Timothée Chalamet is continue to up his game for the promotional tour of of his A24 movie Marty Supreme as he is now set to appear on the podcast Mind the Game, co-hosted by NBA stars LeBron James and Steve Nash. The interview will be done live following a special screening of Marty Supreme at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles on March 2.
James and Nash will sit down with the four-time Academy Award nominee for a special live taping of their acclaimed podcast, Mind the Game.
The wide-ranging conversation will explore the craft of performance and the discipline required to operate at the highest level — whether on the court or on screen. Chalamet will discuss his transformative portrayal of a prodigy table tennis champion in Marty Supreme, the physical and mental preparation behind the role, and the parallels between elite athletics and artistry. The episode will be available on YouTube and Prime Video on March 5.
The event follows a number of high-profile Q&A events Chalamet has been a part of to promote the film that has included a sit down with Adam Sandler as well as a recent town hall on the campus of the University of Texas with Matthew McConaughey. Since the films opening over Christmas, it has not only become A24’s biggest studio film of all time with $155 million at the global box-office but also receiving a number of accolades including nine Oscar nominations with Chalamet receiving one for best actor.
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After three awards shows, all in Los Angeles, Hollywood’s A-list is heading across the pond. Yes, it’s time for the BAFTAs, the annual ceremony that honors the best in British and international cinema. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the BAFTAs are once again taking place at Royal Festival Hall in London’s Southbank Centre tonight, Feb. 22, but with a new host. This year, Alan Cumming is taking over duties from David Tennant, who hosted the ceremony for the past two years.
“Hello, I’m Josh Safdie. I’m the co-writer, co-editor, and director of “Marty Supreme.” This is when the dream is very much alive during the first act, and we’re seeing Marty in the role that he sees himself. And I talked to Timmy about what it means to be winning. And I said, I need that to almost superhero levels. This is the character Kay Stone, the former movie star, beautifully and tragically played by Gwyneth Paltrow. ” … see the open window with a bowl of fruit on the table?” “You see it?” “I do.” “Here’s what’s going to happen. I’m going to make an apple appear in that bowl. And if I do, you’re going to blow off your little rendezvous … ” And we shot this scene — I wanted to shoot the two scenes, Martys side and Kay’s side at the same time. So we lit it, and they’re actually conjoined by a door, these two hotel rooms. So they’re talking to each other on period telephones in real time, so that I could capture their emotional points of view. The name of the cue you’re hearing is called “The Apple,” by Dan Lopatin, my composer. And the apple is again the ultimate sign of winning. And here she shows up as part of her deal. And that’s the Viennese choir, about 30 voices, that Dan orchestrated in an effort to really have this kind of heavenly vibe. And it’s nice because I can ground the scene in Kay’s point of view, which is kind of a surrogate for the audience, which is seeing Marty in his full dream and his full stardom, and it’s reminding her of a hustle she once chased. Darius Khondji, my cinematographer, and I tried to emulate, best we could, the glory and awe that we saw in the 1949 newsreel championships. “Let’s have a little fun with this one.” “O.K.” “Have a little fun, all right?” “Gotcha.” Timmy and Geza Rohrig, who plays Bela Kletzki, spent many hours with Diego Schaaf, the film’s table tennis choreographer, who mined thousands of hours of footage in order to find the perfect points to emulate. Timmy played some of these exhibition style points and so did Geza, but the harder part was for them to time doing this with the C.G. ball. “Point, Kletzki.” And there you see Kay, now intoxicated. There’s the head of the I.A.T.T. who’s livid. “Kletzki. starts, 6 to 20, Mauser leads two games to zero.” “Match point again for Mr. Mauser.” And this is one of my favorite moments of the film, right here, the way Bela sets him up like that. Pure showmanship. And Timmy’s laugh, which is just an incredible piece of his performance and I think indicative of the way he’s able to spike the film with these big feelings of emotion and joy.
Their night was, in a word, golden: Before the show kicked off, Jenner forewent the red carpet and posted her dazzling antique metallic custom Ashi Studio column gown straight to her Instagram grid. The couture dress took over 300 hours to create, and was set off by more than 100 carats of Lorraine Schwartz diamond jewelry.
Chalamet started the night with a golden girl on his arm, and ended it with a new golden statue in his hand, taking the stage to accept the award for best actor, motion picture, musical or comedy category on Sunday for his critically lauded performance in Marty Supreme. He once again wore Chrome Hearts, a go-to label for his promotional and awards circuit for the movie so far.
He saluted the “greats” sharing the category, noting, “this category is stacked.”
After shouting out the filmmakers, studio, and “Mr. Wonderful from Shark Tank,” Chalamet nodded to the fact that though this is his fifth Golden Globes nomination, it’s his first win at the show.
“My dad instilled in me a spirit of gratitude growing up, to always be grateful for what you have,” he said. “It’s allowed me to leave this ceremony in the past empty-handed, my head held high, grateful just to be here. I’d be lying if I didn’t say those moments didn’t make this moment that much sweeter.”
And, of course, the inevitable sweet nod to his family, Jenner included: “For my parents, for my partner. I love you.”
Inside the room, Jenner, who shared a quick kiss with Chalamet before he headed to the stage, could be spotted giggling with tablemate and co-star Odessa A’zion at the mention, saying, “I’m so happy.”
Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet attend the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2026.CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
Chalamet is a perennial awards season darling, and he’s made it very clear that Jenner, his partner of about three years, is his darling. At the Critics Choice Awards 2026 earlier this month, where Chalamet scooped up a best actor statue, he shouted out Jenner in his acceptance speech, thanking her for the “foundation” the two had built together, calling her his “partner,” and saying, for the first time on a live national broadcast, that he loved her. Jenner, watching from the table, looked emotional at the statement, and could be seen mouthing “I love you” back at him.
I don’t know what other people are after when they watch movies and television. Some people use pop culture to escape the narrow confines of their daily life and only want to be entertained. Others just want to unwind at the end of the day with their brain on low-power mode. More and more people (specifically in America) struggle with silence and need sound in the background while they fold laundry or doomscroll across the wasteland of Facebook.
Me? I don’t care whether a film makes me feel good or bad as long as it makes me feel something. If a movie gives you nothing, not a chuckle, a tear, or even a dash of annoyance for how terrible it is, then the film has broken the unwritten contract we make with it: to use our precious time for something, even ephemerally, worthwhile. As much as I wasn’t in love with the plot or dialogue of the new Avatar, I was still taken to a distant planet for three hours and given free rein to luxuriate in director James Cameron’s imagination. Or on the contract-breaking end of the spectrum, the Minecraft movie made me feel like a slack-jawed consumer clapping at a chicken jockey.
There’s a new school of filmmakers that take that contract with their audience seriously, but they don’t want to give you feelings of awe or heartwarming affirmations. Instead, they come at you with anxious intensity, flop sweat, and the feeling of tightly clenched teeth holding back wave after wave of panic attacks. Ari Aster and his cinema of awkward injustice is a perfect example of this, but no other filmmakers have the uncanny ability to make me want to close my eyes and do breath work while practicing mindfulness more than Josh and Benny Safdie.
From the ticking clock intensity of Good Time to the relentless tension in the depths of the Diamond District in Uncut Gems, the Safdies obviously want you to leave the theater feeling some kind of way, but I think they’re much more interested in crafting emotion in the moment and keeping their audience gripping their seats like they’re in a plane without power. In 2025, the Safdies took a (hopefully short) break from one another’s creative partnership, with Benny making The Rock’s stab at awards recognition with the surprisingly gentle The Smashing Machine, while Josh crafted the insanely stressful epic, ping-pong odyssey Marty Supreme.
And I feel perfectly comfortable saying that Marty Supreme is a straight masterpiece with what is easily the finest performance from Timothée Chalamet’s relatively new career. Do I ever want to sit through it again? No, but I will because I’m softly masochistic and obsessed with the technical wizardry on display. But, man, if you’re only into movies that help you relax, stay far the hell away from this one.
I keep waiting to become more cynical about movies as a film critic. Every week I read one think piece after the next about how cinema is dying and no good movies are made anymore, but 2025 was…
Chalamet plays Marty Mauser, a deeply unpleasant table tennis prodigy who is so profoundly unhappy at his station in life that he will do anything, screw over anyone and lie, cheat, and steal his way into glory. Marty Supreme is his episodic journey into the heart of darkness where he comes into contact with glamorous, yet faded movie stars, teeth-gnashing gangsters, shotgun-toting farmers, the high stakes world of professional ping pong, and, just maybe, unconditional love.
You won’t ever like Marty, but you’ll be in awe of his depthless narcissism and quotidian restlessness. He moves through the world thinking he’s the shark, but unconsciously terrified he might be the remora on its body. Marty cannot survive in still water and will ignite endless depth charges just to make sure the ocean is still there.
Thirty minutes into Marty Supreme I was in love with Josh Safdie’s technical brilliance and the clarity of his grimy, 1950s vision. After an hour and a half, I was exhausted and had completely moved away from exhilaration into a numbed weariness. I didn’t need another story of a horrible white guy burning down all he touches in his pursuit of some bastardized and quixotic delusion of the American dream. After 150 minutes and as the closing credits hit, I wasn’t just back in love… I was swooning at the brilliance of Safdie, Chalamet, and every other brilliant mind involved in this generational work.
That’s because Safdie is such an assured filmmaker that he knows the film is exhausting and that Marty is the absolute worst. He wants us to see the hollow promise of the American dream and be heartbroken for what could have been. Marty spends almost the entire film branding his own mythology, telling anyone who will listen about his fearless self-reliance and bootstrap determinism, while climbing on every pair of shoulders he can reach. This is the America of Marty Supreme and the hypocrisy of its promise.
Marty Supreme is about ping pong in the same way that Apocalypse Now is about war. Somehow, Josh Safdie has made a movie that doesn’t just capture the highs and lows of a life, but the emotional undercurrents as well. You feel absolutely everything Marty is going through, while still mostly despising him. By the end, Safdie leaves it up to the audience to root for or against Mr. Mauser and his dream of ping pong dominance.
Whichever way you’re inclined doesn’t matter. What’s important is that a movie made you question your moral compass and reevaluate your own self-mythologizing. That’s a remarkable achievement even if it’s something that most audiences don’t want from art anymore. Just like Marty, the film dares to ask directly: “What is it that you want and what will you do to get it?” You don’t need to answer out loud.
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length.
Vanity Fair: This was the gag of the night. Whose idea was it?
This was all Meg and Paul, and the most Jimmy and Kayla [Downs and Stalter’s characters in Hacks, respectively] thing ever. My text thread with them, I was just cackling every day because I felt like I was guest starring on Hacks. And I was not the intern, but I was the first assistant, executive assistant to Kayla [laughs].
When did you first hear about this?
Babe, I heard this in December, basically Christmas Eve! This was a holiday miracle. I think I got a gentle inquiry from Meg on the 23rd about this. She and Paul had this idea to replicate this look for the Critics Choice Awards, and I loved it so much. Of course, I was terrified because the timing was psychotic, as this time of the year people don’t want to work on anything anymore.
Still, I started to put some feelers out to see who was in town, since I was staying in Los Angeles and laying very low. This was actually a very complicated endeavor. Even though we live in a movie city, it’s the holidays and there’s the logistical issues, but it was such a fun thing to try to pull off. My main thing is that it had to be intentional, there had to be so much nuance behind it for it to not look janky.
How did you actually pull it off?
I have the utmost respect for costume designers and film people, which I am not. I’m a stylist. I thought of having a designer do this, as I know people who work with leather, but again, it was the timing as people were not in town. I ended up reaching out on Last Looks, which is a platform we use for stylists, tailors, etc. After asking, I got feedback from a costume designer, Erica D. Schwartz. We chatted on the phone, and then put together a proposal. I showed it to Meg and Paul. I also had an idea of having another designer do this in vinyl, which would have been the more abracadabra version of this. Once they saw the ideas they were like, “Let’s go hard and replicate the entire thing.”
Erica then assembled a fantastic team. Everything was built from the ground up. We 3D printed buttons, painted the shoes, I painted Meg’s nails to match, and secured actual Chrome Hearts jewelry from a rental place I work with. The rings and the bracelet were real, the necklace was completely fabricated. Marissa Soto, Heather Vandergriff, and Kristen Carr were the costume and bags makers, and Robin Gurney was our costumes painter. It truly takes a village!
Amazing. How long did it take you to do this?
Well, our first fitting was on Friday right after the holiday to make sure everything fit and that everything was dyed right and figuring out all the details. Meg and I also had to chat about the glam perspective, because it is definitely cosplay, but it still needs to be fab and feel embodied. We had prints out of every single detail of Timmy and Kylie: How they were holding each other, we practiced the poses. Everything!
Timothée Chalamet, who has received an award from the festival three times already, was on hand once more this year to pick up a spotlight award for his work in Marty Supreme. Director Josh Safdie presented Chalamet’s award and spoke about his star’s commitment to his performance, which required him to wear contact lenses to make his eyes look beadier. “At some point, I realized the film industry isn’t an institution,” Chalamet said in his acceptance speech. “Great roles aren’t printed on a conveyor belt. Great auteurs and directors don’t fall from a tree. Every day to wake up in good health and have the opportunity to make things for the world, that’s truly a gift in every sense of the word.” At the event, Chalamet also showed off a slightly longer hairdo after spending the last few months promoting his film with a buzz cut.
Other highlights of the night included Michael B. Jordan, who in his speech spoke about “finding ways to make original stories that entertain us. To make us think, question, and most importantly, come together.” Colman Domingo presented the Sinners star with his award. Jacob Elordi accepted the visionary award alongside the cast of Frankenstein and director Guillermo Del Toro. “Oscar, you’re my hero,” he said, referring to his costar Oscar Isaac. “I just saw him and Ethan Hawke hug backstage. That’s years of study and worship. Seeing them embrace was so moving. I can’t believe I’m in this room.”
It’s no surprise that the funniest speech of the night was given by Adam Sandler, who stars in Jay Kelly. “Like every actor, when I decided to become an actor, my parents were disgusted,” Sandler said. “My father told me I should try it out for one year. Go see if you can get something cooking. If it doesn’t work out, you can come work for me as an electrical contractor.” Sandler then described the life he would have had if he had decided to quit acting after one year. The speech was humble and reflective, and could boost Sandler’s chances in the coming awards contests.
The gala, presented by luxury group Kering, has an excellent track record of recognizing future Oscar nominees and winners. With the likes of Jessie Buckley and the slew of other stars in attendance, this will likely be the first of many speeches we see from 2026’s eventual award recipients.
Tyler, the Creator has spent almost his entire life trying to be a star. From an early age he wanted to make music, and has been tunnel-visioned on that goal ever since. “I knew what I was going to do since before I was double digits, which I guess is rarer than I thought,” he tells Vanity Fair.
And Tyler has done it. The 34-year-old rapper and producer, born Tyler Gregory Okonma, spent 2025 on the blockbuster world tour for his eighth studio album, Chromakopia, and releasing his ninth studio album, Don’t Tap the Glass. He recently earned five Grammy nominations, and was named Apple Music’s artist of the year. Even as the ever-enigmatic force constantly reinvents himself, you know a Tyler, the Creator song when you hear one—and you notice his stylish, playful preppy-streetwear fashion when you see it.
It’s ironic, then, that now he’s hoping to disappear.
Tyler makes his feature film debut this month in Marty Supreme,Josh Safdie’s energetic story about an ambitious table tennis player, played by Timothée Chalamet. Tyler’s charisma translates well to the screen as he matches the frenetic energy of Darius Khondji’s camera and holds his own opposite the seasoned and sensational Chalamet. Tyler plays Wally, a taxi driver, friend of Chalamet’s Marty Mauser, and fellow table tennis player who gets pulled into Mauser’s schemes.
His greatest hope is that anyone watching him in Marty Supreme won’t see him as Tyler, the Creator, whose album they listened to on the way to the theater. Indeed, he’s even credited as Tyler Okonma in the film. “I have a face, my gap [teeth], I have a voice, I have a cadence, how I speak—it’s easy to get caught up in all that,” he says. “And of course people are going to watch it and know it’s me. But I hope that I just feel like I’m a part of the movie.”
“I wasn’t nervous at all,” says Tyler of filming Marty Supreme. “It’s my first role, so I’m not expecting it to be super good or great.”
Courtesy of A24.
Tyler stumbled into Marty Supreme after becoming friendly with Safdie back in 2017. They met through mutual friends. When Safdie told Tyler he had a part for him, Tyler signed on without even reading the script.
On set, he’d learn his lines just before it was time for him to film a scene. “I didn’t try to memorize no lines or nothing—I’m not even going to try to put that weight or pressure on me because then that’ll fuck the scene up,” he says.
He doesn’t have stories to share about getting into character in his trailer, or the research he did to understand Wally (other than keeping in mind that “this is a dude with kids—crazy homie be getting him into shit, but he don’t have the time to dream”). He just showed up on set, much like when he takes the stage on tour—and turned it on in the moment. “It’s been so many shows that I’ve done that were incredible, some of my best performances, and like, bro, I’m asleep nine minutes before,” he says.
Chalamet would eventually join the masses on the floor for the semifinals. Koto Kawaguchi—who stars in the film as Marty’s Japanese nemesis, Endo, won his match, and then made it all the way to the finals, facing off against Kevin Lewis, a former model and real estate agent with Compass and one of the top amateur ping-pong players in New York. As hundreds watched, Lewis and Kawaguchi went toe to toe, rallying back and forth as Chalamet sipped red wine and watched from the front row.
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Before the last match, Chalamet shouted out his director, Josh Safdie, calling him “a genius” and thanking him for unlocking the secret tennis table fan in all of us. Chalamet then instructed the Marty Supreme cast members still in the rafters—specifically Luke Manley, who plays Marty’s best friend, Dion—to watch the final match on the floor. “Let’s root for our boy Koto,” said Chalamet.
“We’re looking for a real asshole, and you’re it.” That’s how director Josh Safdie tried to convince Kevin O’Leary of Shark Tank fame to play an intense ink-pen tycoon in Safdie’s 1950s-set sports dramedy Marty Supreme. O’Leary, the entrepreneur and investor known as “Mr. Wonderful,” was unfazed. He had heard the same thing 17 years earlier, when Mark Burnett’s production company recruited him for the American version of a Japanese reality TV show.
“I say this asshole thing’s starting to work for me,” O’Leary jokes about making his acting debut opposite Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow. “I am not an asshole. I just tell the truth, and some people don’t like it. I think maybe I’m going to become the honorary chairman of all assholes everywhere after this. And it’s a job I’m happy to take.”
Marty Supreme is filled with dynamic visuals, 1980s synth-pop needle drops, and other arresting non-actors, including Isaac Mizrahi,Abel Ferrara, and John Catsimatidis. But O’Leary steals most of his scenes as Milton Rockwell, a no-nonsense New York multimillionaire in a loveless marriage to trophy wife Kay Stone (Paltrow), a former Hollywood star. Chalamet’s pushy Lower East Side ping-pong prodigy Marty Mauser—who is still living with his Jewish hypochondriac mother (Fran Drescher), schtupping his married ex-girlfriend (Odessa A’Zion), and grifting with his pal (Tyler Okonma, a.k.a. Tyler, The Creator)—sees the patrician couple as a means to realizing his dream of becoming the world tennis-table champion.
Milton is taken with Marty’s talent, but he’s no easy mark. Marty’s a hustler with chutzpah; when talking about an opponent who’s a Holocaust survivor, he boasts to a journalist, “I’m gonna do to Kletzski what Auschwitz couldn’t.” Yet Milton tells Marty that he can “smell bullshit from a mile away.” The CEO wants Marty to throw a series of company-sponsored exhibition matches against his deft rival, Koto Endo (Koto Kawaguchi, the real-life winner of the Japanese National Deaf Table Tennis Championships), in Japan. But the ambitious competitor just can’t agree to the deal.
“What I love about this film is it’s a chronicle of the birth of the American dream right after the optimism of the Second World War,” O’Leary tells me. “Yes, it’s got a crazy, kinetic roller-coaster [energy]. But Marty’s like every Shark Tank hustler.”
Timothée Chalamet recalled feeling like he might get “murdered” during his brief time with rapper Kendrick Lamar. He imagined what newspaper headlines would look like, while also thinking, “That would be a crazy end [to my] Wikipedia [page].”
Timothée Chalamet revisits his Kendrick Lamar interview during rapper’s feud with Drake
Timothée Chalamet recently appeared on the 7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony podcast. During his conversation with the hosts, he shared what his thought process was like when he was in an interview with Kendrick Lamar before the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show.
“I was like, ‘Wow, he’s in the middle of this beef. Could you imagine if this is how I go out?’” the Dune actor wondered. “’Actor Timothée Chalamet murdered.’ That would be a crazy end [to my] Wikipedia [page],” the Oscar-nominated actor added.
Elsewhere in the conversation, the Marty Supreme star shared his takeaways from meeting with the rapper. He said, “My big takeaway from Kendrick was—it was during all the huge beef last year—I was just so amazed. I was so impressed that this man, who was so calm sitting next to me, and I was like, “Wow, he’s engaged in a gladiator sport right now.”
However, he admitted that it’s not something that he could ever do. He continued, “As much as I love hip-hop and all… I was sitting next to him, and I was like, ‘Wow, I could not do that.’ You know, like his calmness. I couldn’t believe like you could be that big at war with somebody that big and go about your life. I don’t know.”
“That was just unfathomable to me,” he admitted. “Otherwise, he’s somebody I grew up listening to, and I just appreciated him,” the 29-year-old added.
Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s feud reignited in 2024 when Lamar dismissed J. Cole’s “Big Three” claim (himself, Drake, and Lamar as modern hip-hop’s top artists) on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” in March 2024. This led to a massive clash between Drake and Lamar, where they released diss tracks about each other and made some serious accusations.
In January 2025, Drake sued Universal Music Group, Lamar’s record partner, over his song “Not Like Us,” alleging defamation. However, in October, the federal court dismissed the case. Meanwhile, Lamar earned five Grammy Awards for the aforementioned song.
After watching a scene from Dune: Part Two, Chalamet revealed he had only wrapped filming Part Three of the series four days before. “It’s moving for me that something as out there as Dune has taken a personal resonance for me,” said Chalamet. “I’m tearing up watching that scene. I’ve grown up through those movies.” The film, set to be released at the end of next year, marks the conclusion of the Denis Villeneuve-directed trilogy.
After watching SNL’s “The Herlihy Boy House-Sitting Service” sketch, Sandler spoke about his relationship with his late friend Chris Farley. “He was by far the funniest dude on the planet,” said Sandler. “Every comedian, it was unanimous that we all said he was the funniest. There was no competition.” Before they taping an episode of SNL, Sandler said that Farley would joke with him backstage that he was going to get him to break—a big no-no for Lorne Michaels.
Courtesy of Netflix.
Both actors spoke highly of working with Safdie. Josh and his brother Benny directed Sandler in Uncut Gems, pushing the actor outside his comfort zone. “I’d be scared to do some shit and feel like I couldn’t do it,” said Sandler. “Or I’d feel foolish, or maybe I don’t want to be seen like that. But I just dove in.” Chalamet said he had a similar experience making Marty Supreme. “Josh gave me this opportunity where I feel empowered to be something I would almost be wary of being in this day and age, which is to be openly aspirational. I feel ike the goal of my life is to focus on this acting thing, the way Marty Mauser is locked in on ping pong.”
The night ended in a surprise two-on-two basketball game, with Sandler and Chalamet taking on two students from the crowd. The actors sparred, but ultimately lost 3-1 while the fans cheered them on. Kid Cudi, who appeared earlier this year in Sandler’s Happy Gilmore 2, and Josh Safdie both attended the conversation as well, with Chalamet giving Cudi a shout-out as one of his major inspirations. The two actors greeted fans after the basketball game as guests left the gymnasium to head back out into the rain. The full video of Sandler and Chalamet’s conversation will be posted in December.
They’re not in the same friend group. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic, Saira MacLeod/WWD via Getty Images
Gwyneth Paltrow supports dating single moms whether or not they are billionaires. Cinema’s prodigal daughter, Paltrow did not bother to Google Timothée Chalamet before starring alongside him in Josh Safdie’s upcoming sports drama Marty Supreme, her first major non-Marvel movie in a decade. “Everyone makes fun of me because I don’t know anything,” she told British Vogue in an October 15 profile. When she first met him “at the costume test,” she said she was “asking him questions, trying to get to know him.” “I was like, ‘Do you have a girlfriend?’” she recalled. “And he was like, ‘I do.’” Well, Gwyneth, we have a timelinée for you.
While his girlfriend’s identity was breaking news to some, Paltrow was more intrigued to learn that she has kids. “I was like, ‘That’s so cool. I really love to hear that [from] a young man like you,’” Paltrow remembered saying. “I understand a 45-year-old who has his own kids going out with a woman with kids, but it’s a cool choice to go out with a young woman who has two kids. I respect it. I think it’s kind of punk rock. But my point is I didn’t know [it was] Kylie Jenner.” Who other than Gwyneth Paltrow is going to claim it’s “punk” to date one of the most famous women in the world?
Timothée Chalamet is set to star in James Mangold’s upcoming heist movie High Side, and thanks to a new report, we now know the massive payday Chalamet is taking home for it.
How much is Timothée Chalamet being paid for his upcoming High Side heist movie role?
According to a new report from The New York Times, Chalamet is set to take home $25 million for his role in the action heist film. The figure is not only staggering in number, but also historical, as with the salary, Chalamet will become the youngest actor since Jennifer Lawrence to garner a salary that large for a single film.
High Side will see Chalamet and Mangold reunite after their work on the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which earned massive praise and was nominated for eight different Academy Awards. The film will follow the story of a former MotoGP racer who is enlisted to use his skills to help on a series of bank robberies.
Chalamet is also set to star in Josh Safdie’s upcoming movie Marty Supreme, which releases on December 25, 2025, from A24.
“In High Side, Billy is a former MotoGP racer, haunted by a career-ending crash and a family legacy of abandonment, is drawn back into the world of high-speed risks and extreme danger. His estranged brother, already being pursued by the FBI, recruits him for a series of bank robberies on superbikes. A gifted motocross rider, Billy walked away from the sport after a devastating accident, and he has been making do caring for his addict father and the family garage,” reads the synopsis.
“He’s blindsided when his estranged older brother Cole resurfaces — just after their father’s death — with a proposition: use Billy’s talents for something bigger. Robbing banks. Cole assembles a mismatched crew, including a woman who becomes Billy’s lover, and they begin knocking over small-town desert banks with speed and precision. But as the stakes rise, Lennox, an FBI agent with a complicated history with Cole, closes in as the crew preps its biggest score, a bank job timed with a big motorcycle parade. There are high-speed action and emotional twists and turns in the climax.”
For those of us who love the glamor and the glitz of the entertainment industry, September passes by in a train of tulle and sartorial spectacle. Fashion weeks across New York, Paris, London, and Milan take the cake.
Packed front rows and celebrity-studded catwalks keep the internet entranced. From my couch – clad in my hole-ridden sweatpants – I judge couture and ready-to-wear fashion shows from the mega-brands and the sparkling stars who actually attend these exclusive events.
But to me, fashion week is just the punctuation to the summer film festival season. There’s the Tribeca Film Festival and Cannes, Toronto Film Festival, and Venice International Film Festival to name the heaviest hitters. Some films premiere across all these festivals; others are more selective. But each one has its headlines: the drawn-out standing ovations, the celebrity attendees, the future award winners.
Indeed, September marked the Venice Film Festival, one of the most anticipated film events of the year, and spawned some of the most talked about films of the year. The 2024 Venice Film Festival’s pomp and circumstance – arguably the film festival circuit’s glittering crown jewel – transforms the floating city into a playground for the cinematic elite.
Venice has long been the preferred launchpad for Oscar hopefuls and auteur passion projects alike. In recent years, Timothee Chalamet used it to flex his fashion prowess, the cast of The Idol used it to gaslight us into thinking it was going to be a good show (as we extensively reviewed: it wasn’t), and the Don’t Worry Darling cast played out their workplace drama for the world to see. This year was no exception. Lido was alight with couture gowns and paparazzi flashes, albeit a lot less drama and gossip to satiate us. So, rather than hashing out the latest cast feuds, let’s talk about the films.
What to watch at the Venice Film Festival 2024?
The 81st Venice International Film Festival is organized by La Biennale di Venezia and ran on the Lido di Venezia from 28 August to 7 September 2024. A parade of A-listers descended upon the city, ferried to Lido in glamorous water taxis to promote some of the films we’ll be seeing at award shows this year, and….some films that flopped.
Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore – those chameleons of the silver screen – graced the red carpet for Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut, The Room Next Door, which ultimately snagged the coveted Golden Lion (Venice’s top prize). The ever-ethereal Nicole Kidman turned heads alongside her fresh-faced co-star Harris Dickinson after her turn in The Perfect Couple. Meanwhile, Daniel Craig proved he’s still got it, swapping his Bond tuxedo Loewe alongside new It Boy Drew Starkey in Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer.”
This year’s theatrics were at their peak – enough to manufacture and stoke social media chatter. And it worked. Brad Pitt and George Clooney played up their pairing’s nostalgia factor by chasing each other around the red carpet, reliving their youth but also relying on the reputations of their glory days. Luca Guadanino took a selfie with his absolutely stacked cast. Jenna Ortega looking fabulous in one of her gothic Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice outfits proved that thematic press tour dressing is far from dead.
But this year’s films were just as conversation-worthy. Let’s dive into the films that have everyone talking:
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Tim Burton returns to the 1988 classic that launched his career, reuniting with Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder while adding Gen Z darling – Jenna Ortega – to the mix. After her turn in Wednesday, Scream, and even the video for Sabrina Carpenter’s “Taste,” it’s clear that Ortega can handle horror – she’s a scream queen with the acting chops to back it up. The result is a nostalgic trip that manages to feel fresh, thanks in large part to Ortega’s deadpan charm (honed to perfection in Wednesday) as set in counterpoint to Keaton’s manic energy. It’s a welcome return to form for Burton. His triumphant release is a rare example of commercially and critically successful and was an energetic opening to the Festival.
Babygirl
The latest in the buzzy pantheon of female-driven age-gap dramas, Babygirl carves out a fresh niche for our darling Ms. Kidman. After her comic turn in A Family Affair, A24’s latest offering sees her playing an all-business CEO who becomes entangled with her much younger intern (Harris Dickinson). Fans of Triangle of Sadness, Scrapper, or The Iron Claw will recognize Dickinson and admire his remarkable range. It takes an impressive young actor to shine alongside Kidman but Dickinson is up for the task. Director Halina Reijn – fresh off her Gen Z slasher hit Bodies Bodies Bodies – brings a distinctly female gaze to the May-December romance trope. The result is a steamy, thought-provoking exploration of power dynamics that will have HR departments squirming in their seats.
The Room Next Door
Pedro Almodóvar ventures into English-language territory with this Golden Lion winner, proving that his particular brand of melodrama translates beautifully in any tongue. Based on Sigrid Nunez’s book What Are You Going Through, the film pairs Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, two of cinema’s most captivating chameleons. It follows a writer who reconnects with an old friend after years of distance in a tale of friendship, grief, and deep discussions about what it means to be a writer. It’s intimate and intellectual but feels accessible and human thanks to Almodóvar’s direction and the nuanced performances of these two powerhouse thespians.
Maria
This year’s Venice International Film Festival was a big one for shimmering stars of the silver screen. Angelina Jolie triumphed as opera legend Maria Callas, securing instant iconic status and positioning herself for Oscar recognition. The gravitas she lends to Pablo Larraín’s portrait of Callas reveals that Jolie’s side projects (like her fashion brand, Atelier Jolie) have not dampened her acting skills. Following in the footsteps of Natalie Portman’s Jackie and Kristen Stewart’s Spencer, Jolie disappears into the role of the troubled diva. Larraín’s dreamlike direction and Jolie’s raw performance make for a haunting exploration of fame, art, and the price of genius. When picking Jolie for the titular role, Larrain said he wanted an actress who would “naturally and organically be that diva,” and Jolie delivered with aching nuance. Oscar buzz is already building, and rightly so.
Queer
Speaking of actors challenging themselves, no one is in their comfort zone in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer. For this adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ semi-autobiographical novel, Guadagnino reunites with his A Bigger Splash star Ralph Fiennes and ropes in Daniel Craig. Craig shed his 007 persona entirely in order to play Lee – a Burroughs stand-in – as he navigates the seedy underbelly of mid-century Mexico City. It’s a mix between last year’s Venice darling Strange Way of Life by Pedro Almodóvar and Guadagnino’s famous Call Me By Your Name.Drew Starkey – of Outer Banks fame – is the object of his desire, with Guadagnino’s camera lingering on his lithe frame in a manner that would make even Timothée Chalamet blush. It also stars singer Omar Apollo in his first major acting role. Between unflinching sex scenes and luscious landscapes, it’s a heady blend of desire and ennui that solidifies Guadagnino’s place as cinema’s Yearner In Chief.
Disclaimer
Venice isn’t all movies. Some limited dramas also make their way to Lido. Two years ago, The Idol got the full Venice treatment, but we know how that went. Luckily, Alfonso Cuarón’s return to the festival circuit fared better. This twisty psychological thriller stars Cate Blanchett – last at Venice with Tar. This time, she plays a documentary filmmaker whose life unravels when a mysterious novel appears on her bedside table. As always, Blanchett is a force of nature, her icy exterior cracking as she realizes that she’s the subject of a book that will reveal her long-buried secrets. Cuarón proves he’s as adept at space epics as he is with intimate character studies, crafting a nail-biting exploration of truth, memory, and the stories we tell ourselves.
The Order
Starring Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, and Jurnee Smollett, The Order is a historical crime drama that plunges us into the action-packed world of counterfeiting operations, bank robberies, and armored car heists in the Pacific Northwest. Told through the eyes of the lead detective, these crimes are deemed acts of domestic terrorism, revealing the deep-seated hatred and violence in the United States. Inspired by the January 6 insurrection – when nooses were hung in front of the Capitol Building – this film references a fictional white nationalist insurrection that’s at the center of William Luther Pierce’s 1978 novel The Turner Diaries. Taking this hatred back to its roots, The Order explores how these same psychologies have been buried in the US consciousness for decades.
Joe Alwyn, Taylor Swift’s ex-London Boy, sauntered through Venice alongside castmates Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce for Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist. This sprawling epic follows a Hungarian immigrant architect (Brody) navigating love, loss, and artistic integrity. Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins a contract that changes the course of his life for the next 30 years. Clocking in at a hefty three-and-a-half hours, it’s not for the faint of heart. But those who stick with it will be richly rewarded with a deeply felt meditation on the American Dream and the cost of creation. Corbet’s ambition is a labor of love, as his official statement expresses how he spent “the better part of a decade revving the engine to bring this particular story to life.” His toiling is definitely worth it.
Joker: Folie à Deux
Closing Venice was the ambitious, melodramatic Jukebox musical Joker: Folie à Deux. It’s the polarizing sequel to the controversial original, and although everyone’s talking about it — no one can make up their minds about whether or not it’s good. Todd Phillips returns to Gotham, bringing Lady Gaga along for the ride as Harley Quinn to Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker. The addition of musical numbers is either a stroke of genius or a bridge too far, depending on who you talk with. Phoenix and Gaga commit fully to the madness, their chemistry undeniable even as the plot threatens to buckle under the weight of its own ambition.
This is a swing for the fences that doesn’t always connect, but you have to admire the creative audacity. Gaga is electric, though you can’t help but wonder if her talents are wasted in this convoluted film that, just like the original, isn’t always sure what it’s trying to say.
As the curtain falls on another Venice Film Festival, one thing is clear: cinema is alive and well, continuing to push boundaries and provoke thought even in the face of industry upheaval. Whether these films will stand the test of time remains to be seen, but for now, they’ve given us plenty to chew on as we sail away from the Lido and into the heart of awards season.
After facing pregnancy rumors a year into their relationship, many fans are now wondering if these two are even an item anymore. So, are Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet still together? Sources have different things to say on the matter, but let’s consider all the evidence up ahead.
Kylie and Timothée were first linked in April 2023, surprising fans with their unexpected pairing. Their relationship quickly attracted attention, with some even accusing Kylie of changing her style to match her new beau. Despite all the eyes on her relationship, Kylie remained tight-lipped about their romance in an interview with The New York Times. “I don’t know how I feel about that,” she told the publication when questioned about her changing aesthetic. “I just don’t want to talk about personal things.”
Since then, the couple has been frequently spotted together on high-profile outings. In September 2023, they were seen enjoying Beyonce’s Renaissance tour in California and packed on the PDA later that month at the US Open. They eventually reached another major relationship milestone in January 2024 when they made their debut as a couple at the Golden Globes, sharing a kiss at their table.
However, speculation arose in April 2024 that the pair may have called it quits after the couple hadn’t been seen together in weeks. Kylie attended the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty alone, and she was also notably absent during her boyfriend’s promotional tour for Dune: Part Two. Rumors of a potential split took another interesting turn, however, when podcaster Daniel Tosh made a (pretty unfounded) claim that Kylie was pregnant with Timothée’s baby. While that could explain their recent absence from the public eye, there are still some other theories to consider.
Are Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet still together?
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So, are Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner still together? As of April 2024, the jury’s still out on whether or not they’ve called it quits for good—but one source believes that the pair could be “on a break” due to their busy schedules.
Kylie recently launched her new vodka seltzer line Sprinter, while Timothée is busy filming his new Bob Dylan biopic. All of their responsibilities have seemingly cut into their time together, according to a source who spoke to InTouch, per OK! Magazine.”They’re hardly together anymore. One might even say they’re on a break,” the insider shared. “Their lives got busy, and they drifted apart. Of course, once their schedules quiet down, that could all change.”
The source noted that “they still care about each other, so maybe they’ll pick up where they left off. Or maybe it will be out of sight, out of mind.” For now, however, it seems that both Kylie and Timothée are focused more on their careers.
“Timothée didn’t like all the attention he got from the Golden Globes, and the kiss took away attention for the real reason he was there,” the tipster added. “His career is taking off and he wants to protect it and let it thrive based on his talent—not on who he is or isn’t dating. He also wants to protect his relationship with Kylie.” Whether or not that relationship is still standing remains to be seen, but we’ll be the first to update you when we know for certain.
As was foretold in Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice” music video, in which Christopher Walken danced to a line from Dune (“Walk without rhythm, It won’t attract the worm”), the actor would be destined to join Frank Herbert’s sci-fi universe in Denis Villeneuve’s acclaimed adaptation. In fact, Dune: Part Twobrought Walken out of a four-year acting break.
Denis Villeneuve on Ending Dune: Part Two That Way
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Walken discussed why he took on the role of the formidable Emperor who sets in motion the fall and rise of House Atreides in Dune. “I had, of course, seen the first Dune a number of times. I loved it, and I admired [Villeneuve’s] movies. Arrival, I thought, was wonderful. And to be with all those terrific actors—Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin, Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh, and Stellan Skarsgård—and to go to Budapest, which is a beautiful city. And of course, that’s what I do for a living. It was only, I think, three weeks. So, everything about it was attractive,” he said to the magazine.
Walken, who had somehow not yet been scooped up by a sci-fi epic, also revealed that he was almost in Star Wars but the timing wasn’t right. “I think it was for Han Solo,” Walken shared. “Yes, I auditioned for it. And if I’m not mistaken, my partner in the audition was—I think this is true—it was Jodie Foster. I think we did a screen test. I’m not sure we did a scene. Maybe we just sat in front of, in those days, those old videotape cameras… I did audition for Star Wars, but so did about 500 other actors. It was lots of people doing that.” But as was fated by “Weapon of Choice,” Walken was all along meant to be the Emperor in Dune.
The Dune: Part Two press tour has sadly come to an end — which is literally the only negative to come from the movie’s US release on March 1st. The film has garnered rave reviews for immersive cinematography, career-defining acting performances, and ushering in a new era for science fiction cinema and action movies across genres.
Needless to say, the film is worth the three hour run time — and, we do need to have a conversation about these 3 hour movies. We need to start having intermissions or something. But, dare I say, all that time flies by. Immersed in the sands of Arrakis and blessed with constant close-ups of Timmy and Zendaya, who could complain?
Perhaps that’s why I still can’t stop thinking about the Dune 2 press tour.
Dune 2 Cast: Who is in Dune: Part Two?
The Dune: Part Two press tour was one for the ages. It helps that the Dune 2 cast is legendary. The carpets and press junkets included Gen Z juggernauts such as Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya alongside Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, and Anya Taylor Joy. If that wasn’t enough, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, and Rebecca Ferguson also graced the press tour with their presence. The only thing missing was a cameo from Oscar Issac as the ghost of Duke Atreides past or something — a girl can dream.
With such a stacked Dune cast and 166 minutes of frame by frame excellence, you’ll be surprised to hear that heavy cuts were made. Tim Blake Nelson has expressed being “heartbroken” that his scene was cut by Denis Villeneuve. Makes you wonder what else was left on the cutting room floor — maybe Zendaya’s scenes from Dune: Part One?
The Dune: Part Two Press Tour Was Another Masterclass in Movie Marketing
Of course, these seasoned Hollywood icons know how to act on a press tour. And I’m not just talking about the media training Renee Rapp lacks. I’m talking about using a press tour to really get people talking. From matching outfits to a budding bromance between Austin Butler and Timothee Chalamet (put me in, Coach!), every stop on the press tour garnered viral social media buzz.
It might be too early to call it, but so far, the Dune: Part Two press tour is this year’s Barbie press tour. Though one was actively marketing products and collaborations, Dune had nothing to market but the cinema experience. Despite their differences, many of the tactics are surprisingly similar.
Here’s what I mean:
The breakdown: Both movies wanted to fill seats and promote the moviegoing experience. They did that by parading their beautiful cast in front of our face and making us run to the theater to beg for more.
The clothing: Now, it’s commonplace for actors to make their mark by making a fashion statement. But no one does it like Timmy and Zendaya. Just like Margot Robbie became Barbie through the press tour outfits, the Dune 2 cast embodied the sci-fi spirit of the film. I mean, Zendaya’s Mugler robot suit? Say absolutely less.
The scale: Just like everyone talked about Barbie, everyone is talking about Dune: Part Two. The cast pulled off a heroic, worldwide press tour, many between other projects.
The impact: I mean … it worked. Seats are filled. The reviews are pouring in, and cinema is totally alive. Dune: Part Two opened with $81.5 million domestically and $178.5 million globally just in the first weekend. Cinema really is back. Dune: Part One grossed $434.8 million globally by the time it left theaters. We are so back.
Dune 3 News: Will There Be A Dune: Part Three?
People are asking: “Does Dune: Part Two end with a cliffhanger?” In Denis Villeneuve’s imagining of the franchise, Paul Atriedes is a more complex character than he first seems. Dune: Part Two begins to explore this but the story is not through — far from it.
Villeneuve has been vocal about his eagerness to expand Paul’s story with an adaptation of Dune: Messiah to really explore Paul’s inner life. And who better to tackle a complex character than our very own Timothee Chalamet — more crying into a fireplace a la Call Me By Your Name, please!
Just like the first film was a bid to get a sequel, the Dune 2 press tour was a bid to get greenlit for the third installment. And just like we were teased with Zendaya in the first film, they’re teasing us with Anya Taylor-Joy so we’re hungry for more in movie three.
There is also a Dune prequel in the works, slated to release later this year via HBO. Entitled Dune: Prophecy, it promises to be a mini-series set about 10,000 years before Dune. While there will be no Paul, it will develop the lore of the sisterhood of Bene Gesserit, of which Rebecca Ferugson’s Lady Jessica Atreides and Charlotte Rampling’s Reverend Mother Mohiam from Denis Villeneuve’s Part One were members.
What does Dune: Part Two’s box office success mean for movies?
Famously, Timothee was given sage advice by none other than Leonardo DiCaprio to never do a superhero movie. However, I think Dune is pretty close. Timmy himself said that The Dark Knight was the movie that made him want to be an actor. So not all superhero movies are created equal. And indeed, though Dune boasts enough action to have made Timmy brolic, it’s still a prestige film at its heart.
As Marvel and Sony come out with flop after flop — sorry to Sydney Sweeney and Dakota Johnson, but no one is watching Madame Web — people are tired of the fluffy, formulaic superhero movie.
To make a movie worth going to the theaters for, it has to be worth the trip and the money. Formulaic and predictable doesn’t make the cut. But in the age of Oppenheimer and Dune, impressive and immersive films are bringing home the box office bacon. I expect the same from Paul Mescal’s Gladiator. With actors that talented, it’s a waste to obscure them with CGI and boring plotlines.
But who knows, maybe when Deadpool comes out this summer, the Blockbuster superhero movie will be king again. But for now, it’s all about Dune.
What is a white boy of the month? The term originated on the social media app formerly known as Twitter, as most ubiquitous pillars of stan culture do. The Twitter white boy of the month began as a joke poking fun at the cyclical nature of thirst on the internet. Almost every month, everyone’s feeds would erupt with photos and fancams of a new heartthrob — usually a young, white actor or musician with heartthrob hair — just to be replaced by the newest flavor of the month only weeks later.
Then came the ranking system. Stan communities pitted their white boys against each other, ranking them according to whether they were hot or not. But soon, as the term entered the mainstream, the internet seemed to come to a consensus: these are all our parasocial boyfriends. We should all just get along.
Thus, the internet boyfriend or the white boy of the month has become a fixture of being chronically online. The term has evolved so much that this flavor of the month doesn’t even have to be white. Often, his relevancy doesn’t even last an entire month in our minds. Blame our TikTok-addled brains but these heartthrobs are being cycled through like micro trends.
However, during award season, we are inundated with content from the same fleet of internet boyfriends — keeping them in rotation and lodging their gorgeous faces in the centers of our brain for longer. Don’t mind if I do.
We get red carpet content, heartwarming speeches, interviews, group photos — how can we choose just one white boy of the month under conditions like these? The sight of them keeps us entertained during peak Seasonal Affective Disorder months, and for that, I thank them for their service.
Callum Turner, Austin Butler, and Barry Keoghan at last night’s “Masters of The Air” premiere. Watch the series’ teaser at the link in our bio. #indiewire #fyp #austinbutler #barrykeoghan #callumturner #redcarpet #tvtok #tvtiktok
No matter who gets awarded the most statues by various guilds and academies this season, I just hope all my internet boyfriends have fun.
A Field Guide to Internet Boyfriends
If you’re overwhelmed and hot under the collar, look no further than this field guide to internet boyfriends. As talented as they are beautiful, this year’s slate of award season hotties is serving up more than a few white boys of the month and we’re eating good.
Callum Turner
If you’ve been paying attention to the indie scene, you’ve likely had a crush on actor Callum Turner for a while. This year, Callum Turner — Masters of the Air and The Boys in the Boat under his belt — he’s made it into the mainstream and straight into the running for white boy of the month. It also doesn’t hurt that Callum Turner’s girlfriend is none other than Dua Lipa. I want to be them so bad.
Notable Callum Turner Movies and TV Shows: Masters of the Air, The Boys in the Boat, The Only Living Boy in New York, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Emma
Austin Butler
If you’re an Austin Butler fan, he’s been your white boy of the month since Elvis — maybe even before if you remember him before his voice changed and took on the spirit of Elvis himself. Gorge yourself on Austin Butler photos because he’s been serving alongside Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh, and Anya Taylor-Joy on the Dune 2 press tour. And if that’s not enough he’s also promoting Apple TV’s Masters of the Air alongside aforementioned white boy of the month, Callum Turner.
Notable Austin Butler Movies and TV Shows: Elvis, Masters of the Air, Dune: Part Two, Once Upon A Time … in Hollywood, The Bikeriders, The Carrie Diaries
Timothée Chalamet
Timothée Chalamet’s personal life has been my Roman Empire lately. Did Timothée Chalamet dump Kylie Jenner? And what about the Selena Gomez and Kylie beef? It’s gag city, and I’m enthralled. But watching Dune 2 reminded me that I’m also enthralled by his work. The boy can act, which is why he’s been a white boy of the month since 2017.
Notable Timothée Chalamet Movies and TV Shows: Wonka, Dune, Dune: Part Two, Call Me By Your Name, Lady Bird, The French Dispatch, The King, Bones and All, Don’t Look Up, Interstellar, Little Women
Charles Melton
Charles Melton, known for May December (and that May December prosthetic), has truly done the impossible and transcended from Riverdale heartthrob to art house film darling. Though he was snubbed for this year’s Oscar, his career seems to be shooting up and I can’t wait for him to be an enduring award season internet boyfriend for years to come. He’s proven he’s more than just abs and a jawline — but what fantastic abs and what a fantastic jawline.
Notable Charles Melton Movies and TV Shows: Riverdale, May December, The Sun Is Also A Star, Poker Face, American Horror Stories, Bad Boys for Life
Barry Keoghan
Short kings are so up. Barry Keoghan danced into our hearts to the tune of “Murder on the Dancefloor” in Saltburn alongside Jacob Elordi. After already being applauded for his performance in 2022’s Banshees of Inisherin, he’s finally become the leading man and heartthrob he deserved to be. Sabrina girl, I so see the vision.
Notable Barry Keoghan Movies and TV Shows: Saltburn, Banshees of Inisherin, American Animals, Killing of the Sacred Deer, Eternals, Chernobyl, Dunkirk, Masters of the Air, Top Boy, The Green Knight
Archie Madekwe
One of the sleeper stars of Saltburn was Archie Madekwe, who also starred alongside David Harbour and Orlando Bloom in Gran Turismo. I hope we see more of this rising star on our screens for years to come.
Notable Archie Madekwe Movies and TV Shows: Saltburn, Gran Turismo, Midsommar, Beau is Afraid
Jeremy Allen White
All I can say is: Yes, chef. Thanks to those abs, those biceps, and a particularly thirsty Calvin Klein ad, Jeremy Allen White is not going anywhere. Just the other day he was spotted buying heaps of flowers from a farmers market in Los Angeles. Peak internet boyfriend behavior. And after The Iron Claw and The Bear, he’s sweeping up awards and showing what a force he is as an actor. And a short king.
Notable Jeremy Allen White Movies and TV Shows: The Iron Claw, The Bear, Shameless, Fingernails, Fremont, The Birthday Cake, Homecoming
Paul Mescal
Paul Mescal, park running menace of East London (IYKYK), has quickly emerged as one of Ireland’s premier heartthrobs. Thus far, all his roles have made me ugly cry. But he’s preparing for Gladiator 2 so some pure heartthrob fodder is on its way soon. But if you ever see Paul Mescal running, watch out.
Notable Paul Mescal Movies and TV Shows: Aftersun, Normal People, All of Us Strangers, Foe, Carmen, The Lost Daughter
Ayo Edebiri
Okay hear me out. Though she’s neither white nor a boy, Ayo Edebiri has been receiving very white boy of the month flavored attention on social media during award season. She’s the people’s princess but she’s also giving heartthrob, especially whenever she steps out in menswear and proves she’s a menswear god. God bless the Irish.
Notable Ayo Edebiri Movies and TV Shows: Bottoms, The Bear, The Sweet East, Theater Camp, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Abbott Elementary, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
David Jonsson
David Jonsson’s versatility is perhaps why he’s everywhere right now. From reinvigorating the romantic comedy in Rye Lane to taking a turn at Agatha Christie in Murder is Easy, he’s just showing off at this point — especially after being one of the most compelling characters in HBO’s Industry.
Notable David Jonsson Movies and TV Shows: Rye Lane, Murder is Easy, Industry, Alien: Romulus, Deep State
Dominic Sessa
Imagine going from being a random theater kid to being Twitter’s white not of the month. He lived it! Dominic Sessa, Carnegie Mellon grad (or student???), has had a whirlwind year after he was plucked from his high school (Deerfield, the same one attended by former presidents and Connor Kennedy, Taylor Swift’s underage ex) theater department to star in this indie masterpiece alongside Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Good for him and theater kids everywhere.
Notable Dominic Sessa Movies and TV Shows: The Holdovers
Iâll admit it here: I didnât read Dune. But Iâll also swear on my life that Iâve had Frank Herbertâs massive odyssey of a novel on my TBR long before the new adaptation, Dune: Part One(let alone Dune: Part Two), was set in motion by Denis Villeneuve. I’m not new to this, but I’m also not true to this.
Itâs my fatherâs favorite book, so I grew up half-grateful, half-scornful he didnât name me Chani. Now that Zendaya is playing that role, Iâm still ambivalent about the choice.
Which is to say, all these long years, I still havenât even turned to the first page. Therefore, I donât know how it ends â specifically if Prince Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) gets the girl in the end. I guess Iâll find out on March 1st, Dune: Part Twoâs long-awaited release date (shoutout to the SAG strike). But until then, I have even hotter Dune tea to contemplate: Did Timothee dump Kylie Jenner?
Where have these two been? No Kylie and Timothee Paparazzi Pictures, No Nothing.
For a couple comprised of two of the hottest celebrities alive, their relationship has been so amorphous in the public eye. They havenât been taking over tabloids with not-so-candid appearances. In fact, all the Kylie and Timothee pictures have been rare and somewhat tame. Yet, they also havenât been completely hush-hush. This middle ground is somewhat unsatisfying. After Kylie and Timothee pictures broke the internet at Beyonce’s Renaissance tour and then again at the US Open, 2023’s odd couple have been fairly quiet. This year, they only came up for air to smooch on camera at the Golden Globes. Now, with radio silence persisting ad Timothee in his flop era, some wonder if this unlikely pair has run its course. I mean, even the famously private Tom Holland and Zendaya are more conspicuous than these two.
Are Kylie and Timothee actually dating?
I will say, Iâm a hater. I never loved this pairing. Not because I have some parasocial claim on our generationâs Leonardo DiCaprio. Nor because I have some purist notion that he is somehow âtoo goodâ for Kylie Jenner just because his name is a little French. And, unlike my darling Aaron Taylor Johnson, the Kylie Jenner/Timothee Chalamet age difference is perfectly acceptable â only two years, even though she sometimes looks like his mom (sorry, Miss Girl!).
When it comes to celebs, I think they all deserve each other. But since itâs become so ubiquitous that Kris Jenner orchestrates her daughtersâ lives with the dexterity and precision of a chess grandmaster, nothing the KarJenner clan does surprises me. The most gossip these two ever gave was Selena Gomez Gate.
Even if I believe itâs a real relationship â I mean, câmon, who could resist either of them â thereâs absolutely nothing charming about the fact that it probably had to be Kris-approved to come into the world and will have to be Kris-approved to come out of it.
Thatâs not sexy. Thatâs not what I want from my Timothee Chalamet dating rumors. I miss when he was making out on boats in grainy pictures with Lily-Rose Depp and Eiza Gonzalez. I wish for him what Dua Lipa has with Callum Turner. What Sabrina Carpenter has with Barry Keoghan. Hell, even what the American Royal Couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have. Not this sanitized version of a surprise couple.
So … Did Timothee Dump Kylie?
If the rumors are true: I might get my wish after all. Reports (re: Deuxmoi and Reddit) say that Timothee was acting very single on a night out after the Dune: Part Two premiere in New York City. While his committed costars Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Zendaya slept, Timmy was allegedly out partying in SoHo like a singleton. Oh, to be young and hot in New York.
Where was Kylie? Putting Stormi to bed, one can assume. But was she waiting for a call from her man? Or is that not her man anymore? If not, her recent paparazzi pics in her Khy bodycon dress might have to be reclassified as a revenge dress. We’ll have to wait and see if more Kylie and Timothee paparazzi pictures surface. Though Kris Jenner, I implore you: if there are more Kylie and Timothee pictures, please keep them to yourself.
Take this all with a grain of salt, of course.
I may not know much about Dune, but one thing I know for certain is who pulls the strings in this town. When Kris Jenner deems the timing right, and only then, will the news break (and the Kylie and Timothee pictures cease for good)â not with a bang, I fear, but a whimper. I can only hope Dune: PartTwo goes out with a grander finale than this controversial, but ultimately uninteresting. coupling.
