Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 26, 2025 Dear Gossips, There’s a lot going on, it’s been a big week what with Jimmy Kimmel’s return to television—and the ongoing blackout from Disney’s largest ABC station affiliates, Nexstar and Sinclair Media—and it’s not like I’m ignoring that stuff. For instance, I By Sarah • Sep 26, 2025 09:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Bride! and her hot dead boyfriend Jessie Buckley is about to have a huge six months, with Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet sure to propel her to the top of the Best Actress race, and just as the Oscars will be peaking in 2026, Buckley will be in theaters with another movie, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! By Sarah • Sep 24, 2025 11:14 am
TV Updates Jimmy Kimmel 2.0 With all eyes on him—except those in blacked out markets controlled by Nexstar and Sinclair Media (but they could and probably did watch on YouTube)—Jimmy Kimmel returned to host his first episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! since his show was abruptly pulled off the air last week. Call By Sarah • Sep 24, 2025 10:34 am
Star Wars Baby Yoda is a choice Lucky break for Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and Pedro Pascal that Disney is putting Jimmy Kimmel Live! back on the air, because it means at least for a little while, no one will expect them to do anything about Disney dropping the free speech ball. The teaser trailer for The By Sarah • Sep 23, 2025 11:37 am
TV Updates Jimmy Kimmel returns I was originally planning to address the Jimmy Kimmel situation in a newsletter at The Squawk, prompted by a question posed for our mailbag: Regarding the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel. How can Hollywood respond? WGA and SAG-AFTRA both responded but beyond that what actions could they take? Another strike? (Courtesy By Sarah • Sep 23, 2025 10:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews It’s Chase Infiniti’s time Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, One Battle After Another, is earning rave reviews in the run-up to its release next week. I see it Monday night, can’t wait. I’ve already said that my favorite Leonardo DiCaprio performances are when Leo goes full unhinged, and by all accounts, By Sarah • Sep 19, 2025 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie in A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Filmmaker Kogonada has two feature films to his name, Columbus and After Yang. One is a slice of life drama about loss, opportunity, and legacy; the other is a grounded sci-fi exploration of grief, identity, and life. Both are films Kogonada wrote, directed, and edited himself. They are singular films By Sarah • Sep 19, 2025 03:27 pm
Gorgessity Tessa Thompson’s pocket shoes Tessa Thompson has been outside this week, including yesterday which involved multiple wardrobe changes. First, she was seen heading into her hotel in a pair of sleek trousers, and then at night she was seen stepping out with her boyfriend, Brandon Green (son of British almost-billionaire Sir Philip Green, and By Sarah • Sep 19, 2025 12:25 pm
Music Taylor’s treat How about a little treat before the weekend? Taylor Swift has a secret cinema project coming to theaters that will have something to do with her upcoming album, The Secret Life of a Showgirl. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the secret movie project and the album will drop on the By Sarah • Sep 19, 2025 09:56 am
Emmy Awards 2025 Intro for September 19, 2025 Dear Gossips, It has been a bleak week, which is either a description of current events or a 20-year-old cozy mystery on BritBox. Either way, I just can’t do heavy news right now. So I want to return to the Emmys, which were simultaneously five days and a hundred By Sarah • Sep 19, 2025 09:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nu-Anaconda I have been curious about the Anaconda reboot since it was announced last year. I don’t think all IP is created equal, and I’m not sure what the nostalgia really is for a movie known for being so bad the franchise eventually turned into Syfy Channel dreck. But By Sarah • Sep 18, 2025 12:40 pm
Top Reads Another late-night host is silenced Last night, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would be put on indefinite hiatus effective immediately following “controversial” statements Jimmy Kimmel made in Monday night’s monologue regarding the assassination of right-wing advocate Charlie Kirk. Notably, Kimmel’s comments were not about Kirk himself, but about his alleged killer. Kimmel By Sarah • Sep 18, 2025 11:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Spinal Tap Reunited This Is Spinal Tap is a landmark comedy, not only popularizing numerous stars—Christopher Guest, Harry Sheaerer, Michael McKean, and director Rob Reiner—but cementing the “mockumentary” as a staple of cinematic comedy. Though it was hailed as one of the best films of 1984 when it came out (Rogert By Sarah • Sep 16, 2025 02:40 pm
Style Sarah’s Emmys Best Dressed: Jeff Hiller (with bonus handsome men) When comedian Jeff Hiller won his first Emmy for his role as Joel on the HBO series Somebody Somewhere, I cheered for a gem of a performance from a gem of a show winning against more brand-name competition—he beat out Ike Barinholtz, Colman Domingo, Bowen Yang, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Michael By Sarah • Sep 15, 2025 12:21 pm
Emmy Awards 2025 Ladies in red While things didn’t exactly work out for Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti capped off her run for The Penguin with an Emmy win. She showed up in a STUNNING red gown by Danielle Frankel: I sort of wish she’d worn red lipstick, too, but maybe that would be a By Sarah • Sep 15, 2025 10:14 am
Emmy Awards 2025 Late Night resistance It was really no surprise after it was announced earlier this summer that Late Night with Stephen Colbert will end in spring 2026, that Stephen Colbert would then win the Emmy for Outstanding Talk Series. When the show, which includes his name, was announced as a nominee, there was a By Sarah • Sep 15, 2025 08:48 am
