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
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
