BFFs Chris Pine is on theme Sarah recently mentioned that she was starting to get sick of literal theme dressing on red carpets. I see where she’s coming from, as she was referring in that post to Wicked and whether or not Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande would continue to show up in green and By Lainey • Apr 25, 2024 11:26 am
TV Updates Sam Richardson is back in The Afterparty It got buried by the SAG-AFTRA strike news, but The Afterparty returned this week, with the first two episodes of season two premiering on Apple TV+. Sam Richardson returns as Aniq, the well-meaning yet hapless suspect of a murder mystery taking place during an afterparty. In season one, Aniq was By Sarah • Jul 14, 2023 02:59 pm
TV Updates The Afterparty was not coordinated The Afterparty season two is coming to Apple TV+ on July 12, and the premiere was yesterday in Los Angeles. Everyone is cramming their premiere in before the June 30 SAG-AFTRA strike deadline, just in case, EXCEPT Barbie, I’m not worried, who’s worried about missing potentially the best By Sarah • Jun 29, 2023 11:13 am
TV Updates The Afterparty, sans Walt The Afterparty was an under-the-radar comedic gem last year (is Jury Duty the 2023 Afterparty: discuss). Starring Sam Richardson and Zoë Chao as high school besties and never-were sweethearts who reunite at an ill-fated reunion, The Afterparty is a murder mystery in which each episode is done in a different By Sarah • Jun 08, 2023 02:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 12, 2022 Dear Gossips, My parents were divorced for ten years and during that time, I spent the school year in Toronto with my dad and the summers and other school holidays in Hong Kong with my ma. Dad and I would go on a lot of road trips, they were our By Lainey • Jul 12, 2022 09:30 am
TV Updates The Cowboy Bebop caveat The live-action Cowboy Bebop remake comes with a big caveat. Based on the near-universal complaints of people who know and love the classic anime of the same name, the live-action remake is a travesty. But as someone who has not seen the anime, I can tell you that live-action Cowboy By Sarah • Dec 03, 2021 03:12 pm
John Cho Intro for November 19, 2021 Dear Gossips, Two LaineyGossip favorites sat on a couch together, as both Kirsten Dunst and John Cho appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden last night. As Corden notes, both appear in the 1997 film Wag the Dog, though Cho is quick to clarify that he was basically By Sarah • Nov 19, 2021 09:16 am
TV Updates Cowboy Bebop launches amidst Netflix turbulence Netflix’s slow-moving car crash response to the Dave Chapelle/The Closer controversy continues, as today is a planned worker walkout in support of trans employees at Netflix who are attempting to create a better environment for themselves and also viewers of Netflix. (In support, consider abstaining from Netflix for By Sarah • Oct 20, 2021 02:15 pm
TV Updates Cowboy Bebop evades Netflix knows what the people want, and that is a trailer for Cowboy Bebop starring John Cho. So, of course, we did not get that during their “Tudum” fan event on Saturday. Why bury Cowboy Bebop, one of their biggest projects coming this year, amidst the content avalanche of the By Sarah • Sep 29, 2021 02:37 pm
TV Updates John Cho has GREAT hair That’s not a secret, he’s always had great hair, but the first photos from Cowboy Bebop are really leaning into John Cho’s great hair. The photo with the headphones, especially, is all about the hair. The height, the swoop, it’s like a perfect parabola of hair. By Sarah • Aug 24, 2021 11:48 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for June 25, 2020 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week, Netflix released the first trailer for a new animated film called Over The Moon. The film is inspired by Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival or Harvest Moon Festival or what I like to call Chinese Thanksgiving. Many of our cultural holidays originate from mythology. The myth closely By Lainey • Jun 25, 2020 09:22 am
Issa Rae Intro for January 14, 2020 Dear Gossips, The Oscars this year do not have a host. But after Issa Rae and John Cho announced the nominations together yesterday, that’s the dream pairing for the internet right now. Would they want to do it though? I mean, you heard what Issa said after the Best By Lainey • Jan 14, 2020 09:14 am
TV Updates John Cho is a space bounty hunter Yesterday the internet exploded when it was announced that John Cho will star in Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop remake, as the space bounty hunter Spike Spiegel. Lainey emailed me about it, and I think I disappointed her when I said I’m not into Cowboy Bebop. It’s one By Sarah • Apr 05, 2019 02:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews John Cho in Searching Movies that break out at Sundance—or any festival—don’t always live up to the hype, but I am glad to say that is not the case with Searching. Aneesh Chaganty’s thriller is as good as advertised, being both a stellar suspense flick and a fantastic leading performance By Sarah • Aug 24, 2018 01:50 pm
BFFs #AsianAugust Crazy Rich Asians won the box office last weekend. Lara Jean Covey is waiting for you on Netflix every day when you get home. (I won’t out you, but I know who you are, because you’ve written to me telling me how many times you’ve watched To By Lainey • Aug 23, 2018 12:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews John Cho in Columbus Review of "Columbus" starring John Cho (Lainey: as Sarah wrote yesterday in her post about the Oscars and Netflix, how and where people are consuming film, and the accessibility of movies, Columbus is hard to get to. Even for someone like Sarah who lives in a major market By Sarah • Oct 04, 2017 10:45 am
