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Introducing Twigs Ortega

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Introducing Twigs Ortega

Taika Waititi’s new film, Klara and the Sun, hits theaters on October 23. The press tour has started and has already been hijacked by a REAL star: Jenna Ortega’s dog, Twigs. Ortega stars as the eponymous Klara, a robot friend in the future. The movie looks maybe good?

By Sarah • Oct 14, 2026 04:02 pm

Intro for October 14, 2026

Intro for October 14, 2026

Dear Gossips, I am still so mad about Shane Gillis hosting SNL for the THIRD time and continuing to be SO bad it—like literally each of his monologues is TERRIBLE—and like Lainey, I am clinging to Rosalía’s performances as an all-time highlight. (Related, have you seen

By Sarah • Oct 14, 2026 09:23 am

Olivia and her Wicker man (ft. William Shatner)

Alexander Skarsgard

Olivia and her Wicker man (ft. William Shatner)

Wicker, the “raunchy” rom-com starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgard is, er, coming at the end of the month. Press has begun, and there was a screening last night in New York. Alexander Skarsgard showed up wearing his most normal outfit in recent memory, along with Olivia Colman, who

By Sarah • Oct 14, 2026 03:18 pm

Greta Gerwig’s colorful Narnia is here

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Greta Gerwig’s colorful Narnia is here

One of Netflix’s biggest gambles of all time comes in February of next year in the form of Greta Gerwig’s first post-Barbie project, Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew. The trailer dropped yesterday, and it is certainly fantastical and colorful. I would have really liked to have an

By Sarah • Oct 14, 2026 12:50 pm

All adventurous women do

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All adventurous women do

Whether you consider Lena Dunham the voice of a generation, or just “a voice” of “a generation”, or just a hack, it can’t be denied: she has pop culture power. Since Girls premiered, Lena Dunham has been the topic of endless conversation, a one-woman think-piece cottage industry.

By Maria • Oct 14, 2026 11:26 am

Pedro before Behemoth!

Pedro Pascal

Pedro before Behemoth!

One of my lingering question marks for awards season is Behemoth!, the film about film composers written and directed by Tony Gilroy and starring Pedro Pascal. It premiered a couple weeks ago at the New York Film Festival to generally positive reviews, but so far, it doesn’t seem like

By Sarah • Oct 14, 2026 10:08 am

Jacob Tierney doesn’t hold back

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Jacob Tierney doesn’t hold back

Jacob Tierney may not be as famous as Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie but even beyond the Heated Rivalry fandom, he is known for his work, for adapting Rachel Reid’s book into a smash television hit. While most of the attention to do with HR is around Hudson and

By Lainey • Oct 13, 2026 05:56 pm

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All adventurous women do

All adventurous women do

Whether you consider Lena Dunham the voice of a generation, or just “a voice” of “a generation”, or just a hack, it can’t be denied: she has pop culture power. Since Girls premiered, Lena Dunham has been the topic of endless conversation, a one-woman think-piece cottage industry.

By Maria • Oct 14, 2026 11:26 am

Intro for October 13, 2026

Intro for October 13, 2026

Dear Gossips, In addition to the unfunny, lazy, and offensively bad jokes that the audience had to endure on Saturday Night Live this weekend, delivered by a host who Lorne Michaels obstinately insists on inviting back (because he’s the ultimate instigating troll), one of the other downsides is that

By Lainey • Oct 13, 2026 09:36 am

Crazy Rich Chinamaxxing

Crazy Rich Chinamaxxing

It was announced yesterday that the Crazy Rich Asians sequel has been greenlit as a series on HBO. The film came out in 2018, becoming the highest-grossing rom-com of its decade, opening at #1 at the box office with around $30 million domestically, and ending up at almost

By Lainey • Oct 09, 2026 12:47 pm

A Tribute to Jennifer Lawrence

A Tribute to Jennifer Lawrence

It’s wild to me that the original tribute is being tributed but, sure, I guess that much time has passed since Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute and now she’s the one who people are styling themselves after. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping opens

By Lainey • Oct 07, 2026 12:17 pm

Here comes Artificial

Here comes Artificial

Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning, about Meta and Mark Zuckerberg and whistle blowing, opens this Friday. Reviews are embargoed until tomorrow but from the early reactions that I’ve seen so far, the most common description is that it’s “solid”. Solid is good, but it is not spectacular,

By Lainey • Oct 06, 2026 02:06 pm

Kylie Jenner’s Bachelorette Weekend

Kylie Jenner’s Bachelorette Weekend

This was inevitable. Six months ago when Kylie Jenner covered Vanity Fair, basically a press release announcing her acting ambitions pegged to her appearance in Charli XCX’s The Moment, for their spring issue that dropped right before the Oscars, it was only a matter of time. That time is

By Lainey • Oct 06, 2026 11:47 am

Who is paying for Just Andrew’s defiant lawsuit?

Who is paying for Just Andrew’s defiant lawsuit?

Not that anyone actually believed that Just Andrew, the no-title brother of the king of England, and the British royal family f-ckup, would be content to keep a low profile and spend the rest of his days in comfortable obscurity… but now we have confirmation that he has

By Lainey • Oct 05, 2026 11:38 am

Stray Kids rejects the Grammys too

Stray Kids rejects the Grammys too

To recap – back in June, the Recording Academy announced several new categories, among them the Best Asian Pop Music Performance Grammy, controversial from the jump. Critics of the new category, including me, felt that the creation of the new Asian category would be a way for the Recording Academy to

By Lainey • Oct 02, 2026 12:38 pm

Tom Cruise: Daytime and Dancing

Tom Cruise: Daytime and Dancing

Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger, starring Tom Cruise, opens tomorrow and while box office projections back in the spring were predicted to be around the $30 million mark, the updated figures are showing that the film may not crack $15 million because audiences don’t seem to be interested in

By Lainey • Oct 01, 2026 01:41 pm

Céline is Paris

Céline is Paris

Of course I know Céline Dion isn’t Paris, officially, but for the last several weeks, she’s become the symbol of the city – and I don’t think the city would object to this. Céline has brought so many people to Paris for her residency. She has brought music

By Lainey • Sep 29, 2026 10:39 am

Taylor Swift: Autumn Girl in Autumn Colours

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift: Autumn Girl in Autumn Colours

As mentioned earlier, there’s been a lot of Grammy coverage in the trades and entertainment outlets because Grammy nomination voting is happening right now and it’s a pretty competitive year, with female artists dominating the industry. Between Ella Langley’s megahit “Choosin’ Texas” and Olivia Dean and Olivia

By Lainey • Oct 13, 2026 03:50 pm

MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Slayyyter Rises

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MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Slayyyter Rises

Once considered an underground pop artist mostly famous to queer audiences, Slayyyter has risen in the pop world going toe-to-toe with some of today’s biggest artists on both the top 40 radio and streaming charts. After her viral hit “DANCE…” blew up earlier this year along with

By MC • Oct 13, 2026 01:45 pm

A Deep Cut Romance

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A Deep Cut Romance

Cailee Spaeny was seen in New York yesterday on the set of Deep Cuts, the film adaptation of Canadian author Holly Brickley’s bestselling book. It’s a good, quick read – about two people who are brought together and then torn apart by music. This is a classic soundtrack friend

By Lainey • Oct 13, 2026 12:37 pm

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MV85 LFG

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MV85 LFG

I like this thing that studios are doing just as production begins on a film – sharing footage from the screen test process as the actors begin to find their characters and their performances through their wardrobes. It helps to build anticipation for the project but also they often time it

By Lainey • Oct 13, 2026 11:14 am

Intro for October 13, 2026

Rosalia Vila Tobella

Intro for October 13, 2026

Dear Gossips, In addition to the unfunny, lazy, and offensively bad jokes that the audience had to endure on Saturday Night Live this weekend, delivered by a host who Lorne Michaels obstinately insists on inviting back (because he’s the ultimate instigating troll), one of the other downsides is that

By Lainey • Oct 13, 2026 09:36 am

Here comes John Malkovich

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Here comes John Malkovich

Programming note: it’s Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday. We’ll resume on the site on Tuesday but as always, we’ll keep the chat threads going on The Squawk. Join us there! The BFI London Film Festival is happening, which is the stop on the trophy trail that best serves

By Sarah • Oct 09, 2026 04:02 pm

Chloe Grace Moretz is back with a rom-com

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Chloe Grace Moretz is back with a rom-com

It’s October! It’s spooky season! You know what that means…it’s time for a rom-com! Seriously, there’s a history of romantic comedies coming out in October. I clocked it first twenty years ago with Sweet Home Alabama, when I spent half the film pondering the

By Sarah • Oct 09, 2026 02:51 pm

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