Media Manipulation Canning Cannes Written bySarah The Cannes Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday with the award ceremony at which Terrence Malick’s long-awaited The Tree of Life was given the top prize, the Palme d’Or. Last week after Tree’s mixed reception on the Croisette I posited to Lainey that Tree was By Lainey • May 24, 2011 03:02 am
Maple Leaf Ryan Gosling & a man’s suit I learned a lot of about men’s suits yesterday. We’re going to a really swanky wedding tonight and Jacek didn’t have one. He’s not the sharpest dresser, as you know, to begin with. And since he works from home, there’s very little reason for him By Lainey • May 20, 2011 10:24 am
Bad Style Scarlett’s boyfriend's Canadian tuxedo Sean Penn is killing it in Cannes today. Check him out working denim on denim, posing with some hip-jutting attitude at the photo call for This Must Be The Place. He plays Cheyenne, an aging goth rocker looking for the Nazi who tortured his dad. I want you to watch By Lainey • May 20, 2011 04:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews I miss Megan Fox Please. You might be wondering what sentence you just read. I’m still wondering what sentence I just wrote. Michael Bay has a way of turning your sh-t around in ways you least expect it to. Would you ever have expected to MISS Megan Fox? Or to, in comparison, actually By Lainey • May 19, 2011 06:11 am
Dumbass Kirsten’s Melancholia, Charlotte’s bump The last time Lars Von Trier came to Cannes, a lot of movie people stormed out the theatre, expressing disgust with Antichrist. He reacted as he does. Like people don’t get him. Like an auteur misunderstood. Some would say that’s how he gets off. And yesterday he pushed By Lainey • May 19, 2011 04:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews This is Katniss So this is what happened when I was in flight yesterday. Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive first look at Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games. Thank you for your emails and your reactions. And my reaction? Medium. Does that count as a reaction? By Lainey • May 19, 2011 03:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews These two matter There was a screening for Love, Wedding, Marriage last night. Mandy Moore is the lead. It's apparently available on demand right now and will open in limited release next week. Obviously because the anticipation for it is so high. I mean, with Kellan Lutz as the romantic interest By Lainey • May 18, 2011 08:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tintin the Monstrous Written bySarah If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably seen me talking about the 3D nightmare mo-cap monsters of The Adventures of Tintin, the adaptation of the mid-century Herge comics (does anyone even know who/what Tintin is these days, and do they really care if they do? By Lainey • May 18, 2011 04:31 am
Dumbass Straw Dogs trailer Alexander Skarsgard is expected in Cannes for Lars von Trier's latest Melancholia with Kirsten Dunst. His girlfriend Kate Bosworth's name has appeared on virtually every tip-sheet for every party here so far. A tip-sheet is a list of celebrities that publicists send out in advance of By Lainey • May 16, 2011 02:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews New life for Alex Pettyfer He kept sh-tting on Hollywood the last time we heard from him - click here for a refresher - but Hollywood clearly doesn't mind. Alex Pettyfer's career is not dead. But, interestingly enough, for a boy who was swaggering with a huge cock just six months By Lainey • May 13, 2011 07:35 am
Dumbass Here's a movie you're rushing to see There was a deal made at Cannes. The story: Two people start dating. She's slightly older. Then they find out she used to babysit him. This is supposed to be romantic AND hilarious. Really??? Apparently they think you would want to see this movie. I guess I might By Lainey • May 12, 2011 08:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Colin Farrell goes full fug for Horrible Bosses Written bySarah Everyone is going to want to talk about Jennifer Aniston and her daring new career as a supporting actress in mediocre comedies, but I don’t care about that. That’s what Aniston has been all along, she just insisted on trying to be a leading lady, which By Lainey • May 12, 2011 05:13 am
Gorgessity Summer Saoirse Written bySarah Do you know how long it took me to master pronouncing “Saoirse”? I keep wanting to say “Cerise”. Seer-shuh. I have to keep repeating it to myself whenever I see her name. Seer-shuh. Saoirse Ronan is rapidly becoming one of my favorite young actresses. I loved her in By Lainey • May 11, 2011 08:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews MIB III: Chaos cost Written bySarah I’ve got an old friend, now an accountant, who works in and around industry finances for a living. B doesn’t tell me much about specifics but he’s good about dumbing down the shady math studios use so that I can understand it in my math-deficient By Lainey • May 11, 2011 06:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Previewing the field at Cannes 2011 Written bySarah I just had an email throw down with my brother over Adrien Brody and Ryan Gosling at Cannes 2010. If you don’t remember, this was that doucheface Brody at Cannes last year, and this was The Gos. I mean really, why are we even discussing this? But By Lainey • May 11, 2011 04:02 am
Quiveration Riggs gets a photoshoot It is about f-cking time. What a treat today! New photos of Taylor Kitsch. And hot! This is Taylor at photo shoot in the California desert. Not sure for what publication, but I imagine, given his higher profile these days, with two big budget projects awaiting release (Battleship and John By Lainey • May 10, 2011 05:46 am
