Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for December 11, 2018 Dear Gossips, In 2005, filmmaker Ameesha Joshi was at a World Press Photo Exhibit when she came across pictures of Indian girls boxing on the beach. Ameesha is a first-generation Canadian born to Indian parents and she understood immediately the social pressures the boxers would face, on top of all By Lainey • Dec 11, 2018 09:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Spider Surprise Spider-Man: Far From Home comes out next July, which means its press machine is creaking into gear. Jake Gyllenhaal joined Instagram to help with the effort, and this weekend, he, Tom Holland, and Jacob Batalon made an appearance at Comic Con Experience Brazil, where the trailer debuted (though it has By Sarah • Dec 10, 2018 12:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dolly & Jen on the carpet and tequila shots with Sandy Here are Dolly Parton and Jennifer Aniston, along with Danielle Macdonald, at the premiere of Dumplin’ last night. As we’ve seen, since they’re the marquee names, Dolly and Jen have been leading most of the promotion for Dumplin’ so far. I’m curious though, once people start seeing By Lainey • Dec 07, 2018 11:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake joins Instagram Jake Gyllenhaal is now on Instagram. It’s not necessarily news anymore, when a celebrity is on social media. Even Julia Roberts is on IG now. I don’t know that Jake, though, over the last few years, falls under the category of the “sharing” celebrity. He keeps his sh-t By Lainey • Dec 06, 2018 12:16 pm
TV Updates SNL Thirst Traps Jason Momoa is hosting SNL this weekend, and their promos are largely just thirst traps. When you have a hot surfer dude the size of a tree as your host, the jokes write themselves. Thus, Momoa’s promo as an action-page, finding answers by busting down doors and hacking computers By Sarah • Dec 06, 2018 12:00 pm
Bad Style Margot Robbie: Mary and Chanel Mary, Queen of Scots was considered an early Oscar contender several months ago. Now that we’re balls deep in award season, I don’t feel like anyone is talking about it anymore? The reviews seem to be OK to good, not great, but no one seems to pushing hard By Lainey • Dec 05, 2018 12:28 pm
Style Julia Roberts and the week of the American Sweetheart As I posted about yesterday, we will soon see Jennifer Aniston, with Dolly Parton, all over the talk show circuit to promote Netflix’s Dumplin’, premiering on Friday. We will also be seeing a lot of another American Sweetheart, Julia Roberts, as she promotes Ben is Back. Many are calling By Lainey • Dec 04, 2018 01:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews I TAKE IT ALL BACK I have been skeptical of Brie Larson from the moment she was announced as Captain Marvel. Not anything against her, personally, just that she’s too young, and wasn’t the most interesting name in the mix. Well, guess what? I TAKE IT ALL BACK. I am sold on Brie By Sarah • Dec 04, 2018 10:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel’s Asian-American hero After years of not prioritizing any voice or story other than white dudes, Marvel is now full steam ahead on the diversity express. Thanks to the success of Black Panther—and due in no small part to Ike Perlmutter’s control being loosened on the movie studio—they have greenlit By Sarah • Dec 03, 2018 03:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Aniston gets personal for Dumplin’ As mentioned in the previous post about Dolly Parton, Dumplin’ will be released on Netflix on Friday and since the movie is produced by and stars Jennifer Aniston, with music from Dolly Parton, these two women are doing much of the promotional work, leveraging their profiles to make sure the By Lainey • Dec 03, 2018 01:02 pm
Amazingness Dolly on the campaign trail As I wrote a few weeks ago, Dolly Parton, in her words, is “politickin’” for Dumplin’ which premieres on Netflix on Friday and I’m going to watch the f-ck out of it all weekend. We should see Dolly and Jennifer Aniston on the carpet soon and those pictures will By Lainey • Dec 03, 2018 12:14 pm
TV Updates Lana Condor the optimist Lana Condor is an LG fave. We’ve been obsessed with her since August when her charm and capability exploded off the screen in To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. Today I realized that while we’ve been falling for Lana Condor, we still don’t know a By Kathleen • Nov 30, 2018 02:52 pm
BFFs Emily Blunt: Outfit of the Week The Outfit of the Week posts are usually on the LifeStyle page. The reason it’s being featured here is that there’s more to say about Emily Blunt, particularly right now, and also about John Krasinski. But let’s start with the fashion…because THIS DRESS. I sent it By Lainey • Nov 30, 2018 01:31 pm
Quiveration Richard Madden wouldn’t mind being 007 Even though we’re still two years away from seeing Daniel Craig’s last turn as James Bond, we cannot stop speculating about the next 007, you know, the one that is, like, five years from being a real thing. To that end, Richard Madden is British GQ’s January By Sarah • Nov 30, 2018 10:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Women of Black Panther are Entertainers of the Year I’m looking at a webpage open to Entertainment Weekly’s Entertainers of the Year post, specifically the one on the women of Black Panther. The window that I’m looking at is currently frozen on a Clairol ad, featuring a black woman with curly, seemingly natural hair. Her smile By Kathleen • Nov 29, 2018 03:50 pm
Gorgessity Holiday season JLo Peace on earth, goodwill to (all) – this is supposed to be the season of kindness, right? Well, there’s a quiet war going on. It’s the war for the Christmas audience. Netflix is trying to be your go-to destination for holiday programming, or all programming, giving us a selection By Lainey • Nov 29, 2018 02:13 pm
