TV Updates Spinning the Ryan Murphy wheel again Oh boy, it’s time for another round of my favorite game, How Long Can I Watch Ryan Murphy’s New TV Show?! The last time I played I made it through four episodes of All’s Fair, and now it’s time to try Ryan Murphy’s latest series, By Sarah • Jan 15, 2026 11:53 am
Theatre Nerd Intro for June 9, 2025 Dear Gossips, For a few years there in the second half of the last decade, Hamilton was Duana’s entire personality. She managed to somehow work it into every conversation we had, especially when we were doing the Show Your Work podcast. So I texted her after the Tony Awards By Lainey • Jun 09, 2025 09:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ironheart needs a cooler suit After meeting Riri Williams in 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, her own Disney+ series, Ironheart, is finally coming out this summer. Riri, played by the insanely charming Dominique Thorne, is a super-genius MIT student, just like Tony Stark once upon a time. In Wakanda Forever, we see her build By Sarah • May 16, 2025 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Twisters blew away the box office I said it! Did I not say it?! I did! I said Twisters would beat expectations! Very specifically I said it would make $80 million: “…the $50 million estimate for Twisters feels low, I won’t be surprised if that movie hits around $80 million.” Twisters blew away its opening By Sarah • Jul 22, 2024 10:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones in Twisters Twisters is a rare legacy sequel that is unburdened by the original film’s story and characters. Much as Doug Liman’s Road House treats the 1989 original film as a genre unto itself, so, too, does Twisters, the 28-years later sequel to the 1996 blockbuster Twister, treat its source By Sarah • Jul 19, 2024 12:38 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Hot Brisket in LA Speaking of Twisters , that film’s Los Angeles premiere was yesterday. Glen Powell showed up in a truck and more importantly, with BRISKET. Glen Powell is running the Chris Evans Adorable Dog playbook, and it is WORKING. I LOVE BRISKET. Look at him! Look at his little face! Brisket is By Sarah • Jul 12, 2024 12:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Glen Powell: Wingmen and Thirst Traps The cast of Twisters is in London to make the final push ahead of the release of the movie on July 19. Here are Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Anthony Ramos last night at the premiere and also today at the photo call. A quick note on Daisy – this is By Lainey • Jul 09, 2024 12:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Wicked is already exhausting As Lainey mentioned, CinemaCon, the annual showing of Hollywood wares, is happening now in Las Vegas. Yesterday, Universal and Focus Features—which is owned by Universal—showed their wares to the National Association of Theater Owners, or as I like to call them, the other NATO. Their big presentations were By Sarah • Apr 11, 2024 11:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews In The Heights Is No Sueñito Maybe it was a big ask of a movie, to help me heal some of the hurt of the past year and a few months, to let it help me escape the discomfort, inadequacy, and exhaustion I’ve been feeling, if only for a few hours. But I was hopeful, By Violeta • Jun 10, 2021 10:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for May 27, 2021 Dear Gossips, I squealed this morning when I checked The Hollywood Reporter and saw that their top story, and their new cover story, is a feature on Anthony Ramos. Who, of course, I love because of Hamilton but who I now am OBSESSED with because of In The Heights. I By Lainey • May 27, 2021 09:07 am
