Movie Reviews and Previews The Color Purple’s Excellent Cast Alice Walker’s The Color Purple has been a seminal presence in American literature since its publication in 1982, inspiring both a film adaptation from Steven Spielberg in 1985 and a Broadway musical adaptation in 2005. Do I wish this latest Color Purple was just a straightforward adaptation of Walker’ By Sarah • Jan 05, 2024 10:55 am
BFFs The Best Actresses showed up As Sarah wrote in the previous post, the Palm Springs Film Festival is a major award season campaign stop given its timing, usually just before Golden Globe weekend, and how many veteran Oscar voters are usually in attendance. So the actors filed in, and so did the actresses. We’ve By Lainey • Jan 05, 2024 10:14 am
BFFs The Best Actors showed up The Palm Springs Film Festival opened last night, and it brought all the Oscar contenders out of the post-holiday woodwork. As proof that he does care about these things, Leonardo DiCaprio ditched Cabo earlier in the day, his p-ssy posse mates Tobey Maguire and Lucas Haas and current By Sarah • Jan 05, 2024 09:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for January 5, 2024 Dear Gossips, One of the (only) intriguing movies on Marvel’s slate right now is the villain team-up flick Thunderbolts. It is intriguing in the way Barbie was—an unexpected creative team working in a space you wouldn’t expect to see them, which makes you wonder what the By Sarah • Jan 05, 2024 09:03 am
What Else What Else? HOLY SH-T, what now, huh? I blanked on this knowledge, like it’s not that I don’t remember, it’s that I actually didn’t know it… which I guess is how TikTokkers feel every time you tell them what happened five years ago, LOL. The Fug Girls By Lainey • Jan 04, 2024 04:00 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 4, 2024 Lil Nas X is one of the few celebrities who is still himself on Twitter. That is to say, he’s still the best at it. Apparently, Dave Chappelle namechecks Lil Nas X in his new Netflix special but I haven’t watched it. The thing that Dave probably doesn’ By Maria • Jan 04, 2024 03:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire Zack Snyder is a very talented cinematographer who is also probably one of Hollywood’s best pitch men, and has built a career out of slow-motion action scenes, grimdark style, and prominent needle drops. Now in a partnership with Netflix, he has finally made a story he initially pitched By Sarah • Jan 04, 2024 03:27 pm
TV Updates Jen Shah is still bringing the drama Even from behind prison walls, former Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah is making waves. This week, she responded to the season finale, calling Andy Cohen out after Heather Gay finally revealed that it was in fact Jen that gave her that notorious – and mysterious – black eye By Stephanie • Jan 04, 2024 03:05 pm
Quiveration Charles Melton’s Birthday Award Today is Charles Melton’s birthday. He’s 33 years old. He celebrated last night at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards where he accepted the award (announced a few weeks ago) for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in May December. Think about the magnitude of this achievement. By Lainey • Jan 04, 2024 01:48 pm
Photo Assumption Ben Affleck: Meme Money Ben Affleck was photographed yesterday while shooting a new commercial for Dunkin’ with Charli D’Amelio. The backstory here is that a few months ago, Charli did a Vanity Fair lie detector and she didn’t know who Ben was. Charli D'Amelio reacts to Ice Spice and Ben By Lainey • Jan 04, 2024 12:13 pm
TV Updates Incoming: The Year of FEUD? If you’ve been reading this site over the years, you may remember how obsessed I am with Truman Capote and his Swans. “All literature is gossip” is what Truman once said… and, ironically perhaps, he knew it better than anyone else. Because the gossip that he wrote is what By Lainey • Jan 04, 2024 11:20 am
TV Updates Fun little murder mysteries on a boat The success of Only Murders in the Building and Knives Out has created a mini-revival of the fun little murder mystery, leading to shows like Poker Face and, now Death and Other Details starring Mandy Patinkin as the quirky detective type. Death and Other Details was created by Mike By Sarah • Jan 04, 2024 10:23 am
TV Updates Intro for January 4, 2024 Dear Gossips, Netflix released a new series today – The Brothers Sun, starring the incomparable and reigning Best Actress Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh. I wish I had pictures to show you from the premiere but I don’t think they’ve had one (yet) which is surprising to me. Hopefully that’ By Lainey • Jan 04, 2024 09:57 am
What Else What Else? Oh hi, it’s me again talking about Saltburn, because apparently something that happened on social media a lot these last couple of weeks is people tricking their family members into watching it with them and LOL forever. I watched it with Jacek, my husband – and that’s considered a By Lainey • Jan 03, 2024 04:07 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 3, 2024 Over the holiday break, Gabrielle Union reposted a story that included a Christmas card she sent to a friend – signed only by Gab. There’s been eyes on this situation for a few months and my theory is that the card was a work card, not a family holiday card. By Maria • Jan 03, 2024 02:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Gosling: Kemortality You’re sick of me saying this but that doesn’t make it any less true: it’s award season, and some people might be shrugging off the slog of the new year but for the celebrities who are in contention, there’s no time to slack, not when the By Lainey • Jan 03, 2024 01:55 pm
