Lil Rel Howrey was the MVP of the 2021 Oscars experience on ABC. Howrey co-hosted the 90-minute “Into the Spotlight” pre-show from 6:30-8pmET with enthusiasm, genuine interest and humor. He and his “Judas and the Black Messiah” co-star Daniel Kaluuya chatted about making the movie, and Howrey also had memorable moments with “Nomadland” director Chloe […]
Is “Hillbilly Elegy” the movie that will finally earn six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams and seven-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close their gold statues? Well, maybe for one of them. Director Ron Howard’s latest drama is inspired by J.D. Vance’s book and life story. The film chronicles Vance’s teen to early adult life with his family […]
Ron Howard’s new drama “Hillbilly Elegy” opens in select theaters this Wednesday November 11th before debuting on Netflix on the 24th. It stars six time Oscar nominee Amy Adams and seven time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close. I’ve dissected Adams’ career in blog form before, but now it’s time to spotlight some of my personal […]
Glenn Close’s performance in the new drama “The Wife” is one of the first, serious awards contenders of the year. But it’s a long, six-month road ahead between now and the Academy Awards. Close has been nominated six times. She’s never won. In order for her to get a nom, she may have to play […]
Six-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close stars in “The Wife”, a drama based on the 2003 novel – set in 1992. As the film begins Close’s Joan Castleman is celebrating her husband, well-known author Joe Castleman (played by Jonathan Pryce) receiving the Nobel Piece Prize for Literature. But there seems to be something wrong. We […]
After nearly forty years of marriage, Joan and Joe Castleman (played by six time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, […]