Gorgessity Jodie calls it what it is When I first saw the shots of Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson at the Critics Choice Awards last night I thought today’s post about them would just be straight screaming over this queen and this man who is fortunate to be spending his life with her. And how glorious By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 02:04 pm
Style Emma Watson is “here for ALL the witches” It was about a year ago that the Daily Mail reported that Emma Watson was retiring from acting. It was a big story at the time and then it wasn’t because it turns out that it wasn’t true. Not really all that surprising considering the source. Emma presented By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 01:27 pm
TV Updates Alan Kim + Squid Game Remember the star of award season 2021? Award season is all about stars but last year, one little star made the biggest impression: Minari’s Alan Kim. Alan won the Critics Choice Award for Young Actor last year and… well… it’s been a minute since you’ve seen this By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 12:24 pm
Top Reads Will Smith continues his streak Will Smith clocked two more wins this weekend, picking up Best Actor trophies at the BAFTAs and the Critics’ Choice Awards (full disclosure: I am a voting member of the CCA). He seems fairly unstoppable at this point, that “it’s his time” energy coalescing right as final balloting for By Sarah • Mar 14, 2022 11:48 am
Lady Gaga Lady Gaga: Two Award Shows and a Date Lady Gaga was nominated in the Best Actress category at the BAFTAs and at the Critics Choice Awards last night. Instead of staying home in LA, she chose to head to London for the BAFTAs and attend the CCAs via the London outpost like so many other nominees. The last By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 11:19 am
Kristen Stewart Kristen Stewart keeps hustling Best Actress chaos continues, thanks largely to the BAFTAs, where none of the Oscar nominees were cross-nominated, leaving the Brits free to make a choice unburdened by Oscar hopes and dreams. They rewarded Joanna Scanlan for After Love, and then the Critics’ Choice Awards broke for Jessica Chastain (full disclosure: By Sarah • Mar 14, 2022 11:00 am
Top Reads Daniel Kaluuya’s Bold BAFTA Look and the “Life Strategist” Rumours Daniel Kaluuya arrived on the red carpet at Sunday’s BAFTAs, leading the way in terms of elevated menswear. His navy blue overcoat, grabbed fresh from Prada’s A/W 2022 men’s collection, features bands of cobalt blue fur around the elbows and the bottom of the jacket. Daniel’ By Cody • Mar 14, 2022 10:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews A big weekend for awards season It was a big weekend for awards season, with a number of awards shows, including the BAFTAs in London and the Critics’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles (with a London outpost for the BAFTA crowd) on Sunday, and the Directors’ Guild Awards and Annie Awards (for animation) on Saturday. Let By Sarah • Mar 14, 2022 10:07 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 14, 2022 Dear Gossips, Halle Berry received the SeeHer Award last night at the Critics Choice Awards. During her acceptance speech, she talked about starring in and directing Bruised, and asking someone she knew about what he thought of the film afterwards, honestly. He told her that he felt uncomfortable “seeing a By Lainey • Mar 14, 2022 08:57 am
What Else What Else Cardi B pulled out of a movie called Assisted Living at basically the last minute, saying she is “overextended” right now. Film shoots don’t come out of nowhere, so I wonder why no one on the production side thought, “maybe this isn’t the best moment for filming to By Sarah • Mar 11, 2022 04:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Phases of Matter: A day in the life of a hospital Turkish filmmaker Deniz Tortum spent three years haunting the halls of the hospital where he was born and where his father works a doctor with a camera, capturing life in Istanbul’s Cerrahpaşa Hospital. It’s a teaching hospital, but it’s also threatened with closure, and so Tortum’s By Sarah • Mar 11, 2022 03:19 pm
TV Updates Ramy Youssef mogulizes Have you gotten around to watching Ramy yet? If not, why? It’s on Hulu, there are only two seasons, twenty episodes total, each about thirty minutes. It’s an easy binge! The series was co-created by and stars Ramy Youssef, a surprise winner at the 2020 Golden Globes, one By Sarah • Mar 11, 2022 02:28 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, March 11, 2022 This week, Twitter decided to do a deep dive into LL Cool J’s archives and please keep in mind that in the 90s, this kind of chaos was normal. We would watch TV for hours just to catch a glimpse of our favourite artists on MuchMusic. We had Pop By Maria • Mar 11, 2022 02:11 pm
Style Outfit of the Week: Thandiwe Newton in Rodarte It’s one of those looks that’s worth a scream. Thandiwe Newton wearing the sh-t out of this Rodarte dress – better on her than it was on the runway. The same dress was also seen on Lorde recently in Vogue Australia: Thandiwe and her stylist tightened the straps which By Lainey • Mar 11, 2022 01:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Turning Red is a puberty allegory for everyone Domee Shi, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind the Pixar short Bao, makes her feature film debut with Turning Red, a bubbly, fun, heart-warming allegory for puberty in which thirteen-year-old Meilin (Rosalie Chiang) finds herself transformed into a giant red panda whenever she loses control of her emotions, and discovers she is By Sarah • Mar 11, 2022 12:49 pm
TV Updates Moon Knight is serious, says serious actor Moon Knight premieres at the end of the month on Disney+. Ahead of that, a new featurette hit the internet yesterday, with series stars Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke talking up their mystical mythology superhero show. According to Isaac, “it’s a real, legitimate character study”. Actors best known for By Sarah • Mar 11, 2022 12:01 pm
