Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Somewhere in the middle of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a sense that this is all a little less wonderful than it should be. A sorcerer and an interdimensional super-being hopping through the multiverse trying to avoid a witch is a pretty awesome concept, but as is By Sarah • May 06, 2022 10:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dakota Johnson: Shameless self-promotion Here is Dakota Johnson out yesterday in New York City. Why am I drawing attention to Dakota Johnson walking out of a hotel? Shameless self-promotion, of course. Johnson stars in Cha Cha Real Smooth, a new film from annoyingly young filmmaker Cooper Raiff, and one week from tonight, Cha Cha By Sarah • May 06, 2022 09:39 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for May 6, 2022 Dear Gossips, This week marked the tenth anniversary of The Avengers, which opened on May 4, 2012. I don’t typically mark film anniversaries unless it’s a movie I really, really love like Point Break, or Ocean’s 11, but it’s hard not to think about how The By Sarah • May 06, 2022 09:10 am
Top Reads Dave Chappelle was tackled Netflix’s pandemic-delayed comedy festival, Netflix Is A Joke, is finally taking place this week at many venues around Los Angeles. And up until yesterday, I would have told you the big story coming out of the fest was about how overbooked it is and how many comedians are scraping By Sarah • May 05, 2022 10:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Fast X has a new stepdad A week after Justin Lin abruptly left Fast X just as production started, a new director has been found. Fast X’s new stepdad is Louis Leterrier, director of The Incredible Hulk and magician heist flick Now You See Me. If you go back far enough, Leterrier is also the By Sarah • May 04, 2022 02:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews DanRad gets Weird (Al) The teaser for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is here, and it is mostly Daniel Radcliffe singing “Like A Surgeon” and shots of DanRad as Weird Al doing things like performing on stage and celebrating with his friends, and every shot is perfect. DanRad looks GREAT, and I’m not By Sarah • May 04, 2022 01:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t Worry Darling has a little watermelon sugar Last week, Olivia Wilde’s envelopegate gave us legal gossip for the ages, but now let us talk about the important stuff—her work. The first trailer for her sophomore film, Don’t Worry Darling is here and it is creepy and weird with a Palm Springs circa midcentury flair By Sarah • May 04, 2022 12:38 pm
Business of Hollywood Chris Pratt isn’t going anywhere Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is filming now in Atlanta, and on Monday, photos of Chris Pratt and Karen Gillan, along with a coterie of animal-inspired aliens, were seen on set. Pratt and Gillan, as Star-Lord and Nebula, respectively, are sporting new duds, suggesting the Guardians have a more By Sarah • May 04, 2022 10:29 am
Met Gala 2022 Blake Lively wears New York architecture Over the years, Blake Lively has become one of the perennial stars of the Met Gala. Even when I don’t love what she wears, I believe there is intentionality and thought that goes into her looks on every red carpet, but sometimes, I just plain love what she wears, By Sarah • May 03, 2022 01:42 pm
Met Gala 2022 Sebastian Stan homaged Pepto Bismol Sebastian Stan also attended the Met Gala, and stop saying he didn’t dress to the theme in head-to-toe PINK (from Valentino), because he ABSOLUTELY did. This is a brilliant homage to Pepto Bismol, a remedy with its roots in the turn of the 20th century drug marketing free-for-all that By Sarah • May 03, 2022 11:41 am
Met Gala 2022 Yes, Jared, we see you Ugh, fine, yes, Jared Leto, we see you at the Met Gala. Leto turned up with Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele, and they went for match-matchy patterned tuxes and long hair. Honestly, this might have worked better for the camp year than that fake head Leto dragged around? I actually By Sarah • May 03, 2022 09:49 am
Devery Jacobs An Indigenous queens crossover Echo, the Hawkeye spin-off focused on Alaqua Cox’s anti-hero character Maya Lopez, is currently filming, and it was confirmed on Friday that Reservation Dogs star Devery Jacobs is joining the cast. Cox first alluded to Jacobs via an Instagram story in which she showed off flowers Jacobs sent for By Sarah • May 02, 2022 02:20 pm
Top Reads Netflix cancelled Meghan Markle (and everyone else) Following Netflix’s bad earnings call and stock freefall, the company is in full slash-and-burn mode, axing programming left and right and no one is safe, not even the Duchess of Sussex. Archewell Productions has a development deal with Netflix, through which Meghan Markle was developing an animated series aimed By Sarah • May 02, 2022 11:15 am
Top Reads Olivia Wilde’s Envelopegate Part II Yesterday, we talked about Olivia Wilde being served legal papers in the middle of her presentation of her upcoming film, Don’t Worry Darling, during CinemaCon. The legal eagles of LaineyGossip came out IN FORCE to discuss various scenarios of how this incredibly dramatic process server ended up serving Wilde By Sarah • Apr 29, 2022 11:29 am
What Else What Else The Met Gala is Monday. Blake Lively, a frequent Met Gala star, is co-hosting. What will she wear, and will it top her 2018 “Heavenly Bodies” Versace gown? It’s not that I love that dress the most, but it was SUCH a good interpretation of the theme. (Go Fug By Sarah • Apr 28, 2022 04:16 pm
TV Updates Russian Doll is slightly less good the second time The first season of Russian Doll is basically perfect, so the bar for a second season is especially high. There is also the Fleabag standard to contend with, in which a one-off limited series is extended to a second season after breakout success, and in Fleabag’s case, the second By Sarah • Apr 28, 2022 03:53 pm
