Michelle Yeoh Michelle Yeoh: An Empress gets her star So much of my curiosity about Chinese culture and symbolism started when I was a kid growing up in Canada watching Chinese dramas with my elders. Chinese people love costume dramas, throwing it back to the mysticism of the ancient martial arts masters or to the dynastic times, with royal By Lainey • Feb 19, 2026 01:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for April 4, 2025 Dear Gossips, CinemaCon concluded yesterday—at least, the studio presentation bit did—by bringing out the big guns. Literally Tom Cruise, who might as well be christened Mr. CinemaCon at this point, turned up for Paramount’s presentation, as did Edgar Wright and the stars of his new adaptation of By Sarah • Apr 04, 2025 09:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ke Huy Quan in Love Hurts Former child star, forever Goonie, and Academy Award-winner Ke Huy Quan logs his first leading role in Love Hurts, an action…comedy?...set during Valentine’s Day. Quan plays the perfectly named Marvin Gable, a Milwaukee realtor selling McMansions to McBoring people. But Marvin relishes the mundanity of his By Sarah • Feb 07, 2025 02:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for February 4, 2025 Dear Gossips, Goonies Never Say Die! If you are 40, you know this war cry. If you are a pop culture baby, well, you’re not here anymore because it’s already been seconds, your attention span can’t cope, and you read that last sentence as “a war is By Lainey • Feb 04, 2025 09:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ke Huy Quan: Action Star Ke Huy Quan’s acting career comeback is one of the most heartwarming and wholesome entertainment stories of the 2020s, and his acting career continues to thrive as he is now starring in his first leading action role. Of course, we saw him do some action in Everything Everywhere All By Sarah • Oct 24, 2024 02:08 pm
Business of Hollywood Kevin Feige’s big day Comic Con started yesterday, but before heading to San Diego, almost everyone affiliated with Marvel was at Kevin Feige’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles. His ubiquitous baseball cap and general mien of unshakeable pleasantness makes it easy to forget he’s arguably the most powerful producer By Sarah • Jul 26, 2024 11:20 am
Oscars 2024 Fashion Dudes Here, now, is a selection of Very Handsome Men for you. First, let us acknowledge Try Guy Eugene Lee Yang, who voiced a character in the nominated animated film, Nimona. He is my Best Dressed Guy of Oscar night. That red tuxedo dress is EXQUISITE. It recalls Billy Porter’s By Sarah • Mar 11, 2024 07:16 am
Owen Wilson Intro for June 15, 2023 Dear Gossips, The big event in Hollywood last night was the premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny which opens on June 30. Sarah will have more about the movie closer to release. For now let’s just talk about who showed up, or specifically one person who By Lainey • Jun 15, 2023 09:29 am
TV Updates Michelle Yeoh: The Queen of the Weekend May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada and Asian American and Pacific Islander Month in the United States. In observance of the occasion, The Asian American Foundation held its inaugural awards dinner this weekend in New York where Michelle Yeoh was honoured with the Culture Award… for obvious reasons. It’ By Lainey • May 08, 2023 10:49 am
Met Gala 2023 Met Gala: Jackets and Gloves Karl Lagerfeld for some people meant wedding dresses and bows. There were a lot of feathers too. That was the uber-feminine side of Karl. But he was also known to mix some menswear in with the femme. That’s what Kerry Washington was serving last night. Kerry is wearing By Lainey • May 02, 2023 09:40 am
Michael B Jordan The TIME 100: A Met Gala Appetizer? As mentioned in today’s open, even though there are always a lot of celebrities in New York on any given day, it feels extra loaded right now because the Met Gala is coming up soon. There was also the TIME 100 event last night which brought a lot of By Lainey • Apr 27, 2023 02:12 pm
Equality Issues Intro for March 16, 2023 Dear Gossips, Ke Huy Quan covers the new issue of Variety, fresh off his Oscar win for Best Supporting Actor in Everything Everywhere All At Once. His award show run – during which he won at the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice, the SAGs, and finally the Oscars – has been one By Lainey • Mar 16, 2023 08:57 am
Oscars 2023 Ke Huy Quan’s perfect night Despite a middle bit where it looked like All Quiet on the Western Front might upset the night, Everything Everywhere All At Once started strong and ended strong at the Oscars, winning seven Oscars out of their eleven nominations. Of course, the feel good story of the year, pretty much, By Sarah • Mar 13, 2023 05:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Your Best Picture frontrunner is… After the SAG Awards last night, Everything Everywhere All At Once is officially the Best Picture frontrunner. Sure, Top Gun: Maverick won the stunt ensemble award, but EEAAO won four awards, taking three of the four individual acting awards for motion pictures, including Ke Huy Quan for Outstanding Performance by By Sarah • Feb 27, 2023 10:05 am
Award Season Campaigning Tom Cruise’s Hollywood Homecoming It’s an Oscar tradition: the Nominees Luncheon, where the nominees gather to congratulate each other and ostensibly put a pause on their campaign activities (as if) and take a class photo. But even in a room full of stars, one star seemed to be the star that everyone wanted By Lainey • Feb 14, 2023 10:54 am
Bad Style Andrea Riseborough did not go The awkwardly named London Critics Circle Film Awards occurred yesterday, definitely the less embarrassing awards given out on February 5, a day that shall live in infamy. It was mostly British-Irish people in attendance, with a few notable exceptions, because it mostly honors British-Irish film, but Michelle Yeoh By Sarah • Feb 06, 2023 03:00 pm
