What Else for September 29, 2017

Jared Leto is insisting that the stories about all the gift-stunts he pulled on his castmates have been exaggerated or even fabricated. And the media is to blame. The way I see it, this is not because he’s mad at the media. It’s because he’s mad at the media…for making him look like an idiot. If ...

Owen Wilson and Ed Helms' Father Figures release date re-scheduled for January

When it comes to release date shuffling, Tulip Fever is the gold standard. But there is another movie that has quietly been shuffled on and off the release slate, and that is the Owen Wilson/Ed Helms comedy Father Figures (formerly titled Bastards). The movie, which languished at Paramount before...

Michael B Jordan steps out for dinner in LA following a quiet year

Michael B Jordan, or as Kathleen likes to call him – Michael Bae Jordan – stepped out for dinner last night in LA. Kathleen can’t come to the phone right now. Because she’s producing all FOUR segments on The Social today: Sasheer Zamata, Kelly Clarkson, Jay Pharoah, and W Kamau Bell. Which she in...

Smutty Social Media, September 29, 2017

How many pairs of hoops do you think Jennifer Lopez owns? I was going to say she should have her own line, but of course she already does.   About last night... #myhappyplace 😊☺❤️ #amoramoramor A post shared by Jennifer Lopez (@jlo) on Sep 28, 2017 ...

Matthew McConaughey in New York on behalf of the just keep livin Foundation

Here is Matthew McConaughey out and about in New York, where he was in town to speak on behalf of the just keep livin Foundation (that punctuation drives me nuts). He looks good, and not at all like his movie bombed. We’re just a month removed from The Dark Tower tanking, and McConaughey isn’t we...

Prince Albert and Charlene attend Monte Carlo Gala for the Global Ocean honouring Leonardo DiCaprio

The inaugural Monte Carlo Gala for the Global Ocean took place last night honouring Leonardo DiCaprio. Prince Albert and Charlene were there. And probably a lot of models. Even though the event was in his honour though, I can only find one posed photo of Leo, with Albert and Charlene of Serenity....

Beyoncé sings on Mi Gente remix with proceeds going to hurricane relief

I went to bed at 9pm last night. I woke up to a new Beyoncé song. Love when that happens! She’s on the Mi Gente remix. And it’s not like the J Balvin and Willy William track wasn’t already a banger. And now Beyoncé’s singing in Spanish. And French. And English. And she drops a “SLAY”. And she...

Thoughtful and considerate Kelly Clarkson promotes new album Meaning of Life in Toronto

Kelly Clarkson was in Toronto yesterday to host WE Day. She seemed really excited to meet Mia Farrow. This tweet cracked me up: I still am speechless 😳u are so lovely & such a legend! It was an honor to meet you @MiaFarrow 😊 ....also, do you know they guy in the back🤣 https://t.co/ZRLq...

Sarah Jessica Parker confirms there will not be a third Sex And The City movie

The Daily Mail broke the story this week that there will not be a third Sex And The City movie. Last night, Sarah Jessica Parker was asked by Extra for an update on the project and she confirmed that it will not go ahead: “It’s over… we’re not doing it. I’m disappointed. We had this beautiful...

September 29, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Meg! Happy Birthday with love from Scott who requested for you Idris Elba, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Aziz Ansari. And for Joegina from Des, JenBrown, Steph, and Stacy– it’s your wedding day! Congratulations! They adore you for being tough and strong and classy and gorgeous. They’re so proud to be...

Intro for September 29, 2017

Dear Gossips, Prince Harry made a surprise appearance at WE Day Toronto yesterday. He opened his remarks by shouting out the Invictus Games and then continued on to encourage young people to continue find ways to give back, to contribute to their communities. And he challenged the youth to st...

What Else for September 28, 2017

Have you ever ruined something that belonged to a friend? I’ve broken a crisper in Duana’s fridge. I’m also pretty sure I’ve f-cked up several things in Fiona’s kitchen and my dogs have peed on her carpet. Also I once got my friend Lorella a beautiful hat but she couldn’t wear it because she was ...

James Franco promotes The Disaster Artist at San Sebastian Film Festival with brother Dave

Maybe you never thought he lost his hot. Maybe he was never hot to you to begin with. I had a thing for James Franco around the time of Spider-Man and Pineapple Express. But then James Franco became James Franco, The Artist. The Artist James Franco was intolerable. The Artist James Franco, howeve...

Disney's plan to remake Hocus Pocus is a travesty

Hocus Pocus is one of those movies, objectively not great but beloved by a generation anyway. I was ten when Hocus Pocus came out, and if there had been fan fiction and message boards in 1993, I would have been all over it, my screenname undoubtedly “ThackeryBinx27”, and unspeakably bad fanfic, i...

Smutty Social Media, September 28, 2017

It was Gwyneth Paltrow’s birthday yesterday. Her boyfriend, Brad Falchuk, talked about her “f-cking perfect smile.” Should it be “f-cking perfect smile” or “perfect f-cking smile”? Is one more grammatically correct than the other? Anyway, not my point. My point is others, like Rachel Zoe and Jess...

Madonna launches skincare line, MDNA

Madonna’s been in New York this week promoting her skin line, MDNA. MDNA has actually been available overseas for a while but she just launched at Barneys which is why, now that American outlets have access to it, she’s been getting so much coverage. There’s a face wash, serum, the rose mist, and...

Pretty Little Liars gets a spinoff

It has been three months since the series finale of Pretty Little Liars. It has been three months since I screamed obscenities at my television and threw my remote across the room at the Big “A” Reveal. For those of you who are real grownups who never watched PLL, the twist involved an evil twin ...

Issa Rae documents meeting Michelle Obama on Instagram

There needs to be a word for when two of your favourite humans you’ve never met but wish they were your family and/or best friends forever end up in the same picture. Like when Lainey woke up at 5am and fangirled over this photo of Rihanna and Beyoncé. Or when Issa Rae met Michelle Obama. As the ...

Justin Timberlake reportedly in final negotiations to perform at the Super Bowl

I told you. You might want to leave because this post will involve a lot of “I told you”. I told you, way back in February, when Justin Timberlake appeared in an ad during the Super Bowl, that this would happen. That it was only a matter of time, a “matter of time before he gets invited to be the...

Tom Cruise in American Made movie review

There’s a game I like to play with new Tom Cruise movies. It’s called “How Old Does This Movie Think Tom Cruise Is?” It’s simple, all you have to do is watch a recent Tom Cruise movie and try and figure out how old he is supposed to be in that movie. (This game is made possible by the advent of d...

Intro for September 28, 2017

Dear Gossips, It was Day 5 of the Invictus Games in Toronto yesterday. Prince Harry attended several events on the schedule, including Cycling and Seated Volleyball. Which is where his popcorn got stolen. Have you seen these pictures? Have you seen the video? Duana, who’s been swamped at work...

What Else for September 27, 2017

I’m sure everyone is getting hard about yet another collaboration between these two. I’m more excited about whether or not there’s an interesting female counterpart in this story. Will the character be underdeveloped? And what 20 year old actress will they cast? OMG, it’s so exciting, I can’t wai...

Kit Harington and Rose Leslie announce engagement in The Times

It’s their names. They’re the kind of names that just sound really great with a “The X” in front of them. Anyway, it was rumoured a couple of days ago that Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are engaged. That engagement was confirmed with an announcement in The Times: Two people from...

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez in New York on 15th anniversary of Jenny From The Block

Jennifer Lopez stepped out in NYC yesterday with Alex Rodriguez and her kids. Question for you: last year, on The Social’s Gossip Year in Review episode, we were asked, as we do every season, to make a gossip prediction. We shot that show back in December 2016. My prediction: “JLO will get engage...

Judi Dench in Victoria and Abdul movie review

Set in the waning days of Queen Victoria’s reign, Victoria and Abdul depicts the end-of-life friendship Queen Victoria struck up with Abdul Karim, a servant sent from India during her golden jubilee. Abdul is a low-level clerk in a prison in India, who is chosen—because he is tall—to go to Englan...

Smutty Social Media, September 27, 2017

Don’t start none won’t be none.   TSRStaff: Thembi ( @ThembiTV_ ) _____________________________________ It's no secret that #Rihanna's #FentyBeauty has the whole beauty industry SHOOK right?! _____________________________________ When Rih dropped her makeup line, mu...

Courtney Love and Frances Bean Cobain twinning at Paris Fashion Week

The mother-daughter combination that most people have been talking about at the recent fashion weeks has been Cindy Crawford + Kaia Gerber. But how about Courtney Love and Frances Bean Cobain? It’s been so nice to see that, over the last couple of years, after a period of estrangement, they seem ...

Natalie Portman in first teaser for Annihilation

Yesterday we saw the first image from Natalie Portman’s upcoming film, Annihilation. It’s from Alex Garland, the filmmaker behind Ex Machina, and the first look features an albino alligator. Well we now have a teaser trailer, and it does not include the albino alligator. But it does have deer wit...

Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford's Blade Runner 2049 being called a masterpiece

Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling, who’s recycling his sweaters on this press tour now, were in London recently, continuing to promote Blade Runner 2049. The junket was this past weekend. A couple of my colleagues came back with major, major praise. The word Oscar was thrown around. And that seems t...

Taylor Swift sends Cardi B flowers after she surpasses her on the charts

As mentioned the other day in What Else, with Bodak Yellow, Cardi B became the first female solo rapper to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 18 years, taking down Taylor Swift’s Look What You Made Me Do. And it’s worth a conversation because, obviously, Cardi B does not have the industry power o...

Taylor Kitsch's convincing character work as David Koresh in Waco teaser trailer

We’ve been a little worried about Taylor Kitsch around the LaineyGossip offices. I wonder what the hell he’s doing in cut-rate action movies, and Kathleen wonders if, like Samson, his hair is the secret to his power. We’re all a little bummed True Detective season 2 didn’t work out for him. With ...

Angelina Jolie's ridiculous supermarket photo shoot

Angelina Jolie has been widely acknowledged to be excellent at the game, at the fame game, and they all play the game, it’s just that some are better at it than most. Angelina is one of the best. Usually. But this… have you seen this? On Sunday, Angelina and her longtime friend, Loung Ung, wi...

September 27, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Sewze! Sharon wants to give you some shine for “teaching us all to grab the horns with impunity”. She’s so proud to be your friend. Have a great time at PFW! Hope you have a Cindy + Kaia moment!

Intro for September 27, 2017

Dear Gossips, Tom Cruise has a film coming out on Friday. It’s called American Made. And, at post time, it’s currently sitting at 90% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics aren’t calling it the movie of the year or anything but most seem to agree that it’s an enjoyable couple of hours and that it...

What Else for September 26, 2017

I interviewed Gary Oldman at TIFF. And he seemed very, very attached to the woman who’s now been revealed to be his 5th wife. But…umm….how do we feel about FIVE MARRIAGES?! Gary used to be married to Uma Thurman, remember that? Uma was his second wife. And, if I recall, he married Uma like a year...

Idris Elba reads fan fiction for Lainey's birthday

I’m that asshole who forces her birthday onto people. Today is my birthday. You’re actually lucky though, because this is only the first time I’ve mentioned on the site while all my colleagues have been enduring it for 24 hours. Through the press release I personally delivered yesterday, on camer...

Natalie Portman and an albino alligator in first image from Annihilation

The first image from Annihilation, Alex Garland’s follow-up to Ex Machina, has been released and it shows Natalie Portman rubbing a Q-tip on an albino alligator, so I’m sold. (I can just feel someone being like, “Actually, that’s a crocodile.”) You know what this reminds me of? The end of Werner ...

Smutty Social Media, September 26, 2017

Are selfie sticks just an attempt to duplicate this classic WB teen pose?   The pilot of Freaks and Geeks aired 18 years ago today. 1. Wtf? I'm old. 2. This picture cracks me up cause it was our version of the popular(at the time)WB people puddle thing that all the ...

Harry Styles dating and "besotted" with model Camille Rowe

This is the word the Daily Mail is using to describe Harry Styles’s feelings for Victoria’s Secret Angel Camille Rowe. Apparently, fans (and TMZ) have decided that Harry and Camille are officially official because Harry carried her purse at a restaurant in LA. Harry with Camille Rowe back...

Is Meghan Markle sending messages through her clothes about status of relationship with Prince Harry?

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle held hands at the Invictus Games yesterday and everyone freaked out. This is not an overstatement. Even the preternaturally remote Sarah had a reaction and sent everyone on the team this note last night about royal titles:   I just want you all to know that I ha...

A look back on Jennifer Aniston's Vanity Fair "Unsinkable" cover profile 12 years later

Here are some new shots of Jennifer Aniston taken last Friday on the set of Dumplin’ in Georgia. I’m also including shots I’ve never posted of her in costume, as Dumplin’ mother, a former beauty queen, that were taken when filming first started in July. This is excellent beauty queen mom hair. ...

Jake Gyllenhaal promotes Stronger on Rachael Ray

Here’s something for your Tuesday: If Jake Gyllenhaal cancels on you, he'll send you flowers. And according to Rachael Ray, he's the only guest she can remember in about 2000 episodes who has ever cancelled on her (12 years ago) and sent her flowers. Jake made his first appearance on Rachael’...

Sterling K. Brown rides tractor shirtless on Ellen

This Is Us is back for its second season tonight. I love This Is Us. If you’ve been paying attention, you know that I’m a crier. Crying during This Is Us on Tuesday nights is one of my fave pastimes. But by the end of last season, it felt a little forced, like the writer’s room was digging for a ...

Intro for September 26, 2017

Dear Gossips, When I found out yesterday that Jia Tolentino wrote a profile for The New Yorker about Gloria Allred? Um. YES PLEASE. I f-cking love that. I love having something saved, written by a writer who always delivers. I love looking forward to it throughout the day. When it’s f...

What Else for September 25, 2017

Fans of Benedict Cumberbatch enjoy his voice. They like listening to him talk at him. Tom Hiddleston fans feel the same way. Until he over-talks. Because, as we know, Tom can go on. And on. I’ve often wondered what would happen if Benny and Tommy had a talk-off. What would happen, actually, is th...

Lauryn Hill and Nas perform in Miami

Lauryn Hill and Nas were in Toronto earlier this month and it was the first time in 15 years that Lauryn was live in Toronto without me there in the crowd, crying and screaming along to every lyric. Every time she’s in town, I show up. I’ve written before about my allegiance to Ms. Hill. I’ve def...

Smutty Social Media, September 25, 2017

Gal Gadot is hosting SNL October 7. Ben Affleck will definitely show up, right? He’s going to be all over that set this year, wearing his stained t-shirts and charming everyone with his Boston accent.   Nothing like spending the wknd with my besties .. 🎀🎀🎀🎀🎀@mm...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle holding hands and sitting side by side at the Invictus Games in Toronto

“Make ‘em wait”… not very long. And not only was there not much of a wait, holy sh-t, what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are giving us today in Toronto at the Invictus Games is totally not standard royal play at all. Holding hands entering the venue. LOOK! NEW - Prince Harry and Megh...

Kaia Gerber shares Versace runway with mom Cindy Crawford and other original supermodels

You may have heard: Kaia Gerber, Cindy Crawford’s daughter, has become the new darling of the runway, after making her debut at NY Fashion Week and then going on to London Fashion Week followed by Milan Fashion Week. In Milan, a few days ago, at the Versace presentation, rumoured to possibly be D...

Rihanna rumoured to be launching her own wine company

My all-time favourite photos of Rihanna are the ones where she has a drink in hand. There are many. There are so many photos of Rihanna leaving various establishments while still clutching half-full glasses of wine that there are entire Twitter threads dedicated to Rihanna’s signature accessory… ...

Angelina Jolie attends another Q&A screening for First They Killed My Father as new trailer is released

Last weekend Angelina Jolie attended a Q&A after screening First They Killed My Father for Academy members. It was then confirmed that Cambodia had submitted FTKMF for Oscar consideration. As previously mentioned, that’s just the first step in a selection process that’s divided into several phase...

Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born release date moved up to May in time for Cannes

Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut, A Star Is Born, was originally scheduled for September 28, 2018. Fall film releases are typically considered to be more “serious”. And some thought that it could make the rounds during festival season, perhaps in position for an awards run. It was announced...

Meghan Markle attends Invictus Games opening ceremony to support Prince Harry

The Invictus Games are now underway in Toronto after the opening ceremony on Saturday where Prince Harry was seated with Melania Trump and close to Prime Minster Justin Trudeau while Meghan was a few rows away with her friend Markus Anderson who introduced them last year. Even still, everyone cal...

Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder release joint statement following backlash against birth control comments

This is not a hot take on Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder’s podcast comments. I didn’t listen to the podcast because I’m not interested in the details of the conception of their child. I mean if it was Brange, I would be all over it. Or Bey and Jay, of course. This was not that. It’s not the i...

September 25, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Jane! Happy 40th Birthday with love from your sister Sarah who asked me to “shower” you with Kevin Costner, Seth Meyers, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau!

Intro for September 25, 2017

Dear Gossips, A year ago for my birthday, my friend, Jessica Allen, gave me a hardcopy of Lillian Ross’s Reporting Always, a collection of some of Lillian’s most memorable writings from The New Yorker where she was on staff during the tenure of both founding editor Harold Ross and current edi...

What Else for September 22, 2017

How sincere do you think Erin Foster is about David’s Foster’s relationship with Katharine McPhee? Because if it’s not sincere…well. But let’s back it up. If you’re familiar with Erin Foster, you know her brand isn’t exactly sweetness and hugs. Her show, Barely Famous, the show she co-created wit...

Prince Harry in Toronto before the kickoff of the Invictus Games

The kickoff of what? Well, officially, the Invictus Games. The opening ceremony is tomorrow and the closing ceremony is next Saturday. Unofficially it could be the kickoff of the official stage of his relationship with Meghan Markle. Everyone’s expecting her to attend one of or a few of the event...

Kingsman: The Golden Circle movie review

This is relevant information you need going into Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The sequel to the surprise 2015 hit Kingsman: The Secret Service, Golden Circle is heavily advertising Channing Tatum as a new cast addition, but beware—it’s a glorified cameo and he’s only there to service one joke. It...

73 Questions with Tracee Ellis-Ross for VOGUE

Why is it 73 Questions? I’ve never bothered to find out. Does it have anything to do with 1973? This is my birth year. I’m going to go with that as the answer. Anyway, the 73 Questions series was getting kinda stale, non? I don’t think I’ve written about a 73 Questions since…maybe Emma Stone?...

Smutty Social Media, September 22, 2017

Chrissy Teigen really, really wanted to make banana bread yesterday and asked her followers for some brown bananas in exchange for an assortment of personal gifts. And you know what? She followed through on her promise, sending her mom to pick up the goods and delivering the promised items in exc...

Reese Witherspoon in Stella McCartney at London premiere of Home Again

Reese Witherspoon’s Home Again was not well-received by critics or at the box office. Reese’s advantage, however, was the Emmys. No one was talking about how much her movie sucked because we were all talking about whether or not Big Little Lies would prevail at the Emmys. And it did. Reese’s ...

Leonardo DiCaprio has another double date day with models Lorena Rae and Toni Garrn

Where in the world is Leonardo DiCaprio? Follow the model trail, obviously. That’s where Leo will be. Leonardo DiCaprio had to be in New York for fashion week. During the early part of NYFW, he hung out with Lorena Rae. Near the end of NYFW, he was seen with Toni Garrn leaving a club one night, a...

Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs looks amazing but the dogs are voiced by white actors

The Fantastic Mr. Fox is one of my favorite movies, so I got really excited when Wes Anderson’s next movie, Isle of Dogs, was determined to be another animated film, this time about dogs. Wes Anderson and his doll-like stop-motion animation, telling a story about a bunch of very good dogs? Say no...

Rihanna promotes inclusive Fenty Beauty in Paris and announces holiday collection

Speaking of rock stars, Liam Gallagher, Fenty Beauty by Rihanna was released a couple of weeks ago. The reviews have been outstanding, in particular for the line’s impressively wide range of shades for every skin tone. Beauty bloggers and critics everywhere have been posting praise about how incl...

Confrontational Liam Gallagher makes tea on BBC Three

Have you seen the video of Liam Gallagher making tea? Yesterday it was everywhere, but in case you haven’t actually watched the video I implore you to do that now. (NSFW, so put your headphones on.) Liam Gallagher making tea is the best thing you'll see today. As you were. pic.twitter.com...

Darren Aronofsky calls mother! a "punk movie" as film is given an F Cinemascore

As you may have heard, Darren Aronofsky’s mother! was given an F Cinemascore after it opened last weekend. Worse, though, it only brought in $7.5 million at the box office. Paramount, however, is hoping that mother! will gain ground as Megan Colligan, the studio’s head of distribution, told Varie...

Riverdale's KJ Apa crashes car after falling asleep at the wheel following long day on set

KJ Apa fell asleep while driving and crashed his car into a light pole last week after a long day of shooting Riverdale. The Hollywood Reporter broke the story yesterday morning. According to that initial THR piece, KJ Apa worked a “grueling 16-hour work day” before his 45-minute drive home, inci...

September 22, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Sarah! Happy Birthday with love from Diana! By request, here are new pictures of Beyoncé that she just posted, Zendaya, and The L Word. Happy Birthday to Suzanne P from RDJ (via your niece Jennifer)! And for Ceone and James who are getting married tomorrow – CONGRATULATIONS! Please know t...

Intro for September 22, 2017

Dear Gossips, Before we wrap up Emmy week, let’s once again shout out Lena Waithe who became the first black woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing and who gave one of the best speeches of the night, if not the best speech of the night. And, as she told Vulture in a new interview after her w...

What Else for September 21, 2017

I once interviewed Angelica Huston. She was very specific about the lighting in the room. We didn’t mind. Angelica was protecting herself, as older women have to do in an industry that often discards them. It’s one thing for Jennifer Lawrence to be badly lit now and again – although Darren Aronof...

Harry Styles is still hot as he shows support for LGBTQ community with pride flag at San Francisco concert

A few weeks ago, I caught feelings for Harry Styles. Many of you reached out to me over Twitter or email to share in my newfound crush. My best friend Liz basically yelled I SAW HIM FIRST in my face. She did. She’s been all about him for years. This week, Harry kicked off his first solo tour in S...

Gwen Stefani's Blake Shelton shoes and country Christmas collaboration

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton continue to be the corniest/most extra couple in Hollywood – and that’s saying something when JRod exists. For some reason, Gwen and Blake’s extra is less annoying. Maybe it’s my love of love of The Voice clouding my judgment but I’ve always been here for Gwen and B...

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody together at Big Bear premiere

As you may have heard, Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen broke up. Maria covered it yesterday in Smutty Social Media and, as she wrote, we didn’t think it needed its own standalone post. Joanna, however, advocated strongly in favour of it because she’s in favour of anything Canadian, which is ...

Smutty Social Media, September 21, 2017

Kevin Hart is still posting on Instagram and, if I were advising him, I’d tell him to take a minute away from social media. There’s no way he would listen because, like The Rock, he has built his brand on work and hustle. And a key part of that is showing us how hard he works. Without that elemen...

Carey Mulligan writes heartfelt blog about her grandmother's life with Alzheimer's on World Alzheimer's Day

If ever she wanted to be, Carey Mulligan could be a way bigger star or Jessica Chastain-like. She has game, she's a one-of-a-kind talent, and has a great sense of humour. She told Variety earlier this month that she hasn't really made a major studio movie since The Great Gatsby, and she's cool wi...

Taylor Swift releases behind the scenes video for Look What You Made Me Do

The new era of Taylor Swift is far from over. It’s just beginning. Beyoncé help us. I was hoping I would never have to watch the Look What You Made Me Do video ever again because when I saw it the first time, the Old Kathleen almost died of secondhand embarrassment. How can something be so self-r...

Gwyneth Paltrow says her celebrity status makes her a target as an entrepreneur

Gwyneth Paltrow just opened goop Lab, the flagship goop shoppe, located at Brentwood Country Mart. The first issue of goop, the publication, in partnership with Conde Nast, was also just released on newsstands. So G is doing some interviews, most recently with The Hollywood Reporter.  G speak...

Amy Poehler, Natasha Lyonne, and Leslye Headland team up for Netflix comedy

Netflix, who can’t stop-won’t stop making new things to put in our eyeballs, announced yet another new show yesterday. It has no title, as yet, but it is co-created and produced by Amy Poehler, Natasha Lyonne, and Leslye Headland. Lyonne will star, and the pilot episode is written by Headland, of...

TIFF Review: My Days of Mercy starring Ellen Page and Kate Mara

The Flatliners reboot (reimagining? What should we go with?) starring two of my favourite Canadians — Ellen Page and Nina Dobrev — comes out next week. The cast will be hitting the promo trail soon and Internet listings say Ellen will be on Conan on Tuesday. Before all of this though, Ellen premi...

Mariah Carey and Britney Spears have dinner together in LA

Britney Spears posted a photo on Instagram yesterday and a lot of people had a lot of feelings about it.   You never know who you’re going to meet at dinner parties!! 🎉 Great night! So much fun, thank you Cade! 🍃🍃 A post shared by Britney Spears (@britney...

September 21, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

"To our darling Hope on her birthday. Finally this year brought to you from the nine circles of hell is OVER and it's time to hit the reset button! Things are looking up with the opportunity to crush a new job ahead, and a demon kitten who can no longer feign injury and pretend to forget how ...

Intro for September 21, 2017

Dear Gossips, I mean, I had it marked on the calendar and everything, not that it needed to be. Because it’s a day that will live in gossip infamy – on September 20, 2016 at 1030am ET… do you remember what happened? I do! I did! I will forever! And still I blanked. I’m sorry for blanking....

What Else for September 20, 2017

Girl Sh-t is the best sh-t. Boy Sh-t is usually the best sh-t. But the way Marilyn Manson and Justin Bieber are carrying on with their Boy Sh-t it's pathetically underwhelming. Because there was so much potential! You have two different artists repping different genres and generations. One plays ...

Laurence Fishburne's wife Gina Torres announces split after she is photographed kissing another man

Here’s the headline of a Page Six article that made me yell expletives at my phone yesterday: “Laurence Fishburne’s wife spotted kissing a different man.” Laurence Fishburne is (was?) married to an experienced actress who has appeared in countless movies and television shows over her 30-year care...

Crushing on Taron Egerton as he promotes Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Taron Egerton and the rest of the cast of Kingsman: The Golden Circle have been premiering the film around the world. They were just in Seoul. London before that. For most of you, when you look at photos of the cast of Kingsman, the one who you’d want to spend a romantic evening with is Colin Fir...

Smutty Social Media, August 20, 2017

Jennifer Meyer and Jennifer Aniston cover The Hollywood Reporter together. It’s been a huge year for Jen Meyer’s jewelry line – she announced a stand-alone store to open next year (and she was featured WWD, The New York Times and again in THR, just last month, for her philanthropic work). Jen A. ...

Alicia Vikander in first trailer for Tomb Raider

After Assassin’s Creed’s failure, the video game curse remains unbroken, and now it is coming for Alicia Vikander. They have tried everything with video game movies, from 1990’s super-cheese to high fantasy (Warcraft) to artsy realism (Assassin’s Creed). None of it worked, and nothing in the firs...

Ryan Phillippe planning to countersue ex girlfriend for defamation following abuse allegations

Ryan Phillippe’s ex-girlfriend, Elsie Hewitt, is suing him for allegedly attacking her. Now Ryan is planning to countersue her for defamation. According to TMZ, the voice of celebrity men’s rights movement, Ryan is claiming he’s innocent and that Elsie is bitter about their breakup and has fabric...

Aaron Paul announces wife Lauren's pregnancy in cheesy Instagram post

“I just rolled my eyes for a week.” That’s what our LaineyGossip site manager, Emily, sent me along with the shot of Aaron Paul and Lauren Parsekian’s pregnancy announcement.   Hey everyone. Look what I did. Words can't express how excited I am that this little one ...

Celebrity chef Kate McAloon on what it's like cooking for Gwyneth Paltrow

When Sarah went to the goop summit this summer, she wrote about what she heard at Dr Steven Gundry’s “Gut Check” panel. He’s the dude who tries to read Dr Jen Gunter, Dr Jen Gunter, MD, FRCS(C), FACOG, DABPM, ABPM (pain) by saying she cusses too much and she read him back by saying… SCIENCE, lear...

Halle Berry makes it Instagram official with boyfriend Alex Da Kid

Yesterday in Smutty Social Media, I said that I’d like to Gossip Genie Alexander Skarsgård and Halle Berry, if for no other reason than their collective beauty. Well ask and someone (not me) shall receive. Yesterday Halle went “Insta official” with someone named Alex. Not the Alex I was sugge...

Serena Williams' classy and poignant letter to her mother claps back at Maria Sharapova

Serena Williams has been a role model since she was 15 years old. She was a role model to me through my most formative years. There have been many times in my life when just looking at Serena Williams—a black woman, the Greatest Of All Time, the smart, stunning, capable champion that she is—has h...

Intro for September 20, 2017

Dear Gossips, I know you’re probably almost over the Emmys by now. Or you are already over the Emmys and you don’t understand why I have to talk about it again. But please, stay with me. Please care about this as much as I care about it: Justin Timberlake has 4 Emmys. Shonda Rhimes ha...

September 20, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Each year, over 1,400 children are diagnosed with cancer in Canada alone. Right now, 10,000 kids across Canada are battling cancer with another 21,000 survivors still living with its long-term effects. The numbers are even higher around the world. ...

What Else for September 19, 2017

Remember when everyone got mad at Jimmy Fallon for tousling Donald Trump’s hair? And then his ratings went to sh-t? While Stephen Colbert and James Corden’s ratings continued to rise? I wonder what Jimmy Fallon is thinking now? Part of me hopes Jimmy Fallon drops a HAHAHAHA on everyone else. He’s...

Ben Affleck was so supportive of Lindsay Shookus as her plus-one at the Emmys

Ben Affleck, as you know, was Lindsay Shookus’s plus-one at the Emmys, sitting several rows back with her instead of in the front row where brand name big name celebrities are usually installed. As I wrote yesterday in my post-Emmys article about Ben’s appearance at the Emmys, it must be serious ...

Angelina Jolie's First They Killed My Father submitted for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar

Just as everyone was coming down from the Emmy Awards yesterday, people in Hollywood were making moves for another awards show, the Oscars, still almost 6 months away. It was confirmed that the Cambodian Oscar Selection Committee has chosen to submit Angelina Jolie’s First They Killed My Father f...

Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling begin Blade Runner 2049 press tour

What is Harrison Ford’s nickname? He probably doesn’t have one. It definitely isn’t his vibe. But if you had to say his name quickly, like if it was a sort of emergency, would he be pissed you called him Harry? Hare? I can’t imagine Ryan Gosling goes around referring to Harrison Ford by any kind ...

Smutty Social Media, September 19, 2017

Karla Welch is a stylist with a very impressive roster, especially at the Emmys. Amazing female clients. But because I’m petty, all I could think when looking at this photo is… Elisabeth Moss and Fred Armisen. And of course this quote, one of the most cutting in celebrity breakups: He’s so great ...

Ryan Phillippe accused of beating ex-girlfriend Elsie Hewitt

Elsie Hewitt, a model who dated Ryan Phillippe for two months this summer, filed a lawsuit against him yesterday alleging that he assaulted her on July 4 when she showed up at his house, after they broke up, to pick up her sh-t. She claims he beat her and threw her down the stairs. She also inclu...

Colin Jost says Scarlett Johansson would have been at Emmys with him if she wasn't working

Ben Affleck is an A List star, no doubt. But he was Lindsay Shookus’s plus-one at the Emmys on Sunday night. Lindsay is a producer on Saturday Night Live. Ben is a member of SNL’s Five Timers Club. So is Scarlett Johansson. Scarjo, like Ben, is a legit A List star. And Scarjo, like Ben, is dating...

Jennifer Lawrence in Red Sparrow trailer which is basically Black Widow

Every time an Avengers movie comes out, the internet asks where the Black Widow movie is, but despite lots of platitudes from both Marvel and Scarlett Johansson, a standalone Black Widow movie has never happened. So Fox decided to make one with Jennifer Lawrence and call it Red Sparrow. The first...

Jake Gyllenhaal answers question about Taylor Swift in interview with Jeff Bauman to promote Stronger

Stronger, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Boston marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman, opens this weekend. Click here for my thoughts on the film after its TIFF world premiere. To promote Stronger, Jake and Jeff interviewed each other which turns into Jeff giving Jake sh-t, kinda like Zach Galifiana...

Brie Larson and Chris Evans arrive in Atlanta to shoot Avengers 4

Following her directorial debut at TIFF—which Joanna liked a lot— Brie Larson was spotted arriving in Atlanta with Chris Evans. They’ve known each other for years (and both worked on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World), and Joanna, the resident Brie Larson expert, informs me Larson is still engaged to t...

September 19, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Saraah! Happy Birthday from Matt and your babies, M and H! I hear you’re into the Boston trilogy and Boston thespians? Does Matt Damon work for you? To Lizzie from Kellie – congratulations on “smashing” the Camino de Santiago! Please enjoy Ryan Gosling, Jaime Lannister, and Tom Hiddleston whi...

Intro for September 19, 2017

Dear Gossips, Here’s a photo of Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon after the Emmys at the HBO after-party. Please note the positioning of their hands around the trophy. Now please enjoy, if you haven’t already, this video that Sarah sent around to the team yesterday afternoon. Thank ...

What Else for September 18, 2017

Thanks for joining us today for our Emmy wrap-up and for your emails and your tweets. Please keep sending us your thoughts! We’ll be back tomorrow with regular non-Emmy gossip on regular gossip schedule. Remember when Kevin Hart was caught at the witching hour in Miami in a car with an attrac...

Ben Affleck at Emmys as Lindsay Shookus' guest

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come on. If you’re here for the gossip – WHAT ELSE IS THERE – Ben Affleck’s appearance at the Emmys was the best gossip of the night. He did not walk the carpet. He was not a nominee. Ben Affleck had no reason to be at the Emmys…except that his girlfriend, Lindsay Sh...

Reese Witherspoon: Emmys Worst Dressed (Duana)

Maybe I’m sleep deprived, but my first thought upon seeing Reese Witherspoon’s dress when she went up to accept the Emmy for Big Little Lies was, ohhh, interesting, she chose a ‘producer’ outfit rather than an ‘actress’ dress. Lainey’s response was, “That’s a way to defend it.” I wasn’t t...

Mandy Moore: Emmys Worst Dressed (Kathleen)

Mandy Moore’s likability is a problem. I know “likeable” can be a loaded word for women but there is no better a way to describe Mandy Moore. People like her. She’s Rebecca Pearson, currently holding the title of America’s favourite TV mom. She just seems like a nice human. Duana has gone so far ...

Elisabeth Moss is Lainey's 2017 Emmys Worst Dressed

Millennial Pink is the official name of this colour. Winning Pink is what I’m calling it from now on at award shows. Gwyneth Paltrow wore pink, in this material, taffeta, when she won the Oscar. Anne Hathaway wore pink, in the same material, when she won her Oscar. And now it’s Elisabeth Moss, th...

Jessica Biel: Emmys Best Dressed (Kathleen)

Do not adjust your screens. That is Jessica Biel’s name beside BEST dressed instead of worst. It has almost happened before – at the Oscars. Lainey loved Jessica’s look but she was still included in a “Worst” post because of her husband. My ex-crush Justin Timberlake threw himself in the way of h...

Lena Waithe is Duana's Emmys Best Dressed and Best Prepped

If we have learned one thing from Taylor Swift, it is that there is no charm in fake surprise at an awards show win. Genuine surprise makes great TV – the gasping and gulping and ‘you like me!’ that fuels social media the next day—but the calm, faux splutter of ‘well gosh, I don’t know what to sa...

Gabrielle Union: Emmys Best Dressed (Lainey)

Words are unnecessary. I’m pretty sure I don’t have to defend this choice. But words are what we do here at LaineyGossip. And all my best words are for Gabrielle Union and how she looked at the Emmys last night. In a word: YES. Up and down and back and forwards, YES. Here’s another word: ...

Shailene Woodley: The Emmy “reader”

Imagine that you are lucky enough to be involved in the biggest project of the year, at your work, say. Imagine too that you are plucked to be among much more experienced, celebrated, talented people who have been working juuuust about as long as you’ve been alive. Imagine having the gall, when s...

Donald Glover wins two 2017 Emmys for Atlanta and is surprised

Come on now. When’s the last time we saw someone react quite like this? I tweeted earlier that this was a game changer for Donald Glover in what was already a game-changer of a year. Atlanta is a hit, he’s a new dad (about to be again, apparently – my impression is that his parents found that...

Riz Ahmed and Issa Rae: Emmys Best Couple

Riz Ahmed and Issa Rae presented Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series. From the moment they walked on to the Emmy stage, side by side, looking goddamn impeccable, I was imagining the life I want them to live together. Most people were tweet-wishing for Issa and Riz to star in a rom-com. That ...

Nicole Kidman's speech was 2017 Emmys best

As Kathleen just wrote in her post about Alexander Skarsgard and the on-the-mouth kiss he shared with Nicole Kidman in front of Keith Urban when he was heading up to stage to accept his award, everybody calm down. In North America, we are too f-cking pearl-clutchy about these kisses. If this had ...

Alexander Skarsgard: Emmys Best ‘Stache

Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman kissed on the lips while he made his way up to accept the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. It was a quick, affectionate peck and Keith Urban was right there. Everyone calm down. I had to get that out of the way. Now can we m...

Disappointed in myself more than I am in Louis C.K

In 2012 rumors began with a Gawker blind item that identified a “beloved comedian” who, allegedly, jerked off in front of women, citing an incident at a comedy festival involving two female comedians. It was widely believed to be Louis C.K. (Gawker would eventually explicitly name C.K.) Those rum...

Zoe Kravitz in a Dior Couture dress at 2017 Emmys

I love colour, especially in clothes. I am a sucker for a rainbow stripe, I rarely go for a black dress, and I inevitably wind up whining/wiggling my way out of writing about certain people during our awards show wraps because I haaaate nude/neutral dresses. This Zoe Kravitz Dior Couture dress sh...

Priyanka Chopra in a sweaty Balmain at 2017 Emmys

The weather was reportedly cool-ish and comfortable in LA for the Emmys last night but I still don’t believe that Priyanka Chopra wasn’t sweating profusely in this feathery Balmain, long-sleeved sweater dress. I like her and really wanted to like this dress but every time I looked at her I felt s...

Tracee Ellis-Ross in Chanel feathers at 2017 Emmy Awards

Like, I KNOW that Julia Louis-Dreyfus is consistent excellent. She’s also acknowledged for being consistently excellent. There are a lot of people who are consistently excellent but who go unappreciated. Tracee Ellis-Ross was a nominee so it’s not like she’s not being appreciated which is why, I ...

Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin win at 2017 Emmy Awards

There was more, this year, about SNL than in… almost decades. That sounds insane, but it’s true—and you heard Lorne Michaels say so in one of the most dour acceptance speeches in my memory. Maybe he was tired from having won four more trophies last week, but you know what? Nobody cares. If you wa...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Emmy Expected Win

You know what it was that did it? It was that one particular line during VEEP’s win for Best Comedy Series. Showrunner David Mandel, in his speech, said they had a “no asshole policy” on the show “…and everyone abides by it except Julia”. And everybody laughed. That was what did it. When you ...

Millie Bobby Brown was a seasoned awards vet at 2017 Emmys

Millie Bobby Brown is 13 years old. Of course she’s not a veteran in a room full of veterans. But that’s kinda what it feels like in 2017. She’s showed up to almost every award show in 2017. Look at her on the red carpet. This is someone who’s very, very used to working a red carpet. We a...

Judith Light posed hard at 2017 Emmy Awards

Angelina Jolie’s right leg became a meme five years ago. Judith Light’s right leg is less meme-worthy but she’s posing the sh-t out of this high slit dress. This is some high-level posing. When Lainey first asked me to write about Judith Light, I thought, what the heck am I going to say? I mean, ...

Sterling K Brown wins and gets played off stage at 2017 Emmy Awards

HOW. DARE. THEY. There are a few things we can count on during award shows: someone is going to say something stupid (looking at you Shailene Woodley), there are going to be well-intentioned, poorly-executed Trump jokes (Melissa McCarthy was RIGHT there), and the wrong person will get the oh-so-r...

Samira Wiley did not win at the 2017 Emmy Awards

The only tiny downside of the amazing spate of shows that got to fight for acclaim last night is that when everything is this good, not only are the shows themselves not always acknowledged (I was almost able to spare you guys my regular ranting about The Americans), but when you have A+ performa...

Claire Foy and Evan Rachel Wood in pants at 2017 Emmy Awards

Normally, when a nominee in a major category wears pants at a major award show, I get excited. Sometimes they end up becoming the night’s Best Dressed. Emma Stone at the Golden Globes is one of the most memorable examples. Was it the same then with Claire Foy and Evan Rachel Wood? Let’s start wit...

Laura Dern reminded us diversity takes baby steps at the 2017 Emmys

I need a word for the kind of fan you are when you really like something, but you cede the official title of ‘fan’ to someone who lives and breathes it. I watched the Emmys last night and realized I LOVE Laura Dern. Always have, not just because she did this hilarious thing in the middle of the a...

Chance the Rapper and Christopher Jackson at 2017 Emmy Awards

By now, you know how I feel about Chance the Rapper. It probably won’t be a surprise to you that I screamed and threw my phone across my living room when he popped up during the Emmys opening musical number. My consistent reaction to Chance even when I know he’s going to be somewhere is an embarr...

Allison Janney took spotlight off Anna Faris at 2017 Emmy Awards

You know that question we always hear on nights like this when someone shows up and you can’t understand how they do it? “Does so-and-so ever age?!” We have to add Allison Janney to that list, right? Allison Janney not only doesn’t age, she keeps getting better and better. Nobody here at LaineyGo...

Dolly Parton was all-in on the Trump joke with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin at 2017 Emmy Awards

I mean, what’s there to complain about here? Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Jane Fonda gave us everything: shock and awe, flopsy and droopy, dildos, a Trump takedown…and BANGS! Let’s get to the bangs in a minute because it turns out there were some people wondering whether or not it’s a thing tha...

Gina Rodriguez was cool and charming at 2017 Emmy Awards

Gina Rodriguez makes it look easy. Even when presenting with Shemar Moore, who seems like one of those dudes who gets more attention than he’s entitled to no matter what project is happening, she’s charming, cool enough, in a spectacular dress that makes lesser publications think truly terrible ‘...

Intro for September 18, 2017

Dear Gossips, Probably only Canadians are celebrating how majorly Canadian the Emmys were last night. Or…maybe not. Here’s what Duana wondered about last night at the very end of the show: “The Emmys biggest winners were intrinsically tied to Canadians – Jean-Marc Vallée for Big Little Li...

Laverne Cox in shimmering silver with others at 2017 Emmy Awards

There was a lot of shimmering silver on the Emmys red carpet last night. Sarah Paulson wore silver sequins. So did Anna Chlumsky. A few others we’ll get to later. And Laverne Cox. Who wore the sh-t out of her gunmetal silver/grey dress, making the dress better than it deserved to be, really, and ...

Jackie Hoffman's tweets ruled the 2017 Emmy Awards

About two hours into the Emmys last night, Duana wrote this to Kathleen and me on our group chat: “You guys. I’m not bored OR mad. What’s wrong?” It was a good show, non? The sketches were good. The presenters were good. It felt FUN. And, as Duana added, it felt “not canned”. A good Emmys...

What Else for September 15, 2017

In this week’s edition of “You didn’t know you wanted this but it turns out you always needed it” – Cher… and Future! Singing today. Or, rather, auto-tuning together. Whatever. I don’t give a sh-t if they’re being heard through a computer. I just need to know how all this went down. How long did ...

Fergie and Josh Duhamel's split timeline and pre-album announcement

Yesterday, Fergie and Josh Duhamel announced that they have separated after 8 years of marriage. They gave a joint statement to PEOPLE: “With absolute love and respect we decided to separate as a couple earlier this year. To give our family the best opportunity to adjust, we wanted to keep th...

JLO tells HOLA! USA she's in real love maybe for the first time

Jennifer Lopez is featured in the new issue of HOLA! USA. The interview and the shoot took place at her home in the Hamptons to promote her upcoming Spanish album. She tells the magazine that she’s never felt better, that she’s never been better. Here’s the thing about JLO though – even when she’...

Smutty Social Media, September 15, 2017

As Duana wrote yesterday, Amber Tamblyn’s “scorched earth” approach to James Woods has been very effective. And supported. "Creepy old dudes who didn't think she'd repeat the story, for $400, please, Alex..." https://t.co/iMLMFcyKtd — Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) September 12, 2017 ...

TIFF Review: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart

In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry wrote, “One cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know or react to the miseries which afflict this world.” It’s a variation of, “if you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.” That quote has now become synonymous with Heather Heyer, the young w...

TIFF Review: The Death of Stalin

Armando Ianucci (Veep, In The Loop) is one of the best satirists working today—certainly the best working in narrative forms. His latest piece of satire is The Death of Stalin, a Cold War era comedy about, you guessed it, the death of Joseph Stalin. Or rather, it’s about the bureaucratic scramble...

TIFF Review: Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool starring Annette Bening

Annette Bening and Jamie Bell dance their way into your hearts in Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool. Really, they do. Within the first 10 minutes of the movie, they’re grooving to Boogie Oogie Oogie inside Gloria Grahame’s boarding house. Yes, obviously, there’s an age difference between Gloria (...

Jake Gyllenhaal and Tatiana Maslany in Stronger movie review

Many of you have written to ask about Stronger and the truth is, I totally forgot to write about it and then the New York premiere happened last night which works out well for me, almost like I had that planned. Here’s Jake Gyllenhaal, with Jeff Bauman, and Tatiana Maslany alongside director Davi...

TIFF Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri starring Frances McDormand

Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) lives at the end of a lonely road in rural Missouri, the only thing marking her way are three decrepit billboards. She buys the ad rights for the billboards and up go three violently red billboards asking the town police chief why her daughter’s murderer still ha...

Angelina Jolie attends First They Killed My Father New York premiere with her children

Angelina Jolie met with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres yesterday at the United Nations headquarters. Details of what was discussed were not released but he was formerly the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and she’s the Special Envoy for the UN Refugee Agency so it’s probably not hard to ...

TIFF Review: Borg McEnroe starring Shia LaBeouf

The other tennis that played at TIFF is Borg McEnroe, which was the opening night film because…someone at TIFF really likes tennis? It’s a tennis themed year. If you’re a big tennis fan, you might enjoy Borg McEnroe for its recreation of the 1980 Wimbledon finals in which Björn Borg and John McEn...

Jennifer Aniston wants in on the wellness game in Harper's Bazaar cover profile

Jennifer Aniston is on the cover of the October 2017 issue of Harper’s Bazaar to promote her new fragrance, Jennifer Aniston Luxe. Amy Sedaris did the interview though. Which is why it’s a longer conversation than what usually happens in a Jennifer Aniston beauty magazine feature. I feel like I’v...

Gwyneth tries to rescue retail and print with first issue of goop magazine

The first issue of goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s quarterly “wellness”-themed magazine in partnership with Conde Nast, was released this week. She’s on the cover, lying in mud, probably high quality organic mud. (Is that redundant?) G is also featured in the new issue of Architectural Digest ahead of th...

TIFF Review: The Current War starring Benedict Cumberbatch

The Current War is about Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) scrambling to build the electrical grid that will power a nation. When the movie begins, Edison is already a famous “inventor”, known most recently for the invention of the lightbulb, and Westi...

September 15, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Lynne! Happy Birthday with love from Leslie! Your birthday is on Emmy Sunday this year. Your favourite, Game Of Thrones, will not be contending for any Emmys because the season premiered after the eligibility deadline. Here are a few shots though from the past season of the show. Have a great wee...

Intro for September 15, 2017

Dear Gossips, I had an entirely different open planned for today. And then I woke up at 5am and saw how supported Rihanna was last night at her third annual Diamond Ball. Kendrick Lamar performed (in a great pair of well-tailored black pants). Dave Chappelle spoke. Jamie Foxx showed up. Many ...

What Else for September 14, 2017

Tips! It’s a dramatic conversation. We just talked about tipping yesterday on The Social: do you tip when you take out? I do. But it’s because I used to work as a takeout girl. And I know the work involved in packing and organising and the injuries sustained when you’re packing and organising the...

Blake Shelton takes over We Rate Dogs Twitter feed inspired by new song I'll Name The Dogs

My favourite off-book celebrity conversation these days is ‘who do you think is for real?’ Whose tweets, whose self-deprecating Instagram captions, whose appealingly honest posts are real reflections of who they might be? Until yesterday, it would never have occurred to me to include Blake Shelto...

The cast of Riverdale is really pretty on cover of Entertainment Weekly

We knew this. There may be murder mysteries on murder mysteries and secrets on secrets in Riverdale but if there’s one thing we’ve always known for sure, it’s that the entire cast is really f-cking good-looking. The kids of Riverdale are featured in Entertainment Weekly's Fall TV Preview issue pr...

TIFF Review: Chappaquiddick starring Kata Mara

Chappaquiddick and the story of what happened to Mary Jo Kopechne in 1969, a loyal Kennedy family devotee and political campaign specialist, is kind of like the slogan for MTV's old show Diary: You think you know, but you have no idea (what it's like to be famous). Except, in this case, as per th...

Smutty Social Media, September 14, 2017

Orlando Bloom’s hashtag #nodaysoff – and the next question is: Days off from what? I assume he means fitness and not… work.   an evening dip which is something i'm profoundly grateful for #workoutwednesday #nodaysoff #thoughtomostitlookslikeadayoff A post sh...

Selena Gomez reveals she had kidney transplant

The major headline this morning is Selena Gomez’s major revelation: she had a kidney transplant. Her friend Francia Raisa was the donor. It happened earlier this summer. Apparently Selena’s fans have been wondering why she was “laying low” at the time and it’s because, well, she was having major ...

Amber Tamblyn publishes open letter to James Woods in Teen Vogue

On Tuesday, after James Woods dismissed Amber Tamblyn’s claim that he tried to pick her up as ‘a lie’, this is how she responded on Twitter: Calling me liar, James? This is now far from over. That I can promise. — Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) September 12, 2017 24 hours later,...

TIFF Review: Darkest Hour starring Gary Oldman

Darkest Hour begins as Neville Chamberlain is forced to resign as Prime Minister on the eve of World War II, and Winston Churchill is selected as his replacement after the more popular Lord Halifax—also a supporter of appeasement—passes up the opportunity. It’s a bit of political maneuvering on H...

Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky pose side by side at New York mother! premiere

Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky have been promoting mother! for a couple of weeks – in Venice, in London, in Paris, at TIFF. And they made a point not to stand next to each other at any of the photo calls and red carpets. Until last night at the NY premiere. So here they are, the first off...

Angelina Jolie covers PEOPLE Magazine, says she's a little bit stronger following Brad Pitt split

First They Killed My Father premieres on Netflix tomorrow. Angelina Jolie was in Toronto on Sunday and Monday with Loung Ung and her kids to promote the film and in New York yesterday for more press. She’s also on the cover of the new issue of PEOPLE and there’s a new interview with the New York ...

TIFF Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

(Lainey: Did we mention Nicole Kidman is riding a wave?) Yorgos Lanthimos makes films so surreal they are almost impossible to describe. He’s not a visual surrealist so much as an emotional surrealist, his stories taking you into bizarre worlds and twisted circumstances. A Lanthimos film is a...

TIFF Review: The Upside starring Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman is one of the savviest stars I've ever seen walk a red carpet. If she's going to show up - she'll make it worth her time, and your time (for the press). She'll serve it in the photo department and she'll bring the love too, if her husband Keith Urban's schedule aligns with hers. ...

Intro for September 14, 2017

Dear Gossips, I read the new Harrison Ford GQ profile because of the headline about how he punched Ryan Gosling while shooting Blade Runner: 2049, a story Ryan already told GQ last year. By the end of the profile, the Ryan Gosling anecdote was the least interesting part of the article, despit...

What Else for September 13, 2017

There was that woman in Spain who tried to restore Ecce Homo, remember that? Then Tom Brady’s courtroom sketch which became an awesome meme. And most recently, my favourite, Cristiano Ronaldo’s bust, which will always, always make me laugh. I need to add it to my joy book. This new entry though w...

Serena Williams introduces baby Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr

Lainey asked me on an episode of Show Your Work what my guess would be for the name of Serena Williams’ baby. I went with Celestine. Sounds like Venus, sounds like Serena… and above all, there’s a regal air to it. That’s what I was aiming at most. It wasn’t a bad guess. Alexis Olympia may not...

Selena Gomez represents Coach at New York Fashion Week

I think I’ve mentioned a few times this year how into Coach I am. I wore the sh-t out of the “Rexy” sweatshirt last winter. And several of their spring dresses. Here’s an example:   When the weather is 😫 but it's #MetGala time 🤗!! Catch us tonight on CTV Two & joi...

TIFF Review: I, Tonya starring Margot Robbie

I, Tonya sold during TIFF to distributors Neon and 30West, in a deal said to be $5 million. Lainey thinks that’s low, but it sounds about right to me—the natural effect of the disastrous summer is more cautious spending. Netflix was apparently offering $8 million—I ran across some Netflix buyers ...

Smutty Social Media, September 13, 2017

The “Everybody Hates James Woods” party has moved to Instagram.   We love Ralph Lauren. (Not James Woods) A post shared by Derek Blasberg (@derekblasberg) on Sep 12, 2017 at 8:09pm PDT On LIVE with Kelly and Ryan, Kristen Dunst said she and ...

Kaia Gerber has arrived as she walks the runway during New York Fashion Week

We’re not yet on a first name/one name basis with Kaia Gerber, daughter of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber. Of the genetically-gifted models with famous parents, she’s not at the Gigi or Kendall level yet – even though she modelled in her first campaign for Versace at 10 years old. Kaia Gerber wi...

TIFF Review: The Disaster Artist starring James Franco

The Room is the most popular cult film of the last twenty years, frequently described as the “best worst movie ever made”, and subject of The Disaster Artist, a half-memoir, half-procedural about the making of the movie and the friendship at its center, both on and off screen, between Tommy Wisea...

Ben Affleck leaves New York looking happy after spending the week with Lindsay Shookus

On the one hand, Ben Affleck has complained a lot over the course of his fame career that we care too much about his personal life. On the other hand, for every single one of his high profile relationships, he’s somehow provided us with so much documentation. When Ben was with Gwyneth Paltrow, th...

TIFF Review: Clement Virgo’s Rude

On Day 1 of TIFF, Lainey mentioned that I would be writing about a couple of films that may not get widespread media attention. One of those films is Clement Virgo’s Rude. Rude will not be in the running for any Oscars come February, mainly because Rude was initially released in 1995. It’s also a...

TIFF Review: The Florida Project

I am and always have been a really bad sleeper. Turns out Drake may be too. And we may have more in common - we both loved The Florida Project, and were thinking about it at 2 a.m. This may be too inside baseball but here goes: Lainey and I covered the red carpet premiere of Darkest Hour for ...

Intro for September 13, 2017

Dear Gossips, Officials confirmed yesterday that 25% of the homes in the Florida Keys have been destroyed and 65% have sustained major damage. Some of those residents are regular readers of this site. A few of them have been readers of this site for many, many years, since the very beginning....

What Else for September 12, 2017

I have a friend who dated three chefs in a row. I have another friend who dated 3 physiotherapists in a row. It was a thing. They were deliberately looking for chefs and physiotherapists. This is what I thought of Demi Lovato. That she was into MMA fighters like my friends were into chefs and phy...

TIFF Review: Brie Larson’s Unicorn Store

I’ve written today about how I have zero chill, especially during TIFF. I’m genuinely not trying to humblebrag here, but I am so moved by TIFF and the festival and the buzz that I try to follow it as best I can. These movies (can) help define the cultural zeitgeist, and if you find a good one, it...

Leah Remini wins Creative Arts Emmy for Scientology And The Aftermath

Leah Remini’s show, Scientology and the Aftermath, won the Emmy for Outstanding Information Series at the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday. I’m not sure the Outstanding Information Series Emmy winner ordinarily generates a lot of headlines. The reason it’s generating headlines, of course, is because...

TIFF Review: The Shape of Water starring Sally Hawkins

If you ask me to describe Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water, the short answer is: Amelie f*cks a fish monster. The long answer, though, is that The Shape of Water is a beautiful, tender, sweet, sincere, sorta funny, definitely weird, deeply romantic film about love and communication and lon...

Smutty Social Media, September 12, 2017

I love how the Fast & Furious franchise is nothing but drama for The Rock. Earlier this week, he posted a story about signing a deal and if you follow The Rock, you know this is a pretty regular thing. His brand is heavily tied to his work ethic. But Tyrese saw the post and got all in his feeling...

Idris Elba looks great in a white sweater at The Daily Show in New York

After promoting two films at TIFF this weekend and introducing us to his “girlfriend” Sabrina, Idris Elba was in New York yesterday, photographed outside The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. The Mountain Between Us opens on October 6th. So he’s promoting it beyond the festivals now, trying to generat...

TIFF Review: Lady Bird

Lady Bird is a movie that I was dying to see before it screened at Telluride. I'm all in on Greta Gerwig - from Frances Ha to Mistress America to Maggie's Plan, if she's in something? I'm there. She wrote it? No question. Her directorial debut? As if I'll miss it. At LaineyGossip though, right no...

Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus reportedly apartment hunting in New York

Before we get to that, there’s a headline that made me laugh this morning. You remember those shots I posted yesterday of Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus at the US Open? And how he had his arm around her and they were laughing and close and throwing up all kinds of PDA? Well there was one photo i...

Gigi Hadid loses her shoe on the Anna Sui runway during NYFW

Gigi Hadid walked the Anna Sui show at NYFW last night with one shoe. If this were an episode of America’s Next Top Model, Tyra Banks would give a speech about how Gigi exhibited bravery, courage, professionalism and a true model spirit by powering through her wardrobe malfunction. It would be a ...

TIFF Review: Downsizing starring Matt Damon and Hong Chau

Alexander Payne follows up his pair of family dramas with Downsizing, a movie that doesn’t quite know what it is. I would like to ask Payne if the attraction of Downsizing was REALLY the material, or was it playing around with the various technology required to make it, from the digital effects r...

Angelina Jolie and her children at TIFF premiere of First They Killed My Father

There have been some big names at TIFF this year. George Clooney. Nicole Kidman. Drake. As soon as Angelina Jolie arrived in town though, she’s been the main event. And there have been several events. As mentioned yesterday, she was at The Breadwinner premiere on Sunday night followed by the In C...

TIFF Review: Battle of the Sexes starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell

Let’s just get it out of the way—yes, Battle of the Sexes gives Emma Stone the more Oscar-worthy part than La La Land. Billie Jean King is a better character, better written, and this is now a classic case of “won an Oscar for the wrong movie”. With that established, Battle of the Sexes is a soli...

Intro for September 12, 2017

Dear Gossips, I wasn’t ready for the Game Of Thrones season 7 finale 3 weeks ago. I was definitely not ready for the Insecure season 2 finale this weekend. GoT S7 could have used another episode, if not two, because it felt like too much of a race. And Insecure could have definitely used anot...

What Else for September 11, 2017

Just in case you forgot, Sasha used to be Tara Reid’s personal assistant. She doesn’t talk about it like it was a career highlight. But one of the highlights of my life is hearing her talk about all the bullsh-t that she had to deal with when she was managing Tara Reid’s life. I haven’t seen Sash...

Idris Elba brings girlfriend Sabrina to TIFF for The Mountain Between Us red carpet

Last night Devon Soltendieck and I were hosting a Facebook Live from the etalk studios, recapping weekend TIFF coverage and also throwing to our colleagues in the field who were reporting from the red carpets. Traci Melchor was at the premiere of The Mountain Between Us and we went to her just as...

Will Smith releases new single, Get Lit, with DJ Jazzy Jeff

A few weeks after 4:44 dropped, Wesley Morris wrote a brilliant piece for The New York Times called “Jay-Z and the Politics of Rapping in Middle Age.” In it, he praises Jay for thriving in a climate where there’s “not much of a road map for a rapper in his 40s.” Will Smith is 48, turning 49 in a ...

Smutty Social Media, September 11, 2017

Do you think Michelle Williams is glad that she doesn’t have to answer questions about a possible Dawson’s Creek reunion? She has an easy out every single time.   We found a dock. WHERE YOU AT DAWSON? #wedontwanttowaitforourlivestobeover A post shared by Bus...

Angelina Jolie stuns The Breadwinner TIFF red carpet into silence

I know you’ve seen it before but I just want to start here by describing for you what it’s like on a red carpet, because it’s important to understand the contrast. When major name stars arrive on a red carpet, it’s LOUD. The fans are yelling to get the star’s attention, the media need her attenti...

TIFF Review: Disobedience

Rachel McAdams may have won our hearts in The Notebook, and she got an Oscar nomination for her work in Spotlight, but her work in Disobedience — a forbidden love story opposite Rachel Weisz — is the performance of her career. When asked about working opposite “Canada’s sweetheart” on the red car...

Leonardo DiCaprio leaves club with ex Toni Garrn leaving Lorena Rae behind

Last time we checked in with Leonardo DiCaprio it was on Friday and he was in New York for fashion week, because where else would he be, and he and Lorena Rae, a model who’s been seen with him several times this summer, were out at a club and left just minutes apart, getting into the same car. ...

Molly’s Game TIFF movie review starring Jessica Chastain

Molly’s Game is Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut, but it’s Jessica Chastain’s movie from start to finish. Written by Sorkin, adapted from Molly Bloom’s memoir as the mastermind of the world’s most exclusive poker game, unsurprisingly Molly’s Game is mostly a series of flashy monologues characters...

John Legend's answer on Luna dating is example of inclusive masculinity

Glowing celebrity parenting coverage is not reserved just for moms – famous fathers get a lot of credit for every damn thing (like changing diapers). Got a spit-up story? That will guarantee you at least one “heartwarming” headline. And when that celebrity father is parenting a daughter, the ques...

Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus step up PDA in NY at US Open

Ben Affleck was in New York this weekend to see Lindsay Shookus. His trip has been well documented by the paps. They went out for dinner. They were seen at her apartment. And they were at the US Open men’s final yesterday to watch Rafael Nadal win his 16th grand slam, his second of the year. ...

Call Me By Your Name is a pure summer love movie with Oscar potential

I have a ticket tonight to Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape Of Water which just won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival this weekend and if I can be released from the red carpet I’m covering before 930pm, I’ll be able to see how it holds up against my favourite film, not only of TIFF, but o...

John Mayer tweets Nicki Minaj but can't follow through

There are some celebrity pairings that we don’t know we want until they present themselves. I’ll give you an example: JLo and Drake. It didn’t last long, but we got a prom out of it. That was enough for me. Nicki Minaj and John Mayer? They aren’t going to prom together, but they did have a ...

TIFF Review: mother!

Whoo boy are we in for a fight over mother!. Firstly because the trailers and marketing are MASSIVELY misleading—it isn’t a horror film or a riff on Rosemary’s Baby. And secondly because it’s the kind of film designed to be upsetting and polarizing, and is open to many interpretations. Some readi...

Intro for September 11, 2017

Dear Gossips, Downsizing opened to strong reviews at the Venice Film Festival and screened here at TIFF over the weekend. Sarah’s review will be posted later today. Downsizing is directed by Alexander Payne, with Matt Damon as the big name star. But it’s Hong Chau’s performance that’s getting...

What Else for September 8, 2017

Janet Jackson went back on tour last night! LOOK AT HER! LOOK AT MS JACKSON!?!? Also? #NeverForget You know who I’m talking about. All the credit for Christian Bale’s latest transformation will go to him. Will his hair and makeup artists get any credit though? I can’t remember if ...

Charlie Hunnam premieres Papillon at TIFF and Lainey's friends rub it in

Last night was the first night of TIFF 2017. My assignment was the Call Me By Your Name red carpet. Thank you for your emails and tweets about CMBYN. It’s my favourite film of the year so far. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. That said, I’m currently assigned to the junket tomorrow so instead of writing two po...

Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas out in New York with new puppy Porky Basquait

Here are new photos of Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas out in New York City with their adopted Siberian Husky puppy/ direwolf named Porky Basquiat. Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas really want us to know that they know who Jean-Michel Basquiat is.   Meet the newest addition ...

Smutty Social Media, September 8, 2017

Gwyneth’s first goop magazine cover is here. (Will it be like O Magazine and feature one cover star for every issue?) There’s no interpretation needed for this as it is exactly goop’s wheelhouse – luxury wellness. It’s very rich looking, literally. The “Earth to Gwyneth” could be a play on words ...

Scarlett Johansson's feelings haven't fizzled for lawyer Kevin Yorn despite still dating Colin Jost

Earlier this week Page Six reported that Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost with the weak face were seen kissing in the rain on Labour Day. Scarjo and Colin first hooked up after the SNL season finale just before the start of summer. Then she was papped holding hands with her lawyer, Kevin Yorn. A...

Reese Witherspoon attempts to check her privilege in essay for Glamour

Reese Witherspoon wrote an essay for Glamour’s October issue about ambition and women in Hollywood. In it, she addresses the gender pay gap, her production company’s goal to create female-driven projects and reveals a conversation she had with Mindy Kaling about women of colour in Hollywood that ...

Leonardo DiCaprio in New York for Fashion Week and models

Rihanna partied at Up & Down last night after the launch of her beauty line. Leonardo DiCaprio was also there. Of course he was. Of course he’s in New York right now. It’s Fashion Week. It’s model week. Where else would he be? As you know, there were rumours a few years ago that Rihanna and L...

Rihanna launches Fenty Beauty at New York Fashion Week

Rihanna is in New York for Fashion Week and the launch of Fenty Beauty by Rihanna, her makeup line. She’s also on the cover of ELLE, not just in the US but also in the UK.   In celebration of @badgalriri’s sixth cover (💜and the global launch of @fentybeauty by Riha...

Zayn’s acting in music video for Dusk Till Dawn featuring Sia

Ah, the classic music video interlude. It has rarely been done right. When it has, we’ve gotten memorable scenes like Don Cheadle vs Kendrick Lamar in DNA or the ridiculous/amazing Titanic rip-off in Oops I Did it Again. When it goes wrong, well, we have Zayn Malik’s new music video. Before I...

Maria Sharapova subtly insults Serena Williams in excerpts from new book Unstoppable

I was so relieved last week when Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the US Open. It was legitimate anxiety every time she advanced. For me, and perhaps for many of you, it’s more than just sports stanning. Celebrity is more than just who’s f-cking who and who’s not friends with the others. Sports...

Jake Gyllenhaal at New York Fashion week ahead of TIFF premiere of Stronger

Gaga or (Jake) Gyllenhaal: who would you pick? They both have world premieres at TIFF tonight, half an hour apart, across the street from each other. But on his night before TIFF, Jake sat front row with Lupita Nyong'o and Rashida Jones at the Raf Simons Calvin Klein Collection show at New York F...

Bill Skarsgård in It movie review

It lets you know what kind of movie it is right off the bat, when Pennywise the Clown (Bill Skarsgård) bites the arm off a little kid before yanking him into a sewer. The kid in question is Georgie, with his iconic yellow raincoat, and his disappearance begins a year-long reign of terror in the s...

Intro for September 8, 2017

Dear Gossips, Graydon Carter announced yesterday that after 25 years, he’s stepping down in December as the editor of Vanity Fair. Of his decision, Graydon told The New York Times that, “I want to leave while the magazine is on top”. Now, of course, everyone’s wondering about his successor, w...

What Else for September 7, 2017

This is not what I would have expected if you told me that Bret Easton Ellis wrote an article about Joaquin Phoenix. Well, actually, it kind of is. Because BEE knows gossip. The gossip might not be delivered US Weekly styles, but he knows where to place it so that it will be found. Which is why e...

Jennifer Aniston in costume on the set of Dumplin'

It was announced back in March that Jennifer Aniston had signed on to the film adaptation of the YA book Dumplin’. “Dumplin’” is Willowdean and Jen is playing Willowdean’s mom, a former beauty queen who’s still very actively involved in beauty pageants. As I wrote at the time, just think of the h...

Alicia Vikander and Dane DeHaan in Tulip Fever movie review

Filmed in 2014, intended for release in 2015, eventually slated in 2016, inevitably kicked to 2017, and then bumped a few times just to be sure, Tulip Fever hop-scotched its way across release calendars so much it became a joke among film critics. Tulip Fever actually being released in theaters i...

Charlie Hunnam in the etalk lounge during TIFF

Charlie Hunnam arrived in Toronto for TIFF today. In sweatpants. When the TIFF list comes out at etalk, some of us, the reporters, we behave like children. We start fighting each other over what we think are the best assignments. I did not get the Charlie Hunnam assignment. Danielle Graham, the h...

Jaden Smith supports girlfriend Odessa Adlon at Better Things premiere

The last time we checked in on Jaden Smith, he was using a lock of his own hair as an accessory on the red carpet at the Met Gala. The last time I remember reading about Jaden – and subsequently laughing at Jaden— was after he went on a Twitter tirade about pancakes. The Four Seasons In T...

Smutty Social Media, September 7, 2017

Have you seen the compilation tape of Robert Pattinson talking bout how much he hates Twilight? You can watch it here. It’s pretty funny. My favourite is, “It seemed like a book that wasn’t supposed to be published.” You know what I like this new video with W Magazine? He doesn’t shy away from ta...

Taylor Swift releases commercial collaboration with AT&T on Instagram

Up until about two or three weeks ago, Taylor Swift’s 2017 has been pretty quiet. Up until about two or three weeks ago, the conversation about Taylor Swift in 2017 has been about what she’s been up to, where she is when she goes underground, who she’s spending time with, when will she re-emerge....

Taylor Kitsch promotes American Assassin in New York with bad hair

There are certain celebrities who I will always refer to by the names of the characters they played on TV. The entire cast of Friday Night Lights falls into this category. Tim Riggins will forever be Tim Riggins – even when he doesn’t look that much like Tim Riggins anymore. Taylor Kitsch (wh...

Prince Harry refused to cry in public when his mother died

Prince Harry is in Northern Ireland for his first official visit today. As usual, he was great with the crowds, at one point joking with school children that they should have been in class instead of waiting around for him. While Harry’s at work over in the UK, production on Suits is resuming nex...

Sponsored: YouTube Canada Spotlight is breaking down barriers

Hollywood, as you know, continues to be criticised for its lack of diversity. And while there are those who are working diligently to create opportunities for women and people of colour and other underrepresented artists and personalities in front of and behind the camera, equality remains a dist...

Prince William drops Prince George off for his first day of school

Today is Prince George’s first day at Thomas’s Battersea, his first day at big boy school. Big G was dropped off by his dad, Prince William, and met by the head of the lower school. People keep talking about how nervous he seemed. He only seems nervous because ordinarily he’s running around runni...

First look at Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury

The first look at Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury is in Entertainment Weekly this week, marking the singer’s would-be 71st birthday. It shows Malek in character during the 1985 Live Aid concert, one of Freddie’s most famous moments.   #RamiMalek is #FreddieMercury in ...

Intro for September 7, 2017

Dear Gossips, It’s TIFF Day 1! Sarah’s arriving in Toronto today and her TIFF reviews will be posted over the next week or so as she scrambles from screening to screening in between rush-writing. Joanna will also be on the ground at TIFF covering premieres and red carpets and we’ll be getting...

What Else for September 6, 2017

Colin Jost ended the last season of Saturday Night Live with Scarlett Johansson. A month or so later, he was watching her hold hands with her lawyer. Then a few weeks after that, he had her attention again. And now, well, it looks like he’s made it to the end of summer. Can he make it to the end ...

Alexander Skarsgard supports brother Bill at It premiere

Alexander Skarsgard supported his brother, Bill, at the It premiere last night. At one point, while Bill was posing, Alex was goofing behind his back. When I saw these shots they reminded me of the Oscars. And that obnoxious narcissist who had to turn himself into a spectacle because his wife was...

Jennifer Lawrence’s mother! red carpets in London and Venice

The mother! gala at the Venice Film Festival happened last night. Darren Aronofsky, Jennifer Lawrence, and Domhnall Gleeson are in London tonight for the premiere. Javier Bardem, as you saw earlier, stayed back in Venice for Loving Pablo. And Michelle Pfeiffer, who was glorious on the carpet in V...

Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez in another low budget cheesy workout video on Instagram

A couple of weeks ago I lost my mind over a cheesy ass workout video Alex Rodriguez posted on Instagram. Jennifer Lopez, of course, was in it. Because she’s the undisputed star of that relationship and right now he’s using it to his full advantage. Yesterday there was another one. Another low...

Smutty Social Media, September 6, 2017

Rachel Zoe launched a bridal collection and her friends showed up to support her (Nicole Richie, Jennifer Meyer, the Foster sisters, Kelly Sawyer, and Jessica Alba). Chrissy Teigen was also there, you can see her in the background of one of the photographs. She played out a scene from Real Housew...

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem promote Loving Pablo in Venice

Some people have called Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet the Brange of France. If you are French and you want to dispute this, let me know, I’m not here to debate you. What I’m getting at is whether or not there’s an equivalent in Spain. Are Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem the Brange of Spain...

Star Wars: Episode IX loses director Colin Trevorrow

As a reminder that DC Films aren’t the only ones having near constant meltdowns, yesterday LucasFilm announced that Colin Trevorrow—of Jurasssic World fame—is no longer directing Star Wars: Episode IX. This comes less than three months after Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired while making the ...

Animated Mariah Carey in All I Want For Christmas Is You trailer

I went grocery shopping this weekend and there was already Halloween candy on display. Some people, I know, are annoyed by this. Like, f-cking let us enjoy the last moments of summer already! OK … but also? I’m one of those assholes who’s already started Christmas shopping. First week of August, ...

Idris Elba at GQ Men of the Year awards ahead of 45th birthday

Today is Idris Elba’s birthday. He’s 45 years hot as f-ck. Last night he pre-celebrated at the GQ Men of the Year party in London where he hung out with Pele. Oh and Rita Ora. That’s the only way Rita Ora makes it onto the site now – when she gets in on a photo with someone notable. Last week...

Twin Peaks: The Return television review

Twin Peaks: The Return is a lot of things— frustrating, sublime, confounding, profound, subliminal, meandering, extra-narrative—and while it eschews linear storytelling and finite plot points, it offers rich themes, including expounding on the original series’ depiction of evil as an exterior for...

Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx photographed holding hands for first time on the beach in Malibu

Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx have been together undercover since 2013. He’s tried to deny though that they’re dating. And they’ve managed to avoid the paps …until now? Click here to see  Katie and Jamie holding hands on the beach in Malibu on the weekend. Malibu! Like not even an island that’s...

Intro for September 6, 2017

Dear Gossips, The best thing I read online yesterday, which was yet another day of mostly sh-tty news, was Allison P Davis’s piece about Touring The Children’s Museum With Asahd Khaled, The Busiest Baby In Hip-Hop. Of course Asahd is busy. He has almost 1.5 million followers on Instagram. The...

What Else for September 5, 2017

Earlier today, Sarah posted about how Jared Leto might be getting pissy that Leonardo DiCaprio could turn him into the Fifth Best Joker – or are we now at Sixth? Is that why Jared’s been wearing the bullsh-t that he’s been wearing lately? Because he’s getting territorial over a role? Because he’s...

Taylor Swift releases second single, Ready For It, knocking Look What You Made Me Do from top of iTunes chart

Well. This is getting meta upon meta. Let’s start with Look What You Made Me Do, Taylor Swift’s first single off of the upcoming album, reputation – also, by the way, like mother!, styled in all lower case. Because it’s already not hard enough to avoid typos. LWYMMD is breaking all kinds of r...

Lin-Manuel Miranda sings theme song for The Magic School Bus revival in new Netflix trailer

It’s week one of our Show Your Work hiatus, and already Lainey and I have sent a dozen articles back and forth that could have been included or that might be fodder for Season 2.  If we were doing an episode today, Lin-Manuel Miranda singing the new theme song for the Netflix revival of The Magic...

Smutty Social Media, September 5, 2017

The “cats who look like Lady Olenna Tyrell” memes will never not be funny. "Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me." http://pic.twitter.com/xlNzVlwWVf — Olmos. (@itsjustolmos) September 4, 2017 Not even international superstardom is a match for customs bureaucracy. ...

Angelina Jolie brings her children to Telluride Film Festival premiere of First They Killed My Father

Angelina Jolie was in Telluride this weekend with all six of her children for the North American premiere of First They Killed My Father. There was a standing ovation after the screening. Many critics are calling the film her strongest directorial effort, so strong that they’re talking about Osca...

Warner Brothers reportedly wants Leonardo DiCaprio to play The Joker

The Joker madness continues. The latest development came on Friday just before everyone in the US took off for a long weekend, which is less about burying the lede and more about there being so much crazy DC Films news that it just sprays everywhere like a loose water hose. This latest nugget of ...

Darren Aronofsky's mother! screens in Venice to mixed reviews

Let’s start with how the title of this film is being styled. Some are styling it “Mother!” Others are going with “MOTHER!” The film’s world premiere is happening at the Venice Film Festival tonight before coming to TIFF in a week. TIFF is styling it as “mother!” All official Venice documents also...

Jennifer Garner joins Instagram

On Friday afternoon, as the last long weekend of summer was starting, Jennifer Garner decided to join Instagram. Let’s back that up a second: Jen had decided before that. We’ve seen Amazing Amy at work and we know she doesn’t just decide to partake in a new form of social media on a whim, right? ...

Princess Catherine and Prince William expecting their third child

2018 is looking like a big year for the British royal family. A new baby…and maybe even a wedding? Kensington Palace confirmed yesterday that Prince William and Kate are expecting their third child. According to the official statement, Kate has severe morning sickness, the same condition she ...

Meghan Markle says she is in love with boyfriend Prince Harry in Vanity Fair cover profile

I f-cking love coming back from a long weekend with so much great gossip. There are several big stories to get to. But the biggest story this morning is the new issue of Vanity Fair featuring Meghan Markle on the cover, shot by Peter Lindbergh – and the photos are unreal, unreal as in, MY GOD she...

September 5, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Karen! My fellow Slytherin! Happy Belated Birthday with love from Sarah. Hope you had a wonderful birthday weekend and I hope you have an equally excellent one in Seattle in a couple of weeks. By request, here are you favourites: our house crest, Hamilton, The Office, and George Clooney.

Intro for September 5, 2017

Dear Gossips, Back to school. Back to gossip! And it’s almost like Hollywood is on the same schedule. But first… there was a holiday that was celebrated yesterday, a holiday that’s become an event every year online. Beyoncé’s birthday, of course. When even celebrities make a point of payi...