Style A-list Albies The third annual Albies hosted by the Clooney Foundation for Justice were last night, bringing out an A-list crowd headed by George and Amal Clooney. She looked impeccable, as always. I can’t really focus on George when he’s standing next to Amal. She’s so stylish. What By Sarah • Sep 27, 2024 10:30 am
Child Stars Intro for September 27, 2024 Dear Gossips, We have been talking about child stars and the impact of fame on kids recently, with Demi Lovato’s documentary about child stardom, the docuseries about Nickelodeon, and Jennette McCurdy’s memoir about her youth in Hollywood. Skirting the edges of all of that, though, are kids who By Sarah • Sep 27, 2024 09:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kate Winslet in Lee Cinematographer Ellen Kuras has lensed films for Spike Lee, Rebecca Miller, Mary Harron, Michel Gondry, and Sam Mendes, so it tracks that Lee, her debut as a solo feature film director, is a very handsome film. Even the most gruesome moments are artful, which also tracks, as Lee is a By Sarah • Sep 26, 2024 03:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Austin Butler’s next move Austin Butler has been in New York for the last couple of months, working on his upcoming leading-man effort, Caught Stealing, which started production a few weeks ago. It’s why he’s hanging out with Zoe Kravitz—they’re co-stars. In fact, this film has a STACKED By Sarah • Sep 26, 2024 11:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Aubrey Plaza’s big week I have seen Megalopolis, and I am REELING. A full review will come in a few days, as soon as I can decipher reality again, but in short: I was reminded of Cats AND Terrence Malick. Make of that what you will. Megalopolis screened at the New York Film Festival By Sarah • Sep 25, 2024 03:04 pm
BFFs Will & Harper rediscover friendship and America Will Ferrell and Harper Steele’s friendship goes back 30 years, to their mutual starts at Saturday Night Live in 1995. Over the next 13 years, Harper would rise to be the Emmy-winning head writer of SNL, while Will would go on to become one of the biggest comedy By Sarah • Sep 25, 2024 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Thunderbolts* looks promising The teaser trailer for Marvel’s Thunderbolts* officially dropped yesterday—“officially” because it leaked during Comic-Con—and whew, it’s a good one. Arguably the best teaser/trailer Marvel has released in a while. Like, take Marvel off it, and this just looks like a good movie. Thunderbolts* is By Sarah • Sep 24, 2024 10:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gladiator II spoils itself As we inch into October and autumn, we’re also approaching the holiday movie season, which means trailers for the big holiday movies, like Gladiator II. I liked the first trailer for this film a lot, especially the glimpses of what looks like a potentially great Denzel Washington performance. This By Sarah • Sep 23, 2024 02:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt & George Clooney in Wolfs Truth, beauty, and good movies are in the eye of the beholder. Take, for instance, Jon Watts’ first post-Spider-Man feature film, Wolfs. It’s a crime caper starring two of the last real Movie Stars, George Clooney and Brad Pitt, it’s set in the world of New By Sarah • Sep 23, 2024 12:51 pm
What Else What Else? Joshua Jackson features in the mailbag this week. Here he is at the Doctor Odyssey premiere, proceeding down the silver fox road. (Go Fug Yourself) Generally not here to yuck anyone’s yum, but fridgescaping remains the dumbest f-cking thing I’ve ever heard of. Organizing your fridge is By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 04:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Saoirse’s double shot Speaking of actors with two notable films this year, Saoirse Ronan has entered the chat. She has two films out this fall, addiction drama The Outrun, which opens next week, and Blitz, Steve McQueen’s period drama about a family during the London Blitz of World War II, which opens By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 01:03 pm
TV Updates Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti in The Penguin At the end of The Batman, mob boss Carmine Falcone is dead, leaving behind a power vacuum for control of Gotham City’s criminal underbelly, something the anchors on Gotham’s news channels explain at the beginning of The Penguin, a mini-series set immediately after the events of The By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 12:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan launches his campaign(s) Sebastian Stan has two films out this year, A Different Man and The Apprentice. Both have earned him the highest praise of his career so far, including the Silver Bear for acting at the Berlin International Film Festival for A Different Man. And despite the controversy surrounding it—threats of By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 11:29 am
TV Updates Squid Game returns Three years since its debut, Squid Game remains the biggest series on Netflix. Now, we have our first look at season two, coming on December 26. It looks as tense and upsetting as ever! Lee Jung-jae returns as Seong Gi-hun, who, despite winning the game in season one, By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 10:26 am
Style Oh yeah, there’s a new Transformers movie And this time it’s animated! It’s called Transformers One and it’s the origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron and their whole deal. I know children who are excited for this—the childish appeal of shape-shifting robots is eternal—and no one else. As an adult By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 09:44 am
Oprah Winfrey Intro for September 20, 2024 Dear Gossips, Every American presidential election cycle is the most consequential election of our lifetimes, and also a chance for people to insist that celebrity endorsements don’t matter, and yet politicians keep trotting out celebrities who support them. Case in point: last night Kamala Harris held a rally in By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 09:19 am
