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
Style Outfits of the Week: Barbie is back Margot Robbie’s promotional wardrobe for the Barbie release this past summer, produced by stylist Andrew Mukamal, was one of the fashion triumphs of the year. And they probably left some looks on the table since the Barbie press tour happened juuuuuust before SAG-AFTRA called the strike. As we know, By Lainey • Nov 24, 2023 10:28 am
BFFs Meghan Markle steps out Last night was Variety’s Power of Women event in Los Angeles. Most of the top Best Actress and Supporting Actress contenders were there, including Carey Mulligan, Emily Blunt, Margot Robbie, Greta Lee, and Fantasia Barrino (who is just kicking off her appearances for The Color Purple). There was a By Sarah • Nov 17, 2023 09:46 am
Gorgessity Margot Robbie: Back on the Red Carpet “Back” on the red carpet because the last time she was on the red carpet was in the summer, during those blissful weeks leading up to the release of Barbie, when Margot and Andrew Mukamal, her stylist, gave us alllllll the looks. You remember it, right? It was one of By Lainey • Nov 15, 2023 09:51 am
Margot Robbie Margot in Oz In the wake of Barbie’s billion-dollar success, Margot Robbie had a pretty quiet summer. And just as summer wound down in North America, she hop-scotched back to her native Australia, where she is starting summer over in the southern hemisphere. This has to be one of the best perks By Sarah • Nov 07, 2023 10:05 am
Top Reads Margot on the picket line SAG-AFTRA organised a rally yesterday from Netflix Studios to Paramount Studios and it looked like a strong turnout. The reason they did it yesterday is because it marked exactly two months since the union issued the strike on July 13. Since then SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP have not met a By Lainey • Sep 14, 2023 09:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in Barbie Every possible question you could have about Barbieland is answerable with an enthusiastic “yes!”. Barbieland is a feminine utopia where women occupy all jobs from construction worker to president, everyone is aggressively positive and supportive, and everything is violently pink. Barbie—all Barbie, every Barbie, everyone is Barbie, you are By Sarah • Jul 21, 2023 11:26 am
