Marcus and Friends (dogs) Deadpool inches closer The last two major blockbusters of summer 2024 are coming up over the next couple weeks, with Twisters opening next week, and then Deadpool & Wolverine on July 26. Deadpool is expected to be one of the biggest films of the year, and is tracking for a $160-165 million opening By Sarah • Jul 12, 2024 10:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Reynolds's Korean Appreciation The Deadpool & Wolverine press tour has kicked off in East Asia. As mentioned yesterday in What Else?, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and director Shawn Levy were in Shanghai and today they’ve stopped in Seoul where Ryan, at this point, is no stranger to the entertainment system. As we By Lainey • Jul 04, 2024 03:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews LFG As William Goldman once said, in the movie business, nobody knows anything when it comes to the movie business. Every movie is a roll of the dice. But as sure as anything CAN be in this industry, especially in these turbulent times which were tough before COVID and now are By Sarah • Apr 22, 2024 11:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel Jesus The Super Bowl happened yesterday, and with it came movie trailers (and other stuff, but this post is about trailers). One of the biggest game-day trailers was for Deadpool 3, now officially titled Deadpool & Wolverine. It’s no secret Hugh Jackman is returning as Wolverine for this film, though By Sarah • Feb 12, 2024 01:09 pm
TV Updates Stranger Things is theatre now Stranger Things is the only legit phenomenon Netflix has produced to date. They’ve had some big series—maybe if Squid Game season two really happens, it could match the fervor of Stranger Things—but nothing that matches the blockbuster heat of Stranger Things, which has made an actual cultural By Sarah • Dec 15, 2023 09:44 am
BFFs Taylor Swift: Billionaire Takeover Even if you’re not Taylor Swift’s biggest fan, it’s impossible to deny the fact she has completely dominated the culture over the last few weeks – and at a time when the monoculture is dying, these takeovers don’t happen all that often. What’s also extraordinary, especially By Lainey • Oct 27, 2023 10:47 am
Break Ups Hugh’s Birthday Walk with Ryan and Blake Hugh Jackman’s birthday is today, he is now 55 years old…and single. It’s been a month since he and Deborra-Lee Furness announced their separation after 27 years. Here’s Hugh this morning out for a walk with his best friend Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. Maria was By Lainey • Oct 12, 2023 12:59 pm
Break Ups Hugh’s Friday news dump It’s a classic gossip phenomenon, the Friday afternoon news dump! Per an exclusive report in PEOPLE, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness are divorcing after 27 years of marriage. In a joint statement signed “Deb and Hugh Jackman”, they said in part, "We have been blessed to share almost By Sarah • Sep 15, 2023 02:40 pm
Business of Hollywood The Movie Star Donations Dwayne The Rock Johnson made headlines last week for his “historic” seven-figure donation to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation which, understandably, is especially in need right now during the work stoppage. Courtney B Vance, the Foundation’s president, told Variety this week that: “…the SAG-AFTRA Foundation is currently processing more than 30 By Lainey • Aug 04, 2023 10:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Deadpool-Wolverine do-over Despite the ongoing WGA strike and Ryan Reynolds being a member of the WGA who is, technically, on strike, Deadpool 3 production continues in London. Here are Ryan Reynolds* and Hugh Jackman shooting a fight scene yesterday as Deadpool and Wolverine, reuniting the characters following the disastrous 2009 film X-Men By Sarah • Jul 12, 2023 10:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Deadpool and decorating One of the surprises back during Disney’s D23 fan convention was that Deadpool 3 was not announced. Of course, there was no promise this—or any other announcement—would happen, no matter how many “scoopers” assert otherwise, but there had been some rumblings just below the official level that By Sarah • Sep 28, 2022 10:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 7, 2022 Dear Gossips, Sarah wrote yesterday about The Banshees of Inisherin and the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response to Martin McDonagh’s film at the Venice Film Festival, possibly propelling Colin Farrell into the Best Actor Oscar race. As she mentioned in her post, Sarah’s on her way to Toronto for TIFF, By Lainey • Sep 07, 2022 09:50 am
Hugh Jackman Making Lemonade with the Marvel In-Laws Yesterday, Lainey wrote about Gwyneth Paltrow’s contribution of “great sentimental value” to the All In Challenge, following Drake and JBiebs. The All In Challenge is a charity sweepstakes where people can enter to win amazing prizes. Celebs are being asked to go “all in” and provide either a “cherished By Prem • Apr 21, 2020 11:11 am
Ryan Reynolds Hugh & Ryan’s “truce” ads Prem wrote last week about Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds calling a “truce” and agreeing to cross-promote Hugh’s coffee and Ryan’s gin. Not that anyone actually believed that there really was a “feud”. As a joint marketing plan though, for their respective brands, it’s a fun bit. By Lainey • Feb 06, 2019 03:24 pm
Maple Leaf Hugh and Ryan: At Last the Feud Comes to an End Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman have had an ongoing rivalry since time immemorial. Despite the fact that they are good friends, and Hugh Jackman is notoriously a nice guy, the two have been constantly shooting back at each other with tweets, videos, and pictures. Sometimes, they even bring in other By Prem • Feb 01, 2019 11:59 am
Award Season Campaigning Actors saying things at a table Next stop on the Award Season Express, it’s The Hollywood Reporter’s actor roundtable, featuring Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen, Timothee Chalamet, Chadwick Boseman, Hugh Jackman, and Richard E. Grant. This group actually makes me wonder how far in advance they book these things, because Hugh Jackman is a ??? at By Sarah • Dec 05, 2018 01:25 pm
