Movie Reviews and Previews Oscar Isaac takes on the video game curse Oscar Isaac is the latest A-lister to take the video game challenge and try to make a video game adaptation that doesn’t suck. Slowly but surely, Hollywood seems to be figuring video games out—Tomb Raider didn’t completely suck—but they still remain tougher to adapt than you’ By Sarah • Dec 07, 2020 01:44 pm
Maple Leaf Wonder Woman stress Lainey emailed me this morning about being “stressed” about how she is going to watch Wonder Woman 1984 later this month. For Canada, the stress is real. With no HBO Max and not ideal circumstances for going to movie theaters right now, how to see WW84 is a stressful situation. By Sarah • Dec 07, 2020 01:10 pm
TV Updates Netflix and The Crown: No Disclaimer For almost a month now, Netflix’s The Crown has been a major headline, not just in entertainment news but even outside of the entertainment section of coverage because of all the angsting over it from royal supporters, politicians, and the British royal family themselves – even though they won’t By Lainey • Dec 07, 2020 12:34 pm
Shawn Mendes tells the legend of Shawmilla This weekend I listened to Shawn Mendes’ new album Wonder. It’s his fourth studio album and it’s distinctly different than the rest. Not only is the production bigger and more anthemic, the sound is more mature. This is Shawn’s coming-of-age story and like many of coming-of-age tales, By Cody • Dec 07, 2020 10:54 am
TV Updates Selena: The Series is The Abraham Show “YOU’RE THE TREE.” I laughed SO hard at this line. If you don’t know what I’m talking about yet because you’re still watching, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. But damn if that line, ridiculous as it is, doesn’t tell you By Violeta • Dec 07, 2020 10:09 am
Douchebags A Disgraced Pastor and His Lonely Abs One of the most notable celebrity scandals of the year was the fall of Pastor to the Stars, Carl Lentz, formerly of Hillsong Church. Not sure if anyone was shocked? Carl’s drama was actually the second high-profile church leader sex scandal of the year. I was too lazy this By Lainey • Dec 07, 2020 09:22 am
TV Updates Intro for December 7, 2020 Dear Gossips, Solid Saturday Night Live episode this weekend hosted by the reliable and always game Jason Bateman… but in my mind, the reason for the extra jolt of energy is because Cecily Strong was back. As I mentioned on Friday in What Else?, it had to be Cecily to By Lainey • Dec 07, 2020 08:52 am
What Else What Else? Justin Bieber went on social media to defend his wife, after a fan of Selena Gomez tried to mobilise online hate against Hailey. To be clear, Selena had nothing to do with this and is also the recipient of this kind of sh-t too from JB’s fans. I can By Lainey • Dec 04, 2020 04:04 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 4, 2020 Is the monolith something we really need to pay attention to at the end of this very long, no good year? I think it’s a marketing campaign for a CBD company or something, so I’ve been ignoring it. But a Monolilith I can’t ignore. https://twitter.com/ By Maria • Dec 04, 2020 02:46 pm
Equality Issues Hawkeye brings Echo, a deaf Native superhero, to the MCU As we previously discussed, the real reason to care about the Hawkeye-centric Disney+ series is not because of Jeremy Renner, but because of Kate Bishop. Now we have another reason to mildly anticipate Hawkeye, and it’s still not because of Jeremy Renner, but because of actress Alaqua Cox, a By Sarah • Dec 04, 2020 01:47 pm
Sasha Finds Sasha Finds: A Hair-Loving Hairbrush Lainey and I are in a hair-growing contest. It all started late in the summer as she was walking behind me (because you know, social distancing) after we left Duana’s backyard. She got weirdly jealous that my hair was long and then proclaimed she would outgrow my length with By Sasha • Dec 04, 2020 12:52 pm
Outfit of the Week Outfit of the Week: Jennifer Lopez But first, a Jennifer Lopez wedding update – there won’t be one, at least not any time soon because we’re all still in this f-cksh-t. The update here though is that she revealed on Access Hollywood this week, while promoting her new single, “In the Morning”, and her skincare By Lainey • Dec 04, 2020 12:18 pm
Game of Thrones Our first look at the new Game of Thrones dragons Game of Thrones-ish, that is. The prequel spinoff of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, is set to begin production in 2021. To whet our appetites—and rinse out the bad taste left in many mouths by the GOT finale—HBO tweeted the one thing they know will get By Sarah • Dec 04, 2020 11:17 am
Top Reads Mariah Carey: Backup Singers in Green Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special premieres today on Apple TV+. This is what I will be doing tonight and tomorrow and Sunday and as often as I can for the next three weeks. Mimi is our Christmas Angel. This is her season. As part of the promotion for the By Lainey • Dec 04, 2020 10:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Warner Brothers Drops a Bombshell Yesterday, Warner Brothers dropped the absolutely gobsmacking news that in 2021 they will release ALL of their movies day-and-date with streaming and theatrical. That’s right, ALL of their 2021 movies will drop on HBO Max the same day they open in theaters, including Judas and the Black Messiah, King By Sarah • Dec 04, 2020 10:10 am
Music BLACKPINK for the Holidays 2020 has been a big year for BLACKPINK. They were featured on Lady Gaga’s new album, on a track called “Sour Candy”, they released their first full-length album, THE ALBUM, with contributions from Cardi B and Selena Gomez, and their Netflix documentary, Light Up The Sky premiere in October. By Lainey • Dec 04, 2020 09:27 am
