What Else for September 28, 2018

I’ve been listening to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” on repeat since yesterday but I think I’ll have to put that away for a while in favour of ABBA by Cher. And it’s not like I don’t know my ABBA. I LOVE ABBA. ABBA got me through my worst breakup. So anyway, that’s going to be me, with he...

Gwyneth Paltrow's wedding dress inspiration could be Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

Earlier today I posted some exclusive details about Gwyneth Paltrow’s wedding this weekend with a note at the end of the article about what her dress would be like. Several of you messaged with the same prediction – that her dress inspiration would be Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s. Per Claire:  Gwyn...

Tom Holland and Zendaya continue to work on Spider-Man: Far From Home in Italy

I refuse to call them “Zomdaya”. Sorry Kathleen, but “Zomdaya” sounds like some sad wasting disease tragic heroines die of in 19th century Russian novels. Poor little Dasha, that scoundrel Alexei abandoned her for the wicked Countess Kharlamova, and now she’s withering away with Zomdaya. So I will c...

Smutty Social Media, September 28, 2018

I’ve been laying low on the Beckhams because after a summer like the one they just had, what’s there to worry about? Then David went to China on business, and it seemed like a long trip. I was expecting the rumours to percolate again, but now they are in Paris together. It’s like they know they shou...

The Walking Dead season nine premieres in Hollywood

The Walking Dead has reached “that’s still on?!” status. The season nine premiere was last night, and it kicks off on October 7, ringing in what will be Andrew Lincoln’s last season (as an actor, there is a rumor he might come back to direct). Over the last couple years the ratings have plummeted—th...

Robert Pattinson and Mia Goth side by side at High Life premiere

Robert Pattinson and Mia Goth stood next to each other at the High Life premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival last night so now we can make a story about how they have no f-cks to give about the fact that their exes might be dating because they’re not the ones who need to feel weird about it, ...

Cardi B is Fashion Week's style star

We already knew Cardi B was a star but over the past month, she’s proven herself as an emerging star in the high fashion world. The timing couldn’t be more perfect. A few weeks ago, Cardi was at New York Fashion Week but no one was talking about her clothes. Well, they were talking about her shoes –...

Olivia Wilde's Life Itself getting dismal reviews at the box office

Chances are you haven’t seen Life Itself. The reviews are dismal. Life Itself is currently sitting at 11% on Rotten Tomatoes. If you haven’t seen it, please know that I saw it for you at TIFF. And 11% is generous. Which is super disappointing. Because of the cast. On paper, that cast – Annette Benin...

Exclusive details about Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk's upcoming weekend wedding

Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk are getting married this weekend which, ahem, I was the first to tell you on Monday, even though other outlets are claiming the exclusive. I’m being a petty c-nt about this and I don’t want to be sorry.  Anyway, here are some more exclusive details about G’s weddi...

Intro for September 28, 2018

Dear Gossips,  She brought the science yesterday. She was authoritative, she was firm. But she did not drop the science with a fist in the air, accompanied by fire and brimstone, even though she would have certainly been entitled to it, entitled to whatever manifestation of rage and disappointmen...

What Else for September 27, 2018

Tonight I’m going to go home and go to the bathroom and close the door behind me and look in the mirror and practise this for hours. I will practise looking like Naomi Campbell. It will be impossible. Because, of course, Naomi Campbell is one of the greatest models of all time. She understands how t...

Brad Falchuk posts birthday wishes for Gwyneth Paltrow on Instagram

It’s Gwyneth Paltrow’s birthday today. Brad Falchuk, like he did last year, posted a birthday message for her on Instagram. It’s a pretty good social media birthday tribute. It is what Justin Timberlake has never been capable of. It is what he may not want to be capable of. In 130 words, Brad Falchu...

Video for “Shallow” from A Star is Born soundtrack released

The video for “Shallow” from the A Star is Born soundtrack dropped today. I knew I would love this song when the trailer came out a few months ago. And when I went to see the film at TIFF, that’s what I was waiting for – I was waiting for them to perform it, I was waiting to hear it in full. Because...

Robert Pattinson holds a baby at the San Sebastian Film Festival

Robert Pattinson is at the San Sebastian Film Festival promoting High Life with co-star Mia Goth. Mia Goth, as you know, was married to Shia LaBeouf. Who is now purportedly dating FKA twigs, who used to be engaged to Robert Pattinson. Mia and Shia have apparently filed for divorce.  So, you know,...

Smutty Social Media, September 27, 2018

The Lainey Gossip team is divided on whether or not Noah Centino in a tree is different than Kellan Lutz in a tree. To recap: two tree climbing photos and one of him on top of a traffic light.           View this post on Instagram          ...

Tom Hardy promotes Venom in New York

Tom Hardy was seen in New York today promoting Venom. Venom? Does it feel to you like Venom is a big deal? Have you been paying attention to any of the hype around it? Has there BEEN any hype around it?  I work in media, both online and broadcast. Venom hasn’t really been a conversation in my bub...

Dark Phoenix trailer looks like a spectacular waste of tremendous talent

There were supposed to be two X-Men movies this year. They both got pushed back to 2019. The New Mutants—the horror-flavored teen one—and X-Men: Dark Phoenix—the grown up one—both needed reshoots, though reports vary on how extensive they really are. From what I’ve been able to gather, New Mutants i...

Zendaya and Tom Holland arrive in Venice by boat for Spider-Man: Far From Home

See what I did there? Tom Holland and Zendaya aka Zomdaya are on location filming Spider-Man: Far From Home in Venice. They arrived by boat yesterday. If we didn’t know they were filming a movie together, I would be using these photos as the visual accompaniment for my fan-fic about Zomdaya on a rom...

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom make red carpet debut with Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have been back together for months. They were back to being “exclusive” in Rome in April during photo ops with the Pope. They were loved up in London in July. Now they’ve taken their reconciliation tour to Monaco at the Gala for the Global Ocean hosted by Prince Albert I...

Paulina Gretzky and Dustin Johnson together again at the Ryder Cup Gala in France

A few weeks back, I wrote about Paulina Gretzky and Dustin Johnson’s relationship drama, which was made public when she removed his photos from her Instagram feed, then heated up when he posted about it on Twitter.  Why my continued interest in these two lukewarm bowls of oatmeal? Because sports ...

September 27, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Jo! Happy Birthday! It’s a milestone! You will love this decade. There’s no time in this decade for bullsh-t! Sounds likes you’ve been working on that already. For you today: Michael J Fox, Devon Sawa, Colin Firth, and Jeremy Jordan.   

Intro for September 27, 2018

Dear Gossips, In July 2017 Paste Magazine published an article written by Martin Tsai about the “shunning of Asian pop stars in America”. It was a few weeks after BTS won Top Social Artist at the Billboard Music Awards which prompted a suck attack from some people who didn’t understand why a grou...

What Else for September 26, 2018

I know a lot of people like dumping on Gisele Bundchen and, yes, she’s said some stupid sh-t. But I’m not sure I can dump on her about wanting to fix her breasts after breastfeeding because I’ve heard the same from so many women who talk about how their breasts have never been the same. And I guess,...

Michael B Jordan in first trailer for Creed II

The first trailer for Creed II just dropped and Kathleen is too busy to watch it. This is her nightmare. No one loves Michael B. Jordan as much as she does, and this trailer is basically two minutes of shirtless, glistening MBJ as he says things like, “We’re a team now,” which I imagine Kathleen hea...

Mariah Carey to return to the American Music Awards next month

It was announced yesterday that Mimi will return to the American Music Awards this year, airing October 9, for the first time since 2008. She will perform her new song “With You”. This just a few weeks after the release of “GTFO”. We will get to “GTFO” in a minute. For now we’re here to talk about h...

First episode of This Is Us season 3 was not the best

This Is Us premiered last night. We are now in season three of the show I have hailed as the best drama on network television. I think that’s still true but it’s going to have to fix some major problems that have plagued the show since episode one if it wants to hang on to its top spot. After a roug...

Smutty Social Media, September 26, 2018

Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan announced their separation in the spring, and since then have been publicly amicable (judging by the amount of likes he’s throwing up on her Instagram). In the last 24 hours there have been two positive stories (one in PEOPLE and one in E!) to remind us how drama-free ...

Shia LaBeouf and FKA twigs reportedly dating after being seen together in London

Shia LaBeouf and Mia Goth started dating in 2012 when she was 18. There was a commitment ceremony in 2016. Think about what the last few years have been like for Shia. Mia has been through some SH-T.  Shia and Mia were seen kissing, very togetherly, back in May. That was also when production bega...

BTS performs on Jimmy Fallon and speaks at the UNGA

Technically BTS was making headlines all day yesterday but since I went home in the afternoon and tried to sleep off my cold/flu for the rest of the night and only looked at all the footage this morning when I woke on, On My Birthday, I’m claiming this for today. Does it really matter? BTS dominated...

Will Smith jumps out of a helicopter for his 50th birthday

Will Smith turned 50 yesterday. If there is anyone who could steal Lainey’s birthday thunder, it’s Will Smith. Will’s birthday was a production. It was a livestreamed event. At 6pm eastern standard time yesterday, Will Smith had millions of people around the world watching him “heli-bungee” jump (ye...

Meghan Markle praised for closing her own car door

As Kathleen posted yesterday, Meghan Markle made her first solo public appearance yesterday at the Oceania exhibit. When she arrived, she got out of the car and closed the car door herself… and people are freaking out.  Video: #duchessofsussex arrives at the RA. A princess who still takes the...

Cary Fukunaga's Maniac review starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill

Describing Maniac is pointless. It’s a dozen different shows stuffed into one larger framework, and if it accomplishes nothing else, it at least makes me want to see a fantasy series starring Emma Stone as a half-elf ranger with a drinking problem. But Maniac does accomplish more than that—though ev...

September 26, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Last Friday, a tornado ripped through Ottawa. Melissa Grelo and I were in Ottawa on Saturday for a pre-planned event. We were so moved to be among people who were helping out in their community, who were looking out for their neighbours, who were stoically staying positive despite the devastation. S...

Intro for September 26, 2018

Dear Gossips,  The most famous person born on September 26 is the Greatest Of All Time, Serena Williams. It is an honour to share a birthday with her. And it’s one of the reasons I love my birthday. If you’ve been visiting this site for some time now, you are probably aware that, like all narciss...

What Else for September 25, 2018

Kathleen here. Lainey is nursing her flu so that she can be back in action tomorrow, ready to receive all of our love and attention ON HER BIRTHDAY. Has she mentioned that it’s her birthday? Do not forget that it’s Lainey’s birthday tomorrow. Pray to Beyoncé that she feels better.  Pete Davidson ...

Meghan Markle flies solo at the Oceania exhibition in London

The Duchess of Sussex aka “Royal Meghan” thanks to Lainey attended her first solo appearance since getting married today in London. The event was the opening of the Oceania exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. Lainey knows her royal sh-t way more than I do so she would be writing this post if sh...

Smutty Social Media, September 25, 2018

If Lainey, Emma Roberts and Auntie Julia were playing mahjong, who would you put your money on to win?          View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Emma Roberts (@emmaroberts) ...

Bradley Cooper at the Hollywood premiere of A Star is Born

A Star is Born is a classic Hollywood story, the kind of story that Hollywood loves about itself: when one star rises, another must fall. I don’t care if you yell at me about this being a spoiler – because it’s not a spoiler, it’s a story as old as time. And last night the story came home. A Star is...

Jennifer Lopez supports Alex Rodriguez at the 33rd Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner

Alex Rodriguez was the picture of a doting, supportive boyfriend at the MTV VMAs when Jennifer Lopez received her Video Vanguard award. Remember the shot of him recording the whole thing on his phone like it wasn’t an internationally broadcast television event? Like MTV couldn’t have sent him a link...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's weekend in Amsterdam

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were back at work yesterday meeting with young people and volunteers for Coach Core at Loughborough University but on the weekend, according to the Evening Standard via PEOPLE, they were in Amsterdam.  Meghan and Harry jetted to Amsterdam to celebrate the launch of ...

Second trailer for Bumblebee starring Hailee Steinfeld looks too big and too loud

I liked the first trailer for Bumblebee, the first Transformers spin-off (which is meant to lead to more Transformers spin-offs). That trailer was cute and had an E.T. vibe that worked for the story of a kid and her new alien friend. We now have a new trailer for Bumblebee, and I don’t like it as mu...

September 25, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

“Karen, Happy 40th birthday! Welcome to the 40’s club! We may be cousins by blood but we are friends by choice. Love you lots,  Kim”  

Intro for September 25, 2018

Dear Gossips,  We had the most vibrant guest on The Social yesterday and I’m now totally f-cking obsessed with her. Her name is Sisonke Msimang. Sisonke was born in exile in Zambia in the 70s. Her father was a freedom fighter working with the ANC. Her family moved around a lot when she was young ...

What Else for September 24, 2018

“…the last time a sexy, confident singer got on stage with a high-pitched pop guy at the Super Bowl “ –LOOOOL, I LOVE this. Because #NeverForget. Cardi B is trying to make Maroon 5 her backup band. And, well, I’m here for it. (Dlisted)  Jacek and I used to go to Vegas once a year. This is because...

Ryan Gosling and Timothee Chalamet at San Sebastian Film Festival

Ryan Gosling and Timothee Chalamet are both at the San Sebastian Film Festival promoting First Man and Beautiful Boy. Let’s start with Ryan. Because he’s serving us a selection of interesting looks. Ryan wore a red leather jacket when he arrived. Today, with Claire Foy at the photo call, it was a bl...

Director Chloe Zhao books new Marvel movie, The Eternals

Here’s a name you’re going to start hearing: Chloe Zhao. She’s a director and she just booked a Marvel gig, The Eternals. Things to know about Chloe Zhao: She’s Chinese, she’s 36 (joining Ryan Coogler as people who make you feel bad about your accomplishments at your age), she was in the running for...

Smutty Social Media, September 24, 2018

My Best Friend’s Wedding is still such a good watch and one of the movies I’d actually like to see rebooted, with Julia (not her character’s name, but she is always Julia) getting married this time. Kimmy and Michael are definitely divorced, right? I mean there was no way that marriage was going to ...

Tom Cruise engaged and enthusiastic at dinner

Tom Cruise hasn’t spent a lot of time in LA the last few years. He’s in London a lot, especially when he’s shooting, or in Florida, close to Scientology HQ. Which is why we don’t really associate him with Los Angeles and Hollywood anymore. Not the way we associate so many others.  But Tom is curr...

Justin Theroux and Noah Centineo's New York Times profiles

The New York Times published profiles this weekend of Peter Noah Kavinsky Centineo and Justin Theroux back to back. I read them back to back on Saturday morning – Justin first, then Noah . It was perfect timing. Because they are, basically, the same. Except, probably, one prefers the comparison more...

Meghan Markle's wedding dress secrets revealed in Queen of the World documentary

ITV’s Queen of the World, a documentary about the Queen’s commitment to the Commonwealth, will air tomorrow in the UK and on HBO on October 1. As I wrote last week, Prince Charles plays a part, as does Prince William, but it’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle who are dominating the promotional headlin...

First look at Joaquin Phoenix as The Joker

On Friday director Todd Phillips released a camera test of Joaquin Phoenix in his Joker makeup and it is certainly a look. My first thought was that he looks like Pogo the Clown, aka John Wayne Gacy. My second thought was that he sort of looks like the mask Heath Ledger’s Joker wore in the bank robb...

Gwyneth Paltrow celebrating 10th anniversary of goop and upcoming wedding to Brad Falchuk

Gwyneth Paltrow is celebrating the 10th anniversary of goop tomorrow, marking the day she first sent out the goop newsletter, from London, where she was based at the time, by opening her first pop-up in Notting Hill.          View this post on Instagram   ...

Intro for September 24, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Today is Mid-Autumn Festival or Harvest Moon Festival, one of the most important holidays of the lunar calendar, which is commonly observed in East Asia, and known in Chinese culture as Chinese Thanksgiving. This is why you may have seen moon cakes everywhere. I don’t love a moon c...

What Else for September 21, 2018

There’s been some controversy over designer sneakers being sold for over $500 that look used and are held together with tape. Some people think it’s fetishising poverty. I won’t weigh in on that debate because I have another question: why do people love spending money on old, roughed up sh-t or new ...

TGIF with Noah Centineo

You’re welcome in advance for blessing your Friday with an update on Noah Centineo, our beloved Peter Kavinsky, who I am still very much in a one-sided, thirst-heavy relationship with, even though the backlash has begun and there are some people who are ready to move on to the next Internet Boyfrien...

TIFF Review: The Sisters Brothers

Opening this weekend is the latest in the budding sub-genre of sensitive, revisionist Westerns (following on the heels of Slow West and Damsel), The Sisters Brothers, a view on the classic gunslinger trope that allows for existential dilemmas and regret. Adapted by Thomas Bidegain and director Jacqu...

Smutty Social Media, September 21, 2018

Are you caught up on Jane the Virgin? If you aren’t, don’t read to the very end of this post, because I will have a Jane the Virgin spoiler down there. I’m warning you now. With that, here is Alex Pettyfer (remember him?) working on Family Guy.          View this p...

Bradley Cooper on tour across the US for A Star Is Born

A Star is Born two weeks from today. I’m excited for you to see it. I’m excited for you to see Lady Gaga. Or to UN-see Lady Gaga. And I’m excited to talk about all the parts we need to talk about, what worked for you (most of it worked for me) and what didn’t work for you. ASIB is going to be a big ...

Chris Evans to star in Apple's limited series, Defending Jacob

Avengers 4 opens next May, and it will be the last stop for several of the OG Avengers. Scarlett Johansson may stick around for that solo Black Widow movie, and RDJ will probably hang out in some cameo-centric fashion, being to the next-gen heroes what Nick Fury was to him, but the others are less c...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's PDA at book launch

I posted yesterday about Meghan Markle at the launch of Together, the cookbook, joined by her ma, Doria Ragland, and Prince Harry. By all accounts the event was a major success. The book is already a bestseller. Royal Meghan’s off to a great start with what she called her “first project”. And of cou...

Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse are still together

It was exactly a month ago that Robert Pattinson was photographed spending all day at a pub in London and then FaceTiming Suki Waterhouse on his way home. A few days after that, the Daily Mail reported that it was over. Which I didn’t bother writing about because, well, it’s the Daily Mail.  Robe...

Kanye posts series of Instagram videos addressing Drake and Kim Kardashian rumours

The last time we checked in on Kanye West and Drake, Kanye was apologizing, saying sorry for work sh-t like record releases and studio time and whatever part he supposedly played in the Drake/Pusha T beef. Now, it’s personal and Kanye is no longer repentant.   Yesterday in a series of videos post...

September 21, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Sarah! Happy Birthday with love from Diana who requested for you Kristen Kish and Beyoncé. Enjoy your nacho weekend!  

Intro for September 21, 2018

Dear Gossips, It was announced yesterday that Michael B Jordan is the new ambassador for Coach menswear. Like Selena Gomez on the women’s side of the business, MBJ will be the face of the brand’s clothing and fragrance lines and participate in “special design projects”.  Selena has done very w...

What Else for September 20, 2018

Jane Fonda didn’t care for a discussion on plastic surgery with Megyn Kelly last year because it was an interview not about her and because, well, she wasn’t feeling Megyn Kelly. She just did an interview with PEOPLE though, about herself, and now she is talking about plastic surgery, quite candidly...

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively in A Simple Favor movie review

Do not let the misleading trailers fool you—A Simple Favor is not a cheesy thriller about lady murder. It is, however, a PARODY of those things. Why on earth A Simple Favor wasn’t marketed as the black comedy it is I will never understand (and they are paying for it at the box office), https://bit.l...

Blake Lively and the “double standard” of being asked about her suits

We have discussed extensively on this site how clothes, style, and fashion are part of the work of Hollywood. Extensively. The Hollywood Reporter now publishes an annual Power Stylists list, featuring celebrities and their stylists, and how they put together looks to promote their projects, highligh...

Smutty Social Media, September 20, 2018

Recently on tour, Beyoncé has reunited with two original Destiny’s Child members, Letoya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson. Beyoncé posted a photo of herself with Letoya on her website and both women were given backstage photos to post. I would love to know the details of how it happened - it’s been 18 y...

Why Tom Cruise made Cher’s Top 5 Lovers list

A few years ago, Cher told Andy Cohen on WWHL that Tom Cruise is on her Top 5 Lovers list. This summer James Corden brought it up again. And in a new interview with the Daily Mail she’s asked about their relationship. They met at Madonna and Sean Penn’s wedding (!!!) and then saw each other again at...

Kelly Clarkson officially announces talk show on Fallon

Kelly Clarkson’s talk show was officially picked up by NBC and will debut next fall. It sounds like the network ignored my brilliant idea to call the show Day-Drinking with Kelly and have her getting drunk with various celebrities. A wasted opportunity. Kelly’s sober talk show will lead into Elle...

Cary Fukunaga to direct Bond 25

After Danny Boyle was and then wasn’t making the next Bond movie, the “who will direct” merry-go-round started up again. (The “who will play Bond” merry-go-round never stops, even when someone is already playing Bond.) After a month of searching, the new director for Bond 25 has been announced and i...

Meghan Markle attends book launch with mom Doria and Prince Harry

Earlier this week, Kensington Palace announced that Meghan Markle has partnered with women who survived the Grenfell fire to release a cookbook in support of the Hub Community Kitchen. She helped come up with the idea and wrote the forward for Together: Our Community Cookbook. It is, as she said, he...

Kristin Davis excludes Kim Cattrall in Sex in the City Emmy throwback post on Instagram

In honour of the Emmys, Vogue posted this throwback photo. A good choice, right? Sarah Jessica Parker “liked” it. When this photo was taken in 1999, HBO was the be-all and end-all of prestige TV. Sex and the City was provocative and a cause for panic (like the Who Needs a Husband? Time Magazine cove...

Intro for September 20, 2018

Dear Gossips,  It was confirmed yesterday that Maroon 5 will headline the Super Bowl halftime show on February 3 in Atlanta. A safe choice. As many have said, it’s a milquetoast choice. It’s an inoffensive choice. This tweet pretty much sums it up: 1. At least one of your parents probably ...

What Else for September 19, 2018

Remember the Emmys proposal? How could you forget? It was probably the most-talked-about moment of the show. I was more excited about Leslie Jones’s reaction. Now it’s been a couple of days though… can we talk about this without the emotion? How practical are these kinds of proposals? The ones that ...

TIFF Review: Alfonso Cuarón's Roma

(Lainey: the Oscar race is shaping up. Yesterday Variety listed ten possible contenders now that the Telluride, Venice, and Toronto film festivals have happened. Roma is on everyone’s list for the best films of the year. It will begin streaming on Netflix in December and will also have a limited the...

Kit Harington keeps his Jon Snow hair in case of Game of Thrones reshoots

Kit Harington is still wearing his Jon Snow hair. He had it for his wedding and at the time, back in June, it was because even though most cast members had already wrapped on Game of Thrones forever, and the wrap party had already happened at that point, he was still shooting. Last week, at TIFF, he...

Harry Styles poses with baby animals for new Gucci campaign

Harry Styles is one of the faces of Gucci and his new campaign features little baby farm animals and their 2019 men’s tailoring collection. He’s done this to us before – pandered to the general public’s love of small furry things and a hot man in suits. He did it with puppies and cupcakes in a music...

Smutty Social Media, September 19, 2018

Duana wrote about Kirsten Dunst and Landry at the Emmys – I agree with every single point. They definitely left early, they definitely stopped for burgers, and they definitely ate them while watching the playback to see if they could find themselves crouching in the background after losing their sea...

Justin Bieber serenades Hailey Baldwin at Buckingham Palace in London

Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin are in London on their honeymoon. Maybe. When Justin and Hailey took an “emotional” trip to a courthouse in New York last week, they were overheard saying that they were leaving the country. I assumed their trip would be their official destination wedding. Since then...

Jessica Simpson announces third pregnancy on Instagram

The gender reveal is like the “surprise album drop” for the Minivan Majority – they can’t get enough of it. It’s so prevalent that even celebrities can only come up with so many ways to reveal pink or blue: balloons, cutting into a cake, hitting a baseball, shooting confetti out of a cannon. Like re...

Meghan Markle featured in trailer for ITV's Queen of the World

On September 25, ITV will air a two part programme about Queen Elizabeth and her next generation. We will see her dedication to the Commonwealth and how Princes Charles, William, Harry, and Meghan Markle will carry on that dedication and how she’s been preparing them and herself for the transition. ...

Marvel drops first trailer for Captain Marvel

We’re six months out from the release of Captain Marvel, which means that Marvel’s internal marketing alarm has gone off and, like clockwork, they dropped the first trailer yesterday.  I LOVE IT. On the heels of a strong first look, this trailer manages to both introduce Carol Danvers ...

Jared Leto calls out Forbes' highest paid models on pink hoodie

In the last couple of years, there’s been an increase in the conversations about the treatment of women in Hollywood, particularly around wage inequality and of course #MeToo. Jared Leto also has an an important topic to bring up: women who make too much money for his comfort level. He’s been pho...

September 19, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Diana! Happy Belated Birthday from Sarah! I heard you’re a little homesick and you might need a pick-me-up. Here are a few: Rihanna, Royal Meghan, Cara Delevingne, and how about your favourite scene? A pocket twirl.   

Intro for September 19, 2018

Dear Gossips,  For the last two years, The Hollywood Reporter has been following the “largest corruption case in US history” and its connection to Leonardo DiCaprio. It’s my favourite. I wonder if, every time a new story comes out, Leo’s like, keep my f-cking name out of it! Nope. Can’t. Becau...

What Else for September 18, 2018

I am trying to imagine Kirstie Alley and John Travolta “devouring each other” and… my imagination just won’t go there. Trust me. My imagination can go places. Filthy places. Why am I so blocked, though, when Kirstie is so insistent that their chemistry was explosive and that she would have gone for ...

Taraji P Henson is Lainey's Best Dressed at 2018 Emmys

Duana and I tussled over this one on message with Kathleen eating popcorn off to the side, totally a Kitty Covey, a comparison she would love. But UGH. Does that make me the Margot? Anyway, the moment Taraji P Henson walked on stage to present and I could see how this dress moved, I was in love. ...

Tatiana Maslany (and Tiffany Haddish): Duana's Best Dressed at 2018 Emmys

I liked quite a few outfits last night. Kristen Bell might have had a personal best, I loved what was happening on Sandra Oh, I enjoyed Regina King and the aforementioned Samira Wiley – but when I mentioned a fifth name on top of all those, Lainey told me to f-ck off. “You’ve liked so many! That one...

Tracee Ellis Ross is Kathleen's Best Dressed at 2018 Emmys

When Tracee Ellis Ross showed up on the Emmy red carpet, everyone else could have gone home. They should have gone home. I don’t understand how they didn’t. Tracee Ellis Ross showing up on the Emmy red carpet was like when Rihanna shows up to the Met Gala. Collect your things. It’s over. Time to pac...

Keri Russell was robbed of the Emmy for The Americans

The Americans won for best writing in a Drama Series, and my Twitter exploded like it was my birthday and my wedding day both. We got excited, because awards so rarely go the way they’re supposed to, and The Americans won for the best finale of the best season of the best show.    And then Matthew...

Who was dressed as Atlanta's Teddy Perkins at the Emmys?

ATLANTA WAS ROBBED. Robbin’ Season! How many all-caps hysterics did you see on your timelines last night declaring the same thing? The big mystery of the night could have been how one of the most unique, innovative, and brilliant shows on television didn’t walk away with a single award (except for K...

Bill Hader wins Emmy for comedy performance in Barry

Like everyone else in the world, I have a lot of shows I need to watch, and a lot of shows I wish other people would watch so we could talk about them. But even though I nag Lainey and Kathleen and anyone else who will listen about every show under the sun, I don’t mind that I have Barry to myself. ...

Jessica & Justin: Emmy’s Most “Obnoxious”

That’s his word, not mine.  Sandra Oh has never won an Emmy. Do you know how many Emmys Justin Timberlake has won? Three. Did I just ruin your day?  Justin’s Emmys are all from Saturday Night Live. So you know, last night, it could have been worse. Here’s how it could have been worse: Lorne Mi...

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend were best couple at 2018 Emmy Awards

Chrissy Teigen gives great GIF face. Remember this one?  I see that GIF at least once a week. It’s applicable to so many different situations, and it makes every tweet or comment you use it for even funnier. That’s a good GIF. Chrissy’s latest GIF happened right around the same time as th...

Thandie Newton and Evan Rachel Wood at 2018 Emmy Awards

One of Oprah’s favourite questions is “what do you know for sure?” She means it in a meditative, life-reflecting kind of way but I use it for absolute statements about TV shows. I know for sure that Westworld is no longer a good television show. And I really know for sure that Thandie Newton is too ...

The Oh family gave me feelings at 2018 Emmy Awards

It wasn’t the first time Sandra Oh took her parents to the Emmys. By my count, this was the fourth time Mr & Mrs Oh accompanied their daughter to the Emmy Awards.  Here they are in 2005:  And in 2006: And ten years ago in 2008: This time, though, as you know, Sandra made hist...

The Fab Five at the Emmys

The Queer Eye guys are officially Hollywood’s popular kids. Everyone wants to sit at their table. Everyone wants a selfie with them. They’re the coolest guys in town. When Jonathan, Tan and Antoni were spotted hanging out with Gigi Hadid, I wrote that they were the new hot friend commodities. Then M...

Dunst and Landry Emmy Night

There are three reasons to write this post. I have struggled with the order of them, but I am very certain there are exactly three. They are all based on the below photo below, and they are as follows:  1. These two as a couple. Yes, ‘still’ Look at them.  Could any of us have come up with...

Issa Rae was rooting for everyone at 2018 Emmy Awards

Duana, Lainey, and I are fighting about Issa Rae’s powder blue jumpsuit. They didn’t like the colour. Or the fit of the crotch. I loved everything. I think the pale hue looks beautiful on her and the plunge is just right. I love that she wore pants. I know I’m biased when it comes to Issa Rae but I ...

Handmaids Cuteness at Emmys

Maybe the key to this year is that the real awesomeness happened at the Creative Arts Emmys 10 days ago. Because Kenan Thompson won an Emmy, finally, and the shot of him kissing it is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen, and then Samira Wiley also won, for guest actress in The Handmaids’ Tale, and she l...

ScarJost at the Emmys

This is not the first major event that Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost have attended together and walked the red carpet for. He accompanied her to the Avengers: Infinity War premiere. And then again at the Met Gala. The newness, then, is gone. The strangeness of them as a couple of though – is tha...

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel won often at 2018 Emmy Awards

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Have you watched it? Probably. Did you like it? I’m gonna wager that you did, for reasons I’ll get to in a minute. Were you happy with all the wins?  Yeah I didn’t think so either. What is that? Look, the show is great. It’s funny and surprising and it hits every ...

Leslie Jones: Emmys Best Reactions

Leslie Jones was the Emmys’ Audience Surrogate. That’s the character in a movie or TV show that essentially acts as the proxy for the viewer. In other words, she was all of us. It’s my favourite thing about Leslie Jones. Whether she’s watching the Olympics or Game of Thrones, she has no chill. She g...

Mandy Moore and This Is Us at 2018 Emmy Awards

At last year’s Emmys, Mandy Moore was my Worst Dressed. This year is an improvement. Her custom Rodarte still feels like something Kate Hudson would wear but I don’t hate it. She looks GREAT so there’s that. Last year, Mandy Moore was “snubbed” for a Best Actress nomination. This year was not an imp...

Sarah Paulson wore feathers too

Earlier I complained about Penelope Cruz’s feathers. Feathers were ruined for me back in the mid-2000s. They were everywhere. They got DONE. It’s like the sheer dresses we’ve been seeing for the last five years. Everybody started looking the same. You’ll note there were few sheer dresses last night....

How Angela Bassett Emmys

August 16, 1958. That’s her birthday. She turned SIXTY. Angela Bassett is six decades old. She is the same age as Madonna. She is the sleekest, most stylish woman at these awards and nothing as petty as a live television show, or mispronouncing a name, or even genuine joy at presenting with Ti...

Benedict Cumberbatch got shut out of the 2018 Emmy Awards

Benedict Cumberbatch was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance in Patrick Melrose, which was in turn nominated for three other awards (on the big night, there was also a casting nomination during the technical awards). But Cumberbatch and P...

Ryan Murphy wins while Judith Light and Penelope Cruz gave us opposite ends of style at Emmy Awards 2018

The Assassination of Gianni Versace won multiple times last night: Outstanding Limited Series, directing for Ryan Murphy, and Lead Actor in a Limited Series for Darren Criss. Ryan dedicated the award to the “one out of every four LGBTQ people in this country (who) will be the victim of a hate crime”...

We needed more Letitia Wright and Gina Rodriguez at 2018 Emmy Awards

Letitia Wright was nominated for an Emmy for Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her work in Black Mirror. She lost and she did not present so the only Letitia we got was during the red carpet show. Gina Rodriquez was the opposite. She was not nominated (an injustice) but she did pre...

Intro for September 18, 2018

Dear Gossips,  If you’ve been following this site for a while, you know that most of us are big fans of Game of Thrones here. Joanna and Sasha don’t live for it but the point is, GoT gets a lot of love in this space. We can’t wait for it to come back. We have our theories. We have our frustration...

Hannah Gadsby was the best presenter at the 2018 Emmys

As Duana just posted, over here in our corner, nobody cared for Colin Jost and Michael Che. The antidote for that took the stage about halfway through the show when Hannah Gadsby came out to present. On her own. Which became a part of her bit.  But there is a backstory to this too. Because a coup...

The 2018 Emmys opened with snoozy monologue and dumb song

Credit where credit is due – the way the nominees, then presenters, then winners were announced was so inexplicable and utterly confusing that it probably made people pay a lot more attention. To the point where, when Kate McKinnon and Kenan “Holy Sh*t He Looks Good” Thompson came out, people actual...

What Else for September 17, 2018

Drake may or may not be dating a model called Bella Harris. Supposedly he shut down a restaurant for her. Because he’s all about the grand gesture, something he has in common with Justin Bieber. Don’t go around saying this is a Canadian thing though. Because I know many single girls in Canada who ca...

Allison P Davis's "perfect teen movie date" with Noah Centineo for The Cut

Internet crushes are fickle. When we were first introduced to Peter Kavinsky and the world declared Noah Centineo the latest ‘Internet Boyfriend", I listed the slew of actors who had previously been given this designation. The Internet, as a collective, moved on from each of these hot actors to the ...

Meghan Markle's great voiceover for Together: Our Community Cookbook partnership video

Kensington Palace announced today that Meghan Markle has partnered with survivors of the Grenfell fire to release a cookbook, Together: Our Community Cookbook. Meghan first started privately visiting the Al Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre in January. When she saw what the women were doing – b...

Nominee Betty Gilpin's moment is just getting started ahead of Emmy Awards

Betty Gilpin is an Emmy nominee, her first, for portraying Debbie on GLOW. GLOW is amazing. I loved season one, and somehow, season two is even better. No sophomore slump here, GLOW not only maintained everything great about season one, but built it up in season two in a way that defies expectation ...

Smutty Social Media, September 17, 2018

Tom Arnold and Mark Burnett getting into a physical altercation at a pre-Emmys party; Billy Eichner and Patton Oswalt offered post-brawl commentary. Roma Downey (Mark’s wife) claims her hand was bruised in the melee (see below: is Patton making a “touched by an angel joke” or is it just a coincidenc...

Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern close TIFF with Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy

Joanna and I worked this weekend. On Saturday night she produced me on the carpet for etalk at the TIFF closing gala presentation of Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy starring Kristen Stewart as JT LeRoy/Savannah Knoop and Laura Dern as Laura Albert/JT LeRoy. I’m sure most of you are familiar with the story...

Green Book wins TIFF People’s Choice Award

A Star is Born did not earn the coveted TIFF Grolsch People’s Choice Award over the weekend, like Lainey and so many predicted it could. Instead, the Oscar bellwether — which has previously been awarded to Best Picture winners like 12 Years a Slave, Slumdog Millionaire, and The King’s Speech, or maj...

Eva Mendes celebrates fifth anniversary designing for New York & Company with short film and a husky

Eva Mendes just celebrated her fifth anniversary designing for New York & Company with a presentation in LA last week and the release of a short film in support of the collection. The film, Girl’s Best Friend, was directed by Massy Tadjedin and it’s pretty f-cking cute. Because her “best friend” is ...

Jennifer Aniston back on the Emmy scene at Netflix pre-Emmy party

For a long time, we used to see Jennifer Aniston at the Emmys all the time. It was during the Friends era. And, of course, the Friends were all Emmy regulars. Jennifer won the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Comedy in 2002. Time for some Gossip Nostalgia. Here she is onstage accepting the award:  ...

Victoria Beckham celebrates a decade of her label at Fashion Week with David and their children

Victoria Beckham presented her first collection at London Fashion Week yesterday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her label. The collection was well-received by critics. And she also had the full support of her family. All four Beckham children were sat front row at the show alongside David Beck...

Intro for September 17, 2018

Dear Gossips,  September is World Alzheimer’s Month. Did you know that September is also, unofficially, Feel Bad for Sexual Harasser’s Month? This is not a f-cking joke. Harper’s Magazine, The New York Review of Books, and New York Magazine have all published features by or about men who’ve been ...

What Else for September 14, 2018

TIFF has taken over my life for the last 10 days and I’m going until the very end on Saturday. So I’ve been behind. There are so many videos I haven’t watched, so much reading I haven’t caught up on. I haven’t even watched the latest episode of Insecure, which I’m saving for tomorrow night, when I’m...

Smutty Social Media, September 14, 2018

He should have gone with “motherforking” – a tribute to The Good Place. It’s back September 27, by the way. Lin would want you to know that. He’s a fan.  Gnight to every single fothermucking last one of you, ending or beginning your day, on your phone or in the future when they look back on h...

Bradley Cooper will be an award season contender for A Star is Born

As you’re now probably aware, after the reaction to A Star is Born in Venice and especially in Toronto, in front of a North American audience, the film is a now a major contender for award season and, ultimately, for Oscar. A Best Picture nomination seems likely, especially if ASIB does big business...

Kiernan Shipka in teaser trailer for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Sabrina the Teenage Witch was a bright, upbeat show about a half-witch, half-mortal girl and her spinster aunts and their talking cat. It was more Bewitched than The Craft, with high school antics and easily solvable sitcom problems. The new Sabrina reboot, however, definitely looks more in the dire...

Maggie Gyllenhaal brings The Kindergarten Teacher to TIFF

Rolling Stone called Maggie Gyllenhaal’s performance in The Kindergarten Teacher the “most impressive work she’s ever done",  so here she is, dressed like a winner for the international premiere of the film in Toronto last night. I love this black off-the-shoulder Oscar de la Renta dress with the se...

Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin at a courthouse prompting marriage speculation

Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin went to the courthouse “where marriage licenses are issued” in New York City yesterday, TMZ is reporting. Hailey was wearing a casual white dress and Justin was, well, still fully committed to his grunge aesthetic.  Eyewitnesses say that Justin was emotional and t...

Lady Gaga in full movie star mode for Vogue's 73 Questions

This is a word Lady Gaga uses in her new Vogue cover story released earlier this week. Her “73 Questions” came out yesterday. All this, of course, ahead of the release of A Star is Born on October 5 following its world premiere in Venice and its North American premiere at TIFF a few days ago. In Sar...

Emma Stone and Cary Fukunaga at London premiere of Maniac

We? OK maybe just me.  But I was wishing it. I’ve been wishing it. The Gossip Genie has NOT delivered. There is no Emma Stone + Cary Fukunaga. But here are some shots of them together at the premiere of Maniac last night in London anyway, taunting us with what could have been.  Justin Theroux ...

Olivia Munn in The Predator movie review

The Predator is the latest (misguided) attempt to extend the mythos of Predator, the 1980s Arnold Schwarzenegger classic. Predator, like the DeLorean, was a one-off idea that never should have been franchised, and yet it has been, with The Predator being an attempt to kickstart a new franchise with ...

Intro for September 14, 2018

Dear Gossips,  As mentioned, last night I moderated the Q&A after the 25th anniversary TIFF screening of The Joy Luck Club at the Elgin Theatre, the same theatre where it premiered at TIFF in 1993. Director Wayne Wang was joined by casting director Heidi Levitt, and cast members Kieu Chinh (Suyua...

What Else for September 13, 2018

Lainey is casually moderating the Q&A after the 25th anniversary screening of The Joy Luck Club at TIFF right now. No big deal. I’m kidding; it’s a VERY BIG DEAL. I would tell you to send her good luck but she doesn’t need it. While she’s slaying that, you’ve got me for What Else. - Kathleen Debr...

TIFF Review: First Man

First Man, Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to La La Land could not be more different than his previous films. For one thing, First Man is not about music. For another, it is a much bigger production in scope, scale, and imagination, and Chazelle takes to this kind of grandiose filmmaking in a way that r...

Missy Elliott surprises "funky white sister" Mary Halsey on Ellen

You probably don’t know Mary Halsey by name. You probably have seen the video of her rapping to Missy Elliott’s “Work It.” I’ve tried to do this song at karaoke and it is HARD. Mary doesn’t make it look hard. Mary’s got the funk. Mary’s skills are so impressive that Missy tweeted the video.  ...

Henry Cavill posts weird Instagram video after it's reported he's done as Superman

Henry Cavill is best known as “that lame Superman guy” and/or a mustache, but now he will need to reinvent himself as he has both shaved and, apparently, quit being Superman. Yesterday word got out that after a three-movie run that includes some of the most divisive and unpopular superhero movies of...

Smutty Social Media, September 13, 2018

My international espionage queen Wendi Deng is hanging with the Seinfelds (not the first time – when she was married to Rupert Murdoch, they attended some of the same functions). But the political climate has wildly changed in the last two years, even though Wendi’s loyalty hasn’t. She is still very...

Rihanna presents Savage x Fenty with diverse runway at New York Fashion Week

Yesterday Lainey wrote that New York Fashion Week “begins and ends with Rihanna”. Rihanna debuted her new Savage x Fenty lingerie line and she did not disappoint. It wasn’t your typical runway show. Rihanna reinvented what a lingerie runway show could look like. The Savage x Fenty show was a livestr...

Jonah Hill brings directorial debut, Mid90s to TIFF

Bradley Cooper and Jonah Hill are tight, so it’s interesting that both of their directorial debuts, A Star is Born and Mid90s, premiered on the same night, in the same city, right after each other on Sunday. According to Jonah, they watched cuts of each others’ movies, and helped each other out thro...

The Palace claims case of misidentification in photo of Meghan Markle with a dog at Kensington Palace

PEOPLE Magazine reported a few weeks ago that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had adopted a new dog, a black lab, and that the name is Oz. The palace has yet to confirm any of this information. So we’ve been waiting to see the new Sussex puppy, to be officially introduced to him or her.  Yesterday...

Prince William's ignorant and unprofessional Asian mix-up

Prince William attended the opening of Japan House London today, the new cultural centre providing visitors an “experience of the best and latest from Japan”. I just want to establish our location, set the scene. And now that you’re there, watch this:  Prince William was in great form at the ...

Micahel B Jordan surprises Naomi Osaka on Ellen

There has been a lot written about what Naomi Osaka deserved during her first grand slam win. She did not deserve to have her moment at the US Open overshadowed by an umpire’s ego or by factors beyond her control that have nothing to do with the talent she displayed on that court.  Naomi Osaka, l...

September 13, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

For Whitney and Lucy and 16 years of best friendship – and just because you’re coming to one kind of ending, it doesn’t mean what you had will ever be over. Because they leave themselves behind in so many ways. It will always feel good, even though she won’t be around, to remember that she was never...

Intro for September 13, 2018

Dear Gossips,  As we have learned over the last few months, Les Moonves has a long history of sexual harassment. Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Les Moonves’s prolific and extensive abuse of power has resulted in additional investigation and analysis by other media outlets into how he was insulated f...

What Else for September 12, 2018

I mean, I think we all know how reality shows work and the editing tricks that go into it to create drama. So …sure. Maybe there was some creative editing that went on here. But what’s also worth noting is the part in Devon Windsor’s statement about how she was trying to lighten up the moment, no pu...

TIFF Review: Widows

To call Widows a leap forward for director Steve McQueen, or to otherwise imply this is some kind of improvement on his already capable and distinct style, is not fair to McQueen or a good assessment of his previous work (Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave). However, there is no denying that Widows rep...

Rihanna arrives in New York for Fashion Week

Technically, New York Fashion Week has been well underway for days. But if fashion week is supposed to show us what’s new in style and beauty, and what we’ll be wearing in the coming season, who else is better to look to for all of that than Rihanna? Rihanna’s fashion and beauty ventures have shaped...

TIFF Review: Assassination Nation

Sam Levinson’s bonkers satire, Assassination Nation, stumbles into interesting, as is happening lately, by almost having something to say about Trump’s America. Movies take too long to make for it to really be about that, but Assassination Nation winds up there all the same, a festival of violence a...

Smutty Social Media, September 12, 2018

Since the British Vogue extravaganza, the Beckhams have slowed down on personal social media – it’s been mostly business. David has a new fragrance out – Inspired by Respect. What a stupid f-cking name for a cologne. What does that even mean? What does respect smell like? And who is supposed to be “...

Dustin Johnson speaks out on Twitter about Paulina Gretzky split rumours

The most gossipy thing to ever happen in golf involved Tiger Woods escaping his house in the middle of the night, crashing into a tree and then… well you know the rest. The scandal was epic in scope but quite basic at its core: a cheating athlete in a system designed to protect him.  Tiger was no...

Timothee Chalamet. TIFF 2018's fanboy

It’s the one year anniversary of my relationship with Timothee Chalamet. This is a one-sided relationship. At least I can admit that, unlike Kathleen with Michael B Jordan. And Noah Centineo. And Chris Pine. Kathleen is a fantasy philanderer. Anyway, TIFF 2017 is when I saw Call Me By Your Name and ...

Keira Knightley dances to Cardi B at TIFF's Colette after party

Here’s something you’ve seen before: Keira Knightley, dressed in Chanel and with her hair in a messy topknot. Here’s something you don’t see every day: dancing along to Cardi B’s "Bodak Yellow" and grooving to Fleetwood Mac’s "Dreams" at the Grey Goose Soho House event last night, following the TIFF...

Selena Gomez represents Coach at Fashion Week

Hear me out. I have a suggestion. I’ll get to that at the end of this post. Promise me you’ll consider it objectively. Think of the GOSSIP.  But first… Selena Gomez has been in New York for fashion week representing Coach as the brand ambassador. As I’ve mentioned many times before, Coach’s re...

TIFF REVIEW: If Beale Street Could Talk

Prepare to be frustrated and heartbroken. Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel If Beale Street Could Talk is a beautiful, melancholy, infuriating meditation on race in America. Jenkins both adapts and directs and he preserves Baldwin’s poetic fury and his own well of empathy, all while...

Noah Centineo and Shannon Purser's disappointing chemistry in Sierra Burgess Is A Loser

Sierra Burgess Is A Loser started streaming on Netflix last Friday. It’s TIFF time and this week was the kickoff of The Social’s season six so it’s been hectic. On my one night off, I was a little busy getting hugs from my best friend Childish Gambino so I didn’t get the chance to finish Sierra Burg...

Intro for September 12, 2018

Dear Gossips, Sasha and I were pretty jacked up yesterday before covering the TIFF red carpet premiere for Manmarziyaan aka Husband Material last night. Sasha produced Danielle Graham’s etalk lounge interviews with the cast earlier in the day and she was already hyped over how much fun they were ...

What Else for September 11, 2018

Boyd Holbrook, who is in The Predator with Olivia Munn, has issued a statement. Duana wrote about this yesterday, about how inadequate every other statement has been up to this point. As she said to me this morning, “this is more or less exactly what I said Sterling K Brown should have said, it’s no...

Mac Miller's friend, Shane Powers, defends Ariana Grande in wake of his death

Last Friday, when news broke that Mac Miller had died, Ariana Grande disabled comments on her Instagram, likely because of the sh-t she was getting in the comments from idiots blaming her for what happened. She’d previously already had to defend herself when he relapsed after they broke up. And, as ...

Blake Lively's multiple outfit changes for A Simple Favor promotion in New York

Yesterday, I described one of Blake Lively’s outfits as “P.T. Barnum meets Tuxedo Mask”. Now she’s just fully cosplaying as Willy Wonka walking around New York City with a literal cane. At first I thought that she was campaigning to play the Penguin in the next Batman movie but the backstory on Blak...

Kit Harington brings The Death and Life of John F Donovan to TIFF

Kit Harington is a happily married newlywed, and he really wanted the press to know that at the world premiere of Xavier Dolan's The Death and Life of John F Donovan in Toronto last night, which I covered, producing etalk host Devon Soltendieck.  Speaking to the premiere, Xavier's ability to attr...

Smutty Social Media, September 11, 2018

Drake texted Heidi Klum and she didn’t text him back. Headlines are referring to this as ghosting but I don’t know if that’s the right term – don’t you have to know someone, at least a little bit, before you can be ghosted? What Heidi did is swipe left on the opportunity, and it doesn’t sound like s...

TIFF Review: The Front Runner

Gary Hart, the senator whose affair during campaign season ushered in the era of gossip-driven political reporting, is the centerpiece of Jason Reitman’s new film, The Front Runner. Despite Hugh Jackman’s best efforts and general screen charisma, Gary Hart is the least interesting figure in his own ...

Henry Golding's New York Fashion Week range

Henry Golding has been in New York to promote A Simple Favour, opening on Friday. At the same time, it’s also New York Fashion Week. And he and Liv Lo, my New Obsession, have been front row at some of the biggest shows, prominently placed in VIP positions, including next to Anna Wintour at Tom Ford....

TIFF Review: Beautiful Boy

Combining memoirs from David and Nic Sheff, a father-son duo who both reflected on Nic Sheff’s addiction to crystal meth and heroin, Beautiful Boy is about as pedigreed as films come. Starring Steve Carell, long since transitioned to Dramatic Actor, as David Sheff and breakout phenom Timothee Chalam...

Nicole Kidman and Tatiana Maslany bring Destroyer to TIFF

By now, you’ve seen that photo of a nearly unrecognizable Nicole Kidman in Destroyer, with her ash grey hair and worn-out-looking eyes:  The buzz has been building steadily for her performance since its Telluride launch and knowing this, and knowing the first time it will be seen by a much bi...

Angelina Jolie shopping at Fred Segal with Zahara and Pax

Angelina Jolie was seen with Pax and Zahara shopping at Fred Segal yesterday. Can we still call it back to school shopping? Angelina was photographed back to school shopping with Zahara and Shiloh at Kitson at couple of week ago. When I posted those shots, I made a joke about it being 2005. And Fred...

TIFF Review: The Hate U Give

A few years ago, book-to-screen YA adaptations meant sci-fi worlds of vampires or dystopian futures. Their heroines were named Bella or Katniss or Tris and even though their stories were unique in their own ways, a few things were constant. Love was as integral to these teen girls as forces bigger t...

Intro for September 11, 2018

Dear Gossips, On Sunday night, Sarah and I were supposed to meet up at the Fox Searchlight TIFF party for a few cocktails to unwind after a stupid busy weekend. I was covering Sienna Miller’s American Woman carpet just before and wrapped just after 9pm. But then Sarah texted, she was fried, so sh...

What Else for September 10, 2018

It’s Kathleen again. I’m handling What Else while Lainey is off partying with Sebastian Stan and Taika Waititi. Just kidding, she’s working more red carpets. I just wanted to remind Sarah one more time that she missed out on Sebastian and Taika.  Les Moonves is stepping down as CEO of CBS. Six mo...

TIFF Review: Everybody Knows starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem

Following two Oscar wins for Best Foreign Language Film (A Separation and The Salesman, for which he did not accept his Oscar in person, in protest of Donald Trump’s travel ban), Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi takes us to a small, drama-drenched Spanish village for his latest film, Everybody Knows...

Olivia Munn gets little support from Predator castmates after speaking out against sex offender co-star

A few weeks ago, before The Predator was to make its international debut at TIFF, Olivia Munn discovered that Steven Wilder Streigel, an actor she shared a scene with, was a registered sex offender. That phrase should stand on its own, but if you need more, he pleaded guilty to luring a minor over t...

Natalie Portman brings Vox Lux to TIFF 2018

If you liked Natalie Portman’s raps and “mommy moves” on Saturday Night Live, you’ll get a kick out of her as a glam rocker in an encrusted silver and black jumpsuit with neon accents, chrome nails and wild makeup singing original new songs by Sia. But even with wicked dance move and surprisingly...

Smutty Social Media, September 10, 2018

Team LaineyGossip is on the ground at TIFF and last night, Sarah bailed on party. Then this happened. When reached for further comment, Sarah had no regrets. I bailed on meeting @LaineyGossip for a party last night and then Sebastian Stan and Taika Waitiri showed up so she will never let me l...

Zac Efron and Mel B reportedly hooked up after flirting on dating app

Mel B and Zac Efron reportedly had a “night of passion” after they met on a dating app. Yes, that Mel B. And yes, that Zac Efron. I read a lot of books that include nights of passion. Reading The Sun’s breakdown of Mel B and Zac Efron’s alleged tryst (these books often use the word “tryst”) was like...

Gwyneth Paltrow's wedding to Brad Falchuk not cancelled despite tabloid reports

I got an email this morning from a reader called Kate who wanted me to get the scoop on Gwyneth Paltrow’s wedding being called off because Brad Falchuk was over it. There is no scoop. The wedding has not been called off. Because the source for that story is Star Magazine. Please don’t make me explai...

Julia Roberts at TIFF 2018 for Ben is Back and Homecoming

Get ready to see a lot more of that Julia Roberts grin. Pushing the A Star is Born team aside, Julia was the biggest star at the Toronto International Film Festival all weekend, hustling for two new projects, Amazon’s new thrilling mystery series Homecoming, and the devastating and completely arrest...

Cardi B and Nicki Minaj's New York Fashion Week altercation

Violence is never the answer. Violence is not funny. Before I address the Cardi B and Nicki Minaj situation, I want to first make it clear that I don’t think that most physical altercations are laughing matters and that when it comes to rap beefs, we know how serious it can be when things get physic...

TIFF Review: A Star is Born

Even though this is the FOURTH iteration of the classic Hollywood rags-to-riches fable A Star is Born, I will do my best not to spoil it because apparently some of you took exception when Lainey let fly with the ending. At this point every age of cinema has its Star, from Janet Gaynor in the origina...

September 10, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

This is for Regan and Sid Vicious, who was the “everywhere” of your home. Because, well, she was the heart of the home, right? Remember though, she made it her home because she was welcomed there. What I’m trying to say is that you gave so much to each other. And that is what remains, long after the...

Intro for September 10, 2018

Dear Gossips,  There have already been dozens of think-pieces posted about the US Open women’s final on Saturday between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka, with everyone weighing in on whether or not Serena’s criticism of chair umpire Carlos Ramos was offside. First of all, the fact that we now kno...

What Else for September 7, 2018

Note: Kathleen here. Lainey is in back-to-back TIFF screenings for the rest of the day so you’re stuck with me for What Else. I promise every story won’t be about Chris Pine’s penis… but at least one of them will be!   Geoffrey Owens played Elvin on The Cosby Show 30 years ago and some dumbass pe...

Noah Centineo plays with puppies as he promotes Sierra Burgess Is A Loser

We have Beyoncé to thank for anything good that has happened this week. It’s Bey Week and her blessings are abundant. Black Panther is now on Netflix – Beyoncé did that. I finally mastered how to put my twists into the perfect top knot – Beyoncé gave me the strength. Buzzfeed has been dropping clips...

Smutty Social Media, September 7, 2018

I know it’s perspective but Ryan Reynolds’s hand looks really big in this photo. And now Blake Lively is going to have to get all cute about it in the comments.          View this post on Instagram                   ...

Chrissy Teigen opens up about relationship with John Legend in Women's Health cover feature

Chrissy Teigen’s brand, as Desus and Mero say, is STRONG. She’s on the cover of Women’s Health and the accompanying feature is Classic Chrissy. She talks openly about her postpartum depression, gets real about how unrealistic Instagram is, and gives some great anecdotes about her sex life with John ...

Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Moretz open TIFF and the OOTW

Greta, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Grace Moretz, world premiered on opening night of TIFF. Neil described it to me as a “horror”. And Isabelle told me that her character, Greta, is pretty f-cked up. So it’s the story of two women and their complicated, sinister relat...

Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder in Destination Wedding movie review

Destination Wedding is now available on VOD. A romantic comedy for cranks, Destination Wedding supposes two things: 1) The best cinematic romances are spiky and full of tension, and 2) audiences want to see Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder fall in love. Writer/director Victor Levin, veteran of Mad Abou...

Meghan Markle's blue dress fuels pregnancy speculation

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended the 100 Days to Peace concert last night in London, their second engagement this week. The signature Sussex handholding was on display. But that’s not what the conversation is today. The conversation is about the dress. And, specifically, how she looks in the ...

Chris Pine brings Outlaw King to TIFF

Chris Pine was in Toronto last night for the TIFF opening gala world premiere of his new Netflix epic Outlaw King. For those of you asking, I did not attend his red carpet. There was no professional reason for me to be there and despite what my overall Intense Crush aesthetic may suggest, I am above...

The Academy puts dumb Popular Oscar category on hold

Last month the Academy announced upcoming changes to the Oscars telecast, to combat the ratings slide which is affecting everything on broadcast TV including football, and for the Oscars is mostly down to the fragmentation of entertainment and a little bit the popularity of the host which statistics...

Intro for September 7, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Janet Jackson covers the new InStyle. It’s the beauty issue. The pictures are gorgeous. She is gorgeous. It’s a gorgeous thing, to see a 52-year-old black woman on the front page of a magazine where the conversation is about beauty.  But this isn’t the conversation about Janet J...

What Else for September 6, 2018

Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin – how long has it been? Almost a year, right? I think I remember it was first reported last October. Anyway, they’re still happening and they even got matching tattoos which means it’s forever. Or “infinity”. Just like all the other celebrities who’ve been love-inked....

Noah Centineo thirst traps with scene from Gaspar Noe’s Love on his Instastory

That was a clickbaity headline, you got me. But I do have R-rated angle here about Peter Kavinsky Noah Centineo. Let me start with the PG content first though.  This punk. He just reposted a back to school photo that Netflix put up on IG a few days ago. But check out his caption. Noah knows exact...

Richard Madden’s very dark hair at the GQ Men of the Year awards

Does Richard Madden’s hair look extra, extra dark to you in these shots of him at the GQ Men of the Year Awards last night? I’m not into it. You’re going to hate me for saying this but his hair like this is giving me John Travolta flashbacks.  Richard has been coming up a lot more in my inbox...

Rugged Charlie Hunnam on the set of Jungleland in Massachusetts

Here’s Charlie Hunnam on the set of Jungleland in Massachusetts. He’s costarring with Jack O’Connell who plays a boxer looking for one last fight and Charlie’s his brother and my immediate thought, and yours probably, is that that storyline reminds of me The Fighter, with Marky Mark and Christian Ba...

Smutty Social Media, September 6, 2018

Sam Taylor-Johnson calls her husband chav and I can’t disagree. Lainey is going to get so mad at me but when I was scrolling through I didn’t even know it was Aaron. I thought it was Maksim Chmerkovskiy from Dancing with the Stars. I’ve included a photo of him for comparison.       ...

Beyoncé celebrates 37th birthday with Jay Z in Sardinia

Beyoncé’s birthday was on Tuesday. For some of us, September 4th is already a day of celebration and blessings because it gave us our Queen but it should be recognized as an international holiday. I shouldn’t have to work on Bey Day. How many signatures do we need to make this happen? Who do I need ...

The Daily Mail puts scandalous spin on photos of David Beckham talking to hotel manager in Miami

The Beckhams’ British Vogue cover is a triumph, both personally and professionally. Happy, healthy, bonded, flourishing - the photos could not be a more perfect representation of their years of commitment to one another. Edward Enninful is the fashion editor of the future and his anointment of the f...

Meghan Markle named PEOPLE's Best Dressed Star of 2018

PEOPLE has named Meghan Markle the Best Dressed Star of 2018. This is because whenever she wears anything, the items sell. Which is what happens with Princess Kate’s wardrobe too. Is that enough though? Like is that where we’re setting the criteria for who gets to be called the Best Dressed?  PEO...

Chadwick Boseman at GQ Men of the Year awards

I know that Captain Marvel exists and Sarah is going to yell at us about her for months but last night at the GQ Men of the Year Awards, Chadwick Boseman was playing the role of Captain Marvel – like if Marvel was a football team, he’d be the captain. He’s the QB1. I think I just heard Sarah pop a b...

Kanye West apologizes to Drake on Twitter

Kanye West apologized to Drake in a series of tweets yesterday. Last week, he expressed remorse for his outlandish “slavery sounds like a choice” comments on TMZ. I won’t call that one a proper apology because in classic New Kanye form, he didn’t exactly admit he was wrong. He apologized “that it hu...

Intro for September 6, 2018

Dear Gossips,  If you’ve been reading this site for a while, you know my position on gossip – that it says more about us than it does about the subject(s) of the gossip. In that sense, there is a connection between the conversations we have about fame and the famous and what happens in other aren...

What Else for September 5, 2018

Gwyneth Paltrow and goop will pay for the eggs. Those vagina eggs have cost the company, even though the spin here is that they’re not admitting wrongdoing, they just want to move on and learn from…what, exactly? Not a mistake, in their eyes. In their eyes, this was a necessary and strategic busines...

Noah Centineo is in a tree but is not Kellan Lutz

How is it already Wednesday and there hasn’t yet been a dedicated Peter Kavinsky/Noah Centineo post on this site?! I’m sorry, we have failed you. And we need to make it right.  Kathleen was distracted this morning by this:    A post shared by Noah Centineo (@ncentineo) on Sep 5, 2...

Gemma Chan brings Crazy Rich Asians to London after vacation with Dominic Cooper

Gemma Chan is British. So I imagine it was quite special for her last night to be at the London premiere of Crazy Rich Asians, and after its third straight weekend topping the box office too. Wait. I just checked her Instagram. It was special. Of course it was.    A post shared by Ge...

Brie Larson covers Entertainment Weekly as Captain Marvel

If you’ll recall, I was not impressed with the set photos from Captain Marvel, showing intergalactic superhero Carol Danvers in some budget green space suit. Carol Danvers has been around since the 1960s, and in 2012 she got an upgrade (courtesy writer Kelly Sue DeConnick and artists Dexter Soy and ...

Issae Rae covers Glamour magazine

This is a post about Issa Rae. I swear this is a post about Issa Rae. I feel slightly guilty for naming a post about Issa Rae after a male character on her show instead of her but you know what, she is responsible for giving us Nathan and for that we are forever indebted, so I am not sorry. Our coll...

Smutty Social Media, September 5, 2018

Hilaria Baldwin has 4 small children and did not have time to order the chalkboard off Etsy. If you are on Instagram, you know which one I’m talking about. The announcement chalkboard. What happens to them after they’ve done their duty – First Day of Kindergarten, Bun in the Oven etc. Are there a bu...

Will there be an Ocean's 8 sequel?

Sandra Bullock and Bryan Randall were photographed leaving Soho House the other day. Celebrities hang out at Soho House in LA and Malibu all the time. Sandy’s not one of the usuals you’d expect to see there though. As we know, Sandra Bullock knows how to go undercover when she isn’t working. She wor...

Joe and Nick Jonas attend the US Open with Sophie Turner and Priyanka Chopra

Yesterday, Lainey wrote about Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s PDA at the U.S Open.  It was a lot. What’s even more awkward than Sophie and Joe licking each other’s faces in public is that they were with Joe’s brother Kevin (the lesser Jonas) and his wife Danielle. I’ve gone on many double dates with m...

Henry Cavill to star in Witcher series on Netflix

On the one hand, I am hesitant to write off Henry Cavill because of Chris Hemsworth. Not too long ago we were all, Stop trying to make Chris Hemsworth happen, Hollywood, and then Chris Hemsworth turned out to be one of the better Chrises. On the other hand, I read that Henry Cavill has been cast as ...

Zendaya and Tom Holland's secret relationship confirmed by Skai Jackson's mom

Zendaya turned 22 on September 1st. She celebrated her birthday over the long weekend with family and friends, including the cast of Spider Man: Far From Home. JustJared posted photos from Zendaya’s birthday dinner with a caption that read, in part, “Her #SpiderMan co-star and rumoured real-life boy...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend the WellChild Awards in London

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended the WellChild Awards last night in London. Harry has been a patron of the organisation since 2007 and this was Royal Meghan’s first time attending. WellChild supports kids living with serious illness and their caregivers. Over the years, we’ve seen the most se...

Henry Golding loves Dr Pimple Popper and Intro for September 5, 2018

Dear Gossips,  By now I’m sure you’ve heard about Crazy Rich Asians winning the box office for the third weekend in a row, the best Labour Day weekend box office in a decade. On the second weekend, there was only a 6% drop. For the third weekend, it was just 11%. This year, four films have three-...

What Else for September 4, 2018

This is my favourite new conspiracy theory, even though it involves a Kardashian. Credit goes to Twitter, as usual. But you know who’s pouring gas on it? Drake, of course. Always Drake. Never forget how good Drake is at gossip. (Dlisted)  Emma Stone talks about Ryan Gosling sort of like how Lana ...

Taron Egerton looks so much like Elton John on the set of Rocketman

Lainey sent me these photos of Taron Egerton in character as Elton John on set of Rocketman and asked, “What happened to my hot dude?” Lainey can refer to Taron as hers because of that time he had a crush on her. Taron isn’t at his usual level of hotness dressed as 1970s Elton John but I’m still ver...

Nicki Minaj is still messy during appearance on Ellen

Over the past few weeks, we should have been focusing on the fact that Nicki Minaj gave her best TV performance she’s given in recent memory at the VMAs. We should be talking about how Queen is her best album to date. We could be assessing her work and her upcoming tour (which is now delayed). Howev...

Smutty Social Media, September 4, 2018

Did you see the LiLo dance challenge over the weekend? We can thank Busy Philipps and Kelly Oxford for starting a dance craze that… well, it’s over already. What happens to a beach club in Mykonos after Labour Day?   A post shared by Busy Philipps (@busyphilipps) on Aug 31, 2018 at 4...

Gigi Hadid has brunch with Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski in New York

Gigi Hadid is friends with Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski. If you follow either of their accounts, this isn’t a surprise. She also hangs with Tan France and Jonathan Van Ness, two superior members of the Top Five in my opinion. Between Jonathan being friends with Emma Stone and Justin Theroux and now A...

The Beckham family covers British Vogue

As expected, the British Vogue issue, celebrating ten years of Victoria Beckham, the designer, has been released online. This after a summer of gossip about the state of the Beckham marriage and the fate of the Beckham brand. Which, really, was put to rest several weeks ago as the Beckhams have been...

Melissa McCarthy's Can You Ever Forgive Me? was the surprise winner at Telluride

For all of the amazing photos of Laura Dern in fishing gear, or a dressed down Nicole Kidman hanging with fellow Aussies Hugh Jackman and her Joel Edgerton at the Telluride Film Festival over the weekend, it looks like nobody was having more fun than Melissa McCarthy. Her movie, Can You Ever Forgive...

Childish Gambino comes full circle with "Feels Like Summer" music video

Last year, Donald Glover mentioned on stage at Governors Ball that the next Childish Gambino project would be his last. He confirmed the news in January saying, “I like endings, I think they’re important to progress.” It appears that Donald Glover wants Childish Gambino’s ending to be one of provoca...

Angelina Jolie hikes with her children in sneakers

Angelina Jolie spent Labour Day with the kids, seen hiking. I like this move. You know why? Because …when’s the last time you saw her in sneakers?!?  As many of you have pointed out, when we see Angelina out with the children, and we see her often with the children, presumably strategically, she’...

Intro for September 4, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Today is B-Day. Well, for some of us, every day is B-Day. Today, though, is generally celebrated as THE day. The day Beyoncé was born. Every year, when this day comes around, people the world over offer their well-wishes on this holiday, even other celebrities. Ava DuVernay got sta...