Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan is just like us Speaking of fun, how about a good, old-fashioned gas pumping montage? In the grand tradition of millennial supermarket tabloids filling space, here are photos of Sebastian Stan getting gas in Los Angeles. Stars, they’re just like us! Following his Oscar nomination and Thunderbolts* earlier this year, Stan has been By Sarah • Nov 21, 2025 10:40 am
Style Sebastian’s hair and Annabelle’s dress For those who needed an update on Sebastian Stan and also Sebastian Stan and Annabelle Wallis – they were on holiday in Rome this weekend. The two were papped having dinner with friends and then on a walk through town, holding hands and kissing. Sebastian and Annabelle have been relatively quiet By Lainey • Jul 28, 2025 02:09 pm
Style The Thunderbolts last push T-minus 3 days to Thunderbolts*, and it came up on the Squawk chat that this film has not gotten the wall-to-wall coverage Marvel has been afforded in the past. It’s not a reflection on the film, Thunderbolts* is EASILY the best movie Marvel has done since Guardians of the By Sarah • Apr 29, 2025 11:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan: Leading Man While we’ve been watching Sebastian Stan a long time (shoutout Carter Baizen!), in the last few years, he has really levelled up. He was early on the Marvel train, getting in the door during Phase 1 playing Captain America’s childhood pal turned brainwashed super-assassin, and in between franchise By Sarah • Apr 23, 2025 10:19 am
Top Reads The Most Exhausting Supporting Actor Competition The show’s overall pace was good, especially toward the beginning. And Robert Downey, Jr.’s introduction of the five nominees in the Best Supporting Actor category was incredibly skillful, in a move that nobody else was able to replicate quite as well. True, it necessitated RDJ acting like he By Duana • Mar 03, 2025 10:19 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 23, 2025 Dear Gossips, Already bracing for whatever surprises and possible snubs that are coming later this morning when the Oscar nominations are announced. Every year there are shifts in momentum but this year’s swings seem more pronounced. Like at the beginning of the month, which was only three weeks ago, By Lainey • Jan 23, 2025 09:13 am
Golden Globes 2025 Two Roys and a Stan Let’s just say it. It needs to be said. We’re all thinking it—Jeremy Strong showed up to the Golden Globes dressed like a Lucky Charm in a 90s rap video. He looks like his boy Squiggle is cooking up beats for him back home. A kinder, gentler By Sarah • Jan 06, 2025 12:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Gotham Gentlemen The Gotham Awards were last night in New York, or as I like to call them, the extremely early Oscar predictors. The Gothams aren’t a great bellwether for the Oscars, but the awards are decided by juries of actors and filmmakers, some of whom are Academy members, so it’ By Sarah • Dec 03, 2024 09:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dude duos at the Governors Awards Just like the actresses, the actors find themselves in a wide-open competition, too, but in their case, it’s less about an abundance of strong performances and more that Daniel Craig and Ralph Fiennes, the presumed frontrunners, haven’t been hustling that hard, which leaves room for others to make By Sarah • Nov 18, 2024 12:21 pm
Style Dudes at the Academy Museum Gala Dudes showed up to the 4th annual Academy Museum Gala and we HAVE to start by talking about the ABOSLUTE GOSSIP GIFT of Joaquin Phoenix showing up to the same event as Danny Ramirez, who was supposed to star with Phoenix in Todd Haynes’ now-toast queer romantic drama. Do you By Sarah • Oct 21, 2024 10:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong in The Apprentice Whether or not you are capable of finding any sympathy for Donald Trump is between you and Ali Abbasi’s new film, The Apprentice. Starring Sebastian Stan as a young Donald just making a name for himself in the world of 1970s New York real estate, The Apprentice is a By Sarah • Oct 11, 2024 10:56 am
Quiveration Sebastian the week of The Apprentice, Ali Abassi’s film about a younger Donald Trump and his mentor, Roy Cohn, opens this Friday. I put my election ballot in the mail yesterday, and then last night, I watched The Apprentice because I like to live inside a full political nightmare. My review will run By Sarah • Oct 09, 2024 12:02 pm
Quiveration Sebastian Stan is figuring it out As Sarah wrote last week in her post pegged to his Variety cover, Sebastian Stan has kicked off his Oscar campaign as he has two films he’s promoting right now: A Different Man and The Apprentice. She also pointed out that it’ll probably be The Apprentice for which By Lainey • Sep 26, 2024 01:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan launches his campaign(s) Sebastian Stan has two films out this year, A Different Man and The Apprentice. Both have earned him the highest praise of his career so far, including the Silver Bear for acting at the Berlin International Film Festival for A Different Man. And despite the controversy surrounding it—threats of By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 11:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Apprentice commits to the bit Well, here it is, the first trailer for The Apprentice, Ali Abassi’s film about Donald Trump and Roy Cohn and their f-cked up history, and the early years in which Cohn mentored Trump into the, er, man we know today. You know what? It doesn’t look bad. Looks By Sarah • Sep 11, 2024 09:47 am
Business of Hollywood Sebastian Stan’s Trump movie got a deal Over the weekend, The Apprentice, Ali Abassi’s Donald Trump biopic starring Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, had its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. Reviews for the film are (so far) mixed-positive, with many noting its reception depends on one’s personal tolerance for Trump, and whether By Sarah • Sep 03, 2024 10:45 am