Oscar Stuff
Best Picture: Everything We Need Except Audiences [AwardsDaily]
An Underwhelming TIFF Makes the Best Picture Race Much Clearer [World of Reel]
Oscar Season 2023 Is All About Hollywood Studios Declaring Their Relevance [Indiewire]
Baz Luhrmann: I’m Too ‘Tired’ to Release the Four-Hour ‘Elvis’ Cut on HBO Max [Indiewire]
Joey’s TIFF Diary 2: Strong Ensembles Pack the House; ‘The Fabelmans,’ ‘Empire of Light,’ ‘The Menu,’ and More! [AwardsDaily]
New trailer for Amsterdam:
Movie Stuff
‘May December’ Helmer Todd Haynes Sets Charles Melton To Star With Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore [Deadline]
Amazon Studios & Macro Film Studios Make Multiyear First Look Film Pact [Deadline]
Everything to Know About Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ Starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling [Indiewire]
‘Locke & Key’ Star Asha Bromfield To Adapt Debut Novel ‘Hurricane Summer’ Into Feature Film [Deadline]
‘The People’s Joker,’ Unauthorized Trans Batman Movie, Dropped from TIFF Over Rights Issues [Indiewire]
Other Stuff
TV Ratings: Emmys Fall to All-Time Low (Again) [HR]
Timothy Olyphant To Star In Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Full Circle’ HBO Max Limited Series [Deadline]
Today in apology culture
Britney Spears Responds to Christina Aguilera Post Backlash, Says She Wasn't Body Shaming Her & Explains Why She Posted It [justjared]
Bruce Springsteen Takes Rolling Stone Founder Jann Wenner to Task for ‘Born to Run’ Slight
“I was not on the cover of Rolling Stone when ‘Born to Run’ came out, you know,” he pointed out. “I’m not picking a bone or anything, but I always felt — while we’re talking about it — they were a little skittish about putting me on the cover when that record came out. I was on the cover of Time and Newsweek.” [Variety]
Britney Spears Apologizes to Sons, Insists She Wants to Feel 'Valued': 'Sorry If I Ever Hurt You' [People]
Sheryl Lee Ralph Confronted Jimmy Kimmel After Emmys Bit: ‘The Disrespect, Jimmy’ [Indiewire]