Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Fassbender sticks to the plan The Venice Film Festival kicks off today, and it will be a weird one, with plenty of films launching the fall festival season and awards season, but with considerably less star power than normal on the Lido’s red carpet (not none, but less). One film debuting at Venice is By Sarah • Aug 30, 2023 10:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott in Bottoms Sometimes a movie gets made that is so unhinged in a very specific way that it makes you wonder if there were ever any adults on set—like a real adult, with a mortgage and a car payment. In its best moments, Barbie feels like that, like getting away with By Sarah • Aug 29, 2023 01:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Garner: Running for Elektra? Jennifer Garner was photographed while out for a run this week. According to the photo agency, she was out there for an hour which isn’t too long for a run but it’s also not exactly cool in LA right now and my point is, I couldn’t do By Lainey • Aug 29, 2023 12:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Be upset in spaaace Do you want to feel nervous and upset heading into the weekend! Great, the Foe trailer is here just for you. Garth Davis, director of the crowd-pleasing Lion and Mary Magdalene, the film starring Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix that no one saw, is back with an adaptation of Iain By Sarah • Aug 25, 2023 03:28 pm
TV Updates Intro for August 25, 2023 Dear Gossips, This week in Talking Pirates, there is big pirate news breaking in Hollywood. First is that Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark is going to produce a film about Ching Shih (aka Shi Yang or Zheng Yi Sao). Shih is the most successful pirate of all time, hand’s By Sarah • Aug 25, 2023 09:21 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) The Best Chris Evans with the puppies Chris Evans is here to save your Thursday. I know the Best Chris debate is old by now and I’m not jumping in on that. But the best version of Chris Evans is when Chris Evans is with dogs. His dog, Dodger, is my favourite thing about him, the By Lainey • Aug 24, 2023 10:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 24, 2023 Dear Gossips, We are getting closer and closer to festival season. The Venice Film Festival kicks off next Wednesday. The Toronto International Film Festival begins two weeks from today on September 7. It’ll be interesting to see which celebrities show up to support their films – with waivers, of course, By Lainey • Aug 24, 2023 10:00 am
BFFs Zendaya: In her erotic era In my post about Jennifer Aniston earlier this week and her profile in WSJ. Magazine ahead of the premiere of season three of The Morning Show, I mentioned how we’re starting to see the rollout of banked press opportunities during the strike. As noted in that interview, it was By Lainey • Aug 23, 2023 11:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rebel Moon’s recycled space opera Zack Snyder’s Netflix era continues with the first trailer for his might-be sci-fi epic, Rebel Moon. Originally pitched as a potential Star Wars film—with new characters and maybe even an R rating—Snyder’s idea died on the vine in the wake of Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm. By Sarah • Aug 23, 2023 10:45 am
Style Couples Roundup: Lori, Jacob, and Austin Another post featuring celebrity couples from the last few days… We’ll start with Lori Harvey and Damson Idris last night – they were seen leaving Drake’s after-party following their dinner at The Nice Guy, presumably with Justin and Hailey Bieber who were also there last night and Lori and By Lainey • Aug 22, 2023 10:06 am
Music An *NSYNC Reunion? There’s a new Trolls movie coming out in the fall. It’s called Trolls Band Together and apparently Branch used to be in a boyband called BroZone and I guess the story is that BroZone will reunite. None of this means anything to me since I’ve never seen By Lainey • Aug 21, 2023 01:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hot Tig stands up It has been a minute since we’ve seen her, but Tig Notaro showed up over the weekend for the Stand Up To Cancer biennial telecast. In case you forgot, let this be your reminder that Tig Notaro is hot. Also present for the telecast were Danai Gurira, Elizabeth Banks, By Sarah • Aug 21, 2023 11:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lily Gladstone in The Unknown Country America’s roadways are lonely, bleak, beautiful, traversed by strangers going hither and yon, lives intersecting for brief moments over counters at diners, motels, convenience stores. Morrisa Maltz, making her feature directorial debut, extracts from her own experiences driving alone across America a story about loneliness, grief, and connection, enhanced By Sarah • Aug 18, 2023 01:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Xolo Maridueña in Blue Beetle Xolo Maridueña is incredibly charming. That is the big takeaway from his superhero debut, Blue Beetle, in which he plays Jaime Reyes, a recent college grad who can’t get a job to help support his family. At home in the neon lighted, Miami-esque Palmera City, Jaime’s family is By Sarah • Aug 18, 2023 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 18, 2023 Dear Gossips, Blue Beetle is the first major film of summer 2023 that didn’t have a press tour banked before the SAG-AFTRA strike kicked off on July 14 (this is implied Meg 2: The Trench shade and I won’t stand for it). Star Xolo Maridueña has been unable By Sarah • Aug 18, 2023 09:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Inside Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Backlash Bradley Cooper dons a larger, prosthetic nose to play the late composer Leonard Bernstein in Maestro, a biopic he also directs and co-writes, but does this make him problematic? Well, it depends who you ask, and if you dip into Twitter today, his name is still trending, and not just By Joanna • Aug 16, 2023 02:06 pm
