Relationship Assumption Margot campaigns with her Ken Margot Robbie was in New York last night at a Barbie screening and my first thought when I saw these shots was…are there still people who haven’t seen Barbie, LOL. This, obviously, is no longer about selling movie tickets, because Barbie is the blockbuster movie of 2023, but By Lainey • Nov 29, 2023 10:39 am
TV Updates Team Beef Big night for Team Beef at the Gothams, as Ali Wong won Outstanding Performance in a New Series and Beef won Breakthrough Television Under 40 Minutes. Can I just say? I love that the Gothams don’t delineate between comedy and drama, they divide their TV categories by run time. By Sarah • Nov 28, 2023 02:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Coop and Carey at the Gothams Another “icon and creator” honoree at the Gotham Awards was Maestro, which received the Cultural Icon and Creator Tribute. This delivered Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan to the red carpet, so it worked. But then, Maestro is expected to be a major player all awards season—Gold Derby is predicting By Sarah • Nov 28, 2023 01:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Past Lives in the Oscar present Past Lives! Have you seen it yet? Because if you haven’t, and you’re following award season, it’s well past time for you to get caught up on one of the most acclaimed films of the year that could be contending alongside all the big bombs and the By Lainey • Nov 28, 2023 12:42 pm
Style Team Barbie at the Gothams Because the Gotham Awards removed their budget cap on eligible films—meant to direct the awards toward the indie sector—Barbie was eligible this year. They only got one nomination, for Ryan Gosling who was a no-show, but most of Team Barbie showed up as they were also recipients By Sarah • Nov 28, 2023 10:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Charles Melton gets closer Last night at the Gotham Awards, in the battle of the himbos, Reggie took out Ken, with Charles Melton winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance in May December over a field that included Ryan Gosling’s performance in Barbie. We’ve been on the Charles Melton hype train for By Lainey • Nov 28, 2023 10:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 28, 2023 Dear Gossips, The Gotham Awards, the first relevant awards of Oscar season, were last night in New York. A lot of the Oscar hopefuls were there, but because the Gothams focus on indie film (ostensibly, some recent rule changes opened the door to bigger films like Barbie), some of the By Sarah • Nov 28, 2023 08:58 am
Style Outfits of the Week: Barbie is back Margot Robbie’s promotional wardrobe for the Barbie release this past summer, produced by stylist Andrew Mukamal, was one of the fashion triumphs of the year. And they probably left some looks on the table since the Barbie press tour happened juuuuuust before SAG-AFTRA called the strike. As we By Lainey • Nov 24, 2023 10:28 am
Quiveration May December and Charles Melton’s Moment May December opens in select theatres today and will stream on Netflix starting December 1. There is Oscar buzz around this film – Todd Haynes is the director, it was a hit in Cannes, and as Sarah wrote a few weeks ago, it will likely spark a Conversation. The “age gap By Lainey • Nov 17, 2023 12:06 pm
BFFs Meghan Markle steps out Last night was Variety’s Power of Women event in Los Angeles. Most of the top Best Actress and Supporting Actress contenders were there, including Carey Mulligan, Emily Blunt, Margot Robbie, Greta Lee, and Fantasia Barrino (who is just kicking off her appearances for The Color Purple). There was a By Sarah • Nov 17, 2023 09:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 17, 2023 Dear Gossips, The strikes this year were important, both for the people trying to have viable careers in the film industry, and as part of a larger labor movement in the US, but one of the sort-of bummers was that Lily Gladstone didn’t get her big moment when By Sarah • Nov 17, 2023 08:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Coop finally gets to do it Promote Maestro, that is. After getting itchy as f-ck as the SAG-AFTRA stretched well into autumn, Bradley Cooper finally gets to promote Maestro for real. He was at a BAFTA screening for Maestro held in New York yesterday, along with co-star Carey Mulligan, cinematographer Matthew Libatique, and By Sarah • Nov 14, 2023 09:49 am
Award Season Campaigning Bennifer tests out award season? As Sarah just mentioned, there is a chance that the strike could be coming to an end soon. A chance. Let’s not call it prematurely. For now, and for another weekend, the strike is still on and there are still few opportunities for celebrities to get themselves onto red By Lainey • Nov 06, 2023 10:55 am
Style Intro for November 2, 2023 Dear Gossips, The Sundance Institute yesterday announced that three filmmakers will be honoured at this year’s opening night film festival gala: Christopher Nolan, Celine Song, Maite Alberdi. Christopher Nolan doesn’t make independent films anymore, but Memento was a big moment for him in 2001 and he will be By Lainey • Nov 02, 2023 09:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper is still waiting for his turn The full trailer for Maestro is here, showing off Bradley Cooper’s passion project about composer Leonard Bernstein. Casting misgivings aside, this movie does look really good, and I am so curious to see it because reviews from fall festivals have been strong, but a couple people whose taste I By Sarah • Oct 27, 2023 11:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 20, 2023 Dear Gossips, As Sarah has been saying for several months now, and as we approach the release of Killers of the Flower Moon, we are at the start of Lily Gladstone season. To be clear, Lily Gladstone won’t just be around for a season, of course, because she is By Lainey • Sep 20, 2023 10:02 am
