Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: The Woman King A battle epic in the vein of Braveheart and Gladiator, The Woman King is based on the Agojie, the women warriors of the Kingdom of Dahomey in 19th century Western Africa (the territory of Dahomey now lies within Benin). Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and written by Dana Stevens—with a By Sarah • Sep 12, 2022 03:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Glass Onion The devil is in the details in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, the follow-up to 2019’s whodunit, Knives Out. Rian Johnson is once again writing and directing, and Daniel Craig reprises his role as the gentleman sleuth, Benoit Blanc, but otherwise Glass Onion features a new cast of By Sarah • Sep 12, 2022 02:44 pm
TV Updates Not now, Marvel Technically, it’s “not now, Disney”, since this weekend was: the end of the Venice Film Festival, the beginning of TIFF, the beginning of New York Fashion Week, tonight is the Emmys, and here comes Disney like tra-la-la, let’s have D23, our Comic-Con-esque fan convention, the same weekend as By Sarah • Sep 12, 2022 01:36 pm
Douchebags Where else would Leo be? New York Fashion Week is underway. Guess where Leonardo DiCaprio is? Please. It’s a stupid question. Leo is single again. Leo’s life motto is “where’s the party with all the models” so of course he’s in New York. Here he is on a CitiBike with his By Lainey • Sep 12, 2022 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Harry Styles in My Policeman (Lainey: Sarah just posted about The Little Mermaid – remember when Harry Styles could have been in The Little Mermaid?) My Policeman is Harry Styles’ other film coming out this fall, the one that requires no worrying, darling. Directed by Michael Grandage and adapted by Ron Nyswaner from Bethan Roberts’ novel By Sarah • Sep 12, 2022 12:20 pm
Gorgessity Halle Bailey is living the dream as Ariel Because Disney decided not QUITE enough was happening in the world this past weekend, they held their fan convention, D23. Friday night during the opening address, the teaser trailer for the long-anticipated live-action The Little Mermaid was released. I have, generally, not been a fan of these live-action remakes (exceptions: By Sarah • Sep 12, 2022 11:30 am
Royals Prince Andrew and Prince Harry: Royal Mourning Attire The British royal family is all about titles and symbolism and ceremony. The Queen’s funeral and all the events leading up to it then will be heavy on all of that presentation and now they’ve found themselves in a situation about military uniforms. In other words… CLOTHING. This By Lainey • Sep 12, 2022 10:50 am
Royals The Return of the Royal Four It was a sight to see on Saturday at Windsor – Prince William and Kate stepping out alongside Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to read all the tributes and see the flowers that have piled up outside the gates of the castle and to meet with well-wishers. This was the return By Lainey • Sep 12, 2022 10:16 am
Royals Intro for September 12, 2022 Dear Gossips, The UK is mourning the death of a monarch for the first time in the time of 24-hour live television and social media. I live in Canada, a member nation of the Commonwealth, and I also work in media, my office is in a broadcast centre, so I By Lainey • Sep 12, 2022 09:12 am
What Else What Else? Kris Jenner took a lie detector test and answered a question about the sex tape and it’s crazy to me that so many people think polygraph tests are reliable because there’s so much evidence that says otherwise …which… speaking of evidence, you would think Kim Kardashian would know By Lainey • Sep 09, 2022 05:14 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 9, 2022 We know Sydney Sweeney is not a nepo baby and Maude Apatow is a classic nepo baby (she told Net-a-Porter that the label makes her “sad” but she realizes how lucky she is). Do you think that conversation ever comes up, maybe not on set but on a work trip? By Maria • Sep 09, 2022 04:26 pm
Royals The King’s (First) Speech King Charles III has just addressed the nation for the first time since Queen Elizabeth’s passing yesterday. He paid tribute to her as a mother and a monarch, referring to her at the end as “my darling mama”, highlighting her lifelong commitment, her sense of duty, and what she By Lainey • Sep 09, 2022 03:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Adam tries for some MCU shine So much is happening right now, everyone can take a day off. Seriously, roll it up, go home, and give us all a break from, you know, the EVERYTHING of it all. But no, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson must always do The Most, so he dropped a new trailer for By Sarah • Sep 09, 2022 02:40 pm
Style Outfit of the Week: Vanessa Kirby in red We have seen a LOT of great looks over the last two weeks. And 80% of them from Jodie Turner-Smith. Everyone has been bringing it in Venice and now TIFF and the Emmys are on Monday and I hope this fashion excellence continues (let’s properly hydrate and do our By Lainey • Sep 09, 2022 01:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: The Swimmers Sally El Hosaini’s The Swimmers, which opened the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, is based on the true story of Yusra Mardini, who, along with her sister Sarah, fled Syria in 2015 and became a refugee. During the Aegean Sea crossing from Turkey to Lesbos, their dinghy, meant to By Sarah • Sep 09, 2022 01:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Benoit Blanc is BACK Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (aka Knives Out 2) premieres at TIFF Saturday evening. I know there are World Events happening right now, but the Glass Onion teaser was my day in between TIFF screenings. We already knew the latest Benoit Blanc mystery takes place on a Greek island, By Sarah • Sep 09, 2022 01:05 pm
