TV Updates Smash, Scorned showrunners, and ‘Yes, And’ When I first read the Theresa Rebeck's essay about being fired from Smash that Entertainment Weekly ran, I was standing in a long lineup and immediately looked up, shocked that the line was still happening. Like, I somehow expected everyone else around me to have read it at By Duana • Apr 05, 2017 01:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans’ “contract” speak Chris Evans is currently out there promoting Gifted and, therefore, promoting his “Gifted” persona. Most of the TV interviews I’ve seen of him lately are done with what I call a lot of “teeth smiling”. You know how cheesy former athletes-turned-sports-anchors pose in their headshots? So corny you almost By Lainey • Apr 04, 2017 01:14 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for March 23, 2017 Dear Gossips, Have you seen the headlines today about Ryan Gosling? About why he reacted like he did at the Oscars when Moonlight was revealed to be the true Best Picture? Specifically it was that shot of him on stage, smiling/smirking, with his hand over his mouth. You know By Lainey • Mar 23, 2017 09:33 am
Business of Hollywood Ruth Negga in green pre-Oscar Here’s Ruth Negga last night being honoured with the Oscar Wilde Award hosted by JJ Abrams and his production company Bad Robot in Santa Monica last night. As you know, she’s also nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in Loving. So, again, I ask By Lainey • Feb 24, 2017 11:28 am
Business of Hollywood Angelina Jolie PR Page Six reported last night that Angelina Jolie has quietly been making calls to top Hollywood publicists to add to her team. Since her shock divorce filing in September, Jolie’s circle of advisers has not included a traditional celebrity p.r. rep. Instead Jolie retained Washington, DC, crisis specialist By Lainey • Feb 14, 2017 04:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for January 3, 2017 Dear Gossips, Happy New Year! Hope your holiday was restful. Because we are right back into it. Golden Globes on Sunday. Awards every weekend. And Hollywood divorce court all month too. Ready? Ben Affleck’s Live By Night opened in limited release at Christmas but will go wide a week By Lainey • Jan 03, 2017 08:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Fox is having an X-Man problem So let’s just get this out of the way: That happened. I don’t know what to say. Except—I’m sorry. For all of us, but mostly for those who now legitimately fear for their rights, and even their lives. We’ll get through this, but it’s By Sarah • Nov 09, 2016 12:39 pm
Break Ups Johnny Depp’s other divorce It has not been a banner year for Johnny Depp. Alice Through the Looking Glass tanked, Amber Heard had the receipts, and he went through a high-profile divorce—Johnny Depp is yet another on the long list of people anxious for 2016 to take its bad juju and return to By Sarah • Oct 27, 2016 03:33 pm
Business of Hollywood The Hollywood wage gap The wage gap is real. It exists in every industry, at every level of industry, but in the film industry the wage gap isn’t just a product of gender/racial bias, it’s also the result of a scaled compensation system that rewards stars more than anyone else. Professional By Sarah • Oct 13, 2016 11:06 am
Business of Hollywood Disney Twitter Yesterday Bloomberg reported that Disney is exploring the possibility of buying Twitter and adding it to the already huge pile of other corporations that they own. It’s early in the process—they’re just exploring the option—but it does feel like Disney is chasing specific pieces and that By Sarah • Sep 27, 2016 10:50 am
Break Ups Intro for September 13, 2016 Dear Gossips, Vanity Fair published an article yesterday about celebrity divorces including interviews with Laura Wasser, who recently represented Johnny Depp in his divorce from Amber Heard, and Neal Hersh, whose clients include Brad Pitt and Halle Berry. The piece opens on two delicious blinds: one client of Laura Wasser’ By Lainey • Sep 13, 2016 10:00 am
Top Reads Calling out Leo? Last week The Hollywood Reporter published an article about Leonardo DiCaprio’s charitable foundation and whether or not it accepted dirty money resulting from the 1 MDB embezzlement scandal. Today THR is following up with another report about another charity, The Bruno Manser Funds, which raises awareness for Malaysian rainforest By Lainey • Aug 30, 2016 01:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Warner Brothers Open Letter Late last week Pajiba published an open letter, penned by an alleged former Warner Brothers staffer using the pseudonym “Gracie Law” (a character name from Big Trouble in Little China). Presumably this was done to protect someone still working in the industry, or with hopes of returning to the industry, By Sarah • Aug 15, 2016 09:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Suicide Squad and the Hollywood double standard Suicide Squad shattered the August box office records, raking in $135 million for the biggest August opening weekend, breaking Guardians of the Galaxy’s previous record of $94.1 million. (And oh, is everyone at Warner Brothers ecstatic to take down a Marvel record.) Box office numbers can mean anything By Sarah • Aug 08, 2016 09:32 am
Business of Hollywood Idris for today As promised in today’s open, we are here, if you’ll have us, for the distraction. And we have all been given a distraction by Idris Elba. Yesterday I posted his new Interview Magazine cover. Today there are new pap shots – please enjoy them while we talk about his By Lainey • Jul 08, 2016 11:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Woody Allen Cycle continues Woody Allen makes a movie every year—he’s got Café Society coming out later this month, and a movie due in 2017. There are no details about that movie yet, but Kate Winslet will star, along with Jim Belushi, and The Hollywood Reporter says that Juno Temple and Justin By Sarah • Jul 07, 2016 01:55 pm
