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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 2:57PM by Jason Adams
Three-time Oscar nominee (and of course one time winner) Octavia Spencer is heading into the second half of her centennial today and we'd love to wish her a very happy day -- no matter how high or lowbrow the project I am always happy when she shows up...
Octavia Spencer Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 9:41AM We haven't loooked at Instagram for a bit. So let's play our fantasies about celebrity bffs game which is just an elaborate excuse to share photos we liked recently. Would you rather...
Pictures are after the jump to help you decide. (If there's a gif, you can click on it to see the whole video)
Monday, May 24, 2021 at 4:35PM Our team is breaking down the top contenders and highlighting some of our favorites over the next few weeks.
By Ben Miller
There’s a reason Ted Lasso has endured through all these months. When the world shut down and every piece of news was about the worst possible people doing the worst possible things, we needed a bit of positivity in our lives. Enter the world’s sunniest dispositioned football/futbol coach in Jason Sudekis’ Ted Lasso.
As much as the shenanigans of Ted and his team entertain, the central conflict of the show’s freshman season is between Lasso and Richmond FC owner Rebecca Welton, played to sly, annoyed perfection by Hannah Waddingham...
Best Supporting Actress, Emmys, FYC, Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso Monday, May 24, 2021 at 10:03AM a series by Christopher James looking at the 'Gay Best Friend' trope
Don't worry, Teddy (Gene Wilder). Buddy (Charles Grodin) isn't going to take your girl, he's gay.The recently passed Charles Grodin (1935-2021) leaves behind an enviable film career. From Beethoven to Clifford, Grodin mastered being the “straight man” in comedies opposite zany characters. The master of reaction shots, Grodin knew how to wring laughs out of being the “put upon wet blanket.” His career features many other great performances, including The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run, Heaven Can Wait, The Great Muppet Caper, Dave and Ishtar. In all of the many obituaries that have recently been written about him, few have mentioned his role as Buddy in The Woman in Red ...and with good reason. The movie may have won an Oscar (Best Original Song for Steve Wonder's "I Just Called To Say I Love You"), but it has little cultural footprint today.
The misogynistic film is best left undiscovered. However, Grodin’s Buddy has an interesting distinction of being one of the earliest out, sympathetic gay best friends in a popular, male-centric comedy…
Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 10:42PM ;)
Before we say goodbye to 2000 and move forward to the next Smackdown year, 1946, I'd like to take a look at the Best Costume Design Oscar race. Take it as a digestif to our coverage. In any case, this specific lineup offers a remarkably comprehensive overview of some of the category's favorite elements and most glaring blind spots. As always, period work dominates, though there's also space for fantasy and contemporary narratives, intersections of fashion and costume, as well as a non-English-language movie. The nominees were…
First up, let's look at the period films and, more specifically, our victor.
