I don't even know where to begin. I wasn't expecting this at all. I'm so honored and privileged to be nominated in categories with people and actors, and humans, that I love. I love their work and what they contribute to our craft. This ride has been unbelievable. So, thank you for welcoming me in and making me feel seen, bro.
South London star Delroy Lindo at the annual Movies for Grownups awards in Beverly Hills this month. Photograph: Maarten De Boer/Getty Images for AARP Lindo was reportedly as taken aback as the rest of the industry. In bed in Los Angeles on Thursday morning, he was rung by his son and told the news. Really? Are you for real? he asked, before looking at his phone and finding 179 messages confirming it.
"For me the reward has been all of it. Just getting the script done was a type of reward, my crew together was a type of reward, getting everybody to come to New Orleans, getting to share the screenplay, I shared it with Rosemary like I always do, getting good feedback from her. And then showing the movie to audiences, which is the biggest reward I could ask for," Coogler said.
If Hailee Steinfeld were a water animal, she would be a dolphin. On a recent afternoon in Tribeca, Steinfeld and I are sitting on the rooftop of Fouquet's, the boutique French hotel, as I'm subjecting her to a rapid-fire version of my favorite dinner party game, called Essence. The idea is to discover the true "essence" of a person through a series of questions.
