TV Updates Kumail Nanjiani’s Chippendales series is here Hulu has built up an above-average stable of true crime dramas over the last few years, including, in no particular order, Under the Banner of Heaven, The Act, Candy, The Girl from Plainville, and the true crime-adjacent series, The Dropout and Pam & Tommy. Next up is Welcome to Chippendales, By Sarah • Aug 05, 2022 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu said yes to the devil When first we heard of the possibility of Keanu Reeves starring in the forever-delayed adaptation of The Devil in the White City, I said that “a lot of people talk to him, not every deal closes, so I’m not holding my breath”. Well guess what? Keanu said yes! He By Sarah • Aug 05, 2022 10:27 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 5, 2022 Dear Gossips, Following the shocking news that Warner Brothers is shelving a couple of nearly finished films, including Batgirl, CEO of the newly formed and poorly named Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav, hopped on an earnings call to tell everyone what his big plan is for the merging of Warner By Sarah • Aug 05, 2022 09:25 am
What Else What Else? Ioan Gruffudd, probably best known as the Chris Evans-era Reed Richards of Fantastic Four—OR AS HORATIO HORNBLOWER IF YOU HAVE CULTURE—is going through a MESSY divorce. He just got a three-year restraining order against his estranged wife, Alice Evans. The twists and turns of this drama would be By Sarah • Aug 03, 2022 04:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Warner Brothers shelves Batgirl, WTH is going on? Today in Holy Sh-tcan Batman News, Warner Brothers has decided to shelve Batgirl, a feature film centered on Barbara Gordon, which was supposed to be released this year on HBO Max. The film stars Leslie Grace as Barbara, alongside J.K. Simmons reprising his role as Commissioner Gordon, Brendan Fraser By Sarah • Aug 03, 2022 12:54 pm
TV Updates The Reservation Dogs in NYC Reservation Dogs returns for season two tonight on Hulu (technically, “FX on Hulu”, which is just a confusing entity), and on Disney+’s Star platform internationally. Ahead of the second season premiere, some of the cast was in New York doing press, including D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, and Lane By Sarah • Aug 03, 2022 10:59 am
Dumbass You have CROSSED the LINE, Jake! If you have been reading LaineyGossip for a while, you know Jake Gyllenhaal is one of my forever loves, and that after years of ugly revelations about people like Johnny Depp, Jake G and Timothy Olyphant are basically my only forever loves left standing. But now, I fear, Jake Gyllenhaal By Sarah • Aug 03, 2022 09:51 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 3, 2022 Dear Gossips, When we last met, we discussed the state of the visual effects industry off the back of an expose from Vulture about how terrible it is to work VFX on a Marvel movie. This week, the pile-on continues as Defector’s Drew Magary documents the “VFX crisis” in By Sarah • Aug 03, 2022 09:09 am
TV Updates Andor is “old school” We’re just under two months away from Andor debuting on Disney+, and a new trailer dropped yesterday, showing off more of what looks like about as genuine a spy thriller as we’re going to get in the Star Wars universe. It looks like Andor is going to deal By Sarah • Aug 02, 2022 03:10 pm
What Else What Else? PROGRAMMING UPDATE: Monday, August 1 is a holiday in many parts of Canada. We are dark and will return to regular gossip schedule on Tuesday, August 2. Will Smith offers a second apology for The Slap. Starting to believe those rumors Apple is going to try and release his film, By Sarah • Jul 29, 2022 03:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews B.J. Novak and Boyd Holbrook in Vengeance Vengeance is one of my favorite films of the year so far, an increasingly dark, genuinely funny film about, well, vengeance, but also stories. The stories we tell each other and more importantly, the stories we tell ourselves. B.J. Novak, who writes and directs the film, stars as Ben, By Sarah • Jul 29, 2022 02:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Oppenheimer will test Christopher Nolan’s appeal We are one month away from the fall festivals throwing us headlong into awards season 2022, but one movie is already planting its flag for 2023: Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s historical drama about the inventor of the atom bomb. The teaser was released online (after playing exclusively in theaters in By Sarah • Jul 29, 2022 02:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brace yourself for The Blonde Discourse Buckle up, folks, because The Blonde Discourse is going to be messy. As Lainey noted when the teaser came out last month, people are really hung up on the NC-17 rating and what that means for sex scenes, nudity, et cetera. If you’ve read Joyce Carol Oates’ book, then By Sarah • Jul 29, 2022 12:10 pm
Ben Affleck Batfleck’s back (alright) Yesterday evening, Jason Momoa took to Instagram to announce Ben Affleck’s return as Batman in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. That’s right, Batfleck’s back, ALRIGHT. Well, I guess that explains JLo-sans-Affleck on Benny Medina’s yacht in Italy yesterday. Affleck—excuse me, BATFLECK—was in Los Angeles, By Sarah • Jul 29, 2022 10:34 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for July 29, 2022 Dear Gossips, It’s Beyoncé Day, I know that is all anyone cares about. I mean, even as I write this, Act One: Renaissance is playing in the background. Like, this is the sh-t I have to finish so I can devote all my attention to Queen Bey. There will By Sarah • Jul 29, 2022 09:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in The Gray Man The Gray Man is Netflix’s latest $200 million boondoggle, a plea for your time and your subscriber dollars that only partially justifies its existence. Co-written by Joe Russo, who also directs with his brother Anthony, and Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus (the co-writers of the Captain America movies and By Sarah • Jul 26, 2022 02:31 pm
