Music Awkwafina summer and Annie’s new stylist Of the eight members of Ocean’s 8, Awkwafina aka Nora Lum, is the one who, you could say, is new to this. As she told The Guardian last year, “There are definitely people who are confused that I was cast – I was confused. They are a group of idols. By Lainey • Jun 06, 2018 12:02 pm
Gorgessity Rihanna and Sarah come through You know what the cast of Ocean’s 8, minus Rihanna, got asked about over and over again during the junket? Rihanna, of course. Even among stars she is THE star. Sarah Paulson joked about peeing herself when she met her. As I mentioned yesterday, all Rihanna has to do By Lainey • Jun 06, 2018 10:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews HBC: Ocean’s to Bond? Here’s Helena Bonham Carter arriving in New York today. Because tonight is the world premiere of Ocean’s 8, the movie I will be seeing this weekend. In fact, I just bought my tickets. In a theatre with full reclining seats! And in-seat service! And you? It’s a By Lainey • Jun 05, 2018 03:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Extremely Loud Holiday Movies Star Wars has dominated the last three holiday box office tournaments. In the wake of Solo’s summer slip, don’t forget that from 2015-2017, Star Wars cranked out billion-dollar business each December. But there is no Star Wars this Christmas, which means everyone else is trying it in their By Sarah • Jun 05, 2018 02:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Suspiria: I guess we’re doing this Luca Guadagnino has established himself as one of the most luxuriously visual directors working today. So it shouldn’t be surprising he would tackle the remake of Suspiria, Dario Argento’s classic giallo film about a dancer who discovers mysterious goings-on at her dance academy, and yet, I am surprised. By Sarah • Jun 05, 2018 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Widows Slay Steve McQueen hasn’t made a feature film since 12 Years a Slave, but he returns this fall with Widows, a film that could not look more different from 12 Years if it was shot on the moon. The first trailer has been released, and I immediately watched it three By Sarah • Jun 04, 2018 12:31 pm
TV Updates Jen solo in LA You see where I’m going here, don’t you? Why not? WHY NOT?! Sorry, that was a little screechy. But I started writing this post just as it was announced that Serena Williams has withdrawn from the French Open due to injury so that match that we’ve all By Lainey • Jun 04, 2018 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Garner: “She’s back” Jennifer Garner’s movie, Peppermint, opens on September 7. That’s right after Labour Day weekend, when most parents have sent their kids back to school for the first week, probably after what feels like an interminable summer. I wonder if that will set the mood for this movie. Because By Lainey • May 31, 2018 03:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Do you feel the need, the need for speed? Top Gun is one of those movies, if it’s on, I’ll watch it. It’s irresistible. Peak Tom Cruise, 1980’s homoeroticism, Cold War tough-guy action—this movie has everything, as Stefon would say. A sequel has been teased for years, and today it’s finally happening. Tom By Sarah • May 31, 2018 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina gets the likes Angelina Jolie is not on social media. But, no doubt, she must have some understanding about how it works, or at least what its influence is, especially since she has teenagers at home. Angelina has now started work on Maleficent 2 in England with Elle Fanning. And here’s what By Lainey • May 29, 2018 04:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Real Annie Anne Hathaway is still talking about Hathahate. It comes up in the second paragraph of her new profile in Glamour. With this profile, it’s clear that Anne Hathaway will never get away from that fateful 2013 Oscar season when she became a punchline. If the ‘unpopular opinion’ meme existed By Kathleen • May 29, 2018 03:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Solo ran off the road And the summer box office car crash claimed its second victim. If Deadpool 2 was a fender-bender, Solo straight up got ran off the road. Going into the weekend, the projection was a $130-150 million four-day Memorial Day weekend, and coming out of the long weekend, the estimate is $84 By Sarah • May 29, 2018 09:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper goes for a stroll Sorry! I had to! Here’s Bradley Cooper this weekend in New York pushing daughter Lea around in a stroller. Bradley and Irina Shayk have been in NYC the last couple of weeks. As mentioned in the previous post about Lady Gaga, he was also seen visiting her in studio, By Lainey • May 28, 2018 01:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lady Gaga’s daily fashion show It’s Memorial Day in America. Lady Gaga spent the long weekend in New York, seen heading in and out of the studio, presumably working on a new album. Tony Bennett has dropped by and so has Bradley Cooper. We’ll get to him in the next post. Gaga appears By Lainey • May 28, 2018 12:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Book Club: The middle-aged rom-com we need Based on its trailer, Book Club looks like a fake movie from an SNL sketch. It’s four women of a certain age reconnecting with their sexuality and romantic lives thanks to the power of Fifty Shades of Grey, which in itself seems like a joke, as Fifty Shades is By Sarah • May 25, 2018 03:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Solo isn’t bad, it’s also not necessary After all the behind-the-scenes drama and production strife, Solo: A Star Wars Story turned out okay. Better than okay—parts of it are really good. Unlike Rogue One, which bears the Frankensteinian scars of a multiple-director vision, Solo is cohesive from beginning to end, tonally and narratively consistent. Despite its By Sarah • May 25, 2018 03:07 pm
