True story: I did NOT know that Emma Stone had started producing her own films. She executive produced Cruella (which I loved sooo much) and she’s an executive producer on The Curse. Not only that, she’s a producer on Poor Things, the Yorgos Lanthimos film which will likely earn Emma her fourth acting Oscar nomination. If Poor Things gets nominated for Best Picture, she’ll also be nominated as a producer. Anyway, Emma recently chatted with Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast and the biggest news is that Emma still applies to be a contestant on Jeopardy every year. Not Celebrity Jeopardy. The real Jeopardy.
Emma Stone has a dream, and not one you’d expect. The “Poor Things” star, coming off a Golden Globe win this week, tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast that she wants to be a contestant on the classic game show “Jeopardy” — and no, not the “Celebrity” edition.
“I apply every June,” she says. “I don’t want to go on ‘Celebrity Jeopardy.’ I want to earn my stripes. You can only take the test once a year with your email address, and I’ve never gotten on the show. I watch it every single night and I mark down how many answers I get right. I swear, I could go on ‘Jeopardy.’”
Stone could be the second woman nominated for producing and acting in the same year following Frances McDormand for “Nomadland” (2020), who won both. In addition, she could be the second actress to receive Oscar nods for three comedic performances (pending how you define certain performances) following Meryl Streep (“Adaptation,” “Julie and Julia” and “Florence Foster Jenkins”).
When Alex Trebek was alive, I was a regular Jeopardy watcher. I recently watched an episode with Ken Jennings hosting and he was fine, if a little dry and rushed, but the show definitely lost some magic. But yeah, I have moments where I’m like “oh, I would kill it on Jeopardy,” especially when the categories are like “pop culture” or “‘90s music” or “American literature.” Then the opera and science categories come up and I forget about applying. It’s really cool that Emma applies though – do you think that Jeopardy producers might give her a shot now that she’s talked about it during the awards season? It would be great for the show if they approved her application and just let her compete like a regular contestant. I honestly bet she would do well, just as long as there aren’t too many physics or opera categories.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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- BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – JANUARY 07: Emma Stone wearing Louis Vuitton arrives at the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2024 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 835209287, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Emma Stone, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – JANUARY 07: Emma Stone wearing Louis Vuitton arrives at the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2024 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 835209382, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Emma Stone, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- Emma Stone arrives at the 14th Governors Awards in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on Tuesday, January 9, 2024,Image: 836569655, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: -, Model Release: no, Credit line: Trae Patton / @ A.M.P.A.S / Avalon
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- Emma Stone arrives at the 14th Governors Awards in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on Tuesday, January 9, 2024,Image: 836569662, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: -, Model Release: no, Credit line: Trae Patton / @ A.M.P.A.S / Avalon
I have to say that it bugs me that Barbie, which moved mainstream filmmaking forward in all sorts of important ways, is getting pushed aside for Poor Things. It’s very good, but in the standard excellent indie way. Awards shows are all about the campaign now, the films attached almost don’t even matter. So sad.
And I really like Emma Stone. La La Land has grown on me. Didn’t see Cruella in the theater, but caught it later and it’s a really fun film and a great performance from Emma.
I used to love Emma. It bugs me that poor things is getting so much attention and celebration too, but because the character has a child brain and the story goes on to play a what if game making that child brain ( in the body of an arguably mentally disabled woman) be groomed and then so sexual.
It’s really disturbing, and I don’t see how people justify the glorification of what I argue is a form of child abuse.
This is our society though. I think it is sick.
They think it’s fun to imagine this stuff and put it before your eyes for mass consumption. We should be questioning this and pushing back by not consuming entertainment like this. Not celebrating.
Every time this movie is mentioned we should really ask ourselves why we are
Or maybe watch the movie again.
That’s a lot of takeaway from a movie you haven’t seen
At Lucia and Lurker – all you do is make a comment expressing disagreement.
I am not wrong in stating this is a baby brain in a woman’s body and then that body has a lot of sex after what seems to be only a few years if “development.” What am I missing?
Why don’t you ease my mind and explain it to me like I’m five. Why is it ok? What am I missing? Do 16 years pass before she is sexual? How is it shown to be ok? She also works as a prostituir e (scene cut from UK showings) and is hired by a dad to demonstrste to his sons how to have sex.
I will not argue or respond further than this post , I just want to know how people justify it.
She is aging at an accelerated pace as the movie progresses. It’s fiction. If your main takeaway from the film is that it gives tacit approval to groom babies and have sex with them, then you must have watched a different movie.