Taylor Swift TNT’s contrast couple While Travis Kelce is prepping for the divisional round against the Buffalo Bills this Sunday, Taylor Swift is back at the Electric Lady Studio in New York. I am not enough of a Swiftie to know if she’s recording new music or working on her penultimate re-recorded album. I By Sarah • Jan 19, 2024 10:04 am
Robert Downey-Jr Intro for January 19, 2024 Dear Gossips, Sundance has begun! Yesterday were the first premieres and the opening night gala of the Sundance Film Festival, which brought out a lot of stars. Kristen Stewart was there, as she received the Visionary Award, as was Christopher Nolan, who received the inaugural Sundance Institute Trailblazer Award. Nolan By Sarah • Jan 19, 2024 09:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Just leave Richard Simmons alone Encino Man star Pauly Shore recently announced he would star as fitness guru and now recluse Richard Simmons in a biopic of Simmons. This comes after the internet noticed that Shore kinda sorta looks like Richard Simmons, and started doing memes about it. Back in September, Shore posted on Instagram By Sarah • Jan 18, 2024 03:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews BAFTA f-ckery 2024 The BAFTA nominations were announced today, and people are up in arms at some high-profile snubs. For one thing, Barbie only got 5 nominations, including noms for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the acting categories, and Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach for original screenplay. But the miss on a By Sarah • Jan 18, 2024 12:00 pm
Gorgessity Rachel Brosnahan: Emmy’s Best Dressed (Sarah) I cannot remember the last time I cared about what Rachel Brosnahan wore to an event, but she showed up last night in an incredible dress and I let out an audible gasp reaction when I saw it on my TV. The gown is by Versace, the color is oxblood, By Sarah • Jan 16, 2024 02:15 pm
Emmy Awards 2024 Obligatory hot dudes post Welcome to the obligatory hot dudes post, we’re starting with the men from The Bear because I know a lot of you are horny for Jeremy Allen White, so here he is with bonus Cousin Richie in the form of Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Ebon once again rocked a banker suit By Sarah • Jan 16, 2024 12:52 pm
Equality Issues Emmy Rookies Three first-time Emmy nominees this year include Jenna Ortega, following Patty Duke as the second-youngest nominee for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series; Dominique Fishback, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series/Anthology/Movie; and Bella Ramsey, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Though Ramsey identifies By Sarah • Jan 16, 2024 08:32 am
Emmy Awards 2024 Kieran Culkin and Succession domination Three major award shows in the span of nine days is a lot, and by the time the Emmys rolled around last night, you could feel the burnout, especially since everything went as expected in the drama categories, with near-total Succession domination. One person who was NOT burned out, though, By Sarah • Jan 16, 2024 06:55 am
Award Season Campaigning Most of the movie men The Critics Choice Awards were last night, and Oscar nominations close tomorrow, and between these two points in time, we’re getting a clearer picture of the Oscar race. Robert Downey, Jr., for instance, widens his lead in the Best Supporting Actor category, while taking potshots at critics in his By Sarah • Jan 15, 2024 12:14 pm
Ayo Edebiri This is a thirst trap In what is probably a preview of tonight’s Emmy Awards, The Bear won big at the Critics’ Choice Awards. They won every comedy series award—despite not even being a comedy!—except for Best Supporting Actress, which went to Meryl Streep for Only Murders in the Building. She didn’ By Sarah • Jan 15, 2024 09:51 am
What Else What Else? Developments in the Tom Cruise/Warner Bros. Discovery deal, apparently Paramount is hacked off that Cruise shot down TV series based in the Mission: Impossible or Days of Thunder universes. Cruise, who famously defended movie theaters in the post-COVID world, did not okay those projects, which maybe helped hasten Paramount By Sarah • Jan 12, 2024 04:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Plastics are back and the same as ever Mean Girls was a hit book (title Queen Bees and Wannabes), then a hit movie, then a hit musical, now it’s a movie again, and hoping to be a hit once more. The new film is an adaptation of the stage musical based on the 2004 film, and it By Sarah • Jan 12, 2024 03:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Do not let Amy Winehouse’s dad have the final word I have a theory that the 2011 death of Amy Winehouse actually pierced the cynicism and malignant tabloid culture that dominated the 2000s and was one of the major fuels for the rapid social changes of the 2010s, particularly around women in media and how we talk about and treat By Sarah • Jan 12, 2024 01:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews 10 Questions About The Beekeeper What is The Beekeeper? The Beekeeper is a new action movie starring Jason Statham, Jeremy Irons, Phylicia Rashad, and Josh Hutcherson. It is directed by David Ayers and written by Kurt Wimmer. The Beekeeper is rated R and runs just over 100 minutes. Wait, isn’t Kurt Wimmer the guy By Sarah • Jan 12, 2024 12:23 pm
Award Season Campaigning The never-ending contender parade With the pace of events this week and next, you would think the Oscars are right around the corner and not in f-cking MARCH. Last night was yet another event, the National Board of Review Gala in New York. All the Oscar girlies came to play, plus a few people By Sarah • Jan 12, 2024 10:22 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for January 12, 2024 Dear Gossips, The Sundance Film Festival starts next week, where Kristen Stewart will be front and center on opening night as the recipient of this year’s Visionary Award. Ahead of the fest, she’s featured in Variety, talking about Sundance, about trying to scrape together money for her feature By Sarah • Jan 12, 2024 09:10 am
