I know Yorgos Lanthimos’ films are not for everybody, but I enjoyed the hell out of Poor Things. It was funny and weird and Emma Stone actually deserved the Best Actress Oscar for it. (If you want to argue about it, Emma didn’t deserve the Oscar for La La Land.) While Emma was promoting Poor Things last year and during the award season, she did so knowing that she had already wrapped on another Lanthimos film, Kinds of Kindness. It premiered at Cannes, and it is getting a limited release today in theaters in North America. I still don’t really know what the f–king film is about, other than it’s multiple stories and maybe they’re interconnected? Something about a cult leader and there’s body-horror. Lanthimos’ work is not for everyone.

Anyway, there was another premiere event last night in New York. The East Coast has been having a major heat wave this week, so I’m shocked that Emma Stone wore a long-sleeved dress from Louis Vuitton. I’m also surprised that I like the dress and Emma’s styling here, I just think this would have been more suited to an autumn premiere. Margaret Qualley is in the film too and she wore Chanel to the premiere. Jesse Plemons won Best Actor at Cannes, and he attended with his wife Kirsten Dunst.

Months ago, Emma Stone said in an interview that she hopes she’s famous and accomplished enough for people to start referring to her by her real name, her birth name, Emily Stone. She had to change her name for the Screen Actors Guild (there was already an Emily Stone with a SAG card). In an interview this week, she was asked about her name again and if people should really call her Emily now and she said: “I’m fine either way. I really am. My real name is Emily, though.” I think it’s going to be tough for the industry to call her Emily, but her friends and people who know her well will call her Emily from now on. It’s rough because she really does look like an Emma, not an Emily.

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