Award Season Campaigning Let this be the photo Chiwetel Ejiofor was nominated for Best Actor Oscar today. Cate Blanchett was nominated for Best Actress Oscar today. Here they are, posing together, at the AACTA Awards on the weekend. Will they be doing the same on March 2nd with their trophies in hand? Oh I hope so. The two By Lainey • Jan 16, 2014 04:16 pm
BFFs Bendy & Fassy get down Certain corners of the internet have been damp down there after seeing this photo of Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Fassbender getting down at the FOX after-party on Sunday night following the Golden Globes celebrating the Best Drama win for 12 Years A Slave. I would be damp if Chiwetel Ejiofor By Lainey • Jan 14, 2014 11:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chiwetel time 12 Years A Slave – it’s the film everyone is calling the frontrunner for Best Picture. And the film that seems to be scaring off a few contenders. 12 Years screened at the New York Film Festival last night. Director Steve McQueen was there (and Madonna had to get in By Lainey • Oct 09, 2013 12:28 pm
Media Manipulation Game on f-ckers: Brad Pitt kicks off his campaign 12 Years A Slave opens (limited) in a couple of weeks. It’s coming off big, BIG buzz in Telluride and then at TIFF where it was almost unanimously declared the frontrunner for Oscar, already. And already a few films are getting the f-ck out of its way. Still, there By Lainey • Oct 02, 2013 04:17 pm
Idris Elba Loki’s Man Crush Check out Tom Hiddleston at the GQ Men of the Year Awards last night in London. He looks GREAT. And you know what? Since I have been actively avoiding Tom’s Twitter account, and therefore spared from his exclamation points, Tom’s been holding steady lately, even higher than Tom By Lainey • Sep 04, 2013 10:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews 12 Years a Slave is coming for Oscar The first trailer for Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave is out and holy hell, you guys. A friend put it perfectly—this isn’t Oscar bait-y, this is Oscar win-y. Based on the true story of a man who was born free in the North and then kidnapped By Sarah • Jul 17, 2013 09:40 am
Quiveration Ejiofor, Fassbender and Pitt are conspiring against us I love Michael Fassbender. I almost love him more than Ryan Gosling. I love him so much I never want to meet/see him for fear of him doing something to wreck my crush. I love him, shark smile and all. There’s no point to this, I just wanted By Sarah • Oct 26, 2011 11:45 am
