After weeks of unrelenting sexual harassment allegations, isn’t it nice to have a normal sort of awards-season argument, for a change? Earlier this week, word broke that Get Out—Jordan Peele’s razor-sharp social thriller—will compete at the Golden Globes in the comedy-musical categories, apparently at the behest of its production company, Blumhouse. The news quickly prompted eyebrow-raises and accusations of category fraud—but Peele himself seems either unbothered by the decision or as though he’s reluctantly made his peace with it, depending on who’s asking. Here, Yohana Destabreaks down the controversy and Peele’s various responses, which seem to be tending toward insistence that the film is, in fact, a documentary. He’s joking. Or is he?
Elsewhere in Hollywoodland, contributor Paul Chicatches up with Gary Oldman, already a best-actor front-runner for his transformation in Darkest Hour; Laura Bradley parses the newly revealed title and first cast photo of the next Fantastic Beasts film; and contributor Joel Keller tracks the strange journey of Paul Reiser’s Johnny Carson sitcom, which was all set to be Seeso’s flagship series . . . until Seeso went kaput.
Funny Ha Ha?
Ask Jordan Peele if he thinks Get Out is a comedy, and this is how he’ll respond.
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Gary Oldman’s Brightest Hour
The Oscar nominee details his amazing transformation into Winston Churchill, which involved a fat suit, hours of prosthetics, and coaching from an opera singer.
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There’s Johnny
Johnny Depp faced allegations of domestic abuse during his divorce from Amber Heard—but he’s apparently still front and center in the next Fantastic Beasts.
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Reiser on Carson
The erstwhile Mad About You star on his new Johnny Carson comedy’s strange journey to the small screen.
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Method Man
A new Netflix doc shows just how far Jim Carrey went to play Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon.
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