Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 2, 2021 Dear Gossips, It’s only the second day of the Venice Film Festival and it looks like a contender has emerged as more and more people are reacting to first screenings of Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. Jane was joined by her lead actors Benedict Cumberbatch and By Lainey • Sep 02, 2021 09:34 am
What Else What Else? Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino isn’t very active on social media. So when he does make an appearance and it happens to be when people are commenting on his work inspiring Kanye West’s, is it a coincidence or a conspiracy? (Dlisted) Well, some things don’t change. I’ By Lainey • Sep 01, 2021 04:22 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 1, 2021 Bella Hadid is co-launching a new non-alcoholic beverage called Kin Euphorics. It has “mood boosting” drinks with adaptogens (herbal ingredients). There are two things I think work for this: it is non-alcoholic (there are a lot of celebrity booze brands right now) and it is not a CBD drink (a By Maria • Sep 01, 2021 03:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kiki in Venice: Outfit #2 When I posted about Kirsten Dunst in Venice yesterday for the world premiere of The Power of the Dog, and possibly kicking off an award season campaign, I forgot to mention that while her husband, Jesse Plemons, also co-stars in the film, I’m not sure if he’s made By Lainey • Sep 01, 2021 01:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bond, for real this time Way back when this interminable nightmare began, No Time To Die was the film industry bellwether, being the first major movie to push back its release date due to coronavirus. Now, though Team Bond is sticking with their current release plan, dropping a final trailer ahead of the film’s By Sarah • Sep 01, 2021 12:14 pm
Top Reads Tony Leung: A Master in GQ We are 48 hours away from the premiere of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Over the last few weeks, as we approach the release, if you’ve been visiting this site often, you’ve been reading me hyperventilate about the film’s villain, Wenwu, played By Lainey • Sep 01, 2021 11:31 am
Gorgessity Cynthia Erivo brings it to Venice The Venice Film Festival kicks off today and if Cynthia Erivo is an indication, we are about to get a spectacle tonight at the opening gala. Cynthia is a member of the jury this year. Bong Joon-ho is the Venice 2021 jury president. That means the two back-to-back East Asian By Lainey • Sep 01, 2021 10:45 am
TV Updates Intro for September 1, 2021 Dear Gossips, NBC yesterday released the first trailer for Season 21 of The Voice – and the reason why this is getting extra headline space is because Ariana Grande has joined the show as a coach this season. There have been other popstars in their prime who’ve been on The By Lainey • Sep 01, 2021 10:07 am
What Else What Else? Kate of House Cambridges family, the Middletons, live near a pot farm and now, apparently, so do Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and you can smell the crops; some neighbours have complained. I don’t love the smell of weed which is why I don’t like smoking it but By Lainey • Aug 31, 2021 04:04 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 31, 2021 David Beckham can handle jokes about his high-pitched voice – the Beckhams are aware of their public persona and can lean in to be self deprecating. I haven’t heard him speak in a while, but is it really high-pitched or is it just very soft? I always found him more By Maria • Aug 31, 2021 02:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cinderella at the Premiere Cinderella 2021, starring Camila Cabello as Cinderella and Billy Porter as the fairy godperson and so many other stars, including James Corden because I guess you can’t make a musical these days without him, premieres on Prime Video on Friday. The premiere was last night. This is a modern By Lainey • Aug 31, 2021 02:01 pm
TV Updates Reservation Dogs: An Indigenous Hang-out Sitcom I have dithered over this review for a while, partly because I am just plain enjoying Reservation Dogs, and sometimes when you enjoy something you don’t want to commodify it. But also partly because with each new episode I fall further down the rabbit hole of struggling to express By Sarah • Aug 31, 2021 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kirsten Dunst: A Contender? The Venice Film Festival kicks off tomorrow and one of the most highly anticipated titles to world premiere on the Lido this year is Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. As Sarah wrote last week, it looks like Netflix will be putting everything they can behind this film By Lainey • Aug 31, 2021 11:26 am
Douchebags Prince Andrew: Feeling the Heat? Prince Andrew has kept a low profile since November 2019, after his disastrous interview with BBC NewsNight, which preceded the announcement that he’d be retreating from public duty. About a year later, around last fall, there were some suggestions that he’d been thinking about a comeback. Well. There By Lainey • Aug 31, 2021 10:44 am
Succession Intro for August 31, 2021 Dear Gossips, I savoured Hunter Harris’s latest piece for Vulture this morning. It’s about Succession, its cast and showrunner, after having spent two weeks with the season three production in Italy this summer, part of Vulture’s fall preview. And there’s a lot to look forward to By Lainey • Aug 31, 2021 08:57 am
What Else What Else? Sarah Jessica Parker is on the set of And Just Like That and she’s wearing tulle. Carrie Bradshaw + tulle is a signature image from Sex and the City, most of us know it without description, so seeing SJP as Carrie in tulle, this time white, is probably going to By Lainey • Aug 30, 2021 03:51 pm
