Movie Reviews and Previews Rocky at the Globes This is what I mean when I say I’m torn. Because I love Idris. But this won’t be Idris’s only opportunity, only award season. For Sylvester Stallone as Rocky, well, it’s not going to happen again. And so far it’s my favourite story of award By Lainey • Dec 10, 2015 12:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews It’s a race Carol led the way with 5 Golden Globe nominations this morning. The Big Short, The Revenant, and Steve Jobs are in with 4. The Martian has 3. And Spotlight has 3. But no actors from Spotlight were singled out. The SAGs only nominated Rachel McAdams from that cast yesterday. Is By Lainey • Dec 10, 2015 11:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews We have a challenger No Johnny Depp. Unlike the Screen Actors Guild, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association went with Will Smith over Johnny Depp for the Golden Globes. They’re starf-ckers, as you know, the HFPA. But between the stars to f-ck, they chose Will even though they’ve made a joke of themselves By Lainey • Dec 10, 2015 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for December 10, 2015 Dear Gossips, I’m buzzy today. It’s a combination of Christmas and award season excitement. The SAG nominations came down yesterday. The Golden Globe nominations just happened this morning. The Globes are just a month away. Which is why even though it will suck to come back from holiday, By Lainey • Dec 10, 2015 09:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews SAG nominations – Film Leonardo DiCaprio, one step closer. As expected, he secured a Screen Actors Guild Nomination today for Best Actor along with Johnny Depp, Michael Fassbender, and Eddie Redmayne. As for that fifth spot… Bryan Cranston over Matt Damon and Will Smith. SAG loves Bryan Cranston. They’ve awarded him for Walter By Lainey • Dec 09, 2015 02:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews SAG loves Sarah Silverman Yasssssssss! The Screen Actors Guild announced its nominations today and we'll get to more of that later but I just want to single out Sarah Silverman because OMG, she's been included in the list of Best Actresses along with Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronan, and By Lainey • Dec 09, 2015 12:57 pm
Gorgessity His & Her Awards It was announced today that Alicia Vikander will receive the Rising Star Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival in January. As you know, Alicia’s being positioned for an Oscar nomination for her work in The Danish Girl and she’s shown up on several critics’ lists as one By Lainey • Dec 08, 2015 04:41 pm
Media Manipulation The difference between Tom & Leo Tom Hardy and Leonardo DiCaprio were in London together yesterday at a BAFTA screening for The Revenant. All we hear from The Revenant is about Leo’s performance. And even though many experts are predicting that Tom will be recognised for his work with a Best Supporting Actor nomination, Leo’ By Lainey • Dec 07, 2015 10:47 am
Media Manipulation Harvey’s hopes for Rooney & Jake Harvey Weinstein wrote a piece for The Hollywood Reporter that was published yesterday about award season, specifically about his concerns about award season and how the only films considered are the ones that are released in the fall, ignoring quality features that opened earlier in the year. After complimenting other By Lainey • Dec 04, 2015 10:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart is the New York choice The New York Film Critics Circle released its list today. Kristen Stewart was named Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Clouds Of Sils Maria, the same role for which she won France’s Cesar Award earlier this year, positioning her now as a possibility for an Oscar nomination. Maybe. By Lainey • Dec 02, 2015 03:29 pm
Media Manipulation Leo’s bear denial Yesterday’s gossip highlight came to courtesy of Leonardo DiCaprio – the joke about him getting f-cked by a fake bear in The Revenant. Click here for a refresher. The headline got so out of hand that Fox had to release a statement clarifying that Leo does not in fact get By Lainey • Dec 02, 2015 10:59 am
Media Manipulation Leo gets violated by a fake bear So this is what we’re talking about today. Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant. And according to The Drudge Report, he’s violated during his bear attack. Multiple times. The explicit moment from Oscar winning director Alejandro Inarritu has caused maximum controversy in early screenings. Some in the audience escaped By Lainey • Dec 01, 2015 03:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rachel wins with Spotlight Have you seen Spotlight yet? The film won Best Feature and Best Screenplay last night at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, strengthening its position as a frontrunner for Best Picture at the Oscars. There is no doubt – Spotlight will be nominated in the category. Right now it’s about what By Lainey • Dec 01, 2015 12:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Lawrence is going back David O Russell’s Joy screened in LA and NYC this weekend as Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper joined their director to promote the film and raise its award season profile. Joy’s been on the contender list for months now, because the combination of David O Russell, Jennifer Lawrence, By Lainey • Nov 30, 2015 09:52 am
Media Manipulation Leo's social media Thanksgiving Leonardo DiCaprio spent Thanksgiving with his bonafide of 2015, Kelly Rohrbach. We know this because of social media. Before we get to that though, I want to remind you of the time Kevin Connolly, one of Leo's life bros, took a photo of all of them in Vegas By Lainey • Nov 27, 2015 03:02 pm
Xenu Will Smith for President? Will Smith is promoting Concussion. He’s been featured in multiple interviews this week and, unfortunately, most of them don’t feature Samuel L Jackson. Concussion is the true story of neuropathologist Dr Bennet Omalu’s work exposing what playing American style football can do a player’s brain based By Lainey • Nov 26, 2015 01:16 pm