Thinnification The thinnification of Chris Evans When I first started writing for LaineyGossip back in 2010 (oh my God—it’s been three years?!) I had a big Freebie Five crush on Chris Evans and Lainey gave me sh*t all the time. But then he got super jacked for Captain America and I wasn’t By Sarah • Jul 03, 2013 11:15 am
Douchebags Elementary expands its pedigree Did you like CBS’ modern version of Sherlock Holmes, Elementary? I’m devoted to the BBC Sherlock, but I liked Elementary well enough. I didn’t feel the need to watch it every week, but it didn’t linger long on my DVR, either. I did think Jonny Lee Miller By Sarah • Jun 28, 2013 01:21 pm
Douchebags James Franco quits Usually he’s piling onto his schedule, signing up for new projects, new degrees, new artistic collaborations, but James Franco has, just two weeks before production was slated to begin, dropped out of his latest directorial effort, Garden of Last Days, in which he was also going to star. But By Sarah • Jun 28, 2013 10:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ashton Kutcher is Computer Jesus Have you heard Bill Burr’s take on Steve Jobs? If not, you can watch it here. Burr can be pretty incendiary, but I’m kind of with him on his assessment of the Jesusification of Steve Jobs. I do think Jobs was a true visionary and that it was By Sarah • Jun 25, 2013 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews World War Z’s triumph of mediocrity I’m in the middle of a horrible bout of food poisoning on the same weekend World War Z beat projections and earned an estimated $66 million at the domestic box office. Even if those numbers end up a little high, it’s still way better than the official projection By Sarah • Jun 24, 2013 02:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Spider-Man’s girl problem In the wake of the announcement that Sony had pre-emptively greenlit two more Spider-Man movies with Andrew Garfield, it was also announced that Shailene Woodley, cast as Mary Jane Watson, was being cut from Spider-Man 2. At first, this wasn’t that big a deal. With two By Sarah • Jun 24, 2013 12:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews James Franco, artiste, wants your money It started with Veronica Mars, then came Zach Braff, and now the Artiste, James Franco, is on a crowdfunding platform attempting to raise money for a new feature film project. Franco is seeking $500,000 in order to make three films based on his own short stories, to be directed By Sarah • Jun 20, 2013 12:24 pm
Career prospectus Career Prospectus: Alia Shawkat (For previous installments of Career Prospectus, please click here.) I've loved Alia Shawkat for a very, very long time. I remember watching State of Grace, then she went on to star in one of my favorite shows of all time, and one that was egregiously canceled, Arrested Development. By Sarah • Jun 19, 2013 05:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Anchorman 2 has salon-quality hair After promising teasers, the first trailer for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues has been released and it’s already quotable. This is the measure of a good comedy—not necessarily a good movie, but a good comedy—how often and how long you can quote it. Let’s call it… By Sarah • Jun 19, 2013 12:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Captain America gets it From the Black Widow no less. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is filming in Cleveland and they’re getting busted kind of a lot. It’s a good early predictor for how big a movie will be—what level is the set stalking at? There’s been a steady diet By Sarah • Jun 13, 2013 01:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Snowpiercer finally has a trailer There were two movies I was really looking forward to this year by a pair of South Korean directors getting some English-language work -- Stoker and Snowpiercer. Park Chan-wook’s Stoker turned out completely freaking amazing, and now we’re getting our first look at Bong Joon-ho’s By Sarah • Jun 13, 2013 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews World War Z review I don’t know how else to put it -- it’s bad. It’s a mess. It’s barely functional as a piece of entertainment and not at all as a movie. I don’t even know where to start. I could write a thousand words on how it isn’ By Sarah • Jun 12, 2013 10:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Where are my dragons? Remember how there was a Hobbit movie last winter (and despite making a billion dollars worldwide, didn’t it feel like no one saw it?), and how there are two more still to go? Well the first trailer—with Czech subtitles (???)—for part two, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug By Sarah • Jun 11, 2013 03:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel is wishlisting Saoirse Ronan And why wouldn’t they? She’s talented and has carved out a niche playing tough but vulnerable kids, and she has proven action capabilities (see also: Hanna). A superhero role seems like the next natural step, right? But Marvel is going beyond just putting a name on a top By Sarah • Jun 07, 2013 11:46 am
Royals Benedict Cumberbatch at a fancy party I’ve had a very long week. Travel, business trip, long days, more travel. It’s a bit exhausting. But, as if sensing my need, my Five list has risen to the occasion and they’ve been getting photographed all week, from Timothy Olyphant to Jake G to RDJ and By Sarah • Jun 07, 2013 10:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart goes back to work In my recent career prospectus on Kristen Stewart, I suggested it wouldn’t be a bad idea to take a break after the last year she’s had, but that if she did continue working, she needed to pick a direction and focus on it. According to Deadline, she is By Sarah • Jun 06, 2013 10:06 am
