PLAYS TO WIN

Gary Oldman has been nominated for Leading Actor for at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards. The star has been named alongside Daniel Day Lewis ( Daniel Kaluuya ( Jamie Bell (

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and Timothee Woody Harrelson smoked marijuana during a dinner with Donald Trump because he couldn’t cope with his constant chat about money.

Woody said: “Talk about a tough dinner to get through. After about 45 minutes, I walked outside and fired up a joint.” of narration, it’s immediately apparent that she knows what she’s doing and is nobody’s fool or plaything.

Molly’s real-life games were populated by members of Hollywood’s elite, but she kept most of their names a secret in her book and the film follows suit.

Although the identities of some of her regulars have emerged and 31 of them were arrested, Molly was not the one identifying them. She receives long lectures on the subject from her sharp attorney, Charlie Jaffey (Idris Elba), who struggles to figure out how to defend her in the circumstances.

Although there are plenty of gambling scenes, Sorkin never really tries to build suspense out of a particular game or hand.

The focus remains resolutely on Molly, and how she can somehow follow and relay such thorough information about the hands and strategies of the men (and they are all men) around the table. – Hollywood Reporter Gillian Anderson felt “privileged and humbled” after being given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In her speech at the event, the actress, 49, paid tribute to her character and spoke of her “good fortune” to play “a woman who wasn’t just the object of man’s desire”.

HIGH STAKES: Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba in Molly’s Game.