Oscar news
Predictions Friday – Best Actress and the Oscar Story
Almost every Oscar winner has an “Oscar Story.” Sometimes, they just land in the race and win, like Brie Larson for Room. But much of the time, they are winning for a reason or for a movie. When Olivia Colman won in an upset, it was really the big win for The Favourite, which had multiple nominations, including Best Picture and Director. [AwardsDaily]
The AFI AWARDS 2022 honorees luncheon will take place on Friday, January 13, 2023, at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. [press release]
“It was really cool. It was fascinating. It was a really surreal experience for everyone involved,” Seth Rogan on The Fabelmans [Deadline]
Clip released for George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing
Hollywood Foreign Press Association announces re-election of Helen Hoehne [press release]
Hamptons Film Festival Sets Lineup With ‘EO’, ‘Call Jane’, ‘Decision To Leave’ [Deadline]
Movie Stuff
Diane Keaton gets hands and footprints at TCL’s Chinese [Just Jared]
Brie Larson’s ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ At Apple Adds Seven to Cast Including Lewis Pullman, Beau Bridges, Kevin Sussman [Variety]
‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ Announced, Sets 2024 Release Date [Variety]
Emily Blunt Joins Ryan Gosling In Universal’s ‘The Fall Guy’ Movie; Studio Sets Release Date [Deadline]
Box Office Report’s weekend predictions:
Other Stuff
Anne Heche dead at 53 After Suffering Brain Injury in Car Crash, [People]
Lionsgate Will Mandate Abortion Safety Protocols for Employees, CEO Says in Memo (EXCLUSIVE) [Variety]
Netflix confirmed with THIS social post that Love, Death + Robots has been renewed for Volume IV.
Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York [AP News]
Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington Saddle Up As Leads For Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon’
Today in Apology Culture
Lisa Kudrow Thinks 'Friends' Creators 'Had No Business' Writing About People of Color
Well, I feel like it was a show created by two people who went to Brandeis and wrote about their lives after college. And for shows especially, when it’s going to be a comedy that’s character-driven, you write what you know. They have no business writing stories about the experiences of being a person of color.” [Daily Beast]
Kathy Hilton Speaks Out After Mistaking Lizzo for 'Precious' Star Gabourey Sidibe
“My vision is awful, the screen was so far away that I couldn’t even recognize Justin Timberlake or Melissa Etheridge.” [JustJared]
Amari Miller Apologizes For Tweets Regarding Sasha Banks
I didn’t mean bad intentions with what I had said but I do want to apologize. I meant something super well and it came across horribly. I want to sincerely apologize to everyone. I also have to understand that posting on a social media platform can sound one way to me, as I’m typing and can come across totally different but that’s lessons learned for sure. People make mistakes and people grow and that is exactly what this experience was for me [The Sportster]
Tower of Fantasy apologizes for long launch day server queues with freebies for all [PC Gamer]
Mark Ruffalo Slams Star Wars When Comparing It To Marvel [Giant Freakin Robot]
Have a great weekend, Oscarwatchers.