Media Manipulation RDJ’s Avengers haul In the ongoing story of “The Avengers is making all the money”, The Hollywood Reporter has a piece about Robert Downey Jr.’s Avengers bonus money. RDJ took a huge upfront pay cut to be in The Avengers (so did everyone else) but, thanks to a deal negotiated after Iron By Sarah • May 17, 2012 09:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Avengers’ earth-shattering box office In the days leading up to The Avengers release on May 4, the projections were calling for a $150-170 million opening weekend. I thought it would just beat the high side, ending up around $172 million, which would best the previous opening weekend record set by Harry Potter and the By Sarah • May 10, 2012 09:57 am
BFFs RDJ at Coldplay Coldplay performed at the Hollywood Bowl last night, the first of 3 sold out shows at the venue. Robert Downey Jr and wife Susan were there to support their friend Chris Martin. As you know, RDJ and Gwyneth Paltrow are super-tight. The Martins host the Downeys all the time in By Lainey • May 02, 2012 11:14 am
Lainey Interviews The Avengers In Russia My interviews with The Avengers from the weekend junket will be airing on etalk all week. Proper reviews are still embargoed but apparently the geeks are more than satisfied with what Joss Whedon has accomplished. Like we’re talking mega nerd approval. Me I have no idea what the nerds By Lainey • Apr 17, 2012 10:49 am
Robert Downey-Jr Avenging Men The male Avengers all showed for The Avengers premiere last night. I’ll need some nerd help on the following: is Nick Fury considered an Avenger? I was picking all the pictures and excluded Tom Hiddleston because he doesn’t qualify as Loki’s a bad guy but how about By Lainey • Apr 12, 2012 02:11 pm
BFFs My favourite bromance & Noomi’s bad dress I appreciate the effort. That she didn’t want to be boring. But this dress... It’s really, really, REALLY bad. Maybe, like, MAYBE, and this is the weakest maybe ever, if the dots were smaller? Probably not. But sh-t, it’s SH-T, right??? And the hair, the fringe, that By Lainey • Dec 08, 2011 05:00 pm
Quiveration My Movie Star is having a boy We talk a lot about the decline of the Movie Star. About how the real Movie Stars aren’t being supported the way they were, how the Movie Star has to share with the Reality Star, how the Reality Star might be killing the Movie Star. But while many of By Lainey • Dec 06, 2011 02:08 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Robert Downey Jr Arguments for: -Sherlock at Christmas, Iron Man in The Avengers in May, heΓÇÖs running the box office, heΓÇÖs never been more popular -All thatΓÇÖs in the past now, right? He is the ultimate Comeback -Happily married, wife expecting baby, itΓÇÖs the MiniVanΓÇÖs favourite subject: babies! -Best personality ever -Women adore By Lainey • Nov 15, 2011 09:48 am
Scarlett Johansson So The Avengers looks awesome I know this is right up my alley and exactly my thing, but c’mon, doesn’t The Avengers look cool? Marvel unveiled the teaser trailer yesterday I love it a whole lot. I love how good RDJ looks as Tony Stark. I love the glimpses of Tom Hiddleston as By Sarah • Oct 12, 2011 10:28 am
Quiveration Mark Ruffalo occupies Wall Street I’m sure you’ve heard by now of Occupy Wall Street. I’m sure you have your own for/against opinion of it. And I’m sure you don’t need to read about my opinion of it here since this is a site for, primarily, smut and trash By Lainey • Oct 03, 2011 04:32 pm
Top Reads RDJ & The Jolie The photo agency has photo sets of Angelina Jolie and Robert Downey Jr side by side. And they’re both smiling broadly. So then I thought to myself - have they ever done a movie together? What would that be like? This is RDJ in England on the set of By Lainey • Sep 23, 2011 06:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kung Fu RDJ Robert Downey Jr and Rachel McAdams were photographed today working on Sherlock Holmes in London. The movie is due for a holiday release and Guy Ritchie has already been cutting it for months. Rachel will only be making a cameo in the film. Noomi Rapace is officially the female lead. By Lainey • Sep 22, 2011 07:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Big Hammer and all his friends The cast of The Avengers took over Central Park today in New York. There’s Thor Chris Hemsworth walking around with his big hammer. Can you imagine how ridiculous that would feel? I know it’s movie making and suspension of disbelief but, you know, when he’s just standing By Lainey • Sep 02, 2011 10:35 am
Girly Throw Downs RDJ, team player Robert Downey Jr showed up for Captain America last night in Hollywood. RDJ of course is Iron Man. And Iron Man and Captain America are Avengers. And so of course he came to support his franchise. RDJ is, perhaps more than all of them, totally a team player for Marvel. By Lainey • Jul 20, 2011 07:59 am
Quiveration Sherlock returns Written by Sarah Two issues with Sherlock Holmes. 1) We’re going to need a way to distinguish between the RDJ/Guy Ritchie movie franchise and the BBC series starring Benedict Yum Yum (because that nickname is no less ridiculous than his real name of Cumberbatch). The other day I By Lainey • Jul 13, 2011 05:21 am
BFFs RDJ vs GMD Tom Cruise was at that Joel Silver Memorial Day party in Malibu. So was Joel Silver. Joel Silver is producing Sherlock Holmes 2. Sherlock Holmes 2 opens on December 16. You know what else opens on December 16? Mission Impossible 4. Head to head! So Robert Downey Jr was also By Lainey • May 31, 2011 05:18 am
