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TIFF Review: Paul Dano and Jude Law in The Wizard of the Kremlin

They say the truth can be stranger than fiction, but sometimes the truth is so twisted that only fiction can cut through to something real. Such is the case with The Wizard of the Kremlin, a fictionalization of Vladimir Putin’s rise to power in post-Soviet Russia. Directed by Olivier

By Sarah • Sep 12, 2025 01:14 pm

Style

Colin and Margot and different weather

The press tour for Kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey continues, this time stopping in London. Colin Farrell showed up looking like a private eye in a trench coat, fitting right in with the premiere’s umbrella theme. Margot Robbie showed up in a backless, sheer, sparkly dress by

By Sarah • Sep 12, 2025 11:45 am

Reality TV

A Mormon Wife gets the rose

This week it was announced that the star of the upcoming season of The Bachelorette would be none other than Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Taylor Frankie Paul. While the franchise is known for making bold choices when it comes to who the next lucky lady might be, this is

By Stephanie • Sep 12, 2025 11:03 am

Relationship Assumption

Harry & Zoë: Travel test

There is a new item of discovery in the ongoing litmus test of Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz’s situationship-maybe-actual-relationship. He’s met her dad, but as Lainey pointed out, Harry Styles and Lenny Kravitz are in the same business, that might not be such a big deal when they

By Sarah • Sep 12, 2025 09:39 am

Business of Hollywood

Intro for September 12, 2025

Dear Gossips, Walter Benjamin was a cultural critic, essayist, and philosopher who published “The Work of Art in the Mechanical Age of Reproduction” in 1935. Benjamin believed that increasingly easy means of reproduction devalued the “aura” of original works of art, that a print of a painting could “travel” to

By Sarah • Sep 12, 2025 09:08 am

Style

Everyone at Michael Kors

Michael Kors is always a draw at New York Fashion Week and today was no exception. One of the most notable guests was Gwyneth Paltrow. She isn’t a NYFW regular, and she isn’t a MK regular (like Emily Blunt and Blake Lively), so it was a surprise to

By Lainey • Sep 11, 2025 04:01 pm

Movie Reviews and Previews

TIFF Review: Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet

In her 1929 essay A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf imagines a sister of William Shakespeare called Judith, every bit as creative and talented as her brother, to illustrate how gender historically limited opportunities for women. Denied education and opportunity, the imaginary Judith dies in obscurity and is

By Sarah • Sep 11, 2025 02:59 pm

Movie Reviews and Previews

One Take JLo

There was a screening for Kiss of the Spider Woman last night in LA and also a Q&A with director Bill Condon and Jennifer Lopez. The film’s lead, Tonatiuh, was there for the introduction but had to leave to fly to NYC for another commitment. Kiss of

By Lainey • Sep 11, 2025 02:16 pm

Relationship Assumption

Zoë & Harry: “More than casual”

Zoë Kravitz was photographed at the Jessica McCormack store in New York yesterday; she is the brand’s first-ever ambassador but there were so many other celebrities at the event (Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and more) because, well, everyone loves diamonds. Also it’s NYFW and everyone is

By Lainey • Sep 11, 2025 12:42 pm

Style

A Scene from Jen and Colbert

As Sarah predicted when it was announced a few weeks ago that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will be cancelled because of alleged corporate f-ckery, the one silver lining to the development is whatever creative freedom Stephen will lean into for over the course of the season – and it’

By Lainey • Sep 11, 2025 11:40 am

TV Updates

Victoria, soon

After the success of BECKHAM, Netflix’s Emmy-winning docuseries about David Beckham, directed by Fisher Stevens, it was no surprise when a subsequent series about Victoria was announced, co-produced by David’s production company. They’ve been filming for months and yesterday Netflix confirmed the release date – it’s coming

By Lainey • Sep 11, 2025 10:31 am

Taylor Swift

Intro for September 11, 2025

Dear Gossips, I saw a story this morning at Us Weekly about how Kylie Kelce had to “explain” why she doesn’t talk about Taylor Swift and her brother-in-law Travis Kelce on her podcast. Apparently there have been listeners asking about her not mentioning the TNT engagement, and why she

By Lainey • Sep 11, 2025 09:22 am

Baby and Bump Obsession

Rihanna and Tulle

Rihanna was last seen in public on Monday when she was photographed running errands with Rocky. She is at the point in her pregnancy where if we don’t have a 48 hour update, people start speculating that she’s given birth. The paps said that there was a gift

By Lainey • Sep 10, 2025 04:01 pm