Gorgessity EMMA-ly Stone, a K-pop dancer A few weeks ago, I think it was a joint interview with Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder, campaigning for the Emmys for The Curse, when Nathan called her Emily or something and then everyone remembered that her real name is in fact Emily but she had to change it because By Lainey • Jun 21, 2024 01:58 pm
Cannes 2024 Jesse Plemons is the Cannes Best Actor A couple of months ago I wrote about Jesse Plemons, the quality of work he’s delivered over the last few years, how every director seems to want him in their films, and how, even still, he remains known, primarily, as a “character actor” and not necessarily a “leading man” By Lainey • May 27, 2024 11:22 am
TV Updates Emma comes for Emmy Emma Stone won her second Best Actress Oscar last month for her performance in Poor Things. And now it’s Emmy season. I know, I know, it feels like it’s early to be talking about the Emmys because the Emmys just happened in January but that was only because By Lainey • Apr 25, 2024 12:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Yorgos & Emma, again Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone only just wrapped up their Oscar run for Poor Things, but they’re back already with Kinds of Kindness, their fourth collaboration, and the first one with a contemporary setting. This is not, however, Lanthimos’s first contemporary-set film, some of his most f-cked up By Sarah • Mar 28, 2024 11:42 am
Oscars 2024 Why can’t actresses be friends? Speaking of the five-presenter format and when it works, here is an example of when it DOESN’T work—the actresses. The matchups were much more awkward, the intros, more stilted, and even when real-life friendship does exist, they didn’t take advantage of it. Let’s start with the By Sarah • Mar 11, 2024 12:19 pm
Style Massive Fashion Weekend (awards edition) This interminable awards season is almost over, with a triple-header of awards shows occurring over the weekend consisting of the SAG Awards (winners here), the Film Independent Spirit Awards (winners here), and the Producers Guild Awards (winners here). Between these three events, people were BUSY, and some had to choose By Sarah • Feb 26, 2024 11:08 am
Emma Stone Stone & Lanthimos I keep saying to Lainey that this awards season feels one million years long, but this awards season feels one million years long. The whole schedule is thrown off because some stuff, like the Emmys, shifted their traditional date due to the strikes last year (Dune: Part Two’s press By Sarah • Feb 22, 2024 02:42 pm
Award Season Campaigning Emma is Bella and Fantasia’s First Let’s start with Fantasia Barrino because she has not missed once this entire award season, working with stylist Daniel Hawkins. Fantasia was at the BAFTAs last night as a first-time nominee for her performance in The Colour Purple and she made it count. I love the drama here. And By Lainey • Feb 19, 2024 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma’s day, continued Emma Stone continued promoting Poor Things in New York yesterday, finishing the day that started at Good Morning America at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where she talked Jeopardy! again. Annette Bening is getting feted in Santa Barbara, Emma Stone is doing the rounds in New York, Lily Gladstone By Sarah • Jan 31, 2024 09:45 am
Gorgessity Bryce and Emma: Gingers in New York Bryce Dallas Howard and Emma Stone were both in New York at Good Morning America today. Emma of course is promoting Poor Things and campaigning for her second Best Actress Oscar. She’s getting an assist from Jeopardy!. A few weeks ago, on the Variety Awards podcast, she mentioned that By Lainey • Jan 30, 2024 12:39 pm
Assy Style Emma Stone’s big two Emma Stone was nominated for two Oscars this week – Best Actress and Best Picture for Poor Things since she’s also a producer on the film. That makes her the second woman, after Frances McDormand (Nomadland), to be nominated for acting in a Best Picture nominee. Obviously not bad company By Lainey • Jan 26, 2024 12:06 pm
Carey Mulligan The Actresses and the Critics Almost all the lead actresses in contention in the best actress race were in attendance at the Critics Choice Awards last night. Almost. Sandra Hüller who was at the Globes last week skipped the Critics and Annette Bening, fresh off her SAG nomination, wasn’t there. But the two frontrunners, By Lainey • Jan 15, 2024 10:39 am
Gorgessity Lily and Emma: The Frontrunners at the Governors Awards At this point in the Best Actress Oscar race, it’s safe to say that out of five nomination spots, two are pretty much secure: Lily Gladstone and Emma Stone. They are the frontrunners, having both just won Golden Globes on Sunday and they will most likely be nominated for By Lainey • Jan 10, 2024 10:36 am
TV Updates Pedro Pascal round 2 (with friends) On the heels of the Golden Globes, where he lost the supporting actor award—I just cannot do this extremely long category name anymore—to Robert Downey, Jr., Willem Dafoe got a consolation prize, and some might say a more valuable honor, in the form of a star on the By Sarah • Jan 09, 2024 11:44 am
Golden Globes 2024 Emma Stone & The Gift for the Girl Who Has Everything Emma Stone won the Golden Globe last night for Poor Things, which could portend all kinds of interesting developments for the Oscars, but I’m not here to talk about that. It’s not that I don’t support the win – I do, and even for an accomplished and celebrated By Duana • Jan 08, 2024 12:56 pm
BFFs The Best Actresses showed up As Sarah wrote in the previous post, the Palm Springs Film Festival is a major award season campaign stop given its timing, usually just before Golden Globe weekend, and how many veteran Oscar voters are usually in attendance. So the actors filed in, and so did the actresses. We’ve By Lainey • Jan 05, 2024 10:14 am
