Movie Reviews and Previews Top Gunapalooza It is here, it is now, it is nigh—the Top Gun: Maverick premiere is happening at Cannes. And, I am shocked and upset to report, as of this writing, there is no Lady Gaga. I repeat, there is NO Lady Gaga. And I was SO looking forward to her By Sarah • May 18, 2022 02:37 pm
Top Reads Cannes has begun Yesterday, we saw the arrivals of Rebecca Hall, Noomi Rapace, and Julianne Moore in France, and now, behold, for they have united on the first red carpet of the festival for the premiere of the opening film, Final Cut (Coupez!), a zombie comedy directed by Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius (remember By Sarah • May 18, 2022 12:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Julia and Ethan: All these years later Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke were papped yesterday on the set of their new Netflix film, Leave the World Behind. Julia is once again working with Sam Esmail who is directing and adapting the project based on Rumaan Alam’s acclaimed novel by the same name. Mahershala Ali also stars By Lainey • May 18, 2022 10:06 am
Maple Leaf Simu Liu: acting, singing, hosting, dancing, writing I’m travelling this week so I wasn’t able to watch Simu Liu host the Juno Awards from Toronto on Sunday. I have however watched online clips of his opening monologue and one part where he sings. Let’s start with the monologue which starts with a sketch before By Lainey • May 17, 2022 01:10 pm
Relationship Assumption Leo and Camila: A Tender Beach Moment I don’t use the word “tender” often, it squicks me. But it is a good word in how precise it is. There’s no ambiguity with “tender” – you know exactly what feeling it’s supposed to evoke. And that’s exactly why I chose it for the title, because By Lainey • May 17, 2022 09:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jason Momoa is dating Eiza Gonzalez Jason Momoa is not getting back together with Lisa Bonet. Jason Momoa hung out with Kate Beckinsale after the Oscars but their flirting apparently began and ended that night. He’s currently working on Fast X and almost every day for the last week he’s been photographed on set. By Lainey • May 16, 2022 11:44 am
Relationship Assumption Back on the JLO! The thrill that went through me on Friday when the latest issue of ON THE JLO arrived in my inbox! And I said that last time too. It’s been a few weeks since JLo updated her community (that’s what she calls us) through her newsletter, but then again, By Lainey • May 16, 2022 09:52 am
Top Reads Matt Damon and the crash If you haven’t heard, cryptocurrency is crashing. Smarter people than I can explain it—and do here, here, and here—but suffice it to say, the bubble burst and billions in value have been wiped out. As per usual, it’s not the billionaires suffering—oh no, they’re By Sarah • May 13, 2022 09:52 am
TV Updates JLo’s Cinderella Earlier today in my post about Adele, I wrote about how stupid it is to connect her business with her romance. We can discuss her professional setbacks independently from her personal life – because a woman can work and love at the same time and it’s absurd to suggest that By Lainey • May 12, 2022 12:18 pm
Top Reads Cary Fukunaga accused This week in Red Flag Ahoy news, director Cary Joji Fukunaga, best known for the one good season of True Detective and films like Beasts of No Nation and No Time To Die, has been accused of inappropriate behavior by three women. At this point, the question isn’t “who By Sarah • May 11, 2022 11:32 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Tom Hiddleston confirms engagement There’s been speculation that Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton are engaged and expecting their first child together ever since the BAFTAs in March. Most people assumed it was true, there were not subsequent denials issued, but it wasn’t official until today. Tom has been doing press for The By Lainey • May 11, 2022 10:02 am
Royals Harry & Meghan: To the Jubilee For months now there’s been speculation about whether or not Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would return to England to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. There were some security issues to be sorted out on top of the family drama but it was confirmed before the weekend that By Lainey • May 09, 2022 12:39 pm
Top Reads Jason Sudeikis post-serve You know what got buried in all the Met Gala hype this week? TMZ on Monday posted video of the moment that Olivia Wilde got served while on stage doing her job at CinemaCon. Up to this point I think we’d all seen the photos but as we all By Lainey • May 06, 2022 11:49 am
Top Reads Lewis in Miami The party may have been in New York last week but now that the Met Gala is over, the party scene has shifted to Miami for the premiere of the Miami Grand Prix. Some are already wondering if the party and excess energy of Miami will rival Monaco’s status By Lainey • May 06, 2022 10:17 am
Top Reads Tom Cruise’s Premiere Chopper LOL FOREVER. And with affection. Because, come on, isn’t this what you want from Tom Cruise? Remember last year when James Corden told that story about Tom Cruise texting him because he’s always looking for places to land his helicopter?! Tom Cruise and his chopper have become inseparable By Lainey • May 05, 2022 11:04 am
Top Reads Dave Chappelle was tackled Netflix’s pandemic-delayed comedy festival, Netflix Is A Joke, is finally taking place this week at many venues around Los Angeles. And up until yesterday, I would have told you the big story coming out of the fest was about how overbooked it is and how many comedians are scraping By Sarah • May 05, 2022 10:04 am