Movie Reviews and Previews Radioactive closes TIFF Marie Curie is one of those figures who, it seems, should have a million projects ongoing at any moment, but does not. Like how can we have nine Robin Hood movies in development, and NOTHING about Marie Curie? She’s only one of the most important scientists of the modern By Sarah • Sep 16, 2019 03:14 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 16, 2019 This is the Beckhams in their zone – family and fashion. Anna Wintour, who attended the show and the after-party, also took photos with Harper, which makes me wonder about a possible mother/daughter cover for US Vogue. That pairing has happened before for various editions: Serena and Olympia, Kate By Maria • Sep 16, 2019 01:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Charlie Hunnam at the Joker party Charlie Hunnam was at TIFF for two films last week, True History of the Kelly Gang and Jungleland, premiering last Tuesday and Wednesday nights respectively. He came in a couple of days early for press and last Monday night he was at the Joker party and I got some gossipy By Lainey • Sep 16, 2019 01:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews THE Suicide Squad The cast for James Gunn’s THE Suicide Squad mulligan has been taking shape for the last several months, including additions of Taika Waititi and Idris Elba (now playing an unknown role, as apparently Will Smith wants to hang onto Deadshot in case Gunn successfully reboots this franchise). Friday afternoon, By Sarah • Sep 16, 2019 12:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt: gazelle seeks gazelle Two years ago, back in 2017, Brad Pitt covered GQ and it was something of a publicity turnaround after months of World War Brange drama following his split from Angelina Jolie. At the time he was promoting War Machine and he spoke about quitting drinking, his “self-inflicted” troubles, the By Lainey • Sep 16, 2019 11:56 am
Michael Fassbender Michael Fassbender joins Taika’s team Coming off the deeply unsuccessful and unpleasant finale of his X-Men run, Michael Fassbender is joining Taika Waititi’s next movie, Next Goal Wins. Based on a documentary of the same name, the movie is about a Dutch coach, Thomas Rongen (presumably to be played by Fassbender), who tries By Sarah • Sep 16, 2019 10:33 am
Baby and Bump Obsession House Sussex: defended on Harry’s birthday weekend Meghan Markle’s Smart Set Collection launch, in support of Smart Works, went very smoothly last week, perhaps to the disappointment of the UK tabloids and the reporters who’ve been generating critical stories about her over the last couple of months. Never doubt British ingenuity though. They will always By Lainey • Sep 16, 2019 10:02 am
Royals Prince Andrew: Mummy’s Protection Over here in North America, people are still looking into the Jeffrey Epstein situation. Last week in The New Yorker, Ronan Farrow reported on how the M.I.T. Media Lab deliberately concealed how much money Epstein contributed to the research centre resulting in the resignation of the lab’s By Lainey • Sep 16, 2019 09:12 am
Music Intro for September 16, 2019 Dear Gossips, The Creative Arts Emmys happened this weekend. Beyoncé’s Homecoming was nominated six times. Beyoncé did not show up. Beyoncé did not win. Beyoncé probably knew she wouldn’t win. So, instead, she’s back to work. She’s showing us more work. Beyoncé Presents: Making the Gift By Lainey • Sep 16, 2019 08:41 am
What Else What Else? Sean Penn wrote a new book – have you heard about this? Remember that Bob Honey something something book he wrote a few years? It was …not a good book. People read it and they were like, this is sh-t. Maybe the people were wrong? Because they agreed to publish By Lainey • Sep 13, 2019 05:37 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Now All Bets Are Off We are due with our fifth baby! Soon! (gender unknown) And it is definitely tougher to pick this time around. We have twins: Jack and James, and singleton daughters, MacKenna and Grace. The middle names for the kids are (all but one) family names (Richard, Patrick, Rosemary, Caroline) and we By Duana • Sep 13, 2019 05:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Shia LaBeouf’s Honey Boy: the child actor who became a movie star Shia LaBeouf wrote Honey Boy based on his own childhood as a young star, and plays his own father, here renamed “James”. The film is directed by Alma Har’el, making her feature film debut. Two things about Honey Boy are true: Shia LaBeouf is probably being too hard on By Sarah • Sep 13, 2019 05:12 pm
Style Outfit of the Week: Jennifer Lopez Who else would it be? Hustlers opens today – are you seeing it? Tonight? This weekend? As I mentioned earlier this week in my post about how Jennifer Lopez should be an Oscar contender for this film, I was trying to decide whether to post my review of Hustlers today or By Lainey • Sep 13, 2019 04:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lucy in the Sky: a diaper-free disorienting astronaut love triangle The new Natalie Portman film Lucy in the Sky is not the simmering astronaut love triangle movie you're probably expecting to see. Instead, it's a disorienting look at life after space, raising a question of how "rocket lag" can permanently alter your desires and By Joanna • Sep 13, 2019 04:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Dolemite Is My Name Eddie Murphy returns to acting after a three year hiatus with Dolemite Is My Name, a biopic of Dolemite creator Rudy Ray Moore. Like every other biopic I’ve seen at TIFF this year, Dolemite is standard, run-of-the-mill biographical stuff, taking no real risks and doing nothing By Sarah • Sep 13, 2019 03:36 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 13, 2019 Millie Bobby Brown is getting flack for a face washing tutorial gone awry (apparently she was, gasp, faking it. On the internet of all places!). She has her own line, so I consider this a commercial. In skin care commercials, women stand at the sink and fill their cupped hands By Maria • Sep 13, 2019 03:06 pm
