Top Reads Jenna, but no Twigs Following the photocall in which Twigs Ortega stole the show, Jenna Ortega, sans Twigs, glammed up for the BFI London Film Festival’s gala premiere of Klara and the Sun. Ortega looks stunning, the dress is so good I don’t even mind the unnecessary hat. The dress is custom By Sarah • Oct 16, 2026 10:00 am
What Else Introducing Twigs Ortega Taika Waititi’s new film, Klara and the Sun, hits theaters on October 23. The press tour has started and has already been hijacked by a REAL star: Jenna Ortega’s dog, Twigs. Ortega stars as the eponymous Klara, a robot friend in the future. The movie looks maybe good? By Sarah • Oct 14, 2026 04:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taika and Jenna Ortega team up in the sun Yesterday, I asked if we’re concerned about Taika Waititi and Rita Ora not being seen together for over three months and the answer was a resounding “no”. So noted. But Taika is busy, with a new film, Klara and the Sun, adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel of the By Sarah • Jun 23, 2026 12:19 pm
Style Jenna, Anya, and Celine in Marrakech The Marrakech International Film Festival is happening right now and Jenna Ortega, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Celine Song are all there as jury members. Jenna has just become the youngest-ever person to sit on the Marrakech jury. Film festivals are for films but also for fashion and many looks By Lainey • Dec 01, 2025 03:54 pm
Gorgessity Dior: Jisoo and the Oscar winners As mentioned earlier, Paris Fashion Week in and of itself is a big ass deal but there are a couple of key dates this time that might be more heatscore than the other shows because of who the designers are. Matthieu Blazy is making his debut at Chanel in a By Lainey • Oct 01, 2025 03:13 pm
Emmy Awards 2025 Emmys Fashion: Naked and Champagne Honestly? I was hoping the fashion we would see at the Emmys would be better than it was. Maybe it’s that we’re coming off two major film festivals in Venice and TIFF and also it’s New York Fashion Week and the celebrities who have been all over By Lainey • Sep 15, 2025 10:51 am
TV Updates Wednesday gets a deeper mystery and a bigger cast After an almost three-year hiatus, Wednesday is back with the further adventures of Wednesday Addams at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters Nevermore Academy. The first season has plenty of style and Jenna Ortega’s outstanding performance as Wednesday, but, well, it never really beats the allegations of creative By Sarah • Aug 08, 2025 03:41 pm
TV Updates Jenna Ortega’s Doom Tour The first part of the second season of Wednesday premieres next week, and as such, Jenna Ortega is on the “Doom Tour” promoting the show around the world. Cute branding! Seriously, I was mixed on season one, but I do like how everyone leans into Wednesday Addams’ Goth girl roots By Sarah • Aug 01, 2025 11:12 am
TV Updates Netflix advertises blockbuster TV I went off on Netflix’s movie business, and here is where I go off on their TV business. Creatively, I think they’re better at producing good TV, because they aren’t fundamentally degrading the industry on that side of the fence. On the movie side, they’re actively By Sarah • Jun 02, 2025 12:22 pm
Met Gala 2025 Literal tailoring One way to approach this year’s Met Gala theme is to literally dress like a dandy, but another interpretation is to lean into “tailoring”. Some people chose to literally represent tailoring with garments referencing the production of clothing. For instance, Walton Goggins wore a custom Thom Browne skirt suit By Sarah • May 06, 2025 09:32 am
TV Updates Wednesday’s return Back in 2022, Wednesday took Jenna Ortega from scream queen to breakout stardom. The Addams Family spin-off series centered on the adventures of Wednesday Addams was a big hit three years ago, but that was then, this is now. Wednesday is one of the culprits in the streaming phenomenon By Sarah • Apr 24, 2025 09:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega in Death of a Unicorn A harried father and his sullen college-aged daughter drive through a lush forest, on their way to a working weekend with the family behind the pharmaceutical company that employs dad. He’s nervous and stressed, his daughter is checked out and maybe a little annoyed that dad might have By Sarah • Mar 26, 2025 01:26 pm
TV Updates Jenna and Team Dead Unicorn It is crazy that Wednesday premiered in November 2022. That’s over two years ago! By the time Wednesday’s second season drops later this year, it will be closer to three! This has come up with Severance and Bridgerton, but these long ass multi-year gaps between TV seasons By Sarah • Mar 21, 2025 11:40 am
Style Stars in NYC A couple weeks ago, Lainey wrote about Anne Hathaway filming Verity, the newest Colleen Hoover adaptation being thrust upon us, noting how “glamorous and elegant” Annie looks in character. Well, Dakota Johnson was seen filming a scene for Verity, and she looks distinctly less glamorous and elegant, mainly because of By Sarah • Mar 13, 2025 09:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetleju— Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice is the definition of a cult classic, a film that did okay enough in its own time only to go on to spawn a rabid, multi-generational fanbase. It’s Burton’s sophomore film, sandwiched between Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and Batman, and is arguably By Sarah • Sep 05, 2024 02:45 pm
Jenna Ortega A “Taste” of Sabrina Carpenter Sabrina Carpenter’s album Short n’ Sweet came out last week, like a lot of other people, I had it in rotation all weekend, and it’s expected to contend for #1 on the album charts next week, right before Labour Day weekend, an end of summer vibe, no skips. By Lainey • Aug 26, 2024 03:04 pm
