Media Manipulation No Aniston, no Brange For Angelina Jolie and Unbroken, the signs were there that it wasn’t happening. It’s been a month of signs. Unbroken did however receive 3 nominations in technical categories. So… it’s something. For Jennifer Aniston… After two months of aggressive – and impressive! – campaigning. And so many GOOD signs, By Lainey • Jan 15, 2015 09:38 am
Media Manipulation Chris Hemsworth gets wet for you And many of you return the favor, but both Lainey and I are on the record with this guy—we don’t get it. He seems nice enough, but to me the most interesting thing about Chris Hemsworth is that he’s friends with Matt Damon. I will give him By Sarah • Jan 14, 2015 02:28 pm
Style Sweater dress and a water fight This Celine sweater dress on Sienna Miller…I can’t. I can’t control my WANT. I would wear it every single day. I would never wear it and get into a water fight, are you f-cked? Then again, it’s because for me, the sweater dress would be a By Lainey • Jan 14, 2015 01:14 pm
Media Manipulation Gwyneth, Howard, and Chekhov Gwyneth Paltrow was on Howard Stern this morning. She’s promoting Mortdecai. She’s been promoting Mortdecai even though she doesn’t play Mortdecai. Johnny Depp plays Mortdecai. The movie comes out in a week and he’s basically been missing. So, you know, thanks Johnny Depp. Anyway, Howard Stern By Lainey • Jan 14, 2015 11:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Pitt, Gosling, and Bale team up for Sploosh: The Movie In news first dreamed up by the Minivan Majority’s collective vagina, Variety reported yesterday that Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, and Christian Bale will appear in a movie together. The movie, titled Sploosh: The Movie, is about three brothers on a road trip. After losing all their cash during a By Sarah • Jan 14, 2015 09:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sniper in a suit The Directors Guild of America announced its nominations today. The DGA’s selections are said to be good indicators of what the Academy is thinking and the eventual winner has a very, very good chance of being Oscar’s Best Director. So here are the five: Wes Anderson, The Grand By Lainey • Jan 13, 2015 04:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Familiar people remaking Strangers on a Train Is it really a remake, though, or just a modern adaptation? Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Strangers on a Train was adapted from a novel by Patricia Highsmith of the same name. The title is most widely known as a Hitchcock movie, but I don’t know if a modern take By Sarah • Jan 13, 2015 03:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Film Review: Tak3n Subtitle: “I sat through this so you don’t have to”. About fifteen minutes into Tak3n—surely the year’s stupidest title—I desperately wanted to walk out. But I don’t walk out of movies on principal, so I white-knuckled it through one of the worst movies I’ve By Sarah • Jan 13, 2015 01:44 pm
Hook Ups JLO & Ryan Guzman for real or for sale? There were all kinds of reports around the beginning of the year that Jennifer Lopez and Slum Bear Casper Smart had gotten back together as they’d been sighted together several times. She’s denying it, claiming she’s still single. And Page Six is reporting that after the Globes By Lainey • Jan 13, 2015 01:10 pm
Media Manipulation The Sexiest Man Alive promotes Blackhat Chris Hemsworth was in New York this morning on promotional duty for the upcoming Blackhat, opening this weekend. It’s about cybercrime. That’s a selling feature, considering what’s happened in Hollywood recently. Another selling feature: he’s the current Sexiest Man Alive. I suppose that’s why he By Lainey • Jan 13, 2015 11:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ultron is here to ruin everything, including your childhood Marvel released the second trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron last night and they are doubling down on the creepy renditions of “I’ve Go No Strings”. Put that free Disney songbook to work, dude, but now I will forever be creeped out by Pinocchio. Not that a sentient talking By Sarah • Jan 13, 2015 10:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Pre-Globes Fontrum Art of Elysium gala on Saturday. Amber Heard was accepting an award and Johnny Depp came to support her. They made a point of proving to you that they’re not breaking up and not experiencing problems in their relationship by kissing each other with open mouths. Um, OK Johnny, By Lainey • Jan 12, 2015 03:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ethan Hawke: Globes buzzkill Safe to say now that Boyhood is the clear Best Picture frontrunner for the Oscars now, right? The Globes don’t necessarily accurately predict Oscars. But they certainly can influence Academy members to pay more attention to the films and actors that they honour. So Ethan Hawke is most definitely By Lainey • Jan 12, 2015 03:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Oprah Winfrey: Globes Godmother Oprah looked great and glam, like she always looks great and glam. I appreciate fully that she is at the point now, not unlike Meryl, where she’s like ‘you know what, I’m not messing with my look anymore. We do what works’. I do wish, though, that we’ By Duana • Jan 12, 2015 03:09 am
Media Manipulation Brange pre-Globes It’s been, what?, about a month now since we last saw them on a carpet together, right? Was it the world premiere of Unbroken in Australia? When Unbroken’s Oscar chances looked a lot better? Before the Sony hack, before the chicken pox… Here they are, Angelina Jolie, fresh By Lainey • Jan 09, 2015 04:41 pm
Media Manipulation Superhero Face Punch now has Parts I and II Earlier this week I got a document in my email listing projected release dates for trailers, and I noticed that Superhero Face Punch had a projected February trailer date. I thought that was a bit odd since its release, March 25, 2016, is more than a year away. But today By Sarah • Jan 09, 2015 03:52 pm
