Movie Reviews and Previews JLO is everywhere She’s on American Idol. She’s promoting American Idol at the TCAs (in a red skirt). She’s on morning television because The Boy Next Door is coming out on Friday. The reviews have been horrible. GOOD! For those of us who are eagerly waiting for Friday to see By Lainey • Jan 19, 2015 10:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Paddington review Whoever did the US marketing for Paddington ought to be flogged. They did this movie dirty, cutting terrible trailers that made the movie look hokey and trite and Paddington himself a demonic hellbeast unleashed from our nightmares. But in reality, Paddington, and adaptation of the popular Paddington the Bear children’ By Sarah • Jan 19, 2015 10:24 am
Style Sienna’s big weekend As mentioned earlier, it was a big weekend for American Sniper, Bradley Cooper, and Clint Eastwood. Sienna Miller gets to enjoy that too, right? We’ve talked about what a ride she’s had the last year or so. And now, being part of a film that just turned this By Lainey • Jan 19, 2015 10:07 am
Maple Leaf Ryan & Eva’s night out Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes stepped out together this weekend to see Don Rickles perform in Beverly Hills. We’ve not seen them papped together as a couple in a long time. So, despite rumours every 2 months, he’s still with her and she’s still with him. And By Lainey • Jan 19, 2015 09:51 am
Media Manipulation Tom Hardy kicks Suicide Squad to the curb Last we heard of Warner Brothers’ adaptation of DC’s villain team-up movie, Suicide Squad, Tom Hardy was part of a very impressive cast. But today it’s been announced that Hardy is dropping out and will no longer play team leader Rick Flag, and WB is now allegedly seeking By Sarah • Jan 16, 2015 01:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jenny Slate won an award! It’s an utterly meaningless Critics’ Choice Award, but still! Jenny Slate is awesome and she was awesome in Obvious Child and she won Best Actress in a Comedy for Obvious Child, so that’s awesome. She’s so pretty and I love her voice so much I just want By Sarah • Jan 16, 2015 11:54 am
Quiveration Courtside Idris The NBA was in the UK last night. The Milwaukee Bucks played the New York Knicks. Even though the Royal Foundation has a partnership with the league, Prince Harry already met with Carmelo Anthony the day before – click here to revisit those pictures – so I guess that was enough to By Lainey • Jan 16, 2015 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews What was unspoken at the Critics’ Choice Awards Could you sense it? You could sense it, right? There was an unspoken discomfort agitating underneath the Critics’ Choice Awards last night. Jessica Chastain, when accepting the first ever MVP Award, was the one who came closest to addressing it. She encouraged her peers to speak up about the lack By Lainey • Jan 16, 2015 11:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Keaton somehow won twice I don’t understand why Birdman keeps getting categorized as a comedy. It’s weird and has its funny moments, but it’s not a comedy. And yet at the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards it was classified as a comedy. I’m fine with splitting drama and By Sarah • Jan 16, 2015 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Look who finally showed up Interrupting the Critics’ Choice posts to catch up with Johnny Depp, who finally decided to start promoting Mortdecai last night on Jimmy Kimmel. He was not alone. Amber Heard accompanied him to the studio so that he can prove to you that his much younger fiancé still wants him. For By Lainey • Jan 16, 2015 09:26 am
Media Manipulation I see you, JLO Jennifer Lopez and her The Boy Next Door co-star Ryan Guzman were on Ryan Seacrest this morning for promotion. Guzman, of course, is also rumoured to be her real life …situation right now. Of course there was no situation when they were shooting the film, shooting scenes with him saying By Lainey • Jan 15, 2015 03:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Thor vs. A Fish is now an Oscar hopeful On the day that the 2015 Oscar nominees are announced, let’s start talking about (potential) 2016 Oscar nominees. Last night Ron Howard announced that his whaling disaster movie, In the Heart of the Sea, is moving from its March 13 release date to December 11, 2015. That’s a By Sarah • Jan 15, 2015 12:07 pm
Style Kristen Stewart: cuffed & bobbed Losing my f-cking mind over Kristen Stewart’s white pants today. OBSESSED. Look at the material. It’s probably heaven on the skin. And they’re cuffed! High end, steezy pyjama bottoms… YES, YES, YES. Also like the way her hair is styled into a layered funky little bob. She By Lainey • Jan 15, 2015 11:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Goodfellas of Oceans Eleven In September, right after his wedding, Brad Pitt showed up in New York to shoot with Martin Scorsese. Click here to revisit those pictures. It was the orange hat, remember? At the time it was revealed that Scorsese was directing Pitt, Robert De Niro, and Leonardo DiCaprio and while they’ By Lainey • Jan 15, 2015 10:52 am
BFFs Bradley Cooper is a major player Bradley Cooper just took out Jake Gyllenhaal for a Best Actor Oscar nomination this morning. It’s his 3rd Oscar nomination in a row. This is what happens when you work with Clint Eastwood. Last week, I wrote an article called “Dark Horse Bradley Cooper”. Because even though Coop hasn’ By Lainey • Jan 15, 2015 10:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Whiteness of the Oscars It’s almost as if they were like, “Hey, we gave you 12 Years A Slave in 2014. So wait another 10 years before we reward you again”. I mean, I’m happy for Laura Dern, and Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo. But David Oyelowo belongs there. And, more importantly, By Lainey • Jan 15, 2015 09:55 am
