Equality Issues Kumail goes for lunch, gets papped It’s a pretty standard occurrence in Los Angeles, right? Celebrities go out for lunch, they get papped. But not all celebrities. You have to be on the radar. The paps are there to take pictures that they can sell and certain celebrities sell more than others. There was a By Lainey • Jan 30, 2020 10:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Issa Rae + Kumail Nanjiani = Couple of the Year Here’s something I didn’t know I wanted that I am now obsessed with: the trailer for The Lovebirds, a comedy starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani. I have watched this four times already, and will undoubtedly watch it four more times before the day is over. The Lovebirds By Sarah • Jan 16, 2020 12:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina on a team Angelina Jolie was photographed yesterday out with Miss Zahara and Vivienne leaving the mall. This is, of course, after her big Comic-Con appearance where she was officially announced as a member of the Marvel family, cast as Thena in The Eternals… or Eternals? We’ve now been through a decade By Lainey • Jul 24, 2019 01:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina and (The) Eternals: it’s official Though it’s been rumoured for months, it wasn’t official until this weekend at Comic-Con: Angelina Jolie will play Thena in The Eternals. Or Eternals? Sorry. This is the kind of thing I fixate on. According to the poster, there is no “the”. But then in the caption of By Lainey • Jul 22, 2019 12:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Men in Black: International is the latest summer victim Barring Disney movies, the box office this summer (so far) has been kind of miserable. Audiences are not feeling all the sequels, but they’re not turning out for original movies, like Booksmart, The Longshot, and Late Night, either. This was another dismal weekend, with every new movie under-performing, including By Sarah • Jun 17, 2019 03:01 pm
Emily V. Gordon Intro for January 18, 2019 Dear Gossips, The Academy has not commented on the host situation for the Oscars but yesterday they did confirm two hosts for Oscar nominations announcement day: Who's excited for #OscarNoms? Join @KumailN and @TraceeEllisRoss on Tuesday at 5:20 am PST. https://t.co/cZbmfjsA1S pic.twitter.com/ By Lainey • Jan 18, 2019 08:56 am
Crazy Rich Asians Intro for August 10, 2018 Dear Gossips, Last summer, The Big Sick was called “the best romantic comedy in years”, becoming one of the highest grossing independent films of 2017, and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon. The Verge called The Big Sick a “culturally specific By Lainey • Aug 10, 2018 09:03 am
Oscars 2018 Kumail Nanjiani Won The Oscars He didn’t, of course. He and his wife Emily V. Gordon were nominated for their screenplay The Big Sick and didn’t win, though it picked up Best First Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards the night before. I was anxious about this – The Big Sick was a totally By Duana • Mar 05, 2018 12:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kumail and Emily’s big win “Shut up, listen and amplify.” That’s how Kumail Nanjiani chose to end his acceptance speech at last night’s Critics’ Choice Awards. Coming off the Golden Globes where men barely acknowledged the recent seismic shift in their industry which is entirely a THEM problem, it was nice to hear By Kathleen • Jan 12, 2018 10:05 am
Kumail Nanjiani The Big Snub The Golden Globes have always been much more interesting in how they recognise achievements in television. We’ll get to some of their TV nominations in a separate post. Where film is concerned, even though you think that with the drama and the musical/comedy categories separated, there’s still By Lainey • Dec 11, 2017 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for December 8, 2017 Dear Gossips, The American Film Institute (AFI) released its Top 10 of 2017 yesterday. We’ll discuss some of the entries through the day but in this space I want to once again spotlight The Big Sick, co-written by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon and, by alphabetical order, the By Lainey • Dec 08, 2017 08:42 am
Award Season Campaigning Getting ready for the Golden Globes The Hollywood Foreign Press Association celebrated 75 years of the Golden Globes last night. As mentioned earlier, the Golden Globe nominations will be announced on December 11. Many of the contenders attended the event last night, continuing to work the award season circuit. I’ve mentioned a few times now By Lainey • Nov 16, 2017 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 6, 2017 Dear Gossips, Oscar campaigning is officially underway as there were several events this weekend in Hollywood, featuring many expected award season contenders trying to build as much awareness around their projects and performances before the holiday break. We are now just 5 weeks away from the Hollywood Foreign Press announcing By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 08:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Award season in August Some of us care about award season year-round. There’s a small group at work and we exchange emails almost every day about possible contenders, speculating about how the field will narrow as we get deeper into the fall. While the work itself should always be paramount, needless to say, By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 12:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 10, 2017 Dear Gossips, The big story at the box office this weekend was Spider-man: Homecoming, the third best opening of the year behind Beauty And The Beast and Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2. The big story at the specialty box office this year, however, continues to be The Big Sick. By Lainey • Jul 10, 2017 09:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kumail Nanjiani in The Big Sick F-ck, I love romantic comedies. The Big Sick is a great romantic comedy that reminds even the most pessimistic viewer that rom-coms are not dead and when done right, they're just, you know, comedies that are also romantic. The Big Sick is funny as f-ck and romantic as By Kathleen • Jun 29, 2017 02:13 pm
