Amazingness Tom Cruise: Rides and Dives Yesterday I posted about Tom Cruise jumping out of an airplane and falling through the sky while delivering a thank you and happy holidays message and promoting Top Gun: Maverick on streaming and on its Oscar campaign. Today I’m back, because he’s back, and instead of jumping out By Lainey • Dec 20, 2022 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Aubrey and Adam in the cold Francis Ford Coppola commenced filming his long-gestating passion project, Megalopolis, in Atlanta in November. Among the sprawling ensemble cast are Adam Driver and Aubrey Plaza, who is sporting blonde hair for a character called “Wow Wee”. I’m sure that name isn’t an indication of anything about the movie, By Sarah • Dec 20, 2022 10:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bomb movie goes boom Just like Barbie, a teaser for next summer’s Oppenheimer played in front of IMAX screenings for Avatar: The Way of Water over the weekend, and just like Barbie, Oppenheimer’s teaser is now online for all of us to see. Like Barbie, Oppenheimer looks good. Completely different, of course, By Sarah • Dec 19, 2022 03:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Driver cashes in Human sequoia Adam Driver puts up with a lot from his adoring public, from graphic “Reylo” fanfic, to being called things like “human sequoia” on the internet, to John Oliver’s massive crush, and in exchange for his endless patience and not stepping on us all like ants with his By Sarah • Dec 16, 2022 03:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig in White Noise Somewhere there exists a film adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel, White Noise, that is as good as the production design in the currently existing film adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel, White Noise. Written for the screen and directed by Noah Baumbach, White Noise is the odd misfire from By Sarah • Dec 16, 2022 01:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews All the Spider-People are back Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is arguably the best superhero movie ever made (cases can be made for Superman, 1978, Batman, 1989, and Black Panther). Not only is it eye-wateringly beautiful animation, but it captures the essence of both Miles Morales as a singular character and Spider-Man as an archetype. And By Sarah • Dec 16, 2022 12:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews We’re in our Barbie Era For a lot of us, Barbie is one of the most anticipated movies of 2023. It’s not even that we’re all fans of Barbie, it’s the sheer combination of unlikely factors—that a Barbie movie exists in the 2020s, that it’s directed by Greta Gerwig, that By Sarah • Dec 16, 2022 10:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for December 16, 2022 Dear Gossips, Babylon, the last major entry into awards season before the holidays, premiered in Los Angeles last night. Everyone turned out, from headliners Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Diego Calva, to members of the massive ensemble including Jean Smart, Flea, comedian Rory Scovel, Li Jun Li, Tobey Maguire, Lukas By Sarah • Dec 16, 2022 09:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The CCAs have what the Oscars want The nominations for the 2023 Critics’ Choice Awards were announced yesterday, and the coverage was overall more robust than what we saw earlier in the week for the Golden Globes. The Critics’ Choice Association is actively trying to snake the Globes’ place as THE pre-Oscar awards show, and so far, By Sarah • Dec 15, 2022 02:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Henry Cavill’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month Buckle UP because this is a roller COASTER. Six weeks ago, Henry Cavill confirmed he was leaving The Witcher, his hit Netflix fantasy series (to be replaced by Liam Hemsworth). Many people, myself included, assumed this was at least in part due to Cavill’s return as Superman in the By Sarah • Dec 15, 2022 12:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews James Cameron returns with Avatar: The Way of Water “Never bet against James Cameron” is how the old adage goes, and anyone foolish enough to think that his latest film, Avatar: The Way of Water, won’t make a truckload of cash is wasting their breath. At this point, no one delivers large-scale spectacle quite like Cameron, and we By Sarah • Dec 14, 2022 01:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kate and Glen talk about Tom Kate Hudson and Glen Powell are paired together for Variety’s Actors on Actors series this award season and one of the reasons is because they’ve known each other for a while as Glen worked with both Kate’s brothers, Oliver Hudson and Wyatt Russell, on previous projects. They’ By Lainey • Dec 14, 2022 12:39 pm
TV Updates The Golden Globes are back on their bullsh-t After all the hand-wringing about shortcomings, accountability, and whether or not publicists would even encourage their clients to go, it’s back to business as usual for the Golden Globes, or at least an attempt at returning to such. The nominations for the 2023 Golden Globes were announced this morning, By Sarah • Dec 12, 2022 11:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Austin and Elvis join the campaign Award season, we’re in it now, in the thick of it as everyone jockeys for position. Oscar nomination voting begins in exactly a month today, on January 12, and there are tight races across the board, which means everyone is out on the campaign trail. For Austin Butler and By Lainey • Dec 12, 2022 10:47 am
Gorgessity Bennifer: Winter Catalogue Season Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were papped outside a Starbucks yesterday looking close and cute and very, very happy. They are, after all, still newlyweds. Finally newlyweds. This will be the second holiday season in a row in the time of Bennifer 2.0 and their first ever holiday season By Lainey • Dec 12, 2022 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Worry anew, darling! Just when we thought we were done, a new darling to worry about appears! The trailer for Alice, Darling, starring Anna Kendrick, dropped yesterday and I am NERVOUS. The film centers on Alice (Kendrick), a young woman trapped in an emotionally and psychologically abusive relationship. The trailer has big “they’ By Sarah • Dec 09, 2022 03:38 pm
