Media Manipulation Touring Tom Cruise Tom Cruise was out last night in London having dinner with director Paul Greengrass. Perhaps a future project? Let’s focus on the present project first. Edge Of Tomorrow opens next week in the UK and the following week in North America. It’s a crowded summer, as always, and, By Lainey • May 21, 2014 10:36 am
Maple Leaf Blake’s big dress Dylan’s over in Cannes shooting footage for etalk with our host Tanya Kim. They’ve been sending back some great shots and interviews that will air on the show all week, including some inadvertent (?) gossip I thought you might enjoy. I suppose it’s all in the interpretation. So By Lainey • May 21, 2014 09:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Gosling doesn’t impress Lost River was booed yesterday in Cannes. I mean there was some applause. But the jeering was much louder. And most of the high profile critics seem to agree that, well, Lost River just isn’t a very good movie. With the exception of Anne Thompson at IndieWire, Ryan Gosling’ By Lainey • May 21, 2014 09:10 am
Media Manipulation Robert Pattinson’s supporting Cannes A selection of shots of Robert Pattinson in Cannes is attached. Pattinson was at the festival representing two films – first The Rover and then David Cronenberg’s Maps To The Stars. Pattinson’s performance in The Rover was called by many to be the best of his career. And he By Lainey • May 20, 2014 01:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Super serious space movie Do you remember the fake Anna Scott movie in Notting Hill? It was like a super serious space movie, and the little in-movie clip was of Anna Scott looking super serious, in space. That’s what I thought of as I watched the first trailer fir Christopher Nolan’s By Sarah • May 20, 2014 11:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Hooked on a feeling Guardians of the Galaxy has always been described as Marvel’s biggest risk to date, which is really saying something when you consider they bet their studio’s future against Iron Man’s success back when RDJ was still uninsurable. But making what amounts to the Marvel version of Spaceballs By Sarah • May 20, 2014 10:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Gosling’s Lost River photo call Ryan Gosling has returned to Cannes, this time as a director. He and several members of his Lost River cast, including Christina Hendricks and Matt Smith, were at the photo call today to represent the film. Haven’t read any reviews yet. I’ll do a pick up on this By Lainey • May 20, 2014 10:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for May 20, 2014 Dear Gossips, I interviewed Angelina Jolie yesterday. I’ve interviewed her before (Kung Fu Panda 2), but never for that long and also never alone. Makes a big difference. Like, I still feel her in my blood. And I think, I think I made her laugh. Twice. I also think, By Lainey • May 20, 2014 09:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mark, Channing, Steve: from Cannes to Oscar? At the Foxcatcher photo call today in Cannes – Mark Ruffalo, Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, with director Bennett Miller ahead of the big premiere and looking very confident after the press screenings. Miller delivers great work, work that’s worth waiting for. Last time it was Moneyball which went on to By Lainey • May 19, 2014 02:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Godzilla is king “Godzilla is poised to be a breakout hit in May. I hope it overachieves.” That’s me, on April 9. One month later, Godzilla is breakout hit, crushing the box office with the year-to-date’s second-biggest opening of $93.2 million. Even the most aggressive projections had By Sarah • May 19, 2014 11:24 am
Style No boos at the photo call Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, and Mireille Enos joined director Atom Egoyan at the photo call for their film The Captive today in Cannes. They all look great. Unfortunately the film…was not well received. Grace Of Monaco was already a bust at the festival and it looks like By Lainey • May 16, 2014 01:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Bellas and Gemma Teller Pitch Perfect was on my Top 10 Movies List of 2012. It was the best. It’s on repeat on my iPad for the plane. I’ll never tire of Pitch Perfect. And you must know, there’s a sequel, directed by Elizabeth Banks. Banks has been very active on By Lainey • May 16, 2014 12:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Charlize Theron’s plus one These two. Charlize Theron showed up to the premiere of A Million Ways To Die In The West hand in hand with her boyfriend Sean Penn last night. Her boyfriend Sean Penn. Hand in hand. Smiling at each other. And he’s SMILING at her. And the cameras too. And By Lainey • May 16, 2014 11:57 am
BFFs Emily Blunt breaks Tom Cruise Sometimes we judge people by the people they hang out with, right? If they’re friends with a cool crowd, we might think better of them. If they roll with a group of pricks, well, that’s doesn’t reflect well, does it? So I love Emily Blunt. I.Love. By Lainey • May 15, 2014 04:40 pm
Maple Leaf Ryan Reynolds kicks off Cannes Canadian invasion There are a lot of Canadians representing at Cannes this year. Ryan Reynolds arrived in Cannes today in advance of the premiere of The Captive, directed by another Canadian, Atom Egoyan. As you know, Reynolds’s wife, Blake Lively, has already been at the festival for a couple of days By Lainey • May 15, 2014 11:48 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Maleficent covers PEOPLE Today is the one year anniversary of Angelina Jolie’s op-ed in The New York Times in which she revealed that she’d had a preventative double mastectomy. May 14, 2013. Click here to re-read it. This year she’s appearing in a different kind of publication. It’ By Lainey • May 14, 2014 12:54 pm
