Intro for November 12, 2026

Dear Gossips, "Rent's due" and I'm mad. That's not quite right. I'm mad, but I'm also excited. Mad because the new trailer for Jesse Eisensberg's The Debut was released earlier this week, themed around one of the lines from the film (and also the musical that the movie is about) – and it's a great line, it's actually a great trailer. But at the same time, it might also give away too much. The Debut premiered at Telluride and then TIFF, three months before wide release, generating instant Oscar buzz and reports of spontaneous applause from cynical crowds in reaction to one . . .