Movie Reviews and Previews The Interview pulled after Sony Hack turns threatening The Sony Hack took a turn for the dangerous earlier this week when the hackers released a statement threatening violence should people go see the movie when it was to open on Christmas day. Following the threat, Sony said it would allow theater owners to back out of booking deals By Sarah • Dec 18, 2014 09:57 am
Baby and Bump Obsession “Wassup!” Shiloh Angelina Jolie, the “rule breaker” covers the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter, the issue that members of the Academy will have during the holiday break. It’s a very strategic, very fortuitously timed release. Because it’s been kinda sh-t for the Jolie the last week or so. By Lainey • Dec 17, 2014 04:05 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Unbroken Couples It was only a half Brange at the Unbroken premiere last night but there were other Unbroken couple on the carpet. First… Miyavi, with the most gorgeous bone structure to rival Alexander Wang, his wife Melody, and their daughters Lovelie and Jewelie. These children. And their hair! I have some By Lainey • Dec 16, 2014 01:32 pm
TV Updates Jon Hamm…misanthrope? Tone is everything. So maybe I’m not reading this right. Maybe the tone I’m getting out of Jon Hamm in this new interview with Radio Times is all wrong. Maybe you can help me hear it differently. Because I’m hearing it like he’s all kinds of By Lainey • Dec 16, 2014 11:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The best thing about Chris Hemsworth: Matt Damon When Chris Hemsworth was named People’s Sexiest Man Alive, we were all like, wait what? What’s he even promoting? Avengers: Age of Ultron isn’t until May 2015, and that Ron Howard whale movie is in March, but we totally forgot one! Hemsworth has that dismal looking Michael By Sarah • Dec 16, 2014 10:41 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Brange no Ange As expected, Brad Pitt represented Brange on his own last night at the Hollywood premiere of Unbroken because of the Jolie’s chicken pox. His parents were there. And also three of their six children – Maddox, Pax, and the Chosen One Shiloh. It’s Brad’s birthday on Thursday. He’ By Lainey • Dec 16, 2014 10:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Christian Bale looks hot for Malick A trailer for Terrence Malick’s Knight Of Cups was released yesterday. It’s expected to be screened in competition at the Berlin Film Festival in February. Knight Of Cups was filmed concurrently with another Malick project – the one with Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, and Rooney Mara about love and By Lainey • Dec 16, 2014 09:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews A time for Amy Here’s Amy Adams today on Good Morning America promoting Big Eyes. Every year, around this time, Amy Adams is out there promoting her good work. With Amy Adams, it’s consistently good work. Like Julianne Moore for so long, so underappreciated. It’s finally Julianne’s time now. Finally. By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 04:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Top Five Movie Review I went into Chris Rock’s Top Five with a checklist of expectations, and I am happy to say that my expectations were met, and even exceeded in places. If you’re extremely spoiler-phobic, and don’t like to know anything about any movie, best to bow out now. By Sarah • Dec 15, 2014 12:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Critics’ Choice is the new Golden Globes? The Critics’ Choice nominations have just been announced. Unbroken in…Foxcatcher out. Angelina Jolie is on the list for Best Directors, Bennett Miller isn’t, and nothing for Steve Carell. Instead they went with Ralph Fiennes in Grand Budapest Hotel and David Oyelowo in Selma. I wonder if it’s By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bond Spectre’s first day Last week, the Sony hacked email leak exposed the budget drama unfolding behind the scenes of Bond 24, now titled Spectre. A messy script was also revealed. According to Gawker, the movie opens strong but needs some serious retooling in the third act. If you want to know how it By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 11:48 am
Media Manipulation Diversity in Film: The audience speaks Previously we’ve talked about the problem of diversity in film from the perspective of the executives making the movies and the media covering them. This week we’re going to delve into the audience’s role in the equation. It’s perfect timing, too, because whitewashed Exodus: Gods & By Sarah • Dec 15, 2014 11:22 am
Amazingness Gosling Ghostbusters, DiCaprio, and a very Sony Christmas The Sony email hack has already delivered the gift of gossip to us for the last couple of weeks. And we’re still making our way through it. Apparently there will be more. A message was posted – since deleted – the other day promising a Christmas load: "We are preparing By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 11:01 am
Gorgessity Sienna and the Boho Moment Vogue January 2015 issue. Sienna Miller on the cover. God she has such a lovely face. And the smattering of freckles across her nose is so attractive. This is about Sienna starring in American Sniper. Really though, as the front page promises, it’s about Sienna’s “second act”. We’ By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 10:35 am
Media Manipulation Sony Hack: The wage gap revealed Fallout from the Sony Hack continues, and it’s no surprise that the news is bad. The people at Sony would probably love it if just once a released cache of data revealed email exchanges about funniest cat videos. But Sony doesn’t have that kind of luck and so By Sarah • Dec 15, 2014 10:23 am
Media Manipulation George Clooney’s insecurity and the Most Fascinating Amal You want a conspiracy theory? Here’s a big one, courtesy, of course, of those hacked Sony emails. On January 29, 2014, just before the release of George Clooney’s The Monuments Men, he sent an email to Sony’s Amy Pascal, reacting to the film’s sh-tty reviews. By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 09:04 am
