So, The BRIT awards introduced an Artist Of The Year category as a gender neutral replacement for Best Male and Best Female Artist categories, but all five nominees this year turned out to be male. Whoops!

“Blonde” author Joyce Carol Oates went nasty on Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans.” This was unexpected, but I brought out the popcorn and am grateful 2023 has started off in such twisted fashion.

This movie is just getting the weirdest surge. We can add Kate Winslet as another “To Leslie” superfan. She’ll be hosting a post-screening Q&A of the film alongside director Michael Morris and actress Andrea Riseborough.

An Animation Scoop interview with legendary stop-motion Andy Gent has the maestro sharing details on re-teaming with Wes Anderson.

It’s been a wild week for precursors. The PGA, SAG and DGA all announced their nominees and suffice to say we don’t necessarily have a clearer picture of the Best Picture race. It’s all a jumbled mess.

Variety’s Clayton Davis has spoken to a few Oscar voters and decided that he’s seen enough, Michelle Williams will get a SUPPORTING actress nomination:

Apparently, with Oscar voting now underway, a massive behind-the-scenes push to get Andrea Riseborough and “To Leslie” nominated has begun.

On 12.14.22 I had the scoop that Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic, “Back to Black,” was going to start production in January.

At an event celebrating his collaborations with Steven Spielberg, 90-year old John Williams surprised the audience by saying he wants to keep scoring Spielberg's movies, even after previously announcing his retirement.

I don’t know much about YouTuber Grace Randolph, just that she’s very popular with the DC/Marvel crowd, especially when it comes to scoops and rumors. I guess she likes her Marvel movies.

Ok, so what do we know so far about Ari Aster’s “Beau is Afraid”? I had it confirmed a few days ago that it is 179 minutes. As suspected, Aster snipped an hour from his earlier cut.

The Producers Guild of America furthered the crazy this afternoon by announcing its nominees. The PGA are the absolute best precursor for the Picture Oscar race.

Helen Mirren in “Golda” was in some people’s Best Actress predictions last year, but the film was finally not ready to be shown in 2022.

The three amigos, Cuaron, Del Toro and Inarritu, had this wonderful conversation that Deadline transcribed for print. It’s well worth a read.

The quota mob groups were surely going to dissect today’s DGA nominees. An advocacy group by the name of “Women in Film” has called out the DGA for lack of female filmmakers in the final five of today’s top category.

Now it’s the Directors Guild of America’s turn to announce its batch of nominees. They just came down the wire:

The Golden Globes had a disastrous ratings night. As it stands, based on overnight numbers, only 5.36 million people tuned in.