Movie Reviews and Previews Women are not invited to the franchise table On Friday news broke that writer/director Rian Johnson, who previously made the most excellent Looper and Brick, would be writing and directing Star Wars Episode VIII and writing the treatment for Episode IX. He won’t actually direct IX — he probably won’t even write the final script—but By Sarah • Jun 24, 2014 10:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Wonder Woman’s panties It’s the one of the biggest issues surrounding Wonder Woman—her costume. In the annals of comic book exploitation of women (boobsploitation), Wonder Woman’s panties-and-corset get-up is among the worst offenders. Her costume is utterly nonsensical for what she is—a fighter—and even as By Sarah • Jun 23, 2014 12:02 pm
Gorgessity Jolie groom Check out Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning at the Maleficent premiere in Japan today. They’ve done this often on the press tour – dress to their characters. Fanning’s in princess dresses while the Jolie goes dark faerie. This time though, it’s like a wedding. Angelina’s the groom By Lainey • Jun 23, 2014 11:16 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Jolie + 4 Angelina Jolie arrived in Tokyo on Saturday ahead of today’s Japanese premiere of Maleficent – those shots are coming up in the next post. She had four of the six with her, I guess because Maddox and Miss Zahara accompanied her and Brad Pitt to London a couple of weeks By Lainey • Jun 23, 2014 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews American Citizen saves the day If there’s one story people can’t get enough of, it’s white people saving stuff. Man, people really love that story. Show us a problem and a white person to solve it, and you’re on your way to box office—and maybe even Oscar—gold. And since By Sarah • Jun 20, 2014 11:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The friendliest travel partners The two most approachable actors in Hollywood arrived together at LAX yesterday. That was probably a warm flight, non? Having said that, Sean Penn has kinda softened the last few months…I guess? It’s amazing the standard we have when it comes to him. That just because he’s By Lainey • Jun 20, 2014 11:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lighting RDJ The first trailer for Robert Downey Jr’s next film, The Judge, was released yesterday. My first thought after watching it was… Holy sh-t they lit the f-ck out of this movie. Then I texted Dylan who’s been lighting the f-ck out of our shoots for By Lainey • Jun 20, 2014 09:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert Pattinson emotes After Twilight wrapped up in 2012, Robert Pattinson took a year off, releasing no movies in 2013. This year, he’s back in front of the public with two new movies, The Rover and Maps to the Stars, from well-respected directors in which he plays a supporting role (he By Sarah • Jun 19, 2014 11:15 am
Music Baby Girl on Lifetime They’re making a movie about Aaliyah. It’s a tv movie. On Lifetime. Who’s playing her? Zendaya. I wasn’t happy about this this morning. So I emailed the only person I know who cares about Baby Girl as much as I do: Sasha (who’s in Paris By Lainey • Jun 18, 2014 04:29 pm
Bad Style Cameron’s Spanish Sex Tape Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, and Rob Lowe are in Barcelona to promote Sex Tape. It opens on July 18. This will be Cam’s second release this year. The Other Woman did well. Sex Tape? I’m not sure. Has there been a blockbuster comedy this summer? A Million Ways By Lainey • Jun 18, 2014 03:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Joseph Gordon Levitt’s 70s walk Joseph Gordon Levitt is in Montreal shooting a film called The Walk, a biopic about Philippe Petit who walked back and forth between the Twin Towers in 1974 on a wire. This explains the costume. It makes him look even littler than he is. I watched Don Jon on TV By Lainey • Jun 18, 2014 11:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for June 18, 2014 Dear Gossips, Colin Firth was supposed to be the voice of Paddington Bear in the new film due out this fall. That will not be happening anymore. Firth released a statement explaining why: "After a period of denial we've chosen 'conscious uncoupling.' It's By Lainey • Jun 18, 2014 09:10 am
TV Updates Supporting is the New Lead A few weeks ago, I emailed Lainey to complain – I do this a lot (mostly about Leo and Aaron Paul). This time was no different. It’s summer. I miss Breaking Bad. I miss it A LOT. Lainey responded with “Orange is the New Black” and yes, it’s great, By Maria • Jun 17, 2014 04:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Guardians of the Galaxy: The best idea Back when Marvel first announced their intention to adapt obscure-even-by-nerd-standards Guardians of the Galaxy and everyone went “What? WHO?” there was some not-so-quiet snickering throughout the industry. The prevailing attitude among rival studios and development teams was, Finally. They’re overreaching, and they will By Sarah • Jun 17, 2014 12:32 pm
Hook Ups Fetch: Robert Pattinson & Katy Perry Robert Pattinson is in New York on the morning show circuit to promote The Rover. I quite like his sock choice. Out of Cannes, everyone was saying that his performance in the film is the best of his career. He has a supporting role in both The Rover and Maps By Lainey • Jun 17, 2014 11:31 am
Smutty Surgery Granny’s updates? Remember those photos of Nicole Kidman last week and, um, you couldn’t stop looking at her…and it wasn’t her face? Click here for a refresher. Gran spent the weekend at the Shanghai International Film Festival and, well, same thing. Especially at the Grace Of Monaco press conference By Lainey • Jun 16, 2014 01:32 pm
