Media Manipulation Reese’s Big Little Lies but no Spirit In addition to Benedict Cumberbatch, Reese Witherspoon was also one of the surprise names left off the list of Independent Spirit Award nominees. Reese is considered to be in the second position, after Julianne Moore, for Best Actress Oscar nominee for her performance in Wild. And if we’re working By Lainey • Nov 26, 2014 04:04 pm
Weddings Angelina’s Unbroken marriage tour Angelina Jolie is in Paris today. She was photographed at Vivement Dimanche in black, smiling at the crowd. Obviously she’s out there promoting Unbroken. And talking about her marriage too. You know that’s what all the entertainment reporters want to discuss. Like, if I was assigned to the By Lainey • Nov 26, 2014 12:46 pm
Media Manipulation Jennifer Aniston tries to build Oscar momentum with Cake trailer Jennifer Aniston didn’t earn an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her role as a grieving pill-popper in Cake, but this doesn’t mean her awards momentum is slowing down. Yesterday, Lainey wrote about how Jimmy Kimmel was excitedly praising Jen’s performance in the film (click here for a By Joanna • Nov 26, 2014 12:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake surges but not Cumberbatch Everyone was expecting The Imitation Game and Benedict Cumberbatch to be called when the Independent Spirit Award nominations were revealed yesterday. Cumberbatch is considered a top 2 contender for Best Actor Oscar and then there’s the Harvey Weinstein factor. Remember what he did with Silver Linings Playbook? But Cumberbatch, By Lainey • Nov 26, 2014 09:36 am
Media Manipulation The Battle for Fifth Place Much like Jake Gyllenhaal (for Nightcrawler), Bradley Cooper is currently off the conventional Oscar circuit (for American Sniper) and is making a starring turn on Broadway in The Elephant Man until February. I saw The Elephant Man last week – B. Coops was incredible in it. His scene partner Patricia Clarkson By Joanna • Nov 25, 2014 12:48 pm
Media Manipulation Jennifer Aniston on Kimmel: cussing and Oscar modesty You haven’t heard? Jennifer Aniston is campaigning hard for award season. Preferably Oscar but she’ll take a Golden Globe nomination – for Cake, not Horrible Bosses 2 but, you know, I understand why you might be confused. Last night Jen hung out with her friend Jimmy Kimmel. There was By Lainey • Nov 25, 2014 11:11 am
Media Manipulation Angelina Jolie & Jack O’Connell cover Entertainment Weekly Angelina Jolie gets nervous, too. That’s the big takeaway from the upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly, which features both herself and her Unbroken star Jack O’Connell on the cover, in another warm embrace. Inside these new pages, she’s stewing. Not only did Angelina have to claw her By Joanna • Nov 25, 2014 09:53 am
Media Manipulation The “Rachel” came from weed Jennifer Aniston was at two screenings for Cake this weekend. On Friday it was with Variety followed by a cocktail party at the Sunset Tower. She wore pink and Justin Theroux was there. Last night there was another one with cinema prive and PANDORA Jewellery. She wore glasses and leather By Lainey • Nov 24, 2014 04:13 pm
Gorgessity Julianne’s two-for-one So while Jennifer Aniston’s trying to avoid a Norbit situation with Horrible Bosses 2 and Cake, Julianne Moore is out there selling The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 while holding the top spot for a Best Actress nomination for her work in Still Alice. Mockingjay is a sure thing. By Lainey • Nov 20, 2014 04:47 pm
Media Manipulation Jen’s two-for-one Jennifer Aniston was at a special screening of Cake hosted by American Cinematheque yesterday in Hollywood. The Q&A was moderated by her Horrible Bosses 2 co-star Jason Bateman. Is it corny here to make a joke about having your cake and eating it too? I understand the strategy By Lainey • Nov 20, 2014 04:31 pm
Media Manipulation Reese Witherspoon: white for Wild Reese Witherspoon wore white to the premiere of Wild in Hollywood last night. Both Reese and Laura Dern are considered strong candidates for Oscar nominations – Reese in the Best Actress category and Laura for Supporting. So if we’re looking ahead to the Golden Globes, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, and By Lainey • Nov 20, 2014 11:42 am
Media Manipulation Give him a rowboat in the rain Benedict Cumberbatch was seen at JFK airport in New York today, heading out after several days of intense Oscar campaigning that included his first official red carpet appearance with fiancée Sophie Hunter – click here for a refresher. Over the last couple of days, Cumberbatch has been on American morning television, By Lainey • Nov 19, 2014 12:01 pm
Media Manipulation Bone structure on the cover of Variety Angelina Jolie, Jack O’Connell, and Miyavi cover the new issue of Variety in support of Unbroken. You know how this worked, right? Variety would for sure have been happy with just Jolie. You can’t go wrong with just Jolie. Did Jolie tell them she wanted to be centred By Lainey • Nov 19, 2014 08:46 am
Media Manipulation Jake’s Constellations I updated the Rachel McAdams article from earlier with some new information – click here to read it. Not that that has anything to do with Jake Gyllenhaal. But it SHOULD. And it COULD. Because, well, go read the post. Anyway, here’s Jake Gyllenhaal in New York today at a By Lainey • Nov 18, 2014 01:14 pm
Media Manipulation Keira’s playing too Keira Knightley went full angel at the Hollywood Film Awards in an exquisite Giambattista Valli dress. That applique around the neck and down one arm is pure gorgessity and, God, I love the sleeves. Not even those sh-tty shoes could take away from it. So they gave her the Best By Lainey • Nov 17, 2014 02:02 pm
Style Jen’s plaid Cake Jennifer Aniston was in New York last night for a special screening of Cake presented by The Cinema Society and InStyle, scheduled between promotional appearances for Horrible Bosses 2 which opens in 10 days. As we’ve been discussing, repeatedly, at this point, an Oscar nomination is unlikely. But going By Lainey • Nov 17, 2014 01:32 pm
