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Lainey wrote about Cari B.\u2019s courtroom style<\/a> and yesterday I watched some of her testimony. Um, she is f-cking hilarious. We knew this about her but her timing!!! You can literally hear people in the gallery laughing.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also, people saying she should get a reality show please do your due diligence. She came from Love & Hip Hop: New York.<\/em> She could go back, of course, but she\u2019s too big for that now. I could see her having a talk show.\u00a0<\/p>\n https:\/\/x.com\/belcardi11\/status\/1960779699946197094?s=46&t=6VVSf_bQmIUVa7d4OpNNLA<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lainey and Sarah can speak more to this (particularly heading into TIFF) but I\u2019m pretty impressed with Austin Butler taking the time to meet with journalists after the schedule got mucked up and there was no time for red carpet interviews. \u201cBut it\u2019s his job!\u201d Well, if that\u2019s the case, where was the rest of the cast? He went above and beyond, like covering for a coworker when you don\u2019t have to do it. And maybe it\u2019s self-serving but I\u2019d also like to point out that this is what movie stars do really, really well when they are promoting a movie: make everyone in the room feel special. Channing Tatum does this. Julia Roberts does this. Tom Cruise does this. Angelina Jolie does this. Anne Hathaway does this. It\u2019s not a coincidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n Some words on Austin Butler, a truly nice guy: pic.twitter.com\/bcJgly30WT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Brandon Streussnig (@BrndnStrssng) August 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Last week Sarah mentioned that The Chicago Tribune has eliminated its film critic role. I hate this. Sometime in the last few decades, cultural critics became the enemy of fans (which directly correlates with the rise of powerful fandoms and influencers). It\u2019s such a misunderstood role. I\u2019ve never met a film critic who didn\u2019t love movies. The role of the critic is to provide context and insight into the experience, but it\u2019s also a pathway to being curious to art we don\u2019t always have access to. As a kid, I couldn\u2019t see every movie in theatres but I watched every episode of Siskel & Ebert. We need more film critics, theatre critics, art critics, food critics, music critics\u2026 and I don\u2019t mean content creators. We need to read things we disagree with, that take us outside of our point of view. To partially quote Ebert, \u201cA lot of fans are basically fans of fandom itself. It’s all about them. They have mastered the Star Wars or Star Trek universes or whatever, but their objects of veneration are useful mainly as a backdrop to their own devotion. Anyone who would camp out in a tent on the sidewalk for weeks in order to be first in line for a movie is more into camping on the sidewalk than movies.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n I\u2019m sorry Nurse Dana is married to Grant Show?! And no one thought to tell me this????? RUDE.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n