Top Reads Shonda Rhimes and the Disneyland Pass Shonda Rhimes’s new cover story in The Hollywood Reporter is so much Show Your Work and I’ve already pitched it to Duana for our next podcast episode because we could spend the whole time talking about what Shonda gives us here. But the detail in the piece that’ By Lainey • Oct 22, 2020 10:26 am
Dumbass 2020 reaches new low, Jared Leto to return as the Joker Today in Oh What Now news, it has been reported that Jared Leto will reprise his role as the Joker for Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Yes, you read that right, Jared Leto, once the third best Joker and now the fourth best Joker, is getting a do-over while By Sarah • Oct 22, 2020 09:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Female Revenge Fantasy for the Holidays One of the most anticipated films of the year around the LaineyGossip internet office is Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman starring Carey Mulligan. This movie looks GREAT, and it got very interesting reviews out of Sundance. It was slated for a spring release, but then came COVID and it By Sarah • Oct 09, 2020 01:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Soul for the Holidays In completely unsurprising news, Pixar’s next film, Soul, will skip theaters and premiere on Disney+. It is shifting back one month from its previously COVID-adjusted release date of November 20 to December 25, when it will be available on the streaming service at no additional cost. In international By Sarah • Oct 09, 2020 12:52 pm
TV Updates RIP GLOW One of my favorite shows on Netflix is GLOW, the 1980s-set dramedy about an all-women pro-wrestling show starring Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, and Marc Maron. GLOW was strong right out of the gate, and it got better through each successive season. But by the time season three By Sarah • Oct 08, 2020 01:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Now it’s Dune’s turn When the first trailer for Dune was released last month, I said it wasn’t going to come out in 2020, and sure enough following Bond, it is the latest movie to pull up stakes in 2020 and seek greener pastures in 2021. Specifically, Dune is taking overThe Batman’s By Sarah • Oct 06, 2020 10:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bond quits 2020, too In the wake of Disney clearing most of their slate out of 2020, the latest Bond film, No Time to Die, has also evacuated this cursed year for hopefully greener pastures in April 2021. The means that No Time Die has now moved back a full year, from its original By Sarah • Oct 05, 2020 10:34 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Barry Jenkins gets Disney money Yesterday, Disney made the surprise announcement that they are laying off 28,000 people due to the ongoing economic difficulties of the pandemic. Even with the theme parks open, with restrictions, of course, they are eating sh-t and continue to hemorrhage cash. These layoffs are just the latest round By Sarah • Sep 30, 2020 10:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Disney quits 2020 Doing the only reasonable thing at this point, Disney has basically given up on 2020, moving 90% of their movies to 2021, including the entire Marvel theatrical slate which will now kick off with Black Widow in May 2021. This brings Black Widow’s total delay to twelve entire months, By Sarah • Sep 24, 2020 10:37 am
Business of Hollywood Johnny Depp Doesn’t Consider Himself a Hollywood Celebrity Johnny Depp was at the San Sebastian Film Festival this weekend promoting Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane McGowan, the documentary he produced. Per Variety: “MacGowan is one among a list of high-profile, anti-celebrities that Depp is often grouped with, and the actor was asked about By Lainey • Sep 22, 2020 11:10 am
Relationship Assumption Katie & Emilio: Texts All Day PEOPLE published a new story about Katie Holmes and Emilio Vitolo Jr this morning. The two were just seen this week in New York running errands and kissing outside his apartment and on a romantic ferry ride and walk along the river. Now a source is telling the magazine that By Lainey • Sep 16, 2020 11:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Berry gets a deal As expected when she was photographed in LA a few weeks ago, Halle Berry was the Variety cover story last week ahead of TIFF and the premiere of her directorial debut Bruised. The piece is a profile of Halle’s ambition as a director and her passion for the film, By Lainey • Sep 14, 2020 11:19 am
Royals Harry & Meghan: Netflix and Titles It’s been a week since news broke that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s as-yet-unnamed production company has made a deal, reportedly worth in the $100-150 million range, with Netflix. We’re now learning a little – very little – more about how the partnership came together. Netflix By Lainey • Sep 10, 2020 11:50 am
Business of Hollywood The Oscars institute inclusion rules for Best Picture After years of #OscarsSoWhite trending basically every year during Oscar season since 2015, the Academy finally got sick of eating sh-t for the studios and have instituted a set of diversity rules for future Best Picture nominees. The rules will go into effect in 2024, for the 96th Academy By Sarah • Sep 09, 2020 09:51 am
Royals The Sussexes + Netflix The New York Times reported today that Netflix has signed a multiyear deal with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newly formed but as yet unnamed production company. No financials have been released but… I’m guessing this will take care of the new mortgage? As part of the deal, By Lainey • Sep 02, 2020 01:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews About that Tenet review Over the next couple of weeks, new films will start rolling out in theaters in North America for the first time in five months (yes, I am wantonly disregarding the garbage exploitation film Unhinged, starring Russell Crowe, in this timeline). This means I should be going back to work as By Sarah • Aug 27, 2020 02:55 pm
