Movie Reviews and Previews Barbenheimer blew up the box office After weeks of disappointing box office, summer 2023 finally staged a comeback thanks to Barbenheimer, the grassroots movement to make Barbie and Oppenheimer a double feature for the ages, and it worked. Barbie opened with an estimated $155 million domestic (with $182 million internationally), and Oppenheimer scooped up $80 million By Sarah • Jul 24, 2023 11:01 am
Quiveration Jeremy Allen White with his shirt off That is a shamelessly thirsty headline. And I am shamelessly thirsty for your attention, we’re doing what we can here for your clicks, knowing that there’s a part of the internet that gets hard and wet for Jeremy Allen White. It started of course last summer with the By Lainey • Jul 21, 2023 12:11 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for July 21, 2023 Dear Gossips, Happy Barbenheimer weekend to all who celebrate! But before we talk about those two films—reviews for both coming today—let’s check in on Hot Strike Summer. We’re one week into the double SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, and while picket lines remain active and support rallies By Sarah • Jul 21, 2023 09:19 am
TV Updates Dork Storm Strikes (Back) San Diego Comic-Con starts tomorrow and it’s gonna be a weird one. With actors and writers on strike—and most of the studios already skipping this year even before the double strike started—there is not a whole lot going on, at least in Hall H, where most of By Sarah • Jul 19, 2023 12:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dead Reckoning’s plan backfired It has been a bad box office summer so far (lots of pressure on Barbie and Oppenheimer to turn things around!). Sure, a couple big movies are doing well—Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is sitting at $842 million, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is at $663 million—but By Sarah • Jul 17, 2023 11:35 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for July 17, 2023 Dear Gossips, We are now entering the first full week of the Hollywood strike as actors have now joined writers in the work stoppage in the hopes of getting a fair deal from the AMTPT. Work stoppage, for actors, means no filming, no red carpets, no interviews, no promotion whatsoever. By Lainey • Jul 17, 2023 09:41 am
Shoes Margot Robbie: One Last Barbie? As we know, SAG-AFTRA finally confirmed yesterday afternoon that the actors would indeed be going on strike alongside the writers. As the announcement was made midday west coast time, the time technicality worked for those who were trying to get in some last minute promotion before packing it up. That By Lainey • Jul 14, 2023 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 14, 2023 Dear Gossips, Oppenheimer’s UK premiere was yesterday in London, and as Lainey mentioned, they moved the start time up in order to officially begin before the SAG strike was called. That’s a shady as hell move, but the New York premiere is now cancelled, so this was Universal By Sarah • Jul 14, 2023 09:39 am
Top Reads It’s a double strike Seventy-two days after the writers’ strike began, the actors are on strike, too. It’s the first time in fifty-three years both guilds have been on strike at the same time. We’ve been watching the increasingly frantic pace of the Barbie and Oppenheimer press tours over the last couple By Sarah • Jul 13, 2023 03:50 pm
Award Season Campaigning Intro for July 13, 2023 Dear Gossips, The Emmy nominations happened on the same day as the SAG-AFTRA deadline which passed without a deal. We already know that the union agreed to strike well in advance should a deal not be reached. So they’re doing a vote today at 9am PT to make it By Lainey • Jul 13, 2023 09:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Deadpool-Wolverine do-over Despite the ongoing WGA strike and Ryan Reynolds being a member of the WGA who is, technically, on strike, Deadpool 3 production continues in London. Here are Ryan Reynolds* and Hugh Jackman shooting a fight scene yesterday as Deadpool and Wolverine, reuniting the characters following the disastrous 2009 film X-Men By Sarah • Jul 12, 2023 10:18 am
TV Updates Vanna White's fight Weeks after Pat Sajak announced his retirement from Wheel of Fortune, Vanna White has secured a lawyer amid reports of concern and worry over her future with the show. Questions surrounding her future on the show started swirling after Pat announced his retirement on Twitter in June, which was followed By Stephanie • Jul 11, 2023 12:01 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for July 11, 2023 Dear Gossips, The deadline is tonight. SAG-AFTRA’s current contract expires at midnight PT and, as we know, the actors have already agreed to strike should a new deal that addresses their concerns not be reached. And this deadline was already a push from the original deadline which was June By Lainey • Jul 11, 2023 09:22 am
TV Updates Intro for July 7, 2023 Dear Gossips, The writers’ strike has entered its third month, so now it’s time for…Ryan Murphy strike drama! Most productions in the US have shut down as part of the WGA strike, but four high-profile productions are still rolling cameras on the east coast, including three under Murphy’ By Sarah • Jul 07, 2023 09:03 am
Break Ups Kevin Costner’s divorce and money drama We have been loosely following the Kevin Costner-Christine Baumgartner Costner divorce drama since it broke out a couple months ago. Costner and Baumgartner are now in court about it, a judge ruled yesterday that Baumgartner has to vacate their Carpinteria, California home by the end of the month. Costner has By Sarah • Jul 06, 2023 02:56 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for July 6, 2023 Dear Gossips, On July 3, GQ published an article online by film critic and writer Jason Bailey. It was a succinct, if scathing, report of David Zaslav’s litany of (perceived) crimes against cinema, some of which I have covered over the last year. Nothing in the article has not By Sarah • Jul 06, 2023 08:56 am
