Gossip Nostalgia Gwyneth on Oscar week I wasn’t expecting to see Gwyneth Paltrow on the cover of Variety this week, this of all weeks. It’s Oscar week. Gwyneth is not involved at all at this year’s Oscars, at least not yet, unless, of course, she’s to be announced as a presenter. Which By Lainey • Feb 19, 2019 01:22 pm
Oscars 2019 Intro for February 15, 2019 Dear Gossips, We are now inside ten days until the Oscars. Earlier this week the Academy confirmed its second round of presenters including Angela Bassett, Chadwick Boseman, Laura Dern, Samuel L Jackson, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, and more. Also Daenerys Targaryen will be there as Emilia Clarke begins her post-GoT By Lainey • Feb 15, 2019 09:06 am
Award Season Campaigning Richard E Grant: Oscar’s newest fanboy Award season’s best fanboy is a role typically occupied by Timothee Chalamet – at least it was last year and for part of this year. And it’s not even an official “role” since we only made it up for Timmy. Still. There was a vacancy, since Timmy is not By Lainey • Feb 08, 2019 04:01 pm
Oscars 2019 Jennifer and Cooke’s engagement walk It’s not really an engagement walk, they just went out for dinner in New York last night, after it was confirmed that they are engaged. So it’s the first time the public has seen them since the news. Here they are leaving the restaurant and, as you can By Lainey • Feb 07, 2019 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley was embarrassed Bradley Cooper was in New York yesterday, continuing to campaign for Oscar for A Star is Born, and sat with Oprah for an interview. The quote making headlines today is about the “snub”. I’m putting that in quotes because… well… let’s get to what he said first. Of By Lainey • Feb 06, 2019 11:34 am
Oscars 2019 Intro for February 6, 2019 Dear Gossips, The Academy officially confirmed yesterday what was already common knowledge: the Oscars will not have a host. This after Karey Burke, the new president of ABC Entertainment (ABC airs the Oscars) spoke at the TCA, addressing media questions about this year’s show. She said there was an By Lainey • Feb 06, 2019 09:20 am
Style Lady Gaga, the nominee As people say about the Oscars Nominees luncheon, everyone is a winner. There are no losers (yet). Here’s Lady Gaga, the Oscar nominee, at the event yesterday in Louis Vuitton. We’ll come back to the fashion in a minute. This is about the experience, about the fact that By Lainey • Feb 05, 2019 12:14 pm
Style Award season Spike The Oscar nominees’ luncheon happened yesterday in LA. It was a full day of campaign stops as The Hollywood Reporter also hosted an event and the AARP held their annual Movies for Grownups Awards. Spike Lee made the rounds. And it reminds me of a question he was asked on By Lainey • Feb 05, 2019 10:58 am
Relationship Assumption JRod: Oscar night? The Academy today announced its first round of Oscar presenters. It’s a pretty good list. And remember, there’s been some presenter drama as the Screen Actors Guild called out the Academy a few weeks ago for supposedly trying to sabotage their presenters list. Constance Wu and Awkwafina are By Lainey • Feb 04, 2019 03:44 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Gaga & Bradley: the screen test Even though the Oscar nominations were announced last week, actual voting for the Oscars doesn’t begin until February 12. The voting period starts two days after the BAFTAs and the Grammys. It lasts a week and ends the Tuesday before the Oscars. Which means there’s still a lot By Lainey • Feb 01, 2019 11:19 am
Music All 5 Songs It was reported last week that Oscar producers only intended to have two of the five Oscar-nominated songs performed on the broadcast: “All The Stars” and “Shallow”. Evidently there was some pushback to the news. Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted his disappointment … The 1st time I stayed up to watch the Oscars, By Lainey • Feb 01, 2019 09:51 am
Music The only two Oscar songs The Oscar nominations happened on Tuesday and the Academy is now moving forward, after several weeks of controversy over hosting and presenter drama, trying to turn the story around as we get closer to the big show. Now another headline that might be problematic – Variety is reporting that “only two By Lainey • Jan 25, 2019 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Melissa McCarthy’s Ironic Oscar Nom Maybe the title above isn’t fair. Melissa McCarthy got an Oscar Best Actress nomination for playing Lee Israel, an irascible crank in her 50s who pulled off an incredible scam, and Can You Ever Forgive Me is completely worth your time. The nomination is completely deserved and also kind By Duana • Jan 22, 2019 01:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Regina King and the Beale Street 3 All of us who write on this site have written repeatedly about how much we love If Beale Street Could Talk. It’s so … much. This is a film that will hold up, there will never be a time, in 10 years, 20 years, 100 years, when it won’t By Lainey • Jan 22, 2019 12:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A Star is… Spiked? Or is it Argo-ed? There are always snubs on Oscar nomination day. Some snubs are bigger than others. Because they’re so unexpected. This year’s #1 Oscar snub is Bradley Cooper for Best Director. And yet, it was not a bad morning for A Star is Born. ASIB earned 8 nominations, including Best By Lainey • Jan 22, 2019 12:04 pm
Oscars 2019 Black Panther makes history again Black Panther was the biggest movie of 2018. Oh sure, Avengers: Infinity War made more money, but Black Panther was right behind as the #2 moneymaker of the year, and there is no denying that it was THE cultural film moment of 2018. No movie made a bigger impact last By Sarah • Jan 22, 2019 11:45 am
