Austin Butler Austin Butler’s new co-star Joseph Kosinki’s Miami Vice ’85 is one of my most anticipated movies, like it can’t come soon enough…but it’s not coming soon at all. Originally, they had it slotted for August 2027, so just a year away. But they’ve moved it to May 2028, which By Lainey • Aug 21, 2026 10:08 am
Timothee Chalamet Timothée Chalamet: Duneman and movie concerts One of the prominent film headlines this week is about Dune: Part 3, opening in four months on December 18, because presales started the other day to see the movie in 70mm and there was so much demand that it crashed ticketing websites. Last summer it was The Odyssey selling By Lainey • Aug 20, 2026 12:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews More Marvel news (ft. the X-Men) Two weeks after their star-studded presentation at Comic Con, Marvel doubled down at Disney’s in-house fan convention, D23, continuing to tease Avengers: Doomsday, introducing VisionQuest, and announcing the first round of new, MCU-branded X-Men casting. Let’s start with Doomsday. They dropped a “special look” By Sarah • Aug 17, 2026 10:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 17, 2026 Dear Gossips, Sarah posted on Friday in this space about how 2026 has been, so far, a strong year at the box office, bolstered by the success this summer of The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day back-to-back. But also Obsession and Backrooms. And The Devil Wears By Lainey • Aug 17, 2026 09:18 am
Emma Stone Emma Stone: The Catch & Carryover Denim As I wrote back in June when Ashley Padilla was named to the cast, I am 100% all in on The Catch, an upcoming rom-com starring Emma Stone and Chris Pine. Like, I can declare confidently, even though it just started production a couple of weeks ago, that for By Lainey • Aug 14, 2026 12:14 pm
Julia Roberts Julia Roberts’ quiet year It was a busy celebrity day in NYC, as Julia Roberts joined Kristen Stewart outside. She’s not promoting anything, though, she’s just Being Famous Outside. It’s been a quiet year for Julia, with no new projects, but she has a new film with Sam Esmail coming in By Sarah • Aug 14, 2026 10:56 am
Kristen Stewart KStew’s stoner last stand Kristen Stewart has been busy the last couple weeks promoting her new film, The Wrong Girls. But the film hits theaters today, so here she is in New York, outside one last time for the film. As Lainey said, the film is a celebration of friendship but also grown ass By Sarah • Aug 14, 2026 09:56 am
Annabelle Wallis Annabelle is back to work It was reported just last week that Annabelle Wallis and Sebastian Stan are now parents. The pregnancy was pretty low-key, just like the baby’s arrival, at least in terms of publicity. They were papped in April and then they were together in Cannes a month later. And then By Lainey • Aug 13, 2026 11:00 am
Ben Affleck Netflix loves Ben Affleck It feels like Ben Affleck has been really busy as a director, but Air, the last film he directed, came out in 2023. How has it already been three years since the time Ben Affleck made a biopic for a shoe? In other areas, he has stayed busy, acting in By Sarah • Aug 13, 2026 10:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Is Verity a secret comedy? We are two-thirds of the way through Anne Hathaway’s Big Year. Her penultimate film of 2026, The End of Oak Street, opens this Friday, and in October comes her final film, Verity, Michael Showalter’s adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel of the same name. A new trailer By Sarah • Aug 12, 2026 10:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews ScarJo’s comedy crime wig We are weeks away from the Venice Film Festival kicking off fall festival season, and one of the big question marks this year is “is it finally James Gray’s time?”. James Gray, an American filmmaker who is more appreciated in Europe than he is at home (two Cesar nominations By Sarah • Aug 11, 2026 12:17 pm
Kristen Stewart KStew BBQ The Wrong Girls, directed by Dylan Meyer, and starring her wife Kristen Stewart alongside Alia Shawkat, opens this Friday. It’s about two women, firmly in their 30s, who are firmly stoned all the time and therefore find themselves in a whole ass mess. As Dylan said, there are not By Lainey • Aug 11, 2026 10:59 am
Greta Lee Intro for August 11, 2026 Dear Gossips, The world is healing! I mean, of course, I know it’s not. But that’s precisely why we need more “world is healing” content. A few days ago, Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee were featured in Interview Magazine to promote their new film Late Fame. I love By Lainey • Aug 11, 2026 09:16 am
Anne Hathaway Anne Hathaway’s Fourth of Five Anne Hathaway is currently starring in The Odyssey which just became the highest-grossing film of Christopher Nolan’s career, an impressive achievement considering he’s directed three Batman movies. Then again, as he’s trying to establish with this adaptation, most if not all superhero stories can be traced By Lainey • Aug 10, 2026 10:42 am
Robert Pattinson Robert Pattinson’s generational run continues In May we saw the teaser for Primetime, the film in which Robert Pattinson stars as To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen. Now, as the film readies for a Venice launch, we have a full trailer, and holy HELL, RPattz is on a crazy run right now. Every performance By Sarah • Aug 07, 2026 03:04 pm
Hannah Einbinder Hannah Einbinder: Great Reviews and Asymmetrical Skirts Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival back in May, winning the Queer Palm. The film was acquired by MUBI (which managed The Substance two years ago through an excellent award season including a Best Picture Oscar nomination) and opens today in the By Lainey • Aug 07, 2026 12:14 pm
