WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA ADDRESSES BACKLASH OVER NOT DENOUNCING HAMAS ATTACK IN ISRAEL: The Writers Guild of America West issued an apology on Tuesday (October 24th), after the union faced significant backlash for staying silent following the Hamas attack in Israel earlier this month. Explaining their decision, the guild wrote, “We did not, for example, make a comment after Russia invaded Ukraine, nor on terrorist attacks in Somalia, Pakistan or elsewhere. It can be an imprecise science for a labor union to pick and choose where it weighs in on both domestic and world affairs.” They added, “We are American labor leaders, aware of our limitations and humbled by the magnitude of this conflict. However, we understand this has caused tremendous pain and for that we are truly sorry.”
CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR ‘LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND:’ According to The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix released the official trailer for Leave the World Behind on Tuesday (October 24th), starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Kevin Bacon, Mahershala Ali, and Myha'la Herrold. The apocalyptic thriller, based on the novel by Rumaan Alam, features a couple played by Roberts and Hawke, who rent a luxurious house “out by the beach,” when a couple played by Ali and Herrold return to the house, claiming it is theirs. With cyberattacks happening across the country, “the two families reckon with a looming disaster that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world,” according to the logline. The film will be released in theaters on November 22nd, and it will hit the streaming platform on December 8th.
JACOB ELORDI SAYS IT WAS ‘SURREAL’ TO WATCH ‘PRISCILLA’ ALONGSIDE PRISCILLA PRESLEY: Jacob Elordi, the actor who plays Elvis in Sofia Coppola‘s new biopic about Priscilla Presley, told Hoda Kotb on Tuesday’s (October 24th) episode of the Today show that it was “surreal” to watch Priscilla alongside the Naked Gun actress. “Watching the film with Priscilla in Venice at the Venice Film Festival was just entirely surreal and watching her watch her life through her eyes played back to her,” the Euphoria actor said. “It felt kind of invasive, so I just sort of sat there like a little stiff.”
‘ALL OF US STRANGERS’ LEADS THE 2023 GOTHAM AWARDS NOMINATIONS: According to Variety, the 2023 Gotham Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday (October 24th). All of Us Strangers led the way with four nods, while Past Lives and A Thousand and One followed close behind with three nominations. This marks the first year that the Gotham Film & Media Institute removed a budget cap of $35 million for eligible films, making it possible for Ryan Gosling to be nominated for Outstanding Supporting Performance for his role in Barbie. The winners will be announced during a ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on November 27th.
See the full list of nominations below:
Best Feature
Passages
Past Lives
Reality
Showing Up
A Thousand and One
Best International Feature
All of Us Strangers
Anatomy of a Fall
Poor Things
Tótem
The Zone of Interest
Best Documentary Feature
20 Days in Mariupol
Against the Tide
Apolonia, Apolonia
Four Daughters
Our Body
Breakthrough Director Award, Presented by Cadillac
Raven Jackson, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (A24)
Georgia Oakley, Blue Jean (Magnolia Pictures)
Michelle Garza Cervera, Huesera (XYZ Films)
Celine Song, Past Lives (A24)
A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One (Focus Features)
Best Screenplay
All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh (Searchlight Pictures)
Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet, Arthur Harari (Neon)
May December, Samy Burch (Netflix)
R.M.N., Cristian Mungiu (IFC Films)
The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer (A24)
Outstanding Lead Performance
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Origin (Neon)
Lily Gladstone, The Unknown Country (Music Box Films)
Greta Lee, Past Lives (A24)
Franz Rogowski, Passages (MUBI)
Babetida Sadjo, Our Father, The Devil (Cineverse)
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla (A24)
Teyana Taylor, A Thousand and One (Focus Features)
Michelle Williams, Showing Up (A24)
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
Outstanding Supporting Performance
Juliette Binoche, The Taste of Things (IFC Films)
Penélope Cruz, Ferrari (Neon)
Jamie Foxx, They Cloned Tyrone (Netflix)
Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Films)
Ryan Gosling, Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry (IFC Films)
Sandra Hüller, The Zone of Interest (A24)
Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate)
Charles Melton, May December (Netflix)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Breakthrough Series – Under 40 minutes
Beef
High School
I’m a Virgo
Rain Dogs
Swarm
Breakthrough Series – Over 40 minutes
Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire
Dead Ringers
The English
The Last of Us
A Small Light
Telemarketers
Outstanding Performance in a New Series
Jacob Anderson, Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire (AMC)
Dominique Fishback, Swarm (Amazon Studios)
Jharrel Jerome, I’m A Virgo (Prime Video)
Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face (Peacock)
Bel Powley, A Small Light (National Geographic)
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us (HBO | Max)
Chaske Spencer, The English (Prime Video)
Rachel Weisz, Dead Ringers ((Prime Video)
Ali Wong, Beef (Netflix)
Steven Yeun, Beef (Netflix)
