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Wicked, Conclave, and Nosferatu took top honors at the 29th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards (aka the Excellence in Production Design Awards) Saturday night. Rachael Harris hosted the show from the InterContinental Ballroom in Los Angeles Downtown. Check out the full winners list below. The Art Directors Guild divides its top film prizes into Period, Contemporary, and Fantasy Feature categories, which went to the Oscar-nominated production designers for Nosferatu, Conclave, and Wicked, respectively. Since the inception of these awards, the winner of one of those three has gone on to win the Best Art Direction/Production Design Oscar in 19 of the 28 years and 10 of the past 11 years. The three films will go up against Dune: Part Two and The Brutalist next month for the production design Academy Award, with Wicked considered not only the frontrunner but a heavily-favored one at that.

Nosferatu won top Period Feature over fellow nominees A Complete Unknown,...

The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards honored top talent in film, television, music videos, and live theater on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at The Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel. The event, presented by L’Oréal Groupe and Giovanni Eco Chic Beauty, took place before a live audience and was streamed worldwide on YouTube and Vimeo.

In film categories, The Substance and Wicked each earned two awards. The Substance was recognized for Best Contemporary Make-Up and Best Special Make-Up Effects, while Wicked received awards in Best Period and/or Character Make-Up and Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling. These wins celebrated the work of artists whose efforts shape the visual identity of the films.

Television categories also saw significant achievements. Saturday Night Live led its group by winning four awards, including categories for Contemporary Make-Up, Period and/or Character Make-Up, Special Make-Up Effects, and Period and/or Character Hair Styling. Other programs such as Emily in Paris,...

“Nosferatu” (Craig Lathrop), “Wicked” (Nathan Crowley), and “Conclave” (Suzie Davies) were the period, fantasy, and contemporary production design winners at the 29th annual Art Directors Guild Awards, held February 15 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

Also winning for animation was “The Wild Robot”, following its Annies sweep and Ves prizes. On the TV side, “Shōgun”, “Squid Game”, “Fallout,” and “The Penguin” were the winners for their production designers in their respective categories.

Lathrop for “Nosferatu” won in something of an upset over “The Brutalist’s” Judy Becker, who had been the presumptive Oscar favorite for channeling Oscar-nominated Adrien Brody’s visionary architect, László Tóth, in applying a Brutalist style to the architectural designs of mid-century Pennsylvania with its bold shapes and function over form aesthetic.

Lathrop, who has worked on all of director Robert Eggers’ other films, received his first Oscar nomination for “Nosferatu.” Lathrop’s work leaned into architectural authenticity of the pre-Victorian,...

There are some guilds and organizations that hand out a ton of awards. The Annie Awards and Ves Awards fall into the category. Joining them are the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards which honored 23 winners on Saturday night. Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson of “Dancing With The Stars” fame hosted the ceremony which also saw two big Oscar nominees, “The Substance” and “Wicked,” walk away with two prizes each.

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The Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) announced its 12th Annual Muahs Awards in 23 film, TV, music, and theater categories on Saturday night, honoring top Oscar contenders The Substance and Wicked with a pair of awards apiece and The Last Showgirl with a single win in the five motion picture categories during ceremonies at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel that were livestreamed via YouTube and Vimeo. The Substance took home trophies for contemporary make-up and special make-up effects, while Wicked was cited for period/character make-up and period/character hair styling. Last Showgirl won for contemporary hair styling.

In television, no show was more dominant than Saturday Night Live. The sketch comedy series that’s now celebrating its 50th season dominated the Television Special, One Hour or More Live Program Series category, earning four statuettes to lead all projects. Television series winners included Emily in Paris, Palm Royale,...

Wicked, The Substance, Palm Royale and The Penguin are among the winners of the 12th annual Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild Awards, which took place on Saturday night.

The Last Showgirl also won in the film categories, while TV winners include Emily in Paris, Bridgerton, Abbott Elementary, Saturday Night Live, Dancing with the Stars and Avatar: The Last Airbender, among others.

The Muahs Awards “recognize excellence in the artistry and creativity of make-up artists and hair stylists in 23 categories, including motion pictures, television, music videos and theater entertainment,” according to the guild. This year, the theater category expanded to include Broadway and international theater productions.

The show was hosted by Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson, the married dancing duo behind Dancing with the Stars. Frankie Grande returned as the host of “Live From the Red Carpet” for the sixth year in a row.

Dulè Hill presented the Distinguished Artisan Award to Allison Janney,...

The 12th annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards were handed out tonight at the Beverly Hilton with Wicked actress Marissa Bide on hand to present the final categories. It was a good thing, since Wicked took two of the night’s biggest prizes for Best Period and/or Character Make-Up and Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling in a Feature Length Motion Picture.

The Substance won in the other two film biggies: Best Contemporary Make-Up and Best Special Make-Up Effects.

Other double winners were The Jennifer Hudson Show — for Best Makeup and Best hairstyling in Daytime TV — and Secret – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: Lifesaver for Best Hairstyling and Best Makeup in Commercials and Music Videos.

The night’s top multi-category winner was Saturday Night Live, which took Best Contemporary Make-Up, Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling, Best Special Make-Up Effects and Best Period and/or Character Make-Up in Television Special,...

“The Substance,” “Wicked.” and “The Last Showgirl” were the big winners at the 12th annual Muahs Guild Awards, held at The Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel. The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists ceremony was also livestreamed on YouTube and Vimeo.

The Oscar-nominated “Wicked” and “The Substance” won two awards apiece: Jon M. Chu’s Oz musical took home period makeup and period hairstyling, while Coralie Fargeat’s body horror satire grabbed contemporary makeup and special makeup effects. Gia Coppola’s Vegas showgirl drama earned contemporary hairstyling.

It’s an Oscar race between “The Substance” and “Wicked, with the former as the favorite for its amazing prosthetics for Oscar-nominated Demi Moore as the mutated Gollum and Moore and Margaret Qualley as the hideous Monstro. Transformations usually win Oscars and this is the standout. The other three Oscar nominees are “A Different Man,” “Nosferatu,” and “Emilia Pérez.”

TV winners included “The Penguin,” “Palm Royale,...

“The Substance” and “Wicked” were the big film winners at the 12th annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards, taking two awards each at the ceremony that took place on Saturday evening in Los Angeles.

Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror film “The Substance” won in the Best Contemporary Make-Up and Best Special Make-Up Effects categories, while “Wicked” won for Best Period and/or Character Make-Up and Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling.

“The Last Showgirl” won in the last film category, Best Contemporary Hair Styling.

Over the last 11 years of the Muahs Awards, one of the winners has gone on to win the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling nine times. Six of those times, the Oscar-winning film had taken home multiple Muahs awards.

The period make-up category has contained the most Oscar winners, seven, followed by special make-up effects with five, period hair styling with two and...

“The Substance” and “Wicked” took home the top prizes at the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) Awards.

The guild held its 12th annual awards ceremony at a new venue, moving from the Beverly Hilton Hotel to the Fairmont Plaza in Century City.

IATSE President Matthew Loeb started the show and called on Local 706 members to be generous “in this time.”

Loeb says, “There’s much to celebrate the incredible work that the members of local 706 do, their spirit of perseverance, appreciation of life, life in the arts, and their determination to rebuild.”

He announced that the evening was dedicated to the Walsh/ Di Tolla/Spivak Foundation to raise money to help those impacted by the wildfires. Loeb said, “16 members of the local 706 lost their homes among the 300 IATSE members who also lost their homes in this devastating fire. I want to thank the leadership of the local...

Awards-watchers are accustomed to waiting for the end of every awards show to see the big film categories handed out, but Saturday’s Writers Guild Awards threw everybody for a loop by making the film awards the first two categories of the night in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.

“Nickel Boys” won the first award of the night, for Best Adapted Screenplay, and “Anora” won the second, for Best Original Screenplay. The awards led off the shows because the BAFTA Awards are taking place in London on Sunday, with the categories’ early placement giving “Nickel Boys” writers RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes and “Anora” writer Sean Baker more time to get to London.

In the television categories that ended the show, “Shōgun” and “Hacks” continued the roll they’ve been on since last September’s Emmy Awards, with the former show winning three awards and the latter show winning two.

Anora kept up its impressive run to the Oscars on Saturday, adding the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay to its considerable haul. The win for the the Sean Baker film came a week after Anora swept the Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America top prizes, cementing itself as the frontrunner heading into the Academy Awards on March 2.

RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes‘ script forNickel Boys, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, scored for Best Adapted Screenplay at the WGA Awards, which honor the best writing in movies, television, news, and radio.

The key WGA categories of Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay are seen as a bellwether for the impending Academy Awards, though the nominees rarely match up. Scripts produced outside the guild’s collective bargaining agreement or written by a non-union member are deemed ineligible. This year, six...

Sean Baker’s Anora, written by Baker, and Nickel Boys, written by RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, took the top film prizes at the 77th annual Writers Guild Awards tonight, for Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay, respectively. The awards were handed out in concurrent ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. See the full winners list below.

On the TV side, it was a big night for HBO/Max, which won the Comedy Series award (Hacks), Limited Series (The Penguin), Comedy/Variety Series and Specials and TV & Streaming Movie categories, as well as for Disney/FX’s Shōgun, which topped the Drama & New Series fields.

Anora is coming off a string of wins, including top honors from Directors Guild and Producers Guild, putting it in frontrunner status for the Academy Awards. It’s nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture as well as Directing and Original Screenplay for Baker.

Ross...

With last year’s ceremony taking place in the shadow of the 2023 strikes and this year’s function in the aftermath of the Southern California wildfires, the 2025 WGA Awards have a lot of work to do when it comes to lifting the spirits of the entertainment industry. Thankfully, good writing always has.

As is tradition, events for the east and west coast branches of the Writer’s Guild are held concurrently today at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles and the Edison Ballroom in New York City. LA’s affair is hosted by actor/comedian Joel Kim Booster and kicks off at 4:30pm Pt. For those who want to tune in at home, you can watch the west coast soiree via livestream at that time.

While under normal circumstances, tonight’s results wouldn’t necessarily carry much water when it comes to the Oscars, this year’s awards race...

When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on the stage at the 94th Academy Awards, it immediately jumped to the list of most controversial sights in the history of the Oscars. And it was all over a mediocre joke tied to a movie pretty much nobody talks about anymore. Now, G.I. Jane star Demi Moore is weighing in on that Oscars moment – and she has clearly taken a side.

Speaking with Deadline, Demi Moore said that Oscars fiasco came from a good place out of presenter Chris Rock, saying assaulter (and eventual Best Actor winner that night) Will Smith read it all wrong. “I think, if I’m interpreting correctly, I don’t think Chris meant it as a slight. I actually think he was paying it as a compliment. And so there might have just been a little bit of a misunderstanding, a misperception of what he was saying.”

As...

You may not have noticed this unless you’ve watched his films closely, but Bong Joon Ho has a few quibbles with capitalism. It’s true! I know it can be hard to focus on subtext when the former Captain America is lamenting the fact that “babies taste best,” but watch “Snowpiercer” for a second time and you might just be able to tease out a well-sheathed critique of the social order in its story about an economically segregated train where the people in the lower classes are forced to eat each other alive while their rich overlords in the front cars are free to enjoy the eternal rewards of the locomotive’s self-perpetuating engine.

Ditto “Okja,” which hides a damning rebuke of corporate greed behind a winsome fable about a girl and her pet superpig, “The Host,” whose monster feasts on the industrialized world’s collective disregard for its most vulnerable communities,...

BAFTA weekend is upon us, and with it the annual flurry of pre- and post-awards cocktail receptions, dinners and swanky soirées to celebrate nominees, winners and the industry as a whole. (Scroll down for a list of events.)

The BAFTA Film Awards will be handed out on Sunday evening in London at a ceremony hosted by David Tennant and beginning at 5pm local time – Deadline will be on the red carpet and inside Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall to cover the proceedings. The ceremony will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 7pm local. In the U.S., Britbox is airing the Film Awards from 11am Pt/2pm Et.

On the road to Sunday, and through the wee hours of Monday morning, there will be champagne flowing in Central London with oodles of talent expected in town for a well-heeled weekend party crawl.

There was unsettling news on...

The Irish Film and Television Awards celebrated a diverse array of talent and storytelling at this year’s ceremony in Dublin. In the film category, Cillian Murphy was honored as Best Lead Actor for his performance in Small Things Like These, a role that has resonated with audiences and critics alike. The film, adapted from Claire Keegan’s novella, also captured the Best Film award, edging out stiff competition including the hip-hop comedy Kneecap.

Across the categories, Saoirse Ronan proved her versatility by winning Best Lead Actress for The Outrun and Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Blitz. In the international arena, Demi Moore received recognition for her work in The Substance, while Ralph Fiennes earned accolades in the international acting segment for his performance in Conclave. The Irish documentary feature, Conclave, also took home the Best International Film award, highlighting the global appeal of Irish storytelling.

The...

Late last year, the trades confirmed that DC Studios is moving forward with a solo Clayface movie, with The Haunting of Hill House and Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan on board to pen the script.

The search is currently on for a director, since Flanagan is unavailable due to his commitments to a Carrie TV series and the new Exorcist movie. The project has been given an official release date of September 11, 2026.

Based on comments from James Gunn, the movie will be set in the Dcu, as opposed to The Batman director Matt Reeves' "BatVerse."

"Exciting news out of [DC] Studios today as [Clayface], a Dcu story from a script by Mike Flanagan, has been Officially greenlit. Clayface premieres in 2026."

DC Studios co-ceo Peter Safran recently shared a few new details on the Flanagan script, noting that Clayface is indeed going to be a full-on horror movie in the same vein...

Tim Mielants’ Small Things Like These took home the top prize for best film while Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap collected the most prizes at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs), held last night (February 14) in Dublin.

Cillian Murphy, who stars in and produces Small Things Like These, picked up best lead actor for the second year in a row following last year’s win for Oppenheimer. The Irish drama, which surrounds a local convent with shocking secrets, also won best screenplay for Edna Walsh who adapted Claire Keegan’s novel on which the film is based.

Kneecap won four...

Cillian Murphy has been named Best Lead Actor in the film category of the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) for the second year running.

Following his win last year for Oppenheimer (which went on to bag him the Oscar), Murphy won for his role in the film Small Things Like These.

The film, an adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novella, also won Best Film.

Complete Winners List Below

An Irish-language film about Belfast rap group Kneecap was nominated in 17 award categories. The film’s director Rich Peppiatt won best director in the film category, and it was also recognised in casting and costume design.

At the ceremony in Dublin, Ireland, Friday evening, Saoirse Ronan was a double winner, taking home Best Lead Actress for The Outrun and Best Supporting Actress for The Blitz.

Ralph Fiennes and Demi Moore were winners in the international acting categories for Conclave and The Substance respectively.

Coralie Fargeat’s gory body horror film, The Substance, explored Hollywood’s beauty standards and the way the industry treats aging in women. Starring Demi Moore as a starlet past her prime, the film sees her taking a dr*g called the Substance to create a younger body double who takes over on alternative weeks.

While the film quickly became one of 2024’s best, winning Best Screenplay at Cannes and receiving five Oscar nominations including Best Picture, filmmaker Coralie Fargeat reportedly faced several obstacles from the studio to bring the film to life. She recalled that one scene which was not even gory received a lot of notes.

Coralie Fargeat recalled the one non-gory scene from The Substance which got a lot of notes from the studio Demi Moore in The Substance | Credits: Mubi

The Substance is a poignant exploration of the beauty standards in Hollywood and how it drives...

In recent years, Sydney Sweeney has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most in-demand talents, captivating audiences with her fearless performances. She has built a reputation for taking on bold, boundary-pushing roles, often involving n-dity when the script demands it, an artistic choice that has fueled both acclaim and debate for her.

Margaret Qualley in The Substance | Credits: Mubi

Interestingly, another actress who found their footing in the industry around the same time, even appearing together in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was, Margaret Qualley.

She made waves with her mind-blowing performance in The Substance, delivering equally intense scenes. Since then, she has repeatedly expressed that she may step away from roles that demand n-dity, while Sweeney continues to embrace them even after Euphoria.

Margaret Qualley is ready to bid farewell to onscreen n-dity!

Sydney Sweeney and Margaret Qualley both began their rise to fame around the same time,...

Feminist body horror is taking over indie cinema.

The female filmmakers behind this new wave of flesh and flash are finding critical and commercial success by combining the viscerally grotesque with progressive themes exploring bodily autonomy, beauty standards, and social expectations for women.

Coralie Fargeat’s indie blockbuster The Substance — which has earned $77 million worldwide and picked up 5 Oscar nominations — is the current queen of female body horror, but gross-out feminist films are everywhere. Sundance’s Midnight screenings this year included Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister — a twisted take on the Cinderella story involving bone-crunching cosmetic surgery and bodily mutilation — and Grace Glowicki’s Dead Lover, a horror comedy about a gravedigger (Glowicki) who goes to macabre lengths in an attempt to re-animate her deceased mate.

Berlin’s lineup features Johanna Moder’s Mother’s Baby, a German-language psychological horror movie about a woman unsure if the baby she’s...

Mike Flanagan, the modern master of psychological horror, has found his next big project, Clayface. The long-rumored film about Batman’s shape-shifting villain is reportedly in development at Warner Bros., with Flanagan set to write and direct.

Given his track record with films like Doctor Sleep and The Haunting of Hill House, expectations are sky-high. But there’s one major problem, we’ve already seen this story, sort of.

Clayface | Credits: DC Comics

Demi Moore is currently riding a wave of critical acclaim for The Substance, a body-horror thriller that explores transformation, identity, and the horrors of self-perception. The film, which wowed audiences at Cannes, follows a woman who ingests a mysterious substance that allows her to mold herself into a more ideal version. Sound familiar?

The parallels between The Substance and Clayface are impossible to ignore, and while Flanagan’s film may be rooted in a different mythology, it...

When Coralie Fargeat set out to write “The Substance” she wanted to create a film that stayed with the audience long after they left the theater. So, it’s not surprising that when she sat down to write her Oscar nominated screenplay she looked to the films that had left an indelible mark on her.

While on a special edition of the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, Fargeat returned with a list of six films she wanted to discuss because they had directly inspired the ideas, story, and the visual and aural storytelling of “The Substance.” During the podcast, Fargeat talked about why certain movies left such a lasting imprint on her and what she learned 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...

Small Things Like These, an Irish drama starring Cillian Murphy as a coal merchant and father haunted by secret abuses in a local convent sanctioned by the Catholic Church, beat out Kneecap, the hip-hop comedy featuring Michael Fassbender, to win the best film honor at the Irish Film & Television Awards 2025 during a ceremony held in Dublin on Friday. Saoirse Ronan left with two awards (the lead actress honor for her role in The Outrun and the supporting actress trophy for Blitz). Murphy won the best actor IFTA for his work in Small Things Like These. Demi Moore (The Substance) and Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) were honored in the international acting categories, and Colin Farrell (The Penguin) and Sharon Horgan (for writing Bad Sisters) earned TV statuettes.

Rich Peppiatt received the best director IFTA for Kneecap, which follows the West Belfast hip-hop trio of the same name on their mission to save their mother tongue.

Under picturesque snowfall and sub-zero temperatures, Timothée Chalamet braved the chill in Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz on Friday, stopping to sign autographs for a polite group of fans and collectors. The actor was in town to promote “A Complete Unknown,” his Bob Dylan biopic launching in Germany on Feb. 27 — but let’s be honest, there’s another reason for the European detour: Oscar campaigning.

While none of the eager autograph hunters will be checking his name on a ballot, multiple AMPAS voters later attended the film’s glittering Berlinale screening, making this yet another crucial pit stop on the road to the Dolby Theatre.

A short flight away and two weeks earlier, Demi Moore was making her presence felt at Armani Privé’s spring 2024 show during Couture Week in Paris. Her body horror thriller “The Substance” — directed by Parisian filmmaker Coralie Fargeat — has been making waves all season, with Moore...

We know that Demi Moore is overdue for an Oscar, having never been nominated, and that the Golden Globe was the first award she has ever won. And she gave a great speech that landed her the Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

But that narrative is not the only reason Moore will win her first gold man.

The 62-year-old veteran has been on the awards stump since “The Substance” (Mubi) wowed Cannes. Coralie Fargeat‘s feminist body horror movie clearly plays well for a global audience. But here’s the crucial thing that will put Moore over the top. At a recent Q&a with me at the WGA Theatre, as Moore sat with her tiny chihuahua Pilaf in her lap, the audience leaned in. They responded to her message of change and renewal, of freedom and uplift. They were listening to a spiritual guru.

“It just doesn’t always happen this way,...

“The Substance” and “Queer” distributor Mubi is continuing its acquisition streak, picking up “The History of Sound,” the anticipated gay romance drama starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, for North America. Focus Features and Universal Pictures International, meanwhile, have acquired international rights for the film.

Directed by Oliver Hermanus, the feature finished production earlier this year. Mubi says it’s planning a theatrical release for 2025, following a world premiere to be announced in the coming months.

Announced back in 2021, “The History of Sound” became the first project Mescal shot after his starring role in “Gladiator II” and follows two young men, Lionel (Mescal) and David (O’Connor), in the shadows of WWI who are determined to record the lives, voices and music of Americans. As they begin to log the events, the two fall in love.

The film was penned by Ben Shattuck, adapted from his own award-winning short story.

On a recent episode of The View, Whoopi Goldberg was caught off guard when co-hosts Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin pressed her to reveal a secret.

Although Whoopi was ready to talk about Ariana Grande, her plans were interrupted as the hosts eagerly pushed her to spill the beans on something she had been keeping under wraps.

An Ordinary Episode Turns Juicy

On the Tuesday, February 11 episode of The View, Whoopi and the other hosts talked about Joy Behar’s new project, My First Ex-Husband Productions, alongside discussions on political topics, including President Trump’s administration.

When Whoopi tried to switch gears to discuss Ariana Grande, Sara Haines stopped her, teasingly saying, “Oh no, don’t do that. You have something to share with the group you did not tell us about.” This left Whoopi momentarily stunned as Sara hinted at a “big secret” she was hiding.

The panel continued to playfully badger Whoopi.

The following article is an excerpt from the new edition of “In Review by David Ehrlich,” a biweekly newsletter in which our Chief Film Critic and Head Reviews Editor rounds up the site’s latest reviews and muses about current events in the movie world. Subscribe here to receive the newsletter in your inbox every other Friday.

As someone who’s always taken great pride in pretending that I don’t give a shit about the Oscars, and great pleasure in rolling my eyes throughout awards season as movies like “Jojo Rabbit” and “Don’t Look Up” are exalted as supreme examples of the form, I find myself in the increasingly uncomfortable position of … being pretty at peace with the Academy’s choices over the last few years?

Of course, that’s more than a little nauseating in and of itself; a film critic expressing any degree of approval for the...

It looks like John Stamos has General Hospital on the mind ever since his heartwarming reunion with his former Gh co-star, Demi Moore.

Port Charles Past

Gh was first to reveal that Stamos (ex-Blackie) presented Moore (ex-Jackie) with the award for Best Actress at the AARP Awards for her role in The Substance. The two were captured reuniting on the red carpet, where they shared smiles and hugs.

Stamos and Moore shared the screen back in 1982 when they played Blackie Parrish and Jackie Templeton. Neither have returned to Port Charles to reprise their roles, but while Moore’s character has since been recast with Kim Delaney, Stamos’ character is only mentioned every once in a while. Lucy (Lynn Herring) even once teased a Blackie return at a previous Nurses Ball but broke the news that he wasn’t able to make it.

Since the reunion, Stamos has shared even more...

Marvel Studios might be eyeing Margaret Qualley for the role of Rogue in the upcoming X-Men reboot. This comes from a recent report by TheHotMic podcast’s insider, TheInSneider.

Qualley, who has gained attention for her performance in The Substance, is no stranger to big names in Hollywood, having worked with directors like Quentin Tarantino.

It’s clear that her acting skills have made a mark, and this rumored casting could take her career even further. Fans are starting to believe this could be a smart choice for Rogue, given Qualley’s range and screen presence.

If she lands the role, she’d be joining a fresh batch of actors for the reboot of the X-Men franchise. The role of Rogue, known for her ability to absorb others’ powers, requires someone who can handle complex emotions and physical scenes, and many think Qualley fits the bill.

While there’s no official confirmation yet,...

The last two years of the BAFTA Awards told opposite stories of how Britain’s most prestigious film honors correspond with their American counterpart, the Oscars. In 2023, they went wholly in their own direction, voting differently from AMPAS in all major categories — showering Edward Berger’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” with gold and all but ignoring Oscar darling “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Last year, however, they matched the Oscars in every category save for best visual effects, as Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” ran the table on both sides of the pond. The BAFTAs, in other words, are either the most crucial Oscar precursor or the most rogue; either way, pundits watch them with bated breath.

When BAFTA voters go their own way, it’s often in favor of contenders close to home. Berger’s follow-up to “All Quiet,” the well-liked Vatican thriller “Conclave,” is the only British...

The X-Men casting rumors continue to swirl, and this latest report is sure to get a lot of attention.

According to The Hot Mic's Jeff Sneider, The Substance star Margaret Qualley is being eyed for the role of Rogue.

Rogue, real name Anna Marie, is easily one of the most popular members of the team, and fans have been hoping to see a comic-accurate take on the sassy Southern belle in live-action for many years. Anna Paquin played a younger version of the character in 20th Century Fox's X-Men movies, but she didn't really have much in common with her comic book counterpart.

Qualley's acclaimed turn in The Substance has made her a hot commodity in Hollywood, so it was probably only a matter of time before a major superhero franchise came calling.

Though we're still waiting on an official announcement, Marvel does seem to be making moves on this project behind-the-scenes.

Coralie Fargeat has never been one to play by the rules.

The writer, director, and producer behind “The Substance,” the bold, visceral body horror film that took Cannes by storm and was nominated for five Academy Awards, has carved a path in cinema entirely on her own terms.

From making “Star Wars”-inspired short films as a child to battling industry skepticism over her latest film’s excessive gore and social critique, Fargeat has remained unwavering in her vision. With “The Substance” garnering critical acclaim, including a nom for best actress Demi Moore’s powerhouse performance, Fargeat is now at the center of the Hollywood conversation.

On this episode of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Fargeat discusses her film’s journey, Universal Pictures’ hesitation, her admiration for Moore, and her deep connection to filmmaking.

Demi Moore, “The Substance” (Mubi)

After its Cannes premiere, “The Substance” was quickly picked up by indie distributor Mubi,...

“ I feel so lucky to be nominated, by your peers, particularly to this stage. So it’s a wonderful recognition of some very hard and unusual work I feel,” Frances Hannon says of her Oscar nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for Wicked. It’s her second nomination in the category, following her victory a decade ago for The Grand Budapest Hotel.

SEEGold Derby Film Awards 2025 big winners include ‘I’m Still Here,’ ‘Wicked,’ ‘The Substance’

“It is entirely fresh in its own way,” Hannon says about her Wicked work, though she does nod to the stage musical and the 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz. “One of our nods towards it was for the braid that Elphaba has. We used that in the opening of the film, and it worked perfectly in that occasion.” From the much earlier Wizard of Oz film, “we took the nails from Margaret [Hamilton] — you know,...

Paris-based sales company Loco Films has unveiled the trailer for WW2-set period drama “The Pianist’s Choice” directed by Jacques Otmezguine.

The story revolves around the fictional life of a gifted French pianist, François Touraine, who had no choice but to play for Nazis during war to save the woman he loved, Rachel, who was his teacher. Marked by that experience, he returns to France feeling like a different person. Until he meets Annette, who will help him to back on stage.

Oscar Lesage, who stars as Sue’s fling in Coralie Fargeat’s Oscar-nominated “The Substance,” plays Francois Touraine, opposite Pia Lagrange, Zoe Adjani, Philippe Torreton, Marie Torreton, Laurence Côte and Alain Manoukian, among others. The key crew includes composer Dimitri Naïditch whose credits include Claude Lelouch’s “Un plus une” and “Chacun sa vie.”

Loco Films’ founder Laurent Danielou is kicking off sales on the movie at...

Galeca: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced winners for the 2025 Dorian Awards, and it’s great news for genre fare like The Substance, Wicked, and I Saw the TV Glow.

Mubi’s body-horror movie The Substance won a leading five trophies, including Film of the Year, Demi Moore (Best Lead Performance), and Coralie Fargeat (Best Director), while Universal’s film adaptation of the Wicked musical claimed honors for Ariana Grande (Best Supporting Performance), Cynthia Erivo (Lgbtqia+ Film Trailblazer), and Jonathan Bailey (Rising Star).

Other movies with multiple victories were I Saw the TV Glow (LGBTQ Film of the Year and Jane Schoenbrun for LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year), Will & Harper (Documentary of the Year and LGBTQ Documentary of the Year), and Challengers (Justin Kuritzkes for Screenplay of the Year and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Film Music of the Year).

In addition to her acting triumph, Moore...

LGBTQ+ critics love “The Substance.” We mean, really love “The Substance.” Coraline Fargeat’s Best Picture nominee took four honors from Galeca: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ 2025 Dorian Awards including Film of the Year, Director of the Year, and Demi Moore for Performance of the Year. The screen icon also took the Timeless Star Award – essentially the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Other winners included “I Saw the TV Glow” taking LGBTQ Film of the Year and its director, Jane Schoenbrun, winning LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year.

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Despite the recent massive shakeup in the Oscar race after Anora took down The Brutalist at the Critics Choice, Directors Guild, and Producers Guild awards, look for The Brutalist to walk away with the most trophies at the 78th annual BAFTA Awards this weekend, according to Gold Derby’s winner predictions.

Both movies are going head-to-head for Best Film, where the other three nominees are A Complete Unknown, Conclave, and Emilia Pérez.

The Brutalist, which scored nine total BAFTA bids, is now forecasted to dominate the field by winning five trophies: Best Film, Best Director for Brady Corbet, Best Actor for Adrien Brody, Best Cinematography, and Best Score. The period piece tells the story of a Holocaust survivor who hopes to achieve the American Dream.

Anora, on the hand, is only eyeing victories for Best Original Screenplay for Sean Baker and Best Casting. The film stars Mikey Madison, the frontrunner...

Actress Margaret Qualley (“The Substance”) will join Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce in director Ridley Scott’s next feature “The Dog Stars”, based on the 2012 science fiction novel by Peter Heller:

“…a civilian pilot lives a lonely life on an abandoned Colorado airbase with his dog and a tough ex-marine. The two men couldn’t be more mismatched but depend on each other to fend off roaming invaders.

‘When a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 ‘Cessna’, the voice ignites a hope deep inside the pilot that a better life exists outside their tightly controlled perimeter. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return and follows its static-broken trail…”

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Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña, Jesse Eisenberg, Joe Alwyn, Isabella Rossellini, Colman Domingo and Ralph Fiennes are among the presenters set for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards.

Notably missing from the attendees list was Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón, whose awards campaign has catastrophically imploded following the discovery of controversial posts made on her X (previously Twitter) account. The star — the first trans actor to be nominated for an Oscar — has apologized, though tensions are said to be high between Gascón and streamer Netflix for hindering the film’s Oscar hopes. She has now been phased out of its awards campaign entirely.

The British Academy confirmed the guest and presenter lineup ahead of the prestigious ceremony Sunday, Feb. 16 at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

Other presenters include Adam Pearson, Adam Scott, Anna Kendrick, Camila Cabello, Celia Imrie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gwendoline Christie, Hannah John-Kamen, James McAvoy, James Norton, Letitia Wright, Leo Woodall,...

The Substance is a strong contender for the Oscar race, and rightfully so, as it is the kind of horror that lingers long after the credits roll. It doesn’t just tell a story, it challenges the audience to question everything. One of the biggest debates surrounding the film is why Demi Moore’s Elisabeth, or Margaret Qualley’s Sue, seems to exist as a separate person while the other guy doesn’t.

Demi Moore in The Substance | Credits: Mubi

And even more puzzling, if Elisabeth never actually experiences her younger self and just spends a week in a state of decay, what’s the point? Why would anyone willingly go through this process if they don’t get to benefit from it? That’s where so many viewers are missing the bigger picture.

Deconstructing The Substance’s so-called plot hole, why you might have missed the point!

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Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, and Guy Pearce have officially joined the cast of The Dog Stars, Ridley Scott’s next film for 20th Century Studios. They will star alongside Jacob Elordi, who was cast earlier this year after Paul Mescal stepped away due to scheduling conflicts. Filming is set to begin in Italy at the end of April.

Based on Peter Heller’s 2012 novel, the movie takes place in a post-apocalyptic world after a deadly flu virus wipes out most of humanity. Elordi plays Hig, a pilot struggling to survive in this harsh new reality. He teams up with a hardened gunman, played by Brolin, as they navigate threats from roving scavengers. Along the way, Hig encounters Cima, a young doctor portrayed by Qualley, and her protective father, played by Pearce. The script was adapted by Mark L. Smith, known for The Revenant and the upcoming Twisters.

Scott, known for Gladiator,...

Ridley Scott is pressing ahead with The Dog Stars, adding Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce to the cast.

During his press tour for Gladiator II, Ridley Scott revealed to Film Stories that a sci-fi project had been added to his upcoming slate, that was going to be a quick reunion with Paul Mescal. However, it would later emerge that Mescal had left the project because of his commitment to playing one of the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ upcoming films based on The Beatles.

Still, the project is The Dog Stars, and it’s coming next from the bearded one.

Last month, Jacob Elordi would be announced as the new lead actor in The Dog Stars, and now we have a pretty good idea of the film’s supporting cast too. Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce are all (according to The Hollywood Reporter) in final negotiations to join the cast,...

The 2025 awards season may still be a few weeks from its final hurrah, but it’s already had an impact on the film industry as buyers and sellers prepare to congregate once more at the European Film Market in Berlin.

With a lineup of Oscar frontrunners that includes “The Brutalist,” “Anora,” “The Substance” and “Emilia Pérez” — coupled with some impressive box office figures that look only set to grow — this year’s race has highlighted the desire of cinemagoers for bold, director-driven, out-of-the-ordinary fare.

“When you look at ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘I’m Still Here’ and ‘The Substance,’ those films are unique, they told some of the best stories and bring a unique perspective on something,” said Scott Shooman, head of AMC Networks’ Film Group which encompasses IFC Films.

For Shooman, the EFM is exactly the place where international buyers respond to these types of packages — led by creatively minded directors.

Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin, and Guy Pearce are three actors who've had a pretty damn solid last twelve months. As stars of The Substance, Dune: Part Two, and The Brutalist respectively, the trio have each seen their movies land with fans and critics alike, leading to their presence being keenly felt during this year's awards run-in. And now, according to Deadline's reporting, the three are in final talks to join forces and feature alongside Jacob Elordi in Sir Ridley Scott's upcoming apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars.

Back in November we first shared word that Scott was eyeing an adaptation of Peter Heller's bestseller, with The Revenant scribe Mark L. Smith and Ali's Christopher Wilkinson tackling the script and the filmmaker's _Gladiator II_muse Paul Mescal set to lead the project. Then, when Mescal dropped out in early January to go play Paul McCartney in Sam Mendes' Beatles biopics,...

Ridley Scott’s forthcoming dystopian thriller The Dog Stars is continuing to cast up after previously landing Jacob Elordi as the lead.

Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce are in final talks to star in the movie for 20th Century Studios. Mark L. Smith wrote the script, adapting Peter Heller’s 2012 apocalyptic novel of the same name.

The Dog Stars centers on a civilian pilot living on an abandoned airbase with his dog and an ex-Marine amid a devastating pandemic. A random transmission picked up by the pilot’s radio from his 1956 Cessna offers hope for a better life.

The Hollywood Reporter reported last month that Elordi was in early negotiations to replace Paul Mescal. Scott told the crowd at a Gladiator II screening in December that Mescal would likely drop out of reteaming with him in The Dog Stars due to the actor being busy with Sam Mendes’ four-film Beatles project.