Movie Reviews and Previews Review: Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter Maggie Gyllenhaal makes her feature directorial debut with The Lost Daughter, an adaptation, also by Gyllenhaal, of Elena Ferrante’s novella. Gyllenhaal is astoundingly assured, as both a director and a screenwriter, interweaving past and present into a crushing tale of motherhood and personhood that are not always in agreement. By Sarah • Dec 17, 2021 03:46 pm
Outfit of the Week Outfits of the Week: Priyanka’s Matrix It’s one person and three outfits. Priyanka Chopra has also been out here promoting The Matrix Resurrections this week. It’s a high-profile movie. She’s in a high-profile town, New York City. And she’s styled by Law Roach. So of course the looks have been good. Let’ By Lainey • Dec 17, 2021 03:13 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 17, 2021 TMZ is reporting that Olivia Munn and John Mulaney’s baby has arrived and this is going to trigger a momentous meltdown on Twitter. Page Six has a bullsh-t story about James Corden “avoiding” asking Kristin Davis about Chris Noth. Why should Kristin Davis be asked anything about Chris Noth? By Maria • Dec 17, 2021 02:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Review: Hell is other people in Nightmare Alley Following the fish f-cking of The Shape of Water, Guillermo Del Toro returns the slightly more normal world of monstrous humanity, where there are no fish-men or haunted houses or magical labyrinths, only the hell of other people. Directed by Del Toro, and adapted by Del Toro and Kim Morgan By Sarah • Dec 17, 2021 01:58 pm
Top Reads Ben Affleck talks and talks Like I said yesterday, all of the attention that was paid to the Ben Affleck controversy over what he did or didn’t mean about his divorce overshadowed the real tea that he spilled with Howard Stern. And it’s not necessarily the kind of gossip that you can sum By Lainey • Dec 17, 2021 12:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A Movie with MOVIE STARS! How many of us are there out there? How big is our club? The club is People Who Love Rom-Coms and Will Pay To See Them in Theatres. Are we old? There’s been a lament in the movie industry over the last decade or so – and especially now since By Lainey • Dec 17, 2021 11:38 am
Keanu Reeves Keanu as Dolly Bunny Keanu Reeves is still promoting The Matrix Resurrections, which means new Keanu content every day. We must enjoy these moments when they come, because when Keanu isn’t promoting a new project, he tends to disappear completely from view. He appeared along with Carrie-Anne Moss and (virtual) Priyanka Chopra on By Sarah • Dec 17, 2021 10:54 am
Denzel Washington Franny McD and Denzel on the carpet The Los Angeles premiere for The Tragedy of Macbeth was last night. With a new COVID variant on the loose and new waves of outbreak spreading, it’s starting to feel like red carpets are going to go away again for a while. I was a little surprised to see By Sarah • Dec 17, 2021 10:29 am
Jennifer Garner Jennifer Garner carries on With Ben Affleck making headlines from his interview with Howard Stern all week, Jennifer Garner was seen picking up one of her kids at the bus stop yesterday, carrying on with her regular schedule. According to Page Six, her friends are “furious” about what he said on Stern. Page Six By Lainey • Dec 17, 2021 09:45 am
Shout-Outs December 17, 2021 – Shout-Outs Rebekah! You’re not too late – HAPPY BIRTHDAY! But I do hear you about being exhausted… especially, um, with all the recent developments. But that bonfire idea sounds amazing, especially since it’s outside! As for looking to Dolly, come on, we can always look to Dolly. Dolly is every By Lainey • Dec 17, 2021 09:33 am
Ryan Reynolds Intro for December 17, 2021 Dear Gossips, It’s been a big week for Peloton. First, they killed Mr. Big on And Just Like That…, then they rapidly produced an ad featuring Chris Noth along with Ryan Reynolds’ marketing firm, Maximum Effort, and now they have wiped that ad off the face of the earth By Sarah • Dec 17, 2021 09:08 am
What Else What Else? A beautiful tribute to the late bell hooks by Brittney Cooper. (The Cut) As the Fug Girls say, Chloe Grace Moretz is back. She’s kept a very low profile the last year or so. And now she’s on a red carpet in an outfit inspired by… Liza Minnelli? By Lainey • Dec 16, 2021 05:02 pm
Top Reads Bennifer at Kimmel A day after his comments on Howard Stern went viral, Ben Affleck was scheduled for an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! It was both good timing and bad timing. Bad timing because, typically, when celebrities are in some heat, they want to avoid the spotlight. Good timing because he had By Lainey • Dec 16, 2021 04:40 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 16, 2021 Over the years Gisele has been clear about what she eats and what she doesn’t eat and this nibble of cheese bread doesn’t look convincing. It looks tasty though. Is this Instagram official on her end? I think it might be but to be honest, I follow their By Maria • Dec 16, 2021 02:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Spider-Man: No Way Home brings Peter Parker full circle Mild spoilers, nothing big but a little more context than the trailers. Marvel movies typically go one of two ways: they start out great but fall apart in the third act, or they start slow but end strong. Spider-Man: No Way Home, directed by Jon Watts, falls into the second By Sarah • Dec 16, 2021 01:45 pm
TV Updates Amanda Seyfried gets her blood up There are multiple projects about Theranos founder and alleged fraudster Elizabeth Holmes in the works, including a film based on John Carreyrou’s book, Bad Blood, from Adam McKay and Jennifer Lawrence. But the first project out of the gate is The Dropout, Hulu’s limited series about the Theranos By Sarah • Dec 16, 2021 12:11 pm
