Met Gala 2021 Simu and Timothée: Best of Met White So many people experienced their inaugural Met Galas last night – Channing Tatum, Ben Affleck, Simu Liu… Simu was a guest of Vogue proper and Instagram. He wore Fendi. As you can see, his white suit jacket is western inspired, with the black lined lapels and especially the trim on his By Lainey • Sep 14, 2021 01:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Simu Liu hit a grand slam…and a back flip Despite the ongoing pandemic, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings posted a record-breaking opening weekend of $90 million for the four-day frame in the US. Even in normal times, this would be a Labor Day box office record, so it’s HUGE that Shang-Chi accomplished this at a By Sarah • Sep 07, 2021 11:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Simu Liu and Tony Leung in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings may be Marvel’s first film centered on an East Asian hero, but it is also yet another origin story for a Marvel hero, though one that benefits from the ten or so origin stories that came before it. In almost every By Sarah • Sep 02, 2021 12:34 pm
Simu Liu Simu Liu’s Movie Star Life Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings opens on Friday. This is the MCU’s first theatrical release in a long time and Shang-Chi is their first Asian-led superhero movie so, as I’ve been saying, it’s a lot – but it’s also exciting. The movie is really By Lainey • Aug 30, 2021 02:04 pm
Style Ten Rings and Sandra Oh Simu Liu and the cast of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings are in London tonight for the UK premiere. Michelle Yeoh missed the Hollywood premiere ten days ago because she’s working in London, so it’s great to see her here, with Awkwafina and also Sandra By Lainey • Aug 26, 2021 04:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Simu Liu on Late Night If you’re headlining a new Marvel movie, kicking off what will hopefully be a new superhero franchise, the “product of all who came before you”, well of course you’re going to be on American late night television. It’s a tradition. Last night Simu Liu made his first By Lainey • Aug 20, 2021 11:22 am
Equality Issues Simu Liu’s World Premiere Simu Liu, the star of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, has been making headlines the last few days for his Instagram post in response to Disney chief Bob Chapek’s comments about the movie being an “interesting experiment”. Sarah will cover that story later, after By Lainey • Aug 17, 2021 09:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews What is Shang-Chi’s “Destiny”? Assuming nothing changes—which is starting to feel like a big assumption—Shang-Chi is set for release in one month. As such, Marvel is ramping up the publicity machine, bringing us a new featurette titled “Destiny”. It shows off more of the action of the film, and features Simu Liu, By Sarah • Aug 03, 2021 01:41 pm
Top Reads Simu Liu: Shang-Chi and Good Will Hunting When I saw that Simu Liu was on the cover of Entertainment Weekly this morning, I felt as emotional as I did when Constance Wu and Henry Golding were on the cover for Crazy Rich Asians. As a pop culture junkie, I’ve been reading EW for a long time. By Lainey • Jul 07, 2021 11:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tony Leung is Shang-Chi’s bad dad A new trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is here, this one showing off even more Tony Leung—inject that man’s presence into my veins, please—and Michelle Yeoh, but less Awkwafina. The first trailer was the introduction to the style of Shang-Chi, and this By Sarah • Jun 25, 2021 11:22 am
Top Reads Simu Liu’s Big Day There was a lot of Simu Liu in the headlines yesterday. Here’s how it started – with a Facebook post, ahead of the release of season five of Kim’s Convenience on Netflix, which of course as we all know now is the show’s final season, and not because By Lainey • Jun 03, 2021 10:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Simu Liu has fists of fury as Shang-Chi The teaser trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is here and it is a short, beautiful pastiche of homages to classic Asian cinema ranging from Bruce Lee to Keanu. This is our first glimpse of Simu Liu in action as Shang-Chi and I am an even By Sarah • Apr 19, 2021 01:06 pm
Equality Issues Intro for May 12, 2020 Dear Gossips, There’s an added layer of pain-in-the-assness when celebrities f-ck up and that’s because writing about their f-ckups requires more work and thought put into an essay when you could be using that energy for something else. Like a book idea or your next pitch. Today I By Lainey • May 12, 2020 08:49 am
Top Reads Team Shang-Chi! If you’re a regular visitor to this site, you know that Marvel business is usually Sarah business, unless of course it’s a post about us crying over missing the Avengers. And she probably would be writing this post if not for the fact that she’s so chill, By Lainey • Apr 21, 2020 02:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 22, 2019 Dear Gossips, What was the biggest story coming out of Comic-Con this weekend? Marvel. All the Marvel. Marvel popped off all the nerd boners in Hall H and beyond with announcement after announcement after announcement that dominated the convention and social media, pretty much confirming that even though there’s By Lainey • Jul 22, 2019 08:57 am
