Movie Reviews and Previews “Visionary icon” Ben Affleck Here is beardy Ben Affleck outside a boring brick building yesterday, and I am showing you these photos to remind you that Air came out this year. Doesn’t it feel like a million years ago?! Air came out this spring! But don’t forget about Air as we’re By Sarah • Oct 20, 2023 09:29 am
Maple Leaf Intro for October 20, 2023 Dear Gossips, As Lainey mentioned in What Else? yesterday, SAG-AFTRA has issued guidelines for Halloween costumes during the strike, which basically amount to “don’t dress up as a movie or TV character”. It sounds sort of killjoy-ish, but I wonder if they did so because they’re getting questions By Sarah • Oct 20, 2023 09:08 am
Quiveration An unimportant detail about Killers of the Flower Moon Killers of the Flower Moon finally arrives in theaters tomorrow—my full review will be up tomorrow, too—after what feels like one million years of buildup. Maybe that’s just me, since it filmed up the road from my family in Oklahoma, and I’ve been hearing detailed updates By Sarah • Oct 19, 2023 01:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Where is Ferrari’s momentum? Of all the year-end movies, I am probably most looking forward to Ferrari. I love Michael Mann, I have missed him, and am glad he’s back with a film about cars, sex, desire, competition, and death. The latest trailer for Ferrari is all about Enzo Ferrari as played by By Sarah • Oct 19, 2023 11:08 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Halle Bailey and the Glamour Women The Glamour Women of the Year Awards were last night in London, bringing a lot of glamorous women out for the event. The headliner is probably Halle Bailey, who won “game changer of the year” looking amazing in this velvet mini-dress and showed up with her boyfriend, DDG. Halle has By Sarah • Oct 18, 2023 10:30 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina on a boat Over the weekend, Angelina Jolie and her eldest sons, Maddox and Pax, were seen in Greece, filming Pablo Larraín’s latest biopic, Maria. They were filming aboard the real yacht Christina O, which once belonged to Aristotle Onassis (the yacht was named after his daughter). Maddox and Pax are clearly By Sarah • Oct 16, 2023 09:41 am
What Else What Else? How to manage your mental health when all the news is bad. (Popsugar) The headline on this post from the Fug Girls is a classic. I laughed as soon as I saw it. (Go Fug Yourself) How do you clean your jeans? I grew up in Texas, riding horses and By Sarah • Oct 13, 2023 04:09 pm
TV Updates Don’t miss Killing It The last time I told you about an underappreciated gem on streaming, it was Jury Duty. Well, now I have a new under-the-radar streaming recommendation and it’s Killing It, a very dark comedy about capitalism and the American dream starring Craig Robinson and Claudia O’Doherty (of Our Flag By Sarah • Oct 13, 2023 03:27 pm
TV Updates Nathan Fielder is coming for HGTV (with pals Emma Stone and Benny Safdie) Nathan Fielder has made a career out of being unsettling on TV. Benny Safdie has made a career out of making the most stressful movies you’ve ever seen in your life. Emma Stone has somehow slipped through her Hollywood career as one of America’s Sweethearts, yet she has By Sarah • Oct 13, 2023 02:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The most cursed movie this year It’s Friday the 13th in the month of October as we approach Samhain and what cursed object has befallen us? Why, it’s a new trailer for Wonka, the most cursed movie this year! I am really, REALLY trying to give this movie the benefit of the doubt, because By Sarah • Oct 13, 2023 12:21 pm
Style Jodie, solo It has been eleven days since love died, aka we found out that Jodie Turner-Smith filed for divorce from Joshua Jackson. I think most of us knew something was in the wind—there was a reason I was keeping track when they showed up at events together and when Jodie By Sarah • Oct 13, 2023 09:55 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for October 13, 2023 Dear Gossips, It’s Friday the 13th and here’s some scary news—the billionaires are at it again. “Activist investor” Nelson Peltz (father of Nicola Peltz-Beckham), has restarted his proxy fight with Disney CEO Bob Iger. First of all, I hate the term “activist investor” because it makes me By Sarah • Oct 13, 2023 09:04 am
TV Updates Mike Flanagan is back in time for spooky season With films like Oculus, Gerald’s Game, and Doctor Sleep (Director’s Cut) under his belt, as well as TV series including The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass, Mike Flanagan is the reigning king of spooky season. He’s back this spooky season By Sarah • Oct 12, 2023 02:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Is this the end of A24? Growing up in Texas in the 80s, there were three sports everyone took very seriously: football, college football, and professional wrestling. Every kid had their favorite wrestler—mine was Ric Flair because he was the sparkliest—and everyone knew about the “Von Erich curse”. As a kid, I was never By Sarah • Oct 12, 2023 02:09 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina on set Just days after the first official photos of Angelina Jolie as legendary opera singer Maria Callas were released, here is Angelina on the set Maria, filming in Paris. I am IN LOVE with her oversized glasses and scarf combo. Also, the fur coat is either vintage itself, or made from By Sarah • Oct 12, 2023 11:24 am
Business of Hollywood Strike setback After nearly two weeks of negotiations, and rising hope that the SAG-AFTRA strike would end sooner rather than later—a setback. Last night, AMPTP announced the negotiations are “suspended”. Now, take this with a grain of salt, because it is all coming from the management side, and as of this By Sarah • Oct 12, 2023 09:52 am
