Yes, Annette Bening deserves all that Oscar buzz for 20th Century Women Sight unseen, Annette Bening was hailed as a Best Actress contender (and possible frontrunner) for her work in 20th Century Women, which premiered on Saturday at the New York Film Festival. The same hype followed Viola Davis for her work in Fences, and coincidentally, the trailers for both of these By Joanna • Oct 12, 2016 10:40 am
Award Season Campaigning Kit Harington, Emmy Nominee Kit Harington scored his first Emmy nomination this year, for the “Battle of the Bastards” episode of Game of Thrones, and so he’s doing some campaigning, including talking to The Hollywood Reporter about his nomination and the way Jon Snow changed in season six. First, Harington’s Emmy campaign By Sarah • Aug 24, 2016 12:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Nate Parker and The Birth of a Nation press tour Nate Parker is the face of The Birth of a Nation. He will continue to be the face of The Birth of a Nation because, according to reports, Fox Searchlight is going ahead with plans to parade Parker, the alleged rapist, around during an extensive Oscar campaign. He’ll be By Kathleen • Aug 22, 2016 09:28 am
TV Updates Ass talk for Emmy Emmy voting begins today and ends August 29th. The Emmys happen on September 18th. Last week, to get right up in voters’ faces, Tom Hiddleston was in LA for several promotional events and interviews in support of The Night Manager. Here are some shots of him at the SAG-AFTRA Q& By Lainey • Aug 15, 2016 03:00 pm
Relationship Assumption Swoki OK! I f-cking love that this is how we determine celebrity relationship status these days. And it’s not new. Like not Instagram new. Because while I don’t use Facebook the status thing on Facebook has been an issue for years now, non? This seems very stressful for a single By Lainey • Aug 12, 2016 12:46 pm
Award Season Campaigning JT’s Trolling the HFPA I couldn’t help it! I’m sorry! It’s Friday and I’m 6 hours from the weekend and a nice break and I can’t contain the bad jokes. Justin Timberlake was at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association event last night too. As I mentioned in the post By Lainey • Aug 05, 2016 01:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma before festival season The Hollywood Foreign Press Association held its grants banquet in Beverly Hills last night and there were some big names who showed up in the name of charity but with the side benefit (or maybe main benefit) of Golden Globes. Come on, now. Please don’t try to tell me By Lainey • Aug 05, 2016 01:09 pm
