Movie Reviews and Previews Prince Andrew’s sweatless glands in Scoop Based on TV producer Sam McAlister’s book, Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews, Netflix’s new film Scoop focuses specifically on the 2019 Newsnight interview of Prince Andrew, which turned into one of the most spectacular implosions of a public figure in recent memory. By Sarah • Apr 05, 2024 02:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Pamela Adlon’s Babes Pamela Adlon has been working steadily since the 1980s—she was in Grease 2 AND Say Anything… AND she inspired the Toto song “Pamela”!—but she broke out in the 2010s as a writer and actor on Louie, Louis CK’s hit TV series, at least until he was revealed By Sarah • Apr 05, 2024 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dev Patel’s Monkey Man Dev Patel makes his directorial debut with Monkey Man, a blazingly ambitious revenge thriller that is an immediately impressive calling card for Patel as a very talented filmmaker. Working from a script he co-wrote with Paul Angunawela and John Collee, Patel directs and stars in the film as a By Sarah • Apr 05, 2024 11:21 am
TV Updates Kiki and Andrew should work together After a slower than normal start to the year, entertainment-wise, April is chock full of stuff coming out in theaters and on TV (then later this year we’ll be hit with another void when we reach the period when all the productions that didn’t happen in 2023 By Sarah • Apr 05, 2024 10:47 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for April 5, 2024 Dear Gossips, The billionaire business daddies ended their fight this week, as Nicola Peltz-Beckham’s father got his ass handed to him in the proxy fight for seats on Disney’s board. I originally covered the proxy fight here, basically the whole thing boiled down to former Marvel CEO By Sarah • Apr 05, 2024 09:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Julia Garner Marveled up I realized a horrifying statistic—with Madame Web, Kraven the Hunter, and Venom 3, Sony’s SPUMC (Spider-Man Universe of Marvel Characters lol) is the dominant superhero universe of 2024. Marvel only has Deadpool & Wolverine coming to theaters this year, and DC only has Joker: Folie a Deux, By Sarah • Apr 04, 2024 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brace yourself for the Joker 2 discourse Joker was one of the most discussed films of 2019, setting itself up as a controversial, daring piece of art that took silly superhero sh-t and, supposedly, did something Important with it. Except for how star Joaquin Phoenix wasn’t prepared to have the exact conversation the film, or By Sarah • Apr 03, 2024 01:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Short haired Keanu This week has been nine years and it’s only Wednesday. I am TIRED, I am OVER IT, I am mentally on my COUCH under a BLANKET, do not call me, I have thrown my phone into the SEA. And just when I think I cannot TAKE any MORE, lo, By Sarah • Apr 03, 2024 10:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dev Patel Week Monkey Man opens on Friday, and I am VERY ready for this movie. Dev Patel was on The Today Show on Friday talking it up, and I bring this up for two very specific reasons: 1. General Handsomeness 2. He talks about wanting to see himself and his culture reflected By Sarah • Apr 01, 2024 12:35 pm
What Else What Else? Reminder: We will be dark tomorrow, Friday March 29, but we will be live chatting Cowboy Carter on The Squawk at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM Pacific. I see a lady in a blazer, and I immediately hear She’s changing her name, from Kitty to Karen… Cake remains a By Sarah • Mar 28, 2024 04:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews John Early: Leading Man Everyone has their Search Party favorite, and mine remains John Early, a true triple threat—he sings, he acts, he tells jokes. Whether it’s his episode of Characters, stealing scenes on things like 30 Rock and Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, or dropping perfect line deliveries By Sarah • Mar 28, 2024 03:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews 10 Questions About Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire What is Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire? It’s the latest entry into Warner Bros. Pictures’ “MonsterVerse” films featuring Godzilla and all his pals, plus King Kong. It’s directed by Adam Wingard, returning from Godzilla vs. Kong, and is written by Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett, and Jeremy Slater. By Sarah • Mar 28, 2024 01:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Yorgos & Emma, again Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone only just wrapped up their Oscar run for Poor Things, but they’re back already with Kinds of Kindness, their fourth collaboration, and the first one with a contemporary setting. This is not, however, Lanthimos’s first contemporary-set film, some of his most f- By Sarah • Mar 28, 2024 11:42 am
Models Gigi, with bonus BCoop Despite rumors it would be so, Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper did not hard launch at the Vanity Fair Oscars after party. BCoop didn’t even go to Vanity Fair, he went to Netflix’s after party, instead, and Gigi was nowhere to be seen. But they appear to be By Sarah • Mar 28, 2024 09:16 am
Douchebags Intro for March 28, 2024 Dear Gossips, Programming note: LaineyGossip will be dark on Friday, March 29, but we will be squawking about Cowboy Carter in a live chat on The Squawk at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM Pacific. The mailbag will drop next Tuesday, in lieu of a newsletter. Earlier this week, the Department By Sarah • Mar 28, 2024 08:34 am
TV Updates The Bridgertons pass the torch We’ve had a teaser, we’ve had a clip, and in the ongoing “Netflix won’t just give us a Bridgerton season 3 trailer” string of promotion, the latest are a pair of “passing the torch” videos between The Viscount and Viscountess Bridgerton and Colin and Penelope. That is, By Sarah • Mar 27, 2024 01:58 pm
