Movie Reviews and Previews Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim in Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson returns to the greater Los Angeles milieu of the 1970s, but instead of a despairing tale about the failure of the American Dream, he’s here with a sweet, mostly gentle coming of age dramedy loosely inspired by his own adolescence in the Valley. As someone who By Sarah • Dec 20, 2021 01:47 pm
Keanu Reeves One last Keanu The Matrix Resurrections opens this week, so it’s time for one last Keanu before he goes away again. Here he is at the US premiere of Resurrections, held at The Castro in San Francisco. I appreciate a movie premiere that has the stones to occur somewhere other than New By Sarah • Dec 20, 2021 11:54 am
Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie: Holiday Shopping, Holiday Nails Last week, Angelina Jolie was in Washington, DC with Zahara. They were photographed at the end of their trip at the airport – those pictures were published at the Daily Mail. Later, Angelina posted photos of her own on Instagram to bring awareness to the reason behind their visit. They were By Lainey • Dec 20, 2021 11:18 am
Beyoncé Beyoncé Is On TikTok TikTok has seen many different celebrities join its pool of users, but Beyoncé has made her arrival on the app, and lots of people have a strong feeling it means she is finally coming back with some new music. 🚨 Beyoncé has joined TikTok. pic.twitter.com/fdlCsraZ1D — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) By Anastasia • Dec 20, 2021 11:01 am
Ben Affleck Bennifer: one extra unnecessary step Last week was probably the most publicly challenging for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez since getting back together in April, following his overblown controversial interview with Howard Stern. Ben defiantly pushed back on Jimmy Kimmel against the backlash over his comments, counter-criticising the media for taking his remarks out By Lainey • Dec 20, 2021 10:23 am
Marisa Tomei Intro for December 20, 2021 Dear Gossips, Spider-Man: No Way Home obliterated the box office this weekend, proving that people ARE willing to go to the movies during a pandemic…if your movie is a Marvel movie, more specifically with “Spider-Man” in the title. No Way Home opened with a massive $253 million By Sarah • Dec 20, 2021 09:33 am
What Else What Else Jeff Garlin, star of The Goldbergs, has been fired from The Goldbergs following an HR investigation into his behavior on set. He told Vanity Fair there was “no big story. Unless you want to do a story about political correctness.” Well, it turns out his co-workers on The Goldbergs By Lainey • Dec 17, 2021 04:36 pm
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 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 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 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 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 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
