Movie Reviews and Previews Let’s talk about Avatar’s “magical Natives” Avatar: The Way of Water is poised to dominate the long holiday weekend in the US. Christmas is traditionally one of the biggest movie-going periods of the year, though we have yet to see what it really looks like on the other side of the pandemic, and before anyone writes By Sarah • Dec 21, 2022 03:29 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 21, 2022 H&M does of ton of licensing for its clothing (especially US colleges), and Justin Bieber was not happy with his likeness being used. I would love to read a story on how this deal went down – who owned the images? After Justin called it “trash” on Instagram, H& By Maria • Dec 21, 2022 02:41 pm
Maple Leaf Shania leads the way After a 15 year music hiatus, Shania Twain is back. This month, she is on the cover of PEOPLE, and her cover story details her resilience, dedication and what she describes as a “renaissance period”. It’s an interesting word choice, considering Beyonce’s claim over it since the release By Stephanie • Dec 21, 2022 01:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Miss Flo makes the list For their February 2023 issue, just in time for the BAFTAs which are happening on February 19, and just three weeks before the Oscars, Empire Magazine has released its list of the 50 Greatest Actors of All Time based on readers’ votes. Two years ago, the New York Times put By Lainey • Dec 21, 2022 12:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt in Babylon Damien Chazelle continues his cinematic study of obsession and achievement with Babylon, a three hour and ten-minute odyssey through the end of the silent era of film that drags the audience through piles of cocaine, piss, vomit, and ten gallons of elephant sh-t. It’s the most glamorous film about By Sarah • Dec 21, 2022 11:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Simu is in LOVE Simu Liu and Allison Hsu publicly confirmed their relationship not even a month ago at the premiere of Violent Night when they wore matching holiday sweaters on the carpet. Prior to that, Simu revealed back in September that he’d broken up with Jade Bender. But now it sounds like By Lainey • Dec 21, 2022 10:58 am
TV Updates Austin Butler closes it out Austin Butler closed out his breakout year hosting the Christmas episode of SNL, and as Lainey said, he hit just the right mix of silly and sincere to succeed as a host. It wasn’t the strongest episode of the year, but Butler showed up ready to play and made By Sarah • Dec 21, 2022 10:03 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for December 21, 2022 Dear Gossips, It’s one last bit of DC drama just before everyone checks out for the end of the year! Yesterday, Dwayne Johnson took to Twitter to announce he will not be returning to Black Adam under the auspices of the new DC Studios. This is entirely unsurprising given By Sarah • Dec 21, 2022 09:17 am
What Else What Else? Speaking of Nepo Babies, Brooklyn Beckham says he’s working on opening a pub in LA and… I actually think this is a good idea for him. (Cele|bitchy) Matt Damon was supposed to be in Avatar but had to back out because of scheduling and because of that he By Lainey • Dec 20, 2022 04:04 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 20, 2022 Earlier this week, Rihanna showed off a video of her son on TikTok, it’s very personal and homemade and adorable. The first sanctioned photos, obviously a huge exclusive, went to Jason Lee from HollywoodUnlocked (see the photos here). Lee is a vocal figure in media and many wondered, why By Maria • Dec 20, 2022 03:34 pm
Relationship Assumption Lori Harvey’s Top Priority is Lori Harvey This is Lori Harvey’s first time on the cover of ESSENCE and it’s for their Black Love issue. The Black Love that Lori is representing is self-love. Because Lori puts herself first. As she tells the magazine: “It’s not about being arrogant or about feeling like I’ By Lainey • Dec 20, 2022 02:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews MBJ takes the Tom Cruise route Kind of. He’s not flinging himself out of an airplane while filming a thank you video, but Michael B. Jordan is taking a page from the Tom Cruise Playbook for Creed III. A behind-the-scenes featurette dropped yesterday, and in it MBJ emphasizes two things: big cinema and big emotional By Sarah • Dec 20, 2022 01:27 pm
Amazingness Tom Cruise: Rides and Dives Yesterday I posted about Tom Cruise jumping out of an airplane and falling through the sky while delivering a thank you and happy holidays message and promoting Top Gun: Maverick on streaming and on its Oscar campaign. Today I’m back, because he’s back, and instead of jumping out By Lainey • Dec 20, 2022 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Aubrey and Adam in the cold Francis Ford Coppola commenced filming his long-gestating passion project, Megalopolis, in Atlanta in November. Among the sprawling ensemble cast are Adam Driver and Aubrey Plaza, who is sporting blonde hair for a character called “Wow Wee”. I’m sure that name isn’t an indication of anything about the movie, By Sarah • Dec 20, 2022 10:57 am
Royals Report: King Charles to pay for Andrew’s security Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been telling people for years that they are at risk from attack by white supremacists who’ve been encouraged by the tabloids spreading disinformation about them. Neil Basu, the former head of counter terrorism for the Met Police, recently confirmed that those threats were By Lainey • Dec 20, 2022 10:22 am
Royals Intro for December 20, 2022 Dear Gossips, At the time of my post yesterday about Jeremy Clarkson’s abhorrent comments about Meghan Markle in the Sun, his article was still up on the Sun’s website. Shortly after, the piece was taken down and replaced by a note explaining that Jeremy had asked them to By Lainey • Dec 20, 2022 09:09 am
