Quiveration Garrett Hedlund at Tom Ford This is really just a post about Garrett Hedlund being really hot. Because Garrett Hedlund manages a pretty low profile. There’s not that much to say about Garrett Hedlund other than he’s not dating Kirsten Dunst anymore and she’s now with Jesse Plemons. Garrett’s next film By Lainey • Sep 08, 2016 11:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Fassbender's Personality Pivot at TIFF Soiree Michael Fassbender admits he "gets off" on watching his movies for the first time with an audience, and adds that the adrenaline rush is contagious: What turns Michael Fassbender on? Waiting to see his movies for the 1st time w/ an audience. "I get off on it. By Joanna • Sep 08, 2016 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews “Let it rip” (Lainey: have you seen this video? It’s Matthew McConaughey speaking to the Texas Longhorns. Speaking might be the wrong word. He might need his own verb. He’s McConaughey-ing them. McConaughey: to jack yourself up. MM is jacking up the football team. And they won this weekend Sunday against By Sarah • Sep 07, 2016 04:40 pm
Faux Gossip Bond did not kill Swoki Radar Online came out with a story earlier this week about Daniel Craig being offered $150 million to reprise his role as James Bond and now that Swoki is dead, people are all like, oh Tom Hiddleston exited Swoki because he can’t use Taylor to be Bond anymore… BULLSH-T. By Lainey • Sep 07, 2016 01:17 pm
Douchebags Marky Mark & BAYHEM “Remember when Mark Wahlberg was a violent racist bully” is the title of a Defamer article that I feel like we should check in with now and again. You’ll recall, Marky Mark asked for a pardon for his teenage f-cksh-t. Because it’s not enough that he’s gone By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 03:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The pre-Oscar class photo? Take a look at this low key, chilled out group picture with some of the most buzzworthy stars and filmmakers of 2016, all together, sitting on the ground. And check out Amy Adams’s beaming smile. Pure joy… and stamina. This edition of the #Telluride group photo is a who& By Joanna • Sep 06, 2016 02:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Stone, early frontrunner After premiering La La Land in Venice last week, Emma Stone spent the weekend screening the film at Telluride. The film was very positively received at both festivals. Several of my etalk colleagues have seen it pre-TIFF and they’re obsessed with it. Which is why Awards Daily is now By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 02:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF 2016: The Tiffening TIFF kicks off this week, and I’ll be filing reviews along with Joanna and Kathleen. It’s a little bit of a weird year, The Birth of a Nation and Nate Parker dominating so much of the pre-festival conversation, but Venice got underway last week, and Telluride went down By Sarah • Sep 06, 2016 01:51 pm
Amazingness Bridget by Emma: a solid start Bridget Jones’s Baby premiered in London this weekend. So far, the reviews have been pretty decent with several top critics giving it a solid recommendation score, including Catherine Bray at Variety who writes that “Bridget Jones’s Baby is not a comedy for the ages, but it’s interesting By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 01:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kit & Rose are still together Or, as I call them, Jon and Gidget … because I can never remember that character’s name! Here are Kit Harington and Rose Leslie out for a walk in New York the other day holding hands. He’s there shooting The Life And Death Of John F Donovan, Xavier Dolan’ By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 11:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gabrielle Union stands up On Friday, the LA Times released an op-ed written by Gabrielle Union. Its headline: 'Birth of a Nation' actress Gabrielle Union: I cannot take Nate Parker rape allegations lightly. When I first saw this headline, I literally gasped out loud. What follows the headline is a stirring, emotional By Kathleen • Sep 06, 2016 11:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 6, 2016 Dear Gossips, Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge received a 10 minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival this weekend. Some are calling the film Mel’s “act of atonement”. As you know, Mel’s been accused of being several kinds of “-ists”. And an “-er” too. So here’s By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 10:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers in Southside With You A fictionalization of Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, Southside With You is a film that straddles several lines. It’s part biopic, part romance, part fan fiction, and it mostly navigates those boundaries with ease, though there’s such a staged quality to it you can’t help By Sarah • Sep 02, 2016 01:26 pm
Media Manipulation Questions for Leo? Leonardo DiCaprio in LA with his Summer ’16 bonafide, Nina Agdal, earlier this week. And a shot of them side by side. And he’s not covering his face. Please let’s talk about this and not the potential controversy around his foundation and the embezzlement scam? Since The Hollywood By Lainey • Sep 02, 2016 01:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert De Niro and Edgar Ramirez in Hands of Stone Knowing absolutely nothing about boxer Roberto Duran, I was intrigued going into his biopic, Hands of Stone. Biopics often work better the less you know about the subject—dramatic license is less distracting—but then, if the biopic is too broad and messy, you can feel even more lost because By Sarah • Sep 02, 2016 12:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Amy’s double Venice Sometimes we are a little maybe on Amy Adams here. Duana doesn’t get it. I have real affection for her after interviewing her at the Man Of Steel junket. Joanna has always been pulling for her. Maybe this year it’s Amy’s time. Amy is in Venice with By Lainey • Sep 02, 2016 11:50 am
