What Else for December 28, 2018

PROGRAMMING NOTE: As mentioned in the open, we are dark on Monday and Tuesday for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. We will return on Wednesday January 2 when it’ll officially be Golden Globes week! Rest up – award season is finally happening. We all need to be ready for a fresh year of gossip! Sta...

Celebrity Social Media, December 28, 2018

Cher is a true icon (a not in the way icon is thrown around these days) but even she has succumbed to the holiday haze. I’m sure I put on 500 lbs In the last 2 days — Cher (@cher) December 27, 2018 Kate Beckinsale is right, “perineum” is the perfect word for this week.   ...

Jake Gyllenhaal with girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu in Paris

I first posted about Jake Gyllenhaal with a new girlfriend at the end of August when he was seen with a then-unidentified woman, now known to be model Jeanne Cadieu, on a couple of occasions, including a trip to Greece.  Jake and Jeanne were photographed together in New York with a friend a coupl...

Will Angelina Jolie run for office?

Angelina Jolie guest-edited BBC Radio 4 Today and is making headlines for how she responded to a question about running for office. Per The Guardian:  The Hollywood star pondered her future as she guest-edited BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme. She told presenter Justin Webb she “can take a ...

UK Sun desperately depicts Meghan Markle as a weed smoking threat

Last week, Buzzfeed posted an article about whether or not royal reporters in Britain have been racist in their coverage of Meghan Markle. Since it was revealed that she and Prince Harry have been together, the UK tabloids have published one gross headline after another, consistently reminding their...

Intro for December 28, 2018

Dear Gossips, It’s almost the end of the year…and we still don’t know who’s hosting the Oscars, which is happening in less than two months. Could be because it’s slow right now, and the Academy is holding back on the announcement until next week, when everyone is back at work, when they can maxim...

What Else for December 27, 2018

Is this shade? It’s too bad Shade Court is permanently closed because otherwise Kara Brown could weigh in on whether or not Jennifer Lopez singing “All I Want For Christmas Is You” right before Christmas, and on camera, strutting into a TV station like a boss would be considered shade. The true defi...

Celebrity Social Media, December 27, 2018

Lea Michele had her bridal shower over the holidays – in preparation for a New Year’s Eve wedding? If not then, it will be soon. What kind of dress do you think she will wear? I’m guessing it will be ornate with some sheerness. Usually I call that “figure skating mesh” but that’s not the correct ter...

Timothee Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp together in Paris

If Andrew Garfield and Rita Ora were among the most random celebrity hookups of the year, Timothee Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp are the couple that seems to make the most sense. Who else would they be with? Lily-Rose’s father is American and her mother is French. Timmy’s mother is American and his fa...

Andrew Garfield and Rita Ora are the most random couple to make it to 2019

This randomness was first reported at the end of November – that Andrew Garfield and Rita Ora were in the “early stages” of a relationship, conveniently reported by the UK Sun after Rita “let it slip” to her friends. Which is definitely a Rita Ora move but is not known to be an Andrew move. No up...

Jordan Peele's 'Us' trailer released and I'm into it

With Get Out, Jordan Peele revealed himself to be a filmmaker fully formed, with clear vision and scope, and really no improvement needed. So his sophomore effort, titled Us, is both highly anticipated and scrutinized, as we want the next dose of his particular brand of horror, but also to see if Ge...

A Cambridge & Sussex Christmas

As expected, Prince William, Kate, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle walked amiably together to church on Christmas morning in Sandringham along with other members of the royal family per royal tradition. It was a repeat of last year, with the Cambridges and the Sussexes taking up the same positions: ...

Miley Cyrus confirms marriage to Liam Hemsworth

Dear Gossips,  Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth confirmed yesterday what we all presumed to be true on Monday – they were married December 23 in Tennessee.            View this post on Instagram                   ...

What Else for December 24, 2018

PROGRAMMING NOTE:  Just a reminder that we are dark tomorrow for Christmas and on December 26 for Boxing Day, back to a light gossip schedule on Thursday and Friday. If you think of me over the next couple of days, remember how much I hate turkey. Happy Christmas! Happy Holidays!  I don’t know m...

Celebrity Social Media for December 24, 2018

A little while back, I wondered what was next for the Biebers. First came love, then came marriage, and now here’s baby Oscar. As new puppy parents, are Justin and Hailey stressed? Sleep deprived? Who is doing the bulk of the potty training? Are they using a crate or starting with indoor paper? I wa...

Rihanna's new album and date with Hassan Jameel

It’s believed that Rihanna and her billionaire boyfriend, Hassan Jameel, started dating late in 2016, seen together that year on New Year’s Eve. It was only reported that they were together six months later, in summer 2017, when they were photographed kissing in a pool. So it’s been two years. And i...

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth appear to be married

Next summer will be the 10th anniversary of Miley Cyrus meeting Liam Hemsworth and falling in love on the set of The Last Song. They got engaged three years later in 2012. A year later, in 2013, they broke up after she twerked. Two years after that, in late 2015, they started spending time together ...

Cardi B & Offset are almost back together

Prem posted about Cardi B’s new video for “Money” in the previous post. Here’s what she says in “Money”:   I like boardin' jets, I like mornin' sex (Woo) But nothing in this world that I like more than checks (Money) All I really wanna see is the (Money) I don't really need the D, I need the (...

Unpacking Cardi B’s “Money” video

Written by PREM  If you ever doubted that Cardi B was a badass, her new video for the single “Money” will expel that doubt from your mind. It is visually stunning. I am obsessed with that custom made fuchsia ensemble and those black wide-brimmed hats. Christmas dinner outfit anyone? The shots are...

Intro for December 24, 2019

Dear Gossips, Saw Aquaman yesterday and it is indeed as delightfully stupid as Sarah says it is in her review which, reading it back now, is even funnier. Here is a batsh-t movie that is telling you to get over it and just have a good time. I did – and you know what I’m now obsessed with? The Aqu...

What Else for December 21, 2018

I’m not one of those people who wants old shows to come back. Not even Friday Night Lights. I’ve never been supportive of a movie. Let it end the way it ended. Think of it as a corpse. We can all agree that we’d be afraid of a revived corpse, right? Even if the corpse, when it was alive, was a kind ...

Celebrity Social Media, December 21, 2018

Duana was freaking out about this yesterday. She’ll say that was an exaggeration. But she has described Lin-Manuel Miranda as “Santa Claus” before – like that person she believes exists but will never truly see in person. She’ll never see her Santa on the subway. To the dude next to me on the...

Outfit of the Week: Michelle Obama

THESE BOOTS. Balenciaga. And they were trending on Twitter yesterday and almost sold out now. What other outfit could be the Outfit of the Week?  Duana and I dedicated over an hour to Michelle Obama’s Becoming on this week’s episode of Show Your Work. Mrs Obama’s wardrobe was and is a part of ...

Beyoncé posts new photos from India and attends Travis Scott’s show with Jay-Z

The Queen is generous. This is the season of giving. She knows how thirsty we are for new – anything new: new songs, new photos, new outfits. Whatever it is that she wants to share, we are here to receive it.  Yesterday Beyoncé posted to her website lots and lots of new pictures of her in India, ...

Netlix announces sequel to 'To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before'

Netflix announced last week that To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before was one of its three most re-watched original movies of 2018. The other two are Roxanne, Roxanne (about Roxanne Shanté, which is in my queue for the holidays) and The Kissing Booth (which is trash but who am I to judge, I sat through...

Kristen Stewart holds hands with stylist Sara Dinkin and might be single

It’s been a couple of months since Kristen Stewart’s been seen with Stella Maxwell. Kristen was shooting the Charlie’s Angels movie this fall in Europe. Stella visited her in Amsterdam in October. Shooting wrapped on Charlie’s Angels last week and Kristen’s back at home in LA, seen yesterday out for...

Intro for December 21, 2018

Dear Gossips, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visited the Hubb Community Kitchen yesterday, checking in on the group of women with whom she partnered to release Together: Our Community Cookbook. It was a private event, no photos. Royal Meghan, as we know now, has been visiting the community kitche...

What Else for December 20, 2018

Paris Hilton claims that her (broken) engagement ring generated millions and millions of dollars in publicity. Really? I don’t know anything about her ring. And I’m not sure anyone was getting their engagement rings inspired by Paris Hilton. Not this year. Not when there have been so many more engag...

Celebrity Social Media, December 20, 2018

How many cutting boards do you have? I have 3, but I feel like I need more. Kate Hudson doesn’t have that problem. To promote her new partnership with WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers), she did a standard interview and photo shoot with PEOPLE Magazine. In one of the photos, there were several c...

MiB: International released and it appears to be for kids

Does anyone have more visible fun on camera than Tessa Thompson? She has that strut, and that smirk, and that presence, and when the movie is fun, she makes it FUN. The latest film to have Tessa Thompson swaggering all over the place is Men in Black: International, the sequel/spin-off to the Will Sm...

What's behind the negative coverage of Meghan Markle?

This is typically a slow week in gossip. Many celebrities are already on holiday. There are a few who are making a final push for their Christmas releases but for the most part, things are shutting down and the idea is to coast towards the new year and come back hard in January. Same goes, sort of, ...

John Wick 3: Parabellum first images released by EW

And Halle Berry. New images from John Wick: Chapter 3 are out—oh, is that trailer coming soon, then?—and they show two sides of John Wick: Rainy John Wick and Dry John Wick. He’s looking a little worse for wear, sporting long hair and a struggle beard, and yet his suit is still pressed. I really adm...

Is Macaulay Culkin's 'Home Alone' Google ad leading up to something?

The last time we heard from Macaulay Culkin was nearly eight months ago, doing the talk show rounds to promote his comedy site and podcast, Bunny Ears (the site is ongoing and mostly funny, the first iteration of the podcast has ended). More recently, Culkin has been appearing on YouTube shows like ...

Intro for December 20, 2018

Dear Gossips, Last week The New York Times reported that, earlier this year, CBS paid Eliza Dushku $9.5 million to settle harassment claims on the set of Bull. Michael Weatherly, the star of the show, had been harassing Eliza for months on set. When she reported his behaviour, she was written off...

What Else for December 19, 2018

Brad Pitt wants everyone to know that for his birthday yesterday, his kids came to his place for a sleepover. Where I’m from, you don’t call it a sleepover when it’s home. But I guess that’s the point. Brad’s home is not their home. And, clearly, a sleepover at his home is not a regular occurrence, ...

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas keep getting married

Priyanka Chopra married Nick Jonas on December 1 in a Christian ceremony. They married again the next day in a Hindu ceremony. On December 4 there was another reception in New Delhi. In between and after they attended parties and other people’s weddings and there was a honeymoon. Today there was ano...

Celebrity Social Media round-up for December 19, 2018

Did you wonder what happened to the Divergent series? No, of course not, but this story by Kate Arthur in Buzzfeed, “How “Divergent” Turned into a Disaster”, is an interesting look at what happens when a sure thing amounts to a nothingburger. How "Divergent" Turned Into A Disaster Ian ...

'Where’d You Go, Bernadette' trailer might be a mess

The first trailer for Where’d You Go, Bernadette, adapted from a novel by Maria Semple, was released yesterday, and it looks like a standard “quirky family dramedy”. It stars Cate Blanchett as Wacky Mom, Billy Crudup as her seemingly perfect but, I’m guessing, having-an-affair husband, Emma Nelson a...

Guy Ritchie directed 'Aladdin' first look photos released

Entertainment Weekly has a first look at the live-action Aladdin coming from Guy Ritchie in 2019 and it looks fine. It looks like a big budget movie with elaborate sets and costumes, and human people who will talk and sing. As this is a Guy Ritchie movie, I expect the “Street Rat” sequence, featured...

Show Your Work: the work of Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama’s book, Becoming, is the bestselling hardcover of 2018 – and it was only released a month ago. Probably many of you have asked for it for Christmas and you’ll be reading it over the holidays. Perfect. Read it and then listen to this episode because while it’s been called a memoir, we ...

Royals gather for the Queen's Christmas lunch as feud rumours stir

The Queen hosted her annual Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace today. This is when the extended family is invited before the closer, senior royals head to Sandringham. As expected, Prince William and Catherine were there, along with Big G, in the backseat, and Charlotte. Big G looks like he’s at t...

Katie Holmes celebrates 40 with Jamie Foxx while still being photographed separately

Katie Holmes turned 40 yesterday and celebrated over dinner at Serendipity in New York with Jamie Foxx and her mother, Kathleen. Both Katie and Jamie were photographed but, as usual, they arrived and left separately so as to not give up any shots together.  It’s now been five years since we first...

Intro for December 19, 2018

Dear Gossips, There’s a lot to unpack in Emily Blunt and John Krasinski’s joint interview with The Hollywood Reporter, beyond the fact that they are irresistibly ADORABLE together. And that shot of them where they’re walking on a rooftop somewhere in New York, his arm around her neck, and she’s i...

What Else for December 18, 2018

I am not someone who would take this lightly. And by this I mean someone who has a lock of my hair and may or may not use to set a hex against me. We learned about this growing up through Chinese kung fu and mythology lessons. My childhood favourite Hong Kong actress, Barbara Yung, starred in a TV s...

Tom Cruise and Miles Teller in Lake Tahoe working on Top Gun: Maverick

Remember all the drama over Henry Cavill’s moustache in Mission: Impossible – Fallout? Two studios were fighting over that moustache which resulted in his moustache looking super weird in Justice League. Sarah’s theory, hilariously, about the moustache and why it even needed to happen at all in Miss...

Hailee Steinfeld's Bumblebee getting great reviews

Back in June, when the first trailer for Bumblebee was released, Sarah wrote that she didn’t hate it. In fact, she was charmed and surprised by its sweetness because the story is about Hailee Steinfeld and her new friend, Bumblebee, the alien. Not unlike Elliott and E.T. So, like, perfect for this t...

Celebrity Social Media, December 18, 2018

There was a lot of sponcon around Nick Jonas and Priyanka’s wedding, so I missed the wedding registry inspiration (sponsored by Amazon). It’s not their real list, obviously. Most of her recommendations are pretty standard, like a Vitamix blender and KitchenAid. She also recommended roller blades, wh...

A Guide to Netflix’s Bad Holiday Rom-Coms: Fantasy Jobs

In the final installment in our series of Netflix’s terrible holiday rom-coms, we’re featuring those movies that have completely unrealistic expectations of creative jobs. You know the type—she’s a baker who never has to go to work at four AM, or a writer who never has deadlines, or some other creat...

Oprah hosts screening of Black Panther with Bob Iger

As we’ve seen over the last few weeks, many of Hollywood’s biggest names have been rallying around their friends in the Oscar race. It happens every year – celebrities campaigning for each other, hosting screenings and dinners, posing for photos, making sure Academy members know who’s the most popul...

Idris Elba's very simple answer to stupid question about #MeToo movement

Back in July, when he was promoting Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Henry Cavill told GQ Australia that he was worried about the #MeToo movement making it harder for him to flirt and that he had concerns about flirting and then being called a rapist. Seriously. As I said at the time, no, dumdum, nobo...

Animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movie review

Over the weekend, animated superhero movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse became the number one movie in North America—the thirteenth number one weekend for a Marvel character this year and the biggest December animated opening ever—with $35.3 million, once again proving that audiences are not ti...

Meghan Markle shoves her father out of the spotlight while visiting Brinsworth House in England

Thomas Markle was putting himself back in the headlines again yesterday morning on Good Morning Britain. Today Piers Morgan bragged about the ratings – apparently Monday’s episode of GMB was the most watched in the show’s history in part due to Meghan Markle’s father. Thanks, dad! That blowhard keep...

December 18, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Rebekah – you’re right. I can’t believe you forgot to send this until this morning. It IS tradition. Good to hear that this year has been an improvement. I’m looking forward to even better next year, especially since you are working on what to do with the “no”. “No” just means you have to get even m...

Intro for December 18. 2018

Dear Gossips,  It’s December 18 and the Academy has yet to announce a host or hosts for the Oscars. Last night though, some movement, perhaps. According to The Hollywood Reporter, John Legend could do it. And not alone either. Is it possible that John AND Chrissy Teigen will host the Oscars toget...

What Else for December 17, 2018

Here’s a slightly controversial question about parties and, sometimes, even weddings: is it a good party if… no drama goes down? Like, you don’t want to be that person who starts the drama or gets messy, but when something dramatic goes down, or something messy happens, like this fool who interrupte...

Celebrity Social Media, December 17, 2018

Where does 2018’s breakout heartthrob go for an Instagram-able vacation? Somewhere he can take his shirt off, for sure, but it also has to have a cool factor. With lots of trees or poles to climb, of course.         View this post on Instagram       ...

A Guide to Netflix’s Bad Holiday Rom-Coms: Surprise Royalty

Continuing our series of Netflix’s terrible holiday rom-coms, here is a handy viewing guide to the royal themed holiday rom-coms you can stream to your delight and horror. A Christmas Prince The movie that put Netflix’s bad holiday rom-coms on the map. A Christmas Prince is so painfully ba...

A Guide to Netflix’s Bad Holiday Rom-Coms: Small Towns

It’s a tradition every December, to watch holiday romantic comedies, some of the most objectively awful movies ever produced, with cheesy stories, painful dialogue, and a formula so well-trod you can guess plot points so easily you might as well make a drinking game out of it. Netflix, in a race to ...

Miley Cyrus's great performance on Saturday Night Live

Miley Cyrus may not be your favourite. She’s done a lot of sh-t worth side-eying that Kathleen’s recapped over the last couple of years. What’s also true about Miley though is that she always shows up for Saturday Night Live. If she’s hosting, she never half-asses it. When she performs, she sounds g...

Offset interrupts Cardi B's concert to ask her for forgiveness

Cardi B broke up with Offset a couple of weeks ago. Afterwards he made it clear that missed her and wanted her back and has evidently turned getting her back into a crusade, stepping up his mission this weekend in the most public way. It started with this, on Friday:        ...

Meghan Markle meets with the Queen to discuss royal patronage

The Times reported this weekend that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were invited for tea with the Queen at Buckingham Palace last week to discuss Meghan’s first royal patronage. The Queen will be passing on one of her patronages to Royal Meghan and this is expected to be announced early in the new y...

December 17, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Ashley! Happy Birthday from Kate who requested for you the bromance of Taika Waititi and Chris Hemsworth as incentive for you to visit her in Australia…soon! 

Intro for December 17, 2018

Dear Gossips,  “I certainly didn’t come all this way to suck.” – Matt Damon during his monologue this weekend on Saturday Night Live. And he definitely didn’t suck. It was the strongest episode of the season. It may have been the strongest episode in a year. And it was the most I’ve enjoyed Matt ...

What Else for December 14, 2018

Does this qualify as a Christmas miracle? That Keith Richards has given up drinking? Wait. There’s an extra word in there. The word is “practically”. Which doesn’t mean he never drinks. It means he almost never drinks, which is not the same thing. I wonder though… like everyone else… what’s his body...

Best of 2018: Peter Noah Kavinsky Centineo

Lainey asked me whether or not Noah Centineo belongs in the Best or Worst category of 2018 and without hesitation I said “BEST.” Peter Kavinsky was 100% one of the highlights of 2018. The character that Jenny Han created is one of the best rom-com boyfriends of all time. In the weeks and months afte...

Hannah Gadsby is one of the Best of 2018

Hannah Gadsby burst onto the international stage this year with her blistering not-comedy special Nanette. It feels like Nanette came out nine years ago because we live in a nightmare time warp where everything is happening all of the time, but it’s just been six months since Gadsby gave us a new le...

Top 10 Movies of 2018

2018 was a good year for film—a REALLY good year. Narrowing down a Top 10 was difficult and came down to which films left the biggest mark, whether it be creating a cultural phenomenon or lingering in my mind for the better part of a year. I looked for films I found myself recommending over and over...

Celebrity Social Media, December 14, 2018

He’s not jumping on a couch, but Chris Pratt is declaring his love in a big way. I would like to draw your attention to the bottom left corner; Katherine is holding a wooden Jesus plaque. Do you think he whittled it for her? He must have, why else would he have included it in the montage. Will it be...

Chris Pratt hosts screening for A Quiet Place as Oscar campaign ramps up

Chris Pratt hosted a special screening of A Quiet Place in LA on Wednesday with John Krasinski. It’s not like their friendship is a secret; they’re super bro-y on Instagram and support each other’s charity efforts. Plus, Chris was so taken with A Quiet Place that back in April, he recorded a reactio...

Janet Jackson will finally be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019

It was announced yesterday that Janet Jackson will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Finally. And this is good news, of course. But it’s also an opportunity to talk about why it’s late news. Because Janet has been eligible for induction since 2007. She wasn’t nominated until 201...

Kanye reignites feud with Drake in Twitter rant

As Lainey mentioned in her intro, The Social: Year in Gossip airs tonight in primetime on CTV.  We shot it last week. It was the last show I produced on my last day at The Social. It’s a recap of all the scandal, fashion, romance, and drama of the past year. It’s all sequins and big hair. You’re goi...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle release unseen wedding photo for their Christmas card

Those fireworks could be a metaphor for, well, everything: their intense relationship, falling in love quickly, getting engaged and married, the drama around the wedding, the major publicity around the pregnancy to kick off their first overseas tour, and the recent gossip about the supposed tension ...

The Cambridges' dog Lupo missing from official Christmas portrait

Kensington Palace released the photo that’s featured on the Cambridges’ Christmas Card today and look at Big G in his big boy pants! Royal boys, as you know, are supposed to wear shorts until, I dunno, some prescribed age like… 7? 8? 10? That’s why little Louis Trey is in shorts, with tights. Big G ...

Intro for December 14, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Let’s open today with Zendaya, because it’s been a minute. She’s kept a pretty low profile the second half of the year, spending most of it working on Spider-Man: Far From Home. Last night she attended a jewellery launch in LA and… well… she made it worth the wait. Law Roach made...

What Else for December 13, 2018

Lainey is getting some well-deserved rest since she isn’t feeling well today. I hope she’s at home watching Dumplin again because I just watched it and it brought me so much joy. If I was sick, I think it would have healed me. Dumplin is cold-curing cute. Watch it! - Kathleen  Janet Jackson will ...

Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding on the set of Paul Feig’s romantic comedy Last Christmas

This Christmas Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding are shooting Paul Feig’s Last Christmas, a romantic comedy which is scheduled for release next Christmas, possibly with the hopes of becoming the new Love Actually? Emma Thompson co-wrote the screenplay and she also has a part in the movie which is insp...

Jason Momoa in Aquaman movie review

Aquaman is so incredibly dumb I don’t know how to review it other than to just tell you what it is and emphasize how extremely likeable it is in the face of its own sheer stupidity. So there will be some spoilers, but also realize that mere words cannot capture the magnificent dumbness of this movie...

Celebrity Social Media, December 13, 2018

Armie Hammer and Justin Theroux ran around Washington, DC for the day, then attended a screening of On the Basis of Sex in New York City. Both fangirled over Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which is understandable. But I find the bromance interesting because Armie is so LA - a born-and-bred California movie st...

Taylor Swift releases trailer for reputation concert special on her birthday

It’s Taylor Swift’s birthday today. She’s 29. Which means we have a month to go before an entire year of conversations and think-pieces about Taylor turning 30 and what she’s done and what she’s going to do and this, that, and the other. Nobody needs to hurry this discussion. It’ll happen soon enoug...

Taylor Swift releases trailer for reputation tour documentary on her birthday

It’s Taylor Swift’s birthday today. She’s 29. Which means we have a month to go before an entire year of conversations and think-pieces about Taylor turning 30 and what she’s done and what she’s going to do and this, that, and the other. Nobody needs to hurry this discussion. It’ll happen soon enoug...

Miley Cyrus calls Liam Hemsworth her "survival partner" after California wildfires

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are two of the thousands of people whose homes were destroyed in the wildfires that devastated California last month. Miley is promoting her new single “Nothing Breaks Like A Heart” and yesterday morning she opened up to Howard Stern about how the Woolsey fires affecte...

Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie in Mary Queen of Scots movie review

Mary Queen of Scots is a slightly anachronistic and completely ahistorical telling of the feud between Mary, Queen of Scots—the lack of proper punctuation in the title drives me nuts—and Queen Elizabeth I. Take this as even less of a history lesson than The Favourite, as Mary Queen of Scots twists i...

Preparing for RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 4

(Lainey: this post was written by our newest contributor. He was one of the students in the 4th year Arts & Humanities class I taught on Gossip at Western University last year. He is also a student of RuPaul’s Drag Race. For a long time, I’ve wanted to include Drag Race content on this site but hadn...

Prince Harry reportedly "feeling powerless" about negativity surrounding Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle covers the new issue of US Weekly that clearly went to print before her surprise appearance at the British Fashion Awards on Monday night because otherwise, obviously, they would have used a photo from that event. She looked amazing. And, you know, belly-cupping is always a newsstand b...

Saorise Ronan and Margot Robbie in Mary Queen of Scots movie review

Mary Queen of Scots is a slightly anachronistic and completely ahistorical telling of the feud between Mary, Queen of Scots—the lack of proper punctuation in the title drives me nuts—and Queen Elizabeth I. Take this as even less of a history lesson than The Favourite, as Mary Queen of Scots twists i...

Intro for December 13, 2018

Dear Gossips,  As you may have heard, the Screen Actors Guild award nominations kicked off all kinds of talk and frustration about snubs and category fraud yesterday. There are actors and films that have been recognized and awarded for weeks that the guild ignored. There is also a film that every...

What Else for December 12, 2018

Anna Wintour didn’t mind The Devil Wears Prada so much when she found out that Meryl Streep would be playing her. I mean, at first she may have claimed she wasn’t into it but, over time, it seems like it has grown on her, especially since Miranda Priestley is basically an icon. I wonder if, in a dec...

Emily Blunt receives SAG nominations for Mary Poppins and The Quiet Place

There were some significant snubs today when the SAG nominations were announced. We’ll discuss them here and there in other posts later and what that means for Oscar. It’s a competitive year. That’s the simple, incomplete explanation. It’s also, as always, a popularity contest. And what was confirme...

Ashanti doesn’t break the Internet in Paper Magazine cover feature

Yesterday, I name-checked some male R&B stars of the early 2000s. The female stars I mentioned are ruling today’s charts (I will never forgive myself for forgetting SOLANGE, who am I?). Given those two pieces of criteria – being a man or having a current stamp on R&B – Ashanti did not get a shout-ou...

Celebrity Social Media, December 12, 2018

Chrissy Teigen could post about literally anything and it will inspire “10 Times Chrissy Teigen Won Twitter” or “3 Times Chrissy Teigen was Relatable AF on Instagram” stories. Her social media feed is a cottage industry. I’m not mad at it – I really enjoy her and I think when we one day look back at...

Bradley Cooper's clean shave in Tokyo as he promotes A Star Is Born

I’m still laughing about Jezebel’s Thirsty 30 from the other day. Bradley Cooper was ranked #22 and while that’s not super high on the list, the fact that he’s been included is what’s funny because, of course, as we’ve seen, Bradley’s fronting like he’s not thirsty AF for that Oscar, keeping a low p...

Jennifer Lopez promotes Second Act in multiple outfits in New York

Jennifer Lopez is in the middle of the Second Act press tour. As Lainey has reminded you repeatedly, it comes out on December 21st and it’s a rom-com about work so naturally, we stan.  Jennifer Lopez in a rom-com is my favourite Jennifer Lopez. JLo on a press tour also always delivers. She’s a gr...

Show Your Work: The Oscar host, Megan Fox, and Oh Happy Day

At post time, the Academy has still not yet announced a replacement for Kevin Hart as the host of the Oscars. There are rumours that they may decide to go with no host for the Oscars. This is, apparently, not a job that anyone wants. Or is it that no one that they want wants the job? How deep is the...

Timothee Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp still together in Chanel in New York

One of the main themes of the site yesterday was the romance update: Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse, the Beckhams, Gemma Chan and Dominic Cooper, and also Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn. All fine. Also fine – Timothee Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp. They were seen out for lunch in New York City. Thes...

Idris Elba and Ruth Wilson promote Luther in London

Raise your hand if you knew Idris Elba as DCI Luther before you knew him as Stringer Bell. I can’t be the only one. Elba was Stringer Bell first, but Luther was his breakout role, the thing that made him everyone’s favorite leading man and the once and future Bond. On January 1 he’s back with a fift...

Danielle Macdonald and Jennifer Aniston in Dumplin' movie review

Willowdean (Danielle Macdonald) is a Dolly Parton-loving girl who struggles with body image, an emotionally remote mother, and the recent death of the aunt who raised her. She has one friend, Ellen (Odeya Rush), with whom she shares a Dolly Parton obsession—they often have “Parton parties” and quiz ...

December 12, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Emily! Happy Birthday! New life. New job. New traditions. I’m so happy to hear about all your changes. You made those changes. Those changes are happening because you believe you deserve better. Which, of course, is what Stephanie, Sandee, Lee, Manda, and Arryn knew all along. Your friends will alwa...

Intro for December 12, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Sandra Bullock was in Sao Paolo this week promoting her new movie Bird Box which premieres on Netflix on December 21. Basically Netflix’s strategy is to get you to stay home during the holiday season and not leave the couch. Sarah wrote about the first trailer a few weeks ago. A se...

What Else for December 11, 2018

In case you missed it… this was the headline of the day yesterday, involving Julia Roberts and her “holes”, which are getting better with age. It’s a story made for Michael K and Dlisted because, well, only he could write an entire article about holes that namechecks Lohan, goop, and Paul Rudd while...

David and Victoria Beckham are fine at the British Fashion Awards

I’m not saying that like it’s a complaint. More like… sarcasm. Because it’s almost the end of the year and many of you spent several months this year worrying that Victoria and David Beckham wouldn’t make it to the end of the year. And they have. I’m not sure there was any question about that, as ha...

Taylor Swift supported Joe Alwyn at Mary, Queen of Scots premiere but no photos were taken

Check out Joe Alwyn last night at the premiere of Mary Queen of Scots. Interesting pant length happening here. Why not show off those boots, right? I don’t hate it. But it’s definitely shorter than the usual, especially with the slight flare at the hem. Kinda like the mom jeans I’m obsessed with rig...

Gemma Chan & Dominic Cooper at the British Fashion Awards

Mary, Queen of Scots is getting mixed reviews. Here’s why I’m seeing it: for the performances from the entire cast, led by Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, but also because the case includes Gemma Chan. An Asian woman in a British historical period piece! Big ups to director Josie Rourke for no-big-...

Celebrity Social Media, December 11, 2018

Al Roker stays paid. Me either, but I’m still cashing the checks. Merry Christmas! https://t.co/yfb7qhxXJi — Al Roker (@alroker) December 10, 2018 Kevin Hart is still being Kevin Hart – relentless positivity and hustle. I read an article this morning in Esquire that “Kevin Hart is not t...

Millie Bobby Brown is apparently friends with Godzilla in new trailer for King of the Monsters

The second trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters is here to rattle our skulls with Godzilla’s roar—I really love the new roar sound effect created for these new movies—and also strain our eyeballs with darkness. After the Comic-Con trailer, I specifically wished that this new movie not be entir...

Robert Pattinson & Suki Waterhouse at the British Fashion Awards

Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse were both at the British Fashion Awards last night. Suki is part of the fashion crowd in London. Robert is a Dior ambassador, has been getting pretty funky with his fashion choices, and presented last night to Dior Homme creative director Kim Jones. He looks real...

Singer Jacquees declares himself the King of R&B

That was the question dominating Twitter yesterday. It started with Jacquees – a singer I barely knew existed – declaring himself as the “King of R&B.” The declaration sparked a debate that went from heated to hilarious and back around again. This debate has all the grown-ass men who have ever had a...

Ryan Gosling's First Man receives ten Critics Choice nominations

From its first trailer, First Man looked like a surefire Oscar front runner. Damien Chazelle, Ryan Gosling, period piece, Great Man biopic—it appeals to several Oscar fetishes. But the box office for First Man has been lackluster, stalling out just below its break-even point. And with that lack of b...

Meghan Markle's extreme belly-cupping at the British Fashion Awards

I mean, I thought the belly-cupping during the royal tour in Australia, Fiji, Tonga, and New Zealand was extra. Turns out, for Meghan Markle, that was simply entry-level belly-cupping. Last night at the British Fashion Awards, Royal Meghan took it beyond extra to extreme. If you’ve been following th...

Intro for December 11, 2018

Dear Gossips,  In 2005, filmmaker Ameesha Joshi was at a World Press Photo Exhibit when she came across pictures of Indian girls boxing on the beach. Ameesha is a first-generation Canadian born to Indian parents and she understood immediately the social pressures the boxers would face, on top of ...

What Else for December 10, 2018

HEADS UP PLEASE READ: as mentioned last week, we are doing a relaunch of Sasha’s podcast, premiering in early January. We are looking forward to showing you the new artwork and all up in your business. We can’t wait to get up in your business. So send us your questions, the awkward, sticky, dramatic...

Scarlett Johansson hosts Black Panther screening and reception in New York

Black Panther is the first Marvel movie with a real shot at a major Oscar nomination. As such, Disney is backing an actual, proper award campaign for the movie and key craftspeople involved, particularly Ruth Carter, the costume designer. I attended an event with Ruth Carter a couple months ago and ...

Celebrity Social Media, December 10, 2018

Courteney Cox is going against a trend – most people are trying to get off Facebook, and she just joined. Maybe she’ll be working with Facebook Watch?  Just joined Facebook! Better late than never!https://t.co/huioHNhJvl — Courteney Cox (@CourteneyCox) December 7, 2018 Now onto Jennifer...

Cardi B changes the lyrics to "Motorsport" during performance in Chicago

Cardi B performed the other night in Chicago and during the song “Motorsport”, she changed one of the lines to update her relationship status:  The original lyric is "I get up set off. I turn Offset on. I told him the other day. Man, we should sell that porn”.  The modified lyric became “I get...

Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Holland, and Jacob Batalon attend Comic Con in Brazil for Spider-Man: Far From Home

Spider-Man: Far From Home comes out next July, which means its press machine is creaking into gear. Jake Gyllenhaal joined Instagram to help with the effort, and this weekend, he, Tom Holland, and Jacob Batalon made an appearance at Comic Con Experience Brazil, where the trailer debuted (though it h...

Thomas Markle talks to UK papers again, saying Meghan has frozen him out

Thomas Markle always strikes on a weekend. With two weeks to go before Christmas, he decided to send his daughter an early gift – speaking to the UK papers yet again to share exclusive family photos and letters Meghan wrote to him in the past, details about her first wedding, confirming that Royal M...

Chris Pine and Annabelle Wallis going strong in matching looks in London

Chris Pine and Annabelle Wallis are still dating. As far as we know, they’ve been together officially since March. They started the ‘showing up to events in coordinating outfits’ phase of their relationship in July. Chris and Annabelle are still in that phase. Here they are in London leaving a Chris...

Chris Evans and Annabelle Wallis going strong in matching looks in London

Chris Pine and Annabelle Wallis are still dating. As far as we know, they’ve been together officially since March. They started the ‘showing up to events in coordinating outfits’ phase of their relationship in July. Chris and Annabelle are still in that phase. Here they are in London leaving a Chris...

Beyoncé performs at billionaire's wedding in India

Beyoncé doesn’t perform at parties on the regular. Beyoncé isn’t showing up at bat mitzvahs or birthdays or pre-wedding festivities for just anyone. So, what does it take for Beyonce to show up? You just have to be the heiress to the richest man in India, a successful businesswoman in your own right...

December 10, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Michelle! Happy Birthday from your sister and partner-in-crime Allison! By request, here are Henry Golding and Dan Reynolds. Also Brad Pitt in A River Runs Through It – see below:   

Intro for December 10, 2018

Dear Gossips,  The LA Film Critics Association has named Roma their best film of the year. Does that mean the Oscars will finally include a Netflix film in their Best Picture nominees? Well, that’s not the Oscar priority right now. They’re still trying to figure out who will host.  The day bef...

What Else for December 7, 2018

Today was Kathleen’s last day as a producer on The Social and she produced our year-end primetime special which airs later this month. Which is why she’s been quiet this week and that’s also why we were quiet today. I was focusing on making her cry as she closes the chapter on this era of her career...

Celebrity Social Media, December 7, 2018

Into The Gloss’s Top Shelf, which features celebrities, socialites, and influencers explaining their beauty routine, is often eye-roll inducing because so many famous people love to claim that their skin is flawless from “drinking water” and using a $6 drug store face wash. This week the featured pe...

Avengers: Endgame trailer released

The trailer for Avengers 4, officially titled Avengers: Endgame has finally arrived and we have some things to discuss. First, that title. After much overdone secrecy, it is revealed to be “Endgame”, a reference to Doctor Strange’s line in Infinity War. It’s fine. It hardly justifies the amount of c...

Jennifer Aniston covers January 2019 issue of ELLE

Jennifer Aniston is featured in the January 2019 issue of ELLE. The title of the profile: Jennifer Aniston doesn’t need a happy ending. And this has been Jen’s strategy since her split from Justin Theroux last February, a different tone than the one we saw when she split from Brad Pitt, even though ...

Dolly Parton and Jennifer Aniston at the LA premiere of Dumplin'

Here are Dolly Parton and Jennifer Aniston, along with Danielle Macdonald, at the premiere of Dumplin’ last night. As we’ve seen, since they’re the marquee names, Dolly and Jen have been leading most of the promotion for Dumplin’ so far. I’m curious though, once people start seeing the movie, which ...

New Game of Thrones teaser tells us nothing

Game of Thrones’ final season begins in April 2019, as told to us by the first official teaser which tells us NOTHING. This is NOTHING. It’s not even foreplay, it’s a cute person maybe smiling at you but you’re not quite sure because they didn’t actually make eye contact and now you’re going to spen...

Kevin Hart steps down as Oscars host after homophobic tweets resurface

Two days ago it was announced that Kevin Hart would host the Oscars and I wrote,  “…everyone likes Kevin Hart. He’s the Platonic ideal of an Oscar host: popular, funny but not offensive…” And then a lot of you emailed to let me know that you don’t like Kevin Hart. He has a history of doing and sayin...

December 7, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs

The Community Run for the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre in Vancouver is happening this Sunday, December 9 starting at 9am at Olympic Village Square. Last year, $5,000 was raised to provide warm meals for women and children. Everyone is welcome – bring your kids, your strollers, your neighbours, y...

Intro for December 7, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Best read on the internet this week? For me nothing come close to the piece Allen Iverson wrote about Allen Iverson in The Players’ Tribune published yesterday. I read it the first time, sent it to almost everyone I know, read it a second time, then woke up this morning and read it...

What Else for December 6, 2018

OK. So I know there might be some plot problems here. And still. I don’t care. I am willing to use my imagination because I can’t hate this idea. I cannot hate the idea of Tiffany Haddish and Awkwafina in a movie together. Tiffany broke out in 2017. It was her year. Awkwafina came through in 2018. T...

Jennifer Aniston interviews Dolly Parton on Good Morning America for Dumplin' promotion

Dolly Parton’s song from Dumplin’, "Girl in the Movies", was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song this morning. Dolly’s on her way. Her goal, as she’s made explicitly clear, has been to get nominations, in particular an Oscar nomination. The Globes aren’t reliable predictors of Oscar ...

Momentum gathers for Black Panther with Golden Globe nominations

It’s been a great year for black American cinema, as evidenced by the Golden Globes nominations which include Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, and If Beale Street Could Talk for Best Picture. (Sorry to Bother You is too weird for award shows, but let us not forget it is one of the best films of the ye...

Celebrity Social Media, December 6, 2018

Lainey and I briefly talked about the Jessica Simpson/Natalie Portman “feud” last night, which is actually a nothingburger sparked by thirsty headlines. In the original interview with USA Today, Natalie Portman was referring to how the media tried to make virginal sex pots out of young female pop st...

Jake Gyllenhaal confirms Spider-Man: Far From Home role in first Instagram post

Jake Gyllenhaal is now on Instagram. It’s not necessarily news anymore, when a celebrity is on social media. Even Julia Roberts is on IG now. I don’t know that Jake, though, over the last few years, falls under the category of the “sharing” celebrity. He keeps his sh-t pretty tight. We’re not suppos...

Jason Momoa's SNL promo thirst traps

Jason Momoa is hosting SNL this weekend, and their promos are largely just thirst traps. When you have a hot surfer dude the size of a tree as your host, the jokes write themselves. Thus, Momoa’s promo as an action-page, finding answers by busting down doors and hacking computers while tearing off h...

Atlanta left out of Golden Globe nominations

The Golden Globe nominations came down this morning and you guys, who is going to tell the HFPA that they forgot about Atlanta? It’s a lot, I know, there is SO much television. It’s impossible to watch everything and hard to keep up with new episodes, but even with all the clamoring competition, Atl...

Amy Adams and Regina King nominated for Golden Globes in the same categories

Amy Adams received two acting Golden Globe nominations this morning, one for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series and another for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her Vice. She’s now trending on Twitter. But don’t forget about Regina King. Regina has been nominated in th...

Contance Wu and Crazy Rich Asians nominated for Golden Globes

Crazy Rich Asians is going to the Golden Globes. It will not win any Golden Globes. But they’ll be at the party, at one of the most watched award shows, and the first major award show of the year, right after the New Year. This is visibility. And visibility is important. So, sure, even though the co...

Intro for December 6, 2018

Dear Gossips,  The Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning. We’ll cover those in subsequent posts throughout the day. Ahead of the nominations, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association yesterday finally confirmed who will be hosting: Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg. I don’t think anyone wa...

What Else for December 5, 2018

I’m about to say something really inflammatory and we are going to fight. This is the expression I make when I see one of those fake white Christmas trees. I don’t believe in them! Also black wreaths! More and more people are putting up black wreaths. Ask Mimi – does she consider a black wreath fest...

Celebrity Social Media, December 5, 2018

From what I can gather, Chris Evans and Chris Pine are always competing for first place on the Chris List. I think, for this week, Evans takes it. He doesn’t pose very long. pic.twitter.com/3ShuJX7RlV — Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) December 4, 2018   Bella Hadid is traveling with The We...

The Hollywood Reporter’s actor roundtable features Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen, Timothee Chalamet, and more

Next stop on the Award Season Express, it’s The Hollywood Reporter’s actor roundtable, featuring Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen, Timothee Chalamet, Chadwick Boseman, Hugh Jackman, and Richard E. Grant. This group actually makes me wonder how far in advance they book these things, because Hugh Jackm...

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reach temporary custody agreement

When World War Brange first broke out, it was ugliness all around. The two then agreed to shut it down and it remained that way until earlier this year as Angelina Jolie was accused of keeping Brad Pitt from their children and then it came out that he supposedly wasn’t living up to his financial pro...

Margot Robbie promotes Mary, Queen of Scots in Chanel

Mary, Queen of Scots was considered an early Oscar contender several months ago. Now that we’re balls deep in award season, I don’t feel like anyone is talking about it anymore? The reviews seem to be OK to good, not great, but no one seems to pushing hard for it. The Favourite is the period piece e...

Cardi B and Offset break up

Cardi B announced on Instagram last night that she and Offset are “not together anymore.”          View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by CARDIVENOM (@iamcardib) on Dec 4, 2018 at...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund event at St Luke’s Church in London

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did not attend the Queen’s Diplomatic Corps reception last night but instead were at St Luke’s Church in London for a carol service in support of the Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund, named after one of Harry’s friends who died when they were in school. The memorial...

Princess Kate in the Lovers Knot tiara at the Diplomatic Corps reception ahead of Cyprus visit with Prince William

They busted out the tiaras last night at Buckingham Palace for the Diplomatic Corps reception as the Queen hosted foreign dignitaries at her annual party. Her Majesty, Duchess Camilla, and Princess Catherine all had tiaras on. Kate wore the Lovers Knot, the one she’s most often seen in, and a new Je...

Kevin Hart to host 2019 Oscars

Yesterday morning The Hollywood Reporter called hosting the Oscars the “least wanted job in Hollywood”. Less than three months from the 2019 telecast, the Oscars had no host, and, apparently, no hope of a host. My suggestion was either Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, or a pack a wolves. Picture it! Lin...

Intro for December 5, 2018

Dear Gossips,  Priyanka Chopra was not messing around when she told Vogue that people would need a vacation after their wedding. Yesterday she and Nick Jonas hosted another wedding reception in Delhi at the Taj Palace Hotel. She was also trending for much of the day on Tuesday as the photos from ...

What Else for December 4, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians opened in China last week and it was disappointingly not a success. For many reasons. They can watch real-life wealthy Asians being crazy with their money on Weibo every minute of every day. Remember, the story about the son of Chinese billionaire who bought two Apple watches for h...

Gwyneth Paltrow covers WSJ Magazine

Gwyneth Paltrow is featured in this month’s WSJ Magazine. As a CEO. It’s right there, on the cover: Gwyneth Paltrow, CEO. You know she loves this so much. This is where we are now. Gwyneth Paltrow, not even “former actress” but simply “CEO”. Of goop, of course, recently valuated at $250 million.  ...

Princess Kate in tartan at party for military families at Kensington Palace with Prince William

Prince William and Catherine “hosted a party for military families at Kensington Palace” today. Here they are arriving at the event, passing along a lane with a fake snow-blower setting the scene for a winter wonderland effect.   William and Kate take the short walk from their Kensington Palc...

Celebrity Social Media, December 4, 2018

David Beckham is a spokesperson for the Haig Club and hosted a party this week. Victoria’s sister attended, as did Brooklyn with his date. Socialite Mary Charteris, someone who The Sun once implied was a problem for the Beckhams, was there, as well as David Gardner (who is with Liv Tyler – I didn’t ...

Julia Roberts looks amazing in Valentino while promoting Ben is Back with Lucas Hedges

As I posted about yesterday, we will soon see Jennifer Aniston, with Dolly Parton, all over the talk show circuit to promote Netflix’s Dumplin’, premiering on Friday. We will also be seeing a lot of another American Sweetheart, Julia Roberts, as she promotes Ben is Back. Many are calling this her st...

The Cambridges and Sussexes to spend Christmas together as damage control

For the last couple of weeks, it seems that every single day there’s a new story about the Royal Girl Sh-t that’s supposedly going on between Catherine Cambridge and Meghan Markle. The latest, I think, is that Princess Kate read Royal Meghan for being a bitch to her staff. It’s gotten so bad that Ke...

Madonna shades Lady Gaga on Instagram

As you know, for the past couple of months, Lady Gaga has been promoting her very good work in A Star is Born and campaigning for an Oscar. As you may have heard, during all of that promotion, she’s been repeating the thing about the 100 people in a room. If you’re unfamiliar with the quote, here it...

Brie Larson leads by example in new Captain Marvel trailer

I have been skeptical of Brie Larson from the moment she was announced as Captain Marvel. Not anything against her, personally, just that she’s too young, and wasn’t the most interesting name in the mix. Well, guess what? I TAKE IT ALL BACK. I am sold on Brie Larson as Carol Danvers. You know what d...

Lindsay Lohan tries another comeback with new show, Lohan Beach Club

How many comebacks does it take to actually come back? Lindsay Lohan’s team (cut to Dina Lohan swigging from a bottle of unoaked chardonnay) hasn’t exactly worked out the numbers yet. We have covered Lindsay’s fits and starts several times. Lindsay’s career burnout and downfall is in no way excep...

Intro for December 4, 2018

Dear Gossips,  So it wasn’t just a Vogue wedding for Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. It was also a PEOPLE and HELLO! wedding, with both of those publications actually getting the first exclusive shots of the wedding photos… just like it was with Amal and George Clooney. Vogue had the exclusive fo...

What Else for December 3, 2018

To those of you who’ve been asking about when the Sasha Answers podcast is coming back – it’s going to be January. It’ll be a relaunch, with a rebrand and new artwork, and we can’t wait to share with you. So send us your questions and problems, let us know your drama: is it friend sh-t or love sh-t ...

Marvel developing movie based on Asian superhero, Shang-Chi

After years of not prioritizing any voice or story other than white dudes, Marvel is now full steam ahead on the diversity express. Thanks to the success of Black Panther—and due in no small part to Ike Perlmutter’s control being loosened on the movie studio—they have greenlit a Black Widow movie an...

Show Your Work: The Work of Writing Part 1

Welcome to our first bonus mini-episode on writing – because we talk about writing so much, and we all write so much, and because there are so many different kinds of writing. But first…here’s our takeoff point: A couple of weeks ago, Laurie Kilmartin talked to Vulture about writing for Conan O’B...

Celebrity Social Media, December 3, 2018

The Office doesn’t need to be rebooted, does it? It ended in 2013. Give it a minute. But I would definitely welcome a Christmas special. It would be a great homage to the UK series.         View this post on Instagram             ...

Jennifer Aniston gets personal about her relationship with her mother while promoting Dumplin'

As mentioned in the previous post about Dolly Parton, Dumplin’ will be released on Netflix on Friday and since the movie is produced by and stars Jennifer Aniston, with music from Dolly Parton, these two women are doing much of the promotional work, leveraging their profiles to make sure the film is...

Dolly Parton on the campaign trail for Dumplin'

As I wrote a few weeks ago, Dolly Parton, in her words, is “politickin’” for Dumplin’ which premieres on Netflix on Friday and I’m going to watch the f-ck out of it all weekend. We should see Dolly and Jennifer Aniston on the carpet soon and those pictures will travel the world, light up social medi...

Bradley Cooper supports Irina Shayk at Versace show in New York

Irina Shayk walked in the Versace show in New York last night. As mentioned in the previous post, there were a lot of celebrities in the front row, including Irina’s partner, Bradley Cooper. No photos of him at the event though, not that I’ve seen, not on the arrivals carpet and not during the prese...

Blake Lively and Gigi Hadid attend Versace show in New York together

So many celebrities showed up last night at the Versace pre-fall 2019 presentation at the American Stock Exchange last night. Over the last year or so, Donatella’s been leaning into the nostalgia in her collections, revisiting some of Gianni’s most memorable classic looks – and this collection conti...

Ariana Grande delivers with "thank u, next" music video

Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” music video broke YouTube’s record for views in its first 24 hours. Those numbers aren’t a surprise or a fluke. Since Ariana’s impressive First Wives Club- inspired performance of “thank u, next” on Ellen, and the teasers hinting at a Mean Girls tie-in, the video beca...

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas get married in India

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are officially husband and wife. They got married this weekend in Jodhpur, India, in a legit palace. I spent all weekend trying to creep their wedding. As Lainey predicted, the photos from the actual wedding ceremony (or ceremonies) will be a Vogue exclusive. Those pho...

Intro for December 3, 2018

Dear Gossips,  It’s been 14 years since Beyoncé last performed in South Africa. Last night she made it worth the wait at the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100, paying tribute to one of the greatest human beings in history, honouring his memory and also those who are keeping his memory alive, c...