Baby and Bump Obsession JLaw’s Pride The story at the box office this weekend is basically that in its second weekend The Flash is tanking. Variety calls it a “catastrophic result” for the movie against its budget and it’ll be interesting now to see how Warner Bros and DC move ahead with their plans, or By Lainey • Jun 26, 2023 10:15 am
Music Intro for June 26, 2023 Dear Gossips, The BET Awards were last night and Beyoncé and SZA were the big winners winning three awards each, including tying for Album of the Year. Both Beyoncé and SZA are on tour in Europe and did not attend the event. But Ice Spice was there and even though By Lainey • Jun 26, 2023 09:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Lawrence in No Hard Feelings After a series of raunchy red-band trailers promised a sex-comedy romp in No Hard Feelings, the actual film itself can be called a case of false advertising. Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Andrew Barth Feldman as a mismatched couple, No Hard Feelings is more of a friend-com with By Sarah • Jun 23, 2023 03:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Everyone famous in Asteroid City Wes Anderson is a filmmaker who has long been interested in dysfunctional families, fathers and sons, grief, love, and a sense of style so precise he’s his own sub-genre of cinema. His latest, Asteroid City, embraces all of Anderson’s usual quirks and pursuits, with an added dash By Sarah • Jun 23, 2023 12:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Smart Dumb Money Remember the “meme stock” phenomenon of 2021, which was driven by the GameStop short squeeze on Wall Street? Well, there’s now a movie about it, two and a half years later, which is about as fast as you can turn around a feature film. From director Craig Gillespie, who By Sarah • Jun 23, 2023 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Priscilla by Sofia Sofia Coppola’s upcoming film, Priscilla, based on Priscilla Presley’s memoir “Elvis and Me”, comes out in October and the first trailer dropped yesterday. This of course is just a year after Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis was released – the film would go on to receive eight Oscar nominations, including By Lainey • Jun 22, 2023 12:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Tennis Idol Ever since The Idol debuted on HBO, everyone is like, Is it good, is it bad, is The Weeknd’s acting bad on purpose or just bad, is this show as edgy as it wants to be or is it just sleazy? (No, yes, just bad, no, yes but not By Sarah • Jun 21, 2023 12:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews At least Aaron Taylor-Johnson looks hot On the heels of The Flash flopping, let’s take a look at another superhero movie due out this year. Kraven the Hunter stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson and is part of Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters (SUMC, great acronym, definitely stick with that, no regrets!). Kraven is part of By Sarah • Jun 20, 2023 02:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise takes Rome As mentioned last week, the big Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 premiere was yesterday in Rome. Rome because one of the movie’s big set pieces, a car chase, takes place in Rome. And … as it always is where Tom’s movies are concerned… the event was a f- By Lainey • Jun 20, 2023 12:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Barbie’s Open Door I love Architectural Digest’s Open Door video series, taking us inside celebrity homes—usually, every now and then they just go to a landmark residence regardless of ownership—and showing us what kind of taste our favorite celebrities have. I have a whole playlist of Open Doors, with standout By Sarah • Jun 19, 2023 11:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Flash’s slow start I really thought, despite Ezra Miller’s many problems and an equal number of delays with the release date, that The Flash would make money. Barry Allen is a very popular comic book character with a high degree of audience recognition, thanks in no small part to the long-running By Sarah • Jun 19, 2023 11:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ezra Miller and Michael Keaton in The Flash After years of false starts, delays, a global pandemic, and an (alleged) international crime spree, The Flash is finally here, and it is…just fine. Not the best superhero movie, not the worst superhero movie. Measuring by the rather abysmal track record of DC superhero movies, The Flash is actually By Sarah • Jun 16, 2023 12:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ashley Park in the Lead A new red band trailer has been released for the upcoming movie Joy Ride. Joy Ride premiered at SXSW back in March and the reception was overwhelmingly positive. It is currently sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes with 15 reviews, so it might come down a bit… but given everything By Lainey • Jun 16, 2023 10:56 am
Faux Gossip Today in Jennifer Lawrence Jennifer Lawrence is on the promo trail for No Hard Feelings, her upcoming raunchy sex comedy. She’s been working great looks all week, and yesterday in Berlin was no different. I am digging this black coat dress with boxy shoulders—it’s a good take on the Eighties strong By Sarah • Jun 16, 2023 10:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Scarlett Johansson: The Stars and the Strike At the Asteroid City premiere last night, Scarlett Johansson was asked about the writers’ strike and the potential actors’ strike. SAG-AFTRA’s current agreement expires on June 30. Negotiations have been underway since June 7. While an actors’ strike is not a certainty, it is definitely a possibility, and By Lainey • Jun 14, 2023 01:20 pm
Style Greta and Margot pre-Barbie The premiere of Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City happened last night in New York, and as it is with every Wes Anderson film, since he’s able to bring together so many big name actors in his ensembles, the red carpet was non-stop parade of celebrities. For not just By Lainey • Jun 14, 2023 11:06 am
