Tweetweek: A Simple Flavor, Premature Oscar Predix and more...
Monday, September 24, 2018 at 8:30AM So true.
Next week has been exhausting.
— Jordon Nardino (@jnardino) September 24, 2018
INT: GAY BAR, 2035, TRIVIA NIGHT
— Hispanic Pixie Dream Girl (@mathewrodriguez) September 22, 2018
Host: “Which multiple Oscar nominated actress is the only woman to lose an Oscar to Best Dance Recording Grammy winners? Name the Oscar loser and the two winners who beat her!”
Me: “Glenn Close, she lost to Cher in 1987 and Lady Gaga in 2018!”
We haven't done one of these in a while but wanted to share these bon-mots. Lots of A Simple Favor enthusiasms, and much more after the jump...
zendaya is meechee pic.twitter.com/zE6rXniAnQ
— Gabriel Gundacker (@gabegundacker) September 23, 2018
All the way down to the eye color. pic.twitter.com/bUdp70z7bq
— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) September 23, 2018
If Glenn Close doesn’t win the Oscar for The Wife I’m reciting the Pulsa diNura against every member of The Academy
— Natasha Roth (@NatashaRoth01) September 23, 2018
It’s February 24, 2019.
— Bobby Caruso (@BobbysByline) September 10, 2018
Frances McDormand announces “Lady Gaga” as the winner of The Academy Award for Best Actress.
Wearing haute couture Celine, holding back tears, Gaga says:
“I promised if I won this tonight, I would announce the name of my new record. It’s called...”
Extremely spicy Crazy Rich Asians take: the hero is the mother, she is a committed anti-imperialist who wants to keep the great american satan out of her Singaporean family, but ultimately she is defeated by the overpowering ideology of coarse individualism, the film is a tragedy
— Vincent Bevins (@Vinncent) September 24, 2018
My mini review of ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES:
— Matthew St.Clair (@filmguy619) September 20, 2018
Where, oh where, was Joan Cusack's Supporting Actress Oscar? pic.twitter.com/YTVXufOZmz
AMC managers on October 5th when stans begin flooding in pic.twitter.com/FQRBdtwbm9
— juniorr 🦂 (@jayjuniorrr) September 20, 2018
My favorite part of the First Man trailer is when a guy writes the word “Moon” on a chalkboard and dramatically underlines it. pic.twitter.com/8fhMEeCQAX
— Russell Brandom (@russellbrandom) September 18, 2018
"We need an actress with the charisma of Michelle Pfeiffer and the cynical edge of Kirsten Dunst. She should look like both too. That probably doesn't exist, right?" pic.twitter.com/xm6SI5XaGH
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) September 22, 2018
can we talk about the fact that carrie anne moss went to see janet mcteer in bernhardt/hamlet and sat next to glenn close pic.twitter.com/xyFjCyDBzb
— libby (@blanchdevereaux) September 16, 2018
and some "reviews" of A SIMPLE FAVOR since I was a week too late to it
a simple favor is like if gone girl did a bunch of coke then fucked big little lies
— mirandahobbesVEVO (@SPRinNYC) September 22, 2018
A Simple Favor was so freaking good.
— Hannah Hart (@harto) September 23, 2018
Blake Lively in menswear is my new sexual orientation.
A SIMPLE FAVOR is exactly the kind of movie you need at the end of the sunmer, the fall, the winter, anytime really, maybe it’s the best movie ever made??
— Emma Stefansky (@stefabsky) September 20, 2018
My sexuality is anytime Blake Lively called Anna Kendrick “baby” in #ASimpleFavor
— Amanda Holland (@AwkwardHolland) September 23, 2018
You: what kind of porn do you like
— Tara DeMarco🌙 (@xxcapitalM) September 20, 2018
Me: there's this part in #ASimpleFavor where Blake Lively takes her suit off piece-by-piece until it's just a vest and then tells Anna Kendrick she's gonna slap her pic.twitter.com/abX8O5Iodu
I just saw A Simple Favor. I stand by my previous statement...Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively are a duo that I never knew I needed but that I now may not be able to live without...Go watch!
— Chelsea Gibson (@chelsealouisex) September 20, 2018
mean girls and gone girl had steamy hate sex and made a beautiful fucked up baby and this is my official review of a simple favor
— emma lord (@dilemmalord) September 15, 2018
I need a cut of A Simple Favor entirely from the perspective of Andrew Rannells character
— Samantha Quiles (@waytogobabe) September 16, 2018
I may be coming to it with an inherent bias since I’m a gay man raised in Connecticut with sociopathic tendencies but A SIMPLE FAVOR is the best movie I’ve seen in theaters all year
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) September 16, 2018
Reader Comments (15)
Natalie Imbruglia in A Star Is Torn
@RussellFalcon September 22, 2018
@peggysue.. It wld v super hilarious if she is still a star 😂
Re: A Simple Favor
Who knew that, between her and Leighton Meester, Blake Lively would have the most exciting career post-Gossip Girl?! Shit, if girl keeps this up she maybe an Oscar nominee in a few years time!
@ Chris- Blake Lively was in contention for her performance in The Town. A lot of people were impressed. She was allegedly considered for Gravity based on that performance.
Again, love me some Gaga but Close has to win Best Actress!
My own twitter review of A SIMPLE FAVOR leaned a little cornily... "Real fun movie with pitch perfect sisterhood performances from Kendrick and Lively." :P
Ryan T --!!! Nice to meetcha at this very movie the other night.
I thought she was MVP in The Town and deserved an Oscar nomination.
Tom G- I loved her perf in The Town (she made my Supporting Actress lineup that year), so I'm always giddy to hear people were legit considering her for the nom. Did not know that about her almost getting Gravity! Shit, that would of been interesting!
I believe Close will win. Look at the Academy's record. Close is long overdue and this is going to be her 7th nomination! And, when this happens, often actors or actresses get the gold for films that would have otherwise garnered them only a nomination. One recent case was Meryl Streep's win for The Iron Lady, after losing 12 times. Now, sometimes the charm doesn't work. Peter O'Toole lost on his 8th nomination, but then again he'd recently been awarded a Special Oscar. Voters must have thought he should be content with that!
I remember when The Town came out a lot of people were saying, "Wow, didn't know she had that in her" regarding Lively. I know that performance lead to her being considered and maybe even tested for Gravity. Aside from Angelina Jolie and Natalie Portman, Sienna Miller and Naomi Watts were also being considered before Bullock got the part.
If Close loses to Lady Gaga, I will throw my mp3's of Artpop directly into the Recycling Bin and right-click/delete.
An interesting (outrageous) fact: Nicole has never won an NYFCC, NBR, LAFCA or NSFC prize. The latter three have never even shortlisted her.
She has one BFCA prize for To Die For (the group's first Best Actress winner and a good one!) and that's it for film.
It would be amazing if one or more of those groups rallied around Destroyer in December.
If those awards get split up, I see:
Kidman for LAFCA (edgy—and maybe a tie with Davis or a foreign language performance)
McCarthy for NBR (right down the middle, how they like it)
Gaga for NYFCC (a little left of center)
Close for NSFC (they like a grand dame)
"Which multiple Oscar nominated actress is the only woman to lose an Oscar to Best Dance Recording Grammy winners?"
Technically, wouldn't all the nominated actresses who lost to Cher & Gaga have also lost to Best Dance Recording Grammy winners? Meryl Streep is a multiple Oscar nominated Actress who lost to Cher.