Business of Hollywood Kevin Feige’s big day Comic Con started yesterday, but before heading to San Diego, almost everyone affiliated with Marvel was at Kevin Feige’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles. His ubiquitous baseball cap and general mien of unshakeable pleasantness makes it easy to forget he’s arguably the most powerful producer By Sarah • Jul 26, 2024 11:20 am
Sports The chaotic pre-Olympics party I’m trying to remember if the Olympics have ever been such an A-list celebrity parade before, or if it’s happening this year because the Games are in Paris, a major world fashion and culture capital, which is drawing a contingent of celebrities who might otherwise not be at By Sarah • Jul 26, 2024 10:04 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for July 26, 2024 Dear Gossips, Time for a creative industry labor relations update—SAG-AFTRA is striking against video game publishers. The strike went into effect at 12:01 AM this morning and comes after over EIGHTEEN MONTHS of negotiations (and as the World of Warcraft team voted to unionize on the development side By Sarah • Jul 26, 2024 09:06 am
What Else What Else? A complete retrospective of Emma Corrin’s most excellent fashion during the Deadpool & Wolverine press tour. They had fun dressing for a villain role, you can tell. (Go Fug Yourself) Trump VP pick, JD Vance, said words about “childless cat ladies” trying to make America miserable again—they’re By Sarah • Jul 25, 2024 04:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews James McAvoy is back James McAvoy was trending on Twitter—I will NEVER call it X—yesterday because he took his shirt off in the trailer for Speak No Evil and everyone was like, Oh yeah, James McAvoy is super hot. I feel like we have this conversation every few years, because McAvoy has By Sarah • Jul 25, 2024 03:22 pm
Bridgerton It’s Benedict’s turn As most of us assumed, Bridgerton season 4 will center on second brother Benedict, played by Luke Thompson. The announcement was officially made a couple days ago: Production on season four is supposed to start in September (and run through spring 2025), which means we should be hearing pretty quick By Sarah • Jul 25, 2024 12:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dork Storm 2024: Infinity Dork It’s that time of year again, when dorks unite in San Diego to celebrate everything geek culture. That’s right, it’s Comic Con. Though it feels different now than it used to, in large part because the sheer dominance of Hall H, where movie studios and TV networks By Sarah • Jul 25, 2024 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Hartnettaissance has officially begun M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap is just a couple weeks away, and I honestly can’t remember the last time I was genuinely excited for a new Shyamalan movie. I’m always down to try his latest movie—when he misses, he MISSES, but when he hits, he HITS—but By Sarah • Jul 25, 2024 10:45 am
Maple Leaf Olympic pairs Speaking of the Olympics, Celine Dion and Lady Gaga are still out and about in Paris, continuing to fuel rumors that one or both of them are performing during the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games tomorrow. I will be a little surprised if there isn’t a French performer By Sarah • Jul 25, 2024 09:34 am
Sports Intro for July 25, 2024 Dear Gossips, Sure, Comic Con starts today (more on that later), but you know what starts tomorrow? The Olympics! Comic Con happens every year, the summer Games only happen once every four years, even though the last summer Olympics were three years ago because of COVID. Unlike Violeta, I am By Sarah • Jul 25, 2024 08:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Timmy’s running Here’s a nice hump day surprise: the teaser for A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet has arrived…which makes me wonder if it’s going to be ready in time for the fall festivals. This film was just shooting two months ago, and though I By Sarah • Jul 24, 2024 12:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Is Joker all a dream? The Venice Film Festival starts in just about a month, and one of the biggest premieres it will host is for Joker: Folie à Deux. A new trailer has been released, and I like this one less than I did the first one. It definitely looks like Folie àDeux IS By Sarah • Jul 24, 2024 10:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Deadpool’s final push Deadpool & Wolverine opens at the end of the week, and since I just nailed a box office prediction with Twisters, I’ll try again with this one. Deadpool is tracking for a $160 million opening weekend, but once again I think that’s low, and it will go upwards By Sarah • Jul 23, 2024 10:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Twisters blew away the box office I said it! Did I not say it?! I did! I said Twisters would beat expectations! Very specifically I said it would make $80 million: “…the $50 million estimate for Twisters feels low, I won’t be surprised if that movie hits around $80 million.” Twisters blew away its opening By Sarah • Jul 22, 2024 10:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews KiKi Layne in Dandelion KiKi Layne is so naturally luminous on screen that a single closeup of her face can engender audience sympathy for her character. Filmmaker Nicole Riegel, directing Layne in her new film Dandelion, understands this quality in her star, and uses it to both make us care about her character and By Sarah • Jul 19, 2024 02:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones in Twisters Twisters is a rare legacy sequel that is unburdened by the original film’s story and characters. Much as Doug Liman’s Road House treats the 1989 original film as a genre unto itself, so, too, does Twisters, the 28-years later sequel to the 1996 blockbuster Twister, treat its source By Sarah • Jul 19, 2024 12:38 pm
