Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen and Alia: Wrong and Bong Last time I posted about Kristen Stewart it was a month ago, she was out and about in LA with Dylan Meyer and I was wondering about her blonde hair, whether or not it was blonde vampire hair, since she’s co-starring with Oscar Isaac in a film set in By Lainey • Feb 20, 2025 12:07 pm
Style Academy Museum Gala power couples Some couples stepped out at the 4th annual Academy Museum Gala, starting with Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song. They were at TIFF together, too, since Brenda stars in The Last Showgirl, which is now set for a limited release on December 13, courtesy Roadside Attractions. That means it’s full By Sarah • Oct 21, 2024 01:06 pm
Photo Assumption Only Murders photo assumption Only Murders in the Building returns next week on Hulu, and the premiere was yesterday in Los Angeles. The central trio of Steven Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez were there, joined by Meryl Streep, Jane Lynch, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, as well as new season stars Zach Galifianakis, By Sarah • Aug 23, 2024 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ghostbusters member berries are back Do you remember Ghostbusters: Afterlife? The rebooted reboot of Ghostbusters came out in 2021, just two years ago, but I would swear I saw it in like, 2017. It just feels of that era, when everyone was reboot mad and nostalgia was a helluva drug. Nostalgia is still a helluva By Sarah • Nov 09, 2023 01:24 pm
TV Updates Kumail Nanjiani and Murray Bartlett in Welcome to Chippendales Welcome to Chippendales starts at a frantic run. Robert Siegel, who also created Pam & Tommy, adapts the book Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murders as an eight-part limited series. Kumail Nanjiani stars as Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian-American immigrant who aspires to the high life—he idolizes Hugh Hefner and By Sarah • Nov 22, 2022 01:45 pm
TV Updates Kumail Nanjiani’s good Eighties vibes Speaking of true crime, the teaser for Welcome to Chippendales dropped yesterday. The Hulu limited series stars Kumail Nanjiani as Steve Banerjee, the founder of Chippendale’s who gets into a murder plot involving the club’s choreographer, Nick De Noia. Murray Bartlett, fresh off his Emmy win for The By Sarah • Sep 21, 2022 01:42 pm
TV Updates Kumail Nanjiani’s Chippendales series is here Hulu has built up an above-average stable of true crime dramas over the last few years, including, in no particular order, Under the Banner of Heaven, The Act, Candy, The Girl from Plainville, and the true crime-adjacent series, The Dropout and Pam & Tommy. Next up is Welcome to Chippendales, By Sarah • Aug 05, 2022 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Two competing Chippendales murder projects Today in Too Much True Crime news, there are TWO competing Chippendales murder projects out in the world. One is a movie starring Dev Patel, Seth Rogen, and Elle Fanning, and it comes from director Craig Gillespie. The other is a TV series for Hulu starring Kumail Nanjiani, Nicola Peltz, By Sarah • Feb 25, 2022 03:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chloe Zhao’s Marvel’s Eternals Marvel has taken a lot of hits over the years for their formula, and it’s a fair assessment at times that they lean too hard on the known and don’t take many real risks with their films. In that way, Eternals is the biggest swing they’ve ever By Sarah • Nov 05, 2021 10:08 am
Equality Issues Intro for October 19, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Hollywood premiere of Marvel’s Eternals was last night – one of the biggest premieres we’ve seen since the start of the pandemic – and we’ll have coverage of that throughout the morning but let’s kick it off with Kumail Nanjiani who got an assist from By Lainey • Oct 19, 2021 09:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 13, 2021 Dear Gossips, If you haven’t read it already, put this on your list: E Alex Jung’s profile of Kumail Nanjiani for Vulture. For starters, any time E Alex Jung writes a celebrity profile it’s worth your time and the subscription – he connects with his subjects with empathy By Lainey • Oct 13, 2021 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The all new, all different Eternals We are now less than a month from the release of Eternals, so here comes the featurette to show a little behind the scenes footage and a little new footage, including more shots of Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, an Eternal living life as a Bollywood star. I am SUPER into By Sarah • Oct 12, 2021 12:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chloe Zhao’s Eternals are here A few weeks after a Phase 4 teaser gave us our first glimpse of Chloe Zhao’s Eternals, a teaser trailer has arrived showing us the Eternals in action throughout human history. The sweeping opening shot of a pre-historic cliff is lovely, the crashing waves contrasted with the simplicity of By Sarah • May 25, 2021 01:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chloe Zhao’s Eternals Marvel dropped a super masturbatory Phase 4 teaser this morning, and while it is hilariously self-important, it does include some new upcoming titles, a Fantastic Four promise, and our first look at newly minted Oscar Best Director and Best Picture winner Chloe Zhao’s Eternals. First, let’s talk about By Sarah • May 03, 2021 11:53 am
Kenan Thompson Ricky Gervais vs. the youths in comedy Voting for Emmy nominations is now underway with the nominees expected to be announced on July 28. And that means everyone is campaigning. This year’s Hollywood Reporter’s comedy actors roundtable features Ricky Gervais, Kumail Nanjiani, Ramy Youssef, Kenan Thompson, and Dan Levy – an interesting crop, especially as Gervais By Sarah • Jul 03, 2020 11:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani in The Lovebirds Once bound to premiere at SXSW followed by theatrical distribution, The Lovebirds, a romantic comedy starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani, instead dropped on Netflix over the weekend (where it trended in the US’s Top 10). Honestly, Netflix feels like the right place for this movie, a slight but By Sarah • May 25, 2020 12:34 pm
