Movie Reviews and Previews Alexander Skarsgard’s victory lap The Northman, the Icelandic saga-inspired Viking epic starring Alexander Skarsgard, opens this week, and the premiere was last night in Los Angeles. Skarsgard was on hand along with his castmates Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe, Nicole Kidman, and writer/director Robert Eggers. Keith Urban joined Kidman on the black carpet, and By Sarah • Apr 19, 2022 10:24 am
Oscars 2022 Jessica Chastain’s Best Actress Dress Jessica Chastain is finally an Oscar winner – and this is the dress for the occasion. As I always say, an Oscar look is a forever look. A nominee who probably won’t win actually has more opportunity to have some fun with their look than someone who’s expected to By Lainey • Mar 28, 2022 11:22 am
Gorgessity Jessica Chastain’s surprise win The Best Actress Oscar race has been an assumed contest between two frontrunners: Nicole Kidman and Kristen Stewart. Well, last night Jessica Chastain busted into that race like the Kool-Aid man entering your house, and now the Best Actress race is suddenly a bit topsy-turvy. It’s not like anyone By Sarah • Feb 28, 2022 09:24 am
Top Reads The 2022 Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue Every year around this time, just before the Oscars, Vanity Fair unveils its annual Hollywood Issue and it can often be controversial for who is featured, who isn’t featured, who’s featured on the front and who lands on the folds, and that conversation can say more about Hollywood By Lainey • Feb 17, 2022 10:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Best Actress Nominations Sarah will be posting an overview of this morning’s Oscar nominations later but we’ll start with what’s trending: Lady Gaga. Because she was not nominated for her performance as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci. This is considered a snub because Gaga has so far this award By Lainey • Feb 08, 2022 10:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Notable BAFTA Snubs: KStew and Kidman We’ve discussed the chaotic nature of the BAFTA nominations this year, but now let’s talk about two specific snubs: Kristen Stewart and Nicole Kidman for Best Actress. They are two of the leading contenders for the Oscars, and have been all awards season, but they were excluded by By Sarah • Feb 04, 2022 11:38 am
Award Season Campaigning Kristen Stewart’s Hole-in-One Like I said in the previous post about Lady Gaga, Oscar nomination voting begins this Thursday so this is the time for contenders, especially the ones on the bubble, to get out there and make their case. Kristen Stewart, a few weeks ago, was not thought to be on the By Lainey • Jan 25, 2022 11:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Alexander Skarsgard fulfills his destiny in The Northman Robert Eggers, auteur of the itchiest goddamn cinema, is back with a new film starring Alexander Skarsgard, The Northman. Skarsgard fulfills his destiny by playing Thor a Viking prince called Amleth. In medieval Scandi literature, Amleth is the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a boy whose father, the king, is By Sarah • Dec 21, 2021 11:15 am
Nicole Kidman Nicole & Keith in Sydney for the Holidays Last week, after the Hollywood premiere of Being the Ricardos, I wrote about Nicole Kidman and how Keith Urban hadn’t joined her on any of the red carpets for the film up to that point. As I said in that post though, it wasn’t about their relationship but By Lainey • Dec 15, 2021 11:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos Being the Ricardos, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, takes three things that happened in the lives of legendary entertainers Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and compacts them into one fictitious week. While producing an episode of their hit show I Love Lucy, Walter Winchell outs Lucy (Nicole Kidman) as By Sarah • Dec 09, 2021 02:07 pm
Award Season Campaigning Nicole Kidman goes for the lead As Sarah and I have been saying, it’s a wide open Oscar race this year across almost all the major categories, including Best Actress. Nicole Kidman has been making a strong push right now with Being the Ricardos. Last week she was in New York, attending multiple screenings and By Lainey • Dec 07, 2021 09:50 am
Assy Style Here comes Nicole Being The Ricardos comes out next week, and while reviews are still embargoed, Oscar buzz is building momentum for Nicole Kidman. Awards season remains extremely competitive, but Kidman is looking more and more like a solid pick for a nomination (along with Olivia Colman and Kristen Stewart). Here’s Kidman, By Sarah • Dec 03, 2021 10:21 am
Style Nicole, Kate, Reese & more: Sequins and Sparkles at InStyle We’re in the season now – carpet after carpet, night after night. From fashion events to screenings to award season campaign stops, it’s go time right now in Hollywood as celebrities are trying to get in front of the cameras as often as they can to promote their projects By Lainey • Nov 16, 2021 09:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Aaron Sorkin’s bad Ricardos takes A full trailer for Being the Ricardos has arrived, and it is…still not convincing. Seeing more of Nicole Kidman in motion as Lucille Ball isn’t making me feel better about the casting, it’s just doubling down on the initial impression that she’s the wrong type of By Sarah • Nov 12, 2021 10:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicole Kidman’s grape stomp Aaron Sorkin’s long-awaited biopic of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Being the Ricardos, is making its way to theaters and Amazon Prime this winter. In anticipation of that, the teaser trailer has arrived, and I am not feeling it. Not only does it have a flat look a la By Sarah • Oct 20, 2021 12:31 pm
Award Season Campaigning The Stars at the Academy Museum: A Pre-Oscar Fashion Show The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, aka the Oscar Academy, has been working on the Academy Museum for several years now. The Museum officially opens on September 30 and this weekend the opening gala was a star-studded event, with multiple Oscar winners in attendance, and members of the By Lainey • Sep 27, 2021 12:57 pm
