Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Stone, early frontrunner After premiering La La Land in Venice last week, Emma Stone spent the weekend screening the film at Telluride. The film was very positively received at both festivals. Several of my etalk colleagues have seen it pre-TIFF and they’re obsessed with it. Which is why Awards Daily is now By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 02:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF 2016: The Tiffening TIFF kicks off this week, and I’ll be filing reviews along with Joanna and Kathleen. It’s a little bit of a weird year, The Birth of a Nation and Nate Parker dominating so much of the pre-festival conversation, but Venice got underway last week, and Telluride went down By Sarah • Sep 06, 2016 01:51 pm
Amazingness Bridget by Emma: a solid start Bridget Jones’s Baby premiered in London this weekend. So far, the reviews have been pretty decent with several top critics giving it a solid recommendation score, including Catherine Bray at Variety who writes that “Bridget Jones’s Baby is not a comedy for the ages, but it’s interesting By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 01:10 pm
Dumbass Meanwhile, Lena Dunham A couple weeks ago I wrote about Amy Schumer, again, and how she keeps tripping over problems with other women. And now, after a controversial interview/conversation included in last Friday’s Lenny Letter, the conversation is swinging back to Lena Dunham and her recurring issues with race. The interview, By Sarah • Sep 06, 2016 12:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kit & Rose are still together Or, as I call them, Jon and Gidget … because I can never remember that character’s name! Here are Kit Harington and Rose Leslie out for a walk in New York the other day holding hands. He’s there shooting The Life And Death Of John F Donovan, Xavier Dolan’ By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 11:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gabrielle Union stands up On Friday, the LA Times released an op-ed written by Gabrielle Union. Its headline: 'Birth of a Nation' actress Gabrielle Union: I cannot take Nate Parker rape allegations lightly. When I first saw this headline, I literally gasped out loud. What follows the headline is a stirring, emotional By Kathleen • Sep 06, 2016 11:35 am
Music Soul Train Bey Day Bey weekend, actually. As you know, some people treat Beyoncé’s birthday like it’s a holiday. I’m not sure any other celebrity birthday is acknowledged the way hers is. But, then again, as we saw at the VMAs last week, Beyoncé is singular. So she spent some time By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 11:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 6, 2016 Dear Gossips, Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge received a 10 minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival this weekend. Some are calling the film Mel’s “act of atonement”. As you know, Mel’s been accused of being several kinds of “-ists”. And an “-er” too. So here’s By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 10:02 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Beach Baby Updates It's the very last Friday of the summer and I'm in full denial because I feel like we don't actually remember how to do summer until we're more than halfway through it. It's something that is partly a Canadian failing By Duana • Sep 02, 2016 02:55 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, September 2, 2016 When the fortune cookie got it wrong. They got the wrooooong bitch 🦂 A photo posted by Anna Kendrick (@annakendrick47) onSep 1, 2016 at 9:26pm PDT When it comes to Rihanna and Drake, what do we know? Everything and nothing. That means we are left to interpret, which is why By Maria • Sep 02, 2016 02:04 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Naomi in Venice in black and yellow This is pretty much a perfect dress. Cut of the shoulders and the sleeves are perfect. Lands perfectly mid-calf. The colours are great together. And I especially like the colour choice of the shoes. Maybe not the style of the shoes, but the colour is terrific here. By Lainey • Sep 02, 2016 01:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers in Southside With You A fictionalization of Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, Southside With You is a film that straddles several lines. It’s part biopic, part romance, part fan fiction, and it mostly navigates those boundaries with ease, though there’s such a staged quality to it you can’t help By Sarah • Sep 02, 2016 01:26 pm
Media Manipulation Questions for Leo? Leonardo DiCaprio in LA with his Summer ’16 bonafide, Nina Agdal, earlier this week. And a shot of them side by side. And he’s not covering his face. Please let’s talk about this and not the potential controversy around his foundation and the embezzlement scam? Since The Hollywood By Lainey • Sep 02, 2016 01:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert De Niro and Edgar Ramirez in Hands of Stone Knowing absolutely nothing about boxer Roberto Duran, I was intrigued going into his biopic, Hands of Stone. Biopics often work better the less you know about the subject—dramatic license is less distracting—but then, if the biopic is too broad and messy, you can feel even more lost because By Sarah • Sep 02, 2016 12:42 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Alicia’s silver underlay Really, really love the silver sleeves and the way the fabric is moving underneath the apron. But I’m really, really not sure about the apron. By Lainey • Sep 02, 2016 12:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Amy’s double Venice Sometimes we are a little maybe on Amy Adams here. Duana doesn’t get it. I have real affection for her after interviewing her at the Man Of Steel junket. Joanna has always been pulling for her. Maybe this year it’s Amy’s time. Amy is in Venice with By Lainey • Sep 02, 2016 11:50 am
