Relationship Assumption Taika and Rita get papped It’s been a few weeks since it became known that Taika Waititi and Rita Ora are dating. Rita has been in Australia for months working on The Voice and she posted a photo with Taika on Instagram, included among other photos in a carousel, which is when people really By Lainey • May 17, 2021 09:29 am
Relationship Assumption Rita Ora’s Best Life Last week we were talking about Rita Ora and how she may have thirsted herself into the Taika Waititi crew while spending time in Australia doing The Voice. Check out Rita now – out for lunch with some major names: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Isla Fisher, Sacha Baron Cohen, and you By Lainey • May 03, 2021 01:44 pm
Relationship Assumption On Taika and Rita Taika Waititi and Rita Ora are the new couple alert of the week. This is the only thing Kathleen wanted to text me about this morning. Her whole sh-t is that now that she knows Taika is with Rita, she feels like she could have had her shot with him By Lainey • Apr 28, 2021 12:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt, Luciana, and a boy band The Thor crew has been in Australia for months working on Thor: Love and Thunder due out next year, led by director Taika Waititi. Did you see that shot Chris Hemsworth posted on Instagram the other day with Taika and Matt Damon? It’s very, very, VERY good. Chris is By Lainey • Apr 22, 2021 11:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Asgardians of the Galaxy on set Thor: Love and Thunder—still low key mad this movie isn’t called Th4r—started filming in Australia last week. Taika Waititi kicked off the proceedings with a Welcome to Country ceremony with Gamay dancers from the Gadigal and Bidiagal Nation and Maori dancers from Te Aranganui. Waititi also did By Sarah • Feb 01, 2021 11:48 am
Maple Leaf Ryan Reynolds and All His Bromances On the Pop Chat podcast earlier this week with Elamin Abdelmahmoud and Sarah Hagi, one the questions that came up as a lookback on 2020 was…which celebrities did not do well in 2020 and which ones came out good? A lot of celebrities sucked in 2020 but there were By Lainey • Jan 15, 2021 02:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Free Guy is sticking it out As most movies vacate 2020, Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy is sticking with it. A new trailer dropped yesterday, doubling down on the movie’s December 11 release date. Interestingly, there is no “Only in theaters” tag, which suggests that whatever happened with Mulan, Disney might not be over the direct-to-streaming By Sarah • Oct 06, 2020 10:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews THE Suicide Squad lines up for roll call The DC Fandome event gave us plenty of new trailers and teasers to goggle at, from wishful Wonder Woman to samesies Justice League to weirdo Goth Batman, but one of the more promising teasers comes from The Suicide Squad, James Gunn’s soft reboot of the 2016 Suicide Squad. Though By Sarah • Aug 25, 2020 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alicia and Michael’s quiet three years Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender were married almost three years ago this coming October in Ibiza. They were photographed in Ibiza this week on holiday with friends – noteworthy because they keep a pretty low profile and apparently moved to Portugal a couple of years ago. Michael also stepped back from By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 03:23 pm
Star Wars Taika’s inevitable Star War After winning his Oscar for Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi shot down reports that he was in talks with Lucasfilm to make a Star Wars movie. Well guess what? Taika Waititi is now making a Star Wars movie. There is zero information about this film except that he will co-write it By Sarah • May 05, 2020 10:03 am
TV Updates Taika takes on more Is anyone busier right now than Taika Waititi? Just a couple weeks ago, we learned he had signed on to produce and direct, at least in part, a Showtime series starring Jude Law. That’s on top of the soccer movie, Next Goal Wins, he has due later this year, By Sarah • Mar 05, 2020 01:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taika never stops Taika Waititi, fresh off an Oscar win and with two (2) film projects on the go at the same time, has every excuse to slow down. And yet, he does not. Taika never stops. With Next Goal Wins due out later this year, and Thor: Love and Thunder set for By Sarah • Feb 18, 2020 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taika, the Winner There were three joyous things about this awards season: 1) it was short. I know this was hard on the nominees/participants, but for everyone else the brevity was a bonus; 2) Bong Joon-ho and Parasite are the feel-good entertainment story of the year. It’s so fun and wonderful By Sarah • Feb 13, 2020 01:11 pm
Equality Issues Taika shares Taika Waititi is an Oscar winning screenwriter now, and his first official move as an Oscar winning screenwriter is to hire another writer to collaborate on Thor: Love and Thunder. Many auteurs would have you believe that filmmaking is a solitary craft and great films result from a single voice, By Sarah • Feb 11, 2020 01:30 pm
Oscars 2020 Taika is a disappointing winner! I’m not apologizing for the exclamation points because Parasite won Best Picture and my heart is still light with joy this is the energy I am taking into 2020! But I have to tell you I am more than a little disappointed that Taika Waititi wore a plain tuxedo By Sarah • Feb 10, 2020 11:52 am
Taika Waititi Taika reclaims the gold Taika Waititi was a surprise winner at the BAFTAs, claiming Best Screenplay (Adapted). Jojo Rabbit has been frequently nominated this award season, but Team Jojo hasn’t been winning of the big prizes (though editor Tom Eagles did win an “Eddie” award for best comedy editing from the American Cinema By Sarah • Feb 03, 2020 12:27 pm
