BFFs Benny C in Variety It feels like it’s been forever since we’ve talked about Benedict Cumberbatch, a 2010s staple. Maybe because it’s been a few years since his last big film (2022’s Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, since then, it’s been shorts and indie stuff), but maybe By Sarah • Jan 24, 2025 11:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Julia Stiles alert! Because I am always lowkey checking for Julia Stiles, Kat Stratford of my heart, I was excited to see her out and about yesterday, heading into The View dressed in winter chic. Julia is making the rounds, promoting her feature directorial debut, Wish You Were Here, a romantic drama she By Sarah • Jan 24, 2025 10:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for January 24, 2025 Dear Gossips, Sundance has officially begun, and though it is a lower-key affair than it used to be in the 2000s and early 2010s, it still brings out plenty of people. Opening day premieres, for instance, brought out the likes of Dylan O’Brien—who is already getting rave reviews By Sarah • Jan 24, 2025 09:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Oscar nominations are finally here (someone stop Emilia Pérez) After a couple of weeks of delays and fire-related chaos, the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards are here, and I am in a VERY “I told you so” mood because Monica Barbaro snagged that Best Supporting Actress nomination that I’ve been saying she could get since last fall. By Sarah • Jan 23, 2025 10:22 am
TV Updates Still loving Yellowjackets Yellowjackets is to cannibals as Lost is to castaways. Like Lost, Yellowjackets starts strong, setting up a bevy of compelling characters and a central mystery—what DID happen when those girls were stranded in the woods? Featuring a cast of Xennial icons including Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Juliette By Sarah • Jan 23, 2025 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ayo’s Opus In between The Bear, Ayo Edebiri stays busy, including a trip to Sundance next week for the premiere of Opus, a new comedy(??) horror(???) film from filmmaker Mark Anthony Green and indie tastemaker, A24. The trailer dropped yesterday, and you know me, I love a good horror movie, so I By Sarah • Jan 22, 2025 12:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Unproblematic fave Paul Rudd Today in the USA is a horror show, it’s not that I don’t care, it’s not that I don’t want to or will not bear witness to the sh-tstorm coming our way, it’s just that I need a five minute f-cking break. And today, that By Sarah • Jan 20, 2025 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The BAFTAs are as expected Given the ongoing wildfire disaster in Los Angeles, awards season is in upheaval. I’ll say it again, this is not the most important thing, except for the way in which it affects all the people whose jobs revolve around the entertainment industry. With so many events being cancelled, any By Sarah • Jan 15, 2025 10:56 am
What Else What Else? Keke Palmer in two outfits, one okay, one…deeply questionable. So much bad fashion is coming into style! What are we even doing! (Go Fug Yourself) If you feel like screaming until you pass out, Mark Zuckerberg went on Joe Rogan’s podcast. If you only want to scream a By Sarah • Jan 13, 2025 04:06 pm
Faux Gossip Blake Lively isn’t to blame for everything Back in 2018, A Simple Favor did moderately well, and over the years—bolstered by streaming—it became a cult classic. This led to Amazon and Lionsgate greenlighting a sequel, which was filmed last year. Based on when it was filmed, I expected A Simple Favor 2 to be a By Sarah • Jan 13, 2025 01:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben and Violet reunite Normally, I would not have much to say about Ben Affleck standing around outside, but, well, due to the ongoing and very serious wildfires around LA interrupting publicity schedules, it’s this or pictures of B-list celebrities at the farmer’s market, so…here is Ben Affleck with Violet Affleck, By Sarah • Jan 13, 2025 12:04 pm
TV Updates Meghan’s delay It’s not just award shows and such being postponed due to the wildfires, a bunch of TV shows that film in LA have paused production, too. In a similar vein, Meghan Markle asked Netflix to delay the launch of her new series, With Love, Meghan, from January 15 to By Sarah • Jan 13, 2025 10:37 am
Intro for January 13, 2025 Dear Gossips, As wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles—an event that looks more and more on the scale of Hurricane Katrina swamping New Orleans nearly twenty years ago—more awards season shuffling is happening. This is obviously not the most important thing right now, but as we observe celebrity By Sarah • Jan 13, 2025 09:26 am
What Else What Else? Akaylah Ellison recounts fleeing the fires in LA, and what it’s like to come to terms with (potentially) losing your memories when everything burns. (Popsugar) Notre Dame is a longtime rival of my alma mater, USC, but I like Penn State even less than Notre Dame, so I guess By Sarah • Jan 10, 2025 04:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jason Statham: Working-class action hero Jason Statham makes a very specific kind of movie. Outside of big-budget studio fare like The Meg and the Fast/Furious movies, a “Jason Statham movie” is best defined as “a blue-collar guy trying to hold down his end gets pushed to the brink and does many murders on behalf By Sarah • Jan 10, 2025 01:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Top 10 Films of 2024 As theatrical moviegoing continues to rebound following the COVID shutdowns of 2020, cinema itself is fully back, baby. 2024 was another really good year for film, especially in the lower budgeted ranks, where a number of filmmakers used whatever was at their disposal to realize their visions, from open-source software By Sarah • Jan 10, 2025 12:02 pm
