Media Manipulation Robo Jackie: the trailer Now that the History Channel has pulled The Kennedys from their line-up (click here if you missed yesterday’s article), producers have quickly moved to release a trailer while they negotiate distribution with another network. It’s obvious, obviously, why Caroline Kennedy was so offended. At the same time By Lainey • Jan 11, 2011 03:01 am
Bad Style Are you wearing that to the Oscars? Christian Bale seems to be into wearing only training jackets during promotion for The Fighter. Here he is, all dressed up, arriving at the Writer’s Guild of America for a screening of The Fighter the other day. Dude, we get it, you’re Method. The Director’s Guild of By Lainey • Jan 10, 2011 08:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews No Strings, no ring Finally got around to watching the red band trailer for No Strings Attached, in theatres on January 2. Can’t decide how I feel about it. There’s a moment here and there that looks like it might not suck. And I do like the line “Boo! Here comes my By Lainey • Jan 07, 2011 04:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kissing in the bleachers I’ve done a lot of sh-t in bleachers – cutting class, smoking, meangirling, several love arguments, drama rehearsal – but I cannot remember if I’ve ever kissed in them. Did Angela and Jordan ever kiss in the bleachers? I can’t remember that either. But I do love the By Lainey • Jan 05, 2011 02:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Box office report card Written by Sarah Back in November I wrote this, outlining box office predictions for some of the holiday releases and Lainey has asked me to grade myself on how my predictions went. So how did I do? Well, in my defense, I can barely count and have no sense of By Lainey • Jan 04, 2011 02:59 am
Quiveration Ryan Gosling: Player-Coach This is the first still from the upcoming Crazy, Stupid, Love starring Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling. I can’t wait to see him in a comedy. And with a killer wardrobe. It might be too much. I mean this photo, this photo is almost too much. So now we By Lainey • Dec 22, 2010 07:30 am
Girlcrushes Now this is a trailer: Hanna edition I know. It’s one of my common refrains. That there is an art to cutting movie trailers and most of the time, Hollywood doesn’t give a sh-t. Which is why when a really, really great one comes along, it’s something to fist pump about. The film By Lainey • Dec 22, 2010 02:03 am
Twilight Requests Lainey, are you talking about rob and kristen? “So Eva has to wait an extra week for her big reveal.Unless of course some crazy sh-t goes down that pushes her into a corner too.You never,never,EVER know.Its been a week of breakups.Maybe theres an By Lainey • Dec 17, 2010 03:23 am
Bad Style Euro style sh-ts It’s a photo heavy post because I’m not splitting up multiple articles to cover all the Jolie’s sartorial sh-ts from The Tourist premiere and photocalls in Italy and Spain. Let’s start from Wednesday night. Those assy satin pants. Even the Jolie, with her spindly legs, By Lainey • Dec 17, 2010 03:02 am
Dumbass Boyfriend control? Hate this story and desperately want it to be untrue. But it rings too true. Last week Page Six reported that Glee’s Dianna Agron had fired her manager, her lawyer, and her longtime agent who’d been with her for years. Just like that she cut her off. Apparently By Lainey • Dec 13, 2010 04:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews MPAA overturns Blue Valentine’s NC-17 Written by Sarah Fist pump! Fist pump fist pump fist pump!!! FIST PUMP!!!!!! This almost never happens. In just the last few months alone, the ratings board upheld multiple challenged ratings. But not Blue Valentine! People can actually see it now! There will be a mad dash by theater owners By Lainey • Dec 08, 2010 09:04 am
Girlcrushes Emily & Jack in London Emily Blunt and Jack Black were photographed in London today outside the BBC, beginning promotion on Gulliver’s Travels, due in theatres on December 22, hoping to contend for the holiday box office crown. Earlier this week, Sarah predicted that Gulliver along with what she’s calling “Pedobear: The Movie” By Lainey • Dec 03, 2010 05:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Holiday Box Office Guessing Game Written by Sarah Holiday movie season is upon us. This is an unusual period for films since indie and arthouse fare is vying for attention in awards season and studios are releasing the (mostly family friendly) tent pole properties they think have a little more breeding than their summer counterparts By Lainey • Nov 29, 2010 04:35 am
Maple Leaf Goon >Love Guru Then again, it’s not hard to be better than The Love Guru. Woah wait. Wasn’t Jessica Alba in The Love Guru. Was she forced at gunpoint? Because, you know, she’s all discerning and sh-t right? Anyway, there’s another Canadian who is making a movie about By Lainey • Nov 25, 2010 03:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews On Love & Other Drugs As noted in my Colin Firth article earlier about The King’s Speech, I don’t know what it is about this time of year that makes me (we?) so much more receptive to the heart-swellers. It’s American Thanksgiving. And while I am not American and already celebrated By Lainey • Nov 24, 2010 10:29 am
Gorgessity He’s not a second guest He really isn’t. But the way the timing worked out yesterday at Letterman, Colin Firth had to be. Any show producer would have made the same call. After all, Jerry Seinfeld was there. And he delivered a short stand-up routine. And he spent time on the chair with By Lainey • Nov 24, 2010 03:00 am
