What Else Simu’s Easter egg? Simu Liu was in New York yesterday for, among others, an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon during which he talked about Avengers: Doomsday and how mortified he was about what he was wearing when he met Robert Downey Jr. View this post on Instagram A post shared By Lainey • Dec 16, 2025 04:38 pm
What Else Simu’s new collaboration Simu Liu has been promoting the new animated film, In Your Dreams, directed by Alex Woo, that was released last week on Netflix. It’s about two kids who are coping with their parents’ breakup, going into their dreams to find someone to grant their wish for their parents to By Lainey • Nov 17, 2025 04:18 pm
Style GQ’s Men of the “Year” Another week closer to the end of the year—I am TELLING you, it’s the SUN’S FAULT—another “of the year” red carpet. This time, it’s GQ’s Men of the Year (men of the “year”, I dispute this passage of time), which also includes some women. By Sarah • Nov 14, 2025 10:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Almost all the Thunderbolts* As Sarah just pointed out in her post about Sebastian Stan earlier today, even though he’s sort of the unofficial leader of the Thunderbolts* with his Marvel seniority, he was not at the UK premiere last night because he’s working on another project. I feel like they’ll By Lainey • Apr 23, 2025 11:18 am
TV Updates Simu the Dragon: A Lesson in Bubble Tea Social media blew up this weekend over a pitch on CBC’s Dragon’s Den where Simu Liu is guest dragon this season. If you haven’t been aware of the controversy, here’s the clip and since my post is specifically about how Simu handled it, it’s worth By Lainey • Oct 15, 2024 11:47 am
Top Reads Jimmy and John say “No” to the Oscars Matthew Belloni at Puck broke the story yesterday that Jimmy Kimmel will not be returning to host the Oscars. But first a note on Matthew and Puck as Sarah and I posted about Puck’s place in the celebrity media ecosystem back in February at The Squawk. Puck has quickly By Lainey • Jul 30, 2024 12:09 pm
Relationship Assumption JLo shimmers and scolds Jennifer Lopez was still in Mexico yesterday promoting her new Netflix movie, Atlas, premiering tomorrow. She and Simu Liu were at a press conference yesterday taking questions from fans and reporters when someone asked a question about her marriage. As you can see from the video below, Simu immediately jumps By Lainey • May 23, 2024 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Teflon JLo Jennifer Lopez is maybe not having the banner year she hoped for, with album sales not as high as one might hope and/or expect, and ticket sales also, er, depressed, but as Duana once said, JLo is Teflon. Nothing sticks. Not bad reviews, not bad sales…not bad movies? By Sarah • Apr 24, 2024 12:13 pm
Award Season Campaigning It’s about OppenPoor now The BAFTAs were last night in London, and forget Barbenheimer, it’s all about OppenPoor now. Barbie was, once again, shut out at an awards show, and we should now expect a similar result at the Oscars for Team Barbie, including Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, and Ryan Gosling (America Ferrera By Sarah • Feb 19, 2024 10:50 am
Golden Globes 2024 Barbenheimer Showdown at the Globes Barbenheimer emerged because Barbie and Oppenheimer had the same release date of July 21, 2023. There was an attempt by some media outlets to frame this as a showdown, but the culture collectively rose up, rejected the competition narrative, and turned Barbenheimer into a phenomenon that benefitted both films. However, By Sarah • Jan 08, 2024 09:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Contenders and a Covey Sisters Reunion The Unforgettable Gala, honouring Asian and Pacific Islander performances, was once again hosted by Simu Liu this year. Simu is enjoying award season as a member of the Barbie cast and I really like what he said at the event about being part of Barbenheimer: “I am responsible for 100% By Lainey • Dec 18, 2023 03:05 pm
Music Simu Singing: A Chinese Tradition Simu Liu currently stars as a Ken in Barbie, the #1 movie in 55 markets around the world. By now many if not most of you reading this have seen his performance – he’s a frenemy Ken, a villain and a BFF, he dances, he sings, he poses, he pumps, By Lainey • Jul 25, 2023 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in Barbie Every possible question you could have about Barbieland is answerable with an enthusiastic “yes!”. Barbieland is a feminine utopia where women occupy all jobs from construction worker to president, everyone is aggressively positive and supportive, and everything is violently pink. Barbie—all Barbie, every Barbie, everyone is Barbie, you are By Sarah • Jul 21, 2023 11:26 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Barbie’s Last Carpet The European premiere of Barbie happened last night in London followed by a photo call at the London Eye – and this just may be one of the last promotional events we’ll be seeing in a while, because SAG-AFTRA is about to vote on a strike and that’s looking By Lainey • Jul 13, 2023 10:24 am
Style Kenadians and More Barbies in the Spotlight Of course it wasn’t just Margot Robbie holding it down for Barbie at the Hollywood premiere last night. Margot and director Greta Gerwig were joined by other Barbies and some Kens and as you would expect, there was a lot of pink. America Ferrera went for a lighter pink By Lainey • Jul 10, 2023 11:25 am
Maple Leaf Margot’s Stripes and Strawberries As Sarah just noted in her Afterparty post, tomorrow is the deadline – we could know by tomorrow if a new deal is not reached whether or not the actors will be on strike alongside the writers. And if that really is the case, one of the most anticipated red carpets By Lainey • Jun 29, 2023 12:45 pm
