Sandra Bullock Sandy in the City This is very exciting for those of us, and it’s not just a few, who can’t wait for Practical Magic 2. Not that we need September to be here any sooner than it needs to be, but the release of the movie in September, just after Labour Day, By Lainey • Jul 30, 2026 03:04 pm
Scarlett Johansson Scarjo’s UK summer There was a joke going around social media after Comic-Con last weekend about Avengers: Doomsday and how big the cast is but also the OG Avengers who are coming back, like Chris Evans and Hemsworth at Steve Rogers and Thor respectively. Many jokes, actually. One of them being that By Lainey • Jul 30, 2026 12:00 pm
Zac Efron Zac Efron’s celebrity storyline(s) Zac Efron was on holiday in Sardinia recently, seen by the pool, and it’s been a while. For someone as famous as he was in the late 2000s and early 2010s, Zac has kept a much lower profile over the last decade. But he is making interesting performance choices, By Lainey • Jul 29, 2026 11:32 am
Michael B Jordan Michael B. Jordan’s sexy Thomas Crown Affair Michael B. Jordan is the reigning Best Actor, but he is not taking any time off from straight f-cking excellence as he is back in the director’s chair for The Thomas Crown Affair, his update of Norman Jewison’s classic heist thriller-romance. The original 1968 film starred By Sarah • Jul 29, 2026 11:07 am
Nicole Kidman Nicole Kidman: Witching season begins Nicole Kidman might have a new boyfriend. But first, let’s backtrack a bit to why she has a new boyfriend which, a little more than a year ago, she may not have ever expected. It was in the fall 2025, not even a year ago, that news first broke By Lainey • Jul 27, 2026 01:11 pm
Hudson Williams Get spooky and horny with Yaga Sure enough, as Comic-Con got going over the weekend, new footage being released died instantly, with one notable exception. Crave and AMC+ released the teaser for Yaga, the upcoming mystery/thriller series starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Noah Reid, Clark Backo (Letterkenny’s one and only Rosie, a great gal) By Sarah • Jul 27, 2026 11:48 am
Zendaya Coleman Tomdaya: almost there Tonight is the Hollywood red carpet premiere of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the final red carpet stop on what’s been a worldwide press tour. And for Tom Holland and Zendaya, it’s between two press tours, happening concurrently, since they’re also in The Odyssey, currently the #1 By Lainey • Jul 27, 2026 10:54 am
David Jonsson Marvel bounces back with good news Marvel’s Hall H presentation happened Saturday night, and though Kevin Feige was focused on the future of the MCU, it felt like a blast from the past, with stunts and a huge assemblage of famous people to promote upcoming films. Kayleigh Donaldson called it a “recession indicator” in the By Sarah • Jul 27, 2026 10:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 27, 2026 Dear Gossips, Most people, at least the ones who know what they’re talking about and not just social media trolls, were expecting The Odyssey to do well during its second weekend at the box office. Preliminary numbers are now in – only a 30% drop from the first weekend for By Lainey • Jul 27, 2026 09:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews A Comic Con Clayface surprise with bonus vampires In my Comic Con preview, I mentioned that DC Studios is not doing a big Hall H presentation, but they still snuck in a San Diego surprise on day one of Comic Con. Tom Rhys Harries, the star of Clayface, dropped into the “DC’s Jim Lee and Friends” panel By Sarah • Jul 24, 2026 11:49 am
Jennifer Garner 13 Going on 2027 It’s been known for a while that Netflix is doing a remake of 13 Going on 30 with Emily Bader and Logan Lerman in the lead roles originally played by Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. Yesterday however they made additional casting confirmations. I haven’t watched the movie in By Lainey • Jul 23, 2026 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dork Storm 2026: Dorkrooms Comic-Con begins today. I knew it was coming but at the same time, it took me a little bit by surprise, in part because it seems like July has just flown by, but also because the run up to Comic-Con feels…muted, compared to what it was a By Sarah • Jul 23, 2026 10:57 am
Tom Holland Tomdaya: Will it be a record? The Odyssey just opened, it continues to be the talk of the film industry, with Matt Belloni noting in his latest Puck newsletter that “45% of American moviegoers this weekend saw The Odyssey in Imax or another premium format when the usual share for a film on opening weekend is By Lainey • Jul 21, 2026 11:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Contemplate mortality with Avengers: Doomsday Luke Winkie wrote an article last month for Slate about aged Beach Boy Mike Love performing with, essentially, a new band also called the Beach Boys and doing it at the age of 85. You can, and should, read it here, and let the specter of an octogenarian singing teenaged By Sarah • Jul 21, 2026 10:22 am
Matt Damon Intro for July 21, 2026 Dear Gossips, A great movie doesn’t always deliver a great press tour. And a great press tour doesn’t necessarily mean the movie will be great. The Odyssey, however, hit it on both counts. The film, as we have seen, has been embraced by (most) critics and audiences after By Lainey • Jul 21, 2026 09:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 20, 2026 Dear Gossips, It was a weekend for the pop culture gods. The World Cup, of course, is the Olympus of sport – and since the final was set in the United States, the event brought together global superstars from almost every entertainment stream, from football to music to movies and television By Lainey • Jul 20, 2026 09:08 am
