Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina is showing up The teaser trailer for Pablo Larraín’s Maria promised Angelina Jolie emoting, and the official trailer is now doing a really good job selling Angelina’s performance as Maria Callas in a true career-defining role. The trailer is all about Angelina as Maria, she looks impossibly gorgeous and fragile and By Sarah • Oct 25, 2024 10:30 am
TV Updates Nicole and Zoe: Lionesses contending together A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about Nicole Kidman that was titled “Nicole Kidman doesn’t stop” and in that post I included a tweet that made me laugh. As I wrote at the time, “some people were offended by it but I understand the spirit because it By Lainey • Oct 24, 2024 10:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews You Will Be Entertained A box office battle is happening exactly a month from now, on November 22, 2024: Gladiator II vs Wicked Part 1. These two movies are coming out on the same day… and I feel like there’s not much conversation about it. Which is weird, I guess, because it’s By Lainey • Oct 22, 2024 11:26 am
Award Season Campaigning Angelina campaigns in London Angelina Jolie is currently one of the frontrunners for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Maria. She was not at the Academy Museum Gala this weekend but that doesn’t mean she wasn’t campaigning. Because campaigning doesn’t just happen in Hollywood. Angelina was at the London By Lainey • Oct 21, 2024 12:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Amy and Zendaya: Longshots A few months ago, when it was announced that Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch would premiere at TIFF, the list of Best Actress Oscar hopefuls expanded to include the film’s star, Amy Adams. Amy’s been nominated multiple times already, some consider her “overdue”, and she’s always reliably solid By Lainey • Oct 17, 2024 11:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Paul and Gracie There are certain corners of the internet and social media that lose their f-cking minds whenever Paul Mescal does something. So I’m very curious to see what the next few weeks will be like as we near the release of Gladiator II. Promotion for the film should be in By Lainey • Oct 08, 2024 01:14 pm
Faux Gossip Party Angelina The post previous to this one today was about Jennifer Aniston and her appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, during which she and Jimmy joked about some of the crazy sh-t that’s been reported about her, including a cover story in In Touch Weekly about her allegedly making the moves By Lainey • Oct 03, 2024 01:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews FYI: Timmy and Kylie are “very serious” Sarah posted yesterday about Timothée in New York, filming Josh Safdie’s new movie Marty Supreme, in which he becomes Timmy Ping-Pong, as the movie is based on “Ping-Pong Hustler” Marty Reisman who I’d never heard of until this project was announced which led me to that fascinating article By Lainey • Oct 03, 2024 10:20 am
Gorgessity Angelina and Nicole build momentum Angelina Jolie was joined by her three eldest children, Maddox, Zahara, and Pax, at the NYFF premiere of Pablo Larraín’s Maria this weekend. Just as it was in Venice, the film was met with mixed to warm reviews, but critics seem to agree that this is an extraordinary performance By Lainey • Oct 01, 2024 01:23 pm
Music Intro for September 25, 2024 Dear Gossips, Lady Gaga already confirmed in her most recent Vogue cover story that her next album, LG7, will be out next year, with the first single dropping in October. Late yesterday though, another announcement: Harlequin, a companion album to Joker: Folie à Deux, is coming this Friday. The album By Lainey • Sep 25, 2024 09:26 am
Style Zendaya reminds us of Dune: Part 2 A majority of the films that are contending during award season are fall releases. Not all, but a majority. So for films that are in contention with earlier releases, it’s about reminding voters and audiences, as the conversation becomes more crowded, that they should remain in the race. That’ By Lainey • Sep 23, 2024 10:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Saoirse’s double shot Speaking of actors with two notable films this year, Saoirse Ronan has entered the chat. She has two films out this fall, addiction drama The Outrun, which opens next week, and Blitz, Steve McQueen’s period drama about a family during the London Blitz of World War II, which opens By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 01:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan launches his campaign(s) Sebastian Stan has two films out this year, A Different Man and The Apprentice. Both have earned him the highest praise of his career so far, including the Silver Bear for acting at the Berlin International Film Festival for A Different Man. And despite the controversy surrounding it—threats of By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 11:29 am
Award Season Campaigning Emmy Nominee Lewis Pullman Lewis Pullman is henceforth and forever to be known as Emmy Nominee Lewis Pullman. He’s been campaigning hard for Lessons in Chemistry, in which he plays sexy and lovable scientist Calvin Evans, so it’s not like he came out of nowhere for his nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor By Sarah • Jul 18, 2024 01:28 pm
TV Updates Shōgun is the Most In her post, previous to this one, about the Emmy nominations, Duana argued gently that maybe categories don’t matter, which is a conversation that’s been coming up a lot with respect to The Bear. On our Substack today, a member called Miss Mellie said they were tired of By Lainey • Jul 17, 2024 03:51 pm
TV Updates Emmys: Nominations Mean Everything; Categories, Not So Much It’s kind of funny to me that awards show coverage always leads with “[PROJECT] gets a stunning [NUMBER] nods!” I get that it’s a shorthand for how well-regarded a show is, if every possible category landed a nomination. But it’s also indicative of past Emmy discourse, a By Duana • Jul 17, 2024 03:18 pm
