Top Reads Kiki is winning too As Sarah just wrote in the previous post, we are in a very competitive and seemingly, at this point, wide-open award season and the contenders are going for it. Kristen Stewart is going for it. Jessica Chastain has been going for it. And Kirsten Dunst too. Over the last By Lainey • Oct 06, 2021 11:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart is winning the game As we creep closer to Spencer’s November 5 release date, Kristen Stewart continues the press blitz that started at the trifecta of fall film festivals: Venice, Telluride, and TIFF. Now, she’s on the cover of Entertainment Weekly for what might be the first time since the Twilight days. By Sarah • Oct 06, 2021 10:40 am
Gorgessity Gemma Chan: The First Eternal at Fashion Week We are now just a month out from the release of Marvel’s Eternals, expected to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the year, a full year after its original intended release date. And with that extra year, we can now say that the movie is directed by the By Lainey • Oct 06, 2021 10:03 am
TV Updates Intro for October 6, 2021 Dear Gossips, One of our main storylines this week: everyone wants a piece of Squid Game. Four members of the cast will appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon tonight and while this has yet to be confirmed, it reportedly will be Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Jung By Lainey • Oct 06, 2021 09:25 am
What Else What Else? Well it’s a Tuesday so someone is screaming in one of the British tabloids about Prince Harry and his Netflix deal because… do you really need a reason? They manufacture reasons. I mean, I wish the same energy could be applied to criticising Prince Andrew for all of his By Lainey • Oct 05, 2021 04:15 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 5, 2021 For a few hours yesterday we were gloriously free! And it seems like everyone took to Twitter to celebrate Facebook’s short demise. It was a fun few hours. Over the last few days it’s become abundantly clear that Facebook is the villain in our superhero movie, right? But By Maria • Oct 05, 2021 03:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tessa, Ruth, and Rebecca: Passing Fashion As Sarah wrote last month, Rebecca Hall’s feature directorial debut, Passing, could be one of the “outsider interrupters” of this award season. It’s a Netflix title, it will be released on October 29, and it’ll be interesting to see what kind of momentum it can generate in By Lainey • Oct 05, 2021 02:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Please just stop with the musicals Please…please I am begging you…no more musicals…no more. The Greatest Showman, The Prom, Dear Evan Hansen, CATS… I don’t think I can take anymore. Are all these musicals punishment for liking La La Land? I take it back! I hate La La Land! I will do By Sarah • Oct 05, 2021 01:55 pm
TV Updates Squid Game Has Taken Over TikTok My title kind of speaks for itself, but I mean, who's surprised? Squid Game is the talk of the town. Lainey has been writing about the series’ huge debut on Netflix, and more specifically, how Netflix’s investment in South Korean programming over the last several years that By Anastasia • Oct 05, 2021 01:00 pm
TV Updates Where be the dragons? The Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon, is due next year, and we now have a teaser by which to judge it. Yep, that’s Westeros all right! There’s the Red Keep, and the Iron Throne, though it has been reimagined for an era centuries before By Sarah • Oct 05, 2021 11:45 am
Top Reads Here Comes Adele The buzz – more like a roar, given who we’re talking about – started a few days ago when “30” started showing up on landmarks around the world: Billboards presumed to be teasing Adele's comeback have been displayed in various locations and landmarks around the world, including the Colosseum By Lainey • Oct 05, 2021 10:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Reese and Ashton in a rom-com It was probably only a matter of time. Reese Witherspoon is a familiar face in a rom-com. It’s been a while, but it’s still familiar. And Ashton Kutcher too. I can’t say I’m a fan of Ashton Kutcher like as a celebrity. But… I did By Lainey • Oct 05, 2021 10:32 am
Business of Hollywood The IATSE Strike: What to know Over the weekend, IATSE, the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees, voted by an overwhelming 98% majority to authorize a strike, which will shut down virtually all film and television production across the US (and it could affect some Canadian productions, which often have a portion of American crew, especially By Sarah • Oct 05, 2021 09:45 am
Music Intro for October 5, 2021 Dear Gossips, Billboard yesterday confirmed the inevitable: .@Coldplay and @BTS_Twt rocket onto the Billboard #Hot100 at No. 1 with #MyUniverse. 💯 https://t.co/mEXavQW7eL — billboard (@billboard) October 5, 2021 It was inevitable because of BTS and their ARMY, currently the most powerful fandom in pop culture. BTS’s collaboration By Lainey • Oct 05, 2021 08:58 am
What Else What Else? I love this suit on Helen Mirren. It looks perfect on her. The tailoring is so good. The Fug Girls are taking issue with the makeup. Like, from afar, it’s bold, it’s dramatic. The closeup shots though… I don’t know that I mind as much as Fug. By Lainey • Oct 04, 2021 04:10 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 4, 2021 Note: At the time of writing, Instagram is down so this will be an all-Twitter edition of celebrity social media, led by Kiernan Shipka. instagram down — Kiernan Shipka (@kiernanshipka) October 4, 2021 Last week, a reader wrote in to correct my take on Princess Mako, who is set to By Maria • Oct 04, 2021 02:51 pm
