Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for April 13, 2026 Dear Gossips, It was a strong weekend at the North American box office this weekend with impressive holds from the top three movies: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Project Hail Mary, and The Drama. Project Hail Mary has now passed the $500 million mark, an encouraging achievement for Amazon Studios, By Lainey • Apr 13, 2026 09:55 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for April 10, 2026 Dear Gossips, The Cannes Film Festival begins in just over a month, and the lineup was announced yesterday. Notably, there is only one American film in competition, Ira Sachs’ musical, The Man I Love, starring Rami Malek. There is a noticeable lack of US-produced studio films at Cannes, which usually By Sarah • Apr 10, 2026 09:26 am
TV Updates Byron Allen is taking over CBS late night In six weeks, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will come to an end, following the announcement last summer that CBS and its parent company Paramount, then amidst a contentious merger with David Ellison’s Skydance, was sh-tcanning the show for reasons entirely unrelated (“unrelated”) to host Stephen Colbert criticizing By Sarah • Apr 07, 2026 12:37 pm
Business of Hollywood The Summer I Turned Pretty Turned Ugly The Summer I Turned Pretty is an unquestionable hit, an almost old-fashioned television success story of a series that grew more popular with each successive season. Jenny Han’s adaptation of her own book series debuted on Prime Video in 2022 and was well received, but it was in 2023 By Sarah • Apr 02, 2026 11:24 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for April 2, 2026 Dear Gossips, Lots going on in the world these days. Too much, some might say. Going back to the moon? To visit Earth’s lil space girlfriend? Okay, yes, but don’t expect me to watch any of that sh-t live, I never recovered from the Columbia explosion, and a By Sarah • Apr 02, 2026 09:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Supergirl is Guardians but also John Wick One of the most anticipated movies of the summer is Supergirl, and as we move into spring, it is now just under three months away. Time to step up the marketing! And they are, with a full trailer which outlines the plot, teases Superman, reveals Jason Momoa in his new By Sarah • Mar 31, 2026 01:51 pm
TV Updates Being Beloved Is Buffy’s Curse Famed screenwriter William Goldman said it best – “Sequels Are Whores’ Movies”. Modernised for today’s world, I guess you could paraphrase it, “Reboots Are Whores’ Series”. Too much? Too strong for this early in the day, or to be associated with the recently-murdered Buffy reboot? Not at all. If anything, By Duana • Mar 18, 2026 01:28 pm
Conan O`Brien Intro for March 12, 2026 Dear Gossips, Lainey is headed to Los Angeles, where she will cover the Oscars red carpet for ETALK, which means I am in charge of the candy factory for the next few days. I would warn you about the traps and hazards built into the candy factory, but these exist By Sarah • Mar 12, 2026 09:10 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for February 27, 2026 Dear Gossips, Today in Please Leave Us Alone news, David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, won a kiss from daddy after all as his hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery actually worked. After raising the offer for WBD last week, Netflix declined to counter with their own increased bid, By Sarah • Feb 27, 2026 09:27 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for February 20, 2026 Dear Gossips, I have been sick this week with some kind of stomach bug which is probably just my skeleton trying to escape its flesh prison, but that just means I had more time for the Olympics—yay Team USA women’s hockey! But also yay Team Canada! I wish By Sarah • Feb 20, 2026 09:25 am
Stephen Colbert Intro for February 18, 2026 Dear Gossips, I believe Stephen Colbert when he said last night that “I really don’t want an adversarial relationship with the network. I’ve never had one”. Stephen was addressing the situation over his interview with James Talarico from earlier this week, posted on The Late Show’s YouTube By Lainey • Feb 18, 2026 09:32 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for January 29, 2026 Dear Gossips, This week in Trash Take Thyself Out news, we finally have an explanation for the dissolution of the Safdie Brothers’ creative partnership. I have pondered openly about what caused filmmaking brothers Josh and Benny Safdie to quit working together, apparently out of the blue in early 2024, and By Sarah • Jan 29, 2026 09:31 am
Olivia Wilde Olivia Wilde: A double sex comeback Olivia Wilde’s feature directorial debut, Booksmart, was a warmly received comedy back in 2019. She took a swing, opening it wide in the summer, and it did not pay off at the box office but the people who saw the movie loved the movie. And it was a promising By Lainey • Jan 26, 2026 02:26 pm
Kai Cenat Kai Cenat’s new direction One month after the harsh online reaction to his video about mental health and desire to create, livestreaming sensation Kai Cenat has broken his silence on social media. This time, he shared another video that seems to suggest he is quitting streaming for good - and that he’s setting By Stephanie • Jan 16, 2026 02:39 pm
Business of Hollywood Kathleen Kennedy quit the Star War It’s official, after first being reported eleven months ago, Kathleen Kennedy has stepped down as the president of Lucasfilm. As was previously speculated, she is being replaced by not one but two people, with George Lucas’s protégé, Dave Filoni, moving up to president and chief creative officer (he By Sarah • Jan 16, 2026 10:38 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Ben and Matt are not the VIPs Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s film, The Rip, premieres on Netflix on Friday and as Sarah wrote in her post about it recently, this looks like a solid crime drama, an action movie with a real plot starring big name movie stars that’s disappearing from theatres, which is By Lainey • Jan 14, 2026 02:52 pm
