Movie Reviews and Previews Stephen King saved Salem’s Lot Spooky season, pumpkin spice season, sweater weather time, autumn, fall, whatever your preferred terminology, we’re almost there, and that means it’s time to start looking at trailers for all the scary movies coming in October. Salem’s Lot would be notable at any time, as it is one By Sarah • Sep 13, 2024 11:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Elizabeth Olsen’s strategic lunch While hanging out during TIFF, Lainey and I were talking about paparazzi photos, and I said that ever since taking over editing the site on Fridays, I’ve really come to appreciate the celebrities who get their picture taken when they have trailers and new movies, etc, dropping. It’s By Sarah • Sep 13, 2024 10:29 am
Shout-Outs September 13, 2024 – Shout-Outs This is Gus, sometimes I call him Gusford or Gussington or Gus-Gus, he’s five years old and I’ve known him since he was eight weeks, when my best friend Fiona and her husband Kiu first brought him home. Gus is a very good boy. He’s goofy By Lainey • Sep 13, 2024 10:00 am
Intro for September 13, 2024 Dear Gossips, First, we will be live chatting the Emmys on Sunday, September 15, on The Squawk starting at 7:30 PM ET. Join us! And now in Why Are Disney Adults Like This news, an Arizona couple’s years-long legal battle with Disney came to an end, when By Sarah • Sep 13, 2024 08:57 am
What Else What Else? Jon Bon Jovi saved a life the other day. He was in Nashville, filming on a bridge, and there was someone in crisis. And it was Jon, along with a colleague, who was able to deescalate the situation. Jon actually has experience in these situations through his foundation. And in By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 04:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 12, 2024 Lainey wrote about Blake Lively’s interesting timing with this PEOPLE story and Blake Brown has started posting again. But not about Blake specifically and I wonder, for her partners, if there’s a bit of annoyance because the whole thing hinges on HER hair and right now, that hair By Maria • Sep 12, 2024 03:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl The Coppola filmmaking dynasty is full of notable directors, writers, and actors, and with The Last Showgirl, director Gia Coppola announces herself as the latest Francis-spawn (he’s her grandfather) that must be taken seriously. Nine years after her feature directorial debut, Palo Alto, Coppola delivers a film that By Sarah • Sep 12, 2024 02:36 pm
Equality Issues Justin Timberlake: Pleading and Privileged Vice President Kamala Harris, the presidential debate, and Taylor Swift have dominated the western news cycle this week. Also the VMAs and Shannon Sharpe, LOL. There have been two celebrity beneficiaries of all of these headlines: Dave Grohl (who Maria posted about yesterday) and also Justin Timberlake. White man privilege By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 02:12 pm
Sports Shannon Sharpe’s live stream freak Right when I thought I was doing too much unplugging my cat cam until I left the house and covering up my laptop camera until my eyebrows were filled in, Shannon Sharpe reminded us all of the importance of double, maybe even triple checking your devices. Yesterday, he started trending By Stephanie • Sep 12, 2024 01:50 pm
TV Updates Kathryn and Aubrey before Agatha Agatha All Along premieres next week on Disney+, which means the cast is out doing the publicity rounds. Yesterday, Kathryn Hahn and Aubrey Plaza were both in New York, though making separate appearances. Aubrey was at Howard Stern’s show, and Kathryn was doing the hotel to and fro. Can By Sarah • Sep 12, 2024 12:44 pm
Music Taylor Swift: Happy Girl Autumn Autumn is Taylor Swift’s favourite season. It’s not quite autumn yet but we’re getting there and I feel like she was giving autumn with her red carpet outfit at the VMAs last night… only “sad girl autumn”, an expression she’s used before, has given way to By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 11:42 am
Music The Pop Girl Rookies of the VMAs I’m not entirely sure if the MTV VMAs are the cultural force that they used to be. Final numbers haven’t been released yet but early word is that viewership was down by a significant margin. It’s my job to know what happens at the VMAs and I By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 10:43 am
Style Intro for September 12, 2024 Dear Gossips, Megan Thee Stallion said that if she was going to host the MTV VMAs then what we were going to see was eighty thousand outfit changes. And that’s exactly what happened – look after look after look, so shout out to the glam squad because this is a By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 09:12 am
What Else What Else? Taylor Swift breaking news endorsement was a big deal across the board, in both news and entertainment and, I guess, tech streams. Because right after she rejected one failed billionaire, another billionaire decided we needed to be disgusted by him, again. To borrow a phrase that Madam Vice President Harris By Lainey • Sep 11, 2024 04:07 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 11, 2024 Katy Perry is performing at the VMAs with butterflies which could be theatrical, maybe? They look like CGI to me but she physically recoils so I don’t know what’s going on. But why show us beforehand? She’s already in a very long promo cycle, a little surprise By Maria • Sep 11, 2024 03:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck Mike Flanagan made his name directing horror films and television series like Oculus, Hush, Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep, and The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Besides being one of the best genre directors working today, he’s the preeminent cinematic By Sarah • Sep 11, 2024 02:11 pm
