Music BTS 101 for Grammy Voters As mentioned yesterday, BTS covers the new issue of Variety, which is the Grammy preview issue – so it’s pretty clear the motivation. It’s not like they’ve been hiding it; for a long time RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook have been saying for a By Lainey • Sep 30, 2020 01:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Weirdoes unite, The Craft is back In the 1990s, The Craft was to Goth girls what Clueless was to popular girls: an acknowledgment that your fashion choices were totally legit, and that choker DOES look good on you. Also like Clueless, The Craft has maintained an affectionate nostalgia over the years, which is now being revisited By Sarah • Sep 30, 2020 12:27 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Barry Jenkins gets Disney money Yesterday, Disney made the surprise announcement that they are laying off 28,000 people due to the ongoing economic difficulties of the pandemic. Even with the theme parks open, with restrictions, of course, they are eating sh-t and continue to hemorrhage cash. These layoffs are just the latest round By Sarah • Sep 30, 2020 10:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt, Jodie, No Ben, and Medieval French Hairstyles Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, and Adam Driver were all seen on set in Ireland this week working on The Last Duel. No sign of Ben Affleck who was there filming for a few weeks, with Ana de Armas. Last I heard his assistant was back in Los Angeles so it By Lainey • Sep 30, 2020 10:37 am
TV Updates Dream Duo: Michaela Coel & Donald Glover Looking across the current TV landscape, Michaela Coel and Donald Glover are two of the most prolific and exciting showrunners working right now. Donald is the Emmy, Golden Globe, and Grammy-winning multi-hyphenate who rocked the TV world with Atlanta in 2016. Four years later, we’re eagerly awaiting By Cody • Sep 30, 2020 09:37 am
Intro for September 30, 2020 Dear Gossips, So… um… did you watch TV last night? If so, what was on? Love Island? That’s what I’ve been watching every night for the last several weeks. And last night I wish I had just turned off the television as soon as it was over but, By Lainey • Sep 30, 2020 08:56 am
What Else What Else? Beckham Bees! We may have Beckham branded honey in our future. How much will it cost? Where will they sell it? At the regular grocery? Or at Saks? LOL. I’m still trying to wrap my head around fake honey and how much fake honey is on the market. Obviously By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 04:06 pm
Style Maisie & Reuben: Couples Dressing and the New Hairstyle? Maisie Williams and her boyfriend Reuben Selby showed up in matching Dior at the Dior show today in Paris. I do love this raincoat on her. And I love that she’s wearing it with no pants. The wellies are rad too. If we’re talking about ponchos with no By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 03:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love at 20 Today is the 20th anniversary of the Hong Kong premiere of Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love. The film, which debuted in Cannes, made Tony Leung the festival’s Best Actor, the first Hong Kong actor so honored. In the Mood for Love is not exactly Wong’ By Sarah • Sep 29, 2020 02:59 pm
Quiveration BTS’s Happy Harvest Moon As mentioned in yesterday’s open and over the years on this site, it’s a holiday week for those of us of East Asian descent. On Thursday October 1 it’s Tet Trung Thu in Vietnamese culture. The Japanese call it Tsukimi. For Chinese people it’s our Mid- By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 02:31 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 29, 2020 Jennifer Aniston was on a podcast hosted by Will Arnett, Sean Hayes, and Jason Bateman (her long-time friend) and the part getting headlines is that she considered quitting acting because an “unprepared project” sucked the life out of her. It was within the last few years but before The By Maria • Sep 29, 2020 01:34 pm
TV Updates First look at pre-princess Diana The Crown returns for its fourth season on November 15, and ahead of that, Netflix has released some images of the cast, including new members Emma Corrin as Lady Diana Spencer, and Gillian Anderson as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Everyone is in a rush to get to tall queen Elizabeth By Sarah • Sep 29, 2020 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jon Hamm is headed to Detroit Steven Soderbergh next film is called No Sudden Move. Production is now underway in Detroit and the reason why that’s notable is because, as he said: “The last time I shot a movie in Detroit with a great script and a great cast things worked out really well, so By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 12:25 pm
Music BLACKPINK. “Lovesick Girls.” Friday. Just three more sleeps – two, really – until the release of THE ALBUM, BLACKPINK’s first full-length album. And the group has been counting down to Friday at 1pm KST/midnight ET with teasers and posters. Two days ago they started posting teaser videos for each individual member to get By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 12:00 pm
Top Reads Chadwick Boseman’s “Donation” to Sienna Miller Empire Magazine’s new issue is dedicated to Chadwick Boseman featuring interviews with his collaborators, colleagues, and co-stars. One of those people is Sienna Miller. They worked on 21 Bridges together and Sienna shares the story of how she came to sign onto the film and what Chadwick did By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 10:48 am
Dumbass Eddie Redmayne sticks his foot in Eddie Redmayne is promoting The Trial of the Chicago 7, the upcoming Aaron Sorkin film and one of Netflix’s starriest Oscar hopefuls for the year. In the film, Redmayne portrays activist Tom Hayden, one of the defendants in the trial, and to promote the film, he gave an interview By Sarah • Sep 29, 2020 10:14 am
