Hook Ups Madonna & Idris Elba? Idris Elba is shooting a docuseries for Discovery called Idris Elba: Fighter that follows his progress as he trains to be a pro kickboxer. His training has been a gift to all of us. Example: Two weeks left. For my Chuuus. A video posted by 7dub (@7dub) onAug 9, 2016 By Lainey • Oct 31, 2016 09:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hanks in Inferno Inferno opens today. The franchise centered on Dan Brown’s religion-themed thrillers doesn’t have a catchy pop culture name, but I prefer to think of it as the “Decaf Indiana Jones” franchise. If Indiana Jones is a little too much—too much action, too much personality, too much style— By Sarah • Oct 28, 2016 10:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Oscar Loving? Sorry. That’s a cheese f-ck title. But once it was stuck in my head I couldn’t think of anything else. Loving opens next week. The film has already received strong reviews. Oscar experts are predicting that Loving will be nominated for Best Picture and that Ruth Negga will By Lainey • Oct 27, 2016 12:05 pm
Style Ocean's Eight fashion More shots of Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, joined by Helena Bonham Carter on the New York set of Ocean's Eight. I’m stupid. I was focused on the casting and the story, it never occurred to me that fashion would be a character on this movie since they’ By Lainey • Oct 26, 2016 03:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Does Eddie Murphy have a shot at Best Supporting Actor this year? He definitely could be in contention. Eddie Murphy’s performance in the little-seen indie Mr. Church — which hit DVD and on-demand yesterday* — has been dubbed a “revelation” by The Hollywood Reporter. Whoever is running Eddie’s Twitter appears to agree with that take. All week long – Eddie’s Twitter account By Joanna • Oct 26, 2016 12:55 pm
Break Ups The Brange extension The temporary custody agreement recommended to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, stipulating full custody for now to Angelina, by the LA Department of Children and Family Services expired last week, on October 20th. When it was initially reported that Brange had agreed to the recommendation, sources close to Brad revealed By Lainey • Oct 26, 2016 11:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Viola Davis goes supporting It’s been confirmed that Viola Davis will be campaigning in the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance in Fences instead of Best Actress. Variety reports that Viola screened the film last week and made the decision herself. The current Best Supporting Actress frontrunner is Michelle Williams for Manchester By Lainey • Oct 25, 2016 04:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Leo & Trump Leonardo DiCaprio at the LA premiere of Before The Flood last night. National Geographic will air the documentary commercial-free and un-geogated on October 30th. In other Leo news, there was an article posted at the Daily Beast yesterday called Inside Donald Trump’s One-Stop Parties: Attendees Recall Cocaine and Very By Lainey • Oct 25, 2016 12:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Or, as I like to call it, Jack Reacher: Never Stop Running. Starring in the sequel four years after the original, just plain Jack Reacher, Cruise returns as Reacher, the former military policeman who runs hither and yon and also takes a lot of buses. In one memorable scene in By Sarah • Oct 24, 2016 04:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jon Hamm in Keeping UP With The Joneses Keeping Up With The Joneses is the type of movie that's engineered to make you laugh on a plane. It has more laughs than you see in the trailer, yet even though it's not particularly inventive, it does give Gal Gadot the opportunity to deliver a By Joanna • Oct 24, 2016 02:46 pm
BFFs Sandy & Cate begin Ocean's Eight! OMGGGGG!!! I have to behave like a squealing child right now because….OMGGGGG!!!! Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett were in New York today as Ocean's Eight has started shooting and again, OMGGGGG, look at them! Look at them! They’re best friends already! OK so far what we By Lainey • Oct 24, 2016 01:56 pm
Maple Leaf Low key Rachel McAdams Is it just me or has there been relatively little press about Rachel McAdams leading up to the release of Doctor Strange? Like, my reaction to seeing that she was at the premiere was “Oh yeah, she’s in it too”. And it’s not like I don’t pay By Lainey • Oct 21, 2016 01:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Casey & Floriana Casey Affleck was seen with a new girlfriend at the beach and out for coffee in LA a few days ago and he stepped out with her again, arm in arm, yesterday in Malibu, well aware that the paps were on them. She is Floriana Lima, an actress who joined By Lainey • Oct 21, 2016 12:50 pm
BFFs Iron Man & Doctor Strange Hollywood premiere of Doctor Strange last night. The movie opens in the UK October 25 and in North America November 4 and some project that it could bring in as much as $75 million its first weekend. Full reviews are embargoed until Sunday but early reactions were mostly positive with By Lainey • Oct 21, 2016 12:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 21, 2016 Dear Gossips, A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about The Hollywood Reporter’s 25 Power Authors list just ahead of the release of The Girl On The Train which went from book to movie in under two years. And then I wondered in that post when it was going By Lainey • Oct 21, 2016 09:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kiki casts her boyfriend Kirsten Dunst is making her directorial debut with an adaptation of The Bell Jar, which is supposed to start shooting in early 2017. As such, it’s casting up right now and Dunst has done something men have done forever in Hollywood—she’s cast her lover in a lead By Sarah • Oct 20, 2016 05:21 pm
