TV Updates The Bear is open for business For some reason, everyone decided to drop a trailer yesterday, but here’s one that stands out—The Bear season 3. Carmy and Syd and Cousin Richie are back, The Bear is open, and…well. It’s The Bear so no one is having a good time. This is, however, By Sarah • May 30, 2024 10:50 am
Intro for May 30, 2024 Dear Gossips, Recently, I have been discussing the state of the Movie Star, starting here, then we continued over on The Squawk, and now The Hollywood Reporter has crowned their “new A-list”, so let’s return to the topic and judge the new generation of stars. First, to be clear, By Sarah • May 30, 2024 09:12 am
What Else What Else? A look back at Lily Gladstone’s Cannes wardrobe. My favorite is the silver sequined dress with the duck(?) detail, but I also really like the green gown with the jeweled embellishment. A great Cannes for Lily! (Go Fug Yourself) Billionaire Larry Connor is partnering with Triton Submarines to build By Sarah • May 29, 2024 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Knives Out fantasy casting Benoit Blanc is back, baby! The third entry into the Knives Out franchise of fun little murder mysteries has been announced, it’s called Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery which is a terrible title, but I shall not let that get me down! I love Benoit Blanc By Sarah • May 29, 2024 02:15 pm
TV Updates Amandla Stenberg’s Star Wars fit The Acolyte premieres next week, the latest entry into New New Star Wars which looks back to a time before Skywalkers. It looks promising, and I can’t wait to see if creator and showrunner Leslye Headland found a story path for Star Wars free of Skywalkers and original trilogy By Sarah • May 29, 2024 01:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Timmy-Bob on set Timothée Chalamet is currently at work on James Mangold’s latest music biopic, A Complete Unknown. The film is adapted from Elijah Wald’s book Dylan Goes Electric! and depicts the moment in Bob Dylan’s career when the young folk singer switched from acoustic to electric guitars. Mangold has By Sarah • May 29, 2024 10:05 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for May 29, 2024 Dear Gossips, Yesterday, I wrote about the (many) ills plaguing theatrical exhibition of films at home, on their nice big TVs with their nice sound systems. I get it! Especially when you add in overall comfort, lower cost, optimal snack options, and lack of rude people. Watching movies at home By Sarah • May 29, 2024 09:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The dismal holiday box office It was Memorial Day weekend in the US, a three-day weekend that often signals the start of summer. For film fans, though, Memorial Day is usually a big movie weekend, dominated by a blockbuster release. Well, not this year. 2024 is the worst Memorial Day box office in almost 30 By Sarah • May 28, 2024 10:47 am
What Else What Else? Glen Powell has a cover profile on The Hollywood Reporter, and he talks about how the success of Anyone But You is what really put him on the map in terms of being a bankable star. I don’t think that’s taking credit for Sydney Sweeney’s work, as By Sarah • May 24, 2024 04:03 pm
Winona Ryder Beetlejuice is autumn vibes and Scooby Doo I was divided on the teaser for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the decades in the making sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 classic, but the full trailer has me feeling hopeful that this won’t suck? There’s less memberberry juice in the full trailer, as it introduces some new characters, though By Sarah • May 24, 2024 01:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth in Furiosa In 2015, Mad Max: Fury Road revitalized the Mad Max franchise, a rare legacy sequel that improves upon its forebears, and a film that is, in its own right, a contemporary classic. Fury Road roars with action, a bastion of practical stunts and the judicious implementation of CGI that arrived By Sarah • May 24, 2024 01:06 pm
Style Lily Gladstone’s next act One year after premiering Killers of the Flower Moon at Cannes, Lily Gladstone is on the jury, and she’s been killing it on the Croisette. Yesterday at the premiere of L’Amour Ouf (Beating Hearts), it was an embroidered black dress, spangled shawl, and stellar pink earrings. I can’ By Sarah • May 24, 2024 11:59 am
Equality Issues Tomdaya’s theater date night Zendaya is hot off her busy spring, starring in Dune: Part Two and Challengers, and now it’s Tom Holland’s turn in the spotlight. (Celebrity couples build better longevity when they take turns being center stage: discuss.) Kathleen once dubbed them “Tomdaya”, which still sounds like a disease to By Sarah • May 24, 2024 10:07 am
Intro for May 24, 2024 Dear Gossips, Yesterday, the US Department of Justice, along with thirty state and district attorneys, filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster. They’re alleging monopolistic behavior and guess where the suit was filed? The Southern District of New York, baby, the most f-ck around and By Sarah • May 24, 2024 09:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Of course The Apprentice has legal issues Sebastian Stan took a break from filming Thunderbolts* to hop over to Cannes for the world premiere of The Apprentice, Ali Abassi’s film about the rise of Donald Trump in the 1970s and 80s. Stan was there with Abbasi and Maria Bakalova, who plays Ivana Trump. Jeremy Strong, who By Sarah • May 22, 2024 12:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The daddest of all dad movies Kevin Costner’s western epic Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (hate the title!) premiered at Cannes over the weekend. Festival reviews are not to be trusted, but Vulture’s critic, Bilge Ebiri, called it “Dune: Part One for dads” which made me laugh out loud. My dad only watches By Sarah • May 21, 2024 03:01 pm
