What Else Friday Funday with Jack and Paul Programming note: We will be dark beginning Monday, December 22, and will return on Monday, January 5, 2026, with our coverage of the Critics Choice Awards. In between, daily chats at The Squawk will be open for holiday hangs. Off to the liminal space! To wrap up LG’s 2025 By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Arnett in Is This Thing On? Inspired by the dad-to-comic life story of British comedian John Bishop, Will Arnett and his writing partner, Mark Chappell, penned a film called Is This Thing On? about a sad dad turned stand-up comedian who gets his groove back on the stages of New York’s comedy scene. Director Bradley By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 03:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue Hello, it’s me, back on my grinchy bullsh-t to review Song Sung Blue, a treacly jukebox musical about Neil Diamond and the power of love. Written and directed by Craig Brewer and based on Greg Kohs’ 2008 documentary of the same name, Song Sung Blue chronicles the lives of By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 12:02 pm
Justin Bieber Pre-holiday date night How are people still going places and doing things? The only reason I’ve made it through this week is I work from home and don’t have to go anywhere or put on pants. But here are celebrities, going places, doing things, wearing pants, as per usual. First up By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 09:56 am
Barack Obama Intro for December 19, 2025 Dear Gossips, This will be the final day of posting on the site for 2025. We will be dark beginning Monday, December 22, and will return on January 5, 2026, with coverage of the Critics Choice Awards. And since 2025 has been a rough year, and it seems determined to By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 09:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Amanda Seyfried in The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold, the Norwegian filmmaker best known for her creative collaborations with her husband, Brady Corbet, is back behind the camera for her third feature film, an ecstatic and somewhat eccentric biopic of the religious leader Ann Lee. The Testament of Ann Lee tells the story of the eponymous Ann By Sarah • Dec 18, 2025 12:12 pm
Business of Hollywood The YouTube Oscars News broke yesterday that the Oscars will move online to YouTube in 2029. The Oscars will continue to run on ABC through 2028, which is its centenary year, and then will shift online in 2029 for a five-year deal with YouTube that includes access to the red carpet and the By Sarah • Dec 18, 2025 10:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews I simply do not believe Emily Blunt is normal If you just look at Steven Spielberg’s resume, you would never know that the film industry has suffered two major work stoppages in the last five years. Since 2020 he has released two films, West Side Story and The Fablemans, with a third due in 2026. Three films in By Sarah • Dec 17, 2025 11:36 am
TV Updates Here comes The Pitt Just Friday I mentioned how I am waiting patiently for promo for The Pitt season two, and lo, a Christmas miracle occurred, as HBO dropped the first 90 seconds of the first episode of season two. Behold: Dr. Robby! Put your helmet on! An emergency medicine physician riding a motorcycle By Sarah • Dec 15, 2025 10:48 am
What Else The Pitt crew at Actors Night (whatever it is) There are so many year-end events, and last night, it was The Actors Night Hosted by The Actor Awards & Elle. Okay. I am just bringing this up because much of the younger cast of The Pitt was there. I am patiently waiting for that season two trailer! Part of By Sarah • Dec 12, 2025 04:04 pm
TV Updates Tom Hiddleston returns to the spy game In pop culture, 2016 stands out for the summer of Hiddleswift, when Tom Hiddleston and Taylor Swift flew too close to the sun and got scorched by public backlash. But that was also the year of The Night Manager, which was a big hit—huge, in the UK—and won By Sarah • Dec 12, 2025 03:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Timothee Chalamet in Marty Supreme The Safdie Brothers, the nerve-jangling filmmakers behind films like Good Time and Uncut Gems, have gone their separate ways, yet somehow both ended up making sports dramas in 2025. Benny Safdie went the earnest route with The Smashing Machine, while Josh Safdie puts his nails on the chalkboard and draws By Sarah • Dec 12, 2025 11:32 am
Lewis Pullman Lewis Pullman, slow burn As Lainey pointed out, Amanda Seyfried is campaigning for The Testament of Ann Lee. You know who isn’t campaigning? Her co-star, Lewis Pullman. He’s in New York, promoting the film alongside Amanda, he just isn’t throwing his hat in the already overcrowded Best Supporting Actor ring. You By Sarah • Dec 12, 2025 10:16 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for December 12, 2025 Dear Gossips, It’s Friday and I’m back on my AI bullsh-t, mainly because Disney announced a huge deal to exclusively license Disney characters, including those of subsidiaries like Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Marvel, to Sora, Open AI’s video-based generative AI platform. This means users will be able to By Sarah • Dec 12, 2025 09:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Call Supergirl Superman was a much needed shot in the arm for the superhero genre this past summer, and a big piece of that film’s appeal is Krypto, Superman’s cousin’s dog. We got see said cousin, Kara, briefly at the end of the film, as played by Milly Alcock By Sarah • Dec 11, 2025 02:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The wedding of the year is here Yesterday it was a “save the date” announcement, today it’s a teaser trailer, The Drama starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya is coming this spring. As Lainey mentioned, a lot of people got it into their heads this would be a rom-com because…I assume they’ve never seen a By Sarah • Dec 10, 2025 11:31 am
