Movie Reviews and Previews Meanwhile, in New York As Lainey has mentioned, Hollywood is the nexus of what we discuss here at LaineyGossip, the literal and figurative cross-section of celebrity and gossip, and right now, Hollywood is on fire. Or rather, Los Angeles, the home of Hollywood, is on fire. Which means movie premieres, award season activities, all By Sarah • Jan 10, 2025 10:11 am
Intro for January 10, 2025 Dear Gossips, News that Anita Bryant passed away broke yesterday, and the whole world reacted like this: If you’re not familiar, Bryant was a singer popular for a minute in the 1960s before pivoting to hardline anti-queer crusading for the rest of her life. She is most known for By Sarah • Jan 10, 2025 09:10 am
Award Season Campaigning The somewhat surprising SAG nominations As Lainey mentioned in her intro, the in-person announcement of the SAG Award nominations was cancelled due to the wildfires in Los Angeles. The nominations were instead announced by press release, and as Lainey predicted, Angelina Jolie was, indeed, left off the list of SAG nominees. Even more surprising than By Sarah • Jan 08, 2025 12:51 pm
Golden Globes 2025 Two Roys and a Stan Let’s just say it. It needs to be said. We’re all thinking it—Jeremy Strong showed up to the Golden Globes dressed like a Lucky Charm in a 90s rap video. He looks like his boy Squiggle is cooking up beats for him back home. A kinder, gentler By Sarah • Jan 06, 2025 12:15 pm
Golden Globes 2025 The Brutalist vs Emilia Pérez Since the Golden Globes split drama and comedy into separate categories—truly, their best innovation in the awards show space—they crown two best pictures, and this year, The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez were the respective winners, with Emilia Pérez netting four wins overall, and The Brutalist right behind with By Sarah • Jan 06, 2025 07:57 am
Golden Globes 2025 The Golden Globes stay messy Usually, Duana would write this post and critique the Golden Globes as a telecast, with her expertise as a television writer, directress, and producer in her own right, but this year, the Golden Globes telecast was so f-cking janky even we peons with our untrained, non-professional eyes could see there By Sarah • Jan 06, 2025 06:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Superman & (Super) Friends It’s the holiday movie season, which means it’s also summer movie trailer season. Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch got a teaser, and Stitch is so cute, he’s going to make a billion dollars. Death of a Unicorn, starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega, sounds like the By Sarah • Dec 19, 2024 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in Babygirl On the surface, Romy’s life is perfect. She’s the wealthy CEO of a rapidly growing robotics company; her husband, Jacob, is hot (he’s played by Antonio Banderas); her teenaged daughters are only mildly challenging to deal with; she looks like Nicole Kidman. It’s the holidays and By Sarah • Dec 18, 2024 01:20 pm
TV Updates Maybe just don’t go to the White Lotus Since it debuted in 2021, The White Lotus has become one of the most scathing comedy-dramas on TV, an unrelenting, pernicious takedown of entitled white people vacation culture from Mike White, filmmaker and Survivor season 37 runner-up. The trailer for the highly anticipated third season is here, teasing a February By Sarah • Dec 17, 2024 12:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Manimal! MANIMA-AH-AHL. 10 Questions for Kraven the Hunter What is Kraven the Hunter? Kraven the Hunter is either the latest—and possibly last—film in Sony’s attempt to launch an expanded cinematic universe centered on Spider-Man characters, OR it’s all a terrible dream I had. Doesn’t this movie star Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Abbott, Alessandro Nivola, By Sarah • Dec 16, 2024 02:30 pm
What Else What Else? Will Ferrell was honored at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. Kristen Wiig and Octavia Spencer showed up in support. This IS the table to be at during a reception. You know they’d be clowning on everyone else there in the funniest but sweetest way possible. Will Ferrell’s humor By Sarah • Dec 13, 2024 04:09 pm
Award Season Campaigning The state of the race post-CCA nominations The Critics Choice Awards nominations were announced yesterday (I am a voting member of the CCA), giving a huge boost to the ongoing Oscar campaigns of Wicked and Conclave, which banked eleven nominations each. Dune: Part II, a lower key presence in awards season so far, got ten nominations, tied By Sarah • Dec 13, 2024 12:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A creeping sense of dread in Nosferatu Over the last decade, Robert Eggers has established himself as one of the most meticulous auteurs working today, with his exactingly realized worlds occupied by characters undergoing total meltdowns. Nosferatu is his latest cinematic diorama of dread, a retelling of FW Murnau’s classic silent film of the same name, By Sarah • Dec 13, 2024 11:48 am
TV Updates Let the Squid Game begin Two weeks until Squid Game returns and the Los Angeles premiere for season two was yesterday, bringing out series stars Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-hun, and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk. Season two newcomers Yim Si-wan and Jo Yu-ri were also on hand. Not pictured: Lainey’s beloved Gong Yoo. You’re By Sarah • Dec 13, 2024 11:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nobody puts Babygirl in a corner The Christmas day theatrical calendar is crammed with films squeezing in an Oscar-qualifying run before December 31, including Halina Reijn’s Babygirl. I’ll have a full review next week, but in short, it’s a holiday rom-com for the horny and deranged. Promotion for the film is kicking into By Sarah • Dec 13, 2024 09:55 am
Intro for December 13, 2024 Dear Gossips, Happy Friday the 13th, Chanel has a new creative director and I’m sure this is not a bad omen! Matthieu Blazy, lately of Bottega Veneta, has been named Chanel’s creative director after months of speculation as to who would run the storied fashion house (Blazy' By Sarah • Dec 13, 2024 08:59 am
