Award Season Campaigning The BAFTAs had pope fever The BAFTAs were on Sunday, and because of the topsy-turvy awards season we’re having, they happened while both SAG voting AND Oscar voting is underway. The Brits came down with a case of pope fever, with Conclave taking home four trophies, including Best Film and Outstanding British Film. However, By Sarah • Feb 18, 2025 09:50 am
Style Monica & Mikey before the sprint The BAFTAs are this weekend, the SAG Awards are next weekend, and the Oscars are the weekend after that. Thanks to wildfire-induced delays, awards season is an all-out sprint to the finish. To that end, everyone is outside, including nominees Mikey Madison and Monica Barbaro. Both are first-time nominees, though By Sarah • Feb 14, 2025 01:01 pm
Award Season Campaigning Timmy had to pee Let me just say, again, because I haven’t said it yet this week so it’s only been three days since you’ve read it from me, that I consider Timothée Chalamet’s current Oscar campaign-non-campaign as one of the best, if not the best, of all time. Because By Lainey • Feb 12, 2025 10:46 am
Award Season Campaigning Eight Virtuosos Monica Barbaro, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Clarence Maclin, John Magaro, Mikey Madison, Sebastian Stan, and Fernanda Torres were the eight performers who received the Virtuoso Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival this weekend. Six out of the eight are Oscar nominees so it’s a good year at By Lainey • Feb 10, 2025 04:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Guilds are speaking Because of the Los Angeles wildfires, the awards season calendar is all screwed up. Hardly the most important thing, but a reality nonetheless. That means award shows are piling up on top of each other, and that the next three weeks are a sprint to the end of the trophy By Sarah • Feb 10, 2025 02:18 pm
Award Season Campaigning Kendrick and Timmy Bob do a duet Whoever came up with this idea… chef’s kiss. It’s genius marketing on multiple levels. First of all, we’re heading into Super Bowl weekend, the most watched broadcast in North America every year and Kendrick Lamar is the halftime headliner. Kendrick is always viral, so between him and By Lainey • Feb 07, 2025 12:14 pm
Award Season Campaigning Last night at AFI Last night, the American Film Institute honored their top ten films and TV series for 2024. You can see the full list of honorees here, but it’s pretty much an Oscar/Emmy hit list, with such titles as Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, and Wicked in the mix By Sarah • Feb 07, 2025 09:36 am
Award Season Campaigning Watching the Oscars With a Loudmouth You know that person who shows up at the Super Bowl party and despite not ever watching football, they have opinions on the refs and the first downs and the plays and they share those opinions while eating an embarrassing amount of spinach dip? That’s me with the Oscars By Maria • Feb 06, 2025 01:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Team Wicked is having all the fun I’m being petty here and I’m not sorry. Because remember when some of you were sick of the Wicked press tour and Wicked in general? Well. With all the chaos and the ugliness of this Oscar race, aren’t you f-cking glad we have Wicked now?!? Today is By Lainey • Feb 06, 2025 12:55 pm
BFFs Billie campaigns for Ari As noted in today’s open, the Karla Sofía Gascón scandal has upended award season. Emilia Pérez is plummeting, Zoe Saldaña’s chances are in jeopardy, and other nominated films and actors are gaining momentum – that includes Ariana Grande. It was once thought that the nomination would be a win By Lainey • Feb 05, 2025 02:12 pm
Award Season Campaigning Intro for February 5, 2025 Dear Gossips, As Sarah wrote yesterday in her post about the Karla Sofía Gascón mess, the situation has had repercussions all over the award season calendar – and is definitely shifting momentum in the Oscar race overall. Netflix is reshaping the Emilia Pérez Oscar campaign, minimising Karla’s presence as much By Lainey • Feb 05, 2025 09:15 am
Music Cynthia and Janelle: Quincy Jones and Grammys for Oscars Cynthia Erivo and Janelle Monae were two of the artists who performed at the Grammys last night as part of the Quincy Jones tribute. We’ll begin at the end, as it was Janelle who shut it all down with a performance of “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” By Lainey • Feb 03, 2025 02:17 pm
Style Demi & Pam: The Favourite and the Already Won Demi Moore popped up in London with Pilaf this weekend after her first Oscar nomination for her work in The Substance. She is, right now, the presumed favourite although by no means can she coast her way to the Dolby on March 2. That’s one of the reasons she’ By Lainey • Jan 27, 2025 01:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mikey Madison, an Oscar mystery Mikey Madison was making the press rounds in New York yesterday just after it was announced that she was nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars for her performance in Anora. This, too, is part of campaign strategy – make sure to get the candidate right out there, front and centre, By Lainey • Jan 24, 2025 11:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Oscar nominations are finally here (someone stop Emilia Pérez) After a couple of weeks of delays and fire-related chaos, the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards are here, and I am in a VERY “I told you so” mood because Monica Barbaro snagged that Best Supporting Actress nomination that I’ve been saying she could get since last fall. By Sarah • Jan 23, 2025 10:22 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 23, 2025 Dear Gossips, Already bracing for whatever surprises and possible snubs that are coming later this morning when the Oscar nominations are announced. Every year there are shifts in momentum but this year’s swings seem more pronounced. Like at the beginning of the month, which was only three weeks ago, By Lainey • Jan 23, 2025 09:13 am
