Oscar Stuff
2023 Oscar Predictions - Best Picture starts to take shape [AwardsDaily]
AFI Top Ten Films of the Year [AwardsDaily]
LA Film Critics Preview, Predictions and Contest [AwardsDaily]
Babylon Featurette:
Jim Cameron on COVID hitting during production of Avatar: The Way of the Water - he talks about lockdown and why movies have to be better for people to return to movie theaters.
Guillermo del Toro Accepts MoMA Honor Ahead of ‘Pinocchio’ Netflix Release [Variety]
Movie Stuff
Kristen Stewart To Head Up 2023 Berlinale Jury [Deadline]
Taylor Swift Making Feature Directing Debut for Searchlight Pictures [Variety]
Alexander Payne Set to Direct ‘Election’ Sequel With Reese Witherspoon [World of Reel]
Other Stuff
The White Lotus: 11 Questions We Need to See Answered in the Season 2 Finale [TV Line]
Who Dies in The White Lotus? People Editors Make Their Picks [People]
Today in Apology Culture
Gayle King: Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes’ scandal is ‘very messy,’ ‘sloppy’ [Page Six]
Megan Fox Calls Out Lensa App's Magic Avatars After Her AI Generated Photos Were Highly Sexualized [JustJared]
Awards Season Insiders Grappling With Diminished FYC Screening Attendance
Some theaters have been less than half packed this awards season, as insiders blame pandemic changes and screener availability for the downturn: “It’s bad.” [HR]
ABC CANCELS CHRISTMAS SPECIALAmid Nick's Sexual Battery Lawsuit [TMZ]