Movie Reviews and Previews The Power of the Shutout The Power of the Dog went into the SAG Awards with the most nominations among films—three but it left with a goose egg. It was a shutout for the Dog. It’s not like the actors are ignoring Dog—they gave it three nominations, after all—but they don’ By Sarah • Feb 28, 2022 11:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Troy Kotsur and Ariana DeBose: The surprising and historic supporting actors Easily the biggest “wow” moments of the SAG Awards came from CODA’s two surprise wins, both historic. Troy Kotsur became the first deaf actor to win an individual acting award (for Best Supporting Actor), and he became a two-time winner as part of the predominately deaf cast for Best By Sarah • Feb 28, 2022 11:07 am
Gorgessity Jessica Chastain’s surprise win The Best Actress Oscar race has been an assumed contest between two frontrunners: Nicole Kidman and Kristen Stewart. Well, last night Jessica Chastain busted into that race like the Kool-Aid man entering your house, and now the Best Actress race is suddenly a bit topsy-turvy. It’s not like anyone By Sarah • Feb 28, 2022 09:24 am
What Else What Else? Rihanna and her bare bump sat front row at the Gucci fashion show. A$AP Rocky was also present. (WWD) Once again, the darkest timeline is also the stupidest timeline. Case in point, Applebee’s is apologizing because CNN aired their ad for fried chicken alongside live updates about Russia’ By Sarah • Feb 25, 2022 04:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Two competing Chippendales murder projects Today in Too Much True Crime news, there are TWO competing Chippendales murder projects out in the world. One is a movie starring Dev Patel, Seth Rogen, and Elle Fanning, and it comes from director Craig Gillespie. The other is a TV series for Hulu starring Kumail Nanjiani, Nicola Peltz, By Sarah • Feb 25, 2022 03:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Brady Peyton Mannings Today in Surely An AI Spat This Out At Random news, Tom Brady’s first post-retirement gig is starring in a comedy movie with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field. I have TRIPLE CHECKED that sentence and it is 100% true and not at all the work By Sarah • Feb 25, 2022 02:53 pm
TV Updates Quentin Taraninto is joining Justified Every time Quentin Tarantino talks about “retiring” after directing ten films, I roll my eyes because this dude is never going to retire. Just like Steven Soderbergh, he will “retire” and then keep right on working. Oh, maybe he’ll direct a nice, round ten original feature films, but he’ By Sarah • Feb 25, 2022 02:20 pm
Books Ryan Atwood is a journalist now (sort of) Because we are living in not only the darkest timeline, but also the dumbest, Ben McKenzie, always and forever known as The OC’s Ryan Atwood, is co-writing a book about cryptocurrency with journalist Jacob Silverman. The pair have written articles for Slate about crypto, and are appearing at SXSW By Sarah • Feb 25, 2022 01:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt takes a break on Bullet Train Brad Pitt is Embroiled In Lawsuits but also still Starring In Movies, including the upcoming Bullet Train, which released a teaser ahead of the proper trailer due next week. Bullet Train comes from action aficionado David Leitch, co-director of John Wick and director of Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, and Hobbs By Sarah • Feb 25, 2022 12:49 pm
Award Season Campaigning It’s Benedict’s time, or is it? Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield has been out and about this week, and now it’s Benedict Cumberbatch’s turn to remind everyone he is one of the frontrunners in the Best Actor race. Here is Barbecue Curlyfries at a screening of The Power of the Dog in London, along with By Sarah • Feb 25, 2022 10:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for February 25, 2022 Dear Gossips, Writer Kyle Buchanan has a new book out, Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, which is an oral history of the making of Fury Road. I only just got my copy, and haven’t cracked it open yet, but knowing By Sarah • Feb 25, 2022 09:21 am
Books Andrew Garfield’s next moment Andrew Garfield is currently enjoying his relaxed and good-hair awards season, plus a victory lap for Spider-Man: No Way Home, but he will soon be back out promoting a new project, the true crime series, Under the Banner of Heaven. Based on Jon Krakauer’s book of the same name, By Sarah • Feb 24, 2022 12:22 pm
TV Updates Kogonada and Justin Chon team up for Pachinko Kogonada’s sophomore feature film, After Yang, isn’t the only project he has coming up. He is also, along with Justin Chon—Twilight supporting actor turned filmmaker—adapting Min Jin Lee’s best-selling novel, Pachinko, into a lavish limited series for Apple TV+. Together, Kogonada and Chon are producing By Sarah • Feb 24, 2022 10:37 am
What Else What Else Rita Moreno covers Town & Country and the photos are STUPENDOUS. She’s photographed by Ruven Afanador, but these photos wouldn’t be amiss in an Avedon portfolio. Great, classic glamor photography. (Go Fug Yourself) Rosie O’Donnell apologized on TikTok for assuming that Priyanka Chopra’s dad is wellness By Sarah • Feb 23, 2022 04:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Welcome to the ice skating apocalypse A film left out of Netflix’s sizzle reel for 2022 is the Swedish thriller Black Crab starring Noomi Rapace. The trailer dropped yesterday, and I cannot fathom why they left this one out, it looks AWESOME. A post-apocalyptic action-thriller centered on an ICE SKATING MISSION? Are you kidding me? By Sarah • Feb 23, 2022 03:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alden Ehrenreich comes back Alden Ehrenreich exploded overnight in 2016, selected by the Coen Brothers to anchor the ensemble in Hail, Caesar!, and then named the new-young Han Solo, to headline a Star Wars spin-off centered on that beloved character. But then that all went to sh-t, and Ehrenreich, who has such amazing screen By Sarah • Feb 23, 2022 02:40 pm
