The Weinstein Co. just announced that Meryl Streep will play opposite Julia Roberts in August: Osage County, based on the Pulitzer and Tony winning play by Tracy Letts. Pic will be directed by John Wells (Shameless, The Company Men). Meryl Streep will kill it, you know she will. I can’t wait to see her do this. ...
Ten years ago I was blogging the Oscars the year Halle Berry and Denzel Washington both won in a surprise upset. Russell Crowe or Sissy Spacek were expected to take one of the slots. The thinking was that the Academy would never award two black actors the same year. It was unheard of for a black woman to win — and in fact, Berry, like President Obama, is half-white...
They kind of “go there” — this is a worthwhile, interesting conversation….for those of you interested. Viola Davis speaks quite passionately about the stigma and crippling dilemma of being a black artist who must carry the burden, I think, of both the black and white community. They pay the price, white actors don’t. Anyway, Davis says...
A few movie-writers have kicked over a hornet’s nest this week by spreading the impression that Rooney Mara wasn’t showing enough enthusiasm and deference to suit them. The perception seeped out like black mold, aggravating the fungus allergies the Twitterverse, so before long the strings of snot were blown far and wide. Once a story like that takes hold, it’s not...
Back in the early days of Oscarwatch we had a rule: it wasn’t about advocating; it was about predicting. It wasn’t about what SHOULD win; it was about what WILL win. But all of that changed as the Oscar watching industry grew. Now, just like internet dating, there is no stigma to it. The best way to write about the Oscars, I figure, is to advocate –...