Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek nailed it I’ve been writing about the Freddie Mercury movie since my first days at LaineyGossip. Back then, it was a Sacha Baron Cohen vehicle. Then he dropped out, and Rami Malek took over. After that, coverage of this project took a turn as Bryan Singer was named on the Hollywood By Sarah • May 16, 2018 12:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury The first look at Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury is in Entertainment Weekly this week, marking the singer’s would-be 71st birthday. It shows Malek in character during the 1985 Live Aid concert, one of Freddie’s most famous moments. #RamiMalek is #FreddieMercury in this exclusive first look at ' By Sarah • Sep 07, 2017 09:49 am
Dumbass So much for that Freddie Mercury movie A Freddie Mercury biopic has been percolating for literally a decade, when rumors that Sacha Baron Cohen would play Freddie Mercury on the big screen began emerging. Then, in 2010, came confirmation that Baron Cohen would indeed play Mercury, only for that deal to fall apart a few years later By Sarah • Jul 20, 2017 12:57 pm
Charlie Hunnam Charlie’s many date changes Good start to the week. New photos of Charlie Hunnam, seen here shopping in LA on Saturday with long-time girlfriend Morgana. He looks GOOD. His hair is shorter than it was last time we saw him. I am not complaining. Charlie’s been shooting the Papillon remake the last few By Lainey • Dec 12, 2016 11:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews But can Rami Malek sing? The Queen movie/Freddie Mercury biopic has not had a swell time in development. First Sacha Baron Cohen was going to star as Queen frontman Mercury, then he wasn’t, then Ben Whishaw was going to do it, then he wasn’t, and now Deadline is reporting that the latest By Sarah • Nov 08, 2016 01:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews No Charlie in New York James Gray’s The Lost City Of Z, starring Charlie Hunnam, was the closing feature at the New York Film Festival this weekend. It was well received, with critics praising Charlie’s performance as well as that of Sienna Miller, who plays his wife. The film has been picked up By Lainey • Oct 17, 2016 11:59 am
TV Updates Rami Malek: Emmys Best Speech I still have to pinch myself that the name ‘Rami’ is now approaching household-name status. I shouldn’t be, it’s fun to say; it’s just that for so long, none of the names and phrases I grew up hearing from my Egyptian dad seemed real. I half thought By Duana • Sep 19, 2016 04:15 am
Hook Ups Jared & Halsey Jared Leto went to see Lupita Nyong’o on Broadway in Eclipsed last night. She posted a photo on Instagram: My dear friend @JaredLeto visited the #IronLadies of @eclipsedbway and gave us a thumbs up! I'll take that, thank you very much. Thank you for coming!! #reunited #eclipsedplay By Lainey • May 04, 2016 12:29 pm
TV Updates Mr. Robot is the Critics’ Choice As of 9:52am this morning Lainey had not yet transcribed our text conversation last night where, after Rami Malek and Mr. Robot won Critics' Choice Awards, joining the one Christian Slater got earlier in the evening, she sent me a series of increasingly pointed ‘ahem!’ s. This is By Duana • Jan 18, 2016 11:42 am
Golden Globes 2016 Globes for Everyone: Mr. Robot If Lainey were writing this she would tell you that when she asked what she should binge, post-Christmas, pre-new year, I told her to choose Jessica Jones over Mr. Robot, which she did. I stand by my choice, because up until now, conversations about Jessica Jones were in the zeitgeist, By Duana • Jan 11, 2016 01:20 pm
