Movie Reviews and Previews A creeping sense of dread in Nosferatu Over the last decade, Robert Eggers has established himself as one of the most meticulous auteurs working today, with his exactingly realized worlds occupied by characters undergoing total meltdowns. Nosferatu is his latest cinematic diorama of dread, a retelling of FW Murnau’s classic silent film of the same name, By Sarah • Dec 13, 2024 11:48 am
TV Updates Let the Squid Game begin Two weeks until Squid Game returns and the Los Angeles premiere for season two was yesterday, bringing out series stars Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-hun, and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk. Season two newcomers Yim Si-wan and Jo Yu-ri were also on hand. Not pictured: Lainey’s beloved Gong Yoo. You’re By Sarah • Dec 13, 2024 11:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nobody puts Babygirl in a corner The Christmas day theatrical calendar is crammed with films squeezing in an Oscar-qualifying run before December 31, including Halina Reijn’s Babygirl. I’ll have a full review next week, but in short, it’s a holiday rom-com for the horny and deranged. Promotion for the film is kicking into By Sarah • Dec 13, 2024 09:55 am
Intro for December 13, 2024 Dear Gossips, Happy Friday the 13th, Chanel has a new creative director and I’m sure this is not a bad omen! Matthieu Blazy, lately of Bottega Veneta, has been named Chanel’s creative director after months of speculation as to who would run the storied fashion house (Blazy' By Sarah • Dec 13, 2024 08:59 am
What Else What Else? Legs were on display at the Out 100 event. My favorite look is Katy O’Brian. It’s like punk Beetlejuice. (Go Fug Yourself) Polo seems to have landed with a bit of a whimper, so honestly, I won’t be surprised if Harry & Meghan’s Netflix contract comes By Sarah • Dec 12, 2024 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Austin Butler stays extremely busy Austin Butler spent most of his year working, a trend that is not stopping going into 2025. A thing he has in common with Glen Powell is that he keeps booking more work, to the extent that I’m starting to wonder which of his upcoming projects he’ll end By Sarah • Dec 12, 2024 03:11 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 12, 2024 Selena Gomez’s engagement announcement is pretty cute because it seems very natural, it looks like photos she would send her friends. They seem incredibly happy and Benny is a great cook, congrats to them. Yesterday Sarah posted about Chris Pine’s girlfriend and it reminded me that he has By Maria • Dec 12, 2024 02:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adrien Brody in The Brutalist Having previously tackled the formative years of a fascist leader (The Childhood of a Leader) and America’s insatiable appetite for celebrity (Vox Lux), filmmaker Brady Corbet turns his attention to the immigrant experience in America in The Brutalist. Directed by Corbet and co-written by him and Mona Fastvold, The By Sarah • Dec 12, 2024 01:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Another rom-com bites the streaming dust There was a time when Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon starring in a rom-com would be a major release, a film you could pretty well set your watch to, as it were, counting on it to make $100 million on name recognition alone. But these days? No one has a By Sarah • Dec 12, 2024 11:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Everyone else in Mufasa The Mufasa press tour continues apace, stopping in London yesterday. No Bey or Blue Ivy this time, though, which means we can talk about everyone else involved with this film. Let’s start with Barry Jenkins, the director of the film. It is for his sake that I hope Mufasa By Sarah • Dec 12, 2024 11:01 am
Hair Angelina: still in Paris Angelina Jolie continues to work on the upcoming film Stitches in Paris, now accompanied by Zahara and Pax. She also got in some Christmas shopping, which makes me feel smug because I am all done with my holiday shopping (I am one of those people who sees a good gift By Sarah • Dec 12, 2024 10:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for December 12, 2024 Dear Gossips, During the summer, critics heaped praise on JT Mollner’s serial killer horror flick Strange Darling, but that did not translate into box office, as the film made only $3.7 million, slightly less than its reported budget of $4 million. Films fail to find their audience all By Sarah • Dec 12, 2024 09:17 am
What Else What Else? Nicole Richie is promoting Paris & Nicole: The Encore, her return to reality TV alongside Paris Hilton, and honestly? She looks GREAT. The fits are fantastic. Did Nicole always have personal style this good? Was it just the millennial fashion that was bad? (Go Fug Yourself) Speaking of trajectories, Lana By Sarah • Dec 11, 2024 04:01 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 11, 2024 While some celebrity beauty lines are struggling (like Goop), Scarlett Johansson’s The Outset is expanding and retailing on Amazon. The micro polish is good, I’ve restocked on it a few times. Kylie Kelce’s podcast is an instant hit but I think she’s about to experience her By Maria • Dec 11, 2024 03:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Boots boots boots Today in No Thank You news, the trailer for 28 Years Later, the long-awaited third film in the 28 Days Later franchise, dropped and it’s pants sh-ttingly scary. This trailer is a two-minute master class of jangling nerves and upsetting imagery. The new film is set, appropriately, 28 years By Sarah • Dec 11, 2024 02:47 pm
Quiveration This is an excuse for Keanu Sonic the Hedgehog has become an improbable hit franchise, cranking out three films and one streaming series, Knuckles, in the last four years. The franchise stars Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic, James Marsden and Tika Sumpter as his human friends, Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik, and Idris Elba By Sarah • Dec 11, 2024 02:06 pm
