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 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. 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 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 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- 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 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 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 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
Business of Hollywood The SAG strike is on hold The deadline for the current contract between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) expired on June 30 at midnight, but the two groups agreed to extend negotiations till 11:59 PM on July 12 (that’s Pacific time). There’s still a week left By Sarah • Jul 05, 2023 02:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Indy flopped, too Two weeks after The Flash flopped, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny opened for the extended Independence Day weekend in the US (which also included Canada Day this year for our neighbors to the north), earning a weak $60 million over the standard, Friday-Sunday three-day weekend, and By Sarah • Jul 05, 2023 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Angela Bassett finally gets her man Little gold man, that is. After going viral earlier this year when Jamie Lee Curtis won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Angela Bassett will at last get her Oscar. Bassett, who was previously nominated for Best Actress in 1994 for playing Tina Turner in What’s Love Got By Sarah • Jun 27, 2023 10:00 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for June 23, 2023 Dear Gossips, Behold! More Warner Bros. Discovery f-ckery is afoot! I don’t even know where to start, this week has been an avalanche of sh-t news from Warners, which is starting to look like the Hollywood equivalent of a fire sale under David Zaslav. The latest round By Sarah • Jun 23, 2023 09:07 am
