Royals Sussexit: “Financial Independence” Much of the negative and often inaccurate coverage around the royal family and particularly Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have to do with money. How much it cost to renovate their place, how much it cost for them to go on holiday, how much the baby shower was, how much By Lainey • Jan 09, 2020 01:19 pm
Dumbass #RoseTicoDeservedBetter The last week of the year is a liminal space. It is the abandoned shopping mall of time: It once was, it is not yet. Nothing happens in the last week of the year, when post-holiday blues and pre-New Year’s Eve nerves set in. And everything happens By Sarah • Jan 08, 2020 12:35 pm
Business of Hollywood Angelina Jolie switches agencies Angelina Jolie very famously has a small team. She still doesn’t have an official publicist. I think I wrote about this a few years ago when I was assigned to the Maleficent junket, that she personally reviews her junket roster, a responsibility typically assigned to a star’s personal By Lainey • Dec 02, 2019 02:08 pm
TV Updates Disney’s last laugh When Disney+ launched a couple weeks ago, some people laughed because there were some technical issues, with people struggling to sign in or maintain a decent connection with the platform. Well who’s laughing now, because Disney’s stock closed yesterday at a record high. Now, this is not going By Sarah • Nov 27, 2019 11:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Angels keep rolling As you probably heard, Charlie’s Angels bombed last weekend. Like seriously tanked. Franchise-killer flopped. Even with a sub-$100 million budget, an $8 million opening weekend is bad news. But, the movie is still rolling out overseas, including a premiere in London yesterday. I am always curious about By Sarah • Nov 21, 2019 12:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews #ReleaseTheSnyderCut will never end In case you think Martin Scorsese vs. Marvel is the worst, most pointless ongoing argument on Film Twitter, allow me to introduce you to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut. It has been going strong for two years and counting, ever since Justice League was released with significant material added by Joss Whedon following Zack By Sarah • Nov 18, 2019 01:28 pm
Business of Hollywood Show Your Work: On Angelina Jolie and Taylor Swift On this week’s episode of Show Your Work, we analyse the “rewilding” of Angelina Jolie. She’s been one of the savviest celebrities in the business in image management; as Duana says Angie will always be A++++ list and even though there’s been a pivot in her vibe By Lainey • Nov 06, 2019 03:54 pm
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones’ bad week continues Okay, it’s not precisely Game of Thrones’ fault that showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss left their Star Wars trilogy. But even if it’s not a direct impact on GOT itself, that event does contribute to the overall tainting of GOT’s legacy, which is still muddied By Sarah • Oct 30, 2019 09:01 am
Break Ups Could Marvel dump Jeremy Renner? Jeremy Renner has had A Year. It started with rumors of a romance with Lady Gaga—which did not materialize, but I would like to visit the alternate universe where Jeremy Renner/Lady Gaga and Brad Pitt/Charlize Theron happened—and then he released his completely mediocre karaoke album, and By Sarah • Oct 28, 2019 11:40 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Jennifer Lawrence has suggestions for her wedding registry While we were trying to get our Emmys posts up yesterday, Jennifer Lawrence posted her Amazon wedding registry and everyone’s reaction was…huh? A few weeks ago it was Jeremy Renner partnering with Amazon for some kind of camping collection. Maybe it wasn’t exactly camping but there was By Lainey • Sep 24, 2019 01:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Holland loves us 3,000 Following his faux-oblivious Instagram appearance with RDJ, Tom Holland popped down to Anaheim to appear at D23 to shill Onward, a Pixar film he’s co-starring in with Chris Pratt. The very big elephant in the very big room is the dissolution of the Sony-Marvel production deal By Sarah • Aug 26, 2019 02:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A cure for your Spider-Man blues The news that Sony and Marvel are dissolving their deal to co-produce Spider-Man hit fans hard. Spider-Man is popular unto himself, the MCU version of the character is particularly popular, not least because he is the protégé of Tony Stark, one of the MCU’s most beloved By Sarah • Aug 22, 2019 03:33 pm
Business of Hollywood The Spider-Man Custody Battle The most surprising entertainment marriage of the decade is the union between Sony and Marvel, who have co-produced Spider-Man together since rebooting the character in 2016 with Captain America: Civil War. Their marriage was medieval in that it was entirely about property acquisition, giving Marvel one of their By Sarah • Aug 21, 2019 11:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart: “I just want people to like me” Sarah wrote the other day in her post about the first image released of Kristen Stewart as Jean Seberg in the upcoming film, Seberg, which is headed to the Venice Film Festival in a few weeks. There may be a chance for awards consideration with this role. She also has By Lainey • Aug 01, 2019 11:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt Damon’s quiet summer Not that Matt Damon’s been loud over the last few years. Or in general. I’m referring really to what might be a much busier fall with the release of Ford vs Ferrari. Sarah posted enthusiastically about the trailer a few weeks ago and with both Matt and Christian By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 11:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt: “I could be a dinosaur” Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (or Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood, because they can’t figure out which one it is comes out July 26 and early tracking has it opening at around $30 million which Variety says is “on the softer side”. With three By Lainey • Jul 04, 2019 11:23 am
