Award Season Campaigning Everyone is at the Chateau At various points in its near-hundred-year history, Los Angeles’s Chateau Marmont has been a hip celebrity hangout. It had one of its many revival periods in the 90s when the Gen Xers liked hanging out there—some loyalists, like Keanu Reeves, are still frequent visitors. But then it kind By Sarah • Jan 08, 2026 11:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Amanda Seyfried in The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold, the Norwegian filmmaker best known for her creative collaborations with her husband, Brady Corbet, is back behind the camera for her third feature film, an ecstatic and somewhat eccentric biopic of the religious leader Ann Lee. The Testament of Ann Lee tells the story of the eponymous Ann By Sarah • Dec 18, 2025 12:12 pm
Style Sydney Sweeney: Hair regrets? Back to back premiere nights for Amanda Seyfried which, in her case, only helps her Oscar campaign. Amanda is contending for a best actress nomination for her work in The Testament of Ann Lee but also co-stars in The Housemaid, one of the most popular titles on BookTok. This movie By Lainey • Dec 16, 2025 11:47 am
Amanda Seyfried Amanda’s surprise endorsement Amanda Seyfried is currently – and enthusiastically – campaigning for an Oscar nomination for her performance in The Testament of Ann Lee, and she’s picking up momentum at exactly the right time as SAG nominations voting begins today which can be an important factor leading up to the Academy Awards. Last By Lainey • Dec 15, 2025 04:22 pm
Award Season Campaigning Amanda Seyfried is campaigning As Sarah and I have been saying for a few weeks now, the acting category nominations for Oscar are nowhere near locked. In the Best Actress race, yes, there are frontrunners, but in that final spot, maybe even the two remaining spots, it could go a number of different ways. By Lainey • Dec 11, 2025 12:42 pm
Style Amanda + Sydney, round 2 Last night, Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney stepped out together for the premiere of The Housemaid, today, they’re making press rounds together, stopping by The Today Show. Once again, I do not hate Sydney’s outfit, a belted black dress, though I assume she’s cold. I think being By Sarah • Dec 03, 2025 04:04 pm
Style Sydney and Amanda glam it up Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney hit the red carpet last night for the premiere of The Housemaid, a new film from director Paul Feig. It’s described as a psychological thriller (and is based on a book by Freida McFadden), but the trailer gives me A Simple Favor vibes, and By Sarah • Dec 03, 2025 10:37 am
Style The Actresses and the fashion houses at the Gothams As we saw with every other acting category, almost every actress in contention for the five best actress Oscar nominations was in attendance at the Gothams last night. Because it’s looking pretty competitive between several of them for what’s most likely the two final spots. Chase Infiniti, the By Lainey • Dec 02, 2025 02:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sydney Sweeney’s weekend box office Sydney Sweeney was all over New York last week, making the rounds at all the talk shows, getting papped in a variety of outfits outside the studios, and also, hilariously, canoodling in the park with Scooter Braun, LOL forever. Like somehow, even though all media outlets knew she was in By Lainey • Nov 10, 2025 12:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Holiday trailer haul We’re approaching the end of the year, which means holiday movie season, and while Wicked: For Good and Avatar: Fire Nation & Ash are expected to dominate the box office, there is plenty of other stuff coming down the pike, too. To wit, The Testament of Ann Lee dropped By Sarah • Nov 07, 2025 02:18 pm
Gorgessity Best Actresses Wickedly Quiet The Academy Museum Gala happened over the weekend. This is a major event on the awards circuit calendar because it’s literally the Oscar Academy fundraising for their museum and so a huge draw for those in contention to get in front of voters and campaign. And it’s especially By Lainey • Oct 20, 2025 03:00 pm
As Seen on Social Media As Seen On Social Media: Amanda Seyfried’s sequin tartan skirt, a perfect Prada stripe I like tartan and I am situational on sequins but the tartan sequin mini-skirt here on Amanda Seyfried? I love it. Quirky, vaguely Gen X, a little bit unexpected, particularly paired with a lace blouse. Into it. It’s the Ashish Sequin Tartan Mini Skirt, on preorder right now here. By Maria • Apr 02, 2025 02:29 pm
What Else Amanda Seyfried as Joni Mitchell? Amanda Seyfried is currently promoting Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils. Here she is in New York after dinner with some friends. Earlier in the day she was on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. And what’s making headlines from her appearance is the fact that she brought her dulcimer By Lainey • Mar 05, 2025 04:16 pm
Style The Met Gala Joy of Being A Lot It was Taylor Russell’s first Met Gala. And Stray Kids’, and Tyla’s. All of whom had excellent first times out (especially Tyla!) – but let’s be real. The first time you go to the Met Gala, all you really want to do is stick the landing. Just make By Duana • May 07, 2024 11:45 am
TV Updates Tom Holland before his birthday In my post yesterday about Amanda Seyfried, who was out in New York promoting The Crowded Room, I mentioned that we’d probably soon be seeing Tom Holland out on the promotional circuit for the series, which premieres on June 9 on Apple TV+. Tom and Amanda are the co-leads, By Lainey • May 31, 2023 10:46 am
TV Updates Mimi and Mingey in plaid Two plaid looks to showcase today – let’s start with our #1 butterly, Mariah Carey. Mimi stepped out for dinner with friends last night in Burberry’s signature check, a classic trench over a matching set accessorised by a chain belt. She looks great, and it doesn’t look like By Lainey • May 30, 2023 10:46 am
