Sep 14, 2018 | Awards, Film Festivals
From Joel Edgerton’s “Boy Erased,” which debuted at the Telluride Film Festival last week, to Felix Van Groeningen’s “Beautiful Boy” and Peter Hedges’ “Ben Is Back,” both unspooling in Toronto this weekend, there is a thread of rehabilitation drama running through...
Sep 14, 2018 | Awards, Film Festivals
Bradley Cooper couldn’t avoid remembering his darker days while making “A Star is Born.” In the Oscar buzzy remake, Cooper co-stars as Jackson Maine, a rocker battling alcoholism and drug addiction as he falls in love with his musical protege Ally (Lady Gaga). The...
Sep 14, 2018 | Awards, Film Festivals
“A Star Is Born,” which premiered Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival, follows Lady Gaga as Ally, an unknown singer-songwriter who meets Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper), an established musician who becomes Ally’s mentor and helps nuture her career as it begins to take...
Sep 14, 2018 | Awards, Film Festivals
On Sunday, CBS chief Leslie Moonves became the latest industry titan to be toppled from power in the wake of allegations of sexual assault and harassment. From Harvey Weinstein to Dustin Hoffman to Brett Ratner, men who were once thought to be mighty enough to act...
Sep 6, 2018 | Awards, Hollywood Chronicles
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation will present this year’s Artists Inspiration Awards to Harrison Ford and Lady Gaga at its third annual Patron of the Artists Awards. The event will be held on Nov. 8 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills....
Jan 24, 2018 | Awards, Film Festivals
The Oscar nominations are in, which means all the various awards campaigns are now switching gears, trying to find the best angle in bringing home the gold. What can we expect going forward? Bearing in mind we still have more than a month before final ballots are due,...
