Media Manipulation Oscar campaigning Pt 4: Personal Appearances Written by Sarah This is a final part of a four part series. Click here for part one. Click here for part two. Click here for part three The subtlest and grossest aspect of the Oscar campaign is personal appearances and the sort of f*ckery stars on the campaign By Lainey • Jan 24, 2011 03:43 am
Assy Style Michelle Williams Written by Duana Anyone who knows me or has been reading anything I’m allowed to write here knows I’ve got no time for cutesy-poos. I am not a Portman fan, though that’s well-documented elsewhere. I have very little time for anyone that most people think is gorgeous By Lainey • Jan 17, 2011 05:51 am
Hook Ups Creatively they are doing it It’s wishful thinking. But Christmas is 4 days away. So ...why not? Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling are promoting Blue Valentine. Endlessly. Cynthia McFadden interviewed the two for ABC and asked about the rumours that they’re dating. (What rumours? I hadn’t heard of any rumours that they’ By Lainey • Dec 21, 2010 04:39 am
Hook Ups At least they got this right But first... I’m sorry to do this to you so early in the morning but Ryan Gosling covers the new GQ and, well, work should be winding down for you this time of year anyway, right? Who actually works the second week of December? You’re pretending to work. By Lainey • Dec 14, 2010 02:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews MPAA overturns Blue Valentine’s NC-17 Written by Sarah Fist pump! Fist pump fist pump fist pump!!! FIST PUMP!!!!!! This almost never happens. In just the last few months alone, the ratings board upheld multiple challenged ratings. But not Blue Valentine! People can actually see it now! There will be a mad dash by theater owners By Lainey • Dec 08, 2010 09:04 am
Hook Ups Blake: Ryan or Karl? Even though there was a screening for it the night before, or two nights before, the official official New York premiere of Blue Valentine went down last night. Michelle Williams looked lovely. Ryan Gosling had on a really great jacket. They posed with the kid. It was all the same. By Lainey • Dec 08, 2010 02:44 am
Quiveration 1001 Screenings I wonder if they get sick of seeing their own movie. Even if they love that movie. Even if it’s the passion project of a lifetime, I wonder if there isn’t a little fatigue about it, especially when we’re coming up on a year of promoting it. By Lainey • Dec 06, 2010 02:46 am
Quiveration Can’t let Jakey have all the love It’s like Ryan Gosling was standing by, watching Jakey G the last couple of weeks getting us all weak and quivery, and decided enough is enough. He came back swinging HARD. So you know about this business with the MPAA. Blue Valentine has been given an NC17 rating because By Lainey • Nov 18, 2010 09:11 am
Quiveration Poster Quiver Remember Kate Hudson’s hysterically bad poster for what looks to be her upcoming hysterically bad movie A Little Bit of Heaven? Click here if you’ve forgotten. No, I haven’t seen A Little Bit of Heaven. And, sure, there’s a chance it might not totally suck. But By Lainey • Nov 11, 2010 05:22 am
Quiveration Blue Valentine blue balls Right? Would this movie just f-cking come out already? It’s been at every festival, it premiered at the AFI Fest in Hollywood on Saturday night. But still it won’t hit theatres until late December, in limited release (!), and with a dumbass NC17 rating. I have blue balls from By Lainey • Nov 08, 2010 05:53 am
Maple Leaf Blue Valentine from LA to London Ryan Gosling dirty and greasy on the set of Drive. I’ll give you a minute. His other film Blue Valentine screened today at the London Film Festival represented by co-star Michelle Williams. She’s there shooting her Marilyn Monroe project, explains the shock blonde hair. It’s severe but By Lainey • Oct 15, 2010 09:26 am
Dumbass We’re all complicit in the asinine ratings system Written by Sarah As you’ve probably heard by now, the Motion Picture Association of America made a shocking decision to hand Blue Valentine, the Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams drama which has been a festival darling all year, an NC-17 rating. Lauded for its raw, honest portrayal of a By Lainey • Oct 11, 2010 06:26 am
Maple Leaf Blue Valentine Thanksgiving The proper trailer is out. Now this is a well cut trailer. I love it. And, as you know, I loved the movie. As much as you can love a movie that makes you feel so raw. Click here to revisit my review. That intimacy, the almost uncomfortable feeling that By Lainey • Oct 08, 2010 10:21 am
Quiveration Try to work the rest of the day It’s already Friday, motivation is probably a little low, and Ryan Gosling comes along and pretty much bombs your productivity. Sorry. It’s his W Magazine cover with Michelle Williams in support of Blue Valentine which will screen in a few days at TIFF and for which he’s By Lainey • Sep 10, 2010 04:03 am
Quiveration Ryan Gosling’s weekend There was a W Magazine photo shoot with Michelle Williams that took place in Leslieville presumably for their film Blue Valentine. Williams is shooting a movie in town so he, and they, came to her. Jesus, his hair. And in that leather jacket. And the way he’s filling out By Lainey • Aug 09, 2010 04:32 am
Maple Leaf Sarah Polley at work She is one of Canada’s brightest, most brilliant talents. And the last time she wrote and directed a movie it was nominated for awards everywhere, including Oscar. She’s now working on Take This Waltz (second Leonard Cohen reference today – huzzah!), a screenplay with so much potential it was By Lainey • Aug 06, 2010 08:07 am
