Movie Reviews and Previews Swing Across the Spider-Verse Picking up about a year and a half from the events of the Oscar-winning film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse takes us back to the animated world of teenaged Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), who is Spider-Man in his universe after the death of his universe’ By Sarah • Jun 02, 2023 12:11 pm
Style Tom Holland’s Birthday Premiere As mentioned earlier this week, Tom Holland’s birthday was yesterday. He spent part of it in New York at the premiere of his new Apple TV+ series The Crowded Room alongside castmates that include Amanda Seyfried and Emmy Rossum. He looks GREAT in this green velvet suit with the By Lainey • Jun 02, 2023 10:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for June 2, 2023 Dear Gossips, It’s time for a #Family news update, as Dwayne Johnson announced yesterday on social media that he is officially returning to the Fast/Furious franchise. We knew this from his appearance in a credit tag in Fast X, but now Johnson is confirming that he will actually By Sarah • Jun 02, 2023 09:09 am
TV Updates A Brie Larson Autumn I wanted to title this post “A Brie Larson Fall”, as in the time of year, but I didn’t want to imply that Brie Larson would be falling because the whole point here is that everything is coming up Brie this autumn as it was just announced this morning By Lainey • May 31, 2023 12:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews All the Spider-Men Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the sequel to the 2018 Oscar-winning animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, opens this Friday. I’ll have a full review then, but…yeah. This is it, y’all. I said it after Into the Spider-Verse, and I’ll say it again—animation is where superheroes By Sarah • May 31, 2023 11:33 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Ryan Gosling is So Unserious Ryan Gosling covers GQ’s new Summer Issue ahead of the release of what could very well be the movie of the summer. That’s Barbie, of course. And he’s Ken or, rather, a Ken, so the pink coat on the cover is a nice touch. Before last year’ By Lainey • May 31, 2023 09:52 am
TV Updates Kaia and Austin’s engagement denial As Maria mentioned in Celebrity Social Media late last week, there was rumour going around that Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler are engaged. The rumour started at DeuxMoi and a tip about Austin proposing in April and the couple trying to keep it low-key. TMZ followed up with a report By Lainey • May 30, 2023 09:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Italian Boat Season Begins It’s that time of year: celebrities head to Italy every summer, even though by now we and the paparazzi all know that it’s either Portofino or Positano or Capri or Sardinia, and even though it’s always been a holiday destination and increasingly so now that people know By Lainey • May 29, 2023 01:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews JLaw’s Buick movie Barbie casts a long, hype-filled shadow, but one of the other movies we’re paying attention to this summer is No Hard Feelings, which is both hopefully a comeback for the R-rated studio comedy in theaters, and also part of Jennifer Lawrence’s post-blockbuster career strategy. A new red-band trailer By Sarah • May 26, 2023 03:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Bailey in The Little Mermaid The Little Mermaid, Disney’s latest live-action reboot of a classic animated film, begins with a quote from Hans Christian Andersen about suffering. It really sets the stage for what comes next. The Little Mermaid, in this incarnation written by David Magee and directed by Rob Marshall, is neither the By Sarah • May 26, 2023 11:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Barbie’s existential crisis We have been hyped for Barbie for months, and with the arrival of the full trailer, well, the hype is reaching new, “bespoke song” levels. After a couple of stellar teasers, Barbie allows us into Barbieland, where Margot Robbie’s Barbie is having an existential crisis and suddenly flat feet By Sarah • May 26, 2023 11:05 am
Style Hailee Steinfeld covers PEOPLE I was surprised to see Hailee Steinfeld on the cover of PEOPLE this week, and with a new photo shoot too. Not because Hailee Steinfeld isn’t a star but because …well… it’s PEOPLE, and she could easily be on the cover of any fashion magazine, and PEOPLE isn’ By Lainey • May 24, 2023 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews ScarJost turns it on in Cannes Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last night to largely positive reviews. The film is rated at 86% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes so far and several critics have said that this is his best work since The Grand Budapest Hotel which, to me, basically translates By Lainey • May 24, 2023 09:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Bailey’s other musical The Little Mermaid comes out at the end of the week, but before we talk about that, let’s take a second to talk about Halle Bailey’s OTHER musical this year, a new adaptation of The Color Purple. It’s the latest in the long adaptation chain of Alice By Sarah • May 23, 2023 01:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lily Gladstone and some other guys Killers of the Flower Moon premiered at Cannes on Saturday, and immediately everyone is raving about Lily Gladstone, AS THEY SHOULD. Variety ponders her Oscar odds—long way to go, but fingers crossed!—and calls the film “the birth of a star”. I mean, sure, NOW, if you’re LATE By Sarah • May 23, 2023 10:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Platt’s comeback Ben Platt has been my nemesis since I sat through Dear Evan Hansen, but I am almost ready to forgive him for that wild piece of emotional manipulation because his new film, Theater Camp, is a fun, quirky comedy about drama dorks and musical nerds. (Full disclosure, Theater Camp was By Sarah • May 19, 2023 03:27 pm
