Business of Hollywood Intro for February 7, 2025 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week, Marvel debuted the teaser for its much anticipated film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps. In its first twenty-four hours, the teaser racked up 202 million views, the best trailer debut for a non-sequel Marvel film ever. That’s great news for Marvel, but three days By Sarah • Feb 07, 2025 08:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lily and Bryan on set Fresh off Sundance, where The Wedding Banquet got a very warm reception, Lily Gladstone is working, this time in Albuquerque alongside Bryan Cranston in a new film called Lone Wolf. For a lot of people, Bryan Cranston in Albuquerque brings back the Breaking Bad feels, but for me it’s By Sarah • Feb 06, 2025 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jurassic World Reborn The first trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth—which I think should be called Jurassic Reborn—dropped this morning, and as with yesterday’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps teaser, I expected to see this during the Super Bowl. We still might, a lot of people do not pay attention to By Sarah • Feb 05, 2025 01:11 pm
Equality Issues Karla Chaos Last week, I wrote about Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón and her increasingly off-the-rails, weirdly defiant apology tour for (not so) old racist, xenophobic, homophobic tweets that resurfaced in the wake of her Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Gascón is the first out transgender actor to be nominated for By Sarah • Feb 04, 2025 11:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The New New Fantastic Four I was expecting it during the Super Bowl, but Marvel just dropped the first teaser for Fantastic Four: First Steps, the film more than any other they hope will get the good ship SS Total Box Office Dominance back on track. They did a whole ass live launch event with By Sarah • Feb 04, 2025 09:59 am
What Else What Else? Katy Perry Why Are All Your Decisions Questionable 2025 (Go Fug Yourself) A lowkey controversy is the best kind of controversy, and this is a lowkey controversy. Are running influencers faking miles for views? (Popsugar) Add Suits star Gabriel Macht to the list of people who (can afford to) hightailed By Sarah • Jan 31, 2025 04:13 pm
TV Updates Is Netflix trying harder? Here is one sign that Hollywood is getting back to business as usual as the fires go out around LA: Netflix held their 2025 yearly preview at the Egyptian Theater yesterday. They had some stars on hand, like John Mulaney, whose Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney talk series launches By Sarah • Jan 31, 2025 02:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Is Anthony Mackie actually prepared for this? The Captain America: Brave New World press tour continues, and while they have finally located Danny Ramirez and placed him in front of cameras, how’s the rest of the tour going? Not great, Bob! Anthony Mackie is profiled in Esquire and the topics range from presumed Oscar snubs to By Sarah • Jan 31, 2025 12:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Becks is back (and mostly naked) David Beckham is normally not my jam, but I caught a glimpse of his new Boss One Bodywear campaign and had a real moment. At the age of 49, Beckham is returning to underwear modeling for the new campaign, which features a short film/long ad by photographers Mert and By Sarah • Jan 31, 2025 10:32 am
Legal issues Intro for January 31, 2025 Dear Gossips, Lainey emailed me last night that there are new photos of Ryan Reynolds in New York, attending an event at the Paley Center, and Lainey, who is on vacation, was basically like, hot potato. So here I am, holding the hot potato. On the one hand, there is By Sarah • Jan 31, 2025 09:25 am
What Else What Else? I feel like I’m having a weird case of face blindness where people are getting haircuts and I am just not recognizing them anymore. For instance, I didn’t recognize Laverne Cox with this bob that is somehow both angular and blunt. (Go Fug Yourself) The Philadelphia Eagles and By Sarah • Jan 30, 2025 04:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews New movie threat assessment Two new projects are on the table, involving high-profile filmmakers and/or actors, so I am here to do a highly scientific and thoroughly researched threat assessment to determine whether or not these potential new films pose any risk to the public. First up, a sequel to Nineties cult classic By Sarah • Jan 30, 2025 03:23 pm
Style Bridget’s Balmain moment The Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy press tour is in full swing, and while I have zero interest in this film—I like Bridget Jones, but have enjoyed the sequels progressively less—I had to talk about these photos from the London premiere because Renee Zellweger is wearing a By Sarah • Jan 30, 2025 11:53 am
Karla Sofía Gascón Intro for January 30, 2025 Dear Gossips, Yesterday I mentioned media training and a perceived bias against it, probably because people assume it makes a celebrity “less authentic” when really all it does is make them “more prepared”. (Prepared does not mean inauthentic, ask any type A overachiever.) Well, we have another instance in which By Sarah • Jan 30, 2025 09:26 am
What Else What Else? Margaret Qualley’s star has been steadily rising for the last six or so years. She’s reaching the point where I don’t think people really care about nepotism, she’s shown she has the goods. But her mother, Andie McDowell, humorously points out SHE is now benefitting from By Sarah • Jan 29, 2025 04:02 pm
TV Updates The White Lotus and a Goggins goggle mystery I know everyone’s all into Severance right now—I’m waiting to start until they’re halfway through the season because I cannot TAKE the STRESS, and I don’t want to wait two whole months to see what happens next—but the show I am most hotly anticipating By Sarah • Jan 29, 2025 03:11 pm
