Ryan Coogler Gossip

As we’ve seen over the last few weeks, many of Hollywood’s biggest names have been rallying around their friends in the Oscar race. It happens every year – celebrities campaigning for each other, hosting screenings and dinners, posing for photos, making sure Academy members know who’s the most popular, who’s the most beloved, who deserves their vote the most. Full Story

Marvel is recovering nicely following the clusterf-ck firing of James Gunn, hiring new directors including a pair of women, Cate Shortland and Chloe Zhao, and now they have locked down Ryan Coogler Full Story

Jamie Foxx did a lot of things wrong last night but his worst offence was a Black Panther parody skit called “Wanda in Wakanda” featuring Michael Blackson. Full Story

A Wrinkle In Time opens next week, on March 9th. The premiere was last night in Hollywood. And this is giving me the saps. You’ll recall, Hollywood came out strong for Black Panther earlier this month Full Story

When I was three, my big brother Sam smacked me on the head with a mini model car. He was five and frustrated that I kept stealing his toys. The incident left a small but permanent scar in the middle of my forehead. Throughout my childhood and into my early adulthood, I was ashamed of my scar. I hid my forehead under blunt bangs for years. Full Story

Among a host of amazing things, maybe the most amazing thing about Black Panther is that it’s a superhero movie. For all the weight and expectation and political pressure and representative issues that come with being the first black superhero movie released by Marvel Studios—and the first black superhero movie released during this current golden age of superhero movies—Black Panther is, at the end of the day, just a superhero movie. Full Story

Every day the opening weekend box office projections for Black Panther keep going up. The movie has already broken all kinds of records for advance ticket sales. And some experts even think the current projection might even be on the low side. Variety reported Full Story

There were a lot of things that brought me joy this weekend, like watching Sad Tom Brady lose and watching Twitter drag Justin Timberlake on Janet Jackson Appreciation Day (#NeverForget). The Black Panther press tour continues to be a constant source of joy. Full Story

It has arrived. Officially. Black Panther premiered last night and all my dreams for what I hoped the premiere of Black Panther would look like came true. LOOK AT ALL OF THIS BLACK EXCELLENCE. I actually don’t think I ever dreamed this big – that a film about an African nation, with an all-black cast and helmed by a black director would get this much of a celebration. Full Story

(Lainey: this post was supposed to go up yesterday but I had to be a dick. Black Panther tickets went on sale. The film has already set a record for advance ticket sales which is why, like an asshole, I didn’t want to post about it because I was trying to buy a block of tickets online – 10 tickets, VIP theatre, pre-selected seats all together – because we’re going as an entire team to see it! For some reason, the Cineplex site wasn’t taking my payment all day yesterday. Full Story

Chadwick Boseman was spotted on set in Atlanta (Hollywood Peach) working on Avengers 4: Title TBD. Marshall opened a couple weeks ago and hasn’t set the world on fire Full Story