Leonardo DiCaprio - (Please Read First Post Prior to Posting)

[Lilja K]

7 hours ago, Jade Bahr said:

More about the dress

  

Tysm, girl💗 Lily is so gorgeous and this dress is amazing on her

[sap675]

Finished wolf pendant 👌🏻 

[Jade Bahr]

Also Leo related since due to the upcoming strike Hollywood will shut down this week. Most likely.

 

SAG to Strike on Wednesday; Film Industry Shutting Down

 

SAG-AFTRA Prepares Hollywood Publicists for Strike (EXCLUSIVE)

 

What you need to know: if SAG-AFTRA does decide to strike on Wednesday, actors will not be able to film any movie or TV production and cannot show up at any press junket or film premiere.

They now have just three days to agree on a deal, otherwise this will cause massive disruption in the industry, much more so than the current WGA strike. Expect a massive downturn in production. This strike will immediately halt all film productions.

It’s a wonderful coincidence that these strikes and negotiations are occurring at the same time as AI has gone mainstream. This threat, and it is a threat, needs to be dealt with before it goes wildly out of control.

If SAG-AFTRA and/or DGA actually do go on strike, alongside WGA, they’ll have the studios over a barrel.

Venice, Toronto and Telluride must also be relentlessly biting their nails as we speak. Imagine those film festivals without star attractions — gosh, the films would have to do the talking. The horror!

[Jade Bahr]

Interesting. Another proof how irrelevant the twitter mob is 😄

 

Leonardo DiCaprio is the most trusted authority on the climate crisis — beating Greta Thunberg, Al Gore, and the Rock

• Americans named Leonardo DiCaprio the most trustworthy climate authority in an online survey.
• Celebrities can unite people in a way that politicians and scientists can't, researchers said.
• Only 2.8% of TV and film scripts produced between 2015 and 2020 included any climate-related terms.

 

The climate crisis and the movie "Titanic" have at least one thing in common: They've been the subject of passionate debates for decades. (I'm firmly in the Jack could've survived camp.)

 

Now they also share a main star.

 

In an online survey, Americans named Leonardo DiCaprio the most trustworthy famous authority on climate change and other environmental issues. The National Research Group, a Hollywood consultancy, conducted the poll of about 1,500 US residents in June.

 

The firm asked adults ages 18 to 64 to name the public figure or celebrity they trusted the most on sustainability. DiCaprio was the top answer, followed by the climate activist Greta Thunberg, former Vice President Al Gore, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and President Joe Biden. The poll was weighted to reflect factors such as age, race, gender, and income.

 

"I think that really speaks to how in an era of strong political polarization, celebrities are one of the few unifying forces in American culture," Fergus Navaratnam-Blair, the research director of the National Research Group's global marketing team, told Insider. "They can bring people together in a way politicians, and even scientists, cannot. Science has also become so politicized not just because of climate change, but also because of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic."  

 

Navaratnam-Blair said there were pros and cons associated with celebrities playing an influential role in the climate discourse. If Hollywood stars get people talking about the crisis, that can be a good thing. But celebrities often consider how advocacy will affect their personal brand, so they may shy away from taking a stand on climate policies that are controversial so they don't risk alienating fans. Endorsement deals can also raise conflicts of interest.  

 

For his part, DiCaprio's environmental activism dates to 1998, when he launched a foundation that reported awarding at least $100 million in grants as of 2019 to global projects aimed at combating the climate crisis and biodiversity loss. That year, DiCaprio's foundation merged with two other groups and was renamed Earth Alliance. BuzzFeed documented 17 times DiCaprio used his platform to urge climate action. 

 

Over the years, the Academy Award winner has also been criticized for his air travel, including taking gas-guzzling private jets to receive environmental awards, though he flew commercial to the 2021 UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Page Six reported.

 

In 2021, DiCaprio starred in "Don't Look Up," a film that satirizes how powerful politicians, corporations, and the media have responded to the climate crisis. DiCaprio and his costar Jennifer Lawrence play astronomers desperately trying to get people to do something about a comet hurtling toward Earth, to no avail.

 

The film is part of a recent shift in how the climate crisis is portrayed on TV and in movies, Navaratnam-Blair said. "Don't Look Up," the action-thriller "How to Blow Up a Pipeline," and the show "Extrapolations" all identify clear villains, from tech billionaires and poll-obsessed politicians to fossil-fuel executives and a media that doesn't treat the crisis with urgency.

 

Compare that to "An Inconvenient Truth," the 2006 documentary that ended with Gore calling for personal action such as buying energy-efficient light bulbs and cutting down on unnecessary travel. 

 

Navaratnam-Blair said the National Research Group's findings suggested that people who viewed stories featuring climate villains were more likely to support more-drastic actions, such as disruptive protests, than those who hadn't seen these types of shows and movies.

 

Yet there aren't many fictional climate stories on TV or in movies. An analysis of more than 37,400 scripts produced between 2015 and 2020 found that only 2.8% included any climate-related terms.

 

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[BarbieErin]

And there goes the premieres of KOTFM... how lucky we are, lol.   

[akatosh]

The real premieres in the US and Europe will be in october right before the theater release. They don't plan for the strike to go that long, right??

 

@sap675 nice prendant!

[Sugarwater]

I don’t know if you all are following the Jonah Hill scandal, but poor Leo is getting dragged, because of his association with Jonah. 

[Lilja K]

24 minutes ago, akatosh said:

They don't plan for the strike to go that long, right??

I HOPE 

 

21 minutes ago, Sugarwater said:

I don’t know if you all are following the Jonah Hill scandal, but poor Leo is getting dragged, because of his association with Jonah. 

Unpopular opinion, but "tell me who your friends" is not always accurate. 

[BarbieErin]

1 hour ago, Sugarwater said:

I don’t know if you all are following the Jonah Hill scandal, but poor Leo is getting dragged, because of his association with Jonah. 

 

People don't need literally ANYTHING to bash Leo on internet, they don't need motives to trash talk Leo, him existing is enough. 

[BarbieErin]

1 hour ago, akatosh said:

The real premieres in the US and Europe will be in october right before the theater release. They don't plan for the strike to go that long, right??

 

@sap675

 

I hope it doesn't take so long, but look at how long the writers strike is going. 

[Jade Bahr]

I don't think you can "plan" how long a strike takes. It goes until they found an agreement with the studios.

[Magical]

Leo did amazing thing!

 

 

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/leonardo-dicaprio-supports-kids-at-ucla-lab-school

[Magical]

1 minute ago, Magical said:

Leo did amazing thing!

 

 

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/leonardo-dicaprio-supports-kids-at-ucla-lab-school

 

 

Another article!!

 

https://apnews.com/article/leonardo-dicaprio-climate-change-education-scholarship-9322c1d6d8458b13d3b90bd6da84ac42

 

[Magical]

4 hours ago, Sugarwater said:

I don’t know if you all are following the Jonah Hill scandal, but poor Leo is getting dragged, because of his association with Jonah. 

Where did you read that someone has mentioned Leo in Jonah's story?!

[Sugarwater]

42 minutes ago, Magical said:

Where did you read that someone has mentioned Leo in Jonah's story?!

Pretty much every social media thread about it looks like this:

Person 1: “I thought Jonah was a good guy.”

 

Person 2: “ He’s best friends with Leo, of course he’s a misogynist.” 
 

Person 3: “The only reason Leo hasn’t been Me Too’d is because he has an iron clad NDA.

 

Person 4: “ Jonah has always been an asshole. Everyone Leo hangs out with is an asshole.”

[sap675]

6 hours ago, akatosh said:

The real premieres in the US and Europe will be in october right before the theater release. They don't plan for the strike to go that long, right??

 

@sap675 nice prendant!

Thanks!

[Magical]

1 hour ago, Sugarwater said:

Pretty much every social media thread about it looks like this:

Person 1: “I thought Jonah was a good guy.”

 

Person 2: “ He’s best friends with Leo, of course he’s a misogynist.” 
 

Person 3: “The only reason Leo hasn’t been Me Too’d is because he has an iron clad NDA.

 

Person 4: “ Jonah has always been an asshole. Everyone Leo hangs out with is an asshole.”

Oh. I think many people dislike Leo in the social media and Dailymail comments section! I feel it's normal thing thesedays😂 So, don't bother yourself!

[Jade Bahr]

[Jade Bahr]

Oscars 2024: Best Actor Predictions

Leonardo DiCaprio and David Strathairn are the first to garner awards buzz while audiences wait to see big releases built around performances from Oscar favorites from Joaquin Phoenix to Bradley Cooper.

 

The State of the Race

 

From in front, the main subject of conversation about the upcoming Best Actor Oscar race is Leonardo DiCaprio, star of the long-awaited Martin Scorsese film “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures). Throughout the film’s lengthy development, it was unclear whether “The Revenant” actor was the lead of the film, or in a supporting role (Jesse Plemons’ FBI man plays a more prominent role in the David Grann bestseller). But the 2023 Cannes Film Festival premiere clarified that DiCaprio, a Best Actor winner in 2016, is going to be a lead contender in the category.

 

Still, there is much to come. On one end, biopics “Maestro” (Netflix), “Rustin” (Netflix) and “Napoleon” (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures) are built around the lead performances of Bradley Cooper, Colman Domingo, and Joaquin Phoenix, respectively. On the other end, it’s still unclear where the actors in “Challengers” (MGM), “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures), and “The Bikeriders” (20th Century Studios) will land.

 

At film festival premieres in the first half of the year, past Oscar nominee David Strathairn (“Good Night, and Good Luck”) broke out at Sundance in family drama “A Little Prayer,” which Sony Pictures Classics will hope to follow the “Living” route that took Bill Nighy to an Oscar nomination. Alden Ehrenreich, star of “Fair Play” (Netflix), also made waves as one half of the buzziest acquisition out of the January festival. Though “Past Lives” is already a rare independent box office success story, A24’s challenge is to push Korean star Teo Yoo into awards conversation, but in which category? (His co-star John Magaro is more clearly a Supporting Actor contender.)

 

Was “Everything Everywhere All at Once” making SXSW an Oscar launchpad an anomaly, or can Amazon Studios follow the trend by pushing “Air” star Matt Damon as a Best Actor contender? (He has scored three acting nominations.) The movie earned a 73 Metascore and was a box office disappointment in relation to cost, but played well to an older (male) demo.

 

Clearly, the more established Cannes was the bigger launching pad for possible awards hopefuls like Christian Friedel of “The Zone of Interest” (A24”), Josh O’Connor of “La Chimera” (Neon), and Kôji Yakusho of “Perfect Days” (Neon).

 

Looking forward, Cillian Murphy is due for a breakout playing the titular role in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures), a likely summer blockbuster. Given the success of music biopics like “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Elvis,” Kingsley Ben-Adir seems primed for a major awards campaign as well, as the star of Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “Bob Marley: One Love” (Paramount Pictures).

 

With more news about fall festivals being released every day, past Oscar nominees Adam Driver and Paul Giamatti will use the respective premieres of “Ferrari” (STX Entertainment) and “The Holdovers” (Focus Features) as an opportunity to go another round. But this may be Michael Fassbender’s big year, with Taika Waititi’s “Next Goal Wins” (Searchlight Pictures) already pegged as a TIFF crowdpleaser and world premiere, and David Fincher’s “The Killer” (Netflix) up next.

 

Contenders are listed in alphabetical order, below. No actor will be deemed a frontrunner until we have seen the film.

 

Frontrunners:

Matt Damon (“Air”)
Leonardo DiCaprio (“Killers of the Flower Moon”)
Alden Ehrenreich (“Fair Play”)
David Strathairn (“A Little Prayer”)
Teo Yoo (“Past Lives”)

 

Contenders:

Kingsley Ben-Adir (“Bob Marley: One Love”)
Gael García Bernal (“Cassandro”)
Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”)
Colman Domingo (“Rustin”)
Adam Driver (“Ferrari”)
Michael Fassbender (“The Killer”)
Christian Friedel (“The Zone of Interest”)
Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”)
Barry Keoghan (“Saltburn”)
Cillian Murphy (“Oppenheimer”)
Joaquin Phoenix (“Napoleon”)
John David Washington (“The Piano Lesson”)

 

Long Shots:

Jay Baruchel (“Blackberry”)
Timothée Chalamet (“Dune: Part Two”)
Paul Dano (“Dumb Money”)
Michael Fassbender (“Next Goal Wins”)
Kelvin Harrison Jr. (“Chevalier”)
Joaquin Phoenix (“Beau Is Afraid”)
Jonathan Majors (“Magazine Dreams”)
Josh O’Connor (“La Chimera”)
Ben Platt (“Theater Camp”)
Kôji Yakusho (“Perfect Days”)

 

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[Jade Bahr]

^more:

 

Oscars 2024: Best Director Predictions

Frontrunners

Ben Affleck (“Air”)
Wes Anderson (“Asteroid City”)
Martin Scorsese (“Killers of the Flower Moon”)
Celine Song (“Past Lives”)
Justine Triet (“Anatomy of a Fall”)

Oscars 2024: Best Supporting Actor Predictions

Frontrunners:
Robert De Niro (“Killers of the Flower Moon”)
Noah Galvin (“Theater Camp”)
John Magaro (“Past Lives”)
Chris Messina (“Air”)
Jesse Plemons (“Killers of the Flower Moon”)

 

Oscars 2024: Best Supporting Actress Predictions

Frontrunners:
Hong Chau (“Showing Up”)
Viola Davis (“Air”)
Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”)
Anne Hathaway (“Eileen”)
Rachel McAdams (“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”)

 

Long Shots:
Patricia Clarkson (“Monica”)
Beanie Feldstein (“Drive-Away Dolls”)
America Ferrera (“Barbie”)
Sally Hawkins (“Wonka”)
Scarlett Johansson (“Asteroid City”)
Cara Jade Myers (“Killers of the Flower Moon”)
Niousha Noor (“The Persian Version”)
Margaret Qualley (“Poor Things”)
Isabella Rossellini (“La Chimera”)
Tilda Swinton (“Problemista”)