Media Manipulation Fifty Shades of Grey is now a family affair Following the exodus of the creative team behind Fifty Shades of Grey, the producers were left with the task of hiring a new writer and director for the sequel, which they had to do while satisfying interfering novelist EL James—a tall order by all accounts. They’re still looking By Sarah • Apr 23, 2015 10:37 am
BFFs Katy’s friends at Chanel Maria was just wondering in the previous post about the launch of Tidal about the absence of some major recording artists from the announcement, including Katy Perry. The Tidal presser happened in New York yesterday, late afternoon. Katy Perry? She was in New York too. Last night she stepped out By Lainey • Mar 31, 2015 11:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sam Taylor-Johnson is done Not exactly a surprise. Sam Taylor-Johnson didn’t bother trying to pretend during interviews leading up to the release of Fifty Shades Of Grey that there wasn’t creative conflict between her and author EL James. So the speculation that she would not return to direct the sequels was more By Lainey • Mar 26, 2015 09:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Great. Do they finally come? Fifty Shades Of Grey will be released on DVD on May 8. They want your money so they’re promising that this version will be “unrated”, with an alternate ending and new scenes. Like… Come scenes? One of my biggest problems (aside from Jamie Dornan’s overall discomfort) with the By Lainey • Mar 24, 2015 05:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Apparently Shakespeare has an undiscovered masterpiece The first trailer for a film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, starring Ethan Hawke and Dakota Johnson, has arrived and it claims the play is Shakespeare’s “undiscovered masterpiece”. Though the date of its writing is unknown, a performance of Cymbeline was noted in 1611, and in every century since By Sarah • Feb 27, 2015 10:28 am
Faux Gossip Dakota Johnson & Leonardo DiCaprio? Don’t get too excited. Or at all. This story comes from Life&Style so it’s like the time an Australian magazine claimed that Prince Harry and Emma Watson are boyfriend-girlfriend which they are not. Still, bonus points for creativity. On both counts. Life&Style is claiming By Lainey • Feb 25, 2015 12:12 pm
Oscars 2015 Dakota Johnson & Melanie Griffith at the Oscars OOOF. You know when a night does not go the way you planned? Like you never imagine that on the night of the prom you’ll break your ankle or get pinkeye or have a breakup on your birthday? That’s what happened to Dakota Johnson, who looked smoking hot By Duana • Feb 23, 2015 08:38 am
BFFs Oscar pairings I read an article at Variety the other day about Taryn Hurd, the talent producer for the Oscars. She’s the one who comes up with the presenter pairings, deciding who comes out with who to announce what. BEST F-CKING JOB EVER. So she’s the one who we need By Lainey • Feb 20, 2015 03:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dakota flirting I don’t think I’ve talked about Fifty Shades Of Grey at all this week. Have I? Pretty sure no. Pretty sure I haven’t asked you about Dakota Johnson yet. As I told you last week in my review of the movie, she totally makes the movie. You By Lainey • Feb 19, 2015 11:40 am
Gorgessity Dakota to the Oscars As I wrote in my Fifty Shades Of Grey review yesterday, Dakota Johnson is the discovery of the movie. She makes it. And this took me by surprise, how much I enjoyed watching her, hearing her. Because Anastasia Steele was such a f-cking dullard in the book. And they focused By Lainey • Feb 13, 2015 01:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dakota Johnson’s giggle – Fifty Shades Of Grey movie review Like I’ve been saying for weeks, I went in there hoping for the rubs, hoping to see a movie that would get me off. I think we all were – Cynthia Loyst, Jessica Allen, and I went together, with no expectations but with also with no hate. Rather, we were By Lainey • Feb 12, 2015 09:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Fifty Shades of bush Here are Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan “in character” for W Magazine. Two days. Are you ready? Are you ready to get horny?!!??? Don’t front like you’re not going. They’re projecting $60 million on the low end and $90 million on the high end. That means more By Lainey • Feb 11, 2015 03:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Fifty Shades of Want vs Need Duana taught me something I repeat often here on my blog. In her case, as a screenwriter, it’s about how the story and the audience relate, and how it’s the writer’s job to: Give them what they need, not what they want. I’ve been thinking a By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 10:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Christian Grey or Ryan Seacrest? Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan cover the new issue of GLAMOUR in advance of the release of Fifty Shades Of Grey. He looks so much better with facial hair. And, as you know, the Christian Grey character, the way it’s being represented in the film, does not have any By Lainey • Jan 30, 2015 11:20 am
Media Manipulation Beige is the New Grey Dakota Johnson covers the new issue of VOGUE in anticipation of Fifty Shades Of Grey’s February release. It will be one of many interviews and photos we see of her, but this is certainly a showpiece of her promotional push. I mean, it’s VOGUE, right? Before we get By Maria • Jan 21, 2015 10:11 am
Golden Globes 2015 Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan: Globes unhorny (The bottom of this post is NSFW) “Together on stage for the first time…” That’s how Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan were introduced. They were there to represent Fifty Shades Of Grey. They were there to promote the movie. To put it in your heads that you should consider By Lainey • Jan 12, 2015 05:45 am
