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
Relationship Assumption Jennifer Garner’s new moves It was reported a couple of weeks ago that Jennifer Garner had quietly changed agents. According to Deadline, Jennifer has left WME and is now with CAA. Which is notable because her previous agent, Patrick Whitesell is a pretty big deal, repping Denzel Washington, Christian Bale, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman, By Lainey • Jul 04, 2016 10:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Smith’s career low Will Smith has revealed what he thinks his career low point is. No, it’s not After Earth. It’s not even The Legend of Bagger Vance. According to Will, his worst movie is Wild Wild West. How dare he. While at a Cannes Lions event, THR reports that Will By Kathleen • Jun 22, 2016 11:12 am
BFFs Memorial Day RDJ Power producer Joel Silver always has a party on Memorial Day. And Robert Downey Jr shows up, more often than not. There are few producers who are personalities themselves. Joel Silver is one of them. Click here if you missed the fascinating THR profile on his business practices last year. By Lainey • May 31, 2016 04:16 pm
