Movie Reviews and Previews Behold be-bald Sebastian Stan Earlier this year, Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu’s English-language debut, Fjord, picked up the Palme d’Or at Cannes. It is Mungiu’s second Palme, following his 2007 film, 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), an absolutely harrowing film about young By Sarah • Aug 28, 2026 12:19 pm
Austin Butler The Austin Butler Gun Show continues Sun’s out, guns out as Austin Butler continues his sleeveless parade in Los Angeles, showing off his biceps as he prepares for Joseph Kosinski’s take on Miami Vice. We’re just watching Austin get his pump on because so little else is happening in the dog days of By Sarah • Aug 28, 2026 10:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Practical Magic 2 but no Lee Pace Following the London premiere of Practical Magic 2, there was a photocall. Stockard Channing, making her first appearances in two years, opted for green and a rad chain necklace: As Lainey said, the joy of this film is getting three generations of Owens women at once, and they all showed By Sarah • Aug 28, 2026 09:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 28, 2026 Dear Gossips, Almost two years ago, we learned that David Zaslav and Warner Bros. Discovery intended to shelve Coyote vs. Acme, a live action/animation hybrid film about Wile E. Coyote suing the Acme Corporation, for a tax write off. Unlike the previous times this happened, people got spooked and By Sarah • Aug 28, 2026 08:57 am
Dianne Wiest Practical Magic Nostalgia Let me make it about myself for a moment – what’s new – because I am stressing about Practical Magic 2. The movie comes out September 11… which is the first weekend of TIFF… so I’m working non-stop. There is no way I can go see it when it By Lainey • Aug 27, 2026 11:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 25, 2026 Dear Gossips, No list of rom-coms from the last 25 years would be complete without How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days. It’s a classic, complete with several classic rom-com elements: it’s a workplace story, there’s a bet on the line, a fake relationship, By Lainey • Aug 25, 2026 09:07 am
What Else Bradley Cooper looking unfortunately hot in Monaco We talked about Lewis Hamilton and his tough loss at the Dutch Grand Prix earlier, now let’s turn our eyes to fake motorsports. Bradley Cooper is on set in Monaco, filming racing scenes for the Ocean’s 11 prequel. Remember, he plays Danny Ocean’s father, and the film By Sarah • Aug 24, 2026 04:00 pm
Paul Mescal Paul Mescal supports his sister (ft. Harris Dickinson) Paul Mescal took a break from filming Sam Mendes’ epic Beatles’ four-part film event to support his sister, singer-songwriter Nell Mescal, at All Points East in London over the weekend. He was there with his Beatles co-star Harris Dickinson. I have an instinct that releasing four biopics By Sarah • Aug 24, 2026 12:38 pm
Rebecca Ferguson Greta and Rebecca’s surprise rom-com Greta Lee and Rebecca Ferguson were photographed on the set of their new film in London over the weekend, embracing and sharing a romantic kiss. The film is described as a “lesbian rom-com”, and it comes from Always Be My Maybe director Nahnatchka Khan. Greta Lee and Rebecca Ferguson By Sarah • Aug 24, 2026 09:46 am
Will Forte Will Forte and Wile E. Coyote in Coyote vs. Acme The Looney Tunes are one of America’s most enduring franchises, beginning in 1930 and running all the way to the present day basically uninterrupted, as iconic as any American institution. So many of the Looney Tunes are iconic unto themselves, chiefly Bugs Bunny, but Wile E. Coyote and his By Sarah • Aug 21, 2026 03:01 pm
Austin Butler Austin Butler’s new co-star Joseph Kosinki’s Miami Vice ’85 is one of my most anticipated movies, like it can’t come soon enough…but it’s not coming soon at all. Originally, they had it slotted for August 2027, so just a year away. But they’ve moved it to May 2028, which By Lainey • Aug 21, 2026 10:08 am
Timothee Chalamet Timothée Chalamet: Duneman and movie concerts One of the prominent film headlines this week is about Dune: Part 3, opening in four months on December 18, because presales started the other day to see the movie in 70mm and there was so much demand that it crashed ticketing websites. Last summer it was The Odyssey selling By Lainey • Aug 20, 2026 12:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews More Marvel news (ft. the X-Men) Two weeks after their star-studded presentation at Comic Con, Marvel doubled down at Disney’s in-house fan convention, D23, continuing to tease Avengers: Doomsday, introducing VisionQuest, and announcing the first round of new, MCU-branded X-Men casting. Let’s start with Doomsday. They dropped a “special look” By Sarah • Aug 17, 2026 10:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 17, 2026 Dear Gossips, Sarah posted on Friday in this space about how 2026 has been, so far, a strong year at the box office, bolstered by the success this summer of The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day back-to-back. But also Obsession and Backrooms. And The Devil Wears By Lainey • Aug 17, 2026 09:18 am
Emma Stone Emma Stone: The Catch & Carryover Denim As I wrote back in June when Ashley Padilla was named to the cast, I am 100% all in on The Catch, an upcoming rom-com starring Emma Stone and Chris Pine. Like, I can declare confidently, even though it just started production a couple of weeks ago, that for By Lainey • Aug 14, 2026 12:14 pm
Julia Roberts Julia Roberts’ quiet year It was a busy celebrity day in NYC, as Julia Roberts joined Kristen Stewart outside. She’s not promoting anything, though, she’s just Being Famous Outside. It’s been a quiet year for Julia, with no new projects, but she has a new film with Sam Esmail coming in By Sarah • Aug 14, 2026 10:56 am
