Movie Reviews and Previews Brenda Song and Crazy Rich Asians Brenda Song is currently promoting the Hulu series Dollface and gave an interview to Teen Vogue about her career – she’s 31 years old and has been in the business almost her entire life. Most people know her, of course, as London Tipton on The Suite Life of Zack & By Lainey • Nov 21, 2019 12:53 pm
Equality Issues Adele Lim Won’t Be ‘Soy Sauce’ in Crazy Rich Asians Sequels Writer Adele Lim has left the Crazy Rich Asians sequels, after being offered a fraction of co-writer Peter Chiarelli’s salary. What’s crazy is that if you dissect this story – a THR exclusive by writer Rebecca Sun - every single part of it makes theoretical sense within Hollywood business By Duana • Sep 05, 2019 04:36 pm
Award Season Campaigning Crazy Rich Golden Globes Crazy Rich Asians is going to the Golden Globes. It will not win any Golden Globes. But they’ll be at the party, at one of the most watched award shows, and the first major award show of the year, right after the New Year. This is visibility. And visibility By Lainey • Dec 06, 2018 10:03 am
Crazy Rich Asians Intro for November 30, 2018 Dear Gossips, There are four different “Entertainer of the Year” Entertainment Weekly covers: Cardi B and Darren Criss are featured; Kathleen posted about the women of Black Panther yesterday; and there’s also the women of Crazy Rich Asians. EW calls them “the queens of summer”. Look at them. Look By Lainey • Nov 30, 2018 09:00 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for November 28, 2018 Dear Gossips, The National Board of Review announced its award winners yesterday. NBR isn’t always that great of an Oscar predictor; last year their Best Film was The Post, Best Actor and Best Actress were Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, Willem Dafoe and Laurie Metcalf won for supporting …AND By Lainey • Nov 28, 2018 09:09 am
Award Season Campaigning Constance, Michelle, and co: Team Crazy Rich Asians at the Governors Awards There aren’t usually this many Asians at Oscar events. Because there aren’t usually all-Asian casts in Hollywood. Crazy Rich Asians came out in August. It’s one of the most successful movies of the year. It does actually have an outside shot at a couple of nominations, including By Lainey • Nov 19, 2018 03:35 pm
Crazy Rich Asians Intro for November 5, 2018 Dear Gossips, The Hollywood Film Awards happened last night and, as I always say about the Hollywood Film Awards, they’re about as prestigious as the MTV Movie Awards, which is to say not all that prestigious, and the recipients are chosen ahead of time, and determined in cooperation with By Lainey • Nov 05, 2018 08:38 am
Style Intro for October 9, 2018 Dear Gossips, My personal favourite outfit at the American Music Awards last night: Constance Wu. Totally my jam – high collar, long, pretty sleeves, not tight to the body, lots and lots of leg…and the colour pattern of those sequins, MY GOD. Also her skin looked flawless. In other Constance By Lainey • Oct 10, 2018 07:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gemma Chan brings “Crazy” home Gemma Chan is British. So I imagine it was quite special for her last night to be at the London premiere of Crazy Rich Asians, and after its third straight weekend topping the box office too. Wait. I just checked her Instagram. It was special. Of course it was. A By Lainey • Sep 05, 2018 03:53 pm
Crazy Rich Asians Intro for September 5, 2018 Dear Gossips, By now I’m sure you’ve heard about Crazy Rich Asians winning the box office for the third weekend in a row, the best Labour Day weekend box office in a decade. On the second weekend, there was only a 6% drop. For the third weekend, it By Lainey • Sep 05, 2018 08:36 am
Equality Issues More Crazy Rich Asians It was reported yesterday that, due the critical and commercial success of Crazy Rich Asians, the sequels are now in development, with Jon M Chu back to direct. That does not mean there’s a greenlight yet though. It means that the studio has told them to start working on By Lainey • Aug 23, 2018 12:22 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: the Crazy Rich Asians edition As promised, here is our bonus episode of Show Your Work dedicated to Crazy Rich Asians. For almost two hours, Duana and I discuss the movie’s formula, its romantic comedy formula, its relationship to the romantic comedies we’re all so familiar with, and how it both honours the By Lainey • Aug 22, 2018 03:24 pm
Quiveration The Goldings go home My new Obsession – and yours! – Henry Golding and Liv Lo were home in Singapore for the Crazy Rich Asians premiere the other night. God, these two. It’s too much. It’s TOO MUCH. As I’ve mentioned, I got Kathleen deep into Team Golding a couple of weeks ago. By Lainey • Aug 22, 2018 11:47 am
Quiveration The time of Henry Golding I wish I could post each and every one of the emails and tweets sent to me this weekend about Henry Golding now that Crazy Rich Asians has opened. I WARNED YOU. It was a great weekend for Henry Golding. For several reasons. First, obviously, Crazy Rich Asians took the By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 05:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Crazy Rich Asians beat Mark Wahlberg The summer of the rom-com continues as Crazy Rich Asians debuted with a $34 million five-day total ($25 million of which came from the typical Friday-Sunday frame). This is a GREAT result for anything that isn’t a franchise entry, and it’s especially great for a romantic comedy, long By Sarah • Aug 20, 2018 09:18 am
Music Intro for August 17, 2018 Dear Gossips, Thank you for all your emails the last couple of days with your reactions to seeing Crazy Rich Asians. I can’t wait for more of you to see it on the weekend…because I really, really want to talk about the mahjong! Let’s talk now, though, By Lainey • Aug 17, 2018 09:01 am
