TV Updates Sophie Turner, back at work Last year, Sophie Turner made headlines when her very public divorce from Joe Jonas defied the usual misogynistic playbook and attempts to cast Sophie as a “wayward” mother—because she’s a working parent—blew up in Joe’s face big time. It’s a rare example of misogyny and By Sarah • Aug 16, 2024 10:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 16, 2024 Dear Gossips, Dan Stevens is having a great year. First, he got to do whatever the hell he wanted in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, then he got to do whatever the hell he wanted in vampire ballerina movie Abigail (is it good? No. Is Dan Stevens’ performance wildly By Sarah • Aug 16, 2024 09:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The other R-rated Marvel movie In the endless shuffling that resulted from production and release delays last year, Sony’s latest Spider-Man movie that doesn’t feature Spider-Man, Kraven the Hunter, got booted around several times before finally landing on a December 2024 release date. They are apparently locked into that date, because they are By Sarah • Aug 15, 2024 11:52 am
Only Murders In The Building How many people must die at The Arconia? Only Murders in the Building has become a cozy watch for many of us, and season four is set to premiere on Hulu on August 27. With new episodes dropping weekly, it will run through October, so the cool coat and cozy vibes are strong, as always. Everyone involved with By Sarah • Aug 14, 2024 02:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Osgood Perkins’ next thing Filmmaker Osgood Perkins is riding high on the success of Longlegs, which received critical acclaim AND audience acclaim; to date, it has racked up over $90 million against a sub-$10 million budget. This is what I’ve been saying about budgets all summer. People WILL go see movies other By Sarah • Aug 13, 2024 10:30 am
TV Updates D23 trailer haul Hey everyone, welcome to my haul video! Just kidding, this is text. But it IS a haul OF videos from D23, the in-house Disney fan convention. We’re just off Comic-Con but this happened, too, because we live in a culture of constant capitalist overconsumption and commercials are commodities unto By Sarah • Aug 12, 2024 12:38 pm
Douchebags Hold Joaquin Phoenix accountable On Friday, news broke that Joaquin Phoenix left the set of Todd Haynes’ upcoming, untitled film. The film, which was five days away from starting production, was the brainchild of Phoenix, who brought his original idea to Todd Haynes and his producers. Haynes then co-wrote the script with writer Jonathan By Sarah • Aug 12, 2024 09:46 am
What Else What Else? I am fascinated by the logistics of the Olympics. Like how it all comes together, how they make it all work behind the scenes, etc. It’s why I like the movie Olympic Dreams. It’s not the best movie ever, but it was shot on location during the 2018 By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 04:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media for August 9, 2024 Lupita Nyong’o celebrating her cat’s 3rd birthday is so wholesome. And Yoyo’s face is priceless, he is totally not into his own party. Cats: they never like any of the super cute things we do for them. Tracee Ellis Ross hating life while on a ski lift By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 02:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Blake Lively in It Ends With Us Films about difficult subjects do not have to be visually drab affairs, as if underscoring the seriousness of the subject by rejecting the inherent glamour of cinema, but by the same token, films about difficult subjects should at least FEEL like they’re about difficult subjects. It Ends With Us, By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 01:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews George & Amal & Wolfs George Clooney’s latest film, Wolfs, will premiere in a few weeks during the Venice Film Festival. George is already in Italy with Amal and her mother, Baria Alamuddin (the photos are no longer available to us, but you can see them here). Presumably, he’ll be staying in Italy By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Saturday Night Then Just yesterday I said we should get a trailer soon for Saturday Night, Jason Reitman’s film about the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live, and behold, here it is, said trailer. I’m into it. I mean damn, the casting is SPOT ON. Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels isn’ By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 11:21 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 9, 2024 Dear Gossips, Get ready for another round of doom and gloom headlines, because movie studios are reporting their second-quarter financials and it’s bad news. The worst news is from Warner Bros. Discovery, which reported a $9.1 billion write down mostly stemming from value lost on traditional linear television By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 09:09 am
What Else What Else? Programming note: Tomorrow on The Squawk we will have a live chat at 3:00 PM ET. Join us! Blake Lively and Isabela Ferrer, who plays the younger version of Blake’s character in It Ends With Us, stepped out for the premiere after party in Barbiecore that is trending By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 04:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lainey’s future favorite movie This fall—supposedly October—Jason Reitman’s behind-the-scenes film about the first episode of Saturday Night Live is supposed to be released (using qualifiers because like A Complete Unknown, this film was just shooting earlier this spring, and that is a very tight turnaround). It’s called Saturday Night, it’ By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 03:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media for August 8, 2024 Serena Williams is living her best life in Paris despite the recent row over getting a table at the Paris Peninsula rooftop restaurant. Allegedly, she was turned away because she was “unrecognizable”. Restaurant staff maintain the place was booked, and while I am generally in the “don’t accommodate celebrities By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 02:02 pm
