What Else for May 31, 2017

Sasha is mad at me about her shoes. But, as I tell her on this week’s episode of the Sasha Answers podcast, we’ve now had a few examples of those shoes not exactly bringing good luck. What I forgot to say about the shoes is that you either slide in them (which is why they have that name) and that...

Johnny Depp's lawsuit against former managers gets messier and messier

Johnny Depp’s lawsuit against his former managers, The Management Group (TMG), keeps getting messier and messier. The Hollywood Reporter published more details about the case yesterday after deposition details from a former employee of TMG were made public. The whisterblower claims that she saw e...

Jennifer Garner's life after heartbreak PEOPLE magazine cover feature

This week’s PEOPLE Magazine cover featured Jennifer Garner and her “life after heartbreak”. It has all the feel of an exclusive interview: Jen tells PEOPLE about how she’s moved on, where things are at between her and Ben Affleck, what she has planned going forward. Except it’s actually not an ex...

Smutty Social Media, May 31, 2017

Heidi Klum’s style, especially on the red carpet, is not my favourite. But lately I am loving her hair – really long and straight. No layers, no fringe. She’s been wearing it in a top knot and half-up, pulled nice and tight. It’s glamorous (which I think is always a look she is going for) but not...

Robin Wright and Sean Penn spotted together in New York

Robin Wright and Sean Penn were seen together in New York this week. They flew in to JFK together and then they headed to the same apartment together. Of course they have children so it doesn’t mean that they’re a thing again. But, you know, they could totally be a thing again. Robin’s last r...

Keri Russell and Scott Speedman's Felicity reunion

Or Keri Russell and Scott Speedman, OMG. Keri Russell was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday but the only thing anyone cares about is BEN AND FELICITY. REUNITED. OMG. How many OMGs can I fit into this post? If you’ve been reading my writing on this site, you know my love...

Robert Downey Jr's colourful gym outfit and wedges inspire GQ article

Robert Downey Jr was seen in New York yesterday heading to the gym. His outfit inspired an article over at GQ about how his “gym style is everything your dad’s isn’t”. But also, your dad shouldn’t try. I mean even on RDJ is almost borderline. What saves it, of course, is that personality. The fac...

Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Zac Efron in Baywatch movie review

By now you know that Baywatch sh*t the bed on Memorial Day weekend. A lot of people decided not to see Baywatch, whether it’s because they don’t care about Baywatch as a thing or because there really is something to the “one buff guy, one schlubby guy” paradigm (think about it: Jonah Hill/Channin...

Intro for May 31, 2017

Dear Gossips, I will always owe my friend Lara for teaching me one of my favourite expressions, an expression I’ve stolen from her that’s become a feature on this site: Girl Sh-t Is The Best Sh-t. Girl Sh-t, Boy Sh-t, so much great sh-t. Back in the day though, a classic side-eye used to be t...

What Else for May 30, 2017

I don’t want to talk about the cheese or whatever beef substitute Jaden Smith is having with the hotel. What I do want to talk about is how he capitalises the first letter of every word in every tweet. This is some next-level self-confidence. Because when you treat your tweets like this, it means...

Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill to become musical with Diablo Cody's involvement

So I try to stay away from clichés, mostly because they’re hacky, but also because I don’t find them super useful. Usually they don’t articulate much about the situation – unless they’re super insightful, and then they do, but make me seem like a hypocrite.  All this to say that the phrase ‘t...

Tiger Woods admits to prescription drug use after DUI arrest

In Tiger Woods’ case, it’s 3am. I used to listen to Jim Rome a lot. And one of the things he’d always say was, “Nothing good ever happens at 2am”. As you know, Tiger Woods was arrested yesterday in Florida and charged with DUI. There were initial reports that he was “arrogant” when it happene...

Prince Harry attends Invictus Games event and hosts garden party in London

Big day for Prince Harry today. In the morning he was at the Tower of London to meet with Invictus Games athletes who will be competing in Toronto in September. While he was there he hung out with a 6 year old girl called Maya who wanted to thank him for supporting that event because her ma, RAF ...

Smutty Social Media, May 30, 2017

There is a lot of talk about the Stranger Things cast but I’ve often wondered about the children from Modern Family. They truly grew up on TV, the show is widely watched and in syndication (making them highly recognizable) and they’ve made a lot of money, with more coming in from syndication. How...

Chris Hemsworth makes scrambled eggs at the Grand Prix ahead of publicity tour for Thor: Ragnarok

I was about to say this is a bizarre marketing gimmick, Chris Hemsworth making scrambled eggs at the Grand Prix of Monaco but… I’m writing about it. And Tag Heuer isn’t paying me so I guess it worked? You’re looking at Thor in a chef’s hat trying to get his eggs the perfect amount of fluffy. #Don...

Jessica Chastain speaks out about representation of women in film at Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival closed down with an award ceremony and press conference, and during the presser the jury took the stage to talk about their festival experience. Jessica Chastain specifically talked about how the representation of women on screen “disturbed” her: Say that, @jes_ch...

Tom Cruise's The Mummy must lead with money as Universal plans new Dark Universe franchise

Do you have your Wonder Woman tickets yet? I’m going on Saturday, 740pm show at my favourite theatre. Here in Toronto we have VIP theatres with pre-selected leather seats and in-seat service. Which means you never have to queue for anything. My movie order is always: deep fried pickles, deep frie...

Comparing Diane Kruger's reaction to Norman Reedus' and Joshua Jackson's Instagram PDA

Diane Kruger won the Best Actress award at Cannes on Sunday for her work in Into The Fade. Joshua Jackson congratulated her on Instagram. Joanna noted Diane’s response: Norman Reedus also congratulated Diane on her achievement. Joanna compared Diane’s reaction: “Thank you”, with...

Intro for May 30, 2017

Dear Gossips, I don’t watch The Bachelorette. Have never seen a single episode. But I’m going to try to write about The Bachelorette today. Or write about how people write about The Bachelorette. Because I got up this morning and it’s been post after post all over the internet, all kinds of a...

What Else for May 29, 2017

On paper? Bella Hadid and Leonardo DiCaprio, sure. But here’s why I can’t see it: Bella has too much profile. Over the last few years, Leo’s model selections haven’t been “names”, at least not until they become his bonafide. You didn’t know much about Toni Garrn before she and Leo started dating....

Show Your Work: Rihanna, Robert Pattinson, and “that f-cking boat movie”

On this week’s episode of Show Your Work, Duana and I get into a fight about farmers markets. Then we get into the Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o project that got its start on social media. You know that expression that Duana taught me, the one I repeat constantly? Give them what they need, not what ...

Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix together in Cannes

Joaquin Phoenix was named Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday for his performance in Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here. It was one of the last films to screen at the festival. And before that point, people were talking about Robert Pattinson and Adam Sandler as Best Actor (Ca...

Smutty Social Media, May 29, 2017

From running away from her on the street when they were married to divorced Instagram buddies! I looked up a 2011 New Yorker article from the dinner party she threw to launch “My Father’s Daughter” and the writer said he arrived “cranky” and a publicist warned people that he was not in the mood t...

Sofia Coppola wins Cannes Best Director as Patty Jenkins makes history directing Wonder Woman

Sofia Coppola won the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival over the weekend and became just the second-ever female filmmaker to receive that honour. It’s a big deal. And if you ask her The Beguiled star Nicole Kidman, she’ll probably say it’s an even bigger deal because, like she noted...

Armie Hammer talks about Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio on Watch What Happens Live

Armie Hammer was on Watch What Happens Live the other day and during Plead The Fifth, an audience member asked him about Johnny Depp. Armie worked with Johnny on The Lone Ranger almost five years ago now. So he would know, or at least have some insight, into how Johnny lives. Check out his initia...

Daniel Craig in first trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky

The first trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky was released yesterday and it’s one of those automatic, Three Billboards - style I’M IN deals. You don’t even need to finish the trailer before you know whether or not this movie is for you. I knew it was for me when Daniel Craig says, “I am i...

Prince William talks about his mother in British GQ cover feature

Prince William is on the cover of the July issue of British GQ. They’re calling it “the most candid interview he’s ever given”. As you know, it’ll be 20 years since the passing of Princess Diana in August. Over the last couple months, as part of their mental health awareness initiative, Heads Tog...

Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales movie review

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is complete garbage which explains its mediocre-at-best Memorial Day weekend haul—here’s hoping global box office saves it (good luck, the reported $230 million budget is a joke—I’d add at least $100 million). It isn’t just frustrating to watch, it...

Intro for May 29, 2017

Dear Gossips, Memorial Day weekend used to be big at the box office. But as you may have heard, both Pirates 5 and Baywatch, the new major releases this Memorial Day weekend, came in domestically under initial projections. Baywatch, in particular, totally flopped. The Rock isn’t critic-proof?...

What Else for May 26, 2017

Nicki Minaj’s hair is very, very long right now. I think a lot about growing my hair this long. I really want to. But it would be such a pain in the ass. Because it would get caught everywhere, on everything. Even in bed it can f-ck you up. When it’s long, sometimes one part of your body is lying...

Orlando Bloom at LAX with Katy Perry's dog, Butters

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom broke up a few months ago. Earlier this week there was a report about how he hooked up with a waitress at Chiltern Firehouse and she got fired as a result. Here he is arriving at LAX yesterday with a dog. It’s apparently Katy Perry’s dog, Butters. Or… their dog? Katy’...

Smutty Social Media, May 26, 2017

Sam Smith has really taken his time between albums. And he hasn’t been featured on very man singles with other artists, has he? I like how so many of the A-listers (Beyoncé, Adele, Taylor, even Ed Sheeran) disappear, work and plan their rollout – it’s so much better than hammering you over the he...

Tracee Ellis Ross pays homage to mother Diana in red feathered dress at Cannes amfAR gala

Tracee Ellis Ross. It was her first time at the Cannes amfAR gala last night. And Diana Ross was performing. So this red dress, with the feathered arms, it’s an homage to her ma.  Some people have commented on the fit of Tracee’s red dress. That maybe it’s too baggy and would have l...

Leonardo DiCaprio and David Beckham hang out at amfAR Gala in Cannes

I posted yesterday about David Beckham at the amfAR gala in Cannes and predicted that he would hang out with Leonardo DiCaprio. And that’s what happened. As Variety reports: Leo and David! Leo and David! Everybody was trying to get near this year’s power duo at the Cannes amfAR gala. At aroun...

Robert Pattinson could be named Cannes Best Actor for Good Time

Robert Pattinson was in Cannes yesterday to screen Good Time. As I anticipated earlier this month, he and FKA twigs skipped the MET Gala and turned out for the festival instead. Makes sense now in light of the praise Robert is getting for the film, they saved their joint appearance for when it ma...

The cast of Game Of Thrones covers Entertainment Weekly to promote season seven

We’re a little over a month away from the seventh season of Game of Thrones, and the Westeros crew covers Entertainment Weekly. There are also a ton of photos inside—it is straight up disconcerting to see the (surviving) Starks reunited and smiling. Only backstage, though, of course—they’re all s...

Intro for May 26, 2017

Dear Gossips, Been saving my favourite article of the week for today. 29 years ago this month, Lisa Bonet covered Rolling Stone. I wish I had the patience to wait another year for the 30th anniversary of this issue but it’s too good not to talk about now and besides, we can always remember it...

What Else for May 25, 2017

I would like to learn Spanish. Polish first, then Spanish. I feel like I might not suck at Spanish because I already speak French? I speak French because French is an official language in Canada. Justin Bieber is Canadian. I don’t know if he can speak French but he certainly can’t speak Spanish e...

Blake Lively confirmed to star in film adaptation of The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed today that Blake Lively will star in the film adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s book, The Husband’s Secret. The Husband’s Secret was published before Big Little Lies and it’s been in development since 2013. Now that Big Little Lies was such a success for HBO, there’s...

David Beckham at Cannes amfAR gala for the first time

Tonight is the annual amfAR gala in Cannes. This is the party Leonardo DiCaprio always goes to, officially because he’s socially conscious but unofficially because every model in the French Riviera ends up at this event. David Beckham is there this year. And the reason I noticed is because I ...

Mariah Carey wanted to deflect bullets like Wonder Woman instead of being shot in The House cameo scene

You need this today. We all need this today. It’s an outrageous Mimi story – are you ready? Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler made a movie together called The House. They asked Mimi to do a cameo. And she agreed. Rob Huebel, who is also in the movie, was on SiriusXM this week and described what it...

Smutty Social Media, May 25, 2017

If you have ever watched Dateline, Investigation Discovery or those old A&E shows (American Justice or City Confidential) then you must watch this. “Something about that didn’t sit right with me.” THE MOST CHILLING TWO-MINUTE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER EVER! https://t.co/mCFvY3b9Zj...

Possible new Charlie's Angel, Janelle Monae, at LAX in her signature colours

Yesterday I posted about the Charlie’s Angels reboot that Elizabeth Banks is directing. As mentioned, even though the script is still being worked on and we’re not yet close to casting (the release date is June 2019), the rumour is that Sony wants Janelle Monae to be one of the three Angels – an ...

Johnny Depp's Pirates Of The Caribbean 5 projected to open at $80 milllion this weekend

Pirates Of The Caribbean 5 opens tomorrow. Which explains why we haven’t seen Johnny Depp this week. He was overseas last week before the Hollywood premiere, and he was definitely in China too, because they’re expecting most of the box office to come from foreign markets, but the domestic gross s...

Zac Efron promotes Baywatch on Jimmy Kimmel ahead of opening weekend

Baywatch opens today. And the reviews are not good. Most of the reviews single out The Rock’s efforts but also make a point to note that not even he can save the movie. But… is Baywatch the kind of movie that’s critic-proof? Critics can certainly sink some movies. There are, however, many movies ...

Kirsten Dunst wipes away happy tears at Cannes premiere of The Beguiled

Kirsten Dunst got emotional at the world premiere of The Beguiled in Cannes last night, and shed a happy tear or two while walking the red carpet... just like she said she would minutes earlier. She’s back at the festival a year after her serving on the jury, this time earning raves for work in h...

Intro for May 25, 2017

Dear Gossips, I hope what happened to me last night did not happen to you. What happened was that I was forced by Duana and our friend Lorella to watch the Dirty Dancing remake, if you can call it a remake. Jacek ended up joining me at the air guitar part and, admirably, he was able to hold i...

What Else for May 24, 2017

Duana and I have talked about how Miley Cyrus’s shapeshifting isn’t working for us. It is, however, working for Sasha. But I wonder, to Sasha’s face, whether or not that’s because Liam Hemsworth is her personification of lust. Then Sasha wonders why I never told her that Emile Hirsch has blocked ...

Kit Harington covers Esquire as new Game Of Thrones trailer released

A new trailer for Game Of Thrones season 7 was released today. Everybody is really excited about it. At post time it’s trending worldwide on Twitter. Basically… war. The Lannisters are fighting, Jon Snow is fighting and running. The Khaleesi wants to fight everyone. All kinds of fighting. That’s ...

Janelle Monae reportedly at top of studio's wish list for Charlie's Angels reboot

It was announced yesterday that the Charlie’s Angels reboot will hit theatres June 7, 2019, directed by Elizabeth Banks. I don’t know how to feel about this. Because … I really liked the last reboot. Am I remembering it wrong though? Did it actually suck, the version with Drew Barrymore, Cameron ...

Smutty Social Media, May 24, 2017

Rebel Wilson is in Melbourne for a defamation trial against Bauer Media. Her team asserts that it’s a case of tall poppy syndrome – as she was becoming more famous and Pitch Perfect 2 was coming out, they wanted to tear her down by painting her as a serial liar and fantasist. The defence is that ...

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton's cute Instagram video following Blake's loss on The Voice

Here’s where I’m a f-cking hypocrite so please yell at me as loud as you can. Last night was the season finale of The Voice. I guess Blake Shelton’s artist did not win? Whatever. Doesn’t matter who won or who didn’t win. All that matters is that Blake felt like he was a loser. And then Gwen S...

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's "performance PDA" at Cannes

Nicole Kidman is the Queen of Cannes 2017. She’s at the festival to support four projects. The red carpet has been her personal fashion show. Here is a selection of her looks so far. My favourite is the slinky black dress with the mismatched shoulders that she wore to the Top Of The Lake photocal...

The Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o movie of our dreams is officially happening

The Rihanna/ Lupita/ Ava/ Issa movie of Twitter’s dreams is officially happening. When I wrote about the project last month, it was still just a whisper and a sliver of hope in the hearts of anyone with a pulse and a brain. Even though I essentially laid out the timeline for all those rumoured to...

Tom Cruise confirms Top Gun sequel is happening in Australian interview

Tom Cruise is currently promoting The Mummy. He’s been in Australia since Sunday taking pictures with his good friend Russell Crowe and there was even an interview. During that interview, with Sunrise, Tom confirmed that a Top Gun sequel is happening, which we’ve already heard. But he actually go...

Intro for May 24, 2017

Dear Gossips, Bad Rap is a documentary that’s available now on VOD about four East Asian American rappers that, according to the director, Salima Koroma, is “a film about what it means to be an outcast, what it means to love something so much, but be told you can't be part of it. It's a story...

What Else for May 23, 2017

Johnny Depp wasn’t into the idea of a female villain for Pirates 5 because he didn’t want us to think that all his movies are the same. Long pause. Raised eyebrow. Because apart from the fact that this is the FIFTH movie in the franchise, it’s not like he’s been showing us a lot of range with any...

Mariah Carey is back together with Bryan Tanaka

A few days ago our lady Mimi was seen at a restaurant in LA with Bryan Tanaka. He was feeding her and they were eating out of each other’s mouths. Then this showed up on her Instagram:   #fbf A post shared by Mariah Carey (@mariahcarey) on May 19, 20...

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez take selfie with their eyes closed for Instagram

Jennifer Lopez was shooting Shades Of Blue in New York this weekend. Alex Rodriguez came to visit her on set. She had a director’s chair made for him with his name on it. Then they cuddled. And you threw up. Or you’re about to. Because this is her #MCM post on Instagram:   ...

Smutty Social Media, May 23, 2017

The Rihanna/Lupita movie might be happening, for real real?! And Ryan Phillippe wants to get scammed by them. Who wouldn’t. We deserve nice things. ✌🏾️https://t.co/VlbKhLNDIv — Ava DuVernay (@ava) May 22, 2017 i'm down to play the rich white men, jus sayin... https://t.co/...

Rachel Lindsay did not disappoint in season premiere of The Bachelorette

Moments before The Bachelorette premiered, my friend Liz texted me, “I think this is the biggest TV moment ever for you.” She’s not wrong. It was right up there with Barack Obama’s inauguration, the series finale of Dawson’s Creek, the premiere of Insecure and that episode of Saved By the Bell wh...

Brad Pitt's tailored pants at War Machine premiere and press conference in Japan

There’s been a lot of bitching about Brad Pitt’s pants lately. But here he is in Japan, for a press conference yesterday and on the red carpet today, in support of War Machine. And it looks like he’s finally been tailored. That white suit looks great on him, non? The pants are just right for his ...

Katy Perry addresses Taylor Swift feud with James Corden on Carpool Karaoke

Girl Sh-t first. So, as you know, Katy Perry’s Swish Swish was released last week. And she says that it’s not about Taylor Swift. Or at least that’s what she told Jimmy Fallon the other night, explaining the song like this: “I think it’s a great anthem for people whenever someone’s trying...

Cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi photographed by Annie Leibovitz for four exclusive Vanity Fair covers

Star Wars: The Last Jedi covers Vanity Fair for June, once again photographed by Annie Leibovitz. There are four covers: one for the Jedi (Rey and Luke Skywalker), one for the villains (Captain Phasma, General Hux, and that emo punk Kylo Ren), one for the scrappy rebels (Poe Dameron, Finn, and ne...

Predictable Leonardo DiCaprio in Cannes for Save The Children charity event with Tobey Maguire

It was confirmed last Thursday that after dating for almost a year, Leonardo DiCaprio and Nina Agdal broke up. And, as I wrote at the time, Leo is single again… just in time for Cannes. So guess who showed up in Cannes? Predictable Leo. And guess where he was? A fashion show, OBVIOUSL...

Zack Snyder leaves Justice League due to family tragedy and Joss Whedon takes over

Yesterday it was announced that Zack Snyder is leaving Justice League and Joss Whedon will be taking over, shooting the additional photography this summer and ushering the film through post-production. Far from a juicy nerd scoop, though, this is the result of a tragedy: Snyder’s 20 year old daug...

Intro for May 23, 2017

Dear Gossips, Kevin Kwan’s Rich People Problems, the third and final book in the Crazy Rich Asians series, comes out today. Are you ready? If you’ve not read the first two books, it’s perfect, because now you have all three, without a wait to find out how it ends. If you have read the first t...

What Else for May 22, 2017

There was a time in my life, I would have been around 21, when all I did was listen to ABBA. Like all day every day, until 4am. While I played Minesweeper. It was my only experience with insomnia. And of course it’s because some asshole broke up with me. All this say, I’m not opposed to the idea ...

Show Your Work podcast: Brie Larson not "it", Jimmy Fallon's damage control and more

What’s your hype song? Duana’s hype song, like on days when you cannot get yourself out the f-cking song, is Kylie Minogue’s Love At First Sight. I went with Spice Girls. And then I actually sang it. So I hope you don’t stop listening when you hear me mangling out the tune. But we missed one. And...

Drake's new "boy" meme and back stage respect for Celine Dion

What Drake needs to stop is going up on stage and telling a different girl he loves her. Last August it was Rihanna at the VMAs. Last night it was Nicki Minaj, “the love of his life”. Which no one took seriously, at least I don’t think they did, but Star Magazine will probably still try to rumour...

Celine Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On' performance was the hilight of the 2017 Billboards

We’re going to start with the dress. And if you can’t get with this dress, if you can’t see the glory in this dress, I don’t know if we can move forward. What other dress would have been more perfect for this occasion, this milestone? It was the 20th anniversary of My Heart Will Go On. Celine...

Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe might be friends working on The Mummy together

Please don’t tell me that I have to convince you to care about this. This is a great gossip story, with all kinds of gossip backstory. But first… I totally forgot about The Mummy until I saw a trailer for it during Saturday Night Live this weekend. The movie opens June 9th. Which is soon. It’...

Meghan Markle kept a low profile at Pippa's wedding with Prince Harry

Did you see this? The UK Sun’s cover story on Friday ahead of Pippa Middleton’s wedding? Meghan Markle was photographed last week in London leaving a spa in gym gear and this became the storyline: Saturday's Sun: "Wedding of the rears" http://pic.twitter.com/1yFAu2Nn4c #BBCPapers #tomorrowspaper...

Prince George stole headlines at Pippa's wedding

A few people messaged me over the weekend asking why I wasn’t covering the “royal wedding”. Ummm… WHAT ROYAL WEDDING? If I sound like a c-nt it’s because I am one. Pippa Middleton is not royal. Pippa Middleton is royal-adjacent. Can we please stop declaring that she’s worth wasting a weekend over...

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost make out at SNL afterparty

Too easy! Sorry! Scarlett Johansson showed up on the SNL season finale cold open this weekend as Ivanka Trump. She stayed until the farewell. And then, according to Page Six, she and Colin Jost were all over each other at the after-party: A witness told Page Six, “Scarlett and Colin were ...

Tom Hardy to star in 'Venom' Spider-Man spin-off

On Friday Sony announced that Tom Hardy will star in Venom, their first Spider-Man spin-off. The last time Venom was on screen, he was played by Topher Grace, so this is a major upgrade. If you have also blocked Spider-Man 3 from your memories, Venom is the alien that possesses the journalist Edd...

Cher's incredible body and Celine's reaction to it at 2017 Billboards|Intro for May 22, 2017

Dear Gossips, That.Ass. Cher’s ass, of course. I mean, I think part of the point last night was to notice the nipple pasties and the ass, the 71 year old ass. After all, she did let us know when she was accepting the Icon Award at the Billboard Music Awards that she could do a five minute...

Smutty Social Media, May 19, 2017

Ruby Rose, Taylor Swift's very good syncophant friend, is really trying to secure that Fourth of July invite. But considering Taylor’s recent strategy and the skepticism surrounding the squad (not to mention how she was exposed by Mrs. West as… let’s say …less than authentic in her narrative) I w...

Alex Rodriguez's “Birth control, baby, pull out stuff” list at the Yankees game

Alex Rodriguez was in the booth last night for the Yankees game against the Royals. His job is to comment on the game. And he’s not bad at it. Many have noted that his insight and experience have added value to the broadcast. He added value when he was a player too. But, as a player, ARod was als...

Jaime King's Instagram post honouring FKA twigs brings out the crazy Twihards

As I was putting together Smutty Social Media yesterday, I noticed that Jaime King wrote a #WCW (Women Crush Wednesday) for FKA twigs. I included it because I thought it was cute that twigs was holding the most basic grocery store cake for Robert Pattinson (it was his birthday on May 13), and not...

Smutty Tingles for May 19, 2017

A work of art, probably the greatest headpiece or hood I’ll ever see in my life. (Dlisted)  Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s joint interview (Just Jared)  The rest of Michelle Williams’ dress is boring. But the shoulders are amazing. (Go Fug Yourself)  How Pippa Middleton will arrive...

The Rock on the "fourth level" of his life in new Elle interview to promote Baywatch

As noted in the previous post about Johnny Depp, Dwayne The Rock Johnson’s Baywatch opens next week alongside Johnny Depp’s Pirates 5. So it’ll be Lifeguards vs Pirates at the box office, sort of. Again because Baywatch is R-rated and Johnny Pirates is PG. And the budgets aren’t the same. Baywatc...

Johnny Depp hustles for Pirates 5 on Ellen and Jimmy Kimmel Live

You know what just occurred to me because I’m slow? Pirates 5 opens next weekend. You know what else opens next weekend? Baywatch. It’s Johnny Depp vs Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Sort of? Sort of, because Baywatch is R-rated. So it’s not exactly an even game. Pirates is also an established movie f...

Johnny Depp hustles for Pirate 5 on Ellen and Jimmy Kimmel Live

You know what just occurred to me because I’m slow? Pirates 5 opens next weekend. You know what else opens next weekend? Baywatch. It’s Johnny Depp vs Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Sort of? Sort of, because Baywatch is R-rated. So it’s not exactly an even game. Pirates is also an established movie f...

Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson in Everything, Everything movie review

If you’ve read anything I’ve written about Riverdale, you know that I’m basically still a teenage girl. Everything, Everything is the movie I wish I had when I was actually going through those awkward, hormonal and formative years. It’s a clever teen romance that captures those years with so much...

Michael Fassbender in Alien: Covenant movie review

If you have ever wanted to see Michael Fassbender kiss himself, then Alien: Covenant is the movie for you. If, however, you don’t like bodily fluids spraying everywhere, then Alien: Covenant is probably not the movie for you. Ridley Scott returns to his Alien universe to redo Prometheus in a movi...

Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn's dating timeline

It’s almost as though Taylor Swift knew that Katy Perry would be releasing her answer to Bad Blood this week. And decided to take over the conversation. With a new boyfriend. I wonder if it feels even more satisfying to know that Swish Swish is not a great song. So. About Taylor and Joe Alwyn...

Solange's powerful letter to her teenage self in Teen Vogue cover feature

Teen Vogue is doing the most. We’ve been telling you this. You know. Led by editor-in-chief Elaine Welteroth, the youngest editor in Conde Nast history, Teen Vogue has been at the forefront of political commentary in the sh-tstorm that is Trump’s America. Teen Vogue has been consistently showcasi...

Intro for May 19, 2017

Dear Gossips, Earlier this week I posted about Katy Perry being a judge on the American Idol reboot and whether or not it’s a good move. It’s becoming more clear now why she and her team think it’s a good move. Unlike previous hits from previous albums, Katy’s songs Chained To The Rhythm and ...

Smutty Social Media, May 18, 2017

Drake channels his inner “9th grade English teacher who is not impressed with your To Kill a Mockingbird essay.”   People who write "u" instead of "you". What do you do with all the time you save? A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Ma...

Leonardo DiCaprio and Nina Agdal break up ahead of Cannes Film Festival

Leonardo DiCaprio and Nina Agdal have been together since last year, around this time. Nina just turned 25 years old in March. Guess what? They broke just broke up. PEOPLE reports that it was a few days ago. So the streak is alive: No Leo bonafide has made it past 25 as his girlfriend. Same t...

Jake Gyllenhaal arrives in Cannes for Okja as first trailer with Tilda Swinton released

Netflix has two films at Cannes and Netflix has been the source of all the bitching at the festival because they’re insisting on theatrical release for eligibility; the new rules take effect next year. If they were in place this year, Okja, Bong Joon-ho’s highly anticipated new film, would not be...

Revisiting original Twin Peaks ahead of reboot premiere this weekend

SPOILERS FOR ORIGINAL TWIN PEAKS The new Twin Peaks begins this weekend. Before it begins, let’s revisit the original. The original was a show that charmed you with its weirdness. The town of Twin Peaks seems populated almost entirely by oddballs, and the oppressive presence of the primordial...

Smutty Tingles for May 18, 2017

I NEED THIS!!! (Dlisted)  I’m a dirty perv so, for me, “magical blanket” means something other than how Ian Somerhalder intended (Cele|bitchy)  Katy Perry’s head on a platter (Just Jared)  Is this the downside of having too many jobs? (TooFab)  I didn’t love the feathers on Julian...

Jennifer Lopez's security prevented patrons from using washroom while she used it at Robin Hood Foundation gala

Jennifer Lopez was at the Robin Hood Foundation gala the other night in New York. Page Six reports that when she went to use the washroom, four security guards blocked other patrons from coming in so that she could be in there alone. So people had to queue for a while, waiting until she was done....

Elle Fanning's perfect Cannes princess dress

You know what makes me crazy? When people make fashion calls without considering what the event is. An outfit for the Oscars is not an outfit for the VMAs. The Emmys and the MET Gala are not the same. You can wear the most beautiful classic ball gown but if you see one at the MET Gala when the th...

How Taylor Swift hid new boyfriend Joe Alwyn

Now that we know that Taylor Swift has been dating Joe Alwyn undercover for the last few months, we’re getting more details about how they’ve been hiding. Because all these Taylor sources managed to keep her sh-t tight all this time…and suddenly they’re willing to go into detail? E! News repo...

Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, and newcomer Millicent Simmonds at Wonderstruck Cannes photocall

Have you seen Far From Heaven? I just checked – Far From Heaven is 15 year old this year. I loved Far From Heaven. Like many others, it’s my favourite Todd Hayne’s film. Todd Haynes’s last film was Carol which was not nominated for Best Picture and was considered one of the major snubs of the Osc...

Intro for May 18, 2017

Dear Gossips, When it was first announced that Will Smith would be a member of the Cannes jury, most people reacted by pointing out that Will’s never had a film at Cannes. He’s stunted a movie in Cannes (Shark Tale) but his films have never been part of the festival. He is, however, one of th...

Smutty Social Media, May 17, 2017

Jonathan Schaech wants you to know he hooked up with everybody.   I'm going back in time with @bravoandy to discuss the most jaw dropping pop culture moments in history. Andy Cohen's #ThenAndNow premieres TODAY, Wednesday, May 3 @ 10/9c on @BravoTV! A post s...

Johnny Depp "taking work seriously" according to PEOPLE source

PEOPLE just published an “exclusive” on Johnny Depp today. The headline: Johnny Depp Is Dating Again After Divorce and Staying 'Focused' Amid Financial Crisis, Source Says Here’s what else the source says: “He is taking work seriously and seems healthy,” a source close to the actor t...

Smutty Tingles for May 17, 2017

A psychic blind riddle, bad fillers, and penis rigidity after week on this week’s Sasha Answers. Maybe Lindsay Lohan will finally make it on the show? (Dlisted)  I haven’t seen this video, but why would Jennifer Lawrence have to apologise for it? (Just Jared)  Yes, confirmed. Big G WI...

Emma Stone and Steve Carell in first trailer for Battle Of The Sexes

The first trailer is here for Battle of the Sexes, documenting the 1973 tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King, and to quote Lainey, “What was the rush to give [Emma Stone] an Oscar when she still has performances like this.” Of course there’s no knowing, at this point, whether or ...

Brad Pitt in baggy pants on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Brad Pitt’s appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night wasn’t an interview. It was closer to what he was doing with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show – although it wasn’t pre-taped and happened in front of a live audience. Does that still mean that Brad Pitt doesn’t really do late...

Will & Grace returns with the remake's first trailer

Finally, fans have gotten their wish and a late 90s/early aughts Must-See TV show is getting a reboot. No, it’s not Friends. Or Seinfeld. It’s Will & Grace. We were asking for this? According to everyone involved, yes. The cast reunited for an election video in 2016 and it was so popular ...

Taylor Swift reportedly dating actor Joe Alwyn

Harry Styles, Calvin Harris, Tom Hiddleston… Now Joe Alwyn. Taylor Swift has a Brit Boy love streak going. The UK Sun broke the story late yesterday that Taylor and Joe have been secretly dating for months and that she’s been seeing him in London in disguise. Let’s backtrack for a...

Warner Bros denies there’s a Justice League problem following reports of reshoots

Yesterday, word got out that Justice League is undergoing extensive retooling, the same kind of thing we saw with Suicide Squad. Later that day, The Wrap ran a denial from Warner Brothers, quoting a(nother anonymous) source: “There has been no additional photography to date on Justice League, we ...

May 17, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Teresa! Congratulations on being admitted to the masters program! Sam, Myrna, and Heather are so proud of you. Thank you so much for your commitment to improving mental health for low-income families. You WILL make a difference. By request here are Chance The Rapper, Josh Charles, Matt Damon, Geo...

Intro for May 17, 2017

Dear Gossips, The 70th Cannes Film Festival begins today. Sofia Coppola’s new film, The Beguiled, will be screening in competition for the Palme d’Or before its theatrical release on June 23. In support of The Beguiled, Sofia and Kirsten Dunst are on the cover of the new issue of Variety. Thi...

Smutty Social May 16, 2017

Britney and Justin wore it better.   some scenes behind the scenes @gqitalia. italian interview at the link in my bio. A post shared by Orlando Bloom (@orlandobloom) on May 16, 2017 at 12:27am PDT Vin Diesel paid tributes to mothers the on...

Charlie Hunnam's King Arthur flop saved by strong performance in The Lost City Of Z

As Sarah noted yesterday, King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword, is a huge flop, so far the biggest flop of the year, grossing under $15 million domestically on opening weekend and $29 million overseas on a budget of at least $175 million before marketing. They’re looking at a major loss. But is it a ...

Ben Affleck's Justice League facing more problems with extensive reshoots

Would you be terribly surprised if I told you Justice League might be in trouble? No? Me neither. The latest warning sign comes in the form of reshoots—lots and lots of reshoots. Like, multiple rounds of reshoots, enough to be “remade…twice”. Oh boy. I bet Ben Affleck is super excited. Of cou...

Smutty Tingles

I think… I might love this show? (Dlisted)  Benedict Cumberbatch does look tired. I don’t know about beautiful…but that’s why we all have different eyes (Cele|bitchy)  Gillian Anderson in an Erdem dress that’s so boring I’m surprised Princess Kate’s not wearing it (Go Fug Yourself)   ...

Zac Efron to play Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

The last time we did a full article here on Zac Efron it was an over a month ago, a post written by Katheen titled When Did Zac Efron Go Full Douche? It ended up being a group effort, with several of us weighing in on Zac’s douche history and revisiting his shirtless diary and me coming to the co...

Cannes Preview 2017

Cannes 2017 kicks off tomorrow, and the festival seems a bit muted, with a noticeable dimming of star power and no obvious Oscar bait in the line-up. That has to be deliberate—there is a real emphasis on the filmmaker, not the actor, this year. Which is good for the actual quality of the cinema, ...

Brad Pitt will be on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to promote War Machine

Brad Pitt is promoting War Machine on Netflix premiering next Friday May 26th, in time for Memorial Day in the United States. He’s already covered GQ and talked about his “self-inflicted” drama while making matcha green tea. He wants us to know that he’s working out his emotions through his sculp...

Taylor Swift photographed in Nashville visiting her mom for Mother's Day

As you’ve seen and heard, Taylor Swift has kept a very low profile all year. She performed Super Bowl weekend as part of her deal with AT&T but since then been pretty quiet on social media and the paps haven’t been able to find her. To her advantage though, even in her absence, it’s like she’s st...

Blake Lively to star as a cage fighter in new film, Bruised

Today in This Year Is Complete Nonsense News: Blake Lively will star in a movie about a woman who turns to cage fighting in order to keep her son. That’s right, Blake Lively, the self-appointed second coming of Martha Stewart, is going to play a cage fighter. The movie is called Bruised and i...

Intro for May 16, 2017

Dear Gossips, When I saw that Vulture had posted an oral history of The Strokes yesterday, I had to save it for a nighttime read. Articles that like must be enjoyed without interruption, without worrying someone might knock on your door, without being rushed. Have you read it yet? You don’t h...

Smutty Social Media, May 15, 2017

I liked Oliver Hudson’s Mother’s Day dedication more than I liked Justin Timberlake’s.   Happy Mother's Day to the three beautiful mommy's in my life!! @ehud26 @katehudson @officialgoldiehawn The most loving, hard working, playful, strong, hottest mama's around! I l...

Show Your Work: Miley, Gaga, and Kelly – Shapeshifters, Name-changers, and Bad Bosses

Miley Cyrus’s new song Malibu – it’s boring right? Come on, admit it. Even if you’re the most hardcore Miley fangirl, you can’t tell me that song is lighting you on fire. Still… Is Miley’s Malibu as boring as her new “image”? On this week’s episode of Show Your Work, Duana and I offer our obs...

Katy Perry reportedly going to be judge on American Idol

As you know, they’re rebooting American Idol on ABC. Last week, it was reported that Kelly Clarkson was supposed to be one of the judges but she’s going to The Voice instead. Now it’s Katy Perry. According to TMZ the deal is almost done and they’ll announce it at the ABC Upfronts later this week....

Fox announces RENT will be its next live musical

Alert, Oregon Trail Generation*, this is not a drill. Fox has announced that RENT will be its next live musical (along with A Christmas Story, which I like, but… never thought of as a musical?). Take a second with that. Call back every angst-filled lyric you memorized and practiced and tearfully ...

Smutty Tingles for May 15, 2017

The neighbourhood supervisor – don’t f-ck around on his watch! (Dlisted)  Taylor Swift praises Gigi Hadid (Just Jared)  Pippa Middleton’s wedding assistant (Cele|bitchy) What Ivanka Trump can’t live without (Jezebel)    Harry Styles covers Kanye West (TooFab) First look: Pen...

Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx spotted together in Paris

E! News was the first to report on Friday that Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx were together in Paris last week. A few hours later, PEOPLE followed with their own story about how Katie flew into Paris to join Jamie for a few days as he wrapped shooting the new Robin Hood movie (he plays Little John)....

Johnny Depp to star in King Of The Jungle based on Wired article about John McAfee

No joke, I was distracted when I first read the headline this weekend, so my initial reaction was: is Tim Burton doing a Tarzan movie with Johnny Depp? He’s not and they’re not. But that’s also not out of the realm of possibility for those two. Last week Johnny Depp was making headlines after...

Breaking down the Riverdale season finale and obsessing over Cole Sprouse

Late Friday night, approximately 15 minutes after I finished watching the Riverdale finale, I was so deep into creeping Cole Sprouse’s Instagram account, I accidentally liked a photo from December 2015. I was saving photos like this one to my phone, on purpose, for no good reason. ...

Angelina Jolie has Mother's Day dinner with son Pax in LA

Here’s Angelina Jolie last night after Mother’s Day dinner with Pax. Not sure where the other five children were. But this has always been a mystery to me, we’ve been talking about it for years – when you have so many kids, how is it decided who gets to do what and go where? Presumably she spent ...

Jenna Dewan asked about infamous Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears dance-off on Watch What Happens Live

One of the all-time best stories in gossip history is the dance-off that happened between Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake after they broke up. This was pre-TMZ. There were never any pictures. But while there’s never been any actual verification that it went down like that, the idea that thei...

Charlie Hunnam in King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword movie review

Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword was supposed to be the first in a six-film franchise. But in a classic “the gods punish hubris” result, King Arthur fell on its sword with a $14.7 million opening weekend. This isn’t just a bomb, this is, “Sorry your movie tanked AND you lost your jo...

Intro for May 15, 2017

Dear Gossips, The Cannes Film Festival begins on Wednesday. It’s the 70th anniversary. And while we still have 48 hours to go before the opening gala, Peter Bradshaw, the film critic for The Guardian, predicted today, in a hilariously frothy article, that the Queen of Cannes 2017 will be Nico...

Smutty Tingles for May 12, 2017

Who has any confidence at all in this reboot? (Dlisted)  A very happy Joshua Jackson (Just Jared)  This is indeed an outstanding outfit (Go Fug Yourself)  Sharon Stone is the Mother of the Year (Cele|bitchy)  I too am happy to see Laura Linney and I too hope that she’s finally fo...

Edgar Ramirez as Gianni Versace in a pink robe on set of American Crime Story

When I first looked at these photos in thumbnail size, I thought it was Jude Law, shooting more episodes for a new season of The Young Pope. Jude Law’s young pope would totally wear a pink robe. It is not Jude Law though. It’s Edgar Ramirez as Gianni Versace shooting American Crime Story. This is...

Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn in Snatched movie review

Snatched starts strong, with a solid first act based in character-driven comedy featuring two generations of funny women. Amy Schumer stars as Emily, a vapid asshole who is stuck with a non-refundable trip to Ecuador after her musician boyfriend (Randall Park, hilarious in one scene) dumps her be...

Smutty Social Media, May 12, 2017

Busy Philipps has been posting Instagram stories as she lives her best life on a Disney Cruise; she said she’s used tons of data refreshing Deadline to see if her pilot, The Stackett Sisters has been picked up. It co-stars Casey Wilson and Bradley Whitford and was produced by the team behind 30 R...

Angelina Jolie reportedly has dinner with father Jon Voight and four of her children

E! News reports that Angelina Jolie and four of the children had dinner with Jon Voight this week. Follow that link to see photos. A daughter and a father having dinner is not newsworthy. What makes this newsworthy, of course, is that the relationship between Angelina and Jon has always been …tes...

First look at Xavier Dolan's The Death and Life of John F. Donovan starring Jessica Chastain ahead of Cannes

With the Cannes Film Festival a week away, we finally get our first official photos from the set of Xavier Dolan's highly-anticipated The Death and Life of John F. Donovan. The film is not screening in Cannes because they’re not finished shooting but it does look fantastic (click here to see more...

Selena Gomez hints at new song with Bad Liar Instagram posts

Selena Gomez posted 3 photos on Instagram yesterday. It’s the same message in different colours: Bad Liar. So of course people immediately started speculating what this could mean – the title of a new single? The Billboard Music Awards are happening next week. Some think Bad Liar could drop next ...

Michelle Pfeiffer looks amazing at The Wizard Of Lies premiere in New York

You know what I said in today’s site intro about weekend viewing, watching, reading, and listening lists? Well next weekend it’s going to be HBO’s The Wizard Of Lies, the story of Bernie Madoff. Back in February, Radiolab (probably my favourite podcast) did an episode on Bernie Madoff called Ponz...

Intro for May 12, 2017

Dear Gossips, I know you have a lot to get done this weekend, because it’s the weekend. Some sh-t around the house, oh and it’s Mother’s Day, and you’re behind on your reading, and you need to binge-watch whatever show and, of course, if you’re in Canada, don’t forget The Handmaid’s Tale on S...

Smutty Tingles for May 11, 2017

What would Kelly Clarkson’s catchphrase be? (Dlisted)  Salma Hayek and the “maternal instinct” (Cele|bitchy)  Justin Bieber’s surprise on the bus (Just Jared)  OMG the cast of A League Of Their Own (minus two key players)! (TooFab)  I, too, have questions about Penelope Cruz’s sty...

Miley Cyrus releases new single and video, Malibu

Duana and I currently have Miley Cyrus on the rundown for the next Show Your Work podcast that we’re recording tomorrow night. We’ve been waiting for the new song to come out, to hear the new sound, this departure from the “twerk era” Miley that we’ve known the last few years. Malibu was released...

Goldie Hawn recalls casting couch experience with Al Capp in PEOPLE Magazine

Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer’s Snatched opens tomorrow. Goldie is on the cover of this week’s PEOPLE. Most of the early excerpts from her interview with editor Jess Cagle have been about her relationship with Kurt Russell. You know what I think about when I think Goldie and Kurt? Overboard, which ...

Smutty Social Media, May 11, 2017

I love that Neil deGrasse Tyson has cornered the famous astrophysicist market.   Yassss @neildegrassetyson and I are guests on Conan tonight!! He is the MAN. 🌌🌠🌌🌠 @teamcoco A post shared by Rashida Jones (@rashidajones) on May 10, 2017 at 6:51pm ...

Elisabeth Moss and Nicole Kidman in Top Of The Lake season 2 trailer

Confession: I’m not watching The Handmaid’s Tale. I tried but I couldn’t make it through the second episode—it’s TOO REAL. When I read the book in college it was like a warning to not take for granted the ground gained and keep fighting for more, but watching the show now, with everything that’s ...

Charlie Hunnam's King Arthur looks like "epic flop" at the box office

Here’s Charlie Hunnam in London today continuing to promote King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword. He looks hot in that leather jacket. Hot enough to save his movie? Variety reported yesterday that the movie is looking like an “epic flop”. Forbes agrees, saying it’s “likely (the) biggest flop of 2017”...

Chris Evans reads bedtime stories on CBeebies like Tom Hardy

I’ve posted a few times about Tom Hardy’s appearances on CBeebies reading bedtime stories, sometimes with his dog by his side. Who, though, is he reading them to? Let’s come back to that… The latest actor to read for CBeebies is Chris Evans. His story aired last night in the UK. I can’t find ...

Alexis Bledel is The Handmaid's Tale's "secret weapon" in role that will change her career

I’m still making my way through Gilmore Girls. It’s been months, I know. And I like it, I do. It’s just not binge-TV for me. So far I’m two episodes into season 5. And finally, finally Rory has done something interesting. But I am most interested in Rory now because of Alexis Bledel’s performance...

Intro for May 11, 2017

Dear Gossips, The Hollywood Reporter published an article yesterday about Johnny Depp: A Star in Crisis and the Insane Story of His “Missing” Millions – have you read it yet? As Stefon would say, this piece has everything: gossip, financial assessment, and analysis of how Johnny’s legal battl...

Smutty Social Media, May 10, 2017

Bow Wow posted a photo implying he travelled on a private. Then, someone posted a picture of Bow Wow on their flight. And yet another person found the photo he used for the private jet, which was pulled off a company website. Investigative journalism is alive and well!   ...

Charlie Hunnam, David Beckham, Guy Ritchie at London premiere of King Arthur

These pictures crack me up. It’s the expression on Guy Ritchie’s face as he stands in between Charlie Hunnam and David Beckham, both of them known for being super hot. What Guy knows in this moment is that he is the troll of the trio. Sorry, but it’s true. Like there may have been a time, during ...

Meghan Markle reportedly had two dress fittings for Pippa Middleton's upcoming wedding

After all that talk about “no ring no bring” a few weeks ago, it’s now being widely reported that Meghan Markle will attend Pippa Middleton’s wedding with Prince Harry. According to E! News, Meghan will be at the ceremony, the reception, and the after-party; in other words, she’s invited to all p...

Smutty Tingles for May 10, 2017

Anderson Cooper joins Patti LuPone and Jessica Chastain at the shade game today (Dlisted)  Princess Kate doesn’t like being photographed. Which I buy. I don’t buy that she’s not into clothes. Come on now. (Cele|bitchy)  This dress does look terrible on Annabelle Wallis. But I feel like on...

Jessica Chastain rolls her eyes when asked about Johnny Depp's earpiece in interview for Miss Sloane

Jessica Chastain is promoting the UK release of Miss Sloane, and was asked by a BBC reporter if she had heard about Johnny Depp and his ear pieces, through which he is fed lines on set, and Chastain’s response is a thing of beauty. Behold: Jessica Chastain's reaction to this Johnny Depp q...

US Weekly reports that Taylor Swift has been hiding away making new music

New issue of US Weekly, Taylor Swift is on the cover. As you know, Taylor’s been very, very undercover this entire year. Does she still have bangs? Does she still wear red lipstick? We haven’t seen her in months. Maybe she shaved her head? How do you know she hasn’t? Taylor’s ability to live low ...

Caity Weaver's cover profile of The Rock for GQ

I hope I am healthy. I have a bad habit of constantly wondering if I’m not healthy even though I feel healthy. And I know I need to stop. But today, on top of all the regular reasons any person would want to be healthy, I have realised one more: I need to stay healthy so that I’m around if – or W...

Important lessons about time and death in Cars 3 trailer

The talking cars that populate a post-apocalyptic wasteland devoid of human life are back for Cars 3, a movie in which beloved racing champ Lightning McQueen is aged and borderline decrepit, and irreparably injured in a terrifying crash. Bested by the faster, younger newcomer Jackson Storm—why do...

Patti LuPone calls Madonna a movie killer when asked about Evita on Watch What Happens Live

An excellent way to start the day – Girl Sh-t! Patti LuPone was on Watch What Happens Live this week. And Andy Cohen teed up a phone call from an audience member asking Patti about Madonna. First, a note here to those unfamiliar with Patti LuPone – she’s a f-cking standard, her qualifications...

Intro for May 10, 2017

Dear Gossips, I have a checklist of sites I go to every night. Teen Vogue is near the top of that list. Duana and I talked about Teen Vogue on one of the early episodes of Show Your Work, how Teen Vogue has become a voice of resistance and activism, led in part by Lauren Duca, whose piece las...

Smutty Social Media, May 9, 2017

Remember when Jessica was promoting her first cookbook? Oprah dedicated an entire hour to her, and Jessica’s thank-you note was 21 pairs of Louboutins. That, for me, was the moment Jessica cemented her place in the gossip world because it showed how much she was willing to play. ...

Charlie Hunnam at LA premiere of King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword as film opens to bad reviews

Charlie Hunnam at the Hollywood premiere of King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword last night. The movie opens this Friday. Have you, um, read any of the reviews? So far not so good. Only 13% on Rotten Tomatoes at post time. Which may explain why it’s been rescheduled and delayed so many times. That do...

Jennifer Lopez talks about Alex Rodriguez dancing with her in Today Show interview

Can I just start with this? Jennifer Lopez is ridiculous. And I don’t mean her behaviour. I mean… HER FACE! She looks better now than she did 20 years ago! And yes, we’re not supposed to notice and talk about this sh-t because it makes us feel like sh-t, when we value outer beauty but, f-ck, ...

Smutty Tingles for May 9, 2017

On this week’s Sasha Answers podcast, we discuss “no ring no bring” and the Meghan Markle – Pippa Middleton wedding situation and also that time I was at a dinner with her. Also, couple-binding and the third wedding. I have met him. And our conversation wasn’t exactly… encouraging, for Califo...

Smutty Tingles for May 9, 2017

On this week’s Sasha Answers podcast, we discuss “no ring no bring” and the Meghan Markle – Pippa Middleton wedding situation and also that time I was at a dinner with her. Also, couple-binding and the third wedding. I have met him. And our conversation wasn’t exactly… encouraging, for Califo...

Katy Perry promotes new untitled album in Entertainment Weekly interview

Katy Perry was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly this week to promote her new album but it still doesn’t have a title. Or, from what I can see, an official release date? No release date was mentioned in the EW article and I find this to be an interesting strategy, considering what we’ve seen fr...

Zendaya performs Bruno Mars' 24K Magic and Erykah Badu's Tyrone on Lip Sync Battle

Listen, I’m all about Tom Holland’s performance as Rihanna on Lip Sync Battle. I’m into it for all the reasons Lainey listed earlier today. He nailed it. He committed. It was glorious. But Tom Holland was battling the only person who could bring the same level of commitment and gloriousness. Of c...

Harry Styles flies in Sign Of The Times video and is reportedly dating Tess Ward

Harry Styles’ video for Sign Of The Times was released yesterday. There’s been a lot of focus on the flying. They strung him up – and a body double too – from a helicopter and then digitally manipulated the footage to look like he’s Superman or Iron Man and I think this is supposed to mean someth...

Tom Holland performs Rihanna's Umbrella on Lip Sync Battle

Sarah wrote yesterday about the new Spider-Man clip that aired during the MTV Movie and TV Awards on Sunday. About how cute and nerdy Tom Holland and his friend, Jacob Batalon, are together. They are, indeed, really, really cute. And I am getting really, really excited to see this movie. And not ...

Ryan Gosling and Jared Leto in gorgeous Blade Runner 2049 trailer

Blade Runner 2049 has been teasing us with glimpses of its orange and neon visuals, and now we have the first full trailer and it’s mind-bogglingly gorgeous. It’s director Denis Villeneuve, of course, and also cinematographer Roger Deakins, who is one of the greatest living cinematographers. They...

Intro for May 9, 2017

Dear Gossips, Wait…!? How is it that we haven’t talked yet about How To Make Lemonade? F-cking MET Gala! Last week, Beyoncé announced the upcoming release of the Lemonade box set, How To Make Lemonade. Here’s the product description from her website: The How To Make Lemonade B...

Smutty Social Media, May 8, 2017

That’s gonna be a no from me, dog.   🙋🏼 @teddysphotos A post shared by Rita Ora (@ritaora) on May 4, 2017 at 1:28pm PDT Did Mindy and Riz and Hasan all cut Judd Apatow out of this picture? Tee hee.   G.O.A....

Show Your Work: Make Brad Pitt Great Again

That Brad Pitt piece in GQ  – as I wrote last week, this was a solid appeal to the base. But if you’re not part of the base… were you rolling your eyes? Duana and I go through the eye-rolly parts. And those eye rolls brought us to “Make Brad Pitt Great Again”. You know who writes for GQ though? T...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend polo match together in England

Last week, when I wrote about Prince Philip’s retirement announcement and the initial speculation that it might be a Prince Harry engagement, I mentioned that these things, they happen on a schedule. Harry has been observing the royal schedule his entire life. And if he cares about Meghan as much...

Will Robert Pattinson and FKA twigs be in Cannes for his film Good Time?

Given this year’s MET Gala theme honouring Rei Kawakubo and Comme Des Garcons, it would have been great to see FKA twigs’s interpretation. She and Robert Pattinson were there in 2015 and 2016 but skipped last week – or they weren’t invited…? Anna Wintour reportedly wanted to keep the guest list t...

Miley Cyrus attempts a rebrand and tries to explain away her cultural appropriation in Billboard cover feature

Miley Cyrus is attempting a rebrand... again. Miley’s new single drops this week and in anticipation of its release, she’s on the cover of Billboard. In the interview, posted last Wednesday, Miley’s new sound is described as “rootsy” – whatever that means – and she revealed that she’s purposefull...

Smutty Tingles for May 8, 2017

Nobody is worried about Ryan Seacrest overexposure (Dlisted)  Kristen Stewart’s dance moves (Just Jared)  90210 Girl Sh-t! It never dies! (Cele|bitchy)  Today in…Nope. (Jezebel)  John Oliver crashes the FCC (TooFab)  Angelina Jolie and Shiloh at the Renaissance Faire – this r...

Gwyneth Paltrow's "smart" kitchen featured in Architectural Digest

It’s been almost a week since Gwyneth Paltrow showed up at the MET Gala and decided not to participate – in my opinion because, as a member of the establishment, she cannot and refuses to represent the counterculture as it would undermine the status quo, which exists in her favour. Here’s G on Sa...

Chris Pine moves up the Chris Rank with strong SNL hosting performance

On Friday in Smutty Tingles, I wrote about my unexpectedly high expectations for Chris Pine hosting Saturday Night Live after seeing him get loose in the promo. Before that, in no world would I have imagined looking forward to Chris Pine on SNL. And then he delivered! I’ll go as far to say that i...

Nicki Minaj offers to pay fans' college expenses on Twitter

Around 4 PM yesterday I opened Twitter for the first time. And saw this tweet: Uh, Nicki Minaj is offering to pay tuition for dozens of her followers on Twitter right now, as long as they have good grades. http://pic.twitter.com/dVdnGsGj8C — Jack Smith IV (@JackSmithIV) May 7, 2017 I ...

Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome win Best Kiss Award for Moonlight at MTV Movie and TV Awards

In my earlier post about Emma Watson and how MTV has gone gender neutral with their acting awards, I wondered about the impact – specifically whether or not this kind of decision will encourage diversity in storytelling and diversity in storytellers, creating more opportunities for women in the i...

Tom Holland and Zendaya premiere adorable Spider-Man: Homecoming clip at MTV Movie Awards

While Warner Brothers drags their heels on Wonder Woman’s marketing, Sony is not letting the grass grow and is uncapping the Spider-Man: Homecoming marketing two full months before the movie’s release in July. They premiered a clip during the MTV Movie Awards and it’s totally adorable. It also ma...

Emma Watson makes history with first gender neutral MTV Movie and TV Awards win

MTV announced a few weeks ago that for the first time in history, the acting categories at the MTV Movie and TV Awards would be based on performance only, not separated by sex. Last night Emma Watson became the first to win the Best Actor in a Movie award. Others nominated in the category: Daniel...

Warners keeps marketing for Wonder Woman low-key with unimpressive final trailer

A couple of weeks ago Shana O’Neil at Syfy Wire/Fangrrls pointed out that the Wonder Woman marketing has been…let’s call it low-key, for a movie coming out in less than two months. Donna Dickens at Uproxx followed suit, providing some compare-and-contrast with other Warner Brothers/DC projects li...

Intro for May 8, 2017

Dear Gossips, Here in Canada, The Handmaid’s Tale airs on Sundays on Bravo. The first two episodes premiered last week – the network’s most watched series premiere in 5 years. In the US it was the most watched series premiere on Hulu. It is the show everyone is talking about. It’s the show Du...

Smutty Tingles for May 5, 2017

Chris Pine is hosting SNL this weekend. Have you seen his promos? I’ve never liked him more than I like him in this promo, especially when he’s messing around with the hair tools. So…am I a dumbass for being kind of excited about this? I’m sorry I’ve not written much today. As I mentioned in the ...

Smutty Social Media, May 5, 2017

David Spade recognizes this pinched, “everything is fine” facial expression.   This is every girl ive had dinner with listening to my stupid drunk stories thinking 'you're fucking dead when we get in the car.' A post shared by David Spade (@davidspade) on ...

Ryan Gosling in first teaser trailer for Blade Runner 2049

When last we checked in with Blade Runner 2049, Ryan Gosling was shilling at CinemaCon. Today, we have a snippet of footage teasing the first trailer premiere in three days. It’s high contrast, ORANGE, and The Gos is looking a bit beat up and bloody. (Nothing will top how messed up he got in Only...

Beyoncé's publicist shoots down lip injection rumours in impassioned statement

On Monday, Lainey wrote about how Beyoncé  does not explain. We know this. We rarely get words from our Queen unless she is honouring Miss Tina, supporting Solange or dropping life-changing pieces of art that speak for themselves. Yesterday, Beyoncé  still did not explain. She let her rep Yvette ...

Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder announce pregnancy with belly cupping Instagram photo

Nikki Reed is pregnant, and she announced it on Instagram with a note to her future baby. That’s the most low-key part of her post. There’s belly cupping, and then there’s this – Bountiful Woman Floating in a Meadow. Look at the details here: she’s in a baby blue linen caftan, soft and ethere...

Michael Fassbender looks really good at Alien Covenant premiere

Here is Michael Fassbender at the premiere of Alien Covenant, the movie that is supposed to redeem the Alien franchise after the sci-fi bullsh*t of Prometheus. Sometimes he can look a bit tired, but he looks really good right now, and he's enthusiastic about Covenant, which bodes well for it's ch...

Bradley Cooper praises Lady Gaga's talent on Ellen while promoting Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 opens today. Sarah reviewed it yesterday and prefers it to the first movie. It’s generally well-liked by other critics too. So the question isn’t whether or not it will be big. It’s about HOW big. As in how many millions over $100 million. And, as previously noted, t...

May 5, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

It’s May National Adoption Weekend at PetSmart stores across Canada! From May 5-7, with the help of thousands of animal welfare organizations across North America, PetSmart & PetSmart Charities hope to find homes for more than 24,000 pets this weekend. PetSmart Charities of Canada is committe...

Intro for May 5, 2017

Dear Gossips, Last night in Vancouver, a group of mothers slept outside on the cold pavement in support of at-risk and homeless youth. Fifty moms participated in The Sleep Out: Mothers Edition to send a message to “young people that they are worthy of unconditional love and absolute respect, ...

Smutty Social Media, May 4, 2017

Why didn’t she wear this instead of that lame Belle dress?   #commesdesgarcons 🌹 A post shared by Jessica Chastain (@jessicachastain) on May 3, 2017 at 7:30pm PDT First she was Japanese and now she’s Wonder Woman. She can really, um, do i...

Johnny Depp reportedly hired sound engineers to feed him lines through earpiece on his movies

One of the first headlines I saw in my feed this morning was from the Telegraph:  Earpieces, islands, and eccentricities: is Johnny Depp slowly morphing into Marlon Brando? Um, obviously it was an immediate click. Yes, I want to read this. In fact, I think I NEED to read this. The piece w...

Celine Dion sings all her feelings in MET Gala video

Sorry. I don’t mean to yell at you with the capitals. But… the only way I can convey my feelings or, more specifically, the feelings that Celine Dion is allowing me to feel IS BY SHOUTING AT YOU WITH THESE WORDS. You thought we were done with Celine at the MET Gala. Please. How can the Queen ...

Smutty Tingles for May 4, 2017

I am obsessed with this. But… also? I eat my fries one at a time. Anyone who doesn’t is a MONSTER. (I am married to a monster.) (Dlisted)  Will and Kate’s staffing requirements (Cele|bitchy)  Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen should have worn this to the MET Gala (Just Jared)  I love Saoirse...

Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 movie review

SPOILER FREE Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 picks up an indistinct amount of time after the events of the first movie, and one very smart thing writer/director James Gunn does is not bog us down with timeline and other continuity details. He’s freed from the Avengers continuity and doesn’t ta...

Sofia Vergara calls out Star Magazine for false report that she cheated on Joe Manganiello

The new issue of Star Magazine is about how Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello are getting a divorce because she cheated on him recently in Rome. That is not what this post is about. This post is about Sofia’s response to the story.   The editor of this magazine is a...

Prince Philip announces retirement from royal duties at 95 years old

I woke up this morning and my phone had blown up overnight. The Daily Mail reported that Buckingham Palace called an emergency meeting last night. And so everyone started freaking out about what that could mean. As we all now know, Prince Philip has announced that he’ll be stepping down from offi...

Rihanna reportedly got cozy with Olympic fencer Miles Chamley-Watson at MET Gala

Are you watching The Handmaid’s Tale? There is a lot to think about when watching or re-reading The Handmaid’s Tale. But … do you think about Rihanna? Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don’t let the bastards grind you down. Don’t let the bastards get you down Turn it around with anothe...

Danny DeVito and Jeff Goldblum to star as musicians in new comedy TV show on Amazon

Some cosmic force is at work right now because suddenly Jeff Goldblum is f*cking EVERYWHERE. He’s in Thor: Ragnarok, he’s in Jurassic World 2, he’s got a food truck in Australia (???), and now he’s coming to television via Amazon. Yesterday it was announced that Goldblum will co-star in a half-ho...

Intro for May 4, 2017

Dear Gossips, This is the cover of the new issue of US Weekly - what really happened on the plane last September to kick off World War Brange. The most interesting thing about this story, however, has nothing to do with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. As you know, Wenner Media sold US Weekly to...

Smutty Tingles for May 3, 2017

Sasha and I talk about which MET Gala looks we would want for ourselves. And we read out some of your MET Gala commentary, in which you shout at us, and we shout back. Also… Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady and Selena Gomez and The Weekend – which of those relationships do you mirror? And when shoul...

Why is TMZ reporting that Justin Bieber is dating Hailee Steinfeld?

TMZ reported yesterday that Justin Bieber and Hailee Steinfeld have been dating for a month but that it’s still “fresh”. Immediately afterwards her reps denied it. Also, she has a boyfriend. His name is Cameron Smoller. He just Instagrammed a shot of them together a couple of days ago: ...

Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey in first trailer for The Dark Tower

The first trailer for The Dark Tower, the long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King’s “Gunslinger” series, has been released and it’s a lot of Idris Elba swaggering in leather, looking super f*cking hot and doing cool (computerized?) gun tricks. And Matthew McConaughey is strutting about, whisper...

Smutty Social Media, May 3, 2017

My favourite MET Gala subgenre: celebrities smoking in the bathroom. The NY Daily News had a whole story on it: Dakota Johnson’s dress is much cooler from this angle (and yes that’s Armie Hammer vaping in the background).   Smoking in the girls room #metgala @charde...

Zoe Kravitz at MET Gala after party without Karl Glusman

Something I’ve been thinking about re: Zoe Kravitz but I forgot to mention it yesterday when I posted about her at the MET Gala. But first, this shot she Instagrammed:   When @reesewitherspoon shows up to the party everyone's like 😆😁😁😄😃😀😃😄😁😁😄😄😃 ...

Brad Pitt's façade in GQ cover profile while discussing drinking & divorce

Brad Pitt’s film for Netflix, War Machine, premieres later this month. Now that World War Brange has ostensibly ended, he’s back on promotion with a GQ interview, featuring 3 different covers, and several more beautiful photographs taken in 3 American national parks, The Everglades, White Sands, ...

Emma Watson and Tom Hanks in The Circle movie review

The Circle is the second time Tom Hanks has tried a Dave Eggers adaptation, following last year’s A Hologram for the King. Like that movie, The Circle doesn’t work, although Hanks’s performance is better here—albeit, much smaller. In The Circle he plays a secondary character and Emma Watson is th...

Tom Cruise kisses co-star Vanessa Kirby on Mission: Impossible 6 set

Tom Cruise has been in Paris the last few weeks shooting Mission: Impossible 6. Here he is yesterday on set with Vanessa Kirby filming a kissing scene. You’ll recall, they tried to rumour a few weeks ago that Tom’s in love with her and that they’re totally together now. The only problem, then, wa...

Excited for David Lynch's Twin Peaks revival with release of new teaser

Twin Peaks is returning to television—thanks to Showtime—with a two-part premiere on May 21. They released a new teaser this week just featuring David Lynch’s beautifully composed, nostalgic shots of locations like Laura Palmer’s house, the sheriff’s department, and the Double R Café. God, David ...

Intro for May 3, 2017

Dear Gossips, On Monday night, when Duana and I were trading texts about MET Gala assignments and early commentary on where we would land with our fashion rankings, I said to her that we were using more exclamation points for this event than we do any other – exclamation points in exhilaratio...

Smutty Tingles for May 2, 2017

We’re done for the day! Thanks so much for your emails and tweets, for disagreeing or agreeing. For calling us dumb f-cks. We love it! This concludes our coverage of the 2017 MET Gala but since we couldn’t post about every single look, here are some quick thoughts about the ones we left off our l...

Rihanna is the 2017 MET Gala MVP

There is SJP. And there is Solange. And both have become critical to the MET Gala. I agree with Duana that Solange has made a monumental impact on this event. That she is leading us to new and memorable places with her style instincts. That it is breathtaking, the choices she makes every year. ...

Gwyneth Paltrow is MET Worst Dressed 2017 (Lainey)

We haven’t slept since Sunday. There are currently over 12,000 words posted on the site today. And there are two words that sum up what I feel about Gwyneth Paltrow’s look last night: f-ck off. Can we go now? Wait no. I have more. G was wearing Calvin Klein. And, like Gisele Bundchen,...

Halle Berry is MET Worst Dressed 2017 (Duana)

I had to think about this one. I knew Halle Berry was right at the bottom of the list, but it took me a minute to figure out why. You probably got there before me, right? This look is, on its own, not bad. It’s not avant-garde or on-theme, but neither are fully half the attendees’ outfits. I fe...

Solange is MET Best Dressed 2017 (Duana)

Well. I mean, of course it’s not surprising that Solange is Best Dressed. In fact, she’s been using the MET Gala as her personal runway for years—a place where she is, in a different way than Rihanna, expected to reign. But man, I didn’t know it was going to be like this. I LOVE this so much....

Ruth Negga is MET Best Dressed 2017 (Lainey)

I promise that we try. After the Oscars and the Globes and the Emmys and especially the MET Gala, when we break down the list of coverage and consider the assignments, Duana and I try mix it up, we try not to keep going to the same names for best and Heidi Klum for the worst. Last night we had an...

Celine Dion's first MET Gala like a first kiss

Lainey and Lorella and I talk about Celine a fair bit. Mostly we talk about Celine and Rene. How bananas it all was. How much she loved him. She grieved more than anyone will ever grieve. She mourned! Wearing black lace! It’s like an opera taking place in real life. And we all agree that no m...

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez make red carpet debut at 2017 MET Gala

Like Selena Gomez and The Weeknd, the MET Gala was the first official red carpet for Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez. It wasn’t hard to predict. I called it yesterday but we were alllllll calling it yesterday. We’ve been calling it since the moment they started. Um, two months ago. That these t...

Most interesting part of Blake Lively's MET Gala dress not featured in most photos

You know I have opinions. And we’ll get to those in just a moment. But first I find myself having to say something… if not in Blake Lively’s defense, then on her behalf: We stay up all night to write, and it’s inevitable that sometimes I forget what it was I wanted to say or whether the same ...

Gisele Bundchen gives the middle finger to 2017 MET Gala theme

Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady did not attend the MET Gala last year. If she wore what she wore last night to the event last year, we might not have a problem. Gisele’s in Stella McCartney. And she told Andre Leon Talley that it’s “100 percent sustainable, baby”. Sustainable fashion would certainl...

Janelle Monae & Chrissy Teigen in feather bombs at 2017 MET Gala

Officially, my assignment sheet also includes John Legend, but can we acknowledge what we know? JL, you look great, it’s not about you, we gotta go. Okay. These dresses are kin to one another—not yin and yang, more like Big and Little Sis. But they’re both about how you can do the MET Gala an...

Kerry Washington vs. Lily Collins: MET Dueling Bobs

No, of course it doesn’t have to be a competition. But when two women both wear a distinctive hairstyle that’s nothing like their own (and is very obviously a tribute to Rei Kawakubo) you tend to wind up putting their attempts beside one another.  One of the reasons I think both chose to go w...

Selena Gomez's Weeknd kiss and Bella's style win at 2017 MET Gala

Sorry. SORRY. That word is lame as f-ck. “Faceoff.” But I couldn’t quite land on another one. Confrontation seems too serious. Triangle isn’t accurate. And of course it all sucks anyway because this is two girls petty-ing over a guy, a situation in which there can be no winner but… But… N...

Katy Perry: MET Costume

You’re lucky, Katy Perry. You’re the co-chair of the event, which is also called the Costume Institute Gala, and that article about you in Vogue inspired a super-ranty episode of Show Your Work where we complimented you for being interested in learning more and being more. You’ve become… not...

Dakota Johnson in confusing Gucci at 2017 MET Gala

I like Dakota Johnson’s relationship with Gucci because they are doing the “ugly expensive” thing really well right now and it completely suits her vibe. When Dakota wears something “unlikable” (ie: something that will get her on a Worst Dressed list in a celebrity weekly), I feel like she does i...

Zoe Kravitz is the manifestation of CDG at 2017 MET Gala

Zoe Kravitz has an advantage. Several, actually. First… you can’t get away from the face. Her face, it’s absurd. Like absurdly exquisite. Like intoxicatingly exquisite. Second though, right now, it’s the hair. Right now, the shock blonde pixie cut is having a moment. But no one is doing it better...

Matthew Rhys & Keri Russell stunning at 2017 MET Gala

When we divide up the people we’re going to write about at LaineyGossip, some are for fighting over—wait for that later today—and some are just givens. Nobody would even have to blink before handing me Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys but you know what? I’m gonna have to make someone else write abou...

Tracee Ellis Ross triumphant at 2017 MET Gala

What did I tell you yesterday about my girl? Allow me to quote myself. Because I haven’t slept, and I can’t come up with any new words but also because Tracee Ellis Ross just killed it at her first MET Gala and I f-cking called it on the LifeStyle page: I’m putting a lot of hope in her, hope ...

Katie Holmes fudged the 2017 MET Gala

I hesitated on that title. But I couldn’t think of another way to describe what Katie Holmes is doing in this outfit. You know when you try to get away with something?  When you know what you’ve worked on isn’t exactly the answer to the question, but you try to wiggle it around to being it an...

Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen unchanged at 2017 MET Gala

The Olsens are a staple at the MET Gala and year after year their looks are interchangeable. It doesn’t matter what the theme is, the Olsens dress like the Olsens (I like to call it: rich bohemian living abroad after her wealthy husband’s suspicious death). This year is no different. Does it ...

Lupita Nyong’o disappoints at 2017 MET Gala

I’m sorry, I hate to say it. Because of course this is Lupita. And we wait for Lupita, always. But this time, it wasn’t worth it – at least not the dress. She made up for it in another way though and we’ll get to that in a minute. Right now, we need to talk about this Prada. It’s coral, which is ...

Riley Keough in Louis Vuitton at 2017 MET Gala

Do you want to know a terrible secret about me? I’m one of those people who likes to buy leggings and athleisure wear, but I don’t go to the gym enough to justify the purchases. I am basically the worst. I don’t always wear it everywhere, which would at least mean it got use covering my nudity, b...

Stella McCartney, Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts at 2017 MET Gala

Stella McCartney always has a huge presence at the MET Gala. She’s there as a designer, of course, but beyond that, Stella is exactly Anna’s kind of person (famous parents, British, wealthy). And Stella attracts a very A-list crowd. In the past she’s dressed Madonna, Cara Delevingne, Reese Wither...

Madonna and Paris Jackson at 2017 MET Gala

Maybe the moment has happened already and I just haven’t caught up to it yet. There’s so much on social media it’s been impossible to keep writing and see every possible photo, every Instagram story, every Snapchat video. As it is, I just sent Duana a GLORIOUS video for a post she just finished a...

Allison Williams in Diane Von Furstenburg at 2017 MET Gala

“So So So… so this is what it feels like to match wits with someone at your level, what the hell is the catch?” Look, it’s not like I’m above throwing a Hamilton quote on the top of a piece for no reason—but in this case it’s not no reason. There’s something about that Angelica line that popp...

Sean Combs brought it in a cape at 2017 MET Gala

Why no, it is not about the men, even more than usual. That is, Jaden Smith—but he’s, like, doing Performance Haircuts, and even the most adventurous dudes basically come in the same thing, except Rami Malek, who looks like he shops at the same clothing store as Curious George’s Man With The Yell...

Reese Witherspoon at 2017 MET Gala

I know. I can’t believe it either. But let’s remind ourselves what Reese Witherspoon looked like the last time she was at the MET Gala, in 2015, when the theme was China: Through The Looking Glass: Basically, she didn’t bother. Here’s what Reese wore to the Oscars in 2016: ...

Mandy Moore is striking at 2017 MET Gala

No matter what, there is Mandy Moore. In good times and in bad, certainly as long as I’ve been staying up late to write about stuff and long before that, there has been Mandy Moore. Yet I was almost perversely proud when the shots came out and people started tweeting at each other: “Is… that ...

Lena Dunham & Amy Schumer forgiven at 2017 MET Gala

Lena Dunham and Amy Schumer were at the MET Gala in 2016. And then they bitched about the experience. Lena claimed that she was rejected by Odell Beckham Jr and apologised for it later and Amy called the experience a “punishment” and insisted it would be her last time. So, naturally, they both sh...

Mindy Kaling's Emmy Dress at the 2017 MET Gala

THIS PAINS ME. The only reason I am calling it “most predictable” is because yesterday for Smutty Social Media I included a photo of her dress and at the time I was worried because of the shimmer and tassels. It is indeed shimmery. And there are tassels. It’s midnight blue. Strapless. All...

Helen Lasichanh with Pharrell at 2017 MET Gala

Someone was going to show up in a classic Comme Des Garcons signature piece – the kind of piece that isn’t conventionally “wearable” but that is unmistakably Rei Kawakubo. A garment that’s also a sculpture. The only question: who would have the honour, who would be the chosen? Because Rei Kawakub...

Elizabeth Banks at 2017 MET Gala

To Whom It May Concern: Please excuse Elizabeth from dressing on the Comme Des Garcons/Rei Kuwakabo theme tonight, as she has been dressing that way for the past several years due to her ongoing engagement as Effie Trinket. As such, her mesmerizing body-con sequined Rorschach painting and ban...

Rose Byrne & Bobby Cannavale at 2017 MET Gala

Sometimes, the early birds make the strongest impressions at the MET Gala. This year, that honour belongs to two of my favourites, Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale. They were definitely the best-coiffed couple of the night, but, if you ask Bobby - they were simply "off to Applebee's for dinner!" ...

Jaden Smith with hair in hand at 2017 MET Gala

This is the one we might be fighting about the hardest. Lainey, you’re just trying to be different. Trying too hard to be different. Jaden tries too hard to be different. Here’s my response to that: He IS different. If you don’t think he’s different then he must be the same. The same? As ...

Intro for May 2, 2017

Dear Gossips, Sarah Jessica Parker was not at the MET Gala last night. And she was missed. She was f-cking missed. You know what would be a disaster for Anna Wintour? If both SJP and Rihanna didn’t show. Let this be a prayer: please, in the future, there should never, ever be a MET Gala witho...

Priyanka Chopra's trench coat at 2017 MET Gala

Priyanka Chopra was one of the first arrivals to the MET Gala, and the “Inspector Gadget” jokes came fast and furious. I get it, she’s wearing a trench coat. I will tell you why I’m more into this than 95% of the gowns I saw. Adherence to theme: It’s unisex. It’s not pretty in the traditional...

Zendaya & Jessica Chastain in Belle gowns at 2017 MET Gala

Is it possible to ignore the theme of the MET Gala and still somehow honour it? Of course. Rei Kawakubo is a fashion contrarian. To the extreme. So, if you are going to be contrary, in the spirit of Rei Kawakubo, you must go all the way. Which is exactly what we got from Zendaya. Comme Des Ga...

Barry Jenkins and Julianne Moore at the 2017 MET Gala

You win an Oscar, and everybody knows your film Moonlight for all the wrong reasons. Now what? Well, your cast becomes the latest faces of Calvin Klein's underwear campaign, you earn a spot as one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People of the Year and get to continue your Oscar victory lap at the ...

Smutty Social Media, May 1, 2017

Kate Hudson is obviously joking about the Met Gala, but I do think this year’s theme will be a challenge for the more thoughtful and stylish celebs (like SJP) and an outright disaster for the ones who favour safe gowns.   Gearing up for Met Ball 🙆 #MetBall2017 #Com...

Michael Fassbender jokes that he's better looking than Tom Hiddleston in Australian interview

Tonight is the MET Gala. Which is why we should light a candle for what happened last year at the MET Gala. The MET Gala gave us the Summer of Swoki. Gossip owes Anna Wintour forever. But Taylor Swift has been QUIEEEEEEEEET, non? Quieter the last couple of months than even Beyoncé....

Will The Weeknd join Selena Gomez at tonight's MET Gala?

Selena Gomez was in LA this weekend for The Weeknd’s show at The Forum. Here she is today arriving at her hotel in NYC ahead of the tonight’s MET Gala. I’m curious to see what she’ll be wearing tonight and how she’ll interpret the theme. She was in overalls at Abel’s show on Saturday… New...

Smutty Tingles for May 1, 2017

I too would never think of Leonardo DiCaprio as a “deep experience” (Dlisted)  Dakota Johnson will probably wear Gucci tonight at the MET Gala (Just Jared)  Sienna Princess is indeed better than Princess Sienna (Cele|bitchy)  Good question. Will this turn into a new Kristen Stewart r...

Beyoncé honours her mother on Instagram ahead of MET Gala

Beyoncé, as we know, does not explain. There has been no true Beyoncé interview in years. She is extremely selective about when she speaks. Even on social media, Beyoncé gives us very little in the way of description. But this weekend, Beyoncé gave us some words. The words were in support of her ...

Aziz Ansari is mastering it all in New York Magazine interview

The second season of Master of None premieres on Netflix on May 12—assuming they don’t end up releasing stuff early because they got hacked— and in advance of the premiere, Aziz Ansari covers New York Magazine, talking about season 2, SNL, and kinda-sorta Trump. There’s a lot to unpack—Ansari is ...

Will Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attend MET Gala together?

Jennifer Lopez is currently in New York, working on Shades Of Blue. Last night she stepped out for dinner with Alex Rodriguez. Tonight… well… if she’s not shooting… It’s the MET Gala. JLO has attended a few MET Galas in her time. She was last at the MET Gala in 2015. We didn’t see her there i...

Celine Dion in New York ahead of 2017 MET Gala

Duana and I were in New York this weekend. There was a lot of emotion this weekend. Probably most of it was about Hamilton (we went on Saturday night) but… now I’m thinking some of those feelings could have been because we were feeling them from the source of all feelings? Celine Dion is also in ...

Jesse Williams' divorce and the politics of black love

“A little wince.” In a piece for Essence in 2010, that’s how Jill Scott described her reaction when a black male friend told her he had married a white woman. The piece received an onslaught of vitriol. Scott was called a racist. To avoid repeating Scott’s fate, I should probably skip this admiss...

May 1, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

My ma lives with an incurable disease called POEMS. For the last few years, she’s been in and out of hospital. At one point she was hospitalised for 9 months straight. Poor health is hard on the patient. But it also affects their loved ones, their caregivers. In our family’s case, dad, Jacek, and...

Intro for May 1, 2017

Dear Gossips, If you’ve been visiting this website – a gossip site – for a while, you are familiar with the position we take on gossip: that gossip is not irrelevant, that gossip can illuminate, that gossip is a conversation about social issues, social behaviours, even social injustice. As An...