What Else for August 31, 2018

Programming update: it’s the Labour Day long weekend! We will be dark on Monday returning to regular gossip schedule on Tuesday and it’s going to be busy – Venice, Telluride, TIFF, fashion week, non-stop until the Emmys. REST UP! Does Drake have a new girlfriend? If he does, she’s 18 and her name...

Bill Sksarsgard is not hot as Pennywise in first photos from It: Chapter 2 set

Here are photos from the set of It: Chapter 2, showing Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise the Clown. Last year, after It came out, the internet developed a thirst for Pennywise because the internet has both notoriously awful taste (I don’t care how well Kayleigh Donaldson puts it, Thanos is a genocidal nut...

Smutty Social Media, August 31, 2018

Celebrity chefs have staked a claim in the lifestyle landscape – they may not have perfume or clothing lines, but they have a lot of TV exposure, cookbooks and restaurants, which were once a pillar of the celebrity lifestyle portfolio (remember Madre’s? And NYLA?). That trend died out because restau...

Your daily Noah Centineo fix brought to you by Entertainment Tonight

Oh, you didn’t think I’d keep good on my promise to deliver you daily Noah Centineo and/ or Peter Kavinsky updates? “Pshhhh, girl you know I got it.” *PK VOICE* Today’s Peter Noah (credit to Lainey for this nickname) fix is brought to you by Entertainment Tonight.   In a new interview with the out...

Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill twinning in Beijing for Mission: Impossible - Fallout

The Mission Impossible: Fallout press tour is still happening and it still needs 100% more Angela Bassett. And where’s Ving Rhames? Without both, we have to settle for Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, and Simon Pegg. Their most recent stop on the M:I - Fallout tour was Beijing on Wednesday. The next best t...

Bradley Cooper promotes A Star Is Born in Venice with Lady Gaga and his family

As mentioned yesterday, A Star is Born world premieres in Venice tonight and we’ll have a solid idea then how far it can go during award season. Given what we’ve seen of the campaign strategy so far, I can’t imagine that the film is going to crash and burn out of the first festival. In fact, there a...

Hugh Jackman is coming for that Oscar in The Front Runner trailer

Late last year when we saw set photos of Hugh Jackman running around as disgraced presidential hopeful Gary Hart, I stacked up his Oscar odds for The Greatest Showman and concluded, “Better luck next year, Hugh.” Well next year is here, and we have a trailer for The Front Runner, which will be scree...

David and Victoria Beckham's red carpet comeback

It’s been a while since Victoria and David Beckham walked a red carpet together. That was just one of the reasons the rumours started up about their marriage at the beginning of the summer. As you know, and as Maria wrote earlier this week, they’ve done the most to shut down the speculation since th...

Intro for August 31, 2018

Dear Gossips, Peter Kavinsky, wait, no, I’m sorry, Noah Centineo did a photo shoot with puppies but that wasn’t the best thing I watched online yesterday. I mean, it was great. And here’s a screenshot of it… …which of course when it finally comes out in full I will drop everything to watch...

What Else for August 30, 2018

I know people who are obsessed with The Great British Bakeoff. There’s one in Canada now – it’s awesome too – and Duana and I have been trying to get one of our friends to apply. She’s an excellent baker. And she’d be obsessed with this woman on the new series in England. If I were her, I would eat ...

TATBILB withdrawal

Yesterday was the first full day since To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before dropped that neither Lainey nor I mentioned the movie and/or Peter Kavinsky on this site. We are sorry. We’ve seen your feedback and the withdrawal is real. We are your Peter Kavinsky Problem support group and we failed you yes...

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger going strong and I'm bored

Chris Pratt and Anna Faris have been over (publicly) for a year. They both have new partners. They still co-parent their son, Jack, and this week they were spotted hanging out two days in a row. In the pre-conscious uncoupling era, this would have been more of a thing, right? Ex-couple spends two da...

Smutty Social Media, August 30, 2018

Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross’s new reality show is in full promo mode (it comes out in September). And I was curious as to how they would handle the celebrity cameos – in this clip, we see Diana and Tracee from Evan’s side, and Joe from Ashlee’s side. Do you think Jessica will make an appearance? ...

Nicholas Hoult and Joe Alwyn for 'The Favourite' in Venice

Nicholas Hoult and Joe Alwyn are supporting actors in The Favourite, starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz, world premiering at the Venice Film Festival. Here they are at the photo call today, looking very tall and very handsome. As you know Joe is dating Taylor Swift. Nick used to da...

Digging the new 'I Think We’re Alone Now' trailer

I dug the teaser for I Think We’re Alone Now, Reed Morano’s film starring Peter Dinklage and Elle Fanning. We now have a full trailer, and I still dig it. In fact, the trailer plays so well as its own thing it almost works as a short film. Do I need to see a feature length version of this? I mean, y...

Coop + Gaga: the campaign begins

Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born will screen at the Venice Film Festival tomorrow before it heads to TIFF next weekend. Since footage of ASIB was shown at CinemaCon in March, the hype has been steadily building. That was basically the very, very beginning of the Oscar campaign. For months now, before...

Which of Miranda Lambert's 'rules' did Evan Felker break before split?

While writing my last post on Miranda Lambert, I knew the drama would continue, but I didn’t quite expect the latest narrative: Miranda as a love disciplinarian. In a new story at PEOPLE (remember, her ex Blake Shelton is the reigning Sexiest Man Alive, lol), a source said that Miranda and Evan F...

Alec Baldwin drops out of Joker movie two days after joining cast

Well that didn’t take long. Just two days ago it was announced that Alec Baldwin would play a Trumpy version of Bat-dad Thomas Wayne in the Joker-mark-Joaquin movie. Literally the next day, though, Baldwin said he was “no longer doing that movie”. He cited the ubiquitous “scheduling issues” and went...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have a great time at Hamilton performance in London

Here are more photos of Prince Harry and Royal Meghan at Hamilton in London last night to benefit Sentebale. They met with Lin-Manuel Miranda and his wife Vanessa Nadal before the show and sat with them during the performance. Check them out as they arrived and also taking their seats:  Princ...

Intro for August 30, 2018

Dear Gossips,  It’s been a week since Jennifer Garner took Ben Affleck to rehab. She’s also been getting her kids ready for back to school – which no doubt includes shopping for supplies, coordinating schedules, and probably so many other things – and focusing on them emotionally too as they wrap...

What Else for August 29, 2018

Leonardo DiCaprio and Camila Morrone have been together for eight or nine months or so, so, naturally, the marriage rumours are starting. Which… HAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHA. Anyway, the details are something, something about Leo wanting to have kids. Camila, by the way, just turned 21. So it’s HIS c...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle see Hamilton in London

Tonight’s performance of Hamilton in London will benefit Prince Harry’s charity, Sentebale. He and Royal Meghan arrived earlier and they are, meeting Lin-Manuel Miranda and his wife Vanessa: #princeharry & #DuchessofSussex arrive @Hamilton in London’s Victoria Palace theatre. pic.twitter.com/...

Jake Gyllenhaal's quiet year

Exactly a year ago this week, like this week, I was prepping for TIFF, screening films every day. I love this annual tradition, it’s one of the best bonuses of the job – as everything slows down before the Labour Day long weekend, to get away from the heat in an air conditioned theatre and watch mov...

Smutty Social Media, August 29, 2018

How do you feel about vow renewals? On the one hand, I think it’s kind of bad luck – a peak before a valley, you know? Or a temporary Band-Aid. But on the other hand, I think people do them for a lot of different reasons. Maybe the marriage has been through rough times, or there’s been a health scar...

The Beckhams continue summer vacation with Elton John and David Furnish

Do you go on holiday during the summer? For some, it’s convienient because of the school schedule. And there’s a general slowdown in August – emails get returned later, three day weekends get turned into five day weekends. It’s a mental slow down, so why not a physical slow down?   Italy has been ...

Jaden Smith featured in GQ to promote new collection with G-Star

If there’s one thing we know for sure, it’s that the Smith family gives good interviews. I have never read a feature with any member of the Smiths (that’s Will, Jada, Willow and Jaden – sorry Trey) that I didn’t want to read again immediately after. One of my all-time favourite Smith features is whe...

Jaden Smith featured in GQ to promote new collection with new collection with G-Star

If there’s one thing we know for sure, it’s that the Smith family gives good interviews. I have never read a feature with any member of the Smiths (that’s Will, Jada, Willow and Jaden – sorry Trey) that I didn’t want to read again immediately after. One of my all-time favourite Smith features is whe...

Shawn Mendes covers Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood issue

Shawn Mendes covers Variety’s “Power of Young Hollywood” issue. Amandla Stenberg and Pete Davidson also have their own covers but right now, Shawn Mendes IS Young Hollywood. Not to diminish Amandla and Pete’s (lol) work but if we’re talking about power – among these three – Shawn has the most.    ...

Christina Aguilera promotes Liberation Tour on the cover of Cosmopolitan

Christina Aguilera has had a tough album cycle. In March, she made the first step in her comeback with a Paper Magazine cover, looking refreshingly barefaced and promising a “transformation.” A couple months later, we got her first single “Accelerate".  Without listening to it again, I couldn’t tell...

Ryan Gosling in Venice for First Man with Claire Foy

Here are some shots of Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy arriving in Venice today ahead of tonight’s gala where Damien Chazelle’s First Man will open the festival. You’ll recall, the last time Damien and Ryan were in Venice, it was for La La Land, kicking off its Oscar campaign. Last year, The Shape of Wa...

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen promote menswear line in the Wall Street Journal

Have you noticed an uptick in Mary-Kate and Ashley headlines these past few days? It’s all because of one interview, with the WSJ, in which the twins discuss their new menswear line for The Row.  The main headline coming out is that they are in a sibling “marriage.” To that I say: duh. They are s...

Intro for August 29, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Yesterday I posted about Naomi Watts on the LifeStyle page and her Venice Film Festival wardrobe. Naomi’s on the jury, led by Guillermo del Toro. Christoph Waltz is there too. And Sylvia Chang and director Malgorzata Szumowska. And Trine Dyrholm. Oh …and Taika Waititi.  So if we...

What Else for August 28, 2018

I’m superstitious so I don’t often post about the dead but I don’t think these details are intended to be sad. In fact, the way they’ve been presented, they’re meant to honour a once-in-a-lifetime presence, the legendary Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin. Who arrived in major style to lie in state and o...

Noah Centineo and Lana Condor troll fans with matching Instagram posts

We’re going through all the stages of teen obsession. First, we watched To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before as many times as humanly possible (I’m off today and I’m literally watching it again right now, my brand is strong). Then, we did a deep dive into the behind the scenes of the movie, specificall...

Alec Baldwin joins Joaquin Phoenix's Joker movie

The Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix is happening and is casting up, with the latest hire being Alec Baldwin as Thomas Wayne, father of Bruce Wayne. But wait, there’s more! Because we live in the darkest timeline, this isn’t any old Thomas Wayne, benevolent billionaire philanthropist and predest...

Smutty Social Media, August 28, 2018

Miley Cyrus’s Instagram is still bare, and they are totally fine.   A post shared by Liam Hemsworth (@liamhemsworth) on Aug 28, 2018 at 8:17am PDT Yesterday, Lainey wrote about #kaylorisunbroken. In her assessment of the situation, she noted that Taylor has not acknowledged ...

Kelly Clarkson opens for Serena Williams at the US Open

It’s the 50th anniversary of the US Open. Last night, Kelly Clarkson performed a six song medley at Flushing Meadows, telling the enthusiastic crowd that “I love opening for Serena Williams”.  God I love her. Don’t we all love her? We love her here at LaineyGossip. And I’m pretty sure “we” applie...

Louis CK reportedly got warm reception during unannounced performance at the Comedy Cellar

It’s been nine months. Not even a full year. That’s how long Louis CK sat in time-out after ADMITTING he engaged in what The New York Times calls “inappropriate conduct” but which everyone else calls “repeatedly jacking off in front of women”. In his statement admitting to repeatedly jacking off in ...

Beyoncé and Jay-Z announce scholarship partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America

In certain places, kids have already been back to school for a couple of weeks. Generally, though, in North America, “back to school” usually means right after Labour Day, a week today. It’s amazing how that feeling never goes away. I can still feel the dread in my stomach that used to happen when I...

Game of Thrones featured in new HBO teaser

HBO released a teaser for upcoming seasons of their shows which includes little teeny tiny glimpses of NEW GAME OF THRONES. There are also clips from Barry and a tease for the next—and last—season of Veep, both very good shows (Barry had an OUTSTANDING debut season this summer). We also get a look a...

BET Black Girls Rock! red carpet round-up

One of the most underrated red carpets of the year is the BET Black Girls Rock! red carpet. Every year, I forget it’s happening and every year, it delivers some of my favourite looks. This year’s honourees included Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Lena Waithe, Amandla Stenberg, #MeToo creator Tarana Bu...

Intro for August 28, 2018

Before Crazy Rich Asians opened, director Jon M Chu talked about what the success of the movie could do for other stories. He mentioned that he knew of several other projects in development that were waiting for the greenlight and that people were waiting to see how CRA performed before moving ahead...

What Else for August 27, 2018

The head of the French Open (I will not do him the honour of printing out his full name, asshole) decided to shame the Greatest of all Time, Serena Williams, over her catsuit. Like right before the start of the US Open. Because, sure, that’s what she needs to stay focused as she’s preparing to compe...

Noah Centineo is a big deal following release of To All The Boys I've Loved Before

What? Did you actually think we wouldn’t be talking about Noah Peter today? My whole inbox this weekend was about Peter Kavinsky aka Noah Centineo. So many of you emailing from around the world feeling the way we felt last weekend when To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before happened to us. Lara Jean Cove...

Awkwafina hosts the 2018 iHeartRadio MMVAs

Last night, Awkwafina became the first Asian American actress to host a North American awards show. She was amazing. She had a great time. She had a great time being, as Shonda Rhimes would say, an FOD (First Only Different). And how many of us would be able to be so present in that moment? I don’t ...

Smutty Social Media, August 27, 2018

How many bikinis has Emily Ratajkowski worn this summer? 50? 100? 1000? I need an intrepid journalist from The Cut to answer this hard-hitting question.   A post shared by Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) on Aug 26, 2018 at 7:51pm PDT Do you have art work in your room? I do. It’s...

Laura Wasser no longer legally representing Angelina Jolie

Earlier this month, TMZ reported that Angelina Jolie’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, was about to quit representing her. Angelina’s spokesperson, Mindy Nyby, then released a statement to PEOPLE saying that “I’ve spoken directly to Laura. The TMZ story is not true. She’s not quitting now or in the future.” ...

Miranda Lambert says she is "happily single" after breakup with Evan Felker

I don’t know a lot about country music, but I do know it has a reputation to sometimes trade in clichés about broken hearts, whiskey, and pick-up trucks. Miranda Lambert is a woman who checks all of those boxes, both personally and professionally, often leaning into her image as a hard-drinking hear...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 production on hold after James Gunn's departure

Marvel has not been in this state of upheaval since Edgar Wright bailed on Ant-Man just weeks before it was set to begin production. Ironically, it is how well Marvel handled that director drama that had everyone, including me, assuming they would not miss a beat in replacing James Gunn after he was...

Shawn Mendes's confidence at the iHeart Radio MMVAs

As I mentioned in the open, the iHeart Radio MMVAs have always attracted emerging talent, especially Canadian talent. Shawn Mendes is a great example. Here’s Shawn at the 2014 MMVAs, just as he was kicking off his ascent:  Look at the crowd behind him. Those faces. They’re turned away. They w...

Page Six tries to bring down "saint" Angelina Jolie as World War Brange continues

Over the last few months, as we’ve seen, in the escalation of World War Brange, it’s been clear which side is favouring which media outlet. TMZ and Page Six have been undeniably pro-Pitt. Page Six’s approach has been most interesting, starting when they pulled the story about Brad and Dr Neri Oxman ...

Karlie Kloss posts photo with Taylor Swift at Nashville concert

For almost a year now people have been wondering whether or not Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss are still friends. This has been especially hard for people who believe in #Kaylor – that they’re actually secret lovers and the men in their lives are just a cover for the real and epic romance between the...

August 27, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Fenny! You got married on Saturday! Chelsea, your best friend, is so excited for you. I hope you had the best wedding weekend!   

Intro for August 27, 2018

Dear Gossips,  The iHeartRadio MMVAs are a Canadian summer tradition. This is a major music awards show that takes over an entire city block in Toronto, kids line up for days for their wristbands, they pack the parking lot where the stage is mounted, the energy is amazing. Over the years, as I me...

What Else for August 24, 2018

Look. I know that I’m pretty conservative when it comes to nail design. And I am, at the same time, very big into nails. I have a standing nail appointment every week. My nails are always in good shape. Duana always gets upset that I can make a manicure last forever. But, like I said, shellac is bas...

The Affair Season 4 recap

The Affair, Season 4.   My feeling at the end of Season 4 of The Affair, beyond that it was bleak, and beyond the Ruth Wilson Cryptogram, was that we now officially have less than we started with.  That is, for all the risks they took and all the passion and romance that fuelled Noah and Helen and...

John Cho in Searching movie review

Movies that break out at Sundance—or any festival—don’t always live up to the hype, but I am glad to say that is not the case with Searching. Aneesh Chaganty’s thriller is as good as advertised, being both a stellar suspense flick and a fantastic leading performance from John Cho. The film is done i...

The Happytime Murders starring Melissa McCarthy movie review

You may have heard that The Happytime Murders, the R-rated puppet noir starring Melissa McCarthy, is getting hammered with bad reviews. It’s currently standing at 27% on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s the worst movie of the year or it’s the worst movie ever, depending on who you ask. Well I am here with a Ho...

Smutty Social Media, August 24, 2018

Awkwafina is hosting the iHeart Radio MMVAs this weekend in Toronto. This is the main reason I’m going. Next reason: Shawn Mendes. WHAT?! Anyway, maybe she’ll meet someone in Toronto who doesn’t order steak well done. As she says, “WHO DOES THIS?” Answer: Elvis Presley. Elvis is very hard to defend,...

Pete Davidson says he's "forever hard" since getting together with Ariana Grande

At the risk of sounding like an asshole…no… I will sound like a asshole so there’s no risk, it just is… one of the best things about my job, not just as a blogger but as someone who writes sh-t and tells stories for a living, is that everything is “research”. I’ve just spent 15 minutes watching porn...

Going down the To All The Boys I've Loved Before rabbit hole

Lainey and I haven’t sent a text to each other this week that wasn’t about To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. We have major Peter Kavinsky problems. I’ve watched the movie so many times I’ve decided that Netflix should have an instant replay button. The ‘Watch it Again?’ section isn’t enough. YES, I...

Michael B Jordan challenges Will Smith to cook-off on Instagram

Yesterday, I wrote that the majority of the space in my brain reserved for crushes in the past week has been dedicated to Peter Kavinsky. I think Michael Bae Jordan was paying attention. It’s the only explanation for why he posted a two part Instagram video of himself, in a kitchen, cooking an epic ...

Jennifer Garner looks relaxed after staging intervention for Ben Affleck

Here’s Jennifer Garner yesterday, a day after taking Ben Affleck to rehab, looking pretty relaxed running errands in the neighbourhood. There must be some relief there, non? He’s in a safe place. He’s getting help.  As you probably know by now, Jennifer staged an intervention on Wednesday at Ben’...

August 24, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

“Lindsay, I am SO excited to be standing up with you on Saturday watching you and Dave get married. I am so grateful to you for choosing me and proud of you for everything you’ve done to pull everything together! Can’t wait to celebrate! Love, Amy” By request, here are some photos of Shawn Mendes...

Intro for August 24, 2018

Dear Gossips,  The Answer is here. If that means nothing to you, you are not a member of the BTS Army and…why NOT? Love Yourself: Answer is BTS’s third and final album in their Love Yourself series. It dropped last night along with the video for “IDOL”. The Army has been losing its mind all we...

What Else for August 23, 2018

Last time we checked in on Naomi Campbell she was not pregnant with Skepta’s baby but we weren’t sure if she was still dating him. Now she may or may not be David Blaine, a longtime card-carrying member of Leonardo DiCaprio Wolf Pussy Posse Pack. #WPPP #PackLife #PosseForever Do you think they all h...

Gemma Chan and Dominic Cooper wear matching stripes as they depart Formentera together

I posted earlier this week about Gemma Chan and Dominic Cooper on holiday with their friends of Formentera. To me, the Photo Assumption was pretty conclusive. Yesterday they were photographed packing up at their resort and loading the car, presumably ending the trip, or extending the trip to go some...

Noah Centineo is declared the Internet's Latest Boyfriend

It’s the two words I say to anyone who hasn’t seen To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before yet. I just yell his name in their face and tell them to come talk to me after they’ve seen it. Usually, their response after they watch is to yell his name back in my face. Lainey all-cap Peter Kavinsky’d you this ...

Smutty Social Media, August 23, 2018

Since I’ve been subbing in for Maria this week while she’s on holiday, I should probably include some Beckham content. Victoria, however, hasn’t posted on her IG feed in almost a week. She has, however, been baking and sharing the shots on Stories. I’m not big on meringue. Does sugar-free make it an...

John Cho and Henry Golding support each other during #AsianAugust

Crazy Rich Asians won the box office last weekend. Lara Jean Covey is waiting for you on Netflix every day when you get home. (I won’t out you, but I know who you are, because you’ve written to me telling me how many times you’ve watched To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before – and I’m right there with y...

Crazy Rich Asians sequels are in development following box office success

It was reported yesterday that, due the critical and commercial success of Crazy Rich Asians, the sequels are now in development, with Jon M Chu back to direct. That does not mean there’s a greenlight yet though. It means that the studio has told them to start working on the story, which represents ...

“Post-Hunk” Chris Hemsworth covers GQ

The Greater Hemsworth covers GQ this month, getting ahead of Bad Times at the El Royale, a movie that probably won’t justify this level of marketing. The interview is pretty good because the writer, Lauren Larson, examines Hemsworth in context of a shifting ideal of Hollywood masculinity, and how he...

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reach interim custody arrangement for their children

There was supposed to be a hearing on Tuesday in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s divorce and custody case and we’ve all been waiting for Brad to tell TMZ to tell us what happened. Turns out, the hearing never happened. Late yesterday, Entertainment Tonight reported that Brange reached an “interim cus...

Jon Hamm and Jay Ellis join Top Gun sequel

Top Gun casting news: Jay Ellis, who played Lawrence on Insecure, has been cast in Top Gun: Maverick. Which is fine. Because nobody misses Lawrence. Why would we miss Lawrence when we get to snack on Daniel? Ed Harris has also been confirmed and my immediate thought about that was hey, who’s the new...

Intro for August 23, 2018

Dear Gossips,     As we’ve been saying over the last few weeks, Summer 2018 has become the summer of the rom-com, in real life and on screen, with quick celebrity engagements and weddings and all kinds of cute love stories to watch and lose our minds over. There’s another rom-com opening tomorrow...

What Else for August 22, 2018

If you’ve been reading this site a while, you know how I adore Dlisted’s Michael K. ADORE. Every few days, he’ll write something that makes me hysterical to the point where I can barely put myself back together. Now… we don’t just get to read the funny sh-t that comes out of Michael’s head, we can H...

Show Your Work: the Crazy Rich Asians edition

As promised, here is our bonus episode of Show Your Work dedicated to Crazy Rich Asians. For almost two hours, Duana and I discuss the movie’s formula, its romantic comedy formula, its relationship to the romantic comedies we’re all so familiar with, and how it both honours the rom-com tradition and...

Albert Hughes’ Alpha movie review

Albert Hughes’ boy-and-his-dog fable Alpha is equal parts Planet Earth and The Black Stallion. It’s a beautifully shot nature-oriented story about a prehistoric boy and his prehistoric dog, a wolf he dubs “Alpha”, as they mutually recuperate in a cave. Though there are sequences of no dialogue, ther...

Smutty Social Media, August 22, 2018

The return of the Flossy Posse! (I don’t think this is a real poster though.)     A post shared by Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapinkettsmith) on Aug 22, 2018 at 8:05am PDT I’m so into my new Obsession, Henry Golding and Liv Lo, that I’ve been neglecting my original Obsession, Sa...

Angelina Jolie and daughters Zahara and Shiloh look happy while shopping at Kitson in LA

Angelina Jolie took daughters Zahara and Shiloh shopping at Kitson yesterday. KITSON. Is it 2005? How long has it been since we’ve mentioned Kitson?! As you can see, from these photos, there’s nothing to suggest that World War Brange has been happening for weeks now. Which, of course, is the idea he...

Chris Pine wears a caftan in Capri with Annabelle Wallis

Quirky Chris is back. Chris Pine and Annabelle Wallis were in Capri, Italy on Sunday. There are shirtless pictures that add to the running list of reasons why he’s The Best Chris but I want to focus on Chris living his best life in Capri in a caftan like he’s Meryl Streep in The Post.  Find me an...

Henry Golding and Liv Lo in Singapore for Crazy Rich Asians

My new Obsession – and yours! – Henry Golding and Liv Lo were home in Singapore for the Crazy Rich Asians premiere the other night. God, these two. It’s too much. It’s TOO MUCH. As I’ve mentioned, I got Kathleen deep into Team Golding a couple of weeks ago. Our friend Andrea is also down, althoug...

Idris Elba confirms he will not play James Bond

There was a random UK paper last week that reported that Idris Elba was being considered to take over James Bond after Daniel Craig is done with Bond 25. As I wrote at the time, I didn’t believe it. Not because the source was weak – and it was very weak – but because the timing is wayyyyy off. To be...

Danny Boyle departs Bond 25 over creative differences

Back in the spring it came out that Danny Boyle and screenwriter John Hodge were working on a script for Bond 25 and that Boyle was maybe-probably going to direct it. Everyone leapt on it like it was a done deal but it sounded wishy-washy https://ift.tt/2BzGNkJ...

Intro for August 22, 2018

Dear Gossips, “It’s not a movie, it’s a movement.” -Jon M Chu, the director of Crazy Rich Asians CRA is not meant to be the end all and be all of Asian representation. It is however a part of the ongoing effort to tell more stories, to prove that stories can be centred around people who, as L...

What Else for August 21, 2018

New York Fashion Week happens right after Labour Day and this year, I wonder what it’s going to feel like backstage if Kendall Jenner is walking and, well, you know, she’s never had to work as hard as the others. Which I don’t think anyone ever doubted but… she actually said it out loud. (Dlisted)  ...

Kelly Marie Tran speaks out against racist Star Wars fans in powerful New York Times essay

Even if you don’t follow Star Wars, even if you tune out any headline that includes the words ‘social media’, you heard about Kelly Marie Tran. That she quit social media after she was bullied and berated by Star Wars truther bros for daring to appear in their beloved franchise without filling all t...

Robert Pattinson's pub day in Notting Hill

Robert Pattinson has been home in London all summer with some time off before shooting his next project. As you recall, he was seen there a few weeks ago with Suki Waterhouse, photographed kissing and hugging in Notting Hill. Robert was in Notting Hill a couple of days ago hanging out at the pub wit...

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively's cheesy, off-brand VMA moment

As Kathleen wrote earlier, the VMAs were a mess last night, and that’s before Madonna paid tribute to herself. The production was sloppy. The shot selection was terrible. I don’t understand this, because MTV isn’t some amateur media outlet. They have the experience…and the budget. Whatever that budg...

Smutty Social Media, August 21, 2018

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade have been in Venice for his dad’s wedding. Picture your dad. Is he as steezy as Dwyane’s dad? My dad is cute. But he’s not THIS!   A post shared by dwyanewade (@dwyanewade) on Aug 19, 2018 at 11:24am PDT     A post shared by dw...

Jennifer Garner honoured with star on the Walk of Fame

Jennifer Garner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday and to mark the occasion, she brought along three people who “define [her]:” her kids Violet, Seraphina and Samuel. Violet is 12.12! Jennifer’s parents and sisters were on-hand, too. No Ben Affleck, though. And there was no ment...

Cardi B was the spark the MTV VMAs needed

This mess of a show needed Cardi B. When it was announced that Cardi B would be opening the VMAs, people assumed that meant a performance. They were disappointed when it became clear that Cardi was only going to show up for a charming but anti-climactic baby reveal gag and to accept her awards.  ...

Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson make first red carpet appearance together at MTV VMAs

I have something to say but I’m afraid to say it: I listened to Ariana Grande’s album Sweetener this weekend. It’s the first time I’ve ever listened to an AG album all the way through. It was… OK. I didn’t hate it. I didn’t love it. The best song, to me, is “no tears left to cry”, which we’ve been l...

Page Six reports Angelina Jolie is "insanely jealous" of Amal Clooney

There’s supposed to be a court hearing today in the Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie divorce case. Previously on World War Brange, a reality show at this point, Brad has made some recent significant gains. The children have been required to spend more time with him and on the public relations front, he and ...

Shawn Mendes performs in the rain during MTV VMAs

Stage rain. But whatever. It worked for me, and wasn’t that the point? You can’t tell me that designing a performance so that it ends with him getting wet and showing us what he might look like in the shower wasn’t the point. Even the wardrobe was purposefully selected for it. HE WAS WEARING A WHITE...

Jennifer Lopez first Latin woman to receive MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award

Jennifer Lopez was the recipient of MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award last. She became the first Latin woman to receive the award. She accepted it with such breaming pride, emotional sincerity, genuine gratitude and love for her family and her hype man that I almost don’t have anything to s...

Madonna makes VMA tribute to Aretha Franklin about herself

I don’t need to define “caucacity” for some of you. I feel like I don’t need to define it at all because what Madonna did last night on the VMA stage was such an egregious act of caucacity, it really speaks for itself in this context but if you don’t know, it’s a term coined by Desus and Mero and he...

August 21, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Kara! Happy Birthday with love from your husband Brian who is sharing you today with Chris Pine, Garrett Hedlund, and Chadwick Boseman. 

Intro for August 21, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Last week, after Emma Stone’s interview for ELLE by Jennifer Lawrence came out, I posted about how, more and more, especially in major magazines, celebrities are either interviewing themselves (Beyoncé) or interviewing each other and, as much as I love Beyoncé, there’s something th...

What Else for August 20, 2018

Ohhhh kayyy, EMMA. She’s a repeat champion, FINE. But I’ve just looked at her technique. And she makes her times, great, and crosses the finish line (which some of her competitors can’t seem to manage), but does it count when it’s a chase?! And not a self-motivated race? If I were some of the others...

Alex Rodriguez posts about Jennifer Lopez's upcoming Vanguard award on social media

As I’m writing this, Jennifer Lopez is getting ready. Hair and makeup have already started. There will likely be several changes. It’s the MTV VMAs tonight, where she will perform and receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Last week, I posted about JLo’s countdown, remembering some of her...

Henry Golding celebrates wedding anniversary with wife Liv Lo

I wish I could post each and every one of the emails and tweets sent to me this weekend about Henry Golding now that Crazy Rich Asians has opened. I WARNED YOU. It was a great weekend for Henry Golding. For several reasons. First, obviously, Crazy Rich Asians took the top spot at the box office. ...

Chris Pine with an accent in Netflix’s Outlaw King trailer

Kathleen’s Best Chris, Chris Pine, has had a quiet summer, publicity-wise. He’s been shooting the Wonder Woman sequel, sure. But since A Wrinkle in Time, he hasn’t done all that much press. Which is about to change soon because his new film, Netflix’s Outlaw King, directed by David MacKenzie, will b...

George and Amal Clooney host Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in Italy

There were all kinds of reports flying around this morning that Meghan Markle is in Toronto. She is NOT in Toronto. But she was in Italy.  Prince Harry and Royal Meghan arrived in Lake Como to visit George and Amal Clooney on Thursday. They left yesterday at 6pm. There are currently no plans to g...

Playing Photo Assumption with Gemma Chan and Dominic Cooper in Formentera

Since Crazy Rich Asians took the top spot at the box office this weekend, some of you have joined the Gemma Chan is our Girl Crush support group now, right? She’s exquisite. And… she may have a new boyfriend?  The Sun has new pictures of Gemma with Dominic Cooper on holiday, with friends, in Form...

Smutty Social Media, August 20, 2018

Maria is on holiday this week so I’m covering Smutty Social Media which means it’s going to be way less insightful, very high school, and maybe a little gross. You’ll see at the bottom of this post.  Let me just…leave this here. The way he looks at her during that entire scene, OH MY GOD.  ...

Asia Argento accused of sexual assault by actor Jimmy Bennett

In the initial reporting of what would become the Harvey Weinstein scandal, one of the most vocal accusers was Italian filmmaker and actress Asia Argento. She gave Ronan Farrow a detailed account of Weinstein’s predation and abuse, and this year at Cannes she gave a scathing speech condemning the fe...

Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek promote Papillon in Hollywood

Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek attended a screening for their film Papillon this weekend. It opens on Friday and it’s been a while. Papillon premiered at TIFF last year and now it’s getting a late August release with, frankly, not that much buzz. Also, though I’m sure this is quality filmmaking with ...

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas confirm engagement on Instagram

The last time we checked in on Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, they went Instagram official without actually going official on either of their personal accounts. As Lainey wrote, Priyanka strategically chose to debut her engagement ring on her friend and Bollywood star Raveena Tandon’s account. Now,...

Winona Ryder says she and Keanu Reeves got married while shooting Dracula

This is a click-baity headline. I’m sorry about that. But also I’m not lying. Let’s back up a bit first though. Because you know what we’re living through right now? We are in a full-blown rom-com resurgence, you guys! Kumail Nanjiani’s The Big Sick made us hungry for it. And this summer, Love, Simo...

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before movie review

When you think of summer at the movies, you might think of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson throwing his fist through a skyscraper or Jason Statham punching a shark or whatever that movie is about. You might think of Tom Cruise sprinting through traffic with abandon, proving he’s got unbeatable 56-year-old...

Ben Affleck and Shauna Sexton have Jack in the Box drive-thru date

I posted on Friday about Ben Affleck’s date with Shauna Sexton, Playboy’s 2018 Miss May. They went to Nobu in Malibu. As noted in that article, Lindsay Shookus has deleted her Instagram. Ben and Shauna were seen together again this weekend. At the Jack in the Box drive-thru. After that they apparent...

Crazy Rich Asians beats Mark Walhberg's Mile 22 at the box office

The summer of the rom-com continues as Crazy Rich Asians debuted with a $34 million five-day total ($25 million of which came from the typical Friday-Sunday frame). This is a GREAT result for anything that isn’t a franchise entry, and it’s especially great for a romantic comedy, long thought dead as...

Intro for August 20, 2018

Dear Gossips,  I had two plans this weekend: Crazy Rich Asians and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. It’s all I’ve thought about and talked about since Friday. And, if the box office and social media are any indication, same same for you too?  This is the part that broke me during TATBILB – a...

What Else for August 17, 2018

It’s rom-com weekend! So…if you’re going to see Crazy Rich Asians and you still need a rom-com fix afterwards, don’t forget, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, adapted from Jenny Han’s book, is now streaming on Netflix. I’m watching it tonight. I’ll probably have seen it three times by Monday. Send ...

Ben Affleck has dinner date in LA with Playboy's Miss May 2018 Shauna Sexton

Ben Affleck celebrated his birthday earlier this week. He had dinner with his kids. Lindsay Shookus wasn’t there. We haven’t seen Lindsay with Ben in a few weeks. Saturday Night Live hasn’t started up again yet so… in theory… she’d have to time to be in LA with him. But here’s Ben last night leaving...

Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman movie review

This has been a hell of a year for black American cinema, from the cultural phenomenon of Black Panther, to Blindspotting’s spoken-word musing on race and class, to Boots Riley’s masterpiece Sorry to Bother You, and we still haven’t gotten to new films from Steve McQueen and Barry Jenkins. Right now...

Ike Barinholtz and Tiffany Haddish in teaser trailer for The Oath

I’ve been low-key calling out Ike Barinholtz for a while as a consistent scene-stealer. Last year, in my review of Snatched, I wrote, “Ike Barinholtz steals every scene he’s in [… ]he’s so good, he’s entering Jason Mantzoukas territory as a secondary player who really needs his own movie.” I’ve wond...

Smutty Social Media, August 17, 2018

Of course Debi Mazar as at Madonna’s birthday – do you know how long they’ve been friends? They met in an elevator and Debi was M’s first make-up artist.    A post shared by Madonna (@madonna) on Aug 17, 2018 at 7:46am PDT It wasn’t Poltergeist that did me in as a kid, it wa...

Mark Wahlberg in Mile 22 movie review

Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg have enjoyed a productive and mostly successful creative partnership. Berg likes making movies about macho All-American Heroes who Get Things Done while the nerds around them make no meaningful contributions, and Wahlberg likes playing macho All-American Heroes who Get T...

Jennifer Lopez counting down to MTV Video Vanguard Award with video retrospective

As Maria mentioned yesterday in Smutty Social Media, as we approach the MTV VMAs, where she will be presented with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, Jennifer Lopez has been counting down memories from some of her most memorable music videos with details from when she was shooting them and ba...

Domhnall Gleeson out for a walk in New York City

Here is Domhnall Gleeson walking around New York City for your Friday consumption. I have not given up on making him the Internet Boyfriend of 2018, but he is not cooperating and campaigning as needed to make it happen. Gleeson keeps a low profile, and grist for the digital mill is low, although he ...

Janet Jackson releases video for new single, "Made For Now"

Janet Jackson has released a new single and accompanying video, her first in three years. The song is “Made for Now”. This is the first thing I listened to when I woke up this morning, angry at my phone for going off at 5am even though that’s when I told it to go off last night. Like you, probably, ...

The Gospel of Aretha Franklin

The church gave us Aretha Franklin. No matter how you feel about religion, no matter what church you grew up in or didn’t, that is a fact. Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, is synonymous with spirituality. Studies say that this generation is less spiritual than the last and that we’re done with religi...

Intro for August 17, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Thank you for all your emails the last couple of days with your reactions to seeing Crazy Rich Asians. I can’t wait for more of you to see it on the weekend…because I really, really want to talk about the mahjong! Let’s talk now, though, about the soundtrack. Every song in the m...

What Else for August 16, 2018

Samantha Markle started a rumour that her dad, Thomas Markle, Royal Meghan’s famewhore of a father, will be starting a clothing line. TMZ, the Thomas Markle Zone, has shut that down. Their “source” says it’s not true. Why even bother calling it a “source”? Thomas Markle obviously told them that he’s...

Remembering Aretha Franklin

As you’ve probably heard, Aretha Franklin died today at her home in Detroit. Kathleen has been in writing lockdown for an event the last few days and I’ve asked her if she’d like to write about Aretha and her significance for tomorrow. We are sorry we aren’t able to get this up immediately but I kno...

Gorgeous and emotional trailer for Alfonso Cuaron's Roma

And they’re doing it with an Oscar darling. The teaser for Roma, Alfonso Cuaron’s new film, has been released and it looks gorgeous and emotional (aka it looks like an Alfonso Cuaron film). It’s being released by Netflix but will be getting an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run, and it is set to play V...

Smutty Social Media, August 16, 2018

A Nancy Meyers’ rom-com set in Martha’s Vineyard starring Jenny Slate would be dream. Can you imagine the kitchen?! Jenny has written the treatment and factored in her own re-casting. (PS: The island Romeo should be the best man who recently, but not too recently, went through a divorce and Jenny is...

Disney confirms they will not rehire James Gunn

With them, at least. Despite cast support and widespread public support, Disney will not be rehiring James Gunn. According to Variety, studio chairman Alan Horn met with Gunn as a “courtesy” to “clear the air” which sounds like corporate-speak for reiterating his ass is grass and no amount of pressu...

Slender Man starring Joey King movie review

Creepypasta, the corner of the internet dedicated to ghost stories, urban legends, and horror stories, birthed a modern urban legend in 2009. On the Something Awful forums user “Victor Surge”, real name Eric Knudsen, posted a photo with a tall, reedy faceless being lurking in the background of the s...

Pete Davidson featured in GQ and Ariana Grande's Carpool Karaoke

Pete Davidson has an answer for this question. He tells GQ why they wanted to feature him this month. And, well, they couldn’t, and we probably can’t, dispute his rationale:  "It's all bullshit. GQ wouldn't hit me up if I didn't recently get engaged to a super-famous person. Nobody gives a sh-t, ...

Pete Davidson covers GQ and Ariana Grande's Carpool Karaoke

Pete Davidson has an answer for this question. He tells GQ why they wanted to feature him this month. And, well, they couldn’t, and we probably can’t, dispute his rationale:  "It's all bullshit. GQ wouldn't hit me up if I didn't recently get engaged to a super-famous person. Nobody gives a sh-t, ...

Rihanna and Donald Glover working on secret "Guava Island" project

Rihanna’s fourth annual Diamond Ball will be hosted by Issa Rae and Donald Glover will make an appearance as Childish Gambino to perform. If you need me on September 13th, I’ll be the one trying to scam my way inside a fancy gala. The Diamond Ball host and performer announcements came on Monday. Yes...

Liam Payne holds hands with model Cairo Dwek after split from Cheryl Cole

That was quick. Last month, Liam Payne and Cheryl (good thing she never changed her last name to Payne) broke up after two and a half years and one baby named Bear. Photos have now surfaced of Liam and 20-year-old model Cairo Dwek holding hands in Italy last week.  If you remember Liam and Cheryl...

August 16, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Meg! Happy Birthday with love from Heather who has requested for you the “new hotness in our lives”, Glen Powell. Um, no problem. LaineyGossip.com is a pro-Glen Powell location. Have the best day!

Intro for August 16, 2018

Dear Gossips, Madonna is 60 years old today. I will probably spend it reading as many retrospectives as I can about her –her influences, her controversies, her provocations, her legacy. Because while Madonna is often maddening, she is undeniably an icon and there would be no pop culture, the way ...

What Else for August 15, 2018

Dane Cook is 46-years-old and his girlfriend, Kelsi, is 19-years-old (are there any “Kelsi-with-an-I”s older than 25?) and he went on IG to talk about their age difference and he needn’t have used to many words. If I were him, I would have just pulled a Scarlett Johansson. “Tell them that they can b...

First look at Priyanka Chopra's engagement ring from Nick Jonas

We knew Nick Jonas proposed to Priyanka Chopra. It’s been reported everywhere and they haven’t denied it. But they, themselves, haven’t confirmed it on Instagram. And, as we’ve seen this year, that’s where engagements are announced now. Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson, Justin Bieber and Hayley Baldw...

All of the famous people in Matthew Weiner's new Show, The Romanoffs

…Are in Matthew Weiner’s new show, The Romanoffs. Of course, when you make Mad Men, one of the most admired dramas of all time, people will be eager to sign onto your next project but even still this cast list is INSANE. The trailer is a who’s who directory—John Slattery, Christina Hendricks, Isabel...

Emma Stone covers ELLE with interview by friend Jennifer Lawrence

Emma Stone, ahead of the release of Netflix’s Maniac, covers the new issue of ELLE and specifically requested to be interviewed by her close friend Jennifer Lawrence. Emma Stone + Jennifer Lawrence? It would have been an instant sell for the magazine, obviously. They’re two of the most successful yo...

Smutty Social Media, August 15, 2018

Both of these have Will Smith’s face transposed onto Halle Berry’s – the one Will posted is fine. He looks pretty. But the one Halle posted doesn’t do him any favours, which is interesting. Will Smith can’t pull off a pixie cut.    A post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith) on Aug 14, ...

Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen in solid first trailer for Green Book

There are TOO MANY MOVIES. TIFF keeps adding to their lineup—now mulleted medieval Chris Pine is opening the fest—and trailers keep dropping and it’s TOO MUCH. I’m dreading making my schedule because it will be impossible to see everything I want. Last year felt thin, but this year has already spat ...

Michelle Yeoh and Crazy Rich Asians' broad range of Asian motherhood

If you weren’t already going into Crazy Rich Asians obsessed with Michelle Yeoh, you will definitely be leaving the movie obsessed with Michelle Yeoh. She is a legend. And for many, many years, she was one of the few, if not only, Asian women repping the side internationally. I asked her in our inte...

Serena Williams to wear Virgil Abloh for Nike at the US Open

Serena Williams will be wearing designs by Virgil Abloh for Nike at the US Open this month. Serena lost in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters yesterday but she seems to be improving with every match going into the US Open and she’s going to look like a Queen when she steps onto the court at ...

The Beckhams will reportedly cover upcoming British Vogue

Back in June, when Victoria and David Beckham were forced to deny, via their publicist, that a divorce was imminent, there were rumours that they’d arranged to do a Vogue cover story and, at the time, many took that to mean that they were only staying together for the sake of the magazine feature wh...

Messy Nicki Minaj gets into Twitter fight with ex Safaree Samuels

Yesterday, I wrote about Nicki Minaj’s album Queen. I mentioned that the rollout has been messy. Part of that mess included Nicki’s Twitter habits. Nicki’s sloppy social media tendencies continued yesterday when she came for her ex Safaree Samuels in a series of tweets that are so hilariously savage...

Intro for August 15, 2018

Dear Gossips, Last week the initial projections for the Crazy Rich Asians opening box office had it between $18-20 million. I said I thought we could do better. Yesterday afternoon, the number moved up to $26 million. Now we’re hearing it could be $30 million, which would make back its budget. Ho...

What Else for August 14, 2018

I do not remember the original at all. In fact, I just watched it and… nothing. What the f-ck was I doing in 1994? Oh. Right. I was in university, not watching TV and gambling all night instead. This must be why? Or is it because I don’t find the model hot? Anyway, the updated version? SO much bette...

Mark Wahlberg's Mile 22 vs Crazy Rich Asians at the box office on upcoming opening weekend

As I noted this morning in the open, they were projecting a five-day total of $20 million, on the high side, for Crazy Rich Asians. That number has now been adjusted. According to Variety, it’s now climbed to $26 million and its fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes has gotten better too. A few hours ago ...

Crazy Rich Asians movie review

As the first predominately Asian film Hollywood has produced since The Joy Luck Club twenty-five years ago, Crazy Rich Asians has many eyes on it for many reasons, and it has the unenviable task of being everything to everybody. Adapted by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim from Kevin Kwan’s best-selling...

Taraji P. Henson in What Men Want trailer

What Women Want is a Mel Gibson movie that hasn’t aged well, like most Mel Gibson movies. So for the inevitable remake—because anything that was even remotely successful 15+ years ago is getting remade—it has been gender-swapped to star a woman who hears men’s thoughts after a traumatic brain jury. ...

Smutty Social Media, August 14, 2018

Christy Turlington is covering Vogue Paris, Vogue Polska and InStyle, but she says it’s not a comeback. (She also did Vogue Japan earlier this year.) I recently read a story in Fashionista that analyzed data around celebrity brand partnerships, measuring risk and consumer approval. I was surprised t...

Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin continue their engagement tour through New York

Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin have been engaged for …what?... just over a month now? It happened in the Bahamas. Then they went back to New York. They’ve also been to Miami. And LA. And back to New York. And somewhere else I can’t remember. This past weekend he took her home to Stratford for, pre...

Ryan Reynolds plays Drinko on The Tonight Show

It took me 20 minutes to psych myself up to watch Ryan Reynolds on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. It took me that long because the Huffpo headline about Ryan’s appearance reads “Try Not To Puke Watching Ryan Reynolds Drink A Truly Disgusting Cocktail". Ryan was promoting Deadpool 2 (stil...

First look at Crystal Liu Yifei as Mulan for upcoming live-action film

Disney released the first photo of Crystal Liu Yifei as Mulan yesterday to mark the beginning of production on the live-action film, directed by Niki Caro, to be released March 2020. The timing works too because, of course, we’ve been talking about Crazy Rich Asians, and Asian representation, which ...

Nicki Minaj's Queen album review

Nicki Minaj’s potential has been long evaluated and dissected. Since Nicki bulldozed her way into hip-hop’s popular consciousness with an exciting, spine-tingling and truly impeccable verse on “Monster,” there are many rap critics and fans who have been waiting for Nicki’s “MOTHERF-CKING MONSTA” to ...

Intro for August 14, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Oh did you think I wasn’t going to be mentioning Crazy Rich Asians this week? There was no CRA content yesterday because I’m hitting you up with so much of it today, tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday for its five-day opening weekend. Not only because, as director Jon M Chu said, there...

What Else for August 13, 2018

This beautifully gay performance has reminded me of one of my regrets: I do not talk about Carly Rae Jepsen enough on this site. I love her. And I love Emotion. So much. How has it already been three years since it came out? Why didn’t I shout at you more to listen to it when it did? Because I’m a f...

Justin Timberlake releasing book called Hindsight & All The Things I Can’t See In Front Of Me

It was announced on Friday that Justin Timberlake is coming out with a book. What’s it about? WHAT DO YOU THINK IT’S ABOUT? His favourite topic: himself. If there’s anyone who can reliably be a cliché, it’s Justin Timberlake. Which is why the title of the book is as derivative as you’d expect: Hinds...

Angelina Jolie and her kids look relaxed and happy in LA

Angelina Jolie was photographed at the supermarket in LA with three of her kids this weekend. We’ve seen her often with her kids since she and Brad Pitt broke up. We have not seem him with his kids. And he can’t see his kids without the presence of a supervising therapist. That used to be a bad look...

Smutty Social Media, August 13, 2018

Back in June, Lainey wrote about the summer of Awkwafina. We are fully immersed now, with Crazy Rich Asians just a few days away -- and she is now one of the most recognizable names in the movie. As she says, her “overnight” success took 6 years. (Is there any wistful situation that doesn’t call for...

Insecure is back and does not need Lawrence in first episode of season 3

Lawrence who? That’s the only thing I’m going to say about Lawrence for the rest of this post about the Insecure Season 3 premiere. Like I’ve BEEN saying, this show does not need Lawrence. There was nothing lacking about the premiere without Issa’s wasteman ex-boyfriend. LAWRENCE WHO? In the immorta...

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger don't seem bothered by photographers while out for dinner

Chris Pratt and Anna Faris announced their separation pretty much exactly a year ago. They did it during Game of Thrones. You remember the episode, right? Daenerys and Drogon swoop in behind the Dothraki army to burn the Lannister forces. Not sure whether or not that was strategic (I mean Chris and ...

Zac Efron and Riverdale cast at the Teen Choice Awards

This is still a category that exists at the Teen Choice Awards. I learned that and so many other important things while watching the show last night.  I learned that the teens’ Best Chris may be Pratt – or at least he’s the one who shows up for them (Chris Pratt was also at the MTV Movie and TV A...

Joe Alwyn goes public on Instagram

Joe Alwyn will star in several films confirmed for the festival circuit this fall, and many of them could be award contenders. So it’s his first major promotional tour since Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk which came out before we found out that he and Taylor were together. As I’ve been saying, it’s...

Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth walk away from Star Trek negotiations

The gears have been grinding slowly but surely on a fourth Star Trek movie, which was to star Top Chrises Pine and Hemsworth as a father-son Captain Kirk duo in, presumably, some kind of timey-wimey scenario that would resurrect Hemsworth as Captain Kirk the Senior. And it would be directed by SJ Cl...

Intro for August 13, 2018

Dear Gossips,  We are not talking today about Meghan Markle’s father. Because there’s nothing new to say. It’s the same, my views on it have not changed: there is nothing loving about repeatedly harassing your child in the media. Did you know there was actually a contact sheet sent out from a pho...

What Else for August 10, 2018

I don’t know if I believe this new round of rumours about Idris Elba and James Bond. They’re just shooting Bond 25 right now. It won’t be out for another year. And it took them a LONG time to even get Bond 25 into production. So … are they really already thinking about the next Bond? Because at this...

Paul Rudd to star in Netflix series, Living With Yourself

Paul Rudd is an established movie star, but he has done a ton of television in his career, and even as his profile in movies has risen steadily since the 1990s, he has never stopped popping up on TV. Of course, on the small screen he is best known as Mike “Crap Bag” Hannigan, husband of Phoebe Buffa...

Smutty Social Media, August 10, 2018

Wait – Joan Collins is Cara Delevingne’s godmother?! Did we all know this? Am I the only one who didn’t (as usual)? Imagine the kind of godmotherly advice Joan Collins gives.    A post shared by Cara Delevingne (@caradelevingne) on Aug 9, 2018 at 6:19pm PDT Am I the only one...

Charlize Theron's busy day at Tully Q&A and HFPA Grants Banquet

Charlize Theron had a really busy day yesterday, especially for somebody promoting a movie that came out three months ago. First, she attended a Tully Q&A for SAG-AFTRA with screenwriter Diablo Cody, before presenting at the HFPA Grants Banquet, where she introduced a clip on film restoration. There...

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez continue Italian vacation ahead of VMAs

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have been on holiday this week in Italy. Last night she got on the mic for an impromptu performance at dinner. This was documented on Instagram, obviously:     A post shared by Alex Rodriguez (@arod) on Aug 8, 2018 at 5:56pm PDT   If y...

Disney princesses get new looks in Ralph Breaks the Internet

One of them has to be. Which is it? My money was on Snow White, but a still from Ralph Breaks the Internet, the sequel to Disney Animation’s surprise hit Wreck It Ralph, puts Snow White in a distinctly Rockabilly outfit, with the red bow and off-the-shoulder shirt. The still reveals the Disney princ...

Amandla Stenberg in Darkest Minds movie review

The Darkest Minds is a YA adaptation that arrives years after the YA dystopian boom has faded, adapted from a novel by Alexandra Bracken and I am not sure how she is not being sued into oblivion by Marvel for this blatant X-Men knock-off. The Darkest Minds starts with a plague that kills most of the...

Gemma Chan is your new Girl Crush in Crazy Rich Asians

That sounded really bossy, like I’m ordering you to make Gemma Chan your new girl crush. It’s not an order. It’s a prediction. She will be, once you see Crazy Rich Asians. Everyone I know who has seen it has come out of there with a beast of a Gemma Chan problem. She’s the “It” of the movie. You wil...

Casey Affleck’s strong PR game in new interview with The Associated Press

Casey Affleck is promoting a new film, The Old Man & The Gun. You’ll recall, back in the fall of 2016, when momentum was surging around Manchester By The Sea, making him a Best Actor Oscar favourite, Amy Zimmerman wrote a great piece for The Daily Beast, questioning why Casey seemed to be given a pa...

Intro for August 10, 2018

Dear Gossips, Last summer, The Big Sick was called “the best romantic comedy in years”, becoming one of the highest grossing independent films of 2017, and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon. The Verge called The Big Sick a “culturally s...

What Else for August 9, 2018

I am obsessed with this woman. I sent this to Kathleen yesterday and she wrote back and said she’s obsessed with her too. I want to interview her, I want to know her, I want to you to know her, I want all of us to celebrate her. You know who’s celebrating her? Missy is 100% celebrating her. She is t...

Obsessing over Crazy Rich Asians' Henry Golding and his wife Liv Lo

Oh hi. I’m here to talk at you about Crazy Rich Asians again. Did I mention the Crazy Hot Asian Dudes in the movie? One those hot dudes, the main hot dude, is Henry Golding, who plays the “Prince Charming” in the story, because CRA is a rom-com, which means it hits on all kinds of rom-com tropes. Fo...

Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade movie review starring Elsie Fisher

Last week Lainey mentioned in the intro that Eighth Grade is her best film of 2018 so far, and that I was struggling to get to a showing in Chicago, which is one of the top three markets in the US. It’s frustrating in this day and age when so much is available on demand and I honestly wonder if, for...

Gabrielle Union steps back from hosting screening of Crazy Rich Asians

Gabrielle Union is one of our favourites here at LG. She is one of our faves because she is unfiltered but thoughtful and candid but careful. Gabrielle Union was at the Blogher Creators Summit and she proved once again why she’s a fave.  Gabrielle revealed that she turned down the chance to host ...

Smutty Social Media, August 9, 2018

Madonna is turning 60 next week – what’s the plan? A huge blowout? Celebrity-filled, or more intimate? She is living in Lisbon right now, so will she fly everyone out to her, or will she go back to New York for it? My guess is a European location, maybe Italy.      A post shared by ...

Justin Bieber gets a haircut with an adoring Hailey Baldwin in New York

Yesterday, Maria wrote about these photos of Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin crying while riding bikes. These two need to do less. I’m an emotional mess 75% of my life and even I reserve moments like this with my partner for the privacy of our home. I don’t want to make light of a serious situation...

Entering the money stage of World War Brange

When Angelina Jolie first announced that she and Brad Pitt were over, I called it World War Brange because that’s what it was – the opposite of conscious uncoupling. (How smug-ass do you think Gwyneth Paltrow is right now?) After three months of bloody battle at the end of 2016, Brange agreed to a d...

Jason Statham in The Meg movie review

The answer is yes, The Meg is exactly the movie you think it is. But it is not the movie you want it to be, because it is rated PG-13 which sucks the blood and guts out of what would otherwise be a grade-A sharksploitation flick. The Meg should have been the second coming of late 90s trashterpiece c...

Issa Rae hints that her Insecure character's endgame will be Daniel while promoting the show

When I write about Insecure, I make a point to focus on Issa and Molly’s friendship and how well the show depicts black female relationships. To me, that is Insecure’s strength. The romantic pairings are secondary but that doesn’t mean I’m not invested. There are many Insecure fans who are invested ...

Intro for August 9, 2018

Dear Gossips,  We were spoiled earlier this year with one of the best celebrity interviews of 2018 – it was Quincy Jones with Vulture and as I wrote at the time, it couldn’t have happened if writer David Marchese, contributing editor at Vulture and New York Magazine, wasn’t so f-cking good at his...

What Else for August 8, 2018

There is still so much more to say about the Crazy Rich Asians Hollywood premiere last night that I’m spacing out for the rest of the week. Because, in case you haven’t noticed, I’m bombarding you with the coverage every day until the movie comes out. Like any standard variety Hollywood blockbuster....

Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney hold hands in Paris

It was two months ago that we found out that Jennifer Lawrence was dating Cooke Maroney, an art dealer. Since then they’ve kept it pretty quiet. Until this week as they were papped hand in hand in Paris. This is what I always come back to with celebrities and relationships – the speed at which roman...

Yara Shahidi covers The Hollywood Reporter to promote The Sun Is Also a Star

I can’t believe I forgot. I forgot that Yara Shahidi is starring in the big-screen adaptation of Nicola Yoon’s The Sun Is Also a Star, a YA book about teenagers falling in love so you already know how I feel about it. Yara is starring opposite Charles Melton aka Riverdale’s HOT Reggie 2.0. Yara’s fe...

Smutty Social Media, August 8, 2018

The MILF is perfect for Cardi. The teddy bears are kind of creepy. Have you seen the chicken teddy bear on Twitter?  Terrifying.   A post shared by Cardi B Official IG (@iamcardib) on Aug 7, 2018 at 4:13pm PDT How does The Rock have a “big breakthrough” at the gym? What else...

The Academy announces disappointing changes to upcoming Oscars broadcast

The Academy has just announced changes for the Oscars, one of which is relatively minor, two of which are ham-fisted at best, disastrous at worst. The minor change is moving up the broadcast date for 2020 to February 9, which will just make award season a little more hectic as there is less breathin...

Stella McCartney tells ELLE about working with Meghan Markle and her wedding reception dress

PEOPLE’s new issue features the “Royal Women of Windsor” on the cover. It seems to be a promotion for an upcoming ABC special on the royals. And also, Princess Kate and Royal Meghan must sell well. Here it is:  I don’t think there’s anything new to the story here, at least not the one they po...

Zendaya interviewed by Janet Mock for Marie Claire cover feature

If this month of magazine covers were a song, it would be Earth, Wind and Fire’s “September,” the only acceptable version of “September” – not the Taylor Swift one, NEVER the Taylor Swift one. So many of the September Issues of the biggest magazines feature black women that Black Twitter has dubbed ...

Tracee Ellis Ross on sex and mentorship in ELLE Canada cover interview

I’m a few days late to this because of the long weekend many of us just had in Canada but that only means that maybe a few of you missed it too. Tracee Ellis Ross covers the new issue of ELLE Canada. And the interview… is SO f-cking good. She talks about style, she talks about commitment, she talks ...

Leading lady Constance Wu at LA premiere of Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians is Constance Wu’s first role in a studio film. First! And she’s the leading lady. She is The Star. This is her character’s story. Which means that at last night’s premiere, she was the Julia Roberts of the event. I’m making a point with that comparison. The point is that the hope i...

Justin Bieber cries while on a bike ride with Hailey Baldwin

The second set of “Summer 2018: Justin Bieber crying in public” photos are out. Let’s look at them closely here.  The obvious question is: why is Justin crying outside? I’ve come up with a few theories. His hair: let’s face it, it’s weird right now. It’s like a side swoop with bangs combined w...

Intro for August 8, 2018

Dear Gossips,  It’s August 8, 2018.  8.8.18 8 is the luckiest number in Chinese numerology. So you could say, numerologically, it might be the luckiest day of the year.  Last night, August 7, was the Hollywood premiere of Crazy Rich Asians. But given the time difference, when the premier...

What Else for August 7, 2018

“In My Feelings” dance challenge… STOP. If you must, and if you want to get on a dance when it actually matters and now well past its expiry date, turn this into a dance challenge. Because it’s not only a dance challenge, it’s a language, it’s communication, it could, one day, be useful and helpful!...

Angelina Jolie reportedly wants "meaningful" child support from Brad Pitt

As posted earlier today, TMZ reported on Saturday, with tips from sources connected to Brad Pitt, that Angelina Jolie has been “hostile” in their divorce negotiations, and is supposedly not getting on with her own lawyer, Laura Wasser. PEOPLE then followed with a clarification – that Laura isn’t qui...

First trailer for Cary Fukanaga's Maniac starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill

Cary Joji Fukanaga has been absent our screens since Beasts of No Nation. He returns to Netflix in September, though, with a limited series called Maniac that he adapted from a Norwegian show. The details have been scarce until now, about six weeks before the series debuts, as we finally get a trail...

Smutty Social Media, August 7, 2018

Did you know Jeremy Renner and Harold Perrineau are best friends? They’ve been in a few things together, but I had no idea they were tight. I wonder if Jeremy Renner understands the ending of Lost. I still don’t get it.   A post shared by Jeremy Renner (@renner4real) on Aug 6, 2018 a...

Celebrating the hot men of Crazy Rich Asians in Vanity Fair

Crazy Rich Asians in Vanity Fair!!! Have you seen this yet? Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan, Henry Golding, Chris Pang, and Sonoya Mizuno, all-Asian actors featured in a fashion editorial ahead of the release of the film next Wednesday, August 15 – again, not something you see every day and certainly not ...

First look at Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate in Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood

I described the first look at Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pritt in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood—apparently the correct punctuation is Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood, but this is already a bad title and I refuse to make it worse—as having “no dick energy”. We now have a first look at Margot Robbie as ...

Kelly Clarkson shooting pilot for her own talk show

There may be a new Kelly coming to daytime. As part of her talent deal with NBCUniversal, Kelly Clarkson has started filming a pilot for her own syndicated daytime talk show. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that the show is looking at a fall 2019 premiere date.  If you’ve read anything I’ve...

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt still not divorced two years after separation

It’s been almost two years since Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt announced their separation. The divorce is still not final because they can’t agree on custody. The two were able to keep their sh-t on lock for about a year after initially slapping at each other through the media. Recently, however, wha...

Beyoncé's purposeful words for Vogue's September cover feature

The 2018 September issue of American Vogue is here. As we know, Beyoncé is its cover star. She was shot by Tyler Mitchell, the first black photographer to ever shoot a Vogue cover. Last week, Lainey wrote about the reports that Beyoncé was given “unprecedented control” over the issue, including hand...

August 7, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

“Buzzzzzz! Happy birthday to one intelligent, lovely, funny and adventurous b! This year has been full of trials but please know that you have the strength and support that you need to break through to the other side: you are enough and worth everything you dream of. Can't wait to toast you and ring...

Intro for August 7, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Tonight is the Hollywood premiere of Crazy Rich Asians. I’m getting emotional just anticipating this carpet, what that carpet will look like, seeing the arrival of Asian actor after Asian actor, repping the first all-Asian English-language film by a major Hollywood studio in 25 yea...

What Else for August 3, 2018

PROGAMMING NOTE: We will be dark on Monday as it’s holiday in many parts of Canada so it’s a long weekend for most. Unless something huge breaks, our regular schedule will resume on Tuesday.  Alexander Skarsgard may have a new girlfriend who used to be Harry Styles’s girlfriend and that’s a Tayl...

Celine Dion's Instagram fashion porn and poses

I just name-checked Celine Dion, our Queen of Feelings, in the previous post about Drake and it occurred to me that I haven’t looked at her Instagram all week. And I missed SO MUCH. I missed so much extra-ness. Extra-ness in the posing! But first… Fashion porn.  This.Hoodie.Dress. MY GOD.  ...

Drake releases "In My Feelings" music video

Sorry if you were misled into thinking this post would be about Celine. To me, the word “feelings” and “Celine Dion” are interchangeable and she owns them, all of them.  On the music charts though, and on social media, “Feelings”, specifically “In My Feelings” is all about Drake. The song is prob...

Smutty Social Media, August 3, 2018

This is not Drew Barrymore in the photo, but someone she is working with. As many people have pointed out in the comments, the headdress is a problem. It looks like it’s from a craft store. Can we just not with headdresses? Why is that so hard!     A post shared by Drew Barrymore (@...

Ewan McGregor in Christopher Robin movie review

Obviously chasing the Paddington market, Disney has revived Winnie the Pooh and friends in an incredibly creepy live action for a new story about the importance of paid vacation. The movie is called Christopher Robin and it occurs in an alternate universe where Christopher Robin did not resent Winni...

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck making movie about McDonald's Monopoly scam

It’s been a big week for heists. First came the McDonald’s Monopoly scam expose— one of Lainey’s long reads of the week—then there was the stroller shark heist in San Antonio, followed by the Swedish crown jewel heist featuring a speed boat getaway, and, finally, someone stole the Fields medal, whic...

Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon in The Spy Who Dumped Me movie review

The Spy Who Dumped Me is being marketed as an action-comedy but it isn’t really that. There is action and there is comedy, but describing it as an action-comedy is like calling Planes, Trains and Automobiles a travelogue. The heart of The Spy Who Dumped Me is the friendship between Audrey, whom we a...

Constance Wu covers FASHION Magazine to promote Crazy Rich Asians

Constance Wu covers the new issue of FASHION. I’m sorry if this is getting old for you if you’re a regular visitor of this site but it’s not often that we see an Asian-American actress on the cover of a fashion magazine in North America. It’s why I want to start at the end of the article, when she a...

First look at Tom Hardy as Al Capone in Fonzo

Earlier this year we got a peek at Tom Hardy getting into character as Al Capone for the upcoming movie Fonzo. Now, we get the first look at Hardy fully made up as Capone and it’s fine. He doesn’t look anything like Capone but the overall impression is good as a gangster. This is thoroughly in his w...

Intro for August 3, 2018

Dear Gossips, Earlier this year, I came across several articles about board games. About how the industry is booming. How the board game industry has seen huge growth. How millennials are discovering, well, what previous generations had been obsessed with forever. When millennials catch on to so...

What Else for August 2, 2018

There is nothing I love more than teen contempt. Remember Malia and Sasha Obama’s faces when they had to accompany their dad, the PRESIDENT, at the turkey pardon? Everyone else in the world is like, man, that Obama is so cool. Except for his two daughters, the two people he wants to impress most, an...

Justin Timberlake is producing new game show called Spin the Wheel

Justin Timberlake is producing a new game show called Spin the Wheel, premiering on Fox this upcoming season and offering, potentially, the biggest prize in television history: $20 million. Justin came up with the idea with Andrew Glassman and there’s been a bidding war among networks. Per THR:  ...

Michael B Jordan out for dinner in a Flyers jersey with friends

Kathleen is not writing this post because she’s enjoying a few days off so I get to talk about Michael B Jordan last night out for dinner with friends in a Flyers jersey. Presumably he picked it up while shooting Creed or Creed 2 in Philadelphia.  The last time we mentioned MBJ was earlier today,...

Michael B Jordan out for dinner in a Flyers jersey in Philadelphia

Kathleen is not writing this post because she’s enjoying a few days off so I get to talk about Michael B Jordan last night out for dinner with friends in a Flyers jersey. Presumably he picked it up while shooting Creed or Creed 2 in Philadelphia.  The last time we mentioned MBJ was earlier today,...

Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie join Nicole Kidman for movie about Fox News and Roger Ailes

Ask me why I’m so excited.  Ask me why the news that Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie have joined Nicole Kidman in the cast of a movie about Fox News and Roger Ailes is making me so excited.  I mean, you could stop there. Less than two years ago, the bullsh-t that went on behind the scenes at...

Smutty Social Media, August 2, 2018

Have you heard of Cameo? It’s a service that allows people to book personalized celebrity shout-outs for a nominal fee. They have 1400 “celebrities” on their roster (I use this phrase loosely because on a quick scroll, I didn’t recognize 95% of the names, but I don’t think I’m the target age). I’ve ...

Leslie Jones live-tweets during Avengers: Infinity War and Brie Larson responds

As mentioned yesterday in the Sebastian Stan post, Avengers: Infinity War is now available on DVD. Which means the 19 people who didn’t see it in theatres can finally catch up on what they missed. One of those people, apparently, hilariously, is Leslie Jones. Somehow Leslie lived her life and all of...

Evan Felker's ex-wife claims Miranda Lambert has been calling her obsessively

I read a lot of fiction novels, and lately I’ve noticed a pattern: dead husbands. Men who are brought down (physically, or socially and financially) by an underestimated woman. This isn’t new, of course. Some of the biggest books of the decade have centered around a woman who gains power - sometimes...

Taylor Swift fans upset about Harry Styles and Karlie Kloss hanging out

I wanted to use these photos of Taylor Swift yesterday in New York so, while figuring out what to write in this post, I noticed that the first link in the google carousel was this headline at Cosmopolitan: Karlie Kloss Hung Out with Harry Styles, and Taylor Swift Fans Are Fully Spiraling This ...

Tiffany Haddish's 73 Questions with Vogue is predictably delightful

Really just put Tiffany Haddish in All The Things, but when Vogue asked her “what’s a role you’d love to take on” as part of their “73 Questions” series, Haddish responded, “Wonder Woman’s sister”. Wonder Woman does have a black twin sister, Nubia, so this is ENTIRELY possible and 100% should happen...

Breaking down the James Gunn saga after he's fired by Disney

This f-ckin’ mess. On July 20, the shocking news broke that James Gunn was fired by Disney, to be immediately removed from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which he was writing/directing. It’s an exhausting story that involves the alt-right and America’s ongoing culture war—here’s a good rundown from...

Intro for August 2, 2018

Dear Gossips,  I’m not trying to be dramatic but yesterday morning, when The Hollywood Reporter posted its new Crazy Rich Asians cover and story, my hands started shaking. Seeing people who look like me or my family, who are more likely to have our shared experience, on the cover of an English la...

What Else for August 1, 2018

Here’s why I believe this story about Tom Cruise not cruising online for porn. Because I don’t think he uses the internet. Like my immigrant parents. Actually, no. My dad uses the internet. But he’s the one who keeps sending email chain jokes and I’m pretty sure he picks up viruses from shady sites ...

Sebastian Stan promotes DVD release of Avengers: Infinity War in New York

Posting about Sebastian Stan has become unexpectedly contentious here on this blog. Sarah saw him first and Kathleen saw him later and they end up yelling at each other on Twitter about it and then I have to pull them apart. So I’m doing this one – Sebastian Stan in New York yesterday promoting the ...

Glen Powell cast in Top Gun 2 after impressing producers

By now you’ve seen Set It Up, right? Back in the day, rom-coms made stars out of actors. That stopped happening but… could it start happening again? Will it happen for Glen Powell? Glen’s been working steadily the last few years. And he’s worked in some high-profile features. The spotlight from thos...

New trailer for Tom Hardy's Venom give us a good look at his interesting performances

Lainey emailed me about the new Venom trailer with this note about Tom Hardy’s acting choices: “Why does he always have to play characters where you can’t understand what the f*ck he’s saying?” Tom Hardy loves to do silly voices, as he always does one. He loves silly voices like Johnny Depp loves sc...

Smutty Social Media, August 1, 2018

I have been reading, and re-reading, The Ringers “The 100 Best TV Episodes of the Century”. A lot of it I agree with (like “Bitch Slap” and “Forgive and Forget”). I would have chosen different for The Sopranos, The Walking Dead, Friday Night Lights, Game of Thrones, Lost and Breaking Bad; the episod...

Jennifer Lopez to receive 2018 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the VMAs

Jennifer Lopez will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award on August 20th at the VMAs. If you were paying attention last year when Pink was awarded this honour, you know that I was not impressed. I am still not impressed. I will not rest until MTV puts some respect on Missy ‘Misdemeanor’ E...

Gemma Chan on the verge of a major breakout with release of Crazy Rich Asians

Everyone I know who’s seen Crazy Rich Asians came out of there obsessed with Gemma Chan. It was inevitable. This is why when I wrote about the trailer back in April, I noted that it was low on Astrid, her character, deliberately. Rachel Chu, played by Constance Wu, is the stand-in for the audience. ...

Millie Bobby Brown's breakup statement on social media feels gross

No. Nope. NO. This is not happening. 14-year-olds do not need to release breakup statements on social media. This is not going to become a trend. NOPE. Not on my watch. The breakup of a 14-year-old is not newsworthy, even if that 14-year-old is famous. Celebrity breakup statements are Good for Gossi...

Jennifer Aniston looks spectacular for InStyle September issue cover feature

It’s the season for September issues. Kathleen just posted about Rihanna on the cover of British Vogue. We’re all waiting to see Beyoncé on the cover of American Vogue. And now here’s Jennifer Aniston on the cover of InStyle. Writer Molly McNearney, who is married to Jimmy Kimmel, does the interview...

Rihanna's thin eyebrows and floral headgear on the September cover of British Vogue

Rihanna is the first black woman to cover British Vogue’s September issue. I just spent way too many minutes attempting to disprove that fact. Even though I read about Rihanna being The First from multiple reputable outlets, it was still a stat I couldn’t wrap my head around. In the 102 years that B...

Intro for August 1, 2018

Dear Gossips,  “Another divorce...splashed across Page Six. I can just imagine what they're going to write about me. The Dragon Lady, career-obsessed.” This is what Miranda Priestly says to Andy (ON-dray-ah) in Paris, when they’re supposed to be working on the seating plan in The Devil Wears P...