Movie Reviews and Previews Xolo Maridueña in Blue Beetle Xolo Maridueña is incredibly charming. That is the big takeaway from his superhero debut, Blue Beetle, in which he plays Jaime Reyes, a recent college grad who can’t get a job to help support his family. At home in the neon lighted, Miami-esque Palmera City, Jaime’s family is By Sarah • Aug 18, 2023 11:27 am
Top Reads This Week In Strikes Despite negotiations reopening between the WGA and the AMPTP, the double strike continues unabated. Patton Oswalt was picketing yesterday at Warner Bros., joined by his wife, Meredith Salenger, and his daughter, Alice. Credit to Alice for a great picket sign, Please put my dad back to work, he’s annoying! By Sarah • Aug 18, 2023 10:45 am
BFFs Robert De Niro’s A-list party Robert De Niro turned 80 yesterday, and his birthday party drew an A-list crowd. Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Paul McCartney, and Uma Thurman—along with her father Robert—among others, were all seen heading into the party at the Tribeca Grill (which he co-owns with restaurateur Drew By Sarah • Aug 18, 2023 10:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 18, 2023 Dear Gossips, Blue Beetle is the first major film of summer 2023 that didn’t have a press tour banked before the SAG-AFTRA strike kicked off on July 14 (this is implied Meg 2: The Trench shade and I won’t stand for it). Star Xolo Maridueña has been unable By Sarah • Aug 18, 2023 09:07 am
What Else What Else? Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are divorcing. As always, I continue to hope for the best for Britney. If it’s not with this guy, so be it. (Celebitchy) Harper Bazaar’s September “Icons” issue features Paul Mescal, Kendall Jenner, and Doja Cat. I guess they’re trying to compete By Sarah • Aug 17, 2023 04:01 pm
Music Keke’s revenge In early July, Keke Palmer went to see Usher in Las Vegas. She wore a sheer dress over a bodysuit and was seen dancing with Usher during the show—harmless fun for a new mom enjoying a girls’ night out—but Keke’s boyfriend, whose name google says is Darius By Sarah • Aug 17, 2023 03:06 pm
TV Updates Harry & Meghan’s next thing Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan have had a tough bout of headlines lately. Despite Spare breaking all kinds of records in the publishing world, and their docu-series Harry & Meghan apparently doing well for Netflix (qualified because streaming metrics aren’t entirely transparent), they hit some speed bumps with their By Sarah • Aug 17, 2023 11:44 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Angie in NYC I was JUST saying how f-cking slow it is in these final days of summer, but then new photos of Angelina Jolie popped up. La Jolie always knows when we need her. Here she is in New York with her son, Pax (toting video equipment for some mysterious purpose). Is By Sarah • Aug 17, 2023 10:06 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 17, 2023 Dear Gossips, There is so little going on in these final days of summer that I give up, we can talk about MovieTok. Ugh. It started two days ago when The New York Times—it’s always them, isn’t it?—published an article about film critics on “MovieTok”, the By Sarah • Aug 17, 2023 09:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Miss Flo protests Florence Pugh has had a big summer, what with being in the Oppen-half of Barbenheimer, the biggest event of our cinematic summer. But she was also supposed to be at work this summer, filming Marvel’s Thunderbolts alongside Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Ayo Edibiri, Steven Yeun, Harrison Ford, Olga Kurylenko, By Sarah • Aug 16, 2023 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Red, White & Royal Blue sells itself short Casey McQuiston’s best-selling novel, Red, White, & Royal Blue, has been adapted into a mostly cute rom-com about a pair of star-crossed lovers—the First Son of the United States and England’s “spare” prince. Taylor Zakhar Perez (Minx’s happy himbo centerfold) stars as Alex, son of what By Sarah • Aug 15, 2023 01:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Maestro has arrived Oppeneheimer, slow your horses. Killers of the Flower Moon, don’t get too excited. Barbie…yeah, you’re fine by the pool. Maestro is here to ensure no one gets too comfortable in the early stages of the 2023 awards season. The teaser trailer for Bradley Cooper’s passion project By Sarah • Aug 15, 2023 01:02 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Someone yelled at Stephen Amell Talking Man Stephen Amell first opened his mouth and showed his ass re: the SAG-AFTRA strike, calling it “myopic” and “reductive”, two weeks ago. Then, on Friday, August 11, Stephen Amell was seen picketing on behalf of SAG-AFTRA for the first time since the strike began on July 13, nearly By Sarah • Aug 14, 2023 10:13 am
What Else What Else? EmRata is going places and doing things. (Go Fug Yourself) It’s the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Here’s a look at how hip-hop dance has evolved over the decades, from breakdancing to TikTok. (Popsugar) Taika Waititi and Rita Ora have been married for one (1) year, and to mark By Sarah • Aug 11, 2023 04:02 pm
Business of Hollywood The vibes have shifted Last week, AMPTP met with the Writers’ Guild to talk about talking for the first time since the writers’ strike started. It didn’t go particularly well, but we’re over 100 days into this strike now, and not only is the WGA—and SAG-AFTRA—still incredibly engaged and determined, By Sarah • Aug 11, 2023 03:11 pm
TV Updates The Summer of Ayo Ayo Edibiri is very busy this summer. She stars in the It show of the summer for two years running, The Bear; she voices April O’Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem—which has been VERY well received by critics and audiences, Seth Rogen solved it—she currently By Sarah • Aug 11, 2023 11:02 am
