Weekly Horoscope: December 24 to December 30, 2023

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The SAG Awards nominations provided an exciting blend of usual suspects and stunning omissions. For some awards season strategists — particularly the ones behind critically adored films like “Anatomy of a Fall” and “May December” — there’s no choice but to ask, “what happened?” The SAG Awards’ pearl anniversary brought expected mentions for Oscar contenders such as the two summer smash hits “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” leading the tally for all movies with four nominations each. In addition, the crime epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” and the satirical dramedy “American Fiction” managed three mentions.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italy’s box office revenue rose in 2023 to €495 million ($542,000) while the country’s admissions tally reached 70.5 million, representing a roughly 60% increase compared with 2022. Though Italian moviegoing figures – announced Wednesday in Rome by national box office compiler Cinetel – mark a substantial leap forward, they are still down roughly 23% compared with the country’s average box office intake during the period between 2017 and 2019. Prior to the pandemic, the benchmark of a good year was considered 100 million admissions.

Jon Burlingame Taking an old film score and dropping it into a new film is “like wearing somebody else’s underwear,” veteran composer Earle Hagenused to say. Hagen, the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning composer of such classic themes as “The Andy Griffith Show,” “The Dick VanDyke Show” and “The Mod Squad,” would have been appalled by the musical choices in Netflix’s “May December.” A scene from that film, with Julianne Moore opening her refrigerator door to a melodramatic piano cue, has gone viral. It’s a funny moment if you don’t recognize that music.

Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore are speaking out after Vili Fualaau slammed their new movie May December.

The cast of May December is hitting the red carpet at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards!

May December has said he is “offended” by the film.Directed by Todd Haynes (Carol, I’m Not There), May December is a darkly dramatic film starring Natalie Portman as an actress who is preparing to play the part of Julianne Moore’s character Gracie in a film. Gracie is infamous for her long-term relationship with Melton’s character Joe, which began when he was only 13 years old.Screenwriter Samy Burch has confirmed that Gracie and Joe were inspired by the real life story of Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau.

. It may be week two of 2024, but thankfully the cosmos delivers a smooth reset back to reality, work, school, and life. Make a notch toward responsible adulting with this week’s fresh new moon, featuring themes of maturity and an eye on your inner material girl, whatever stage she’s at.

former teacher and convicted child rapist, Mary Kay Letourneau, says he is “offended” that no one involved in the new Netflix movie, “May December,” reached out to him before its release. The film, which stars Natalie Portman and Julianna Moore, tells a story similar to Fualaau’s real-life ordeal. Fualaau was her second-grade student in suburban Seattle when he first met Letourneau.

The late Mary Kay Letourneau‘s former partner Vili Fualaau is reacting to May December.

Charles Melton opened up about his new movie May December, touching on both his costars and his diet in a new interview.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Every few years, the Golden Globe awards have a category hiccup. In 2015, the Ridley Scott/Matt Damon Robinson-Crusoe-in-space sci-fi movie “The Martian” was nominated (and won) for best motion picture — musical or comedy, even though the movie contained no songs and no one thought it was a comedy. A month ago, in that same category, the Globes gave a nomination to “May December,” Todd Haynes’ acclaimed but hard-to-categorize film based, not so loosely, on the true story of Mary Kay Letourneau.

. Happy new year Glamour-zons! Say sayonara 2023, and hello 2024 as it sets off on a positive note, and so can you. Choose your own adventure and step out with visionary statements as Mercury swings out of retrograde on day one.

British actor Oliver Trevena takes the December 2023 cover of Vogue Hombre Mexico.

Even by the HFPA’s eccentric standards, Todd Haynes’ May December is a wild card in the Best Musical or Comedy category. But it does feature elements of both, in a deceptively dark story that harks back to the days of Hollywood’s self-imposed censorship code, when ingenious directors found sensitive and intelligent ways to address taboo subjects in mainstream movies. Here, the inspiration is the real-life case of Mary Kay Letourneau, a 35-year-old married teacher who, in 1997, seduced a pupil and was sentenced to prison for it, twice. A year after her release in 2004, claiming their love was “eternal and endless”, Letourneau married the boy, then 21. That wedding, and their subsequent life together, was covered, flatteringly, by the media. May December is not their story, but it does address two key points. What was she thinking. And how did the media become so complicit?

Even by the HFPA’s eccentric standards, Todd Haynes’ May December is a wild card in the Best Musical or Comedy category. But it does feature elements of both, in a deceptively dark story that harks back to the days of Hollywood’s self-imposed censorship code, when ingenious directors found sensitive and intelligent ways to address taboo subjects in mainstream movies. Here, the inspiration is the real-life case of Mary Kay Letourneau, a 35-year-old married teacher who, in 1997, seduced a pupil and was sentenced to prison for it, twice. A year after her release in 2004, claiming their love was “eternal and endless”, Letourneau married the boy, then 21. That wedding, and their subsequent life together, was covered, flatteringly, by the media. May December is not their story, but it does address two key points. What was she thinking. And how did the media become so complicit?

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Will the box office hit $9 billion in 2023? Analysts have predicted, or at least hoped, that’s where domestic grosses would wind up. And there are no less than eight new releases set to unspool over the next 14 days, which could help theaters finish the year having passed that coveted figure. But after a 12-month stretch that’s seen two labor strikes wallop a business that’s yet to recover from the pandemic, Hollywood may struggle to get its happily ever after.

. Happy Winter Solstice! We’ve made it to the longest night of the year, so the only way is up from here! That means Capricorn season begins on Thursday. Switch on a pragmatic mindset, swirl in the finest family or cultural traditions mixed with a modern update, and shake for a perfect pour.

more intense drama as December marches on. The Peacock soap opera is ready to unleash all new storylines and kick off some interesting dynamics for the week of December 11 through 15, 2023. Chad and Stephanie will come to a crossroads.

In response to his Golden Globe nomination Monday for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture for May December, Charles Melton starts the conversation with gratitude towards his mother, Sukyong Melton, who he recently deemed his hero in a heartfelt speech while being honored at the Critics Choice Celebration of Black, Latino & AAPI Achievements last week. Though he admits to sleeping through the ceremony and being informed by his team about the nomination, he made sure to call her as soon as he found out. “She was so proud, and I am so happy.” Melton said. 

The movie May December is expected to receive a lot of award nominations this season, but one thing might surprise you.