Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively hosted a special screening ofMary Poppins Returnsin New York last night, fêting Emily Blunt and director Rob Marshall. The photos are sweet: lots of hugging, schmoozing, and big smiles. And they couldn’t have had better timing.


It’s Oscar nomination crunch time. Academy voting opened on Monday, and closes next Monday, so this is a crucial time for visibility for anybody who wants to have他们的工作有争议. This is why the Globes — in spite of some questionable choices — are such a meaningful platform if you win, since it puts you at top of mind for Academy voters. Earlier this week,Emilydid not get a BAFTA nomination from her home crowd for a movie that would presumably be catnip for the British audience. It was widelyconsidered to be a shocker of a snub. She didn’t win at the Globes either, and while she was incredibly charming, disarming and savvy at the Palm Springs Awards Galaa little over a week ago, lifting up her on-screen children on-stage, herMary Poppins ReturnsOscar campaign needed a boost. So, why not get a lift (and some great new pictures) from famous friendsRyanandBlake?

According to experts, Emily’s on the bubble for an Oscar nod this year. She was honoured twice at the SAGs forMary Poppins ReturnsandA Quiet Place,地球仪和批评的选择,但both of those awards shows have an expanded list of nominees. Tapping into the popularity of Blunt-Krasinski Inc. could be just what Emily needs to make the Academy’s list of five, and Disney seems to be very aware of that.

Disney posted the photos to their official social channels before Ryan and Blake did the same, to help them circulatebefore the weekend. In fact, as of this writing, Ryan and Blake have not yet shared photos from the event themselves, though Blake posted about her outfit, and Ryan did “like” a tweet from Disney’s President of Marketing, Asad Ayaz, thanking them for hosting the event.

Emily’s friendship with Ryan and Blake is far from private —she even gave Blake a shout out in her73 Questions with Vogue video- 但是，这种认可对她的奖项季节的势头意味着什么。例如，约翰·传奇（John Legend）和克里斯西·泰根（Chrissy Teigen），布雷克（Blake）和瑞安（Ryan）是好莱坞最受欢迎的夫妇之一，尤其是在红地毯缓存上？现在，如果提名是她的目标，那么他们的纽带将被利用为她的电影和表演，并在艾米丽最需要的情况下，确切地说是在艾米丽需要的。当然，这似乎是工作室的目的。

Mike Myers, Harry Connick Jr., and Ryan’sDeadpoollove interest Morena Baccarin and her partner Ben McKenzie attended the screening too, and were photographed at the event. You can check out those pictureshere. About a month ago, I wrote about how Chris Pratthosted a screening ofA Quiet Placewith John Krasinski, its chances at cracking the Best Picture race, and how Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have also publicly endorsed the couple by either walking red carpets, or writing about their work this year.

I also wrote:

"Who else will Ben and Matt recruit to join Team Blunt? How long will it be until Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds rejoin the chorus? I’m giving it an over-under of three weeks."

Turns out it was about four weeks, not three.

This lean-in to Emily’s likability only increases her profile for the traditional Academy voter. She and John have covered an industry trade (The Hollywood Reporter)right before the holidays, talking about their personal (and professional) love story,nabbed another VOGUE cover in character, and has continued her charm offensive throughout awards season with just the right thumbs-up and famous friends. Duana and Lainey just discussed Blunt-Krasinski Inc. on thelatest episode ofShow Your Work. But now the question is… will their work, and these backings from couples or stars who are just as influential or popular, if not more, lead to results? The result being… Emily’s first Oscar nomination?