Jessica Biel Jessica Biel’s turn There used to be a generally accepted rule that popstars stopped being relevant past their 30s – and interestingly enough it’s the pop girlies who are challenging that with Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift reaching career highs well past their 20s and showing no signs of slowing down. Not sure By Lainey • May 20, 2025 11:26 am
TV Updates Jessica Biel does Deadwood (sort of) Jessica Biel hasn’t acted since 2022’s Candy, a miniseries about Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore’s 1980 murder. Before that, her most lauded role was on The Sinner, a 2018 crime drama co-starring Bill Pullman. Biel, who has a young family and an adult toddler husband, doesn’t By Sarah • May 01, 2025 10:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Hot Tig stands up It has been a minute since we’ve seen her, but Tig Notaro showed up over the weekend for the Stand Up To Cancer biennial telecast. In case you forgot, let this be your reminder that Tig Notaro is hot. Also present for the telecast were Danai Gurira, Elizabeth Banks, By Sarah • Aug 21, 2023 11:35 am
Oscars 2023 An On-The-Rails Oscars The production of the 95th Academy Awards went… well. There were no bumps, fumbles, mistaken awards or assaults. It went smoothly. Which – of course it did. After last year, and the correct calling-out of the Academy for doing effectively nothing about a live televised assault (it’s a word, okay? By Duana • Mar 13, 2023 05:12 am
Keri Russell Keri Russell and Alden Ehrenreich in Cocaine Bear The premise of Cocaine Bear is really simple: there is a bear, and it does cocaine—a LOT of cocaine. In this way, Cocaine Bear is exactly what it says on the tin. It is both as stupid and awesome as it sounds, but do not be fooled, it’s By Sarah • Feb 24, 2023 12:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cocaine Bear is upon us It is here, the time is now—it’s Cocaine Bear week at last. The premiere was last night in Los Angeles, bringing out director Elizabeth Banks, and stars O’Shea Jackson, Jr., esteemed character actress Margo Martindale—who is adorably excited to be in this movie—Jesse Tyler Ferguson, By Sarah • Feb 22, 2023 10:48 am
Amazingness Cocaine Bear on a rampage 2023 still doesn’t sound like a real year, but it’s only one month away. Which means it’s time to talk about the films of 2023 we have to look forward to, beginning and ending with Cocaine Bear. The excellently titled film from Elizabeth Banks got a trailer By Sarah • Dec 01, 2022 11:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews We have to relitigate Beanie Babies now Right at the end of December, a documentary dropped on HBO Max about the Beanie Baby collecting craze of the 1990s, Beanie Mania. It’s not groundbreaking, but it does bring shame to the entire Chicago area—the first avid collectors were suburban Chicago moms—and it does a pretty By Sarah • Jan 14, 2022 02:42 pm
Royals Elizabeth Banks and Prince Andrew’s hand We’re going to get to Prince Andrew later – what we’re talking about here, in this post, is the fact Prince Andrew, the beloved second son of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, known for years for his reportedly boorish behaviour and my-sh*t-don’t-stink attitude, has become a punchline, a By Lainey • Nov 25, 2019 09:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Angels keep rolling As you probably heard, Charlie’s Angels bombed last weekend. Like seriously tanked. Franchise-killer flopped. Even with a sub-$100 million budget, an $8 million opening weekend is bad news. But, the movie is still rolling out overseas, including a premiere in London yesterday. I am always curious about press By Sarah • Nov 21, 2019 12:30 pm
Girlcrushes Kristen Stewart IS SO MUCH FUN in Charlie’s Angels Elizabeth Banks resurrects Charlie’s Angels for a new generation, not so much rebooting the franchise as expanding it, making room for new Angels to have new adventures. Charlie’s Angels is slick and fun and glamorous, and has a similar fizzy appeal as Ocean’s 8. Banks, who writes By Sarah • Nov 14, 2019 12:01 pm
Girlcrushes Good Morning, Angels Charlie’s Angels opens this weekend and director Elizabeth Banks and stars Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska were in Hollywood last night for the premiere. At post time reviews for the film have not yet been released which, normally, is not a good sign. At the same time, By Lainey • Nov 12, 2019 10:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart and the Charlie’s Angels forecast Here’s Kristen Stewart at the airport heading out of LA on the Fourth of July. Her personal life has been quiet lately, not since she was seen several times with Stella Maxwell after the Met Gala after presumably breaking up with Sara Dinkin. On the professional front, the first By Lainey • Jul 05, 2019 12:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Good morning, Angels Well this is a fun way to start the day. The first trailer for Elizabeth Banks’s reboot of Charlie’s Angels is here, and it is pretty fun. A little bit cool? Not at all bad. It doesn’t look like they’re breaking new ground here, but then By Sarah • Jun 27, 2019 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Hello Angels Elizabeth Banks’ officially-a-sequel-and-not-a-reboot Charlie’s Angels is coming out later this year, and we have some brightly colored photos to look at and start judging. The photos focus on Kristen Stewart as Sabina (GREAT NAME), Naomi Scott as Elena, Ella Balinska as Jane, and Banks as one of several Bosleys— By Sarah • Apr 16, 2019 09:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The LEGO Movie 2: worn a little thin The LEGO Movie was a surprise hit—no one expected an obvious and crass commercial ploy like this would ever work—which, naturally, started a franchise. 2017 saw two LEGO spin-offs, The LEGO Batman Movie and The LEGO Ninjago movie, which was an up-and-down experience. Batman did fine, but Ninjago By Sarah • Feb 12, 2019 11:26 am
