Movie Reviews and Previews The Matrix Resurrections: a radical reclamation of mythology Twenty-two years after its debut, The Matrix is a landmark technical achievement in cinema memorable for its mind-bending use of philosophy, but it’s also remembered for its less than acclaimed sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, and for how its “red pill” terminology has been coopted by By Sarah • Dec 23, 2021 01:23 pm
Kim Kardashian Pete Davidson and the Kardashian Christmas Eve Party After spending last weekend in New York, when Saturday Night Live had to pivot after a COVID outbreak, Pete Davidson headed back to Los Angeles with Kim Kardashian where he’s been for the last few days, photographed several times driving around town in her Rolls Royce. He went jewellery By Lainey • Dec 23, 2021 12:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Doctor Strange and Doctor Strange meet in the multiverse The post-credit scene on Spider-Man: No Way Home is a teaser for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which has now been released online. It’s fine. It doesn’t feel especially like a Sam Raimi movie, but it does feel like a teaser for a movie that is By Sarah • Dec 23, 2021 12:02 pm
TV Updates Hawkeye is the low stakes hangout Marvel needs Hawkeye wrapped up yesterday, and it ended as it began—fun, light, not super invested in the larger lore of the MCU. Sure, we have a new Hawkeye in Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld), and Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) is off to reinvent herself as something more like a hero, and By Sarah • Dec 23, 2021 11:09 am
Top Reads Happy Holidays from the Sussexes, including Lilibet! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have released their holiday card. And it didn’t just come with a photo – the Sussexes included a list of charitable organisations that they are supporting to go along with their family portrait, which obviously is the big headline right now. A simple but meaningful By Lainey • Dec 23, 2021 10:50 am
Intro for December 23, 2021 Dear Gossips, Today is our final posting day of the week – we are dark tomorrow and Monday and will be back on a light gossip schedule next Tuesday, December 28 – so I am beyond delighted to tell you that our site’s most beloved holiday tradition is back – it’s By Lainey • Dec 23, 2021 09:55 am
What Else What Else? Young Love in Hollywood Updates – Kaia Gerber and Jacob Elordi broke up about a month or so ago and now she’s been seen with Austin Butler. Last time we talked about Austin’s love life he was making out with Lily-Rose Depp. That was back in August though, an By Lainey • Dec 22, 2021 03:13 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 22, 2021 So this is interesting… MSN posted a story about the Currys being in an “open marriage” and by the time the link came up on Twitter, the story was gone but the tweet is still up! I have so many questions (not about their marriage): who wrote the story? Was By Maria • Dec 22, 2021 01:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Armie Hammer is still in Death on the Nile The much-delayed Death on the Nile is set to finally premiere on February 11, 2022 (supposedly, let’s see if anything changes over the next couple of months). A new trailer dropped yesterday to remind everyone that this movie exists, and unlike the first trailer, which was borderline camp, this By Sarah • Dec 22, 2021 12:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck in The Tender Bar The basic concept of The Tender Bar is “what if Hillbilly Elegy, but mediocre?” Directed by George Clooney and adapted by William Monahan from J.R. Moehringer’s memoir of the same name, The Tender Bar is a very similar premise to Hillbilly Elegy (while the film version beat The By Sarah • Dec 22, 2021 10:42 am
Jennifer Lopez JLo’s Favourite Letter A casually dressed Jennifer Lopez went shopping with her sister, Lydia, and daughter Emme yesterday in LA ahead of her the first Bennifer Christmas since the OG Bennifer days. Like I said yesterday, I am curious to see how much she shares with us. Speaking of sharing though, have you By Lainey • Dec 22, 2021 10:19 am
Cardi B Cardi’s $2 million Birthday Gift Offset’s birthday was on December 14, he turned 30 years old. It’s a milestone birthday so Cardi B hosted a big birthday party for him last night. Quavo was there, The Game was there, French Montana was there, Kanye West stopped by briefly to drop off a gift… By Lainey • Dec 22, 2021 09:41 am
Tina Knowles Intro for December 22, 2021 Dear Gossips, Miss Tina announced yesterday that she’s launching her own Facebook talk show, Talks with Mama Tina. And the celebrity guest list is impressive: Zendaya, Kelly Rowland, Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Ciara, Chloe and Halle Bailey, Pauletta Washington and John David Washington, Marsai Martin, and Storm Reid. Miss By Lainey • Dec 22, 2021 09:12 am
What Else What Else? BAFTA CEO, Amanda Berry, is stepping down from her position. Apparently it has to do with her being “too familiar” with the royals. Well that probably involves Prince William since he’s the ceremonial head of BAFTA. What, exactly, does “too familiar” mean where the royals are concerned? Did she By Lainey • Dec 21, 2021 02:54 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 21, 2021 The girl-bossification of cryptocurrency and NFTs is going to be the dumbest trend of 2022, so I’m just sending out a warning now. Gwyneth Paltrow has already dabbled promoting fillers (or “clean Botox” as she likes to call it LOL) and now it’s this. Is she buying a By Maria • Dec 21, 2021 01:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alexander Skarsgard fulfills his destiny in The Northman Robert Eggers, auteur of the itchiest goddamn cinema, is back with a new film starring Alexander Skarsgard, The Northman. Skarsgard fulfills his destiny by playing Thor a Viking prince called Amleth. In medieval Scandi literature, Amleth is the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a boy whose father, the king, is By Sarah • Dec 21, 2021 11:15 am
