Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper’s loving weekend A Star is Born just had another great weekend. The film is holding well at the box office. The soundtrack is number one again. And everybody is talking about the “butt song”, “Why Did You Do That?” Diane Warren, who wrote it, is now defending it, telling The New York By Lainey • Oct 22, 2018 12:50 pm
Break Ups Brange two years later Last month marked the two year anniversary of when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie announced their separation. Two years later and they’re still not officially divorced because they’re still figuring out their custody situation. It was reported last week that custody evaluations have started. Dr Stan Katz presented By Lainey • Oct 22, 2018 09:37 am
Quiveration Naomi Osaka’s Birthday Bae Naomi Osaka turned 21 on Tuesday. What do you get a 21-year-old who beat the GOAT at the US Open? If you’re Ellen DeGeneres, you get her crush– MY Michael Bae Jordan—to send her a shirtless photo. I stan a generous King. The last time I wrote about By Kathleen • Oct 19, 2018 03:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Looking at all of Bradley Cooper’s looking Before we get to all of Bradley Cooper’s looking, he was seen a few times in New York yesterday. Here he is out for lunch and he was also photographed out for a walk with Irina Shayk and their daughter Lea. About a week ago, Page Six reported that By Lainey • Oct 19, 2018 12:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews It’s not all Gaga A Star is Born is a big movie. It has emerged as the Oscar Best Picture frontrunner – for now. Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga will receive multiple nominations. But that doesn’t mean that they’re running away with it. And they shouldn’t run away with it. Anybody running By Lainey • Oct 19, 2018 10:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Melissa McCarthy at her best in Can You Ever Forgive Me? Melissa McCarthy is best known as a comedienne, but really she’s a good actress with a talent for playing cranks and borderline unpleasant, blunt characters. She excels when she’s playing someone who says and does as she pleases, so Can You Ever Forgive Me? is right up her By Sarah • Oct 19, 2018 10:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jamie Lee Curtis returns to Halloween Director David Gordon Green continues his hopscotch through genre with a sequel to Halloween, John Carpenter’s 1978 horror flick that basically launched the slasher sub-genre. Forty years later, the baton passes to Green who, along with collaborators Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley, brings back the craft and careful compositions By Sarah • Oct 19, 2018 09:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 19, 2018 Dear Gossips, Something really exciting happened this week: Judy Blume has finally agreed to have Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret turned into a movie. Kelly Fremon Craig (The Edge of Seventeen, a movie I loved) will write the screenplay and direct. James L Brooks will produce. Kelly By Lainey • Oct 19, 2018 09:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bad Times at the El Royale: a kitschy Lynchian dream Bad Times at the El Royale, Drew Goddard’s follow-up to The Cabin in the Woods is at once completely like that movie and nothing like that movie. Getting into the specifics of how El Royale works would spoil it, but one important thing to know is that despite the By Sarah • Oct 18, 2018 03:14 pm
Music Bradley Cooper & Lady Gaga: box office and charts A Star is Born just crossed the $100 million mark at the box office after twelve days. And, as we’ve been saying, it’s one of those movies that has been able to sustain its earnings weekend after weekend as people go back to see it again and again By Lainey • Oct 18, 2018 12:32 pm
Music Jennifer Aniston: low key in New York Jennifer Aniston was photographed leaving the Good Morning America studios on Monday in New York. Since then I keep expecting to see the interview, or some headline about why she was there and what she was promoting. There hasn’t been anything. The next day, Courteney Cox was photographed heading By Lainey • Oct 18, 2018 12:05 pm
Style Apologies to my Best Chris Earlier, I suggested that Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth were making me re-evaluate my Chris rankings. I even had the audacity to imply that Hemsworth could outrank Pine. For this, I sincerely apologize. My Best Chris attended the European premiere of his new movie Outlaw King at the London Film By Kathleen • Oct 18, 2018 11:13 am
Gorgessity Tessa and her Chris If there’s anyone who could make me re-evaluate my Chris rankings, it’s Tessa Thompson. Pine is still my number one but watching Tessa and Chris Hemsworth hang out while shooting the new Men in Black is really strengthening Hemsworth’s stock. He only slightly edged out his brother By Kathleen • Oct 18, 2018 10:31 am
Photo Assumption Zomdaya wraps and Zendaya’s new collab Tom Holland and Zendaya just wrapped filming Spider-Man: Far From Home. They were shooting abroad for most of the summer but for the past couple weeks they’ve been back in New York City. I’ve gotten a few emails about the photos of Zomdaya filming because a) you all By Kathleen • Oct 17, 2018 11:19 am
Douchebags Bryan Singer’s preemptive strike Last year Bryan Singer’s name emerged from the Hollywood Predator Advent Calendar when he was sued for allegedly assaulting a minor. Many of us were not surprised, having expected something from that quarter as soon as the scandal moved past Harvey Weinstein and into deeper, industry-wide waters. It happened By Sarah • Oct 17, 2018 10:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 17, 2018 Dear Gossips, It was reported yesterday that Idris Elba is in talks to join the cast of the live-action film adaptation of Cats to be directed by Tom Hooper, also starring Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, James Corden, and Taylor Swift. Idris is apparently considering the role of Macavity, the bad By Lainey • Oct 17, 2018 09:47 am