Good news!

There is indeed a “Melania” popcorn bucket!

Regal Cinemas will sell it at concession stands in their theaters.

The “Melania” bucket, unlike other popcorn buckets, is pretty straightforward. It’s a bucket, but it looks like it can also be used for ice, or for waste. Or for vomiting once you’ve seen the movie or think about the subject.

The good news is that you don’t have to see the movie to get the bucket. Presumably it can purchased a la carte. You can go in and see another film, one that people like.

The “Melania” bucket should be an instant collector’s item. Like “Marty Supreme” merch, the black and white bucket — which features a photograph by heavily criticized photographer Ellen von Unwerth — has already hit ebay for $29.99.

I know I will cherish mine!

Also, alternative use — as a hat, a la Melania’s many bucket hats.

It’s that time of the year.

Oscar slagging season.

Now that the Academy Awards nominations have been announced, Oscar campaigns are in full tilt.

That means the slagging season, whisper campaigns to derail movies and nominees, get them out of the way.

This is a long, honored tradition. And today. it’s more than ever evident.

In the New York Post, you can read not one but two such cases.

The biggest one is about an alleged rift between “Marty Supreme” director Josh Safdie and brother Benny. The latter directed The Rock in “The Smashing Machine.”

Josh’s movie is a hit, with several Oscar noms. Benny’s is not.

The new California Post edition from Rupert Murdoch makes it seem like the two brothers don’t speak and won’t make movies together again. The reason? Says the Post, Josh allowed bad things to happen to a young girl on the set of the brothers’ movie, “Good Time” in 2017.

Not so fast. I’ve been to two different events for “Marty Supreme” this winter. Josh and Benny were both there. They enthusiastically supported each other.

What’s the point of slagging Josh Safdie? To ruin his chances for a screenplay win? To derail Timothee Chalamet? Come on.

The Post also runs a tired old story today about the Neil Diamond-infused movie, “Song Sung Blue.” The movie is based on the story of married couple and singers Mike and Claire Sardina. There was already a documentary about them. Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman play the real life couple.

The Sardinas were a blended family, so there were a lot of characters. The film’s writers dramatized the Sardinas’ story as singers, but eliminated one of the couple’s children to streamline the story. Now Mike Sardina’s son is going around griping that he doesn’t exist in “Song Sung Blue.”

This always happens when films are based on real life people. Someone’s nose is out of joint because they feel slighted. They’re not getting the recognition they think they deserve, or they want more money.

The Post picks up Mike Sardina Jr’s story from the Daily Mail. He calls out Kate Hudson’s performance as “disgusting.” I’d love to know who arranged this interview with the Mail, which pays subjects to sensationalize even the most mundane things.

Is someone trying to knock Hudson out of the running for Best Actress? Forget about it. She has an Oscar nom and one from BAFTA. Claire Sardina, who Hudson plays, loves the movie and the performance. Hudson is terrific in “Song Sung Blue.”

So what’s next? Songwriter Lorenz Hart’s heirs complaining about “Blue Moon”? A member of the Weather Underground claiming infringement from “One Battle After Another”? Vampires asking for a bite of “Sinners”?

You’ve got to love it. Academy voters are too smart for this stuff.

In the movie world, box office is the final answer.

Critics scores and word of mouth count, but in the end it’s all about waking up to the hard numbers from movie theaters.

These days, streaming services like Netflix, Apple, Amazon, etc may put a film in theaters for limited release. But they don’t report the box office numbers like other studios since the films in question are headed to their platforms.

Amazon Studios has an unusual situation because they are teamed in ownership with MGM theatricals. They often do report the numbers because they’re still in the movie theater game.

This Friday, Amazon/MGM opens “Melania,” the infomercial documentary about Melania Trump, in about 1400 theaters. What will they do on Saturday morning when all studios report in?

According to my sources in the company, Amazon/MGM will dutifully report the Friday night box office for “Melania.”

This news should break the internet since the company has reportedly spent $75 million to gain favor with Melania’s husband, Donald Trump.

Right now, the estimates for the three day weekend are around $5 million. After an influx of curiosity seekers on Friday in some conservative areas, “Melania” is mostly unsold. Hundreds of theaters have either one or two, or no, tickets sold at all.

The rush Saturday morning to report the film’s failure will be massive. It’s brave of Amazon/MGM to be so transparent, knowing this will not end well. But good for them. They can always put an asterisk next to the film’s ranking when this is all over. They have plenty of real movies coming down the line.

Meantime, “Melania” posters at bus stops, etc have been heavily vulgarized by non believers. It’s quite stunning that Melania herself is being promoted as the person who wanted this film in the first place. She must be very insulated from reality. The fallout is going to be worse than anything to do with ICE or Greenland!

PS I can’t believe no one thought of a popcorn bucket made from the hat Melania wears. It would have been perfect!

The British Film Academy aka BAFTA announced its nominees today.

The group favored Warner Bros releases “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners.”

The biggest surprise? The snub of Amy Madigan in Best Supporting Actress from “Weapons.” Madigan has won a lot of US awards and is a favorite for the Oscars.

BAFTA also ignored “Wicked: for Good” and “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” same as the Motion Picture Academy. They also left out the excellent score for “Marty Supreme” by Daniel Lopatin.

BAFTA allows six noms in each category so most everyone excluded by the Oscars made the cut. It does look like they just didn’t take “Weapons” seriously, which is too bad because it’s a terrific, inventive film and Madigan is swell.

Best Film

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Outstanding British Film

28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Die My Love
H is for Hawk
Hamnet
I Swear
Mr. Burton
Pillion
Steve

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

The Ceremony, Jack King (director, writer), Hollie Bryan (producer), Lucy Meer (producer)
My Father’s Shadow, Akinola Davies Jr. (director), Wale Davies (writer)
Pillion, Harry Lighton (director, writer)
A Want in Her, Myrid Carten (director)
Wasteman, Cal McMau (director), Hunter Andrews (writer), Eoin Doran (writer)

Children’s & Family Film

Arco
Boong
Lilo & Stitch
Zootopia 2

Films Not in English Language

It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirāt
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Documentary

2000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

Animated Film

Elio
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Director

Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier
Sinners, Ryan Coogler

Original Screenplay

I Swear, Kirk Jones
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sentimental Value, Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Sinners, Ryan Coogler

Adapted Screenplay

The Ballad of Wallis Island, Tom Basden, Tim Key
Bugonia, Will Tracy
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Pillion, Harry Lighton

Leading Actress

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Emma Stone, Bugonia

Leading Actor

Robert Aramayo, I Swear
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia

Supporting Actress

Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Emily Watson, Hamnet

Supporting Actor

Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Peter Mullan, I Swear
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Casting

I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Cinematography

Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Costume Design

Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Editing

F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Make Up & Hair

Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Original Score

Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Production Design

Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Special Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus

Sound

F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare

British Short Animation

“Cardboard”
“Solstice”
“Two Black Boys in Paradise”

British Short Film

“Magid / Zafar”
“Nostalgie”
“Terence”
“This Is Endometriosis”
“Welcome Home Freckles”

EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)

Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infinit
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling