Media Manipulation Shia tells a good story Shia LaBeouf. I mean, it’s Shia LaBeouf. You can describe him in all kinds of ways – most of them negative: troubled child star, plagiarist, stunt queen, belligerent, a very bad drunk, etc, etc, etc. He’s also a good actor. And an entertainer. That’s the quality that got By Lainey • Oct 14, 2014 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Captain America vs. Iron Man—Marvel’s Civil War is happening RDJ has been talking up a potential extension of his contract to play Iron Man, and everyone jumped on the Iron Man 4 grenade, because he made some wiseass comments about Iron Man 4. I didn’t buy that he was in talks for another Iron Man installment, but that By Sarah • Oct 14, 2014 10:52 am
Style Martin Lawrence: home for the holidays? Even George Clooney has one. You remember his aunt Starla? The Rogue Relative? Aunt Starla told the Daily Mail that Brad Pitt would probably be his best man and, as I wrote at the time, Aunt Starla didn’t know sh-t. Click here for a refresher. Looks like Jennifer By Lainey • Oct 14, 2014 09:36 am
Quiveration CIFF Review: Miss Julie The Chicago International Film Festival kicked off last night, and over the next couple weeks I’ll be reviewing some festival season stragglers, beginning with the opening night film, Miss Julie, which blew chunks. But first we need to talk about Colin Farrell, who was on hand along with writer/ By Sarah • Oct 10, 2014 10:17 am
Quiveration Beautiful British people looking beautiful (and British) in the rain The Imitation Game opened the London Film Festival the other night and Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley showed up looking all kinds of glamorous. Cumberbatch is at his best in Sherlock drag, but the suit porn is good, too, and this is some prime suit porn. If Cumberbatch is your By Sarah • Oct 10, 2014 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney crashes Comic Con (but not THAT Comic-Con) Which is, honestly, more interesting to me than his wedding. New York Comic Con is underway, and while it isn’t as important from an industry perspective as San Diego Comic-Con, it is rising in prominence thanks to some high-profile projects that have eschewed Hall H for New By Sarah • Oct 10, 2014 09:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Comparing beards Too easy. And besides, the only commentary that will matter on these photos will be Michael K’s of Dlisted.com so I’ll just give you the straight description direct from the photo agency: “John Travolta shows his dedication to his craft as he films night scenes for his By Lainey • Oct 08, 2014 03:38 pm
Thinnification Mark Wahlberg lost 60 lbs Somewhere between bulking up with The Rock and running away from giant (extinct) Hasbro toys, Mark Wahlberg lost 60 pounds. Did you notice? He wanted you to notice. In a new interview with USA Today, Mark makes sure you do. It's all for his upcoming role in the By Joanna • Oct 08, 2014 03:21 pm
Gorgessity Keira: red, pleats, pockets, and maths The BFI London Film Festival is underway and one of England’s proudest achievements this year is The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley. The press conference and photo call happened today. Keira’s dress… F-ck. It’s ALWAYS Keira’s dress, isn’t it? Valentino, red, By Lainey • Oct 08, 2014 11:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The DUFF Mae Whitman stars in The Duff, an upcoming movie for which you need to know two pertinent pieces of information: first, it’s based on a book written by an author, Kody Keplinger, who was 17 at the time of publication; second, and the one you’ll hear most about, By Duana • Oct 08, 2014 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews RDJ, Forever and Always: Part Two Okay, now that we’ve talked about the Marvel can of worms RDJ has opened up, let’s move on to how delightful RDJ is in general, which is SO DELIGHTFUL. First, there’s his appearance on The Howard Stern Show in which he talked about Sarah Jessica Parker. Stern By Sarah • Oct 08, 2014 09:55 am
Media Manipulation RDJ, Forever and Always: Part One RDJ’s new movie, The Judge, opens this weekend, which means that RDJ is making the press rounds and giving us so much to talk about that we actually had to split it into two posts. He’s already given us the glimpses into his family life and his relationship By Sarah • Oct 08, 2014 09:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mark Wahlberg & Amanda Seyfried Mark Wahlberg and Amanda Seyfried were filmed kissing on the set of Ted 2 today. Emily, our site coordinator, sent me these photos in an email with the title “This creeps me out”. It’s true. I don’t want to see them kissing. It’s not that I don’ By Lainey • Oct 07, 2014 04:15 pm
TV Updates Shutting down Say Anything Deadline reported yesterday that NBC was moving ahead with a TV show based on Say Anything. It’s 10 years later but also 2014. (I don’t understand either, but OK.) Lloyd is single because Diane dumped him but now she’s coming back into town and he tries to By Lainey • Oct 07, 2014 03:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper: 3 for 3? Here's Bradley Cooper arriving in London. Hair's getting long. Since the American Sniper trailer came out people have now added it to the Oscar long list of contenders. That happens any time Clint Eastwood directs a movie. He's not young anymore, that guy. And By Lainey • Oct 07, 2014 12:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Lawrence covers Vanity Fair Sh-t I just realised. It’s mid-October already. Which means Mockingjay Part 1 comes out in just over a month. So we should be getting a lot of Jennifer Lawrence on press tour, starting with the cover of Vanity Fair. It’s the first time she’s been By Lainey • Oct 07, 2014 10:54 am
