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Actress Margaret Qualley has shared that the prosthetic makeup she wore while shooting “The Substance” caused serious skin damage that took a year to heal.

In a recent “Happy Sad Confused” podcast episode, Qualley told host Josh Horowitz that her skin irritation became so severe that it changed the movie’s shooting schedule and how the cameras were used.

“They had to shoot up my skirt in the beginning credits, with palm trees all around and long lenses from the bottom, because my face was so damaged they couldn’t shoot it anymore,” Qualley said. Director Coralie Fargeat had to use clever camera settings to solve the problem.

Qualley still had skin issues during her next project, “Kinds of Kindness,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. The damage helped her play one of the four roles in the movie better than she expected.

“The character with a lot of acne?” Qualley said,...

Margaret Qualley is detailing the severe effect the prosthetics she wore for The Substance had on her skin.

While appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast on Monday (January 13), the 30-year-old Golden Globe nominee revealed that her skin became so damaged from the prosthetics that her face was cut from certain shots while filming.

Keep reading to find out more…“Like, at the end, when they’re shooting up my skirt in the beginning credits, and it’s like the palm trees all around and they have all these long lenses from the bottom, that’s just because my face was so f–ked up by that time that they couldn’t, like, shoot my face anymore,” Margaret explained.

The acne lasted long after filming for The Substance ended and continued when she began working on her next movie Kinds of Kindness, in which she played four different characters.

“So,...

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Margaret Qualley is opening up about the long-lasting effects of wearing prosthetics for The Substance.

The actress, who plays Sue in the body horror film, recently shared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that her skin was damaged for nearly a year after filming wrapped.

“Like, at the end, when they’re shooting up my skirt in the beginning credits, when it’s like the palm trees all around and they have all these long lenses from the bottom, that’s just because my face was so fucked up by that time that they couldn’t, like, shoot my face anymore,” Qualley explained to host Josh Horowitz.

The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actress added that she was still struggling with acne from the prosthetics when she began shooting her next film, Kinds of Kindness.

“So, you know the character that has all that acne? That was just my acne from the prosthetics,...

In a recent interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Margaret Qualley said it took “a year” for her skin to recover from the irritation caused by the face prosthetics used in “The Substance.” The damage was so bad that director Coralie Fargeat had to frame out her face in certain shots.

“At the end, when they’re shooting up my skirt in the beginning credits, and it’s like the palm trees all around and they have all these long lenses from the bottom, that’s just because my face was so fucked up,” Qualley said. “They couldn’t shoot my face anymore.”

The acne from the prosthetics lasted long after “The Substance” wrapped and persisted as she began shooting her next film, “Kinds of Kindness,” in which she played four characters: Vivian, Martha, Rebecca and Ruth. Luckily, the acne played to her benefit in the Yorgos Lanthimos drama.

There’s an old saying: “It’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.” But when it comes to the Oscars, it’s not just about the life you’ve lived, but the roles you’ve played, the moments you’ve owned, and—let’s face it—the right timing. The 2025 Academy Awards are still a few months away, but the race is already in full swing, and while you might have thought Angelina Jolie and Zoe Saldaña would be the ones to watch, the winds are shifting.

Angelina Jolie in Maria | Credits: Netflix

This year, they face a crop of new talent that might just steal their spotlight. You’ve got the likes of Mikey Madison and Danielle Deadwyler—actors whose standout performances this season could very well turn them into the talk of the town when it comes time for the nominations.

The 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards is on the move again. The award show, originally scheduled for January 12 and subsequently pushed to January 26, will now take place in February, sources tell Deadline. The exact date is still Tba.

Chelsea Handler is still expected to return as host for her third consecutive year, I hear. It is unclear whether the rescheduled event will remain at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The ceremony will be broadcast live on E! and around the world, available on Peacock the next day.

The Critics Choice Awards was among the first major Hollywood events to be postponed just hours into the firestorm that decimated the Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods of Los Angeles. A week later, the city is still grappling with the full scope of the devastation, which has hit Hollywood hard, impacting dozens of actors, writers, directors, producers, executives and talent representatives impacted.

The 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards have reportedly been pushed back a second time due to the LA wildfires, moving from January 26 into February.

The event was initially postponed last week from January 12. The group had not confirmed at time of writing and it is understood no firm date has been scheduled.

Edward Berger’s Conclave and Jon M. Chu’s Wicked lead the nominations, announced in December, on 11 each.

Both features are nominated in best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay. Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rosellini were recognised in the best actor and supporting actress categories, with Cynthia Erivo...

Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón may have walked away with wins to celebrate at the Golden Globes earlier this month, but she had another prized moment take place that night offstage.

While visiting The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the actress, who expressed how much she’s part of the Star Wars fandom, recalled meeting Harrison Ford on the Globes red carpet, a moment she said got really emotional.

“I met Harrison Ford the other night after the Golden Globes. I was really surprised by the words that he said to me,” Gascón said. “It was wonderful. It was an honor. The fact that we were able to hug, because I was going to say, ‘Harrison Ford, you’re my hero,’ and he told me, ‘There are no heroes here.'”

Though the actress noted she’d “rather not say all the wonderful things he said” to her, she...

While on an upcoming episode of the Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast, writer and director Coralie Fargeat broke down the cinematic lineage of her “The Substance.” When talking about her much-heralded body horror sensation — the rare genre film to break into the awards race — Fargeat discussed wanting to make a film that “stays with you long after you leave the theater.” Fargeat has spent a great deal of time analyzing why certain movies left a lasting imprint on her and what she could learn from each.

“It’s about the phantasmagoria, the fact that you break the rules of reality,” said Fargeat. “You create the reality of your film, and then I think it gives you such a freedom to create something that no one else but you is going to create for your own movie.”

It’s how David Cronenberg, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, the Coen brothers, Darren Aronofsky, and John Carpenter...

Starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, the 2024 standout body horror film The Substance has earned widespread acclaim for its powerful performances and haunting imagery. As the film explores themes of unrelenting self-destruction in pursuit of perfection, Margaret Qualley revealed that her behind-the-scenes experience mirrored the film’s intensity.

A still from The Substance | Credit: Mubi

The actress, who portrays the younger version of the lead character Sue, recently shared her experience working on the movie and how it left her with “crazy prosthetic acne,” which took nearly a year to recover.

Margaret Qualley reveals the horrors of starring in The Substance

In her recent appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Margaret Qualley shared her experience of starring in the acclaimed body horror movie, The Substance. Qualley takes on the role of Sue, a younger version of the film star Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore).

Margaret Qualley in The Substance | Credits:...

Seven years went from the time when director Coralie Fargeat made her feature directorial debut with a very cool revenge movie that was appropriately titled Revenge – you can read our 8/10 review of the film at This Link – and when she came back with an “explosive feminist take on body horror” called The Substance, which stars Demi Moore (Ghost) and Margaret Qualley (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood). Fargeat’s second movie was worth the wait (you can read our 9/10 review Here), and has been streaming on the Mubi service since Halloween. Now, Mubi has shared a making-of featurette that goes behind the scenes for The Substance for 28 minutes, and you can check it out in the embed above!

The film is gory, but also humorous, and it’s quite a wild ride. Here’s the official synopsis: It generates another you. A new, younger, more beautiful, more perfect you. And...

Out of respect for those affected by the L.A. wildfires, the American Cinema Editors have announced that the 2025 Ace Eddie Awards has been postponed. A new date for the 75th annual ceremony will be announced soon.

The reimagined gala, which will still honor Wicked director Jon M. Chu with the Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, will “pivot from a black-tie, red carpet event to a ‘Come as You Are’ community-building fundraiser,” the organization announced. In addition, a portion of the ticket sales will be donated to Southern California fire relief. The guild’s private cocktail party celebrating the Ace Eddie Awards nominees is also being moved to a new date. See more event changes in the wake of the wildfires.

The guild’s official statement is: “Due to the ongoing concerns for safety within our L.A. communities, we have made arrangements with UCLA and Royce Hall...

(Warning: This story contains spoilers for Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance).

In the final scenes of The Substance, things get messy.

Coralie Fargeat’s body horror satire follows the descent of former A-lister Elisabeth Sparkle who, in a desperate attempt to recapture her youth and stay relevant in sexist and ageist Hollywood, starts taking a mysterious chemical called The Substance. Things go very, very wrong.

Shortly after injecting the substance, Sparkle (Demi Moore, who just picked up her first-ever Golden Globe for the role) is writhing on her bathroom floor. Her back splits down the spine and Sue, a slimy, younger version of herself (played by Margaret Qualley) crawls out. Initially, the two clones follow the plan, swapping out every seven days. The body in the bathroom is kept alive with a feeding tube, while the other free is free live their life.

But the siren of youth beacons, and...

All About Demi Moore’s Old Controversy Amid Golden Globes Win ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Demi Moore’s Hollywood comeback has taken an unexpected turn, with a resurfaced video from her past overshadowing her recent Golden Globe win. The actress, who just celebrated her first-ever acting award for The Substance at the Golden Globes, now faces renewed scrutiny after Entertainment Tonight unearthed a video from 1982.

Demi Moore enamorando, y besando, a su compañero de reparto… de 15 años.

Cosas que pasaban en los 80…

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— R E P L I C A N T (@Roybattyforever) September 28, 2024

Demi Moore’s Resurfaced Video

In the footage, a 19-year-old Moore can be seen passionately kissing a 15-year-old boy, co-star Philip Tanzini, at a restaurant celebrating his birthday. This video has ignited widespread shock and backlash, especially given the nature of the interaction and the significant age difference between the two.

Moore, who...

Nominations are out for the 2025 Irish Film & Television Awards with the Cillian Murphy drama Small Things Like These and the music comedy Kneecap among the tipped films. Scroll down for the full list of nominees.

Small Things Like These has nods in Best Screenplay, Lead Actor for Murphy, and Best Film. Other Best Film nominees include Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice, King Frankie, and Kneecap.

Kneecap has a strong showing across the noms, with nods in Best Director for Rich Peppiatt and all three of the film’s leads pop up in Best Actor. Paul Mescal also received a Best Actor nomination for his role in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II.

On the TV side, Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters is nominated for Best Drama while the Eddie Redmayne thriller The Day of the Jackal has multiple noms, including Best Director for a Drama Series.

The Irish Film & Television Academy...

The official Oscar nominees for the Best Actress award will be announced on January 17, 2025. It had been a year of some notable performances and picking the list of five actresses for this nomination list would be no easy feat. FandomWire predictions include nine actresses who have shown promise across the award season last fall.

Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in Maria (2024) | Credits: Netflix

Veteran drama actresses like Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman will be up against youngsters like Mikey Madison and Zendaya in the voting process for nominations. However, Oscar races, especially for Best Actor and Best Actresses, are bound to throw some surprises. We have also put in a few surprises on this list.

FandomWire’s predicted nominees for Best Actress Mikey Madison in a still from Anora | Credits: Neon

Netflix has produced a few Oscar nominees in the past few years and the Best Actress category of this year will be no exception.

The 2025 Ace Eddie Awards are the latest Hollywood event to be postponed amid the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires.

The 75th annual ceremony celebrating the best editing of the year in film, television and documentaries was originally set for Saturday. A new date announcement is coming soon, said the American Cinema Editors (Ace) on Monday night.

The Ace Eddie Awards take place at UCLA’s Royce Hall. As Angelenos continue to battle the ongoing wildfires, the show will pivot from a black-tie red carpet event to a “come as you are” community-building fundraiser with a portion of ticket sales being donated to L.A. wildfire relief.

The annual Nominees Reception, a private event for nominees originally set for Thursday, is also being rescheduled.

“Due to the ongoing concerns for safety within our L.A. communities, we have made arrangements with UCLA and Royce Hall to postpone the 75th Ace Eddie Awards,...

“The Substance” (Mubi) and “Flow” (Janus/Sideshow), two very independent specialized releases, add to their theatrical and awards successes with strong interest on home viewing.

“Wicked” (Universal), expecting even greater recognition repeats as #1 at both iTunes (ranking by transactions) and Fandango (by revenue) in its second week out. The studio, which like others rarely announces home video returns, said its first week out had $70 million in rentals and sales. They get 80 percent of this after a small carriage fee deduction, a much higher return than in theaters. This buttresses the claim of how vital PVOD is, even if its often early streaming release seems to intrude on theatrical play.

Netflix, meanwhile, underwent a wholesale turnover this week, with only three films listed last week still on their top 10. “Ad Vitam,” an original French thriller in the Liam Neeson-mold that follows a lone avenger saving a family member in danger,...

One month ago, we asked Gemini AI for Oscar predictions, and it endorsed Gladiator II as a contender for picture, director (Ridley Scott), and supporting actor (Denzel Washington). Well, Google’s artificial intelligence bot has rebooted, and it now believes the mixed-reviewed sequel will be mostly forgotten come Oscars time. In fact, Gemini’s current picks in the six main categories align much more closely with Gold Derby’s overall choices.

You can see Gemini’s forecasted nominations below, where The Brutalist, a period piece about a Holocaust survivor who’s trying to live the American Dream, is expected to clean up with bids for picture, director (Brady Corbet), actor (Adrien Brody), supporting actress (Felicity Jones), and supporting actor (Guy Pearce). Meanwhile, Anora, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, and Emilia Pérez are expected to nab four noms apiece in the six main races.

For the uninitiated, Gemini is a chatbot that...

Coralie Fargeat's masterful body horror film The Substance has been all the rage this awards season, not only because it's excellent but also because it's so rare for a horror movie to get nominated at the most prestigious award shows. Notably, Demi Moore won her first Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy earlier this month, where the film also received nominations for Best Director, Best Motion Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress (Margaret Qualley).

Following the Golden Globes, The Substance continues to win awards from organizations like the Austin Film Critics Association and the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. The film has also been nominated for Critics' Choice Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. It seems increasingly likely that The Substance will receive Academy Award attention. Some professional critics even believe Moore could be a frontrunner for this year's Best Actress race.

At the 82nd annual Golden Globes held on January 5, Demi Moore, who has been working steadily in Hollywood for decades, won her first ever competitive acting award thanks to Coralie Fargeat's body-horror hit "The Substance."

Moore beat out some stiff competition to win Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy award, including Cynthia Erivo in "Wicked: Part One" and Mikey Madison in "Anora," and her powerful speech about how women in the entertainment industry are constantly trying to measure up to a truly impossible standard was nothing if not deeply inspiring. Despite apparently being told that she would never be anything more than a "popcorn actress" by some foolish studio executive, Moore proudly stood on stage at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, telling women all over the world, "In those moments when we don't think we're smart enough or pretty enough or skinny enough or successful enough or...

To prove that Mubi is serious about getting Monstro Elisasue her much-deserved Academy Award, the streaming service is bringing The Substance back to theaters. The run comes on the heels of Demi Moore winning the first award she’s ever won for acting at last week’s Golden Globes, where...

“The Substance”, the 2024 award-winning satirical horror, live-action feature, written and directed by Coralie Fargeat, starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid, is being re-released January 17, 2025 in theaters:

“…on her 50th birthday, ‘Elisabeth Sparkle’, a once-celebrated, now-faded Hollywood movie star, is unceremoniously dismissed from the long-running aerobics TV show she hosted…

“…with producer ‘Harvey’ citing her advanced age as the reason.

“While driving home, Elisabeth is distracted by a billboard featuring herself being taken down, causing an accident.

“During a hospital check-up, a nurse slips her a flash drive advertising ‘The Substance’…

“…a serum that generates a ‘younger, more beautiful, more perfect’ counterpart.

“After some deliberation, Elisabeth orders The Substance and injects the single-use activator serum…

“…causing a much younger version of herself to emerge from her body called ‘Sue’…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

Over the weekend, my wife and I watched Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, and I don’t know if I’ll ever be the same. Fargeat’s unnerving body-horror thriller goes to the extreme, and I’m not ashamed to admit that I hid behind a pile of pillows for 40% of the film. What? Fingernail and teeth “stuff” is my horror movie kryptonite, and The Substance gives audiences no quarter with its approach to gross-out scenes and unforgiving self-reflection. Luckily, I watched the movie in the comfort of my home, but now those brave enough to watch The Substance in public can do so at the cinema when the film returns to US theaters on January 17, 2025.

In The Substance, a fading celebrity called Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself. When Elisabeth’s other self, Sue (Margaret Qualley...

One week after her Golden Globes triumph for I’m Still Here, Fernanda Torres is now expected to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, according to Gold Derby‘s 2025 Oscars predictions. The Brazilian actress, whose mother, Fernanda Montenegro, earned a Best Actress Oscar bid of her own for Central Station (1998), has climbed into our top five for the first time this awards season. I’m Still Here is a political thriller directed by Walter Salles that serves as Brazil’s entry in the Best International Feature contest.

More newcomers expected to receive Oscar nominations since the last update include Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown) in Best Supporting Actor, A Complete Unknown in Best Adapted Screenplay, Better Man in Best Visual Effects, and Kneecap in Best International Film.

Below, see a snapshot in time of our odds for the 97th Academy Awards in all 23 categories, updated on Jan. 13, 2025. See how the rankings...

"I watched these tapes over and over again. They never got old..." And here we go! It's time for Ehrlich's video. One of the best 2024 recaps is a video countdown made by my colleague David Ehrlich (follow him @davidehrlich). He recaps his 25 best films of the year in a video edited together with footage and music from the films. It's one of the best looks back at the year, including footage from plenty of other movies from last year. Have you seen All of his favorites from last year? David's Top 25 of 2024 is as vibrant and fun as always, and you will likely agree with many of his top picks. I'm happy to see tons of underrated favorites: The Outrun, Between the Temples, Furiosa, The Last Showgirl, Close Your Eyes, Hard Truths, Juror #2, The First Omen, and others. Plus all the usual suspects from 2024: Nosferatu, The Substance, The Brutalist,...

French movies had a banner 2024 on home turf with a 44% market share at the French box office, which broke a 15-year record; meanwhile, Gallic films saw a 11% year-on-year drop in international revenues, according to figures unveiled by the National Film Board (Cnc) and Unifrance during the Rendez-Vous in Paris market on Monday.

During the first 50 weeks of 2024, French movies generated 222.8 million euros ($227.2 million) from 33.4 million admissions outside France. Taking into account tickets sales during the second half of December, Unifrance anticipates the final box office for international will be closer to 38 million admissions and 250 million euros ($255.2 million) in revenues.

While it doesn’t represent France in the Oscar race, “The Count of Monte-Cristo,” a three-hour epic adventure film adapted from Alexandre Dumas’ classic, ranks as the biggest French film export in 2024.

The movie, produced by Dimitri Rassam’s Mediawan-owned banner Chapter 2 and sold internationally by Pathé, has grossed an...

After Demi Moore’s huge Golden Globes win, The Substance is currently the talk of the horror world as we await this year’s Academy Awards nominations, and Mubi has made the smart decision this week to re-release Coralie Fargeat’s body horror masterpiece on the big screen.

The Substance will return to 350+ theaters here in the United States on Friday, January 17!

While you wait, watch a new 28-minute making-of featurette video below.

Distributor Mubi originally released The Substance in theaters back in September, and the film has thus far injected $16 million domestically and $79 million at the worldwide box office.

It’s also currently available to watch at home, streaming exclusively on Mubi’s streaming service. If you’re not a subscriber, you can rent or purchase the film on all major digital outlets.

Demi Moore stars as a fading celebrity who injects herself with a cell-replicating substance that literally...

The Oscar race is a marathon, not a sprint. There are dozens of pit stops along the way and trophies to be given out before the 2025 Oscars on Sunday, March 2. Keep track of precursor wins here with our scorecard. This includes honors from major film festivals, critics groups, guilds, and televised shows of the 2024-25 Oscar season. Wins are listed in order of announcement and in accordance with candidates’ FYC campaigns.

Updated: Tuesday, Jan. 14 with Portland Critics Association and Houston Film Critics Society winners.

Since her victory at the Golden Globes, Demi Moore has earned six Best Actress prizes, including five consecutively, most recently from Portland. The haul has brought her precursor total to 12, just one shy of Marianne Jean-Baptiste‘s 13 thus far. Did her Globe win for The Substance and moving speech give her a boost? Well, Moore, who was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award last week,...

Aquí están las predicciones del equipo de mundoCine para los nominados a los Oscar 2025. La lectura de nominados se ha retrasado al jueves 23 debido al gran incendio de Los Ángeles. Mientras esperamos a conocer los aspirantes a la estatuilla dorada, os dejamos nuestras predicciones, que se han calculado combinando las predicciones de los miembros participantes de mundoCine.

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The Brutalist

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Cónclave

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Anora

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Wicked

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Dune: Parte Dos

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Emilia Pérez

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La Sustancia

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Nickel Boys

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A Real Pain

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September 5

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Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)

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Sean Baker (Anora)

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Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)

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Edward Berger (Cónclave)

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Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)

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Mikey Madison (Anora)

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Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here)

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Angelina Jolie (Maria)

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Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)

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Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)

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Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)

4

Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)

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Daniel Craig (Queer)

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Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #434: Coralie Fargeat on making The Substance – A...

Demi Moore’s Last 5 Films At The Worldwide Box Office(Photo Credit – Instagram)

American actress Demi Moore has been all over the news for her amazing speech at the 82nd Golden Globes Award Ceremony. She won the Golden Globe for her performance in The Substance, which was a box office success, bringing us to the subject of our article! We would rank the last five films of the seasoned actress at the worldwide box office. Scroll below for the deets.

Moore started her career as a model and then joined the cast of the soap opera General Hospital, gradually rising to prominence in the early 1980s. Demi gained recognition with St Elmo’s Fire and About Last Night. Then, the actress became a Hollywood star with Ghost, and her success continued with films like Indecent Proposal and Disclosure. She reportedly became the world’s highest-paid actress in 1995.

Demi Moore’s career...

NBC is facing some major backlash over their interview with Dennis Quaid.

On Friday night (January 10), the 70-year-old The Substance actor was in the middle of frantically packing up his car outside of his home in Brentwood, Calif. when a reporter for NBC 4 Los Angeles kept going up to him and asking questions about the fire.

Dennis appeared polite and spoke with the reporter, even getting emotional at one point, despite hurriedly trying to evacuate.

After the segment, many took to X, formerly Twitter, to call out NBC for disrupting Dennis as he tried to get his family to safety.

Keep reading to find out more…“I’m embarrassed for the guy interviewing Dennis Quaid on the news. He’s trying to evacuate just like everyone else and you’re trying to make him your Bff,” one person tweeted.

Another wrote, “Dennis Quaid’s wildfire evacuation turns cringe: Overeager reporter...

Despite a litany of streaming services out there to choose from, the only surefire way to have immediate access to a film is to own it yourself. But with companies like Best Buy getting rid of their Physical Media departments, collecting has become more and more niche. This is a shame because I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve gone to JustWatch and discovered the movie I was looking for wasn’t streaming Anywhere. And even worse when we go to find a copy and discover that it’s not even available to own physically! I’ve never heard of a company refusing to make money, but we’ve seen it time and time again in the movie industry.

As a big fan of the Scream franchise, I set out to collect all of the 4K Steelbooks for the franchise. Hell, I even imported the second one from Europe.

A time like now, as fires rage around Los Angeles, makes awards season start to feel just a little more insignificant than, in the grand scheme, it already is. This week, events like the AFI luncheon and Critics Choice Awards ceremony were postponed. So were the Oscar nominations themselves, moved from Friday, January 17 to Sunday, January 19, with voting extended to January 14 to give people extra time to fill in their ballots. Will that matter, and is that what people in Hollywood really care about right now?

These are questions we ask on the latest episode of IndieWire’s “Screen Talk” podcast before diving into a debate and speculation around how a flurry of awards nominations and wins coming in from the past week will impact the Oscars. The Screen Actors Guild Award nominations left out Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. The Directors Guild of America award nominations went...

The Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations were announced on Jan. 8, with Wicked and Shōgun leading their respective movie and TV fields at five bids apiece. More than 1,200 people have already voted for the SAG winners in Gold Derby‘s prediction polls, and some of the contenders with early leads include Wicked for film ensemble, Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) for film actor, Demi Moore (The Substance) for film actress, Hacks for comedy ensemble, and Shōgun for drama ensemble.

Below, see a snapshot in time of our odds for the 2025 SAG Awards in all 15 categories, updated on Jan. 10, 2025. Our predicted winners are denoted in gold.

This annual event was created in 1995 to reward the acting guild’s members who appear on camera in film and on television. Nominating committees of about 2,500 people selected the nominees, and then the full membership, which consists of about 130,000 SAG-AFTRA union members, will choose the ultimate winners.

Like a rolling stone gathers no moss, Timothee Chalamet’s awards campaign for A Complete Unknown continues unabated. On Friday, NBC announced Chalamet will host the Jan. 25 edition of Saturday Night Live and serve as the night’s musical guest. The expectation is that Chalamet, who plays Bob Dylan in the new film, will perform Dylan songs on the broadcast.

Regardless of the playlist, Chalamet’s dual role on the broadcast will make some Saturday Night Live history. He’s among a select few non-professional singers or traditional musicians who have served as SNL hosts and performed as musicians on the same show, joining names like Lily Tomlin, Desi Arnaz, and Deion Sanders.

The SNL appearance is the latest high-profile stop on Chalamet’s press tour and awards campaign for A Complete Unknown. The actor has spent the last month promoting his work in James Mangold’s film – including a...

Gold Derby’s top news stories for Jan. 10, 2025 2025 Cinema Eye Honors announces winners

On Thursday, Cinema Eye announced this year’s documentary and nonfiction winners at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem. No Other Land, the war doc made by four young Palestinian and Isreali filmmakers, won three trophies including Best Nonfiction Feature. Directors Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor shared the award for Debut Feature, while Abraham and Adra were also recognized as Unforgettables for their onscreen appearances. No Other Land is currently the Oscar frontrunner to win Best Documentary Feature. Here is the complete list of winners for the 2025 Cinema Eye Honors:

Nonfiction Feature: No Other Land

Direction: Mati Diop, Dahomey

Editing: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Rik Chaubet)

Production: Union (Bretty Story, Stephen Mang, Mars Verrone, Samantha Curley, and Martin Dicicco)

Cinematography: Sugarcane (Christopher Lamarca and Emily Kassie)

Original Music...

As infuriating as Bill Maher is as a comedian, talk show host and belligerent drunken YouTuber, he’s somehow even more annoying when he attempts to discuss films.

As we’ve mentioned before, Maher’s baffling cinematic taste has previously prompted him to shit all over Martin Scorsese’s iconic Raging Bull, and heap praise on Jerry Seinfeld’s not-so-iconic Bee Movie. Now the star of Pizza Man is weighing in on one of the most talked-about movies of last year: Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance.

On the most recent episode of Dana Carvey and David Spade’s Fly on the Wall podcast, the hosts and guest Maher discussed the Golden Globes, specifically, Demi Moore’s win for her work as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance. This led Maher to offer up his reaction to the film. “I couldn’t handle it. I was literally watching it through my fingers,...

The 12th annual Association of Motion Picture Sound Awards has announced its nominations for the Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film category, and three of this year’s predicted Best Sound Oscar nominees received bids: A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two, and Wicked. Two other Oscar frontrunners, Gladiator II and Emilia Pérez, were passed over in favor of a pair of Amps nominees that didn’t even make the Oscar shortlist: Conclave and The Substance.

More Amps categories will be announced in the coming weeks. Created in 1989, the Association of Motion Picture Sound has roughly 600 members and is based in the United Kingdom. From their website, “Our highly skilled members include Production Sound Mixers, Sound Designers, Supervising Sound Editors, Sound Editors, Re-recording Mixers, Music Mixers, Music Editors, Boom Operators, Sound Assistants, Foley Artists, and many more.”

The prior 11 Amps winners for Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film are...

Jon Cryer, known for his funny role as Alan Harper on Two and a Half Men, surprised fans when he took on a very different role in the 13th season of NCIS. Instead of making people laugh, he brought a serious, fresh energy to the show as Dr. Cyril Taft, a Navy surgeon with a unique personality. This change showed just how versatile Cryer is, adding something new to the NCIS world.

Jon Cryer in Two and a Half Men | Credits: CBS Broadcasting

What made his role stand out was not just his unique personality. It was how Cryer mixed humor with serious acting, leaving fans eager to see more.

Why is Jon Cryer’s NCIS role so memorable?

Famously known as Alan Harper from Two and a Half Men, Jon Cryer made a surprising leap from comedy to drama with his guest appearance on CBS’s NCIS. In Season 13, he played Dr.

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival but has been updated as of Friday, January 10.

Coralie Fargeat has always zigged where others zagged. But knowing what she did and did not want to do helped her to focus her goals. She grew up in Paris on a diet of American movies, which built her taste for genre films. As a teenager, she shot “Star Wars” remakes with her little camera in her backyard.

“The ones that were resonating with me that were going out of the real world, out of reality, were more English-speaking genre films,” she told IndieWire at the Toronto International Film Festival, where her second feature, Cannes body horror breakout “The Substance” (Mubi), starring Demi Moore as an actress fighting her age with radical chemistry, won the screenwriting prize at Cannes and the TIFF People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award.

“A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” “The Substance” and “Wicked” are among the Association of Motion Picture Sound (Amps) nominees.

Now in its 12th year, the awards recognize excellence from sound professionals across the industry, highlighting roles such as production sound mixers, supervising dialogue/Adr editors, supervising sound editors or sound designers and re-recording mixers. Honorees are selected from across five categories: Feature Films, Television Dramas, Factual Films, Production and Post-Production Audio Products.

Production sound mixers also have the opportunity to select a key 1st assistant sound professional for nomination and award consideration.

The final ballot for the Feature Film award will open Jan. 11 and close Jan. 21, with the winner set to be announced on Jan. 23.

The Amps awards represent a key part of the official awards season calendar. In the past, Amps winners have tended to succeed in both BAFTA and Oscar consideration. “The Zone of Interest” which...

Dune: Part Two was one of the finest films to have come out of 2024 and there is no question about it. Directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Timothée Chalamet with Zendaya and others, the film was a slap to those who believe that sequels are always disappointing. Despite the crazy box office collection and the overwhelmingly positive response from both critics and fans alike, the Directors Guild of America Awards’ decision has shocked cinema enthusiasts.

Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in a still from Dune: Part Two (2024) | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures

The nominees for the 77th Directors Guild of America Awards were recently unveiled and the world is surprised to learn that Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two was not nominated for a single category, let alone for Feature Film. Unfortunately, if history is any indication, this does not look good for the filmmaker who might be hoping for an Oscar win.

When Demi Moore took to the stage to accept her rightful Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for "The Substance," the 62-year-old announced that it was the first time she'd ever received an industry honor of this caliber despite having been working for over 45 years. "30 years ago, I had a producer tell me that I was a popcorn actress," she said, "and at that time, I made that mean that this wasn't something that I was allowed to have." She continued, "I bought in, and I believed that, and that corroded me over time, to the point where I thought a few years ago that maybe this was it."

She added, "Maybe I was complete, maybe I've done what I was supposed to do and as I was at kind of a low point, I had this magical, bold, courageous, out-of-the-box, absolutely bonkers script...

There are never enough slots in an Oscar lineup. For performers in films that haven’t been seen by enough voters, breaking through the hustle and bustle of awards season is nearly impossible. Enter a few reminders for voters to watch these six standout performances, each deserving a place in the conversation before ballots are cast.

Michele Austin – “Hard Truths” (Supporting Actress)

In Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” Michele Austin shines as Chantal, a single mother and hairdresser, trying to bridge an emotional chasm between herself and her depressed sister, Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste). Austin brings warmth and empathy to the role, offering a vibrant, hopeful counterpoint to her sister’s unrelenting bitterness. Her nuanced performance captures people’s helplessness when someone they love is in crisis. It’s an unforgettable turn in an intimate character study filled with moments of unexpected joy.

Carrie Coon – “His Three Daughters” (Best Actress)

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If one guild can compete with the Costume Designer Guild for inherent taste, it’s the Art Designers Guild. This year, the union again honored the best in production design and art direction in film, television, commercials, and music videos. For its premiere categories, the visionaries behind “The Substance,” “Wicked,” “Nosferatu,” “Shogun,” “Fallout,” and “Agatha All Along” were all recognized.

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Other films that earned nominations over three film categories include “A Complete Unknown,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Conclave,” “Civil War,” and “Saturday Night.” Television programs that earned nominations over eight categories also include “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “The Penguin,” “Dune: Prophecy,” “Mr.

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The Art Directors Guild Awards has announced the nominations for its 29th annual kudos, and all five of this year’s predicted production design Oscar nominees received bids from the guild on Thursday: The Brutalist and Gladiator II in the period race, Dune: Part Two and Wicked in the fantasy category, and Conclave in the contemporary contest.

This group, which celebrates excellence in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, and music videos, has an impressive track record for previewing the Academy Awards. Over the past 28 years, the eventual Oscar winner for Best Production Design has always numbered among the Adg nominees in the various categories, including last year when Poor Things prevailed at both events.

This year’s honors will be distributed on Feb. 15 during a ceremony hosted by comedian and actress Rachael Harris at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. (See the complete list of names below.) Final voting for guild members opens on Jan.

The Art Directors Guild has announced the nominees for its 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. Production design is all about worldbuilding, and so it’s fitting that the nominees are spread out by the kinds of worlds production designers are asked to create and the demands of their setting. The feature film nominee categories are amongst period settings, contemporary settings, and fantasy settings and the television shows are divided further by format between single-camera hourlong, half-hour, multicamera series, limited series, and TV movie, among others.

But the nominees themselves align with IndieWire’s predicted frontrunners for the Oscar category. “Dune: Part Two” and “Wicked,” among others, are nominated in the fantasy feature film category, while “The Brutalist,” and “Conclave” each received nominations in period feature and contemporary feature, respectively. On the TV side, “Shōgun” continues its conquest of guild nominations with one for period single-camera series, but “Squid Game,...