Douchebags Billy Bob Thornton’s tiny pants The last time I mentioned Taffy Brodesser-Akner it was in September, when she wrote about Christian Slater for GQ. Taffy is so good at her job she, along with Caity Weaver, is making GQ a much better magazine. This month Taffy profiled Billy Bob Thornton for GQ. And, once again, By Lainey • Nov 11, 2016 10:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Well this looks crazy The teaser trailer for Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets was just released and it looks insane, in both the “cool” sense and the “divorced from reality” sense. This movie comes from Fifth Element director Luc Besson, and it looks of a piece with The Fifth Element—totally bonkers but By Sarah • Nov 10, 2016 03:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Love, Death, Time I like to say that I don't appreciate being emotionally manipulated by movies but I'm pretty sure I often get emotionally manipulated by movies and make that a point in posts about being emotionally manipulated by movies so...maybe I do actually enjoy being emotionally manipulated By Lainey • Nov 10, 2016 02:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer & Chris's 5 Seconds Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt's Passengers comes out at Christmas. They're starting publicity for it already. Today they'll be on Ellen. This is a Movie staring Movie Stars, specifically two of the most popular Movie Stars right now. Everything hinges on that specific piece By Lainey • Nov 10, 2016 12:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge Desmond Doss, played by Andrew Garfield with earnest sincerity and a ludicrous Southern accent, was the first conscientious objector—or “collaborator”, in his words—to win the Medal of Honor. He did so by saving dozens of lives at the Battle of Okinawa, despite carrying no weapons or even touching By Sarah • Nov 10, 2016 12:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zendaya and the next gen Yesterday morning, while most of us were just trying to get through the day without sobbing into our keyboards, The Hollywood Reporter released its Next Gen issue featuring Zendaya on the cover. The issue celebrates the next generation of talent in Hollywood. Zendaya is joined by her Spider-Man: Homecoming co-star By Kathleen • Nov 10, 2016 10:51 am
Baby and Bump Obsession World War Brange: Brad’s impeccable timing Brad Pitt at the Allied premiere in Hollywood last night, his first red carpet since Brange got broken. Sometimes I still can’t believe it, you know? Like I’ll wake up in the morning and take a shower and grab my sh-t and remind myself to pack my daily By Lainey • Nov 10, 2016 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Fantastic Beasts And All The Scarves It was reported last week that Johnny Depp will star in the sequel to Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them and that he has a cameo in the first movie. Here he is from behind: The rumour, at the time, in spite of the backlash, was that he will By Lainey • Nov 09, 2016 03:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Fox is having an X-Man problem So let’s just get this out of the way: That happened. I don’t know what to say. Except—I’m sorry. For all of us, but mostly for those who now legitimately fear for their rights, and even their lives. We’ll get through this, but it’s By Sarah • Nov 09, 2016 12:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicolas Cage in USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage Let’s be very clear—the story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the survivors’ subsequent four day nightmare in shark-infested waters is one of the most compelling survival stories from World War II. It’s the kind of story that begs for cinematic treatment, and it would By Sarah • Nov 09, 2016 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews World War Brange: the first carpet On Monday Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts co-hosted a private screening for Moonlight , produced by Plan B, Brad’s production company. It was the first time he’d been seen in public since the end of Brange. I wrote about this yesterday but here are a couple more photos of By Lainey • Nov 09, 2016 10:26 am
BFFs Moonlight with Brad & Julia Moonlight is one of the most acclaimed films of the year. Sarah reviewed it at TIFF and it is expected to be a contender at the Oscars. Brad Pitt is one of the producers of Moonlight. His work the last few years supporting stories about people of colour is one By Lainey • Nov 08, 2016 03:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rihanna is a nerd Rihanna with Cate Blanchett and Sandra Bullock on the set of Ocean’s Eight in New York. Have I mentioned that I can’t wait to see this movie? Can I keep saying that? Can I be corny as f-ck and call it Girl Power excitement, especially on a day By Lainey • Nov 08, 2016 02:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews But can Rami Malek sing? The Queen movie/Freddie Mercury biopic has not had a swell time in development. First Sacha Baron Cohen was going to star as Queen frontman Mercury, then he wasn’t, then Ben Whishaw was going to do it, then he wasn’t, and now Deadline is reporting that the latest By Sarah • Nov 08, 2016 01:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Denzel goes for his third As mentioned earlier, Fences, directed by and starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, screened for Oscar, SAG, and media voters this weekend. Reviews are embargoed until December. But according to Variety and Deadline, reaction was mega positive across the board, and the ovation was intense, particularly for Viola Davis. Viola By Lainey • Nov 07, 2016 04:00 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Hugh Grant’s +1 Hugh Grant was named Hollywood Supporting Actor at the Hollywood Film Awards last night for his work in Florence Foster Jenkins. As mentioned earlier, it’s a wide open category of Oscar. And Hugh’s the kind of guy who would hate the idea of having to campaign for an By Lainey • Nov 07, 2016 03:42 pm
