Douchebags George & Brad: Together Again Wolfs, the film that reunites George Clooney and Brad Pitt, will premiere at the Venice Film Festival in a couple of weeks. It’s going to be a big splashy carpet, preceded by all kinds of excitement when George and Brad arrive on their boats in polos and linens, flashing By Lainey • Aug 14, 2024 11:42 am
Gorgessity Halle Berry’s pre-Birthday Premiere Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg are in a new Netflix movie together called The Union that’s releasing on Friday. His name comes before her in the credits in the trailer. I just made a face writing that line. In addition to Halle and Mark, JK Simmons and Lorraine Bracco By Lainey • Aug 13, 2024 03:15 pm
Style But does it end with a win? Please note – trigger warning in this article for domestic violence. Normally when a movie with a $25 million budget opens with $50 million at the domestic box office, $80 million worldwide, and finishes a close second behind one of the most successful movies of the year, it’s considered a By Lainey • Aug 13, 2024 01:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Osgood Perkins’ next thing Filmmaker Osgood Perkins is riding high on the success of Longlegs, which received critical acclaim AND audience acclaim; to date, it has racked up over $90 million against a sub-$10 million budget. This is what I’ve been saying about budgets all summer. People WILL go see movies other By Sarah • Aug 13, 2024 10:30 am
Amazingness Tom Cruise’s Mission: Olympics It’s not like it was a surprise – at the midway point of the Olympics, TMZ had already broken the news that Tom Cruise was planning some kind of stunt for the Closing Ceremony and pretty much described what was about to happen. They hedged a bet about whether or By Lainey • Aug 12, 2024 02:10 pm
TV Updates D23 trailer haul Hey everyone, welcome to my haul video! Just kidding, this is text. But it IS a haul OF videos from D23, the in-house Disney fan convention. We’re just off Comic-Con but this happened, too, because we live in a culture of constant capitalist overconsumption and commercials are commodities unto By Sarah • Aug 12, 2024 12:38 pm
Douchebags Hold Joaquin Phoenix accountable On Friday, news broke that Joaquin Phoenix left the set of Todd Haynes’ upcoming, untitled film. The film, which was five days away from starting production, was the brainchild of Phoenix, who brought his original idea to Todd Haynes and his producers. Haynes then co-wrote the script with writer Jonathan By Sarah • Aug 12, 2024 09:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Blake Lively in It Ends With Us Films about difficult subjects do not have to be visually drab affairs, as if underscoring the seriousness of the subject by rejecting the inherent glamour of cinema, but by the same token, films about difficult subjects should at least FEEL like they’re about difficult subjects. It Ends With Us, By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 01:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews George & Amal & Wolfs George Clooney’s latest film, Wolfs, will premiere in a few weeks during the Venice Film Festival. George is already in Italy with Amal and her mother, Baria Alamuddin (the photos are no longer available to us, but you can see them here). Presumably, he’ll be staying in Italy By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Saturday Night Then Just yesterday I said we should get a trailer soon for Saturday Night, Jason Reitman’s film about the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live, and behold, here it is, said trailer. I’m into it. I mean damn, the casting is SPOT ON. Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels isn’ By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 11:21 am
Music It’s Obviously Sabrina Sarah opened the site yesterday writing about Variety’s “young Hollywood impact report” and the stars considered to be the new or future movie stars of their generation. Her post focused on Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, and Daisy Edgar-Jones. Further to that, Variety hosted a Power of Young Hollywood party last By Lainey • Aug 09, 2024 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lainey’s future favorite movie This fall—supposedly October—Jason Reitman’s behind-the-scenes film about the first episode of Saturday Night Live is supposed to be released (using qualifiers because like A Complete Unknown, this film was just shooting earlier this spring, and that is a very tight turnaround). It’s called Saturday Night, it’ By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 03:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jeremy Saulnier returns Any time I write anything remotely negative about Netflix, inevitably, someone will pop up to berate me for slandering their favorite corporation. The argument is always the same—Netflix allows more people to watch more movies, AND they provide a platform for filmmakers who probably wouldn’t get a shot By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 12:41 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy What is going on with the It Ends With Us press tour Today in What’s The Tea news, there appears to be some kind of drama happening on the It Ends With Us press tour. I say “appears” and “some kind” because no one really knows what’s happening, except that director/star Justin Baldoni seems isolated on the press tour, By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 11:30 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Jen and Fin Want to feel old? Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s middle child, Fin, is taking their driving test. Here are photos of Jen and Fin leaving the DMV yesterday. Nothing makes me feel older than the 2000s celebrity babies growing up. There are children in my life, kids I actually By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 10:19 am
TV Updates Cate Blanchett always serves We’ve been talking about all of Blake Lively’s floral fashions on the It Ends With Us press tour. Cate Blanchett is also on a press tour. Borderlands opens this Friday and Cate’s been making the rounds and, well, because this is Cate Blanchett, we’re dealing with By Lainey • Aug 07, 2024 02:41 pm
