The Hollywood Reporter Senior Film Editor, alumna Vanity Fair, LA Times, Time, author of books on Young Frankenstein + James Cameron. IG: that_rebecca.
When Tarantino or Nolan jump timelines it’s evidence of genius. When Gerwig does it, it’s too hard to follow. To quote Gerwig’s Laurie, “What women are allowed into the club of geniuses anyway?”
"I think Greta Gerwig is really great, but I shouldn't need a scorecard to keep track of a movie's timeline, so I ruled out 'Little Women' first." A male member of the Academy's producers branch shares his brutally honest
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ballot
The guy had sent me a real red Kate Spade bucket bag. I carried the beautiful bag for years, and retired it just recently because I had destroyed it with everyday use. The guy and I have been married since 2005. 3/3
Jane Campion: [makes movie about toxic masculinity, homophobia, fear of change]
Sam Elliott: Some people are confused what this movie is about. I will demonstrate!
She’s one of the primary reasons Harvey Weinstein will be in prison for the rest of his life, and she has been anonymous until now. In her first interview, I profile the woman known as “Jane Doe 1.” Her name is Evgeniya Chernyshova and this is her story.
This year’s
@THR
actor’s roundtable has everything: frank talk about male vulnerability, guns on sets— and an exchange about a horse named Rain Main that affirmed my decision to be an entertainment journalist.
#rainman
🐴
I understand the pressure film critics are under to get reviews out quickly at fests. But so many now are clearly written too fast, under impossible conditions, with too little editing. Movies take years to make and grapple with complex themes. Let our critics slow down.
In 2003, I carried a Kate Spade knockoff bag. Her bags represented class, sophistication, and the kind of woman I was pretending to be as a broke young reporter in NY. One day I got a spur-of-moment assignment to interview Spade—while I was carrying the knockoff. 1/3
For years Woody Allen’s rep pressured me and every journalist who covered him to do so a certain way. Dangled and withdrew access based on an outlet’s willingness to ignore his daughter. Watch the doc or don’t, but don’t be naive about Allen’s ability to communicate his own POV.
People are freaked about their 40s, and I just want to tell you that it's great. I'm healthy enough to do cool stuff and have money to pay for it. I don't have a spouse or kids—supposedly to be the worst thing that could happen to a woman—yet I'm so, so happy. Make your own life.
During the interview I hid the bag under the coat slung on my arm. Spade was, discreetly, trying to see what I was carrying. She was nice to me, and smart. Afterward I shared the mortifying story with a guy I’d just started dating. A few days later I got a Macy’s package. 2/3
Hot damn, Taron Egerton is the real deal.
#Rocketman
is a musical about picking yourself up off your ass and Taron delivers the sweat, grit and vulnerability it needs.
In the
#Cannes2023
market, where countries pitch themselves to producers. I have to respect that Chile’s entire pitch is, “We gave you Pedro Pascal. El Fin.”
The Scarface audience is booing the moderator’s first direct question to Michelle Pfeiffer, asking her what she weighed during production. ‘I was playing a cocaine addict,’ she answered.
Salma Hayek, Ashley Judd, Annabella Sciorra held hands, whispered in conversation and Sciorra sang along to the performance of Stand Up For Something as they waited to take the stage.
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Our NYE plan is showing up at a friend’s house at 7pm bearing 6 pizzas and 2 bottles of champagne, watching the ball drop in NYC at 9, and going home at 9:30. This plan has never failed and sharing it is my gift to you.
Dear men: Odds are, if you’re heterosexual and celebrate Christmas, that a woman in your life just spent the last week killing herself to make it special. Today is the day where you fix her a plate, hand over the remote, and say thank you.
The Irishman is Scorsese’s Unforgiven. A director giving you what you love about his work, with the maturity of an older man’s self reflection. Pesci, finally the boss, gentler and more contained, steals it for me.
Paul Thomas Anderson moderating a Q&A with The Worst Person in the World’s director, Joachim Trier, and actress, Renate Reinsve, joining by Zoom at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica.
And if you want to ask about weight, after other questions, this is how you do it: Playing a cocaine addict required you to be very thin while making this movie. What was the impact of that on you?
Black Panther on the beach at
#Cannes2018
. When Ryan Coogler came out to introduce the film, the kids in the audience started shouting “Auteur, Auteur!”
How do you write an original story about Yalitza Aparicio this far into awards season? By challenging the fairy tale narrative that’s been imposed on her from the beginning. Definitive piece by
@cmonstah
Here's a question he could've asked: Pfeiffer paid her own way from LA to NY to audition for Scarface after Melanie Griffith + Kim Basinger turned it down. Why did she want the role so badly? What did she do in her audition? At the time, Pacino wanted Glenn Close. Did she know?
Dawn Porter's fabulous doc about White House photographer Pete Souza, The Way I See It, airs on MSNBC tonight. I spoke to Laura Dern and her producing partner, Jayme Lemons, about why they backed the project.
Another possible Q: How did she create her performance in the scene where Tony asks her to marry him? She's behind giant sunglasses, yet somehow expressing want and hurt and fear and excitement.
Tried to buy a single Dune IMAX ticket for an 11am Sunday show and all that was available was the front row. Folks actually going to the theater this weekend are definitely seeking out the biggest screens they can find, as ordered by Denis, Film Twitter and local law enforcement
‘Alright motherfucker!’—Noah Baumbach to Netflix film chief Scott Stuber, as the two collide in the lobby bar after Laura Dern’s win, and stop for a photo along with Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Rian Johnson
There's only one scene in the movie where her character smiles (I think). It's when Pacino puts on her white hat in that tacky convertible. Was that scripted? Improvised? Where did that moment of lightness come from?
Chris Rock has not yet issued a statement. There is a statement going around purporting to be from Rock that is not from him, per his team. It’s the one that starts, “As a comedian it can be difficult to understand…”
#GoldenGlobes
: Sorry, the sweatshirt
@jasonsudeikis
was wearing to accept his award for
@TedLasso
is SOLD OUT.
As for the fashions statement?
Sudekis just explained backstage he's being a good brother by supporting his sister's dance studio.
Alison Brie was so well prepared for E!’s James Franco question. It’s almost like they had a family meeting about how horrible this red carpet was gonna be for them and she volunteered as tribute.
A suggestion: Brands that pay for film festival gifting lounges could instead sponsor festival travel for underrepresented film critics. I will gladly wear whatever brand pays to send a broader mix of critics to Telluride, Cannes, Toronto & Sundance.
Most film crews get their jobs through relationships, a barrier for many. On Michael B. Jordan’s JUST MERCY, the first movie made under WarnerMedia’s new inclusion policies, producers tried something new.
"We all live in the same house, we should all dine at the same table"-
@RealGDT
to
@ScottFeinberg
on why he's seated for the 8 non-televised Oscar categories. About 80% of the seats in the theater are full.
#oscars2022
Did I miss it, or was Frances McDormand the only person to use her speech to encourage people to go to movie theaters? I expected more of that, and would have welcomed it, as would, presumably, the theater owners hanging on right now by their fingernails.
Delighted folks are talking about the need for a broader mix of film critics. I'd also like to read those writers on Scorsese, Allen, Spielberg + canon they rarely get assigned. Please don't just assign a black critic black movies, a lady critic lady movies.
In the late 90s when I was a reporter at TIME, two female colleagues a few years older gave me ‘The Talk’ about which media men to avoid. Nearly 20 years later, two of the men have lost their jobs.
Leaving
#GeorgeClooneyAFI
, which I covered from backstage for a story that will run closer to airdate. As I left, George was thanking the catering crew and huddling with Amal and his parents, beaming. “Oh my golly!” said his father. “You did a wonderful job,” his mom said to Amal
Delight of the day: When the manager at the West Hollywood
@pavilions
announced over the PA that the young man sanitizing our grocery carts graduates from high school today and the whole store stopped in their tracks and applauded.
“This is me being myself. Let’s find out if it becomes clickbait.”
In my new
@THR
cover on Ben Affleck: his new company, how he got Michael Jordan’s blessing to make AIR, his DC experience, advice he got from JLo, his takes on golf, sobriety and Wordle.
Props to the various red carpet hosts doing their best, but asking random fans who they're rooting for tonight rather than showing actual Oscar nominees winning inside the theater is... not great TV.
Jojo Rabbit child actor Archie Yates just sidled up to the bar, ordered an orange juice and handed the grownup with him a bunch of the Hershey’s kisses on the bar to put in her bag. (Same, babe. Same). Then he posed for a selfie with an admirer.
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