Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 7, 2024 Dear Gossips, As we learned last month, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi will star in a new adaptation of Wuthering Heights from Emerald Fennell. A new report from Variety states the film prompted a bidding war, with Netflix offering $150 million for it, but Robbie, who is producing the film By Sarah • Nov 07, 2024 09:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Cathy and Heathcliff for Chanel It was announced a couple of weeks ago that Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi will star as Cathy and Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights. But first they’re co-starring in a new ad for Chanel No 5. I know this is supposed to be exciting because By Lainey • Oct 15, 2024 10:18 am
Jock Smut Roger v Tashi Let me start with some gossip, good gossip, because we need some of that right now. The good gossip is that Zendaya has been in London for months. Ever since she wrapped up all that work promoting Challengers and then the Met Gala, Z has spent her time in London By Lainey • Jul 15, 2024 11:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot and Colin are Big and Bold Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell are currently shooting a new film called A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. (Every report I’ve seen on this project does not use commas in the title. This is making me crazy.) This has been a Black List script for a few years now, written By Lainey • May 02, 2024 11:45 am
Oscars 2024 Far, Far Away From A Barbie World By now, the sting of the snub is gone away – nobody, not one person or hopeful 8 year old child, believed the throwaway ‘Best Picture’ nomination for Barbie was going to be anything more than a cute clip montage. The acting nods – I don’t agree with it, but there’ By Duana • Mar 11, 2024 12:56 pm
Award Season Campaigning It’s about OppenPoor now The BAFTAs were last night in London, and forget Barbenheimer, it’s all about OppenPoor now. Barbie was, once again, shut out at an awards show, and we should now expect a similar result at the Oscars for Team Barbie, including Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, and Ryan Gosling (America Ferrera By Sarah • Feb 19, 2024 10:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Celine and Margot get back to work The Oscars are still a month away, but some nominees are already moving onto their next projects. Notably, Celine Song is preparing her Past Lives follow-up, described as a rom-com which will be produced by A24, which also produced Past Lives. The film is called Materialists, and the log line By Sarah • Feb 08, 2024 12:43 pm
Top Reads Barbie, Ken, and America the MVP Let’s start with fashion though because did you see last week at the Governors Awards that Margot Robbie and Emily Blunt wore very similar black dresses with silver embellishment and people were saying that they were twinning? Margot Robbie and Emily Blunt Seemingly Twin at the Governors Awards in By Lainey • Jan 15, 2024 11:38 am
Gorgessity Better fits than the Globes The Governors Awards were last night, and several people wore outfits I like better than their Golden Globes fits. The Governors Awards are not televised, so in these cases, I cannot figure out why the better dress wasn’t worn on TV? For instance, I like Carey Mulligan’s black By Sarah • Jan 10, 2024 09:56 am
Golden Globes 2024 Barbenheimer Showdown at the Globes Barbenheimer emerged because Barbie and Oppenheimer had the same release date of July 21, 2023. There was an attempt by some media outlets to frame this as a showdown, but the culture collectively rose up, rejected the competition narrative, and turned Barbenheimer into a phenomenon that benefitted both films. However, By Sarah • Jan 08, 2024 09:55 am
BFFs The Best Actresses showed up As Sarah wrote in the previous post, the Palm Springs Film Festival is a major award season campaign stop given its timing, usually just before Golden Globe weekend, and how many veteran Oscar voters are usually in attendance. So the actors filed in, and so did the actresses. We’ve By Lainey • Jan 05, 2024 10:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Gosling: Kemortality You’re sick of me saying this but that doesn’t make it any less true: it’s award season, and some people might be shrugging off the slog of the new year but for the celebrities who are in contention, there’s no time to slack, not when the By Lainey • Jan 03, 2024 01:55 pm
Style Barbenheimer Part Two: Award Season It was one of the biggest entertainment stories of the year: Barbenheimer, two huge movies going head to head at the box office, ostensibly a counterprogramming heavyweight bout, and what ended up happening was great for everyone – both films were winners, the battle resulted in what culturally can be seen By Lainey • Dec 04, 2023 09:48 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 1, 2023 Dear Gossips, Variety’s “Actors on Actors” conversation series returns on December 4, and they announced their full lineup for the year, and they went for it, going all-in on Barbenheimer and pairing Cillian Murphy with Margot Robbie. Once again, let’s take a moment to acknowledge Margot’s excellent By Sarah • Dec 01, 2023 09:02 am
Relationship Assumption Margot campaigns with her Ken Margot Robbie was in New York last night at a Barbie screening and my first thought when I saw these shots was…are there still people who haven’t seen Barbie, LOL. This, obviously, is no longer about selling movie tickets, because Barbie is the blockbuster movie of 2023, but By Lainey • Nov 29, 2023 10:39 am
Style Team Barbie at the Gothams Because the Gotham Awards removed their budget cap on eligible films—meant to direct the awards toward the indie sector—Barbie was eligible this year. They only got one nomination, for Ryan Gosling who was a no-show, but most of Team Barbie showed up as they were also recipients of By Sarah • Nov 28, 2023 10:56 am
