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 TIFF Review: Glass Onion The devil is in the details in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, the follow-up to 2019’s whodunit, Knives Out. Rian Johnson is once again writing and directing, and Daniel Craig reprises his role as the gentleman sleuth, Benoit Blanc, but otherwise Glass Onion features a new cast of By Sarah • Sep 12, 2022 02:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Glass Onion peels back one layer Y’all know that I am excited for Glass Onion, aka Knives Out 2. I LOVE Knives Out, I have seen it at least ten times at this point, since it came out in 2019, it has been one of my go-to comfort movies (it got a lot of play By Sarah • Aug 24, 2022 02:05 pm
Relationship Assumption Tom, Leslie, and Jake: Men’s Hair at the Tony Awards September has been a MONTH, hasn’t it? Red carpets are happening everywhere, the celebrity action has been non-stop. And last night it was the Tony Awards. Where Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton seemed to make their first official appearance together as a couple? Tom and Zawe worked together on By Lainey • Sep 27, 2021 04:28 pm
Emmy Awards 2021 Billy, Bowen, Daveed, Leslie, Keenan…and RJP on his own You know another thing the Emmys have over the Oscars? Or any award show that features a wider variety of performers? Men’s fashion. Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio are not bringing this flair to the Dolby. And that’s why every award show and red carpet producer wants Billy By Lainey • Sep 20, 2021 11:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kate Hudson ALSO has her Knives Out The Knives Out 2 casting director is like Oprah handing out cars—you get a Knives Out! And you get a Knives Out! And YOU get a Knives Out!!! The cast is already stuffed with incredible people, and the latest inclusions include Leslie Odom, Jr. and Kate Hudson, who co-starred By Sarah • May 21, 2021 10:03 am
Oscars 2021 H.E.R. Oscar Triumph & Leslie Odom Jr’s Contender Okay, let’s have it. How did we feel about the musical performances being in the pre-show? Pros & Cons? Cons – it’s still kind of a weird enterprise, isn’t it? The live performance that isn’t a competition – that is, the songs are in competition, but the performances By Duana • Apr 26, 2021 10:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Making Sense of Music This Music trailer landed in my inbox in dispute, which I am here to settle. Lainey isn’t feeling it, but our site manager Emily (who is way nicer than the rest of the team) is feeling it (Emily: Sia and Maddie have done incredible work together for years). I By Maria • Nov 19, 2020 03:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: One Night in Miami Adapted by Kemp Powers from his own play and directed by Regina King, One Night in Miami is a fictionalization of a night in February 1964 when Cassius Clay (Eli Goree, Riverdale and Ballers) becomes the heavyweight champion of the world after a surprise victory over Sonny Liston. After the By Sarah • Sep 11, 2020 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews #Hamilfilm Teaser Delivers On The Promise If you don’t know by now that Hamilton will drop on Disney+ on Friday, July 3rd, I assume it’s because you don’t need that information – which is fine, I get it. For those who do know, who have known, though… The anticipation for the #Hamilfilm is intense, By Duana • Jun 29, 2020 01:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 24, 2019 Dear Gossips, I know it’s only July but with festival season approaching and the lineups at each of these festivals coming into focus, we’re getting a sense of which films will be contending during award season. We also have a new early frontrunner in the Best Actress race: By Lainey • Jul 24, 2019 09:15 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Why Lainey Cares* About Leslie Odom Jr. We’ve debated and gone back and forth, but I think the verdict is we are going to delay the taping of our #ShowYourWork podcast until after the weekend. Because the Met Gala is coming, and because Lainey and I are going to be in New York this weekend, and By Duana • Apr 27, 2017 02:34 pm
Amazingness Hamilton at the Tony Awards “I am inimitable, I am an original” You could be forgiven if you felt a little overwhelmed by the amount of Hamilton coverage lately. It’s so ubiquitous because Lin-Manuel Miranda and the show Hamilton are at once separate entities and inextricably linked. Miranda won two Tonys personally last night, By Duana • Jun 13, 2016 02:40 pm
