Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 20, 2014 Dear Gossips, A box office win for Brad Pitt’s Fury. Fury’s performance this weekend just made it an Oscar conversation so Part 1 of Brange’s road to Oscar seems to have been accomplished. The rest is up to Unbroken. As you know, Brad put in some work By Lainey • Oct 20, 2014 08:54 am
Media Manipulation Eddie Redmayne: front row season? Eddie Redmayne was front row at the Alexander Wang H&M Collection launch in New York last night. (Sasha was there too, covering it for etalk. I was jealous. Wang is… goddamn, he is something to look at. The clothes, sure. But his FACE!) If I’m a designer, By Lainey • Oct 17, 2014 02:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Batfleck is definitely in the Justice League During a shareholder meeting earlier this week, Warner Brothers CEO Kevin Tsujihara dumped a ton of info about the DC cinematic universe on us, including the flashy announcement that textile-wearer Ezra Miller will play The Flash. Buried under the new information is the confirmation that Zack Snyder will direct By Sarah • Oct 17, 2014 01:46 pm
Media Manipulation Brange’s Fury Unbroken Brad Pitt and the cast of Fury spent yesterday screening Fury for veterans and servicemen in Fort Benning Georgia. Extra also released Brad’s red carpet interview from the premiere in Washington the night before. The reporter was Jerry Penacoli who’s always had a good relationship with Angelina Jolie. By Lainey • Oct 17, 2014 10:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney goes back to work too Amal Alamuddin Clooney went back to work this week, advising the Greek government on the Parthenon Marbles situation. She returned to London yesterday. Here’s George Clooney in Vancouver, back for Tomorrowland. Will his wife show up in Canada for the weekend? A lot of you have been asking me By Lainey • Oct 17, 2014 09:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Thor vs a big fish The trailer for Ron Howard’s In The Heart Of The Sea was released earlier today. Convenient! Because I was wondering how I would use these new Chris Hemsworth photos – he was papped at LAX yesterday and he’s the star of the film. It’s based on a true By Lainey • Oct 16, 2014 01:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews CIFF Review: St. Vincent I have officially hit the halfway point of the Chicago International Film Festival. It is October 16th, and between the festival and squeezing in some commercial releases to meet writing commitments, I’ve seen sixteen movies so far this month. I have fifteen left to go, including four double-headers. By Sarah • Oct 16, 2014 01:15 pm
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt: on his wife, his French, Fury, and Unbroken I received the cutest email yesterday from a reader, S, who wrote: Lainey, My husband is going to have to send you thank you cases of Miraval Rosé for posting that behind the scenes video because I am so primed to bang his brains out when he get home from By Lainey • Oct 16, 2014 10:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 16, 2014 Dear Gossips, A new Mockingjay Part 1 teaser was released yesterday featuring just Jennifer Lawrence, returning home to District 12 to survey the damage, under manipulation by Plutarch Heavensbee to fight for the rebel forces. This was one of the strongest elements of The Hunger Games series – even the “good By Lainey • Oct 16, 2014 09:29 am
Quiveration Brad Pitt in DETAILS: The Man Crush Shia LaBeouf isn’t alone. He’s made it very clear that Brad Pitt is the “top dog”, as he described it on Kimmel the other day, the John Wayne of Fury, the one you sit down and shut up around…as you gaze adoringly. This is a Man Crush. By Lainey • Oct 15, 2014 04:32 pm
Gorgessity Emma Stone as Sally Bowles Entertainment Weekly has the first official photo of Emma Stone as Sally Bowles in advance of her Broadway debut in Cabaret on November 11, taking over from Michelle Williams. This is… GOOD. Very good. Sally fronts a don’t-give-a-f-ck attitude even though her life gets pretty By Lainey • Oct 15, 2014 03:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ezra Miller will play a broody, emo ARTISTE who runs really fast Warner Brothers is in the middle of their annual shareholder presentation right now, and CEO Kevin Tsujihara just dropped some major info bombs regarding the future of their DC movies slate, confirming a Wonder Woman solo movie in 2017, along with the proper Justice League team-up flick that Superhero By Sarah • Oct 15, 2014 02:05 pm
Maple Leaf Today, with Keanu Reeves & Dr Strange? Keanu Reeves was in New York for the premiere of John Wick on Monday night, the same day he was on Reddit for an AMA. I wasn’t paying attention the last time he did an AMA but there’s a quirk. A Keanu Reeves quirk: he answers a lot By Lainey • Oct 15, 2014 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad kisses Shia Shia LaBeouf’s hero, Brad Pitt John Wayne, greeted him with a kiss to the hand last night at the New York premiere of Fury. As far as we know, the event happened without incident. No drunken outbursts, no fights, no plagiarism. Would Shia dare when Brad’s around? It’ By Lainey • Oct 15, 2014 12:04 pm
Media Manipulation Benedict Cumberbatch’s campaign of inclusion It’s mid-October, which means that award season is in full swing, and as such the actors starring in award bait are beginning to lay the foundation of their Oscar campaigns. We’re still over a month away from Benedict Cumberbatch’s The Imitation Game opening in the US, By Sarah • Oct 15, 2014 11:24 am
Royals Queen, Brange, Maleficent, Fury Got yelled at by several Brangelunatics the last few days for not posting about Angelina Jolie getting honourary damed by the Queen on Friday. Because I had laser eye surgery and then it was Thanksgiving in Canada. So that's a lesson for you all: nothing is more important By Lainey • Oct 14, 2014 04:32 pm
