Hook Ups Leo’s Oscar game Thanks to everyone who sent this over to me yesterday. There were so many of you, and I’m honoured to know that when you come across an item online directly related to Leonardo DiCaprio’s thirst for Oscar, your first thought is me. That said, we are obviously not By Lainey • Feb 17, 2016 08:34 am
Media Manipulation Leo kisses Maggie Last night at the BAFTAs – Leonardo DiCaprio was named Best Actor, Alejandro G Inarritu took Best Director, and The Revenant won Best Picture. So, just in case you’ve been missing the last several weeks, there is no way Leo’s losing the Oscar. Maybe not even if he marries By Lainey • Feb 15, 2016 07:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Oscar nominees talk about the importance of their nominations Award season roundtables are all the rage now, and Vulture is getting in on the action with a roundtable discussion featuring eight Oscar nominees, including Alicia Vikander, Bryan Cranston, and screenwriting nominees Phyllis Nagy (Carol) and Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton). During the discussion, the importance of nominations came up, By Sarah • Feb 10, 2016 10:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Coogler for Grownups While Sly Stallone was celebrating his Oscar nomination, his director, Ryan Coogler, who was not recognised by the Academy, was at the AARP Awards as Creed was named Best Intergenerational Movie. How’s that for diversity? He not only gave us a new Rocky, with a black future, but also By Lainey • Feb 09, 2016 01:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rocky & Alicia You’re looking at what could be the Best Supporting Actor and Actress at the Oscars on February 28th. Sylvester Stallone and Alicia Vikander were both at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon yesterday and then at The Hollywood Reporter party afterwards. Sly seems to be in the lead right now in By Lainey • Feb 09, 2016 01:39 pm
Maple Leaf Rachel’s award season It was a busy weekend for Rachel McAdams. She was at the Santa Barbara Film Festival on Friday. On Saturday she was with Spotlight director Tom McCarthy at the Directors Guild Awards. And then yesterday she was at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon to celebrate her first nomination. This is not By Lainey • Feb 09, 2016 01:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Teasing and torturing Leonardo DiCaprio It was decided weeks and weeks ago – Leonardo DiCaprio will win Best Actor for being cold in The Revenant. Everybody knows this. Everyone in his category knows this. Even science knows this. Have you seen the Best Actor analysis on FiveThirtyEight? There’s basically no way he can lose at By Lainey • Feb 09, 2016 11:28 am
TV Live Blog Tom Hardy before the Oscars On Monday we say Happy New Year, welcome the Year of the Monkey. On Monday the Toronto Zoo will also be making an announcement about the baby pandas. The cubs are now 4 months old. And we’ll learn their names on Chinese New Year! Click here to visit the By Lainey • Feb 05, 2016 01:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brie Larson OscarsSoWhite Timing is on Brie Larson’s side. Or is it? She’s the subject of a new cover story in The Hollywood Reporter one week after earning an Oscar nomination for her work in Room. Brie’s been building Oscar momentum all season. She won a Golden Globe and a By Joanna • Jan 21, 2016 11:26 am
Media Manipulation Leo’s victory tour Still 5 weeks to go before Leonardo DiCaprio collects his first Oscar for his performance in The Revenant. He’s been in Europe this week promoting the film. It’s kinda like an advance victory tour. Leo was honoured in Davos yesterday at the Annual Crystal Awards to open the By Lainey • Jan 20, 2016 01:45 pm
Award Season Campaigning Matt Damon went to lose It’s done. Leonardo DiCaprio will win his first Oscar for being cold and snotty in The Revenant. By now his lead is pretty much insurmountable and, as Sarah noted a couple of weeks ago, the voters probably just want to get it over with so he stops trying to By Lainey • Jan 18, 2016 09:40 am
Maple Leaf Rachel reps Spotlight Rachel McAdams was the only Spotlight cast member present at the Critics’ Choice Awards last night and spoke on behalf of the cast when it was named Best Acting Ensemble. “Our cast” is what she said, which is the way it should be said. Once again, just as it was By Lainey • Jan 18, 2016 08:33 am
Bad Style Jennifer Aniston: Worst Critics’ Choice How about a wayback throwback even though it’s not Wednesday or Thursday? Last year at the Critics’ Choice Awards, fresh off not being nominated for an Oscar, even after hiring an Oscar consultant and campaigning valiantly by wearing her hair up and going “serious”, Jennifer Aniston showed up at By Lainey • Jan 18, 2016 07:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The first draft of Leonardo DiCaprio’s acceptance speech We’re preparing ourselves for the inevitability of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar win, right? There’s always a chance that Bryan Cranston’s Trumbo hustle could pay off, or that Michael Fassbender will get off his ass and decide to participate and upset Leo, but I think we’re all By Sarah • Jan 14, 2016 04:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rachel in, Kristen out Rachel McAdams was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar this morning. TwiHards were hoping that Kristen Stewart would get in there, given that several critics associations singled her out and it was great to see her out there, hustling for it. But she was always going to be a By Lainey • Jan 14, 2016 11:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Saoirse Ronan, Irish Oscar Nominee So Saoirse Ronan grabs an Oscar nomination, which is not really a surprise, given that the buzz about Brooklyn has been huge, and that she’s a great actress. Remember, it’s not even her first nomination – that was for Atonement, back in 2008. What was a surprise was getting By Duana • Jan 14, 2016 10:51 am
