TV Updates Introducing the new Mr. & Mrs. Smith To review, back in 2021 it was announced that Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge would collaborate on and co-star in a new take on Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the sexy spy rom-com that brought us Brangelina. Then, seven months after that announcement, Phoebe Waller-Bridge departed the project over “creative differences” By Sarah • Dec 08, 2023 12:41 pm
Helen Mirren A lot of women in entertainment As previously mentioned, The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment event brought out a lot of people, as every red carpet has since the end of the actors’ strike. Besides Lily Gladstone and Adele, the event brought out members of Team Barbie including Alexandra Shipp, Dua Lipa wearing a belt By Sarah • Dec 08, 2023 11:27 am
BFFs Charles and Julianne on repeat (Coop on the grill) Following the London premiere of May December, Charles Melton and Julianne Moore stuck around for another screening and Q&A at Soho House, finessing the BAFTA voters and whatever Academy members are in London right now. As Lainey mentioned, the Golden Globe nominations will be announced Monday, and it’ By Sarah • Dec 08, 2023 09:28 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 8, 2023 Dear Gossips, There is too much stuff going on! Awards season is always chock-a-block with events, but it feels especially bad this year, with strike-delayed premieres finally happening, and films that would have done more promotion earlier in the year cramming it all now. It also feels like all the By Sarah • Dec 08, 2023 08:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Steven Yeun Looks (at Kristen Stewart) The lineup for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival was announced yesterday, and we’ll talk more about it in the new year, closer to the actual festival in January. For now, I just want to talk about Love Me, a film starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun, which was named By Sarah • Dec 07, 2023 01:26 pm
BFFs Emma Stone ft. Taylor Swift Poor Things opens tomorrow. Right now, it’s one of the top contenders for Best Picture, and Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo are in the thick of their campaigns for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. The premiere was last night in New York, and it drew some big By Sarah • Dec 07, 2023 11:32 am
Anna Kendrick The Most Dangerous Game as a rom-com Jake Johnson is a lowkey fave, always and forever appreciated for his perfect performance as Nick Miller on New Girl but also appreciated for his great taste in projects outside of the hit sitcom that made him famous. He spent the hiatuses of his New Girl years wisely, often collaborating By Sarah • Dec 06, 2023 02:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Independent Spirit Awards are in the thick of it Coming off their record-breaking trip to the Oscars earlier this year, in which they won all “big six” awards for acting, directing, and Best Picture, A24 clocked another impressive list of nominations for the 2023 Independent Spirit Awards. They earned eleven nominations overall, with five going to Past Lives, which By Sarah • Dec 06, 2023 12:12 pm
Dumbass Do literally anything else I ignored it as long as I could but now there are photos and there is no denying it any longer—Sebastian Stan is playing Donald Trump in an upcoming movie, and this is a mistake. The film is called The Apprentice, but despite the millennial title, it’s about By Sarah • Dec 05, 2023 12:16 pm
TV Updates All the HOTD bitches are back Oh yeah, HOTD is back, and I don’t mean hot dudes, I mean it’s time to return to Westeros and the world of hot dragons with House of the Dragon season two. I could not get into season one because this is a show about nothing, but dammit, By Sarah • Dec 04, 2023 03:49 pm
TV Updates Is Fallout the next big thing? Recently I had a conversation with someone who works in film development, and we were talking about Marvel’s bad year, superhero fatigue, and all that jazz. And while no one is willing to count out Marvel just yet, there is a growing sentiment among those whose jobs revolve around By Sarah • Dec 04, 2023 02:01 pm
What Else What Else? Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is ready for her latest Oscar run! (Go Fug Yourself) The Prince and Princess of Wales attended the Royal Variety show last night, and despite being named as one of the “royal racists” in Omid Scobie’s Endgame, Princess Kate got a standing ovation. But as pointed out, By Sarah • Dec 01, 2023 04:06 pm
TV Updates Existential horror with Dr. Death Dr. Death is horrifying in all its forms, from the ProPublica expose to the podcast to the streaming series starring Christian Slater, Alec Baldwin, and Joshua Jackson as Christopher Duntsch, the eponymous “Dr. Death”. Dr. Death streamed on Peacock in 2021 and garnered three Critics Choice Awards nominations—had it By Sarah • Dec 01, 2023 03:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Furiosa make it epic? CCXP, the impossibly huge comic con held annually in Brasil, is happening right now, and yesterday—last night? This morning? Time is fake—Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth appeared and presented the first trailer for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. This is the Mad Max: Fury Road prequel with ATJ By Sarah • Dec 01, 2023 01:14 pm
Award Season Campaigning Elle gets it right Elle’s annual Women In Hollywood issues are here, a collection of nine cover features that reads like potential ballots for the Oscars. Best Actress hopefuls Lily Gladstone, Greta Lee, and Fantasia Barrino Taylor are among the featured profiles, as are Best Supporting Actress contenders Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, By Sarah • Dec 01, 2023 12:32 pm
BFFs Tay returns the favor Last night was the London premiere of RENAISSANCE: A Film by Beyoncé. Once again, Beyoncé did not walk her own premiere carpet, once again she posted her official photos to her own website, once again Michelle Williams was there, but this time, some things were different. Firstly, Beyoncé had two By Sarah • Dec 01, 2023 12:15 pm
