Tag: Cate Blanchett
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The Oscars Once Nominated a Person Who Doesn’t Even Exist
There are plenty of strange Oscars-related achievements. From the time Beatrice Straight won an Academy Award for a mere five minutes of screentime in Network, to Cate Blanchett being the only person to win an Oscar for playing an Oscar winner (Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator), the prestigious ceremony has had plenty of time to…
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Kevin Costner’s Two-Part Western Epic ‘Horizon’ Lands 2024 Release Dates
Kevin Costner’s two-part Western epic “Horizon: An American Saga” is coming to theaters next summer.“Chapter 1” will be released on June 28, 2024, and “Chapter 2” will land on Aug. 16, 2024, according to Warner Bros. and New Line. The first movie will open against Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two,” while…
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Trailer Watch: Christos Nikou’s Apples, Starring Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White and Luke Wilson
Fresh off its world premiere at Telluride, the first trailer is here for Greek filmmaker Christos Nikou’s sophomore feature and English-language debut, Apples. The high-concept film stars Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed as a couple living in a not-so-far-off dystopian future who find the validity of their love under investigation at the Love Institute. The…
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Oscars: Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore to Compete in Separate Categories for ‘May December’ (Exclusive)
Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore are splitting up their Oscar campaigns for awards season.Although Todd Haynes’ delicious drama “May December” is interpreted by many as a two-hander, Netflix confirms to Variety exclusively that Portman will be submitted for lead actress consideration, while Moore will vie for supporting actress.Co-leads from awards contenders are seldom campaigned alongside…
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Taika Waititi Reveals What He’d Do With a Hypothetical ‘Thor 5’: New Worlds, ‘Outlandish’ Monsters and an Enemy Stronger Than Hela
Taika Waititi wants Thor to face an enemy more powerful than his Mjölnir-crushing sister, Hela.While there’s no “Thor 5” in development, Waititi revealed (via Screenrant) in Titan’s “‘
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A Hollywood Classic Raises A Big Question: Are Supporting Acting Categories Even Necessary?
(Welcome to Did They Get It Right?, a series where we look at an Oscars category from yesteryear and examine whether the Academy’s winner stands the test of time.)We are in somewhat of a transitional period with how we think about the acting categories for entertainment awards. This, primarily, has to do with gender. We…
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Christopher Nolan Says the Script for Scrapped Howard Hughes Film Reached ‘Satisfaction’
Christopher Nolan is revisiting his best unmade movie, a Howard Hughes biopic.The “Oppenheimer” writer-director revealed to The New York Times that he reached “satisfaction” with his shelved script that was overshadowed by Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett. “The Aviator” was released in 2004, with Nolan’s follow-up to 2002’s “Insomnia” instead…
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‘Borderlands’ Sets Summer 2024 Release, ‘Dirty Dancing’ Sequel Delayed as Lionsgate Shuffles Calendar
Lionsgate is making moves to its release calendar, including dating the video game feature Borderlands for summer 2024 and pushing dates for Dirty Dancing sequel and its prequel to Wonder.Borderlands is now set to bow on Aug. 9, 2024. The film hails from director Eli Roth, and also underwent additional photography from Deadpool filmmaker Tim…
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Variety Picks Up 13 First-Place Wins at L.A. Press Club’s SoCal Journalism Awards
Variety won 13 first-place awards Sunday night at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 65th annual SoCal Journalism Awards, more than twice as many as any other entertainment publication.The lucky 13 awards represented a historic high for Variety at the SoCal Journalism Awards, topping the previous best of 12 first-place prizes the magazine earned in 2018.…