Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for December 10, 2020 Dear Gossips, Sarah texted me about Promising Young Woman on Saturday night with her reaction. She didn’t know at the time but I was just about to text her with mine. Turns out we were screening it at the same time which meant we were processing all the excellence By Lainey • Dec 10, 2020 08:54 am
What Else What Else? OK so I want to go to a concert too, desperately. I’ve never been to an in-person BTS concert and I don’t know how long we’ll have to wait before that happens but the point is, I get the desire to listen to live music, be among By Lainey • Dec 09, 2020 04:08 pm
Best Of 2020 My Favorite Things of 2020: Podcasts Usually at this time of year, I’m working on my top 10 films for the year, but this year we’ve decided to follow the time-shifted schedule of awards season, which means my top 10 won’t be out until February, congruent with the eligibility cut-off for the 2020 By Sarah • Dec 09, 2020 03:00 pm
Music Shawn & Camila’s Christmas Gift “Señorita”, but make it Christmas? Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello have followed up their steamy 2019 smash hit duet with a new take on the holiday classic, “The Christmas Song.” If you’re a fan of that song, you’ll like this version. Camila delivers some of her best vocals, By Cody • Dec 09, 2020 02:20 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 9, 2020 I once read a story (Tweet? Caption? Post? I don’t remember exactly) that called Kermit the Frog the original hipster and I think about it often. This reminded me of that. Nobody cheats like SKINNY MEN. Them BROOM STICKS want to sweep every YARD. — AP (@itsjj_ldn) December 7, By Maria • Dec 09, 2020 01:36 pm
Style Cher’s First Voiceover? I just saw these new shots of Cher in London heading to the BBC and what I first wanted to write about is this outfit because her half black, half white coat is amazing. And then she matched it with a half black, half white beret and now I don’ By Lainey • Dec 09, 2020 12:47 pm
Royals Will and Kate’s Royal Tour Money Shot The final stop on Prince William and Kate’s royal train mini tour yesterday was Windsor Castle. All week we’ve seen them travelling around the UK to thank people for their service during the pandemic – and, also, to generate some good headlines about the family after almost a month By Lainey • Dec 09, 2020 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kirsten Dunst, Emma Stone, and Alfred Molina return to Spider-Man Spider-Man 3 (version 2) is filming now, and the multiverse cast for the movie continues to grow. Joining Jamie Foxx in reprising a villain role is Alfred Molina, who played Doctor Octopus waaaaay back in 2004 in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 (aka still the best live-action Spider-Man movie, and By Sarah • Dec 09, 2020 11:06 am
Top Reads Red Table Talk: Olivia Jade and the College Admissions Scandal It’s been almost 2 years since Operation Varsity Blues. Felicity Huffman has served her abbreviated eleven days in prison and subsequent community service. She’s even booked her comeback role: a half-hour comedy for ABC. I’m sure she’ll address the scandal in a sit-down interview before that By Cody • Dec 09, 2020 10:18 am
Business of Hollywood The Soderbergh Oscars Yesterday, the producers of the 93rd Academy Awards were announced: Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher, and Steven Soderbergh, who, yes, dressed like a member of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band for his press release photo. Welcome to the team, @JesseCollinsEnt, @StaceySher and Steven Soderbergh! Meet the 93rd #Oscars producers. By Sarah • Dec 09, 2020 09:39 am
Shout-Outs December 9, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs Judy Chiao is a teacher at Burnaby North Secondary. She and her students with diverse abilities have published a book! The book is called 1, 2, 3 Count With Me: A Bug Can Count If You Believe! All the students participated – colouring, rhyming, drawing. This is a wonderful achievement and By Lainey • Dec 09, 2020 09:07 am
Amazingness Intro for December 9, 2020 Dear Gossips, A few weeks ago on her BBC Show, Nigella’s Eat, Cook, Repeat, Nigella Lawson made headlines in the UK and then around the world because she butters her toast twice. She adds the first layer when the bread comes out of the toaster and then a second By Lainey • Dec 09, 2020 08:55 am
What Else What Else? Regina King is one of PEOPLE’s People of the Year. No debate on this one, right? And she may be one of the People of Next Year too because of her work directing One Night in Miami, one of the contenders for Best Picture. Regina just might receive a By Lainey • Dec 08, 2020 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Small Axe: Red, White and Blue asks a haunting question In Red, White and Blue, the latest installment in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series (Mangrove was the first and Lovers Rock is the second), John Boyega plays Leroy Logan, the son of Caribbean immigrants living in London. His father, Kenneth (Steve Toussaint), is a sort of call-and-response to Mangrove’ By Sarah • Dec 08, 2020 02:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried in Mank David Fincher is too technically proficient as a director to make a really bad movie. Even his less interesting efforts will have something worth looking at, and Mank is certainly one such case. A biopic of screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, Mank is an odd Fincher misfire. It’s based on a By Sarah • Dec 08, 2020 02:29 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 8, 2020 Miley Cyrus’s new album Plastic Hearts is out and she’s celebrating success by thanking everyone who worked on her album, from producers to songwriters to mixers. Usually this is done in an album liner – remember those? But now that a lot of us forgo physical copies for downloads, By Maria • Dec 08, 2020 01:32 pm
