Smutty Tingles for March 31, 2017

Gavin Rossdale has a new girlfriend. And I’m sure it’ll be a f-cking surprise to you how old she is. (Dlisted)  For some reason Harry Styles’s new single artwork reminds me of football and Friday Night Lights (Just Jared)  Does Scarlett Johansson have a future as a politician? (Cele|bitch...

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez step out in matching outfits following his appearance on The View

Here we go. Previously on JLO and ARod, they were getting papped together after dinner or heading to the gym but not giving up shots of themselves in the same frame. Today in New York, they walked out of the restaurant after lunch, her hand on his arm, and in matching outfits. This came a...

Alec Baldwin in The Boss Baby movie review

I have seen Nine Lives, so no movie will ever really seem THAT bad to me again. In the eternal sh*t vs. diarrhea debate, Nine Lives is always the diarrhea, which means that The Boss Baby is just sh*t. Starring the vocal talent of one-time Capital One pitchman and sometimes Trump impersonator Alec...

Smutty Social Media, March 31, 2017

I had seen this photo of Justin Bieber and I didn’t notice the Sausage Party DVD in the background. I don’t even own a DVD player, I thought they were pretty much obsolete like CDs. Maybe it’s easier for traveling because hotel rooms have DVD players, but rarely have streaming. But why not use On...

Selena Gomez covers Yazoo's Only You for 13 Reasons Why soundtrack

The Weeknd had a few days off this week and he spent them with Selena Gomez in South America. After this weekend he gets a 3 week break before resuming his tour. Let’s come back to that in a minute. Selena last night was in New York for the premiere of 13 Reasons Why. The series launched today on...

Bradley Cooper keeps a low profile while working on A Star is Born

Bradley Cooper is directing and starring in a remake of A Star Is Born with Lady Gaga. This weekend they’re holding auditions for extras. And in a couple of weeks they’ll be shooting some footage for the film during the days between the two Coachella weekends, where Gaga will be performing. As yo...

Kendrick Lamar's new video for Humble is straight perfection

Sit DOWN. It’s a phrase we use a lot here at LaineyGossip as a way to check celebrities who don’t know their place. Lindsay Lohan says she’s going to win an Oscar? Sit DOWN. Scott Eastwood brags about allegedly passing on playing Christian Grey? Scott Eastwood breathes? Sit the f-ck DOWN. Ken...

Joss Whedon to direct Batgirl movie

Duana noted earlier this week that it doesn’t seem like Buffy the Vampire Slayer got any real love from the entertainment press until Joss Whedon became The Man Who Launched The Avengers, which is maybe true—although I remember a lot of love for Buffy back in the day, especially as the show was e...

Intro for March 31, 2017

Dear Gossips, Have you started listening to S-Town yet? Have you already finished S-Town? I just got through chapter 3 on the ride into work this morning. And now all I can think about is when I’ll be able to get through the rest. I don’t want to say much more in case you’ve been saving S-Tow...

Smutty Social Media, March 30, 2017

I know a surprising number of people that have to hide from their pets to get anything done. Literally just snuck out of my crib because I didn't want the turtles to see me because I have to buy them food. — Craig Robinson (@MrCraigRobinson) March 29, 2017 Community was a subversi...

Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall and Tiffany Haddish at CinemaCon for Girls Trip

Yesterday at CinemaCon, the cast of Girls Trip made an appearance to talk about the film and introduce new footage. If you don’t know about Girls Trip, it’s the female-led raunchy comedy starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall and Tiffany Haddish. In the post-Bridesmaids era, ...

Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill at CinemaCon for Justice League

As mentioned earlier, yesterday was Warner Bros’ turn to present at CinemaCon. And so they brought out the Justice League, without the superhero we care most about at this point: Wonder Woman. Gal Gadot gave birth recently so she’s not available which is why, I dunno, the whole vibe seemed so… du...

Jessica Chastain in The Zookeeper’s Wife movie review

Just in case you aren’t convinced Nazis are The Worst, here is a movie in which they slaughter helpless zoo animals, including an adorable baby camel and majestic great horned owl. If you can’t stand to see animals harmed in movies, then boy is The Zookeeper’s Wife NOT the movie for you. As Germa...

Smutty Tingles for March 30, 2017

This is my FAVOURITE photo of the week. I might love it all year long. (Dlisted)  Jennifer Lawrence’s new Dior ads are all about slouching and I am here for it (Just Jared)  Chris Evans is OK to say nice things about Jenny Slate now that she’s said so many nice things about him (Cele|bitc...

OG Aunt Viv, Janet Hubert, responds to Fresh Prince reunion photo

Of course, she did. Earlier this week I wrote about the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion. Alfonso Ribeiro posted a picture of the cast looking all grown and beautiful but that's not what everyone was talking about. Instead, the photo sparked the question, "Where's First Aunt Viv?" I knew where she...

Rachel McAdams at LAX with boyfriend Jamie Linden

It’s been a while since we’ve seen Rachel McAdams. Here she is at LAX yesterday. Not pictured but present, Jamie Linden, her boyfriend. Since she and Jamie started dating, it feels to me like she’s been spending more time in Los Angeles. Before, if she didn’t need to be, Rachel kept away from Hol...

Chris Pine and Patty Jenkins promote Wonder Woman with new footage at CinemaCon

As CinemaCon rolls on, it was Wonder Woman’s turn on center stage, with new footage debuted with Chris Pine and director Patty Jenkins on hand to promote the film (Gal Gadot just had a baby and was not there). The footage showed Diana and Steve Trevor (Pine) getting to know one another as Trevor ...

Justin Timberlake to headline F1 weekend in Austin

Yesterday in Smutty Social Media Maria featured this photo that Pharrell posted on Instagram:   ... A post shared by Pharrell Williams (@pharrell) on Mar 28, 2017 at 7:46pm PDT Justin Timberlake has collaborated with Pharrell and Timbal...

Jason Momoa and Charlie Hunnam at CinemaCon to f-ck up your day

Jason Momoa was at CinemaCon yesterday with Justice League. Charlie Hunnam was there in support of King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword. Both movies are Warner Bros properties. Charlie is also CinemaCon’s Star of the Year. Fine, whatever. The point of this post is that at some point they posed for pi...

Vin Diesel and Fate of the Furious cast promote film at CinemaCon without Dwayne The Rock Johnson

Remember when The Rock was throwing Insta-shade at an “unnamed castmate” while making F8 of the Furious, and it turned out to be about Vin Diesel? Well, F8 had its CinemaCon presentation yesterday, and guess who wasn’t part of it? Dwayne Johnson (even though he was on hand to promote Jumanji ...

March 30, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Karen! Happy Birthday from Mary as you “follow the Queen’s example and dream, work hard, and grind ‘til we own it”. By request, here’s Mark Ruffalo.  

Intro for March 30, 2017

Dear Gossips, Yesterday I posted about the new Sherry Lansing biography and the story about Angelina Jolie while she was shooting Tomb Raider. The Hollywood Reporter is featuring several stories about Sherry Lansing in its new issue, including an interview with the former studio boss in which...

Smutty Social Media, March 29, 2017

David Beckham has a cameo in King Arthur and I get he’s supposed to be bloody and battered but it’s his teeth that are freaking me out the most.   Rough day at the office @kingarthurmovie @guyritchie A post shared by David Beckham (@davidbeckham) on ...

PEOPLE says that Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky are getting serious

PEOPLE posted an exclusive today about Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky. They’re “getting serious”. Fine. This is not what I’m bumping up against. Rather, it’s the way PEOPLE’s “industry source” seems to be rationalising the relationship. And what makes it work. And how into him she is: ...

The cast of Buffy The Vampire Slayer reunites for Entertainment Weekly cover feature

The cast of Buffy is reunited in an Entertainment Weekly spread for the show’s 20th anniversary. Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz are on the cover, and if you squint, it’s not so far from the shots of them back in the day, right? When they appeared everywhere looking like they were dying ...

Amal Clooney at Chatham House in London as George Clooney promotes Suburbicon at CinemaCon with Matt Damon and Julianne Moore

Amal Clooney stepped out in London today to give a speech on war crimes in Syria and Iraq at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, telling the room that: “Not one ISIS militant has faced trial for international crimes anywhere in the world… Why is it that nothing has be...

Gaunt Johnny Depp at Lady Gaga's birthday party ahead of return as Jack Sparrow in Pirates 5

Less than two months to go now to the release of the next Pirates Of The Caribbean movie: Johnny Depp needs money. They screened it at CinemaCon in Vegas yesterday and, according to Variety, the movie was well-received by theatre owners – in particular Johnny Depp’s return as Captain Jack Sparrow...

Smutty Tingles for March 29, 2017

What or who is the common denominator with all these celebrity robberies? (Dlisted)  Nicki Minaj and Gucci Mane’s new video (Just Jared)  Mila Kunis was at CinemaCon – her first red carpet since Dimitri (Cele|bitchy)  More work for Billy Eichner (TooFab)  Who was asking to see Ja...

New trailer for Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets debuts as Cara Delevingne promotes film at CinemaCon

When the first trailer for Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets debuted, I said it remained to be seen whether or not it’s more Guardians of the Galaxy or Jupiter Ascending. Well, a new trailer premiered at CinemaCon, and this one gives us more of a sense of the story and the scope of the “City o...

Former Paramount head Sherry Lansing reveals stories about Angelina Jolie on Tomb Raider set in new book

Sherry Lansing used to be the head of Paramount, the first woman to head a Hollywood film studio. She has stories. She obviously can’t tell all of the stories. Or maybe even the best ones. But she’s sharing some of them in a new book, Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Gro...

Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins promote Transformers: The Last Knight at CinemaCon

CinemaCon continues in Vegas, and it was Paramount’s turn to give the ol’ razzle-dazzle yesterday. The best they could come up with was Transformers: The Last Knight and I don’t even have a joke for that. There to present a fifteen-minute sneak peek were Mark Wahlberg, Michael Bay, Jerrod Carmich...

Henry Golding cast as Nick in Crazy Rich Asians

According to The Hollywood Reporter, they found Nick! Henry Golding has been cast as Nick Young in the Crazy Rich Asians movie. Constance Wu and Michelle Yeoh were already attached to the project as Rachel Chu and Eleanor Young (Nick’s ma). So now they’ve got their two leads, the young couple cau...

Exclusive: Look out for Ethan Hawke & Sally Hawkins in Maudie

According to Ethan Hawke, working with Sally Hawkins in Maudie - a film about Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis, who had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis - was a "match made in cinema heaven." Maudie is set in Nova Scotia and shot in Newfoundland and it meant so much that he returned to TIFF almost a ...

Intro for March 29, 2017

Dear Gossips, Every year, Peggy Siegel, publicist, event planner, award season strategist, publishes her Oscar week diary. In 2016, when Leonardo DiCaprio won Best Actor she revealed that a year earlier, he’d asked her,  “When am I going to win? I’ve had four nominations.” It was a delici...

Smutty Social Media, March 28, 2017

Spencer Pratt knows his place in the celebrity eco-system more than most famous people (or formerly famous people). And how does a restaurant pull your discount – does the waitstaff have to discreetly mention it as s/he sets down the bill? Or do they give you no warning and at the end of your mea...

The cast of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunites minus OG Aunt Viv

"The first Aunt Viv was the best Aunt Viv." Not only is this an undeniable fact about The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, it’s also a line in The Hate U Give. I had been meaning to read it. It was on my list. Then, on Saturday, Lainey basically threatened me over text to start reading. So, I hopped on t...

Smutty Tingles for March 28, 2017

I have never heard of this woman (Dlisted) I miss Michelle Pfeiffer. Do you miss her? (Just Jared)  Does Tom Hiddleston want to get back together with Elizabeth Olsen? Why would Lizzie Olsen want to get back together with him though? (Cele|bitchy)  Do kids make out with their pillows?...

Ryan Gosling shills for Blade Runner 2049 at Cinema Con in Vegas

Last week Ryan Gosling popped up at the Adobe Summit in Las Vegas, and this week he’s back in Vegas, shilling for Blade Runner 2049 at CinemaCon. After Sony boss Tom Rothman sniped, “Netflix my ass,” when debuting an extended look at the film, Gosling got up to hype the theater owners and exhibit...

Oscar Isaac on the set of Life Itself with pregnant girlfriend Elvira Lind and co-star Olivia Wilde

Should we start with work first? Oscar Isaac has been in New York shooting Life Itself. Life Itself is “an ensemble multi-generational love story that weaves together several characters whose lives intersect over the course of decades from the streets of New York to the Spanish countryside an...

Robert Downey Jr carrying big part of Spider-Man: Homecoming in new trailer

(Lainey: OMG …and Gwyneth too???) A new trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming debuted yesterday at CinemaCon, the annual film industry show-and-tell, and today it’s online, bringing us more of the absolutely adorable Tom Holland as Peter Parker. And lots and LOTS of Iron Man. Anyone who’s tired ...

Intro for March 28, 2017

Dear Gossips, Nicole Kidman’s been doing some press ahead of Sunday’s Big Little Lies series finale. I can’t imagine she wouldn’t be up for every major acting award for her work on this show. It’s pretty much unanimous that this is the best she’s ever been. As she told Vulture and VOGUE, Cele...

Selena Gomez joins The Weeknd in South America during his tour

The Weeknd performed in Colombia and Brasil this weekend. Selena Gomez flew to Bogota to join him on Saturday and she was sidestage for his performance at Lollapalooza. She also showed up on the jumbotron during his set.   Selena on the big screen at The Weeknd's co...

Mindy Kaling and Cory Booker set up dinner date on Twitter after cute exchange following The Mindy Project

I am interested in Mindy Kaling’s dating life. Not obtrusively, but I think Mindy wouldn’t mind that people are all slightly giddy at the prospect of her going on a date with a handsome New Jersey Senator. To recap: The Mindy Project made a joke about Newark, and junior US Senator Cory Booker...

Celebrity Social Media Round-Up for March 27, 2017

These are Miu Miu and I’d definitely go for the black, but the satin version works too. Still, I would never pay that much for sandals I’ll wear a dozen times over a summer. My favourite fashion blog Le Catch suggested a pair in the same style family – for under $40. I got the rope version. ...

Show Your Work: Rihanna’s strategy, Gwyneth’s vitamins, and DYNTCA Big Little Lies?

Finally we get to talk about Rihanna on the podcast. Rihanna made her first appearance on Bates Motel last week. Duana walked into a bodega when it happened and everyone had the same reaction she did – stillness, mesmerised by her on the TV: Showrunners Kerry Ehrin and Carlton Cuse spoke...

Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter name second son Hal Auden

Looking back on my post about Benedict Cumberbatch’s first son, maybe the passage of time has mellowed me or maybe tastes have changed, but while Christopher Carlton Cumberbatch may be a little vanilla, it’s nothing to laugh at, it’s a fine name. Similarly, I didn’t understand why Lainey and ...

Nina Agdal celebrates 25th birthday with Leonardo DiCaprio in the Caribbean

Nina Agdal turned 25 years old yesterday. Page Six reports that she, Leonardo DiCaprio, and some of her friends flew to the Caribbean on Friday – on a private jet, obvs – to celebrate her birthday. As you know, 25 is an important number in Leo’s love life. Not many of his girlfriends (not any...

Exhausted Millie Bobby Brown apologises in Instagram video for having to cancel Comic Con appearance

So. So. Look, I am a big fan of advocating for people to take credit for their work, but there’s some stuff you don’t want to be right about, and this Millie Bobby Brown article from October is everything to do with why. When the story about her father looking for a ‘signing bonus’ fr...

Smutty Tingles for March 27, 2017

This is a GREAT looking wedding photo (Dlisted)  Sia on Sesame Street (Just Jared)  What is Cuba Gooding Jr doing? (Cele|bitchy)  Demi gets down to Rihanna (TooFab)  Justin Bieber in the locker room (TMZ)  My favourite United Airlines leggings tweet was from Chrissy Teigen (...

Val Kilmer goes on Twitter rant about his love for Cate Blanchett

2017 being a nonsense year, it makes perfect sense that Val Kilmer went on a weekend-long tweet-spree to declare his admiration of Cate Blanchett. It starts with his announcement on March 24 that he “flew all the way to Australia just to talk to Cate Blanchett”, only to meet her husband, Andrew U...

Alex Rodriguez would "wife up" Jennifer Lopez in a heartbeat

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez were back in LA together this weekend after spending the last weekend together in Florida. It seems like they’ve not been apart the last 3 weeks, at least for no more than a couple of days. On Friday they worked out together and then hung out at her place in Bel-...

Aaron Sorkin apparently unaware of Hollywood's diversity problem despite being repeatedly called out for his creative myopia

“F-cking Sorkin!” is what Duana and I outburst at each other because Aaron Sorkin is impossible. I first wrote about “F-cking Sorkin!” two days after Donald Trump won the US election when Sorkin posted an open letter to his wife and daughter about how bitterly disappointed they were by the result...

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner look happy together as they take their kids to church

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner took their kids to church yesterday. And, as you can see from these photos, it’s like the last two years never happened. This shot of them angling their faces towards each other is probably making the cover of at least one weekly tabloid: BEN AND JEN BACK TOGETHER!...

First trailer for Justice League looks straight up awful

Last summer at Comic-Con Warner Brothers/DC unveiled the first look at Justice League, and it wasn’t completely awful. But in case you were feeling cautiously optimistic that Warners/DC could fix their sh*t and turn out a good Justice League movie—don’t. The first official trailer is here, and it...

Kate Hudson in New York with new boyfriend Danny Fujikawa

Kate Hudson has a new boyfriend – Danny Fujikawa, a musician. They were in New York together this weekend. At one point yesterday, after dinner, according to the paps, they kissed outside the restaurant for 10 minutes. But that’s so Kate Hudson. She’s never been discreet when she’s dating. You’ll...

Intro for March 27, 2017

Dear Gossips, There’s a book bandwagon that’s been steadily gaining momentum over the last few weeks. I just hopped on that bandwagon this weekend. Calling someone a “bandwagon follower” is generally not a compliment. So you can criticise me. But I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed to be on th...

Smutty Tingles for March 24, 2017

Great job, dad. Now one of his kids will think he doesn’t matter as much as the other kids. (Dlisted)  How Tatiana Maslany said goodbye to Orphan Black (Just Jared) According to Tom Hiddleston, we don’t know the real Tom at all (Cele|bitchy)  Gwyneth Paltrow’s guide to assplay (TooFa...

Tom Hardy joined by dog Woody on Peaky Blinders set with Cillian Murphy

Tom Hardy on the set of Peaky Blinders today with Cillian Murphy. And his dog, Woody, is with him. Woody has also been with him on his two previous appearances on CBeebies Bedtime Stories. It was just announced that Tom is doing yet another bedtime story. This weekend. For Mother’s Day in the UK....

Mariah joins the Nicki Minaj vs Remy Ma feud with I Don't remix featuring Remy

The second greatest gift American Idol gave the world—next to Kelly Clarkson, of course—was Nicki Minaj vs Mariah Carey. I almost forget about the gossip gold that was the 2013 season of Idol when every week was a glorious display of passive aggression and diva-on-diva shade until Mariah Carey’s ...

Smutty Social Media, March 24, 2017

Don’t pit women against each other etc. and so forth but ummmm… this drama between Nia and Taraji! Read about it here, here, and here. They are worthy adversaries, but why would Nia even think of taking Taraji on on her home turf? The cast and crew adore her.   #fal...

Charlize Theron promotes The Fate Of The Furious in Beijing with Jason Statham

Can you believe it’s the last weekend of March? We are a quarter of the way through 2017. OMG we are three years from 2020. Anyyyyyway, winter is officially over. So it’s blockbuster season. Beauty And The Beast already broke the March opening weekend box office record with $170 million domes...

Amy Schumer drops out of live-action Barbie movie

In December we learned that Amy Schumer would star in a live-action Barbie movie, which seemed like kind of a bad idea because Barbie, as a toy and cultural landmark, is already loaded with so many issues. Do we even need a Barbie movie, let alone an Amy Schumer Barbie movie? Yesterday we learned...

Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, and Nicole Kidman's excellent performances in Big Little Lies

Big Little Lies, episode 6 is on Sunday. And next week is the series finale. So we’re getting there, we’re getting close. And it’s already been so tense up to this point. If you watch the show (OF COURSE YOU WATCH THE SHOW IT’S THE SHOW TO WATCH!) you’ve seen the impact of those therapy sessi...

John Mayer’s performative contrition in new interview with The New York Times

John Mayer has a new album coming out. It’s called The Search For Everything. And it’s his return to, as he calls it, “blockbuster” music. Basically he says he was on a self-imposed exile from big pop because he hated himself after being a douchebag so he went off and wrote non-commercial music f...

'Life' movie review starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds

Life is a terribly stupid movie, but it’s dumb in that fun B-movie way, a trashy space thriller full of dumb-sh*t dialogue and wildly convenient circumstances. Despite its stupidity, though, Life is decently scary because space is naturally horrifying as we are instinctively afraid of its vastnes...

March 24, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Happy Birthday Erin from Amber who wishes you a year of “sleepy calm baby vibes and good football mojo!” And for Mary Christina who is marrying the “man of (her dreams”, a combination of Jon Hamm and Schmidt and Winston (Max Greenfield and Lamorne Morris). PS I love that you met at a climbing...

Intro for March 24, 2017

Dear Gossips, Last Friday in this space, I posted about the disturbance in the gossip landscape with American Media Inc’s purchase of US Weekly. Yesterday 40 US Weekly staff members were reportedly let go, including Michael Steele, editor in chief, and editorial director Jamiee Zanzinger. US ...

Smutty Social Media, March 23, 2017

Shade, unintentional gaffe, or inside joke? Judging by Nancy’s response (first time had typos, second time is just a correction), I think it’s the third option. Unless Nancy is operating at a high petty level and is scorching Kristi with social media kindness. But that’s wishful thinking. The rea...

Alexa Chung and Alexander Skarsgard photographed together in New York

It’s been a while since Alexa Chung and Alexander Skarsgard have been photographed together. Which is why so many people assumed that they’d broken up. Here they are today in New York, together. Another example of how not being photographed together sometimes doesn’t mean anything. Like the time ...

Full Love Actually cast in final trailer for Red Nose Day special

Red Nose Day is tomorrow in the UK. So just one more sleep until the Love Actually 10 minute short film that they’ve been shooting all month. Ahead of tomorrow night’s premiere, they released a trailer yesterday featuring many of your faves. And your top fave, Bill Nighy. But I also love Liam Nee...

Princess Catherine meets with support group for parents ahead of Mother's Day in the UK

I’m sorry in advance if what follows doesn’t come out quite right. What happened yesterday in London was senseless and terrible, of course it was. Is it OK to say that I admire so much how so many people reacted to the horror, helping in any way they could? That was courage and grace and huma...

Frances McDormand in incredible first trailer for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

The first trailer for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was just released and all I really have to say is that in the course of two and a half minutes, Frances McDormand c*nt-punts a teenager, calls Sam Rockwell “f*ckhead”, attacks a dentist with his own drill, cusses out a local TV repor...

Smutty Tingles for March 23, 2017

Never mind his voice. His face is skeeving me so hard. (Dlisted)  Taylor Swift sings I Don’t Wanna Live Forever live – the video (Just Jared)  Does Ivanka’s stylist make THR’s Powerful Stylists list next year? (Cele|bitchy)  Samantha Bee’s perfect penis metaphor (TooFab)  I love A...

Breaking down the highs and lows of Riverdale

Thursdays still belong to Shonda Rhimes but for the past 7 weeks, I’ve ventured out of Shondaland and into a mysterious, perpetually overcast town called Riverdale for an hour every Thursday. Riverdale is back with new episodes next week but to hold you over until then, I’m essentially going to y...

Celebrity friendly PEOPLE Magazine gives us a full week of pro-Brad Pitt messaging

I posted the other day about that corny Daily Mail story on Brad Pitt and his sad songs and sad art. Right after that PEOPLE followed with a similar – though maybe less “sad”-focused story – about Brad’s “new hobby – sculpture!”  The next day, Wednesday, PEOPLE then reported exclusively that Brad...

Ava DuVernay named one of Fortune's 50 Greatest Leaders

Ava DuVernay has been working on A Wrinkle In Time. The film’s budget is at least $100 million making her the first black woman to direct a movie of that size. She posted on Instagram the other day that principle photography is now complete and now they’re in post:   ...

Latin Leo Marc Anthony dating 21 year old Mariana Downing

Jennifer Lopez is known for not leaving much of a gap between lovers/husbands. But you know who might be better at that than she is? Her ex-husband, Marc Anthony. Marc and Dayanara Torres were divorced in 2004. In 2004 he married JLO. They divorced in 2011 which is when he and Shannon De Lima...

Jeremy Renner working with escapex on a new experience app

I follow an embarrassing amount of celebs on Instagram for Smutty Social Media. There is a predictability and pattern to most of their feeds – Nicki Minaj is fierce luxury, Miley is unfiltered hippie, Katie Holmes is bland gratitude. And then there's Jeremy Renner. He uses stupid hashtags. Ho...

March 23, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Tate! Mia told me you might need a pick-me-up? By request, here are young Leonardo DiCaprio, Sam Heughan, and Prince Harry.  

Intro for March 23, 2017

Dear Gossips, Have you seen the headlines today about Ryan Gosling? About why he reacted like he did at the Oscars when Moonlight was revealed to be the true Best Picture? Specifically it was that shot of him on stage, smiling/smirking, with his hand over his mouth. You know the one? He says ...

Smutty Social Media, March 22, 2017

This isn’t helping Jimmy Fallon’s late night credibility. Now this is funny!!! Well done @jimmyfallon for poking some well deserved fun at me without… https://t.co/6tC2fuCuFF — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 22, 2017 William Shatner really hates the latest Bachelor du...

Michael Shannon reportedly frontrunner to play Cable in Deadpool sequel

Deadpool 2 doesn’t have a set release date—a minor miracle these days, when movies are slated years in advance and rushed to meet predetermined deadlines—but it’s aiming for a 2018 release, which means it’s casting up right now. Atlanta’s Zazie Beetz is on tap to play Domino, and just now Variety...

Meghan Markle featured in Allure Magazine piece celebrating beauty and diversity

Meghan Markle is featured in Allure’s April issue which celebrates beauty and diversity. The magazine interviewed 41 women of colour about their skin. After the Allure story was released, PEOPLE published a piece with the headline: Meghan Markle Gets Real About Beauty: 'My Pet Peeve Is When My Fr...

Smutty Tingles for March 22, 2017

This made me feel old (Dlisted)  Ryan Reynolds makes Jake Gyllenhaal’s so serious face go away (Just Jared)  Tracy Anderson’s book for teen girls (Cele|bitchy)  Taraji P Henson’s superhero dreams (TooFab)  Is it just me or does this photo look weird to you? (The Superficial)  ...

Tina Fey's Mean Girls musical is officially happening

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Tina Fey is a choir nerd. It’s most clear to me from intense readings of Bossypants - she mentions that she was in audition-only choirs and it was a big deal, in a way that is clearly joking-but-not-joking. You get the impression that even though she...

New Baywatch trailer is surprisingly funny and entertaining

Is something wrong with me? You may need to yell me straight. Here’s why: The new trailer for the Baywatch movie just came out. In case you haven’t heard, The Rock is The Hoff. And they know that Baywatch is cheesy. So they seem to be leaning into the corny level of the situation and making a...

New Baywatch trailer is funny and entertaining

Is something wrong with me? You may need to yell me straight. Here’s why: The new trailer for the Baywatch movie just came out. In case you haven’t heard, The Rock is The Hoff. And they know that Baywatch is cheesy. So they seem to be leaning into the corny level of the situation and making a...

Malia Obama's innate professional savvy as intern at The Weinstein Company

Yesterday, Malia Obama wore a white tank, some super cute black booties, a zip-up red jacket and a glorious 'I'm unimpressed with the paparazzi' resting face to her internship at The Weinstein Company. On her third day, she wore a crop top, mom jeans and a shearling coat that I desperately need i...

Charlie Hunnam tastes the rain in LA

“Tastes the rain” is a lyric I can totally hear in a Taylor Swift song. Or John Mayer. I chased the rain And then I tasted it You were in the drops That’s why I blame it Cut to a Milli Vanilli sample. And that’s why I’m not a songwriter. Here’s Charlie Hunnam tasting the rai...

Lindsay Lohan attempts 'comeback' with The Anti-Social Network reality show

Last month, Lindsay Lohan was on The View. It was a warm reception, particularly from Whoopi. There were no tough questions and the panel seemed to cheerily decide to avoid Lindsay’s non-existent career, focusing instead on her philanthropic work and a sizzle reel. That’s what she was promoting, ...

March 22, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Louise! Happy 40th Birthday with love from Janelle who requested photos of smart, courageous, and strong women because “that describes Louise to perfection”. Here are Serena Williams, Constance Wu, Rosa Parks, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Marie Curie.

Intro for March 22, 2017

Dear Gossips, Lately I’ve been scrolling past headlines about Iron Fist. And Sarah’s texted me a few times about how bad it is. To be honest, my care level was pretty low …until last night, when I read Vulture’s interview with Lewis Tan, the Asian-American Actor Who Could Have Been Iron Fist....

Smutty Social Media, March 21, 2017

Jessica Chastain and Xavier Dolan are really good friends, good enough that she can post a photoshopped birthday card with his crush. Yes that is Sebastian Stan. And yes Sebastian knows – he left a comment on the photo. Sounds like he’s flattered.     Happy Birt...

Charlie Hunnam went hiking and doesn't like dogs

That’s basically the whole article. I don’t have much more to say other than Charlie Hunnam went hiking yesterday. And he looks hot hiking. Hottest? Not quite the hottest. If he had a dog with him that would make it hotter, non? Why doesn’t Charlie Hunnam have a dog? Oh right. He’s a germophobe, ...

Alex Rodriguez's sister already calling Jennifer Lopez her "sister in-law"

Jennifer Lopez was at the NBC Universal press day event promoting the upcoming World Of Dance last night which gives me an excuse to talk some more about her and Alex Rodriguez. I’ve been telling you that I’m getting the Ben Affleck vibes with this relationship. And that, like most JLO relationsh...

Prince Harry to be Meghan Markle's plus-one at Serena Williams' wedding

Meghan Markle is back in London with Prince Harry. On Sunday night, he took her on a private tour of the National History Museum after hours. My first thought when I heard that was… oh, so Prince Harry’s like Drake, Justin Bieber, and The Weeknd. You know, aquariums, Staples Centre, movie theatre...

Smutty Tingles for March 21, 2017

On this week’s Sasha Answers podcast – F*CK PEOPLE. Seriously. We hate people.  Do you smell ugly smut in this situation? (Dlisted)  Nicki Minaj shoots her not-really-a-diss-track video in London (Just Jared)  How Londoners are shading Prince William (Cele|bitchy)  When I see that...

Jake Gyllenhaal is private and serious in interviews with Esquire UK and The Guardian

This morning I read two Jake Gyllenhaal interviews – the first, a testy one with The Guardian, during which Jake bristles at the personal questions and the second with Esquire UK which turns out to be a very similar article, without the bristling but also without anything at all that really works...

Jenny Slate opens up about Chris Evans relationship and breakup in Vulture interview

When Jenny Slate comes up in Chris Evans’ interview with Esquire, “you can almost feel his heart pinch”, and he doesn’t talk about it. But when Chris Evans comes up in Jenny Slate’s interview with New York Magazine, she proceeds to talk about him for the next three thousand-plus words. Of Chris E...

Conjuring Jennifer Lawrence as she is photographed with Darren Aronofsky in New York

Am I a conjurer? Yesterday I opened the blog with a post about how Jennifer Lawrence has kept a very low profile for several months. And then late yesterday, new photos of her out in New York with Darren Aronofsky were released. They went to see Beauty And The Beast. Then they went out for lu...

Dave Chappelle says his feelings are hurt that Key & Peele have taken the format he created

This is the headline everyone is pulling from Dave Chappelle’s sit-down with Gayle King on This Morning. Chappelle is promoting his upcoming Netflix special, and in the course of a thoughtful and interesting profile of Chappelle, a decade on from him famously leaving Chappelle’s Show, King brings...

Sad Brad Pitt makes sad art while listening to sad songs

The Daily Mail posted an exclusive story today about Brad Pitt with exclusive photos of him at an art studio in LA where he’s been spending most of his days working on a sculpture. A “source” tells the Daily Mail that Brad works up to 15 hours a day on his art while “listening to emotional songs”...

Robert Downey Jr to star in Doctor Dolittle remake, The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle

Looking ahead to a post-Avengers career—or at least, an inter-Avengers break—Robert Downey, Jr. has booked his next non-Tony Stark role and it’s none other than Doctor Dolittle in a remake/reboot/sequel thingie absolutely nobody asked for called The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle. The film is written ...

March 21, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

A fond farewell to Mike Redmond, aka “Fish”, and Photo Boy from The Superficial who announced yesterday that they are leaving the site. You can read Mike’s departure note here and Photo Boy’s here. Mike has been writing at The Superficial since August 2007, making it a gossip destination for near...

Intro for March 21, 2017

Dear Gossips, Yesterday, in her post about the Beauty And The Beast box office, Sarah commented on the news that there will no songs in the new live-action Mulan – and that she was OK with that. Then many of you yelled at her. I’ll leave you on that side of the cafeteria to keep fighting abou...

Smutty Social Media, March 20, 2017

I’m back, just in time for Emile Hirsch to tell us (and his fellow actors/actresses) that Twitter is not a “meaningful” way to promote films. But you know what Emile does find meaningful? Retweeting compliments. He does it a lot. Myth: actors on social media help promote their films in an...

Show Your Work: Prince William – laziness or self-preservation? And how can marriage “work” in Hollywood?

I told Duana at the top of this week’s episode of Show Your Work that I never thought that we’d be kicking off one of our shows with Prince William. But here we are, doing a podcast about Work, so how can we not talk about the future King of England whose work ethic and productivity has been incr...

Jennifer Lopez in photos with Alex Rodriguez's family on Instagram

Jennifer Lopez was in New York today promoting Shades Of Blue on Live! With Kelly and there was no talk of her relationship with Alex Rodriguez or whether or not she ghosted Drake but she was in Florida with him this weekend and accompanied him to a Yankees spring training game. Also, she’s met s...

The Problem with This Is Us is that everything is from a man's perspective

On Friday, I opened Messenger, texted Kathleen, and proceeded to ruin her day. I’ve been thinking about This Is Us all week and I’m not the only one —their Saturday night panel at PaleyFest was packed. The show is ridiculously successful in a time when both network shows and small-stakes fami...

Smutty Tingles for March 20, 2017

Gracie the rescue cat > both my useless dogs, who would have continued sleeping (Dlisted) They found Tom Brady’s Super Bowl jersey (Just Jared)  Fertility, the family business (Cele|bitchy)  Jesse Williams and the cast of Grey’s Anatomy at PaleyFest (TooFab)  Ben Affleck, with a...

Drake finally releases new album, More Life, and it's his best work since Take Care

That’s the general consensus. More Life was supposed to drop in December. Then it was January.  After Views, the overrated, undeserving Album of the Year nominee that came out less than a year ago, I wanted to be "meh" about More Life. I wanted Drake to make us miss him. I didn’t want another Vie...

Selena Gomez and The Weeknd go on date at Ripley's Aquarium in Toronto

Selena Gomez joined The Weeknd in Toronto last week. He booked out an entire theatre so that they could watch Get Out. They also had brunch and went shopping. On Friday she was seen in New York for a photo shoot. But it looks like she returned to Toronto as soon as she wrapped that up because she...

Beyoncé posts another Snapchat tease on Beylite Instagram account

Beyoncé posted a montage this weekend from when she visited the Alvin Ailey dance company last week to support Miss Tina’s work with Tina’s Angel’s. She showed off her outfit, her pink trench, so now people are changing their minds about whether or not the blessings are girls and not boys. ...

Big Little Lies gets better and better as season nears the end

There are two episodes left of Big Little Lies. And it’s been a couple of weeks since I yelled at you about watching it. ARE YOU WATCHING BIG LITTLE LIES? ARE YOU OBSESSED WITH BIG LITTLE LIES? In my limited bubble, we are all obsessed with Big Little Lies. Do you remember when it premiered, ...

Mariah Carey celebrates St Patrick's Day in green with Bryan Tanaka and her kids

Mimi never misses an opportunity to celebrate a holiday. Any holiday. Because holidays are “festive”. And no one is more festive than Mariah Carey. So she pulled out the green version of the same dress she’s been wearing since 2005 and took her tits out for a spin. To note: green is also a Christ...

Beauty And The Beast's enormous opening weekend with $170 million at the box office

Beauty and the Beast had an enormous opening weekend, devouring $170 million. That makes it the biggest March opening ever, taking down Batman v. Superman, and also the largest PG-rated opening, which means we’re in for more family-oriented fare. (Honestly, that would be welcome, since adults hav...

March 20, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

According to the Humanitarian Coalition, right now the worst food crisis since 1945 is affecting 20 million people in parts of Africa and the Middle East – and millions of children are at risk as families struggle to find food and safe water. As droughts continue to disrupt local agriculture in c...

Intro for March 20, 2017

Dear Gossips, You know who’s been really, really quiet? Taylor Swift. There hasn’t been much on social media. She hasn’t been papped in weeks. Ed Sheeran’s been seen leaving her NYC apartment. But she herself has managed to stay pretty undercover. So it’s possible. And, as I’ve always said, i...

Smutty Social Media, March 17, 2017

After reading Sarah’s review of Beauty And The Beast, all I can think about is poo and beastiality. So. With that in mind, Emma Watson plays with kittens.   😻😻😻😻😻😻 @bestfriendsanimalsociety @buzzfeed @beautyandthebeast A post shared by Emma Watson (@em...

Henry Cavill to star in Mission: Impossible 6 with Tom Cruise

So Mission: Impossible 6, which ought to be subtitled At What Point Do We Stop Calling This Impossible, He ALWAYS Does It, starts filming in a few months and has just added a new member to Tom Cruise’s Mission: Not-Quite-Impossible team. Henry Cavill is on board to play a new character, the “righ...

Smutty Tingles for March 17, 2017

Marion Cotillard had the baby and are people really still wondering if it’s Brad Pitt’s? (Dlisted)  Scarlett Johansson’s sandals are heinous (Just Jared)  Tom Hiddleston will never wear capris – unless he rolls up his pants while crabbing in Rhode Island? (Cele|bitchy) Jamie Dornan’s ...

Prince William and Catherine celebrate St. Patrick's Day honouring Irish Guards with beer

It’s been a week for Prince William. As you know, while other senior members of the royal family joined the Queen on Monday for Commonwealth Day service, Will was photographed on holiday with his boys, drinking beer with blonde women, and then dancing poorly at a club. The British press has been ...

Alex Rodriguez is Jennifer Lopez's first tall love interest since Ben Affleck

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are currently in Miami together. They’ve been going to the gym together. And last night they stepped out for dinner together, making sure not to be photographed in the same frame. JLO knows better. She knows to wait for the perfect time before giving up that shot...

An appreciation of Miss Tina's Instagram

Are you following Miss Tina on Instagram? If you aren't, I feel sorry for you. I'm sorry that you are missing the woman who birthed Beyoncé AND Solange tell the corniest jokes/ embarrass her husband/ be the most adorable mom on Instagram ever. Before I get to her latest social media greatness...

Justin Bieber just happens to bump into model Bronte Blampied while out for lunch in Australia

Justin Bieber has been on tour in Australia and will be heading soon to New Zealand. Yesterday he stepped out for lunch and was surrounded by fans and passersby… and juuuuust happened to bump into Bronte Blampied. Bronte is a model and she and Justin were seen together last year in London and als...

Selena Gomez and The Weeknd together in Toronto

When everyone was talking about her first American VOGUE cover yesterday, Selena Gomez was actually in Toronto with The Weeknd. On Wednesday night they went to see Get Out. He bought up all 75 seats in the theatre (75 seats) so they could be alone. Does this remind you of something? Back in 2...

March 17, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Congratulations Samantha W of Toronto who won our 2017 Annual Red Carpet Contest having guessed 19/24 categories correctly. There was a 3-way tie at the top but Sam submitted her ballot the earliest and is now in possession of that gorgeous Saint Laurent cross-body bag and so many other prizes. T...

Intro for March 17, 2017

Dear Gossips, These could be the last days of gossip as we know it. Wenner Media has sold US Weekly to American Media Inc. AMI also publishes magazines The National Enquirer, Star, and OK!, and is online with Radar. Those are publications that hang out at the bottom of the hierarchy of celebr...

Smutty Social Media, March 16, 2017

You can tell right away that this is SJP.   You are the older sister that storytellers describe. The reliable. The most kind. The calm one. The one that always completed her homework in the midst of chaos. The one who magically found my every missing item. The one t...

Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly plans on marrying Brad Falchuk

US Weekly reported yesterday that Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk will probably get married: The Goop founder, 44, “plans on marrying” the American Horror Story writer and producer, a Paltrow source reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly. “They speak about marriage all the time and know it’ll...

Jennifer Aniston to star in movie adaptation of Dumplin'

If you’ve been visiting this site a while you know my love of YA books. One of my favourite YA books, Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You The Sun is being adapted into a movie for Warner Bros and Jandy is writing the screenplay herself. Sarah just wrote yesterday about WB’s intent to reboot The Matrix a...

Smutty Tingles for March 16, 2017

Katy Perry is moving into the old convent soon (Dlisted)  Beauty And The Beast on the street (Just Jared)  Angelina Jolie speaks in Geneva (Cele|bitchy)  Demi Lovato’s milestone (TooFab)  Stella Maxwell looks different to me all the time (Hollywood Tuna)  Jason Momoa’s Aquaman...

Oprah Winfrey in first trailer for HBO’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Can we stop pretending Oprah is going to run for president? I’ve been catching up on the Internet since being away on vacation for ten days with sporadic-at-best wifi and most Oprah-related headlines I’ve seen have been about her hypothetical political career. Gayle shot down the rumours. Oprah h...

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez reportedly see a future together

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez went to the gym together yesterday in Miami – you can see the photos here. Also yesterday, US Weekly reported that JLO and ARod “definitely see a future together”: Jennifer Lopez is through playing the field. The “Ain’t Your Mama” singer has been dating retir...

Prince Harry at Veterans Mental Health Conference as Prince William filmed with his hand on another woman's hip

Prince Harry stepped out again today in London – his fourth consecutive day of official business – at the Veterans Mental Health Conference with Heads Together. While we’re seeing more new photos of Harry championing his causes, we’re also seeing more footage from his brother William’s ski trip a...

Prince Harry at Veterans Mental Health Conference as Prince William photographed with his hand on another woman's hip

Prince Harry stepped out again today in London – his fourth consecutive day of official business – at the Veterans Mental Health Conference with Heads Together. While we’re seeing more new photos of Harry championing his causes, we’re also seeing more footage from his brother William’s ski trip a...

Emma Watson in Beauty and the Beast movie review

You know the story: Belle’s a bookworm who doesn’t fit in, there’s a beast, a cursed castle, and lots of musical numbers. The live action remake of Beauty and the Beast changes little of the main plot, but it does take pains to address some questions that have lingered in the twenty-six years sin...

Selena Gomez covers VOGUE for the first time

Selena Gomez is featured in the April 2017 issue of VOGUE. It’s her first time on the cover of American VOGUE. People say often that Selena looks eternally girlish. It’s her baby face. I love her baby face. That Anna Wintour decided that she was ready for VOGUE though would suggest that that imag...

Intro for March 16, 2017

Dear Gossips, Maybe you’re over it but I will never be over it. That video of the professor getting interrupted by his kids and then their mom busting in to haul them out will be funny to me forever. And everything related to that incident is funny to me too. Like The Telegraph’s article the ...

Smutty Social Media, March 15, 2017

Isabelle Huppert dancing! But note WHEN she starts dancing and WHAT she did not choose to dance to.   Fin de film Eva suite et fin ! @isabelle.huppert en pleine forme ! A post shared by Richard Berry (@richardberryofficiel) on Mar 14, 2017 at 1:43pm ...

Charlie Hunnam calls what happened with Fifty Shades of Grey a traumatic experience in ELLE interview

The Lost City Of Z comes out next month and King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword comes out in May. Which is why there have been so many Charlie Hunnam headlines lately. A new interview with ELLE was posted yesterday. And of course there was the Men’s Health cover story and an InStyle interview with R...

Prince Harry plants trees while on official duty for Queen's Commonwealth Canopy

Prince Harry was on official duty again today for the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy, planting trees and performing other conservation work with children, telling them his daffodils had bloomed too early. Harry plants daffodils, everybody. Harry gardens. As PEOPLE noted on their website today, t...

Chris Evans talks about surrendering and living in the moment in Esquire cover profile to promote Gifted

That’s what he was reading when he spoke to Esquire for their new issue to promote the upcoming Gifted – The Surrender Experiment. Have you read it? It was a book people were talking about a couple of years ago, in short about letting life lead you. I got through half of it. And then I started re...

Smutty Tingles for March 15, 2017

Watch. Selena Gomez or Cara Delevingne or Gigi Hadid will wear these and suddenly…? (Dlisted) It surprises me that Lea Michele isn’t a pop star yet. It’s not like she can’t sing. (Just Jared)  Not news: Prince William has worked less than the Queen this year (Cele|bitchy)  Paris Jacks...

Selena Gomez wearing The Weeknd's red hoodie in new Instagram post

The Weeknd is currently touring the UK. Selena Gomez is back in LA. Was with friends for yoga yesterday. And, you know the way things work these days, if two celebrities aren’t up in each other’s faces, and aren’t papped together at least every week, it means they broke up. Only that’s actually n...

Ben Affleck reveals he has completed treatment for alcohol addiction

Ben Affleck revealed on Facebook late yesterday that he was in treatment for alcohol addiction. You may have known about this already, that he’s been making good decisions. And this was the best decision, made undoubtedly with the support of Jennifer Garner, the person who’s always be...

Warner Brothers exploring possibility of The Matrix reboot

Today in This Is A Terrible F*cking Idea, Seriously, Whose Idea Was This news, Warner Brothers is exploring the possibility of rebooting The Matrix. Everything is sequels and reboots these days, so it’s not outside the realm of expectation that someone would have this idea—apparently producer Joe...

Oscar winner Mahershala Ali at THR's Power Stylists dinner

That’s one of the privileges of winning an Oscar. That’s how you are introduced – as an Oscar winner. It becomes associated with your name. Speaking of names, and because I can hold a grudge forever, because I am a bitter c-nt, I’m still mad at Jimmy Kimmel for his name foolery at the Oscars, moc...

Justin Timberlake attends THR's Power Stylists dinner without Jessica Biel

30 seconds to answer, Oscars a few weeks ago, which looks were the most memorable? A few come to mind, right? Does this one come to mind? Whether or not you loved or hated it, you cannot deny that it was a standout. For me, it was the best dress Jessica Biel has ever worn on a red carpet...

Intro for March 15, 2017

Dear Gossips, The Hollywood Reporter released its annual list of the 25 Most Powerful Stylists this week. Coming in at #1 is Karla Welch whose most high profile clients include Ruth Negga and Sarah Paulson. Makes sense, non? Sarah Paulson is always making interesting choices and Ruth Negga be...

Smutty Tingles for March 14, 2017

On this week’s Sasha Answers podcast, should your friends be saying “I told you so” and what to do about a boyfriend with escalating rage. Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson are in Berlin (Just Jared)  How many times do I have to tell you that Prince Harry looks exactly like Prince Phil...

Daniel Craig at Into Film Awards in London

It’s been a while, right? Daniel Craig stepped out today in London for the Into Film Awards to honour emerging talent. Whenever we talk about Daniel, we have to talk about Bond. And there’s been some Bond news, sort of. The Daily Mail is reporting that Robert Wade and Neil Purvis will be writ...

Dave Chappelle is back in first trailer for Netflix comedy special

“I’ve been gone for a very long time. Surprise: It’s me.” That’s the first line in the trailer for Dave Chappelle’s new stand-up special, debuting on Netflix on March 21. Ever since he walked away from Chappelle’s Show in 2005, Chappelle has been working his way back to the big stage. It wasn’t a...

Angelina Jolie speaks at her first lecture at London School of Economics

Angelina Jolie arrived in London the other day ahead of her first lecture at the London School of Economics today. What do you think the absentee rate was for students? I’m going to say pretty low. “Angelina Jolie spoke to a class of students taking the postgraduate course ‘Women, Peace and S...

Smutty Social Media, March 14, 2017

Amber Tamblyn reveals her baby’s real name… in the best way possible.   The one day I decide to put mascara on Hillary Clinton sends us this letter for our daughter. Crying now. A letter from one spectacular woman who has lived so much to another who has only just b...

Samuel L. Jackson is taking a seat after Daniel Kaluuya responds to him saying Get Out role should have gone to African American actor

Last week Samuel L. Jackson stepped in it when talking about Get Out and its star, Daniel Kaluuya, who is British. In an interview with Hot 97 Jackson said, “I tend to wonder what would that movie have been with an American brother who really understands that. […] Daniel grew up in a country wher...

Sony going ahead with sequel to Girl with the Dragon Tattoo remake

Yesterday it was announced that Sony will finally make the sequel to their 2011 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo remake. Sony is skipping the other books in Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, though, and going right to the new book, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, written by David Lagercrantz. That’s maybe not a ...

Prince William goes skiing in Switzerland as the royal family attends Commonwealth Day service

I’ve sure you’ve seen the photos of Prince William skiing… which is fine… only he was on a ski trip with his friends when the other senior royals, including his dad, his brother, and his uncles, joined the Queen for Commonwealth Day service. And, well, it’s not a good look. It a really hard look ...

Pippa Middleton reportedly doesn't want Meghan Markle to attend her wedding

Pippa Middleton is getting married soon. And there’s been all kinds of talk about whether or not Prince Harry will take Meghan Markle and if Pippa’s pissed because she doesn’t want Meghan stealing her shine. Which is rich. Because Pippa’s ass was the shine at her sister’s wedding. It’s an interes...

Andrew Lincoln in first Love Actually sequel teaser

I smiled. I smiled at the end when Andrew Lincoln smiles. It’s the song. I can’t help the feelings I get when I hear that song. Have you see the Love Actually teaser? โฮวววว teaser Love Actually ของ Red Nose Day มาแว้ว http://pic.twitter.com/6iv7N3Rs1H — Sasio Mané🕊 (@SasikamolS) March 14...

Beyoncé fans think she's having twin boys because of earrings in new photos

OK but first, did you hear about Amy O’Connor, journalist in Ireland, who realised that she’d never asked politicians how they feel about Beyoncé and proceeded to contact all of the members of Parliament to get their thoughts on Beyoncé and their favourite Beyoncé songs? Here’s how one of the...

March 14, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

“Shout out to my dearest writing partner Mary. Despite the distance, our bloomers are still blooming and I am still your biggest fan. Happy birthday - may it be a celebration of your elevated writing status at work and your newfound freedom at home. Here's to the year of the Pink Tent - the year ...

Intro for March 14, 2017

Dear Gossips, When was the last time you saw A Room With A View? For me it’s been years. I forgot most of it. I forgot how funny it was. Or maybe it’s funnier to me now in different ways. TIFF kicked off its 7th annual Books On Film series last night with a screening of A Room With A View fol...

Smutty Social Media, March 13, 2017

Maria's off for March break so I'm taking over Smutty Social Media for the week!  I’m not the only one who’s trying to make out shapes under the water, am I?   A post shared by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on Mar 13, 2017 at 7:51am PDT Sam Ta...

Jennifer Lopez Instagrams then deletes photo with Alex Rodriguez

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez spent the weekend in the Bahamas. I’m supposed to tell you that it was “romantic” minibreak. But I refuse. Because, right now, I don’t feel like I’ll ever be onside with this couple, even though, on paper, it seems to make so much sense. E! News has low quality p...

Show Your Work: Movie stars and stars in movies – Emma Watson, Scarjo, & KStew

The big movie coming out at the end of this week is Beauty And The Beast. Emma Watson has been carrying much of the publicity responsibilities ahead of the release. Duana wrote last week about her Vanity Fair spread and how some people criticised her for one of the poses because she, allegedly, o...

Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson in Kong: Skull Island movie review

Kong: Skull Island opened this weekend with $61 million, which is a respectable spring opener, but well short of Godzilla’s $93 million haul in 2014. Kong is a prequel to Godzilla, and the second entry into Warner Brothers’ budding monster-centric cinematic universe, so slightly deflated numbers ...

Smutty Tingles for March 13, 2017

This does not make me care more than I already do about Game Of Thrones (Dlisted)  The Khaleesi for D&G (Just Jared) Michael Fassbender wore a clingy shirt at SXSW (Cele|bitchy) Tyra’s new job (TooFab) Justin Bieber, Leo-styles (TMZ)  January Jones, from Don Draper to a Bachel...

Nicki Minaj performs with Drake during his concert in Paris

Nicki Minaj finally responded to Remy Ma’s shETHER at the end of last week with a track called No Frauds and two other new songs with Drake and Lil Wayne. As I wrote last week in my post about Nicki’s “answer”, No Frauds really isn’t a diss track. It’s an attempt at a new hit song… which, really,...

Tatiana Maslany takes home 3 Canadian Screen Awards for Orphan Black and The Other Half

And barefoot, as she makes history at the Canadian Screen Awards, winning three different CSAs, one for Best Actress – Film for The Other Half, acting in Orphan Black (her fourth statue in a row for the role), and another for producing the show. Orphan Black was named Best TV Drama. Still, it did...

Charlize Theron and James McAvoy at SXSW for Atomic Blonde premiere

The first trailer for Charlize Theron’s Atomic Blonde was released last week ahead of it the film’s premiere at SXSW this weekend. And, so far, the response has been generally positive, especially about Charlize’s performance. According to Consequence of Sound, she “is going down as this decade’s...

Ansel Elgort in first trailer for Baby Driver as cast screens film at SXSW

After Edgar Wright dropped out of Ant-Man, he went to work on an original script he’d written called Baby Driver, which is not a helpful title. Is it about a baby who drives? A driver of babies? A person named “Baby Driver”? Turns out that last one was pretty close, as Ansel Elgort—the once and f...

Angelina Jolie and her children head to London for March break

Angelina Jolie and all six kids were photographed at LAX on Saturday heading to London. Where I grew up, in Toronto, the unofficial term for this time of year is “March break”. Some schools call it “winter break”. And of course in the US I’ve heard “spring break”. But I always associate “spring b...

Latest Wonder Woman "Origins" trailer is so good

I’m trying so hard to keep my expectations tempered because the DC movies are really good at trailers and really bad at everything else, but goddamn these Wonder Woman trailers are SO good. The latest is the “Origins” trailer, introducing us to Diana’s childhood and training on Themyscira. Here’s...

March 13, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

For Karen in California who said goodbye to Ricky, the boss – as clearly illustrated in this photo. But he couldn’t have been the boss unless he knew how loved he was. And it’s obvious that he was adored. His name alone is proof of that. RICKY! Just saying it and looking at him makes me smile. Wh...

Intro for March 13, 2017

Dear Gossips, No award show is perfect. And no cultural community is perfect. But there was a lot to celebrate at last night’s Canadian Screen Awards. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee won the CSA for Best Actor Comedy Series for his work in Kim’s Convenience, Canada’s first sitcom about an Asian-Canadian f...

Smutty Tingles for March 10, 2017

Excellent trailer (Dlisted)  Did Billy Ray just tell us that Miley Cyrus got married? (Just Jared)  Tom Hiddleston tries to sing in Spanish (Cele|bitchy)  Celine Dion’s new song for the new Beauty And The Beast (TooFab)  While Amal Clooney addressed the UN, George Clooney was sta...

Anna Kendrick in Table 19 movie review

The first thing you need to know is that despite the way its trailer makes it look, Table 19 is not a romantic comedy. The second thing you need to know is that it has an 18% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and I AM HERE TO DEFEND IT. Table 19 is the kind of mid-range, adult-oriented, not-quite-comedy,...

Roxane Gay's interview with Charlie Hunnam in InStyle Magazine

What a gift on a Friday. If you’re a regular visitor here at LaineyGossip, you know how we all feel about Roxane Gay. We learn from her. She makes us think. We read every word she writes. And now… she’s writing about Charlie Hunnam for InStyle. Charlie is promoting The Lost City Of Z. And...

Melissa Leo in Netflix's The Most Hated Woman in America trailer

I think Netflix has a slight problem. I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and debuted just a few weeks later on Netflix with no fanfare. Yesterday they released the trailer for The Most Hated Woman in America starring Melissa Leo and it premieres in a c...

New trailer for first-live action Little Mermaid looks atrocious

There are several live-action Little Mermaid projects in the works, including one that has Lin-Manuel Miranda attached, but the first to theaters is The Little Mermaid brought to you by your worst nightmares because oh my god this movie looks ATROCIOUS. The totally bitching Atomic Blonde trailer ...

Smutty Social Media, March 10, 2017

Rachel Bilson is joining Nashville?! Just when I thought I was out etc and so forth. You know how it goes. I can’t with this show. But Summer from The O.C. is back on TV, so maybe I can?   Music city, here I come🎧#nashvillecmt A post shared by @rachelbilson...

Charlize Theron in first trailer for Atomic Blonde

The poster for Charlize Theron’s upcoming Atomic Blonde came out a few days before the Oscars. When I wrote about it at the time, I said that I really liked the title change, especially because Atomic Blonde will open in the summer. A summer blockbuster with a bombass female spy… And now, now...

Justin Timberlake is too late with his "important opinions" on Twitter and Instagram

Yeah but Justin Timberlake has to be part of it. And because he’s Justin Timberlake, this time he’s part of it when it’s conveniently too late. So here’s what JT tweeted the other day: That Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos tho........ 🔥🔥🔥 — Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) March 9...

Kristen Stewart in Personal Shopper movie review

Kristen Stewart won a Cesar Award for Olivier Assayas’s Clouds of Sils Maria, and she now reteams with writer/director Assayas for a new movie called Personal Shopper. It’s a slightly trashy weird artsy Euro horror movie, and while it won’t be for everyone, it did scare the bejeebus out of me. St...

Nicki Minaj finally responds to Remy Ma's diss track with three new songs meant to deflect

Remy Ma’s shETHER was released almost two weeks ago, on the last Saturday in February. Five days after that, she came out with a follow-up and then went on Wendy Williams dressed for a funeral. At the time, I posted that even though Nicki was at Paris Fashion Week, fronting like Remy was beneath ...

Game of Thrones Season 7 teaser released on Facebook

Yesterday HBO did this thing where they melted a block of ice on Facebook Live to reveal the premiere date for season seven of Game of Thrones: July 16. Then they released the first teaser which has no footage. It’s mostly old dialogue and sigil graphics— I love the look of the sigils and the way...

March 10, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Lisa! Happy Birthday with so much love and admiration from Tanis! Thanks so much for listening to Show Your Work…and THANK YOU for showing YOUR work. In your honour, here’s Tom Hardy and the puppy. And for Mina…because I know, I know how you miss Lola. I won’t lie to you and tell you that it ...

Intro for March 10, 2017

Dear Gossips, It’s been a week. Should we keep it light to start the day? Because the only thing I’ve been doing since I woke up is cracking up over a video our friend Lorella sent to Duana and me this morning. I’ve watched it at least 8 times. And every time I lose it when the baby busts in ...

Smutty Tingles for March 9, 2017

Nicole Kidman confirms it was about the rings (Dlisted)  The Hamilton cast is like the Hamilton creator (Just Jared)  Nicki Minaj isn’t staying silent because she’s trying to take the high road. She’s silent because she doesn’t have the words! (Cele|bitchy)  A Day Without Women at Ful...

Keira Knightley, Andrew Lincoln, and Chiwetel Ejiofor film Love Actually sequel in London

As you know, they’re shooting the 10 minute Love Actually sequel for Red Nose Day right now in London. This week, Keira Knightley, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Andrew Lincoln were seen on set. Not that you need reminding but that was the storyline of course that involved Keira and Chiwetel getting marri...

Keira Knightley, Andrew Lincoln, and Chiwetel Ejoifor film Love Actually sequel in London

As you know, they’re shooting the 10 minute Love Actually sequel for Red Nose Day right now in London. This week, Keira Knightley, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Andrew Lincoln were seen on set. Not that you need reminding but that was the storyline of course that involved Keira and Chiwetel getting marri...

Aaron Taylor-Johnson discusses his marriage and gender roles in Mr Porter interview

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, half my obsession, is featured in Mr Porter this month ahead of the release of his next film The Wall. I LOVE this interview. I LOVE how he speaks. But let me give you some background before I explain why. My husband, Jacek, and I run LaineyGossip together, with signific...

Brie Larson says not clapping for Casey Affleck's Oscar win "speaks for itself"

So… I’ve never been big on Brie Larson. Not that I hated her. But I just … didn’t worship her? Now though? I think Brie Larson owns me. Brie Larson is currently promoting Kong: Skull Island. And I was worried about whether or not we should worry about her on the press tour being asked about Casey...

Smutty Social Media, March 9, 2017

Choupette lives better than all of us. But I’m not sure how useful cat travel trips (on a private plane!) are. I guess that’s not the point. The point is to point out our peasant-ness.   Time to get Choupette's bests travel tips. Read her exclusive interview by clic...

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen maintain their work ethic in interview with The Edit

We are never going to get a lot from Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, at least in interviews. We may catch the occasional double date or argue about them at the Met Gala (they are consistently my favourites, fight me) or see them launching a product on social media (but only for a day), but there’s ne...

Gwyneth Paltrow calls herself a pioneer in Women's Health cover feature profile

Charlie Hunnam covers the new issue of Men’s Health and Gwyneth Paltrow covers the new issue of Women’s Health. She looks great. Which is part of the reason why she’s been trying to give you advice on how to look and feel as great as she does. But, as you know, some of that advice is… well… it ha...

Tom Hiddleston's The Night Manager possibly being renewed for a second season

According to very vague statements, The Night Manager, Tom Hiddleston’s humanitarian effort to cheer up aid workers in Africa, is maybe possibly being explored to potentially develop a second season. The companies behind the transporting experience that Tom Hiddleston graciously provided, AMC, BB...

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are dating

Which, I guess, makes J-Rod. But I think I like A-Lo better because A-Lo reminds me of Asshole. And Alex Rodriguez is one. Which totally makes sense. Jennifer Lopez is drawn to them. So it was widely reported last night, from a variety of different outlets, that JLO and ARod are dating. Appar...

Charlie Hunnam covers Men's Health Magazine, makes love as often as he can

Well there’s a headline. Charlie Hunnam is featured in the new issue of Men’s Health discussing his training regimen over the course of shooting his last three movies. Basically he had to gain muscle, lose it all, and then regain it back to back to back. So he ate well or didn’t eat, and smok...

The cast of Thor: Ragnarok covers Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly has the first look at Thor: Ragnarok on its cover this week, and it is an Eighties-fantastic explosion of COLOR and LIGHT and HAIR. Thor’s got an entirely new look, including a new haircut—which I am way into—and a suspiciously missing hammer. I have never been a huge fan of ...

Intro for March 9, 2017

Dear Gossips, Thank you for all your messages yesterday over email or on Twitter or Instagram about International Women’s Day and A Day Without Women. And for visiting our site during your day, whether you were striking or not. Today for me is kind of an extension of International Women’s...

Smutty Social Media, March 8, 2017

Kelly Rowland wants everyone to know she did not shade the Wilsons and the Instagram “like a comment” feature is dumb. (She’s right, it is dumb.)   This pic of my dear friend and her beautiful family makes my heart smile, I can't believe how anyone would actually th...

Duana nominates: Emily Doe for International Women's Day

Emily Doe wrote, perhaps, the most important document we read in 2016: her victim impact statement. Emily was named Woman of the Year by Glamour and in November, I wrote about her essay in the magazine and why we must never forget her words and never stop finding ways to share her words. Duana ha...

Kathleen nominates: Beyoncé knew

Kathleen is currently on holiday. This is what she was doing yesterday:   Had an OK day. 📷 @jtghoward A post shared by Kathleen Newman-Bremang (@kathleennb) on Mar 7, 2017 at 9:14pm PST Even though her wifi is sh-t though, and even tho...

Michelle Yeoh cast as Eleanor Young in Crazy Rich Asians

Constance Wu was confirmed recently as the star of the upcoming film adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians playing Rachel, who falls in love with Nick, and then finds out Nick is a member of Singapore’s richest craziest family. Yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Michelle Yeoh ...

Sarah nominates: Joanna on Natalie Portman as a director for International Women's Day

Joanna is our resident Natalie Portman fan/defender/explainer. Sarah nominates her post from last August about Natalie Portman’s experience as a director and the “language that women use to disguise their assertiveness”. Last night, Natalie told Charlie Rose that before she started directing ...

Gerard Butler's Geostorm looks gloriously dumb

Sometimes a trailer comes along and lights up your life with how gloriously f*cking dumb the movie looks, and today that trailer is Geostorm, a movie in which Gerard Butler saves us from the weather. In the grand tradition of Twister, Volcano, Dante’s Peak, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow—all movies...

Maria nominates: Duana’s Ghostbusters crew for International Women's Day

In August 2015, almost a year before the all-female Ghostbusters was released, Duana wrote about an Instagram photo posted by Melissa McCarthy of the crew - all the women with their job titles specifically noted. Today Maria is nominating this post to revisit, on International Women’s Day, as we ...

Hayley nominates: Sasha’s Lost and Found for International Women's Day

In Hayley’s words: I want to nominate Sasha and her post about her new venture Lost and Found Apothecary. Sasha took one of the most difficult times in her life and morphed it into something beautiful which should inspire all of us women to never give up, to take hard times and learn from the...

Scarlett Johansson's divorce gets complicated as ex Romain Dauriac uses her fame against her in public statement

When it was announced in January that Scarlett Johansson and Romain Dauriac had broken up, the two made a point of stepping out together that same night to show that they too are consciously uncoupling. But, as I wrote at the time, the circumstances seemed… off. Scarjo’s sources claimed that the ...

Joanna nominates: Duana on Allison Williams for International Women's Day

In Joanna’s words: I nominate Duana’s The No-Podcast Would-Be Episode of Show Your Work. I’ve been an avid listener of the podcast since it launched (remember “Working Class”?), but aside from the Dwayne Johnson-Anna Kendrick-shut down Jimmy Fallon mega episode from November, my favourite edi...

Tom Brady partners with plant-based meal service plan Purple Carrot

Would you like to have dinner with the Brady bunch? When you set the table in your mind, do not include wine glasses or bread plates or butter knives. Because you will not be needing any of that to enjoy a meal with Tom Brady. Tom and Gisele Bundchen often speak about their tight diet – h...

Smutty Tingles for March 8, 2017

The benefits of being friends with Taylor Swift (Dlisted)  Why Eva Mendes didn’t go the Oscars with Ryan Gosling (Just Jared)  All I ever want to talk about is my tampons – and Grace Meng is doing GREAT work (Cele|bitchy)  Celebrity messages on International Women’s Day (TooFab)  ...

Sarah nominates: Maria on Margot Robbie’s Vanity Fair profile for International Women's Day

Margot Robbie covered Vanity Fair last summer. And the male writer liked her so much he… lamented the lack of nice, agreeable women in America…? Sarah nominates Maria’s post on the article, calling out the writer for his gross sh-t. Basically for turning a profile about her work into an opportuni...

Kristen Stewart’s buzzcut at Personal Shopper premiere

Kristen Stewart showed off her brand new bleach blonde buzzcut yesterday to promote her film Personal Shopper. As we've seen, her hair has been getting shorter and shorter for a while. So I don't think, at least for me, that this is as drastic as it might feel if she'd done this, say, right after...

Emily nominates: Hayley on mental health for International Women's Day

Emily is our Site Manager. You may not hear from her often, but you see her work every single day in the lineup of our posts, in the photos that are chosen, and in the organisation of the site. None of us could write without her contribution. To celebrate International Women’s Day, Emily has ...

Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon's Late Night Boy Sh-t

As we are so fond of saying around here, boy sh*t is the best sh*t and today we’ve been given a helping of late night talk show host boy sh*t. If you haven’t heard, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been steadily gaining ground in the late night ratings thanks to Colbert’s political comedy a...

Lainey nominates: Kathleen on Lemonade for International Women's Day

When Lemonade came out, Kathleen wrote about her reaction to Beyoncé’s masterpiece through the lens of her own black identity, sharing with us her heartbreak in becoming part of a black “stereotype”, the broken black family, beautifully illuminating why Lemonade was so personal for so many black ...

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner reportedly calling off divorce

PEOPLE reported first thing this morning that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have called off their divorce – for now: Though the actors, both 44 — who announced their separation back in June 2015 — aren’t back together, they have decided to keep working on their marriage after going through ...

Duana nominates: Sarah on Blake Lively for International Women's Day

Sarah wrote about “Cherokee Princess” Blake Lively back in January and today, on International Women’s Day, as we show our work and celebrate the work of our colleagues, Duana remembers this post for the way Sarah shared her own experience as an indigenous woman getting to know her own story and ...

March 8, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

What an amazing shout-out for today, International Women’s Day. For Marsha, who was recently awarded the 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award at her school, recognising remarkable teaching and contributions that enrich the learning environment - CONGRATULATIONS from Emily who says that you are t...

Intro for March 8, 2017

Dear Gossips, Today is International Women’s Day. And a “Day Without Women”. Many women around the world are striking, participating in marches, gathering together in support of gender equality, of each other. And to wear red to show solidarity. I am wearing red today. But, to be honest, I st...

Smutty Tingles for March 7, 2017

The Sasha Answers podcast is back! And if you’re single, we need you to tell us whether or not Fridays are still for f-cking. The Beauty And The Beast Russian age limit (Dlisted)  I know people like this! Who mouth the words that someone else is saying! Duana might be one of them! She wil...

More Gilmore Girls episodes might be released on Netflix and Duana is not interested

Well, it’s been nice working here at LaineyGossip and existing under my own face and name on the internet, but I assume those days are over. Because when I read the headline that there might be more Gilmore episodes on Netflix, I thought... nah, I’m good. Which I understand is akin to treason...

Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds in extended clip for Life that looks like Alien

Entertainment Weekly tweeted out a scene from the upcoming Life starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds today. Watch an unbelievably intense extended sneak peek of @LifeMovie, starring @vancityreynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal. 😱 #LifeMovie http://pic.twitter.com/38ZE5dMUS2 — Entertainment Week...

Girls explores consent and feminism in season 6 episode 3, American Bitch

I know the world needs less narcissism and not more. Still, indulge me for a second in thinking that the fact that I wasn’t able to watch the third episode of Girls season 6, “American Bitch”, until now is fortuitous, not unfortunate. The whole season has been rocketing along with stories tha...

Smutty Social Media, March 7, 2017

According to TMZ things are calming down in Robin Thicke and Paula Patton’s custody war.   King Julian watching King Julian. Happy Sunday A post shared by Robin Thicke (@robinthicke) on Mar 5, 2017 at 9:19am PST Her robe IS better than our...

Cherry picking Tom Hiddleston won't answer Taylor Swift questions on The Today Show

Tom Hiddleston was on The Today Show this morning to promote Kong: Skull Island. Savannah Guthrie asked him about Taylor Swift, the GQ article, and he basically says he’s entitled to a private life even though he works in the public domain. We’ll get back to his rationale in a minute. Le...

Checking in with Aaron Paul as he steps out for an event in LA

It’s been 3.5 years since the Breaking Bad finale – do you miss it? I do. Which isn’t the same thing as not wanting a show to end. I think it ended at the right time, as good shows tend to do. But I still wonder if Walt was actually dead and where exactly Jesse went. I’ve been keeping tabs on...

Jennifer Lopez's extra long ponytail extensions

The second season for Jennifer Lopez’s Shades Of Blue premiered on Sunday which is why she was everywhere last week on promotion in New York. Here she is yesterday back in LA heading to a meeting. Sorry. I don’t want to talk about her work. Because I want to talk about her hair. Is that OK? Can w...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle very much together at friend's wedding in Jamaica

I was waiting on some additional information which is why I didn’t get to this yesterday so you’ve probably already seen these photos of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Jamaica at his friend’s wedding. What surprised me though is that some of you have emailed and tweeted at me about the Photo A...

Zoey Deutch in Before I Fall movie review

Before I Fall is a Very Special Episode stretched to ninety minutes in which an insipid teen learns not to be a total asshole by reliving the same day over and over. If you’re saying, “Hey, that sounds like Groundhog Day,” then you are correct because this is basically just Groundhog Day for teen...

March 7, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

For Andrea S from Amélie who misses you and is thinking of you – Happy Birthday! May Gilmore Girls and coffee bond you forever!  

Intro for March 7, 2017

Dear Gossips, The two major celebrity interviews/profiles I read yesterday: David Letterman in New York Magazine and Chrissy Teigen in Glamour. Letterman is, as we all know, a legend. He was irreverent when he was on late night and now that he’s retired, he really has no f-cks to give. Chriss...

Smutty Social Social Media, March 6, 2017

Does Sarah Hyland have friends? Here’s what they should tell her: you are famous. Your boyfriend, also an actor, is not. He is walking that red carpet because of you, as your guest. You are there for work. So perhaps he could pull out his totes adorbs act another time. Because if she doesn’t nip ...

Idris Elba DJs in LA and eats a hotdog on the set of The Dark Tower

I am not The One. I will not be going on a date with Idris Elba. Instead, the winner of the date with Idris Elba is Sandra Boonton from New Jersey. And she’s pretty f-cking cute, so I’m happy for her…I guess. Congratulations Sandra. Please pound the sh-t out of Idris’s yams. In other Idris ne...

Emma Watson reacts to backlash she faced for partially exposed breast in Vanity Fair spread

So Emma Watson is an actress and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. She defined feminism as “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.” She’s currently in the middle of a massive promotional campaign for Beauty and the Beast. Hence her March cover of  Vanity Fair.  ...

Show Your Work: Oscars, Angelina, Jake G’s pivot, and how women diversify

Sorry again for missing out on the podcast last week. Duana and I were in LA for the Oscars and our podcast studio (my living room) isn’t mobile yet. But what a week to miss… We’ve had questions about how the Oscar f-ck-up could have happened. And while the Academy is putting the blame solely...

Natalie Portman names newborn daughter Amalia

Early in the week of the Oscars, Natalie Portman released a statement saying she wouldn’t be attending either the big show or the Independent Spirit Awards, ‘on doctor’s orders’. Turns out that was because her daughter arrived on February 22nd, and I swear up and down that she would have felt not...

Smutty Tingles for March 6, 2017

My Obsession’s birthday wishes – you think JT would have cut off his own head? (Dlisted)  Bella Hadid’s blue velvet bells (Just Jared)  Tom Hiddleston isn’t a guy who fights in a bar – which I quite like about him (Cele|bitchy)  The updated Beauty & The Beast music video (TooFab)  ...

Beyoncé and Blue Ivy at Beauty & The Beast premiere in LA

The Beauty & The Beast premiere happened last Thursday. Emma Watson was the big draw on the red carpet. The biggest draw, however, avoided the red carpet and arrived at the last minute: Beyoncé. With the Blue Ivy Carter. And, of course, the Blessings. Beyoncé has posted the photos from the ev...

Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon in Feud: Bette and Joan TV review

Unleashing his lingering ire toward Bette Davis, who was a crucial player in the fall of the Old Hollywood studio system, studio boss Jack Warner (Stanley Tucci) bellows, “That C*NT!” And later, ushering Bette Davis and Joan Crawford into her lavish Hollywood estate, Hedda Hopper (Judy Davis) gra...

Colin Firth in a turtleneck on the set of Love Actually "sequel"

Production on the Love Actually “sequel” continued this weekend. It’s a 10 minute short film that will air on Red Nose Day in the UK on March 24 and the following day in North America. We saw Liam Neeson shooting his scenes a couple of weeks ago and now director Emma Freud is showing us Hugh Gran...

Making good decisions blind riddle

You may have heard that he’s been scaling back on some of his work commitments, major projects that meant a lot to him. These are good decisions. Part of a series of better decisions that he’s been making lately. And the best decision is that he’s been in treatment. Which is why he’s kept a r...

Justin Timberlake says Can't Stop The Feeling is about inclusion at iHeartRadio Music Awards

Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop The Feeling, named the Worst Song of 2016 by several industry outlets, won the iHeartRadio Music Award for Song of the Year last night, because it was played so much on the radio. Previously – as in when he was campaigning for Oscar – JT explained that he wrote ...

Hugh Jackman in Logan movie review

Logan hauled in an estimated $85 million over the weekend, which is a great debut for Hugh Jackman’s last ride as Wolverine. The movie itself, though, is a somewhat less-than-great send-off for the first superhero superstar. In it we find Logan—no longer going by “Wolverine”—driving a limo in El ...

Intro for March 6, 2017

Dear Gossips, Did you read the new Zadie Smith this weekend? And did you LISTEN to Zadie Smith reading her own words this weekend? There’s a new book of photographs taken by Jerry Dantzic coming out next month of Billie Holiday. Zadie’s piece Crazy They Call Me, imagined in the voice of B...

Smutty Tingles for March 3, 2017

Beau Dean is how Cantonese people say “pudding” – true story (Dlisted)  Rihanna’s green spikes (Just Jared) Whatever this is, Johnny Depp haaaates it (Cele|bitchy)  SJP’s social media amazingness (TooFab)  OK dude, go ahead and lose all that money (TMZ)  Is Jennifer Garner sh...

Celine Dion's powder blue bow at Beauty And The Beast premiere

It takes a certain person to wear a certain dress. This particular dress – powder blue, high collar, and a giant bow (is it a bow? I’m calling it a bow) on one shoulder – requires a particular person. A person who can carry a bow as big as her heart on her right shoulder and not be eaten alive by...

Smutty Social Media, March 3, 2017

On WWHL, Lisa Kudrow told a story about a Friends guest star telling her, “Oh wow, now you’re f-ckable” after seeing her in full makeup. My first guess was Charlie Sheen, because… well, I don’t need a reason. My back-up guess is Sean Penn. It’s #WWHL with @LisaKudrow & @jenniferbeals NOW ...

Prince Harry brings Meaghan Markle to friend Skipp's wedding in Jamaica

Not the one we’re waiting on, but US Weekly says that a proposal is coming by summer. But this weekend Prince Harry is in Jamaica for the wedding of his good friend Tom “Skipp” Inskip and … Meghan Markle has joined him there. So. A few points. First… he’s obviously bringing her into his circl...

Nicki Minaj at Paris Fashion Week as Remy Ma releases follow-up diss track

Kathleen wrote about Remy Ma’s shETHER the other day, a direct rap-attack on Nicki Minaj. And as of this morning, Nicki has still not responded. And Remy is coming for her again with a follow-up diss track appropriated titled Another One, calling out Nicki again on all the previous points AND for...

Johnny Depp is young again in new Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales trailer

Another trailer for Pirates Of The Caribbean 5: Johnny Depp needs money was released yesterday. It’s probably the best one we’ve seen so far. And, yes, it’s probably because it features the most Captain Jack Sparrow that we’ve seen so far. Not surprising since the franchise is entirely built arou...

Katy Perry's amazing haircut following Orlando Bloom split

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom confirmed earlier this week that they’re not together anymore – for now – because they’re taking some “loving space”. Supposedly it was amicable, although PEOPLE reports that Orlando “didn’t want things to get more serious” and has recently been behaving like “he had ...

Intro for March 3, 2017

Dear Gossips, Buzzfeed’s Anne Helen Petersen wrote a great piece yesterday about Ivanka Trump And The Aesthetics Of Denial, an analysis of how Ivanka uses social media to her advantage – to pivot and redirect and protect, not just her father’s brand but, most importantly, her own. The reason ...

Smutty Tingles for March 2, 2017

More evidence that they’re really not all that classier over in England (Dlisted) Kit Harington for D&G (Just Jared)  Flattered? Tom Hiddleston can barely contain his orgasm any time someone brings it up! (Cele|bitchy)  I would wear Amanda Seyfried’s pregnancy dress (TooFab)  Fitn...

Justin Timberlake's "baby daddy duty" in Jessica Biel's Instagram photo from the Oscars

It’s taken me a few days to get to this but I thought I’d let your Justin Timberlake Oscar rage subside …and then stoke it back up again. Here’s what Jessica Biel posted on Instagram the day after the Oscars:   Post Oscars. Pre party. Baby daddy duty. A ...

Beyoncé endorses Calvin Harris's Slide with Oscars photo montage soundtrack

Kathleen wrote about Calvin Harris’s new song, Slide, featuring Frank Ocean and Migos last week and as she said in that post, we both hate ourselves for liking it. But… God… it’s such a great song. SO GOOD. I can’t wait for it to be summer so Kathleen can come over and we can blast this off the b...

Smutty Social Media, March 2, 2017

Per Lainey’s post earlier today, yes she did wish Chris Martin a Happy Birthday.   HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY to the best daddy in the world!!! We 💖you so much! A post shared by Gwyneth Paltrow (@gwynethpaltrow) on Mar 2, 2017 at 8:41am PST A Ch...

Sienna Miller discusses co-parenting with ex Tom Sturridge in Harper's Bazaar cover profile

Have you seen America’s Sweethearts? It’s one of those movies that I have to watch through if I happen to catch it on TV. (And I just discovered it has a 1.5 star rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The injustice!) Here’s a quick rundown before I get to my musings on Sienna’s latest interview with Harper’...

Zoe Kravitz and Karl Glusman are hot lovers in Paris for Saint Laurent

I think I’ve mentioned before how obsessed I am with Zoe Kravitz? Which is why I’m also obsessed with her and Karl Glusman. Zoe reps Saint Laurent so they were in Paris right after the Oscars for the Saint Laurent show.  That’s… really all I have to say about them? Because, frankly, I’m too b...

Bella Hadid walks H&M runway with sister Gigi as ex-boyfriend The Weeknd performs

Selena Gomez and The Weeknd were in Paris last week. Here they are on the weekend, leaving their hotel. Selena has since returned to the US and was seen arriving in Atlanta yesterday. Also yesterday, The Weeknd performed at the H&M show during Paris Fashion Week. Where his ex-girlfriend Bella Had...

Barry Jenkins and Damien Chazelle on Variety's "Amazing Grace" cover continues narrative that La La Land did something heroic

Thanks to the craziest Oscars ending in history, Moonlight and La La Land, two separate films, became Moonlight + La La Land, one cultural monolith. There are historic wins on both sides. Damien Chazelle, at 32, is the youngest Best Director winner ever. And Moonlight is the first LGBTQ film to w...

Staircase in Angelina Jolie's Guerlain ad appears to be the same as Brange wedding photos

Yesterday when I wrote about Angelina Jolie’s Guerlain ad, I wondered about the scenes that take place in the vineyard, and presumed it wouldn’t be at Miraval. Miraval, of course, is Brange’s French chateau where they produce their award-winning rosé. Thanks to Fiona’s eagle eye (thanks Fiona!), ...

Gwyneth Paltrow wishes "handsome" boyfriend, Brad Falchuk, Happy Birthday on Instagram

Gwyneth Paltrow’s latest Instagram post:   Happy birthday, handsome A post shared by Gwyneth Paltrow (@gwynethpaltrow) on Mar 1, 2017 at 5:55pm PST That is, of course, Brad Falchuk, her boyfriend. His birthday is March 1. Same as Justin...

Intro for March 2, 2017

Dear Gossips, It’s Thursday. And I’m assuming you’ve caught up on everything you had to PVR during the Oscars? So… my next question is: are you obsessed with Big Little Lies yet? As mentioned on Show Your Work a few weeks ago, I was obsessed within the first 5 minutes. And then I text-bullied...

Smutty Social Media, March 1, 2017

Alison Brie’s new Netflix series, Glow, is about female wrestlers in 1980s Los Angeles. I am into all of this. Pssst...https://t.co/VBKV4lg01Q — Alison Brie (@alisonbrie) February 28, 2017 Penn Badgley and Domino Kirke (sister of Girls’s Jemima) married at a courthouse in Brooklyn...

Beauty And The Beast to feature first gay Disney character

First, a quick check-in. Are we still excited about Beauty And The Beast, or beaten down by unending press stories about it, or both? Assuming it’s the latter, today’s is more than just the average story; director Bill Condon announced that the character 'Lefou' will be revealed to be gay. I orig...

Blaming Mariah Carey for postponing tour with Lionel Richie

I was supposed to go to see Lionel Richie and Mimi on tour at the end of this month with my friend Marci. Don’t think I have to tell you how excited we were. But yesterday an email alert came through telling us that the tour has been postponed…and we still don’t have a replacement date! Then…...

New trailer and poster for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 released

A new trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was released last night—Chris Pratt popped out of the audience at Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote it—and while it is mostly new material, it’s kind of amazing how much of this movie they’re NOT giving away. We get to see a little more of Elizabeth Deb...

Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical, In The Heights, to become a movie

I guarantee the number one question Lin-Manuel Miranda is asked by people who don’t know is “When is Hamilton going to be a movie?” He always answers “Oh… eventually”, which is polite because it doesn’t say what I would say, which is ‘what, being the most successful Broadway debut ever and breaki...

Angelina Jolie's full-length Mon Guerlain ad, Notes Of A Woman

Have you seen the full-length version of Angelina Jolie’s Mon Guerlain ad yet? The title of the piece is Notes Of A Woman. It’s a montage of Angelina, sitting by the window, walking through the vineyard (presumably not Chateau Miraval), in her pyjamas maybe practising a speech. At times she’s bat...

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are "taking respectful, loving space" from each other

A rep for Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom today released a statement saying, "Before rumors or falsifications get out of hand, we can confirm that Orlando and Katy are taking respectful, loving space at this time." There’s lots to unpack here as the breakup comes right after a very public Oscar week...

Smutty Tingles for March 1, 2017

Is the “tampon” going to come up? (Dlisted)  Chrissy Teigen is here to make sure John Legend’s ego isn’t a problem (Just Jared)  Supposedly Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus are “just friends” (Cele|bitchy)  Casey Affleck’s post-Oscar comments on being an alleged sexual harasser (TooFab)...

Rihanna receives Harvard Humanitarian of the Year award

Rihanna received the Harvard Humanitarian of the Year award yesterday. In her words, “So… I made it to Harvard”. But it looks better than it reads. So see it for yourself: 👏👏👏 https://t.co/5Xttl3Y4JJ http://pic.twitter.com/Acp7SS8gZu — Harvard University (@Harvard) March 1, 2017 I ...

Auli’i Cravalho to star in NBC pilot Drama High

I’ve never really gone in much for ‘putting it out into the universe’ but I’m going to have to start. Because no sooner did I say that Auli’i Cravalho was going to be a star, than the announcement came out that she’ll star in the NBC pilot for Drama High. This is pretty fantastic. First of al...

Kate Hudson's ex-husband, Chris Robinson, challenging terms of custody agreement over son Ryder

Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson were divorced in 2007 and at the time reached a joint custody agreement of their son, Ryder. Chris is now challenging the terms of the agreement. Ryder is 12 years old. Here they are on Monday leaving an office building in LA. According to E! News: “…both Hudson...

Remy Ma comes for Nicki Minaj with diss track, shETHER

The first thing that came up yesterday if you googled Nicki Minaj’s name was “Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma.” Unless you haven’t googled Nicki or paid attention to Black Twitter or spent any time on the internet for the past 4 days, you know that Nicki and Remy are in the midst of an epic, juicy, good ...

Smutty Social Media, February 28, 2017

Gordon Ramsay often responds to fans who send him homemade food pics. Asking for his feedback is like going to one of the novelty restaurants where the waitstaff is rude on purpose. Your suppose to roast the chicken not take to the crematorium https://t.co/y39HQRFmiP — Gordon Ramsay (@G...

Mahershala Ali in new Calvin Klein underwear campaign

Moonlight won the Oscar for Best Picture. Mahershala Ali won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. He’s now starring in a new underwear campaign for Calvin Klein.   Resonant: “Even after the performance is over, I realize that you still have to service it. I’ll be in...

Liev Schreiber with Minnie Driver's sister, Kate, at Vanity Fair Oscar party

Liev Schreiber was at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday night, at one point posing for a photograph with Kate Driver, Minnie Driver’s sister. Kate also works in the business. According to IMDb, she’s a manager and a producer. They could totally just be friends. But they were also pap...

Will Smith and Noomi Rapace in first teaser trailer for Bright

Suicide Squad won an Oscar on Sunday—2017 is the Year of Nonsense—but despite acquiring some award polish, that movie didn’t really work out the way anyone wanted. Sure, it made money on paper, but no one likes it and time isn’t going to revise that one upward. Even its director, David “We Made T...

March 1, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

For Heather because of the bumper and the phone – here are Richard Armitage and Shawn Mendes.  

Intro for March 1, 2017

Dear Gossips, Let’s get to know John RK Howard, just like we got to know Brock Allen Turner last year. You remember Brock Turner? Of course you do. Brock Turner, a swimming star at Stanford, raped his unconscious victim, Emily Doe, behind a dumpster and then blamed it all on alcohol. We would...