New International Contenders: "The Hand of God" and an extremely hot Instagram star

by Nathaniel R

Time to check in again with Oscar submissions as five more countries join the fray. The highest profile new entry is Italy's The Hand of God by Paolo Sorrentino. He triumphed in this category eight years back with The Great Beauty (2013) which ended the longest drought -- seven years -- that Italy has ever had in this particular competition. If The Hand of God snags the nomination, Sorrentino will have performed this feat twice since Italy hasn't been nominated since. Sorrentino joins Iran's Asghar Farhadi (A Hero) as the only International contender this season who has already led a film to victory in this category.  The Hand of God is a memoir about Sorrentino's teenage years and a family tragedy. He's been campaigning enthusiastically since Cannes, recently attending the Middleburg Film Festival to receive an International Spotlight prize.

Other new contenders are after the jump...

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Would you rather?

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...

• hang at the pool with Elliot Page?
• celebrate the anniversary of "Born this Way" with Lady Gaga?
• sit for a portrait with Kristin Scott Thomas?
• make like Tarzan under a waterfall with Tony Goldwyn?
• have a "salad" with Reese Witherspoon?
• get an honorary degree from Yale with Ava DuVernay?
• visit Monaco with Haz Osterfield and Tom Holland?
• relax at a resort with Kathryn Newton?
• bungee jump with Zac Efron and brother?
• celebrate pride with Jeremy Pope's cake?

Pictures are after the jump to help you decide. (If there's a gif, you can click on it to see the whole video)

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Would you rather?

We haven't looked at Instagram in ages so let's share some fun celebrity photos with our fantasy game. Would you rather...

• try on hats with Kaitlyn Dever?
• kiss alpacas with Nicole Kidman?
• burn palo santo with Madonna?
• workout at home with Cheyenne Jackson?
• visit Sydney Opera House with Rossy de Palma?
• hit the recording studio with Rosamund Pike?
• wash a car with comic JT Firstman?
• get drunk (for charity) with Annaleigh Ashford?
• visit the Redwoods with Laura Dern?
• dance with Taron Egerton?
• have a beer with Cary Elwes?
• mudbath it with Hailee Steinfeld?
• sing to goats with Kevin Bacon?

Pictures are after the jump to help you decide... 

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Would you rather?

Would you rather?

• ...have a cup with sleepy Charlie Heaton?
• ...road trip to Moab Utah with Mira Sorvino?
• ...load up on carbs with Martha Plimpton?
👈 • ...play politics with Jessica Chastain?
• ...pee in the Swedish sea with Joel Kinnaman?
• ...take a bubble bath (for charity) with Daniel K Isaac?
• ...summer squash it with Natalie Portman?
• ...read a bestseller with Christina Hendricks?
• ...listen to tunes / take selfies with Yahya Abdul Mateen II on the Watchmen set?
• ...blow bubbles with Tom Mercier?
• ...contemplate 2020 with Michelle Pfeiffer? 

Pictures are after the jump to help you decide...

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Would you rather?

(You know this is just an excuse to share Instagram pics we like, we hope). Time for another round of our time wasting celebrity fantasies. Would you rather...

• goof with Charlize on the set of The Old Guard?
• scrub a rock with Julianne Moore?
• complete a puzzle with Morena Baccarin?
• hot tub it with Rebel Wilson?
• canoe with Alyssa Edwards?
• shower with Simu Liu?
• compose a tune with Florence Pugh?
👈 • play legos with Sam Claflin?
• do tequila shots with Jessica Chastain?
• multitask with Alanis Morrissette? 
• "work out" with Mindy Kaling?
• nibble fruit with Reese Witherspoon?
• share wine with Dakota and Elle Fanning?

Pictures are after the jump to help you decide.

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