Jade Bahr

Tomorrow I'll finally watch OPPENHEIMER. I'm a bit curious I have to admit 😄 Oscars — Best Actor Has Four Locks: Murphy, Cooper, DiCaprio and Giamatti I’ve seen most of the major acting performances in contention for the Best Actor Oscar —save for “Maestro,” which I’ll be watching next Tuesday. It does look as though I’ll be pulling for either Cillian Murphy or Leonardo DiCaprio to win the Oscar. Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”) and Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”) also deserve to be up there. I have 11 Best Actor contenders on my predictions list. I can’t see anyone else being added. They are as follows: Cillian Murphy — “Oppenheimer” Bradley Cooper — “Maestro” Leonardo DiCaprio — “Killers of the Flower Moon” Paul Giamatti — “The Holdovers” Colman Domingo — “Rustin” Jeffrey Wright — “American Fiction” Jamie Foxx — “The Burial” Barry Keoghan — “Saltburn” Joaquin Phoenix — “Napoleon” Andrew Scott — “All of Us Strangers” Zac Efron — “The Iron Claw” If there’s a dark horse that isn’t part of this final 11, and that could sneak up into contention in the coming weeks, it’s Teo Yoo (“Past Lives”) who I thought gave the best performance in Celine Song’s highly praised film. It’ll be hard to beat Cillian Murphy. It’s such a tour-de-force performance and he’s practically in every scene of the 3-hour “Oppenheimer.” His Robert J. Oppenheimer also turned into an unlikely meme generator this past summer with the ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon. I don’t know many people who didn’t like his performance. DiCaprio’s work in ‘Killers’ isn’t being talked about enough because, well, he doesn’t have much of a narrative. He already has an Oscar. If quality is actually a factor in winning awards, then DiCaprio’s rich work in ‘Killers’ would have a major shot at Oscar gold. It’s one of his best performances. As I mentioned, I haven’t seen Bradley Cooper in “Maestro,” but those that have believe he has a clear shot at winning for his “transformative” performance as Leonard Bernstein. The film hasn’t been getting all-out raves from critics. It has a 76 on Metacritic and sits at 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. Good, but not great. However, there are those that completely abide by “Maestro”, passionate supporters, which gets me very excited to finally catch it next week. Paul Giamatti is wonderful as the curmudgeon professor in “The Holdovers.” He wasn’t even nominated, and should have won, for 2004’s “Sideways.” I can’t see him getting snubbed again for this performance. He will also likely not win, but crazier upsets have occured in the past. I believe we have four locks in this category — Murphy, Cooper, DiCaprio and Giamatti. The #5 slot could be a fight between Domingo and Wright. However, watch out for Zac Efron (“The Iron Claw”) as his film as barely been seen and I’m hearing good things about his performance.

^The original post I guess.

I agree. The DC of KoH was an entirely different movie. I think Napoleon + Josephine being an "odd couple" is the heart of the movie 😄 4 1/2 hours - but people think Killers of the Flower Moon or Avatar and The Irishmen were long? lol

So NAPOLEON numbers are as medicore as KOTFM. Even if apple pretends it's not about money I really don't believe for a second they don't care. In this industry everything is about money and two massive bombs in a row is not a promising look for future projects. The only but important difference is no one seem to really like NAPOLEON. Medicore critics, medicore audience score what makes it even worse for apple because now everyone is aware they can't sell a good nor a bad movie and for sure can't win any prestige with that little french weirdo lol ‘Napoleon’ Wins Tuesday Previews With $3M in Grosses; ‘Wish’ Nabs $2.3M Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” is now in theaters. It did decently well last night in Tuesday previews with a $3 million showing. The film cost Apple $200 million to produce. It’s now looking at a 5-day total of around $30 million. I know I’ve used the excuse that Apple couldn’t care less about not making money on “Napoleon” and “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and it does look as though both films won’t be recouping their budget and marketing cost, but it’s not really a “win” for them either. At least, ‘Killers’ will get plenty of Oscar nominations, that’s the most positive way of looking at it. “Napoleon” likely won’t.

Another upcoming KOTFM q&a I know @akatosh already posted some award news but can't remember if it was this one.

He's really great in GLADIATOR but same for Russell Crowe. Period cinema at the finest. I don't think Scotts intention of NAPOLEON is historical accuracy but more how gossip and rumors shape that history.

Not really Leo related but since it's oscar topic.... also I'm really excited for MAESTRO

Just the latest insta gushing of the two "buddys". https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz6r-qoACFe/

Gosh she's so adorable 🥰 Love her accent and love her and her love for Leo. She's so underrated and not only one of my all time favorites of Leos leading ladies but one of my favorites in general. She's one of the few I just watch movies because she's in Even better I like most of her movies 😄 What a great, humble, sweet person!!

Leo admitting Titanic is still "the universal language". Damn right man https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz6V3RyOrvT/

Don't think this was posted already? 1 more movie before his big 50. Ok then. Sounds not too unrealistic? 😄

^I don't even know how old (or young) Napoleon was when he became who he is famous for to be honest. But I prefer Phoenix "older" look over botox any day. But since this movie also works as a satire (even better I heard from some critics) I think his washed up look is kinda perfect for the role. Also didn't age people much faster back then than nowadays?

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^since he looks great in black I think this James Marsden suit would indeed look great on him

Leo and his "new best friend" Fantasia https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzwMa_HOknH/ Also Leo gushing over Lily Paramount looking for oscars

https://www.eonline.com/news/1390047/leonardo-dicaprio-shares-how-he-thanked-sharon-stone-for-paying-his-salary

Vogue 1995

Seems like she's the standout in NAPOLEON. Can't wait to see her performance 😍 ‘Napoleon’ Review … (...) I mentioned that “Napoleon” is a farce — because it is! It’s not shy in its questionable portrayal of the Emperor General. He’s played by Joaquin Phoenix as a stiff, childish, tantrumy, horny goofball. David Scarpa's screenplay doesn’t shy away from the comic hijinks, hell, wait until you see him fuck wife Josephine (a wondrous Vanessa Kirby) in bunny-on-steroids fashion. (...) Among the highlights are the scenes between Napoleon and wife Joséphine. Kirby is playfully magnetic, capturing the shaky romance. Despite an innumerable amount of attempts, she can’t conceive a heir to the throne and Napoleon constantly threatens her with divorce if a pregnancy doesn’t happen soon. There’s also cheating, lots of it, which continuously circumvents the power dynamics of this strange marriage. However, Joséphine always seems to have the upper hand.

Love this shooting 😍

Still one of the best, fun and entertaining shows.