Media Manipulation Johnny undercover? Sarah wrote me back today when I messaged her “ugh” about Leonardo DiCaprio surging in the Oscar rankings. As I posted earlier, Leo’s in a one man race – click here for a refresher. But wait… is he, really? As Sarah pointed out, Kris Tapley, the co-awards editor at Variety, By Lainey • Nov 25, 2015 01:49 pm
Media Manipulation No one else is in the ring The Revenant has been screening in LA for Academy members the last few days and the response has been very, very positive. As you know, The Revenant is Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s follow-up to Birdman, the reigning Best Picture. As you know, the shoot was difficult, it was delayed, it By Lainey • Nov 25, 2015 09:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Understated Alicia Vikander Alicia Vikander will be considered among the best actresses for contention at the Golden Globes even though the studio has been campaigning for her to be in the supporting actress category. While it's still not known whether or not the Academy will just go with whatever the studios By Lainey • Nov 23, 2015 02:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Eddie’s quiet campaign Eddie Redmayne is back on the Oscar circuit this year for playing transgender artist Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl. His performance - which is really a textured portrayal of two different characters (Einar and Lili) who share the same internal pain - is a professional gamechanger for him. Yes, By Joanna • Nov 20, 2015 12:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Martian is a contender So many films did not meet critical and box office expectations this season. The Martian, however, delivered. You might say it over-delivered. Three months ago, no one was calling it an Oscar frontrunner. Now? The Martian is Ridley Scott’s most well-reviewed film. And it’s on track to make By Lainey • Nov 09, 2015 02:05 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy The Leo & Alejandro Show Exactly one month from today, the Screen Actors Guild will announce the nominations for the SAG Awards which will take place on January 30, 2016. A few days after that, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will announce the Golden Globe Award nominees. The Revenant, directed by Alejandro G Inarritu, starring By Lainey • Nov 09, 2015 12:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The likeable Bryan Cranston Bryan Cranston is so charming. It’s his Tim Whatley smile. It’s his slick delivery. Bryan was on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night to promote Trumbo, which comes out this week. I reviewed Trumbo at TIFF and wrote that while Bryan played a sly smooth-talking screenwriter By Joanna • Nov 03, 2015 01:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Leo’s first stop on The Revenant Oscar tour Leonardo DiCaprio, Badass has arrived, in the form of his first one-on-one interview about The Revenant. His feral press tour kicked off this week with Yahoo! - that’s where Leo explains why he grew that thing on his face for months and the many, many challenges he’s willing By Joanna • Oct 22, 2015 12:05 pm
Media Manipulation Leo: the Aniston of the year Sarah and I were exchanging emails the other night about Star Wars after the trailer dropped and the internet got broken because people were trying to buy advance tickets. She was saying how Star Wars is going to basically kill everything else at the box office at Christmas and that By Lainey • Oct 21, 2015 10:36 am
BFFs Leo’s award season begins Leonardo DiCaprio is already being considered a frontrunner for Best Actor Oscar even though The Revenant is still two months from release. And while he would never want you to think that he really, really, really wants it, nor would he want you to see that he’ll campaign as By Lainey • Oct 16, 2015 10:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Eddie looks for a home Was just talking about Eddie Redmayne in the Brie Larson post earlier. And here he is. Well, here he was a couple of weeks ago (these photos are from September 26 but for some reason just released now) in London with his wife Hannah apparently house hunting. If they find By Lainey • Oct 14, 2015 01:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brie Larson: the Redmayne of 2015? Check out Brie Larson at the premiere of Room in LA last night. The film opens in limited release this weekend and then everywhere else the first weekend of November. Room has a shot at a Best Picture nomination. It won the People’s Choice Award at TIFF. And right By Lainey • Oct 14, 2015 12:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Fassbender the frontrunner and Brie Larson for Jennifer Lawrence? Two Oscar frontrunners were on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last night — Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs – click here for my review from NYFF) and Brie Larson (Room – click here for my review from TIFF). It’s only October, but already, the two are both top contenders in their respective By Joanna • Oct 09, 2015 01:32 pm
Quiveration How tall is Jake…continued I wrote about Jake Gyllenhaal’s height investigation on Starlee Kine’s Mystery Show back in June. Click here for a refresher. He was soooo f-cking cute on that phone call. It was the giggling, it was playfulness, it was practically phone sex in my mind. The charm, as I By Lainey • Oct 02, 2015 11:03 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Leo holds hands without a dumpster Leonardo DiCaprio spent the weekend in New York. On Sunday he was papped walking down the street with current bonafide, Kelly Rohrbach. He made no attempt to cover his face. He didn’t run around looking for a trash bin to jump into to avoid being photographed. Instead, he just By Lainey • Sep 29, 2015 10:13 am
Media Manipulation Leo’s campaign is coming Leonardo DiCaprio spoke at the 2015 Global Citizen Festival on Saturday in New York. These are probably the best pictures we’ve seen of him in, well, in years. This is the version of Leo we’ll be seeing for the next several months as he campaigns toward his first By Lainey • Sep 28, 2015 10:14 am
