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 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 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 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
Movie Reviews and Previews Happy Fast X Day to Jason Momoa only I am not, historically, a fan of the Fast/Furious movies, especially the last few since Paul Walker’s untimely death. They have become too serious and small, overly invested in Dominic Toretto’s boring life outside of racing cars. Vin Diesel is not a compelling leading man, especially without By Sarah • May 19, 2023 12:18 pm
Style Schrödinger’s applause Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny premiered at Cannes yesterday, and we have our first breathless applause reporting of the 2023 festival season. The standing ovation was rousing! Or it was lukewarm! It was five, maybe even SIX minutes long! Umm…that’s not that long. Gala premieres at By Sarah • May 19, 2023 10:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise’s #Family We saw the first trailer for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (I’m pretty sure that’s the right punctuation, I hate these titles) one year ago, and now that the film is actually due on July 12, the second trailer is here to show off even more of By Sarah • May 18, 2023 02:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Find the wolves Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese’s highly anticipated adaptation of David Grann’s book of the same name, premieres at Cannes on Saturday. It’s one of the most high-profile films at the festival, reuniting Scorsese with both Robert DeNiro and Leonardo DiCaprio, and also featuring a By Sarah • May 18, 2023 10:33 am
Quiveration LaKeith Stanfield is stupid hot for Disney I didn’t hate the first trailer for The Haunted Mansion, Disney’s do-over on a movie based on the popular theme park ride, and now there is a second, “official” trailer, and I hate it even less. Or rather, I like it even more. It might just be By Sarah • May 17, 2023 02:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sydney Sweeney’s Reality The last time we talked about Sydney Sweeney it was related to all the speculation over whether or not she and Glen Powell hooked up in real life while working on their upcoming rom-com Anyone But You. Glen and Gigi Paris broke up but, at the time, it seemed By Lainey • May 17, 2023 10:01 am
