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I was surprised by the general lack of interest in Michael Fassbender at Cannes, then I was equally surprised by the crazy interest in coverage of Michael’s latest girlfriend, Alicia Vikander. So let’s see how we do today. Michael has returned from his working vacation in France and Monaco and he was photographed in New York on Thursday, leaving what looks like a hotel? He doesn’t own an apartment in New York as far as I know, he just has a full-time place in London. But… Michael and Alicia have been spending a lot of time in New York over the past few months. Hm.

In the Alicia Vikander post earlier this week, there was a lot of arguing over just how thirsty she is and just how Michael is going to handle it. As some of you correctly noted, my major Fass-crush sort of died a few years back, when Fassy acted pissy about campaigning for an Oscar, then at some point he had a fling with Madalina Ghenea, which I still don’t understand. All in all, I still like him and I still enjoy looking at photos of his ginger beard, but he’s not really one of my top guys these days. With that perspective, it will be interesting to see if his new girlfriend helps him “play the game” a different way. Because even if you don’t believe Alicia is parched, you should definitely believe that she’s down for playing whatever game she needs to play to get more attention and bigger parts.

Michael has two potential roles that could get him in the Oscar conversation this year – Steve Jobs and Macbeth. As I’ve said, I don’t believe The Light Between Oceans will be any kind of contender simply because the book was absolutely terrible. Even if Michael, Alicia and Rachel Weisz are all wonderful in the film, the actual story will ruin everything. So, if Michael has two potential lead projects which could be awards contenders, will he play the game this year? Will Alicia help him play the game?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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