Oscar Stuff
Oscars 2023: Is the Oscar Movie Really Dying? [AwardsDaily]
Cate Blanchett’s 13 Best Film Performances: From ‘Carol’ to ‘Tár’ [Variety]
Viola Davis and Gina Prince-Bythewood on the Battle to Get ‘The Woman King’ Made [HR]
2023 Film Awards Midseason Report: With 10 Days Until Oscar Voting Begins, Which Movies and Performances Lead in Critics’ Prizes? [Variety]
Critical Drinker sees Top Gun Maverick, Everything Everywhere All At Once as the year’s only bright spots in film:
THR and Variety Now Have ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Winning Best Picture [World of Reel]
Movie Stuff
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Hits $1 Billion Globally, Fastest 2022 Release to Reach Box Office Milestone [Variety]
‘Glass Onion’ Manages 82.1 Million Hours Watched in Christmas Opening Weekend on Netflix [Variety]
If Hollywood 2023 Was a Movie…[HR]
Other Stuff
Jeremy Renner in “Critical But Stable Condition” After Snow Plow Accident [HR]
Hollywood Studies Show Few Gains For Women, People Of Color Directing Films In 2022 [Deadline]
Today in Apology Culture
Prince Harry wants his brother and father back [Yahoo News]
Royal aide apologizes in person to Black charity boss for asking where she was ‘really from’ [CNN]
British Tabloid The Sun Apologizes for Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘Misogynistic’ Meghan Markle Column [Variety]
Royal Family left 'baffled' by Harry and Meghan's 'demands for an apology' with prince told by Palace one will NOT be forthcoming until he 'admits his own faults,' reports say [Daily Mail]
Cesar Awards AkA French Oscars Ban Roman Polanski from Attending [World of Reel]
Courtney Love Says Brad Pitt Got Her Fired From ‘Fight Club’ After She Rejected His Kurt Cobain Movie [HR]