Timothée Chalamet’s Deal With the Universe Worked

Early this year, circa January, it seemed like Timothée Chalamet was on track to win the best actor Oscar for his leading role in Marty Supreme: He won at the Critics Choice Awards, then the Golden Globes. But then in the long break until the Oscars, which took place in mid-March, something else happened: The New York Knicks, who hadn’t won an NBA Championship since John Lindsay was mayor, began to look like they could be the real deal in the post season.

Chalamet, a New York native, has been a fixture on “celebrity row” courtside at the Knicks for years, but this season, he appears to have shifted into high gear: The better the Knicks got, the worse his Oscar chances became (due to a number of things, including but not limited to drama surrounding Josh Safdie, who directed Marty Supreme, and Michael B. Jordan’s own Oscar campaign picking up speed), and by the time Jordan won in March, Chalamet seemed ready to pivot to a new gig: Knicks good luck talisman (as my colleague Claire Guinan reported earlier this month).

Now whether Chalamet entered into a curséd bargain with an Etsy witch, contributed enough indulgences to Pope Leo’s Catholic Church, or just crossed his fingers really hard, he got his wish: This weekend, it was—as you may have heard—the Knicks in five. 

Chalamet traveled to San Antonio for the fifth game in the championship series, and watched the Knicks clinch it, and during the on-court celebrations after, declared: “Way rather this than the Oscars.” I knew it!

The Knicks win was a win for all New Yorkers (the city erupted, as you may have seen, and I seriously encourage you to spend hours watching as many videos of the celebrations as you can) but it really was especially a win for Timmy: He celebrated on the court with Mikal Bridges, and joined the locker room festivities, looking absolutely ecstatic—a real counterpoint for the “never meet your heroes” argument. He hugged Jalen Brunson; got doused in Champagne; held the championship belt. It was honestly delightful.

The Knicks were backed by a slew of celebrities throughout their postseason run, including the bandwagon sort (Sydney Sweeney, Prince Harry, Tate McRae), and many long-standing celebrity-row stalwarts, who lost their minds with joy: Mariska Hargitay, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, and of course, Spike Lee. The street outside Lee’s production company, which is based in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, has become a default for celebrating the wins of Lee’s favorite teams (before this weekend: Arsenal, the English soccer team). And late Saturday night was no different.

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