Movie Reviews and Previews Scarjo at the Tonys Scarlett Johansson was the first presenter last night at the Tony Awards, introduced as a Tony winner. She won in 2010 for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her work in A View From The Bridge. She is part of the Broadway community then. But she is also promoting By Lainey • Jun 12, 2017 01:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt in a grey suit The last time Brad Pitt was in New York promoting a film on Netflix, he wore baggy pants and everyone was all like, why are his pants so baggy grandpa?!? Last night, Brad walked the red carpet in support of Bong Joon-ho’s Okja and the pants were not baggy. By Lainey • Jun 09, 2017 12:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kate Mara beyond Zoe Barnes Kate Mara’s made some really interesting choices since leaving House of Cards. And her latest project, Megan Leavey, about the real-life U.S. Marine corporate veteran and K-9 handler, gives her an opportunity to show off her teeth-clenching tenacity and sly smugness in a way that would make Zoe By Joanna • Jun 09, 2017 12:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jenny Slate is a movie star If you’ve ever seen Jenny Slate in anything, you know she can steal a scene. If you’ve seen Obvious Child, you know she can carry a movie. That she is a talented actor and comedian is not a secret. But watching the Landline trailer is the first time By Sarah • Jun 09, 2017 11:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Summer of Chris Pine Wonder Woman. The biggest movie of the year so far, right? Like maybe the WW box office isn’t Beauty And The Beast’s box office. And there are probably five or six other movies that have made more money so far. But if you consider that the opening weekend By Lainey • Jun 08, 2017 03:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise’s back catalogue The Mummy opens this weekend. Sarah’s review was posted yesterday and while she didn’t hate it, she wasn’t impressed. Other critics apparently feel the same way because the movie is not scoring well on review sites and its box office tracking is dropping. Last month the projection By Lainey • Jun 08, 2017 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise in The Mummy In the tradition of mummy monster movies, beginning with the original 1932 Boris Karloff film, the 2017 reboot of The Mummy is pretty dumb. But then, the 1999 movie starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz is pretty dumb, too, so it’s not like there’s a real high bar By Sarah • Jun 07, 2017 01:23 pm
Quiveration Chris Pine is the best Chris Is this still a debate? I don’t love the Chris contest because a) it’s always been Pine for me and b) I’m not super into fighting over which white dude with lots of opportunities in Hollywood should get more opportunities in Hollywood. I am, however, very much By Kathleen • Jun 07, 2017 11:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt’s War Machine Brad Pitt’s Netflix movie, War Machine, probably didn’t play out as well as anyone hoped. Netflix doesn’t report box office or viewership, so there’s no real way to know how anything on the platform performs, but you can certainly tell, if you pay attention to entertainment/ By Sarah • Jun 07, 2017 10:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Harry Shum Jr is a Crazy Rich Asian So it’s been two weeks since the release of Rich People Problems, the third and final book in Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians series. Have you finished yet? Have you started yet? People keep asking me for summer book recommendations. Here’s your summer book recommendation: Crazy Rich By Lainey • Jun 06, 2017 03:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Wahlberg and Williams: The Odd Couple Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams are in Rome, filming All the Money in the World, and Lainey emailed like, “This seems weird, Michelle and Marky Mark.” At first glance, sure, odd. Michelle Williams isn’t known for the kind of movies Wahlberg often stars in, and vice versa. But Money By Sarah • Jun 06, 2017 03:06 pm
Bad Style Kerry & Lupita in yellow and gold Did you know that Kerry Washington is in Cars 3? I had no idea. Not until just now. That said, I know nothing about Cars, the movie franchise. Cars 3 comes out next Friday. Kerry voices a character, Natalie Certain, that, I think?, is a racing analyst. She’s a By Lainey • Jun 06, 2017 11:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TomZac 2019 In the previous post about Tom Cruise, Sarah mentioned the Top Gun sequel, which Tom confirmed recently is happening. And that the title is Top Gun: Maverick. Years ago I was thinking Taylor Lautner as Tom’s heir. But after watching Tom and Zac Efron together on Graham Norton this By Lainey • Jun 05, 2017 03:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scuzzy Tom Cruise The first trailer for Tom Cruise’s post-Mummy movie, American Made, was just released and it’s the scuzziest we’ve seen Tom Cruise in a while. There’s some ribbing in the LaineyGossip email chain offices about how OF COURSE Tom Cruise crash-lands a plane and walks away—in By Sarah • Jun 05, 2017 03:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Wonder Woman’s BIG weekend In case you missed the news this weekend, Wonder Woman stomped on the box office, with an estimated $100.5 million opening weekend (don’t be surprised if the actuals go up a few million). This is a new record for a film directed by a woman, leap-frogging Sam Taylor-Johnson By Sarah • Jun 05, 2017 09:47 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Carey Mulligan’s Spotlight Carey Mulligan is stepping into producer’s shoes for her new movie, On the Other Side. Mulligan will also star in the film, as Kate Webb, a Vietnam war correspondent who was captured and held by the Vietcong for twenty-three days. The project comes from an imprint of the studio By Sarah • Jun 02, 2017 12:06 pm
