Movie Reviews and Previews JLo’s Movie Money Moves Jennifer Lopez’s 50th birthday celebration continues with news she’s landed her dream film role. While we know Alex Rodriguez gifted her with a fancy new Porsche, this new gig is just as much of a coveted present, and she’s wanted it for years. Once again, JLo is By Joanna • Jul 25, 2019 03:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie’s Barbie, by Greta Gerwig “Life in plastic” finally looks fantastic, now that Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach will team up to co-write the long-gestating Barbie movie. Margot Robbie is still set to star in the title role, which has bounced around from Amy Schumer to Anne Hathaway, and changed hands between even more creative By Joanna • Jul 16, 2019 11:14 am
Maple Leaf Alanis remains unapologetic We’ve never really known Alanis Morissette to hold back on anything. That includes her more-or-less breakup album with Ryan Reynolds, Flavors of Entanglement; the irrepressible venom of “You Oughta Know”; the joy of “Hand in My Pocket”; and also her experiences with postpartum depression. So it should not be By Joanna • Jun 26, 2019 03:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Greta Gerwig’s Little Women looks “hella tight” Forgive the Lady Bird quote, but the comparisons are inevitable. Lady Bird is woven into Vanity Fair’s exclusive first look at Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, which was published this morning. The sneak peek at her follow-up to Lady Bird includes 11 new production and behind-the-scenes stills, and an By Joanna • Jun 19, 2019 12:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Booksmart: the sleeper comedy hit of 2019? Booksmart, a film about type-A++ overachiever BFFs seeking an all-out, wild last hurrah to cram in all of the raucous partying they missed out on during four years of heavy duty high school studying and debate practice, still has a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, after 98 counted reviews. And By Joanna • May 23, 2019 04:28 pm
Gorgessity Game over: Marion Cotillard’s outrageous outfit has won Cannes Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, and Brad Pitt may have brought the throwback glamour to Cannes, but it’s Marion Cotillard who completely stole the show and the festival in my eyes. The photos and background reactions of her in a midriff-baring Balmain look at the premiere of Xavier Dolan’s By Joanna • May 23, 2019 02:27 pm
Music Taron Egerton’s strong (and golden?) Rocketman launch Taron Egerton brought his mom and his very much on-again girlfriend Emily Thomas to the London premiere of Rocketman last night, days after they proudly stood by his side at the film’s world premiere in Cannes. One thing I really like about Taron? In spite of all of his By Joanna • May 21, 2019 12:04 pm
BFFs Brie Larson’s night before Endgame … in Canada. Avengers: Endgame premieres in Canada today, but before we get another look at Carol Danvers and the “things coming out of [her] hands,” Brie Larson took in a performance of To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway last night. Check out these photos of her backstage with her hair By Joanna • Apr 25, 2019 10:43 am
Sandra Bullock Sandra Bullock’s The Net cosplay, and open calendar Sandra Bullock was photographed leaving a dentist appointment in Beverly Hills yesterday, decked out in a white shirt, khakis and a jean jacket; it’s an outfit that would be benign casual daywear for the average star, except that A) Sandra is one of those celebrities of a certain status By Joanna • Apr 10, 2019 04:17 pm
TV Updates Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Veep comeback is everything you could want, and she knows it The seventh and final season of Veep premieres this Sunday, and it’s just as sharp, biting, and brilliant as ever. The searing joke-and-insult-per-second ratio is still as high as we’ve come to expect. Julia Louis-Dreyfus knows it’s a winner too. She’s been making the media rounds By Joanna • Mar 29, 2019 01:49 pm
Maple Leaf Toronto politics at SXSW When the photos first emerged of Damian Lewis on-set in prosthetic makeup as late Toronto mayor Rob Ford — whose crack smoking scandal and sometimes debaucherous behaviour became fodder for late night jokes (and a Kimmel interview) and global fascination — it was easy to assume the movie was all about him. By Joanna • Mar 14, 2019 03:38 pm
Music The year of the scam continues in The Boy Band Con Scammers, as we’ve seen this year, are having a moment. That momentum continues with The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story, the satisfying documentary about the late fraudster mogul who discovered Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Aaron Carter, O-Town, LFO, and most of your favourite 90s and early aughts pop By Joanna • Mar 14, 2019 12:49 pm
Maple Leaf Tatiana Maslany and Tom Cullen's (movie) love story Tatiana Maslany and her partner of eight years, Tom Cullen, have been in Austin for the past few days for the debut of their latest collaboration, the romantic drama Pink Wall. It's a searing, non-linear portrayal of a relationship between Jenna (Tatiana) and Leon (Jay Duplass) over six By Joanna • Mar 12, 2019 03:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia Wilde's Booksmart is an outrageous ode to friendship The redband trailer for the bawdy, brassy and very sassy Booksmart dropped yesterday about 12 hours after the film's world premiere at SXSW, where it debuted to raucous laughter and a standing ovation. Standing ovations at SXSW aren't necessarily a thing, unless you're Boyz By Joanna • Mar 12, 2019 12:26 pm
TV Updates The Business of Being Busy Busy Philipps has a lot of schlep. She works hard! In addition to her Friday SXSW panel with Clique Media Group’s Hillary Kerr, she was a part of a Follies show, and hosted a live edition of her talk show Busy Tonight for some VIPs at the NBCUComcast SXSW By Joanna • Mar 11, 2019 04:33 pm
Amazingness Charlize Theron’s amazing dancing and that Boyz II Men SXSW surprise If you weren’t talking about Us at SXSW, chances are you were talking about the surprise Boyz II Men sing-a-long and dance party with Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen following the world premiere of Long Shot on Saturday. Boyz II Men! ABC! BBD! And the entire Paramount Theatre (about By Joanna • Mar 11, 2019 01:22 pm
