Media Manipulation Chris Pine to replace Ryan Reynolds? In a bold marketing move known as “straight up lying”, it’s probable that the news that Chris Pine will be playing Wonder Woman’s boytoy is a straight up lie, and that Pine is, in fact, going to play a superhero himself—the Green Lantern. There had been rumors By Sarah • Jun 24, 2015 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt get paid Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, two of the biggest and most well-liked movie stars in the world right now, have been attached to a sci-fi movie called Passengers for a while. The movie is about a deep space voyage in which a passenger wakes up early and then wakes up By Sarah • Jun 17, 2015 01:38 pm
Business of Hollywood Jennifer Lawrence: not a skin and not a prim I’m still thinking about that THR article on Skin vs Prim yesterday. Click here for a refresher. Actresses were classified into two groups: Skins and Prims. The piece failed to point out that for the most part, the Skins are older, while a majority of the Prims they cited By Lainey • Jun 10, 2015 12:20 pm
Business of Hollywood Gwyneth: was a “prim”, now a “skin” Gwyneth Paltrow hosted a party for Windsor Smith yesterday in LA. It looks like there were a lot of upper classy people there. Click here to see more guest photos. Almost no front page names other than G but you can tell this is a scene where a certain social By Lainey • Jun 09, 2015 04:23 pm
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt ushers in the future Netflix made a trip to Cannes’ Marche du Film, as the streaming service is looking to expand into the feature film market. They’ve already picked up Idris Elba’s Beasts of No Nation for distribution, and they have a deal to make and distribute Adam Sandler’s turds that By Sarah • Jun 09, 2015 10:37 am
Xenu Smut Tom Cruise at CinemaCon Tom Cruise was in Vegas for CinemaCon as part of the Paramount presentation, especially important because Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation comes out in July and, well, they want it to make big money. They need it to make big money. Footage from the movie was screened for theatre owners and By Lainey • Apr 22, 2015 03:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart is proof that civilization is working Kristen Stewart has a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter online and in it, she sounds more grounded and confident than she has since before Twilight came along and made her one of the most famous people in the world. She’s twenty-four now, so she’s grown up some, By Sarah • Apr 07, 2015 12:49 pm
BFFs The allegations against Harvey Weinstein Ambra Battilan is a model who has gone to police in New York alleging that Harvey Weinstein groped her. They met at an event on Thursday. She claims that Weinstein told her to come see him on Friday at 6pm at his office for an “audition”. During the “audition”, she By Lainey • Mar 31, 2015 12:11 pm
Media Manipulation Jamie Dornan isn’t finished It’s too bad. Because if you’ve seen Fifty Shades Of Grey, you know he needs more finish. I’ll say it again: more come face, give us more come face! Four or five sex scenes and no climax? How is this allowed?!? So anyway, about those rumours this By Lainey • Feb 25, 2015 11:27 am
Media Manipulation Huge Coup: Marvel reclaims Spider-Man Late last night Marvel Studios dropped a bomb: They’ve worked out a deal with Sony and will take over production of future Spider-Man movies. This is a huge deal, literally and figuratively, that will have repercussions for a lot of people, and especially Andrew Garfield, who is now out By Sarah • Feb 10, 2015 11:42 am
Media Manipulation Amy Pascal steps down at Sony Throughout December as we covered the fallout of the Sony Hack, I often wondered how Amy Pascal, co-chair of the studio and head of its Motion Picture Group, could possibly continue on, given how damaging some of the leaked information was to interpersonal working relationships. How effective can you be By Sarah • Feb 05, 2015 02:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bond Spectre’s first day Last week, the Sony hacked email leak exposed the budget drama unfolding behind the scenes of Bond 24, now titled Spectre. A messy script was also revealed. According to Gawker, the movie opens strong but needs some serious retooling in the third act. If you want to know how it By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 11:48 am
Media Manipulation Diversity in Film: The audience speaks Previously we’ve talked about the problem of diversity in film from the perspective of the executives making the movies and the media covering them. This week we’re going to delve into the audience’s role in the equation. It’s perfect timing, too, because whitewashed Exodus: Gods & By Sarah • Dec 15, 2014 11:22 am
Business of Hollywood The Sony Hack, somehow, gets even worse At this point, it shouldn’t be surprising that the leaked emails from Sony have taken a turn for the worse. They started bad, so it wasn’t like the bar was all that high to begin with. But the latest emails between Amy Pascal and Scott Rudin aren’t By Sarah • Dec 11, 2014 03:26 pm
Business of Hollywood Sony Hack Part Eleventy Billion: Actors are greedy whores The newest wave of leaked emails from the Sony Hack, dutifully combed through by Gawker, reveals a conversation between Sony co-chiefs Michael Lynton and Amy Pascal, and Clint Culpepper, head of Sony subsidy studio Screen Gems. The email is about Kevin Hart, who has a multi-picture deal with Screen Gems, By Sarah • Dec 10, 2014 04:28 pm
Media Manipulation The prescient George Clooney There’s more and more coming out from this Sony email leak giving us one of the biggest days of gossip in a long, long time. Between that and the SAG nominations and trailer releases, I’ve been walking around with a permanent boner. Anyway, there’s also an email By Lainey • Dec 10, 2014 03:16 pm
