Movie Reviews and Previews Hidden Figures surging We are fans of Hidden Figures around here, and while, as Michael Shannon puts it, the work is the work regardless of recognition, there’s still something nice about professional validation. And today Hidden Figures got validated with three Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer, and By Sarah • Jan 24, 2017 03:06 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Answers: Is It Really Cheating If He Doesn't Remember It??? Welcome back to another Sasha Answers podcast! On this week’s show: how to deal with your body shaming friend, do you leave your cheating boyfriend if he didn’t know he cheated and how to get down with your own culture. Lainey and I had fun hashing all of By Sasha • Jan 24, 2017 02:05 pm
Award Season Campaigning Michael Shannon’s work pays off As you know, I love Nocturnal Animals and am perpetually salty that it’s not getting enough attention this award season. It only got one Oscar nomination, although at least the Academy got this right: Michael Shannon was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. I’m still stung that the film By Sarah • Jan 24, 2017 01:44 pm
Mel Gibson Not yet, Annette, not yet Amy Remember last year when Leonardo DiCaprio was on the award circuit for The Revenant how the storyline was all what a travesty it was that he didn’t have an Oscar. Leo’s due! It’s his time! Like somehow he, Leonardo DiCaprio, LEONARDO DICAPRIO!, was hard done by. Forty By Lainey • Jan 24, 2017 01:13 pm
Award Season Campaigning The Icon and The Ingenue The most competitive category at the Oscars this year is Best Actress. It’s been this way since last fall. For several months, the race was defined as Emma Stone versus Natalie Portman. Back in November I wrote about their competition, and that despite Portman’s excellent work in Jackie, By Sarah • Jan 24, 2017 12:10 pm
Media Manipulation Angelina’s fragrance Guerlain announced yesterday that Angelina Jolie will be the global “icon” of their new fragrance for women, Mon Guerlain. It’s her first beauty campaign in almost a decade – a deal with Shiseido for ads that ran only in Asia. The partnership with Guerlain started when she was directing First By Lainey • Jan 24, 2017 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Disney Tom Hardy Look! Tom Hardy in mouse ears! Tom was at Disneyland, Paris today for the launch of Star Wars: Season Of The Force. Which is interesting because there are rumours that he makes a cameo in the next Star Wars, opening in December. Yesterday they revealed that the official title is By Lainey • Jan 24, 2017 10:38 am
TV Updates Britney’s unauthorized biopic The one thing I ask of an unauthorized Britney Spears biopic is that it accurately captures how much Brit’s hair is an indicator of her state of being. Of course, there’s the head-shaving incident but aside from that pivotal moment in pop culture history, Britney’s hair has By Kathleen • Jan 24, 2017 10:26 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for January 24, 2017 Dear Gossips, Oscar nominations. La La Land ties All About Eve and Titanic for the most nominations of all time with 14. Which means the backlash is coming, if it hasn’t arrived already. If the nominations are any indication, the Oscars will come down to La La Land vs By Lainey • Jan 24, 2017 09:54 am
Smutty Tingles Smutty Social Media, January 23, 2017 On a weekend dominated by the action and voice of women, Justin Timberlake is STILL promoting this f-cking movie. Branch’s face says it all … Happy #NationalHuggingDay! @Trolls #TrollsHugDay pic.twitter.com/feRJGKy8Vk— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) January 21, 2017 If it wasn’t such a historic weekend, this would post By Maria • Jan 23, 2017 04:54 pm
Equality Issues Show Your Work: Paparazzi and Morning TV Chrissy Teigen was at the Women’s March in DC on Saturday as Duana and I were recording the latest episode of our Show Your Work podcast. She was making headlines the day before for tweeting about an encounter she’d had with a paparazzo who used a racist slur By Lainey • Jan 23, 2017 04:35 pm
Beyoncé Miss Tina in the New York Times Did you read the Tina Knowles Lawson profile in the New York Times this weekend? I probably don’t have to say this but Miss Tina, as she likes to be called, is the mother of the Beyoncé and Solange. As noted in the piece, Miss Tina’s daughters “became By Lainey • Jan 23, 2017 03:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews DC wants Tom Cruise because they have no imagination Friday The Wrap published an alleged short list of actors wanted by Warner Brothers/DC to play the Green Lantern, the character that almost wrecked Ryan Reynolds’ career. That list includes Reynolds—who is probably praying they decide to start over from scratch—as well as Jake Gyllenhaal, Bradley Cooper, By Sarah • Jan 23, 2017 01:29 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Selena, The Weeknd, and Justin Bieber Last weekend, Justin Bieber stepped out in LA and managed to refrain from commenting on Selena Gomez and The Weeknd…which I appreciated. Lesson learned. Give them the benefit of the doubt and they will sh-t on your faith. Two days later, TMZ was reporting from JB’s sources how By Lainey • Jan 23, 2017 12:18 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Geri Halliwell’s Son…YES… Are we about ready for some earnest Spice Girls nostalgia? I assume so, given that it was exactly 20 years ago that they were becoming a massive phenomenon when Spice was released. But it’s not just cheesy romanticizing – what’s become obvious in the 20 years since they first By Duana • Jan 23, 2017 10:54 am
Blind Riddles Deflate the face There’s all kinds of work to be done before starting on a movie. In addition to preparing for the role, many roles require the actor to get into shape physically. Your first assumption here is to think that means working out. Most of the time. Some of the time By Lainey • Jan 23, 2017 10:46 am
