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
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 1, 2023 Dear Gossips, Variety’s “Actors on Actors” conversation series returns on December 4, and they announced their full lineup for the year, and they went for it, going all-in on Barbenheimer and pairing Cillian Murphy with Margot Robbie. Once again, let’s take a moment to acknowledge Margot’s excellent By Sarah • Dec 01, 2023 09:02 am
What Else What Else? Jennifer Garner has a new body swap comedy on Netflix called Family Switch, co-starring Ed Helms. She wore a kicky red dress to the premiere. (Go Fug Yourself) More interesting to me than Endgame, is how Omid Scobie researched, reported, and wrote Endgame. Omid is showing his work! (Celebitchy) Every By Sarah • Nov 30, 2023 04:15 pm
Bad Style Due Dua Dua Lipa has been in New York all week, and yesterday was out and about in a couple of outfits. She’s been rocking fits all week—the Fug Girls almost mistook her for Julia Fox—and yesterday was no different. Here is Dua two ways, with a daytime fit By Sarah • Nov 30, 2023 01:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Charles, Natalie, and Julianne back at it Following Charles Melton’s win at the Gotham Awards earlier this week, the May December team is not resting. There was a BAFTA screening of the film yesterday in New York with director Todd Haynes, Julianne Moore, Melton, and Natalie Portman. The schedule of special screenings and Q&As By Sarah • Nov 30, 2023 12:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Julia’s scroll down surprise Julia Roberts has a film in theaters right now, and I bet you haven’t heard of it. Netflix does this every year, they back their Oscar hopefuls, their one big holiday release (this year, Rebel Moon), and then they abandon everything else. Leave the World Behind is one of By Sarah • Nov 30, 2023 11:52 am
Quiveration Two faves One of my faves is Keanu Reeves and for a lot of y’all, Jeremy Allen White is a fave, and here they are, crossing paths yesterday in LA. Keanu has been busy this week, appearing with his band Dogstar on Jimmy Kimmel Live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= By Sarah • Nov 30, 2023 11:11 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for November 30, 2023 Dear Gossips, Let’s check in on the world of VFX where everything is always terrible. Guess what? Still terrible! Despite some positive progress toward creating a more equitable, less toxic work environment for VFX artists—at least in the US, the situation remains very dire for many non-US workers— By Sarah • Nov 30, 2023 09:00 am
