Movie Reviews and Previews The Bat and The Cat A new trailer for The Batman dropped yesterday, this time heavily featuring Zoe Kravitz as Selina Kyle/Catwoman. While fully acknowledging that Michelle Pfeiffer’s performance as Catwoman in Batman Returns is immortal, I like the vibe of Kravitz’s Catwoman. I especially like her and Batman pushing each other’ By Sarah • Dec 28, 2021 10:27 am
James Franco James Franco is “blind about power dynamics” On December 22, SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Podcast aired an exclusive hour-long interview with James Franco. It was just before the holidays, as everyone was wrapping up ahead of the Christmas break, and here’s James Franco explaining himself, with all kinds of rationalisations ranging from sex addiction By Lainey • Dec 28, 2021 10:02 am
Top Reads Meghan Markle’s Christmas Victory At the beginning of December, an appeal court in England upheld a previous court’s decision in Meghan Markle’s lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday. Which means that TWO courts found in her favour that the Mail had violated her privacy and breached copyright. As part of the judgment, By Lainey • Dec 28, 2021 09:26 am
Intro for December 28, 2021 Dear Gossips, As we float through the liminal space of the last week of the year, there is something to keep in mind about 2022—it’s the year the Paramount consent decrees dies in the US. At 12:01 AM on January 1, 2022, movie distributors will be able By Sarah • Dec 28, 2021 09:09 am
What Else What Else? Just another reminder – we’re dark tomorrow and Monday and will return on Tuesday, December 28. Wishing you and all our gossip partners a wonderful holiday weekend! Anya Taylor-Joy served up some outstanding fashion moments in 2021 and the Fug Girls are looking back at the highlights. Most if By Lainey • Dec 23, 2021 02:34 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 23, 2021 Is TV enough neutral ground to get you through the holidays with people you don’t necessarily want to spend a lot of time chatting with? If things get dicey, just talk about something easy like Ted Lasso and avoid the big stuff (money, religion, politics) long enough to escape By Maria • Dec 23, 2021 02:11 pm
Mariah Carey Outfit of the Week: Mimi’s Christmas Puffer and Boots How could we go on Christmas break for a few days without a mention of our Christmas Angel, Mariah Carey? Mimi, as she does, is in Aspen for Christmas. And, as always at Christmas, there’s a lot for Mimi to celebrate – including her one billion streams: That’s a By Lainey • Dec 23, 2021 01:40 pm
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 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 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, 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, By Sarah • Dec 22, 2021 12:13 pm
