Movie Reviews and Previews Henry Cavill’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month Buckle UP because this is a roller COASTER. Six weeks ago, Henry Cavill confirmed he was leaving The Witcher, his hit Netflix fantasy series (to be replaced by Liam Hemsworth). Many people, myself included, assumed this was at least in part due to Cavill’s return as Superman in the By Sarah • Dec 15, 2022 12:19 pm
TV Updates The Golden Globes are back on their bullsh-t After all the hand-wringing about shortcomings, accountability, and whether or not publicists would even encourage their clients to go, it’s back to business as usual for the Golden Globes, or at least an attempt at returning to such. The nominations for the 2023 Golden Globes were announced this morning, By Sarah • Dec 12, 2022 11:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Wonder Woman 3 is apparently dead About six weeks ago, filmmaker James Gunn and producer Peter Safran took over the newly named DC Studios at the newly reformed Warner Bros. Discovery under new CEO David Zaslav. Well, everything new is old again, because we are once again talking about the slate of DC superhero movies and By Sarah • Dec 08, 2022 10:57 am
TV Updates Don’t forget Ke Huy Quan (again) One of the big narratives in film this year is Brendan Fraser’s comeback as a leading man in The Whale, and while it is great to see Fraser back on top, let us not forget the other big comeback this year—Ke Huy Quan returning to acting in Everything By Sarah • Dec 07, 2022 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Avatar 2’s big question The final trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water dropped last night during Monday Night Football. It continues to look very pretty. I continue to be unable to tell the blue cat people apart, but I don’t know. Maybe that’s just me? Is anyone else having a little By Sarah • Nov 22, 2022 11:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews First look at Indiana Jones “5” Empire magazine is touting the first look at a movie they are calling Indiana Jones 5, which is strange, because there are only three Indiana Jones movies. Everyone knows that. There are only three Indy movies, no other Indy movies have ever been made, just Raiders of the Lost Ark, By Sarah • Nov 21, 2022 12:05 pm
Business of Hollywood Disney bombshell (late 2022 edition) Today in I Thought We Were Done With Dramatic Disney Announcements News, it was announced Sunday night that Bob Iger is returning to Disney as CEO effective immediately. His successor, Bob Chapek, who has had a truly terrible two years in the CEO saddle, is out. Not to say “I By Sarah • Nov 21, 2022 09:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Zoë Kravitz: “Curator of Vibe” Zoë Kravitz is one of three cover stars for GQ’s year-end issue, named as the magazine’s Superhero of the Year. As Zoë herself concedes, playing Selina Kyle, Catwoman, in The Batman earlier this year confirmed her status on Hollywood’s A-List. “Batman was the first time that I By Lainey • Nov 15, 2022 11:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews John Wick 4, FINALLY The last of the completed films that were delayed because of the pandemic were released this past summer. But we still have to deal with films that were meant to be in production in 2020 that were delayed and are just now staggering their way into theaters in fits and By Sarah • Nov 14, 2022 02:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Lawrence on the old Jennifer Lawrence With Jennifer Lawrence, it’s always going to be a candid interview. She is currently promoting Causeway, the first film she’s ever produced, in which she also stars, and in a new profile with Kyle Buchanan for the New York Times, she talks about how the project is the By Lainey • Nov 03, 2022 12:52 pm
TV Updates Shonda Rhimes paved the way Shonda Rhimes was the most recent guest on the 9 to 5ish with the Skimm podcast. She gave listeners some insight into some of the struggles she faced getting Grey's Anatomy off the ground, like the unanimous doubt from executives that the show would find an audience. " By Stephanie • Oct 26, 2022 11:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews James Gunn’s surprising new role Werewolf By Night introduced a new thing into the MCU, the “special presentation”, a one-off story that can just be 50-60 minutes of a good time without worrying about the rest of the MCU, and it was good largely because of that unburdened, light-touch storytelling. The next special presentation is By Sarah • Oct 26, 2022 11:19 am
Top Reads BravoCon returns to mixed results This past weekend, thousands of day-drinking reality TV junkies took over the Javits Convention Center in New York to see hundreds of stars from the Bravo network. There were stars from Real Housewives, Below Deck, Married to Medicine, Southern Charm, Vanderpump Rules and more – all presented to a bevy of By Stephanie • Oct 20, 2022 02:44 pm
Business of Hollywood This could be the Hollywood Issue The ELLE Women in Hollywood event featured several young performers who’ve made major moves in 2022 and whose potential influence in the industry is just coming to light. You know what image or image came to mind? The Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue 2010. Two years before, Vanity Fair August By Lainey • Oct 18, 2022 02:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia Wilde after DWD ELLE Magazine has released their annual Women in Hollywood issue, with eight different covers featuring eight women who have made an impact in the industry this year. Among them are Michelle Yeoh, Sigourney Weaver, Issa Rae, Anne Hathaway, Selena Gomez, Ariana DeBose, Zoë Kravitz, and Olivia Wilde. During her interview By Lainey • Oct 14, 2022 11:29 am
Top Reads If Brad Pitt sells Plan B, what is Plan C? Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston founded Plan B Entertainment in 2001, just months after their marriage (along with super-producer Brad Grey, who would go on to run Paramount for over a decade). When they divorced in 2005, Pitt kept Plan B, and ever since he and Dede Gardner, along with By Sarah • Oct 13, 2022 12:05 pm
