Award Season Campaigning Everyone is at the Chateau At various points in its near-hundred-year history, Los Angeles’s Chateau Marmont has been a hip celebrity hangout. It had one of its many revival periods in the 90s when the Gen Xers liked hanging out there—some loyalists, like Keanu Reeves, are still frequent visitors. But then it kind By Sarah • Jan 08, 2026 11:06 am
TV Updates Stranger Things: Watchable Nostalgia Bait The final season of Netflix's Stranger Things is still watchable despite its empty narrative and excruciating exposition-driven plot By Sarah • Jan 05, 2026 02:00 pm
Award Season Campaigning The Pitt crew at the CCAs Let The Pitt’s reign begin, after winning multiple Emmys, including Outstanding Drama Series, The Pitt picked up more trophies at the Critics Choice Awards. Noah Wyle won Best Actor in a Drama Series, Katherine LaNasa won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and the show itself won Best By Sarah • Jan 05, 2026 12:44 pm
Keri Russell Date night at the CCAs Something I’ve always wondered about is how bad or good an awards show is as a date night. For us regular degulars, we get to really dress up maybe a few times in life—prom, weddings, maybe a work event depending on careers. But actors get to dress up By Sarah • Jan 05, 2026 11:12 am
Award Season Campaigning The Critics Choice Awards set the tone Welcome back from the liminal space, everything is a nightmare, let’s talk about awards shows! The 31st annual Critics Choice Awards were held last night in Los Angeles, the first heavyweight awards show on the trophy trail. The big winners were Sinners and One Battle After Another, with The By Sarah • Jan 05, 2026 10:22 am
What Else Friday Funday with Jack and Paul Programming note: We will be dark beginning Monday, December 22, and will return on Monday, January 5, 2026, with our coverage of the Critics Choice Awards. In between, daily chats at The Squawk will be open for holiday hangs. Off to the liminal space! To wrap up LG’s 2025 By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Arnett in Is This Thing On? Inspired by the dad-to-comic life story of British comedian John Bishop, Will Arnett and his writing partner, Mark Chappell, penned a film called Is This Thing On? about a sad dad turned stand-up comedian who gets his groove back on the stages of New York’s comedy scene. Director Bradley By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 03:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue Hello, it’s me, back on my grinchy bullsh-t to review Song Sung Blue, a treacly jukebox musical about Neil Diamond and the power of love. Written and directed by Craig Brewer and based on Greg Kohs’ 2008 documentary of the same name, Song Sung Blue chronicles the lives of By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 12:02 pm
Justin Bieber Pre-holiday date night How are people still going places and doing things? The only reason I’ve made it through this week is I work from home and don’t have to go anywhere or put on pants. But here are celebrities, going places, doing things, wearing pants, as per usual. First up By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 09:56 am
Barack Obama Intro for December 19, 2025 Dear Gossips, This will be the final day of posting on the site for 2025. We will be dark beginning Monday, December 22, and will return on January 5, 2026, with coverage of the Critics Choice Awards. And since 2025 has been a rough year, and it seems determined to By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 09:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Amanda Seyfried in The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold, the Norwegian filmmaker best known for her creative collaborations with her husband, Brady Corbet, is back behind the camera for her third feature film, an ecstatic and somewhat eccentric biopic of the religious leader Ann Lee. The Testament of Ann Lee tells the story of the eponymous Ann By Sarah • Dec 18, 2025 12:12 pm
Business of Hollywood The YouTube Oscars News broke yesterday that the Oscars will move online to YouTube in 2029. The Oscars will continue to run on ABC through 2028, which is its centenary year, and then will shift online in 2029 for a five-year deal with YouTube that includes access to the red carpet and the By Sarah • Dec 18, 2025 10:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews I simply do not believe Emily Blunt is normal If you just look at Steven Spielberg’s resume, you would never know that the film industry has suffered two major work stoppages in the last five years. Since 2020 he has released two films, West Side Story and The Fablemans, with a third due in 2026. Three films in By Sarah • Dec 17, 2025 11:36 am
TV Updates Here comes The Pitt Just Friday I mentioned how I am waiting patiently for promo for The Pitt season two, and lo, a Christmas miracle occurred, as HBO dropped the first 90 seconds of the first episode of season two. Behold: Dr. Robby! Put your helmet on! An emergency medicine physician riding a motorcycle By Sarah • Dec 15, 2025 10:48 am
What Else The Pitt crew at Actors Night (whatever it is) There are so many year-end events, and last night, it was The Actors Night Hosted by The Actor Awards & Elle. Okay. I am just bringing this up because much of the younger cast of The Pitt was there. I am patiently waiting for that season two trailer! Part of By Sarah • Dec 12, 2025 04:04 pm
TV Updates Tom Hiddleston returns to the spy game In pop culture, 2016 stands out for the summer of Hiddleswift, when Tom Hiddleston and Taylor Swift flew too close to the sun and got scorched by public backlash. But that was also the year of The Night Manager, which was a big hit—huge, in the UK—and won By Sarah • Dec 12, 2025 03:17 pm
