What Else for September 30, 2019

“You bitches could really never”, is one of the things Cardi says as she’s walking around, covered head to toe, at Paris Fashion Week. She also at one point says, “Make sure a car don’t hit me, cuz a bitch can’t see”, before nimbly stepping onto the curb. Seeing, clearly, isn’t a problem. My problem...

Duana Names: Acing The Next Name

Hi Duana,   Long time reader of Lainey’s website ( as well as Show Your Work) So excited to finally have a reason to write in! One of my coworkers is having her second baby (a boy due in October) and she is stuck on a name. They have a girl named Zoe and would like a unique not generic but also ...

Channing Tatum films Jessie J as she performs at Rock in Rio

Jessie J performed at Rock in Rio this weekend. Here she is arriving in Brasil the other day with Channing Tatum, her boyfriend and also, apparently, her cinematographer. During the performance, Chan was seen on stage with Jessie filming her at work.  During Jessie J’s performance tonight in ...

Celebrity Social Media, September 30, 2019

This morning, Lainey posted about the Bieber wedding and the throwbacks. Tom Holland was never a Bieber-level child star; I didn’t even realize he started acting so young. The Impossible came out in 2012, so this photo was taken some time in 2011/12. That would make Tom around 17-18 here, which does...

Gwyneth Paltrow celebrates her birthday in New York with Brad Falchuk as Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin hold hands at the Global Citizen Festival

Gwyneth Paltrow has been in New York the last week promoting The Politician, celebrating her birthday, and the one year anniversary of her marriage to Brad Falchuk. I LOVE the Gucci outfit she wore for her birthday dinner with those black ribbon white sneakers, also my favourite. She also shared thi...

Jodie Turner-Smith is so proud of Joshua Jackson as he's honoured by the Environmental Media Association

OK, Pacey. I see you. I mean, I feel like we always knew, but it’s nice to have it confirmed. First though, Joshua Jackson was honoured by the Environmental Media Association this weekend and Jodie Turner-Smith, his girlfriend/possible fiancée, was very proud.  forever proud of you @VancityJa...

Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin spent weekend preparing for today's wedding in South Carolina

Justin and Hailey Bieber are getting married today. Last was all about wedding prep – both visited the dermatologist for last minute skin treatments, both had their final fittings, and then on Saturday they were seen boarding a private jet to South Carolina. Yesterday was the rehearsal dinner:  ...

Prince Andrew reportedly risks being further embroiled in Jeffrey Epstein scandal as FBI expands investigation

According to The Sunday Times, “Prince Andrew risks being further embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal as … the FBI has expanded its investigation to identify more of the billionaire’s victims, who could provide information on the royal”.  Risk? How could it be a risk? Prince Andrew and Bu...

Intro for September 30, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Drake was one of the headliners this weekend at Rock in Rio and apparently it was a mess. Rock in Rio is usually livestreamed in Brasil but without much notice, Drake decided not to livestream his performance, explaining on Twitter that: Sorry to everyone about the @rockinri...

What Else for September 27, 2019

NO THANK YOU. Maybe this is a prank. Maybe this really happened. Did we neee to know about it? Did it need be shared? F-ck NO. Nobody needs this content. But I’m the bitch sharing it with you now because since I know about it, I want you to know about. And the reason is this: nothing scary can happe...

Duana Names: Wishing And Hoping and Thinking and Singing

Hi Duana! Huge fan of your column and a total name nerd myself; for no good reason other than names are just fun. Anyway, as I vacuumed today I caught myself singing “Gloria” pretty loudly and wondered - what happened to this name? It’s not a “dead name” is it? And what are your thoughts on namin...

Sasha Finds: Berry Lip for Fall

Fall is here and that means that it’s time for me to retire all my summer poppy lip shades.  So I’m packing away the corals and pinks and opting for one of my favorite autumn  colours: berry. I know berry isn’t some revolutionary color concept but it was never my jam until recently. Ha. I always tho...

Marvel and Sony announce they will be working on Spider-Man film together after all

One month after a very public divorce, Marvel and Sony have gotten together for one last bout of makeup sex and will co-produce a final Spider-Man film together. This will allow Tom Holland to finish his era as Peter Parker under the Marvel banner, and keep his trilogy intact and in step with the MC...

Celebrity Social Media, September 27, 2019

There’s another celebrity liquor brand, and again it’s a TV duo (like Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston): the guys from The Vampire Diaries. I’m curious to see how and if their fandom will translate into distribution and sales. The interesting thing about spirits is that it has so many di...

Rambo: Last Blood starring Sylvester Stallone movie review

The Rambo franchise has always been an uneasy mix of bloody action and conservative philosophy, which has mostly not mattered to audiences. The first movie, First Blood, has a sheen of respectability about it, with a literary source (David Morrell’s novel of the same name), an Oscar-winning star and...

Renee Zellweger in Judy movie review

Music biopics live and die by their star performer, so even though Judy is a rote exercise in the genre, Renee Zellweger’s sublime performance lifts the film to above-average status. Focusing on the last year of Judy Garland’s life, Judy is a compassionate and relatively intimate portrait of a legen...

Outfit of the Week: January Jones

Back when Mad Men was a factor at award shows and its cast regularly appearing on all the award show carpets, January Jones would be one we would consistently wait for. And she was consistently one of the best dressed – at the Emmys, at the Globes, at the SAGs, January could reliably be counted on t...

Katie Holmes looks amazing in blue suit at Global Citizen event in NYC

We’ve mentioned this before, right? We’ve all noticed? The Katie Holmes glow-up? More specifically, the Katie Holmes post-Jamie Foxx breakup glow-up? Her outfits have been fire. Several times a week, it seems, she’s been stepping out for pap walks in New York in one solid look after another. Check o...

Chris Evans tweets that he wants to be part of Kevin Feige's Star Wars movie

Sarah posted yesterday about Marvel head Kevin Feige possibly doing a Star Wars movie and what that might mean. Then Collider tweeted the following: Which MCU actor would you like to see pop up in a #StarWars movie? https://t.co/EsdDtzc9S5 — Collider (@Collider) September 27, 2019 And C...

Intro for September 27, 2019

Dear Gossips, We're back up! Sorry about today - took us until now to sort out the site glitches. All set now. Thanks for your patience. Content is coming in a hurry!  Being the birthday whore narcissist that I am, anytime it’s my birthday and there’s a major announcement or something good hap...

What Else for September 26, 2019

It’s not just my birthday – it’s also Kathleen’s engagement announcement day! Please note, her hand is much more naturally posed than Princess Beatrice’s. And this is a selfie! Congratulations Kathleen and J! PS It’s also J’s birthday today. More proof that today is the best day. And tomorrow, and S...

Kevin Feige will produce upcoming Star Wars movie

In a surprising, but yet not surprising, announcement, it has been revealed that Marvel boss Kevin Feige will produce a Star Wars movie. Feige is a huge nerd, so it’s not shocking he would have an idea for a Star Wars project, but also, does Marvel not keep him busy enough? We have zero idea what Fe...

Celebrity Social Media, September 26, 2019

Over the last few days, an excerpt from a classic JLo interview has been floating around Twitter. Those seasoned in gossip will remember it well: she spoke candidly about Gwyneth, Madonna, Cameron Diaz and Winona. What I think people are misremembering is that at the time, it caused a huge stir. (An...

Prince William and Catherine attend boat naming ceremony for The RSS Sir David Attenborough aka Boaty McBoatface

Prince William and Catherine named a boat after Sir David Attenborough today even though the public voted overwhelmingly in favour to name it Boaty McBoatface. This is funny, I know, in a something-that-makes-you-chuckle-while-you’re-scrolling-through-Twitter way but sometimes jokes last too long, r...

The de-aged faces in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman trailer look like video game characters

A couple months ago we got a teaser for Martin Scorsese’s mob passion project, The Irishman. This is the movie with extensive digital de-aging of its stars, and at the time I said, “They still have a few months to get it all fixed up”. Well, The Irishman is opening the New York Film Festival TOMORRO...

Jason Bateman in talks to direct remake of board game movie, Clue

Straight off his surprise win for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series at the Emmys, Jason Bateman is in talks to direct his first feature film, a remake of the board game movie Clue. Bateman is also up for a role in the film, which would put him up against Ryan Reynolds, who is also producing. R...

Princess Beatrice is engaged to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

Princess Beatrice is engaged to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. They’re been dating eleven months. Edoardo is being as a “property tycoon”. That’s how the British media are referring to him. Question for “property tycoons” – are you mad at the “property tycoons” who came before you, because I feel like the g...

September 26, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Can you imagine watching Mean Girls in the same theatre as Rachel McAdams aka Regina George? Read on!  Huntington’s is a neurodegenerative disease often described as Alzheimer’s plus Parkinson’s plus ALS. It’s a f-cking asshole. But it is genetically identifiable and the FDA is currently in phase...

Intro for September 26, 2019

Dear Gossips, Yesterday was Will Smith’s birthday. He spent it in Budapest, Jada was there, and also DJ Jazzy Jeff. It looked like it was a huge party while promoting his new movie, Gemini Man.          View this post on Instagram         ...

What Else for September 25, 2019

I always wondered, not that energetically, about Miranda Kerr showing up at Gwyneth Paltrow’s goop summits, and what her connection is. Turns out, she can out-goop goop. Miranda’s wellness involves trying to detect and eliminate EMF. She and Evan Spiegel try to reduce all digital sh-t from their env...

Duana Names: His Majesty’s Moniker

Hi Duana, LOVE your advice and hoping you can help us here...  My husband and I are expecting our first child, a boy, due this fall, and landed on a name we both adored from about Week 6 of pregnancy-- ARCHIE. Not Archer or Archibald, but Archie. Fast forward to that fateful day in early May w...

Newlyweds Zoe Kravitz and Karl Glusman at the Saint Laurent show in Paris

I want to shout my excitement over seeing Zoe Kravitz and Karl Glusman, JUST MARRIED, at the Saint Laurent show last night in Paris. Paris, where they were married. In July, same day as Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas. At Lenny Kravitz’s mansion.  All we saw of Zoe and Karl that weekend was photos of...

Bill Hader was asked about Shane Gillis's firing from SNL at the Emmys

I have to be honest, I am baffled that we are discussing Shane Gillis’s firing from SNL as if it is some kind of moral or free speech issue. 1) Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences, no one is arresting Gillis for what he said but his private employer chose to fire him, which is ...

Celebrity Social Media, September 25, 2019

Ring the alarm! Liam Gallagher did 73 Questions with Vogue. The interviewer seems kind of nervous and I don’t blame him, but Liam is relatively amenable (compared to other interviews). Obviously these questions are pre-planned and usually the pace is rapid fire, but Liam seems to totally be going of...

George Clooney and Brie Larson shoot Nespresso commercial in Madrid

George Clooney had a relatively quiet summer after promoting Catch-22. Of course he and Amal spent the summer in Lake Como and they entertained their high profile friends, including Barack and Michelle Obama, but for the most part, he was off-radar. During that time their twins celebrated their seco...

Charlize Theron at Good Morning America to promote Bombshell

 Charlize Theron, who did not date Brad Pitt, has been in New York this week doing some press. She was at Good Morning America yesterday and was seen last night out for dinner. GMA hasn’t yet aired the interview so, presumably, they’re banking it, which is why most think that she’s promoting Bombshe...

Ashton Kutcher reacts on Twitter as Demi Moore opens up about their relationship in new memoir, Inside Out

I’ve been banging on about Demi Moore’s new book for months and it’s pub week for her – she is obviously very excited, as are her many, many friends (including Bruce Willis) who showed up to the party Gwyneth Paltrow hosted. Not to mention the long list of celebrity comments on social media.  ...

Brad Pitt's reported new romance with Sat Hari Khalsa covers Us Weekly

Brad Pitt’s Ad Astra opened with just over $19 million at the box office this past weekend. Not terrible but not exactly lighting sh-t up. At the premiere last week, you’ll recall, he was seen leaving the after-party with Sat Hari Khalsa; he and Sat were first rumoured to be dating last year. Now Us...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle introduce baby Archie to Archbishop Desmond Tutu in South Africa

Wednesday, September 25, 2019, Day 3 of the Sussex tour in South Africa: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor makes his first ever public appearance. It’s history! In 15 years or so, if he’s allowed to be on whatever social media platforms exist at that time, he might do a #wbw or #tbt about the t...

Intro for September 25, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Fights break out on Twitter every day. Most of that fighting is trash and toxic. Sometimes the fighting is fun. My favourite Twitter fight of the week, so far, is a fight that happens several times a year, or even more frequently.  It started, this time, because of this perfect ...

What Else for September 24, 2019

Has it happened yet? Today’s the day! Haven’t you heard? At the Emmys on Sunday, Terrence Howard promised that today, the day he’s getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, he would show us how he’s solved science. Seriously. He’s done what Stephen Hawking couldn’t do. And all the other people...

Tyler Cameron talks about Gigi Hadid in Entertainment Tonight interview

It’s been a couple of weeks since we last saw Gigi Hadid with Tyler Cameron from The Bachelorette. Now he’s doing an interview with Entertainment Tonight and taking questions about Gigi. What do you think that means?  When asked about Gigi and what’s going on between them, Tyler says that they’re...

Joaquin Phoenix walks out of interview with The Telegraph when asked about violence in Joker

Joaquin Phoenix is currently one of the frontrunners for Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Joker. We have seen him seemingly becoming more comfortable promoting the film and, perhaps, his campaign. I can’t imagine the studio would mind. It’s likely they’ll be putting resources into Joker’s Osc...

Celebrity Social Media, September 24, 2019

Jenna Dewan is pregnant but it wasn’t announced on social media. She went the traditional route (a confirmation to PEOPLE). Gender reveal, yes or no?          View this post on Instagram                       ...

Jennifer Lawrence posts her wedding registry on Amazon

While we were trying to get our Emmys posts up yesterday, Jennifer Lawrence posted her Amazon wedding registry and everyone’s reaction was…huh?  A few weeks ago it was Jeremy Renner partnering with Amazon for some kind of camping collection. Maybe it wasn’t exactly camping but there was plaid and...

Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness reveals he is HIV positive in new memoir, Over The Top

Every time I go to a party (so like once a year), my ice breaker is usually, “which one of the Fab Five is your favourite?” It’s like a personality quiz for your friends. If you don’t watch Queer Eye, I leave immediately. If your favourite is Antoni, you’re hella thirsty. Me too. Bobby? You apprecia...

According to The Times, Prince Andrew's connection to Jeffrey Epstein might be a diplomatic concern

Now that the Emmys are over, time to get back to regular gossip schedule and a story we should consistently be checking up on, even though the subjects of the story probably want us to forget.  The investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes continue. Just today, police in France searched Epstein...

Intro for September 24, 2019

Dear Gossips,  As you may have heard, Michelle Williams won an Emmy the other night for her performance in Fosse/Verdon and her speech was one of the most talked-about moments of the night. Michelle Williams is not, herself, on social media, at least not publicly. There is, however, another famou...

Celebrity Social Media, September 23, 2019

This is an interesting throwback for Blake Lively because she typically doesn’t acknowledge Gossip Girl or her former castmates. But maybe with ten years gone by and a reboot in the works, she can lean into the nostalgia a little more.          View this post on In...

Gwendoline Christie: Emmys Best Outfit (Lainey)

I could and should just leave this tweet here and let that be it.  Tall Girl (2019) pic.twitter.com/tqWltHYNDN — p. claire dodson (@Claire_ifying) September 23, 2019 But of course that can’t be it. Because there’s a WHY behind this outfit. Or at least there’s a WHY to why people are res...

Natasha Lyonne: Emmys Best Dressed (Duana)

It was a weird Emmys, no question – but, since there were more unexpected winners than eye-rolling ‘of course’ returns, it almost seemed like there was a little bit of room for things to shift – not for a new class, exactly, since the vast majority of ‘new’ faces we saw last night have been in the b...

Zendaya: The Emmys Lifetime Achievement

When we were lining up the coverage last night, near the end of the list, when we came to Zendaya, Duana asked me how ugly this was going to get, thinking that we’d fight over who got to write her, because we are both obsessed with this look. Duana was assuming that one of us would make Zendaya our ...

Gwyneth Paltrow: Emmys Worst Outfit (Lainey)

Once upon a time, after Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt broke up, and he started dating Jennifer Aniston, G infamously referred to Jen as “that TV girl”. G, of course, was film. She was blessed by Oscar, and back then, the Movies > TV hierarchy seemed indestructible – TV was where you started in order...

Emilia Clarke: Emmys Worst Outfit (Duana)

To me, the question is always “what was it supposed to look like?” What was the style inspiration? Usually we don’t know for a few days until an exhausted stylist gives an interview (if the look went well) or not – but Emilia Clarke had a definite look in mind, and told everyone her inspiration up f...

Reasons to watch 'Fleabag' aside from the Emmy sweep

Leave me alone about the title, I’m on no sleep. But also, the only other title that would be appropriate here is one you saw all over social media or your group chats last night: “PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE!!EEEEEEE!!!!”  Her sweep last night took us all so by surprise that it wasn’t until this mornin...

Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh were an Emmys partnership

In my heart, I wanted it for Sandra Oh so bad. That said, season two of Killing Eve belonged to Jodie Comer’s Villanelle. And that’s what a partnership is on a show like this. Last season, it was all about Eve, and Sandra was the star, the lead, the one who was front and centre during the circuit. K...

Schitt’s Creek at the 2019 Emmy Awards

You didn’t imagine it. Whenever ‘Schitt’s Creek’ was said aloud inside the Emmys theatre, the polite roll of applause would swell, in kind of a warm, but slightly raucous way that felt familiar, somehow…  Sometimes, when Mike and I are watching TV, I’ll get too excited and go on at length about s...

Regina King's Oscar victory lap at 2019 Emmy

Regina King is the reigning Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner. When you win an Oscar, that’s how you are introduced wherever you go – Regina King, Oscar winner. She was at the Emmys last night, and she’s won a few Emmys, but even at the Emmys, the Oscar mention came first. The Emmys, then, is her...

Michelle Williams' Emmy speech was a perfect gut punch

I’m trying to spell out the sound I made, several times, during Michelle Williams’s acceptance speech last night at the Emmys for her performance in Fosse/Verdon. Like… “ooooffff”. Like someone’s hit you in the stomach. Like you’re exhaling while doubling over. Not that she meant to, in any way, del...

Kerry Washington and Viola Davis nailed their looks at the 2019 Emmys

Let’s start with Kerry Washington because sometimes, with some outfits, they can do 90% of the work on their own. And with other outfits, it all depends on the person to sell the sh-t out of it. This is what Kerry Washington did last night on the Emmys red carpet – she sold the sh-t out of the white...

Bill Hader wins for Barry at the 2019 Emmys

I’m willing to bet that, of all the suddenly-must-see shows that came onto your radar around Emmy nomination time if they weren’t there already, Barry is the one that you’ve seen. It seems deceptively easy to get into – Bill Hader, Henry Winkler, it’s only a half-hour, why not try one before bed… ...

Jharrel Jerome: The Youngest and the Only

There were three Oscar winners nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie category. The other two have won SAG Awards and Golden Globes. Last night it was Jharrel Jerome who won the Emmy, making history, at 21 years old, as the youngest to win the category. It was the surprise...

Ava Duvernay Carpet Chills With Exonerated Five at the Emmys

Here is what I do not understand about Ava Duvernay.  She shows up to every awards show, because she always has something excellent and nomination-worthy going on, not just because she wants to party. That in itself is something to be amazed by.   Then, of course, there’s the fact that she’s t...

Amy Adams trends after losing and the 2019 Emmys

I didn’t actually know that last night was Amy Adams’s first Emmys. Because we see Amy Adams so often at award shows. She’s often at the Golden Globes. She’s often at the SAGs and the BAFTAs. She’s been Oscar-nominated six times. SIX! This is why it didn’t seem possible that she was making her Emmys...

Laverne Cox made a statement and had fun at the 2019 Emmys

Let’s review. What have I said is my number-one requirement for people attending awards shows?  You have to act like you’re having fun!  I know it’s a pain to get ready. I know it’s tense to find out whether you’re going to win in your category, or, if you’ve done this before and know that sta...

Angela Bassett's jumpsuit was the Emmys Best Red

As Duana just mentioned in the previous post, there were a lot of pink and red dress combinations on the Emmys red carpet last night. There was, however, a standout all red outfit that deserves its own spotlight. And the wearer, always, deserves her own spotlight: Angela Bassett. MY GOD. We’v...

Mandy Moore and The Hot Pink Ladies at the Emmys

It’s impossible to deny that Mandy Moore is having a comeback within her comeback, right? The success and attention of This Is Us seems to have launched a whole new aspect of her personality. Am I wrong? I look at shots like this:  And I think, this isn’t just a woman who loves herself or her...

The Veep sendoff at 2019 Emmys was a bigger award for Julia Louis-Dreyfus than another Best Actress Emmy could have been

The Emmys are getting more and more fractured, in a way I can only see as (mostly) good. It’s almost never the case that the winner of any given award is everyone’s favourite, or that so-and-so was ‘robbed’, because everything is definitively excellent. But it doesn’t stop people from trying – I saw...

The cast of The Good Place at the 2019 Emmy Awards

Apparently it was super-sweaty in LA yesterday, so everyone who looked amazing on the red carpet deserves double the acclaim for doing so in the sweltering heat. This goes double for the men, because the one way I will say women have a not-insignificant advantage is wearing a gown that’s strapless o...

Intro for September 23, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Billy Porter made history last night at the Emmys as the first openly gay black man to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role in Pose. He now has the EGT: Emmy, Grammy, Tony. Three down, one to go. During his acceptance speech, he quoted James Baldwin:  “It to...

The cast of Game of Thrones attends the hostless Emmys

When we were prepping for coverage last week ahead of the Emmys, one of the possible conversation points was how it would be without a host. The Oscars didn’t have a host. The Emmys have gone host-less before, and they addressed it off the top in a bit that started with Homer Simpson, got picked up ...

What Else for September 20, 2019

HEADS UP! Emmys on Sunday! Duana and I will be tweeting through the broadcast, then writing all night to roll out our Emmys coverage after the show. First post will likely go up by 2am ET and we’ll keep at it through the morning on Monday and into the afternoon if we need to. Hope you join us! GO SA...

Duana Names: When Names Hurt

Hi Duana, I apologize in advance if something like this has already been asked... I have a two-year-old boy. One of my best friends who lives in another country far, far away has a three year old daughter. He just welcomed a second child and named him the same name as my son. When he announced hi...

Jennifer Lopez closes 20th anniversary Versace show in her famous Grammys dress

Stop what you’re doing…because this just happened in Milan.  It’s the 20th anniversary of that Versace. You know, Jennifer Lopez’s most famous dress. So, no big deal, she closed the show. LIKE THIS:         View this post on Instagram         ...

Outfit of the Week: Ruth Negga

At this point, it might just be a given that when Ruth Negga is in metallic, the outfit is going to win. She’s also getting closer and closer to becoming one of those rare people removed from Outfit of the Week contention because whenever she shows up, it’s always going to be her. She’s too good. Th...

Prince Andrew's alleged victim, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, speaks in her first broadcast interview on NBC

Pity the people who have to be around Prince Andrew this weekend. There might be a lot of stomping and door slamming, if he’s a stomper or a door slammer. Of course he isn’t. He’s been raised well, and royal. And royals don’t stomp their feet or slam doors. Royals also “don’t guest-edit magazines”. ...

New teaser shows off Olivia Colman in action as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown

Season three of The Crown is coming in November, and there is now a teaser to show off Olivia Colman in action as Queen Elizabeth II. We’ve already seen a photo of Colman suited up as QEII, but now we can hear her accent and see some of her mannerisms and get a feel for how she will portray the midd...

Celebrity Social Media, September 20, 2019

Once in a while there’s a “celebrity twins” slideshow which is just celebrities that have the same bone structure, not real twins like the Olsens. But having said that, Courteney Cox and Demi Moore are actual twins. Like what the f-ck.         View this post on Ins...

Beyoncé thanks fans for birthday wishes in message on her website

We celebrated the Queen’s birthday on September 4. I love Beyoncé’s birthday, because her existence is monumental, but also because it’s a worldwide holiday marked by people worldwide. I call it Trooping the Colour for social media. Have you seen Kalen Allen’s birthday tribute to Bey? Beyoncé perche...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will attend Misha Nonoo and Michael Hess’s wedding tonight at Villa Aurelia in Rome

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle flew to Rome yesterday for Misha Nonoo and Michael Hess’s wedding. Karlie Kloss, Joshua Kushner, Katy Perry, and Orlando Bloom were all seen at the rehearsal dinner last night. Harry and Meghan apparently skipped it but will be at the wedding tonight at Villa Aurelia. ...

A Little Late with Lilly Singh is fresh and original

This week marked the debut for A Little Late with Lilly Singh, the former YouTuber, replacing Last Call with Carson Daly, which occupied the slot since 2002. Lilly’s show is fresh and original. She upholds some of the popular late night traditions, like the monologue, but she puts a specific Lilly s...

Downton Abbey movie review starring Michelle Dockery

If you love Downton Abbey, then you will love Downton Abbey: The Movie. If you do not like Downton Abbey, however, you will not like Downton Abbey: The Movie. The Downton Abbey movie is basically a two hour movie crammed with about four hours of TV show, except the show ended in a final and satisfac...

Brad Pitt at the Ad Astra after party in LA with holistic healer Sat Hari Khalsa

Last October, Brad Pitt attended the Silverlake Conservatory of Music annual benefit which was founded by Flea. Brad knows Flea through artist Thomas Houseago and he was there with the Red Hot Chili Peppers holistic healer Sat Hari Khalsa. Click here for a refresher. That led to speculation that Bra...

September 20, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Sarah! Happy Birthday from Katie who told me about the silent retreat and how it kept us apart. Did this strengthen our relationship. I hope so. I hope it means that though the seas may separate us from time to time, we will always sail our way back. Have the best weekend!  And for Angela who mis...

Intro for September 20, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Between Two Ferns: The Movie just dropped on Netflix today. That’s probably what I’m doing tomorrow night. Ahead of the release of the movie, Vulture ranked all 22 episodes and I mostly agree with everything until the Top 3. To me, Brad Lee Cooper should be in top spot. The first t...

What Else for September 19, 2019

I think…this is a story about UFOs. That they’re real? And a celebrity discovered them? Like a retired rock star? Is that right? I’m doubting my comprehension because it’s been a f-cked up 24 hours here in Canada as a political scandal just exploded in our Prime Minister’s (black)face. Not once, not...

Sasha Finds: holi (c) and holi (water)

I’m vain. Not Lainey level vain, but a close second and now that I’m 40, keeping sh-t right and tight is my focus. If you’ve been reading this column for a while you know about my love affair with Agent Nateur. The woman behind the brand is Jena Covello. She’s truly a beauty trailblazer and is commi...

First trailer for Blake Lively's action thriller The Rhythm Section looks really good

Over the last few years, I have done a complete 180 on Blake Lively. I have zero interest in her explaining the history of ice cream or whatever, and plantation weddings are gross, but as an actress, I have reversed my opinion. Blake Lively is not bad, Blake Lively is good. She’s like a female blond...

Celebrity Social Media, September 19, 2019

It’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood, but make it sexy.         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by A Beautiful Day Movie (@abeautifuldaymovie) on Sep 12, 2019 at 1:00pm P...

#NotWorthLess hashtag springs up on Twitter following Adele Lim's decision to walk away from Crazy Rich Asians over unequal pay

In the wake of Adele Lim’s decision to value herself more and walk away from unequal pay on the Crazy Rich Asians sequels, a hashtag sprang up on Twitter as other women in Hollywood shared similar stories of being underpaid and undervalued. The hashtag “#NotWorthLess” is full of stories from women d...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are in Rome for Misha Nonoo’s wedding to Mikey Hess

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are in Rome for Misha Nonoo’s wedding. Misha, as we’ve heard, is one of Meghan’s closest friends. And there will be many celebrities in attendance but not, necessarily, because of Misha’s connections, but because of who she’s marrying: Mikey Hess. Oh no, wait, I’m sorr...

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello don't seem bothered by photographers on a day out in LA

It’s been, what?, a week since Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello sucked each other’s tongues on Instagram. And slightly longer than that since they’ve been papped while falling in love with other. Which, I know, is not easily paparazzi-able, and yet, Shawn and Camila have been showing it to us all sum...

Brad Pitt looks better than he has in years at LA premiere of Ad Astra

Brad Pitt was in Hollywood last night for the premiere of Ad Astra. As we’ve seen the last couple of weeks, he has been doing the most to promote this film. More press than he’s done in a long, long time. And all kinds of press, from multiple magazine interviews, to red carpet to interviews, and a j...

September 19, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Saraah! Happy Birthday! It’s not gauche or low-classy AT ALL. Or maybe I’m the wrong person to ask because you are talking to the biggest birthday famewhore! By request, here are Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins.   

Intro for September 19, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Today is the one year anniversary of Jon Caramanica’s New York Times article “R.I.P. The Celebrity Profile”. It came after Beyoncé basically wrote her own Vogue cover story and if it wasn’t celebrities conducting their own interviews, it was celebrities being interviewed by other c...

What Else for September 18, 2019

I don’t understand at all what is happening here with R Kelly and guardian angel, the woman who gave him money for bond, or something, but now wants it back so she can give it to him again? Maybe it’s because I only know how to spend money, my own money, I don’t know how to lend it, loan it, borrow ...

Duana Names: Around The World?

Hi Duana,   We are having a girl. Although, I don’t have any concrete proof (we opted out of finding the gender). I just know that it’s a girl. As a result of my strong intuition, I haven’t even considered any boys…yet.   A little bit about us. My husband’s and my family are of Italian descent. ...

Celebrity Social Media, September 18, 2019

Sophie Turner has signed on for a Quibi, a streaming platform with deep pockets that is being billed as a tech and entertainment start-up. It already has $1b in investments and a production slate that includes a Steven Spielberg horror series, Chrissy’s Court (with Chrissy Teigen), Kill the Efrons (...

Mark Ruffalo is coming for that Oscar with first look at Dark Waters

Back in January, Joanna wrote about Anne Hathaway joining a new film from director Todd Haynes, and why that was a good move for her. The movie is called Dark Waters and also stars Mark Ruffalo, and it now has a trailer. While Hathaway seems to be playing a classic Supportive Wife of a Great Man, th...

Noah Centineo appears to have bleached his beard

Probably we don’t care about Noah Centineo right now as much as we cared about him exactly a year ago in the weeks following the release of To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before on Netflix and we were obsessed with Lara Jean Covey and Peter Kavinsky. We may care more about him in the coming weeks though...

TMZ releases photos of Meghan and Prince Harry at Rose & Crown pub with baby Archie

A few weeks ago, in late August, the Sun reported that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle popped down to the pub with Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor for roast dinner. They supposedly went to the Rose & Crown. Interestingly though, a spokesperson for the Rose & Crown then denied that the Sussexes ha...

Jeffrey Epstein reportedly tried to sue Sarah Ferguson over public apology in which she called him a pedophile

Prince Andrew has repeatedly denied knowing about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes or participating in them. He was friends with Jeffrey Epstein, the dead rapist pedophile, even after Epstein served a year in prison for solicitation of underage prostitution. He was seen with Epstein in late 2010 in New York...

Intro for September 18, 2019

Dear Gossips, Norman Lear covers the new issue of Variety. He’s 97 years old. He’s busier than ever. But that’s not the detail from the piece that’s making headlines. What’s making headlines and trending on social media is how Tony Vinciquerra, CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, described Norman...

What Else for September 17, 2019

“Fapping Frannie” is all I needed but Michael K gave me several orgasms in this post about Tom Hiddleston’s Broadway performance – apparently it’s so hot that a woman couldn’t help but rub one out during the show. Would you have wanted to be there? I know, at first, you might be like, f-ck no, that’...

First trailer released for Paul Rudd's Netflix series, Living With Yourself

A year ago we learned about Paul Rudd’s Netflix series in which he would play a dual role, and I said it sounded like “The Prestige but with no magic and plus comedy”. We now have a trailer for Rudd’s show, Living With Yourself, and holy hell, IT IS The Prestige but with no magic and plus comedy. Ru...

Celebrity Social Media, September 17, 2019

This is a reboot that would actually work. SNL must return to the hiring model that first made the show a success: bussing talent in from Canada, giving them cocaine and having them all fuck each other. — Peter Taggart (@petertaggart) September 16, 2019 Nicole Cliffe is one of the only ...

For Your Fitness: Muscles for Menopause

Hi Hayley! I am an avid reader of Lainey Gossip and I read your article about summer workouts and it made me feel so much better about the amount of ice cream I have been enjoying! I am a menopausal, almost 50 year old high school teacher. I am looking for a weights routine that is efficient a...

Buckingham Palace insists they don't watch The Crown after creator Peter Morgan tells The Guardian he got their approval

Today in Sure Jan.gif news, Buckingham Palace has issued a statement to The Guardian letting all us peasants know that The Crown does not watch The Crown. It all started on September 7, when The Guardian ran a profile of The Crown and its creator, Peter Morgan. In this profile, a series consultant o...

SNL fires Shane Gillis for racist and homophobic slurs

Shane Gillis was announced as a new cast member on Saturday Night Live less than a week ago. He hadn’t started yet and he’s been fired for racist and homophobic slurs made last year. I don’t have a thesis for this post, just a lot of thoughts. Will try to get through some of them here.  This is w...

Brad Pitt tells Entertainment Weekly he will abstain from campaigning for Oscar for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Look at all these Brad Pitt interviews! Yesterday it was the cover of GQ. Last night he walked the carpet at the DC screening of Ad Astra and talked to Entertainment Tonight about going to Kanye West’s Sunday service. And he’s talking to Entertainment Weekly about the film, which is more of the same...

Taking a closer look at the photos that Meghan Markle selected for Prince Harry's birthday Instagram post

I forgot to mention something when I posted about the Sussex Royal Instagram dedication to Prince Harry on his birthday yesterday. Most of us, naturally, focused on the new photo on the bottom right hand corner of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor taken the day of his christening, as he was held b...

September 17, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Kim! CONGRATULATIONS on your wedding! Haley is the happiest for you. As she said, you deserve it all “after putting [her] first” for her whole life. We are all thrilled that love found its way back to you after so many years. All the best to you and Brian – wishing you health and joy and friendship!...

Intro for September 17, 2019

Dear Gossips, I saw that there were people online last night feeling robbed when the commercials came during Beyoncé Presents: Making the Gift. Understandable. For me though, I needed the breaks, the time to recover from the onslaught of excellence she was firing at the television. And I’m not ev...

What Else for September 16, 2019

LOLOLOLOL Michael K loves Trooper Patti and… yeah… I love her too. It’s not just her name – she has the perfect name for this job, it wouldn’t work quite as well if her name was, like, Heather – but also her accessories. And the boss way she sits in her chair (squad car, ha!) with a drink in hand. N...

Duana Names: Names (First And Last) (With Qualifiers)

We are having a baby boy, due September 25 and there are two naming issues I’ve been thinking about, first names and portmanteau’d last names.   First names: we are struggling to find name options that we love/fit in with our names. My name is Kate (Katherine, but please no) and my husband’s name ...

TIFF Review: Waves starring breakout star Taylor Russell

Waves is a film that many thought would win the coveted TIFF Grolsch People's Choice Award, but in spite of not placing, it remains a film festival phenomenon, and growing sleeper hit. When TIFF added an extra screening of the film on Saturday morning due to overwhelming demand, its ending was greet...

TIFF Review: Bong Joon-ho's Parasite

Parasite, the latest film from South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, won the Palme d’Or in Cannes back in May and was just named the second runner-up for the TIFF People’s Choice Award. Between Jojo Rabbit and Parasite, the TIFF crowd broke weird this year, because Parasite is F-CKING BONKERS in the b...

TIFF Review: Radioactive starring Rosamund Pike

Marie Curie is one of those figures who, it seems, should have a million projects ongoing at any moment, but does not. Like how can we have nine Robin Hood movies in development, and NOTHING about Marie Curie? She’s only one of the most important scientists of the modern age, and one of the most gro...

Celebrity Social Media, September 16, 2019

This is the Beckhams in their zone – family and fashion. Anna Wintour, who attended the show and the after-party, also took photos with Harper, which makes me wonder about a possible mother/daughter cover for US Vogue. That pairing has happened before for various editions: Serena and Olympia, Kate M...

Observations about Charlie Hunnam at the TIFF Joker party

Charlie Hunnam was at TIFF for two films last week, True History of the Kelly Gang and Jungleland, premiering last Tuesday and Wednesday nights respectively. He came in a couple of days early for press and last Monday night he was at the Joker party and I got some gossipy observations from there tha...

James Gunn announces official cast of The Suicide Squad on Twitter

The cast for James Gunn’s THE Suicide Squad mulligan has been taking shape for the last several months, including additions of Taika Waititi and Idris Elba (now playing an unknown role, as apparently Will Smith wants to hang onto Deadshot in case Gunn successfully reboots this franchise). Friday aft...

Brad Pitt is a gazelle detached from the herd in GQ cover profile

Two years ago, back in 2017, Brad Pitt covered GQ and it was something of a publicity turnaround after months of World War Brange drama following his split from Angelina Jolie. At the time he was promoting War Machine and he spoke about quitting drinking, his “self-inflicted” troubles, the “façade” ...

Michael Fassbender to star in Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins

Coming off the deeply unsuccessful and unpleasant finale of his X-Men run, Michael Fassbender is joining Taika Waititi’s next movie, Next Goal Wins. Based on a documentary of the same name, the movie is about a Dutch coach, Thomas Rongen (presumably to be played by Fassbender), who tries to turn the...

Meghan Markle flexes with new photo of baby Archie for Prince Harry's birthday on Instagram

Meghan Markle’s Smart Set Collection launch, in support of Smart Works, went very smoothly last week, perhaps to the disappointment of the UK tabloids and the reporters who’ve been generating critical stories about her over the last couple of months. Never doubt British ingenuity though. They will a...

Prince Andrew has the protection of Queen Elizabeth II as the two attend church together in Balmoral

Over here in North America, people are still looking into the Jeffrey Epstein situation. Last week in The New Yorker, Ronan Farrow reported on how the M.I.T. Media Lab deliberately concealed how much money Epstein contributed to the research centre resulting in the resignation of the lab’s director,...

Intro for September 16, 2019

Dear Gossips,  The Creative Arts Emmys happened this weekend. Beyoncé’s Homecoming was nominated six times. Beyoncé did not show up. Beyoncé did not win. Beyoncé probably knew she wouldn’t win. So, instead, she’s back to work. She’s showing us more work.  Beyoncé Presents: Making the Gift airs...

What Else for September 13, 2019

Sean Penn wrote a new book – have you heard about this? Remember that Bob Honey something something book he wrote a few years? It was …not a good book. People read it and they were like, this is sh-t. Maybe the people were wrong? Because they agreed to publish a sequel. And Sean’s been saying that t...

Duana Names: Now All Bets Are Off

We are due with our fifth baby! Soon! (gender unknown) And it is definitely tougher to pick this time around.  We have twins: Jack and James, and singleton daughters, MacKenna and Grace. The middle names for the kids are (all but one) family names (Richard, Patrick, Rosemary, Caroline) and we wil...

TIFF Review: Shia LaBeouf's Honey Boy

Shia LaBeouf wrote Honey Boy based on his own childhood as a young star, and plays his own father, here renamed “James”. The film is directed by Alma Har’el, making her feature film debut. Two things about Honey Boy are true: Shia LaBeouf is probably being too hard on himself, and Alma Har’el could ...

Outfit of the Week: Jennifer Lopez

Who else would it be?  Hustlers opens today – are you seeing it? Tonight? This weekend? As I mentioned earlier this week in my post about how Jennifer Lopez should be an Oscar contender for this film, I was trying to decide whether to post my review of Hustlers today or on Monday, after more of y...

TIFF Review: Lucy in the Sky starring Natalie Portman

The new Natalie Portman film Lucy in the Sky is not the simmering astronaut love triangle movie you're probably expecting to see. Instead, it's a disorienting look at life after space, raising a question of how "rocket lag" can permanently alter your desires and relationships with your "earth famili...

TIFF Review: Dolemite Is My Name starring Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy returns to acting after a three year hiatus with Dolemite Is My Name, a biopic of Dolemite creator Rudy Ray Moore. Like every other biopic I’ve seen at TIFF this year, Dolemite is standard, run-of-the-mill biographical stuff, taking no real risks and doing nothing particularly inventive...

Celebrity Social Media, September 13, 2019

Millie Bobby Brown is getting flack for a face washing tutorial gone awry (apparently she was, gasp, faking it. On the internet of all places!). She has her own line, so I consider this a commercial. In skin care commercials, women stand at the sink and fill their cupped hands with water and then th...

SNL hires comedian Shane Gillis who has previously used racist slurs on his podcast

As SNL heads into season 45, there are some casting changes. We know Leslie Jones is leaving, and yesterday three new cast members were announced: Chloe Fineman, Shane Gillis, and Bowen Yang, who has been on SNL’s writing staff and was recently featured in The Hollywood Reporter’s comedy issue. Yang...

Sasha Finds: The Ultimate Face Mask

I have been on the hunt for an amazing night mask for a while now which, I have to say, is off brand for me because I hate having sh-t on me when I’m sleeping – a lip mask can legit throw me off my sleep game. So I was looking for something rich but not heavy.    When I tested out LXMI’s Pure Nilo...

More details emerge about Prince Andrew's fight with staff member at Buckingham Palace

Late last year, the UK tabloids feasted on a report about Prince Harry telling palace staffers “What Meghan wants, Meghan gets”, supposedly when they were planning their wedding. It was days and days, if not weeks, of this on the front pages. Earlier this week, it was reported that Prince Andrew got...

Brad Pitt lays on the charm during appearance on Ellen

Well sh-t. When’s the last time you saw Brad Pitt on a talk show? Not doing a bit like the weather or a bit with Colbert when they’re looking up at a fake sky or yodeling with Jimmy Fallon or walking across Jimmy Kimmel’s stage for a 60 second appearance but a proper, conventional sitting-down-answe...

Rihanna is not pregnant at the Diamond Ball and addresses Poison Ivy rumours

But first, stop it. I’m going to stop you right there because you’ve probably seen this trending on Twitter and everybody freaking out that Rihanna is pregnant. There are two reasons for this. Well, three. The first two reasons I will show you in a second. The third reason is because people didn’t b...

Intro for September 13, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Happy Harvest Moon! Today is one of the most important days on the lunar calendar, one of the major holidays in Chinese culture. Some of us call it Chinese Thanksgiving. This is the time of year when we pass around moon cakes. Moon cakes are traditionally...

What Else for September 12, 2019

Natalie Portman’s Lucy in the Sky premiered at TIFF last night and… there was an omission in the story. A major omission. An omission so offensive that people are in their feelings about it: it’s the diaper. You remember the astronaut in the diaper story, don’t you? She drove without stopping and pu...

TIFF Review: Harriet starring Cynthia Erivo

Kasi Lemmons’ first feature film since 2013’s Black Nativity is Harriet, a long overdue biopic of abolitionist, underground railroad conductor, and Union spy Harriet Tubman. It is amazing to me that it is twenty-goddamn-nineteen and we are only just now getting the first feature film about Harriet T...

Zendaya's amazing moto trench at the Marc Jacobs show in New York

“Zendaya” there in the title is used as a verb. My wardrobe, and my makeup, has been totally Zendaya-ed. For the last two weeks at TIFF, all I’ve been doing with my eye makeup is her eye makeup in Euphoria: glitter under the eyes, like crying glitter. It’s not delicately applied – it’s deliberately ...

Celebrity Social Media, September 12, 2019

Jenny Slate is engaged to art curator Ben Shattuck. (Art world men are like a celebrity husband sub-genre: Jennifer Lawrence is engaged to an art dealer, and Drew Barrymore’s ex Will is an art consultant.) Jenny’s hometown Dairy Freeze posted this billboard, which is better than any engagement ring ...

TIFF Review: The Laundromat starring Meryl Streep

So far, The Laundromat is my biggest TIFF disappointment. I was looking forward to this film for a few reasons, but only one of them proved out—Meryl Streep’s bucket hat is very jaunty, indeed. Every other element of the film is either miscalculated or confusing. The Laundromat is the latest from St...

Jennifer Lopez gets emotional while talking about Oscar possibilities for Hustlers with Hoda Kotb

Jennifer Lopez was all over New York yesterday because Hustlers. Who’s a better ambassador for the film than JLo? As I mentioned the other the day, Hustlers is receiving strong reviews and she’s been getting the strongest reviews. David Sims wrote at The Atlantic yesterday that she is utterly mesmer...

TIFF Review: Seberg starring Kristen Stewart

The Jean Seberg biopic, Seberg, avoids a common biopic mistake: it doesn’t try to cover whole decades, instead focusing on a roughly four-year period when Seberg, an actress discovered by Otto Preminger but most famous for starring in films of the French new wave, got involved with civil rights acti...

Meghan Markle launches capsule collection in support of non-profit Smart Works

Meghan Markle launched her capsule collection today in support of Smart Works, a non-profit that provides wardrobe items for women who are re-entering the workforce. The Smart Collection features pieces from well-known British brands John Lewis, M&S, Jigsaw, and Meghan’s close friend Misha Nonoo. Wh...

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello post deliberately gross kissing video on social media

I woke up this morning and #Shawn was trending on Twitter. Same goes for #Camila. They’re still trending. My first thought was that, oh sh-t, they broke up? Sex tape? Neither. It’s about what Shawn Mendes posted on Instagram:         View this post on Instagram ...

Intro for September 12, 2019

Dear Gossips,  The other day, in this space, I posted about Yalitza Aparicio at the TIFF Tribute Gala. Yesterday morning Yalitza was front row at the Michael Kors show in New York wearing the headband of the moment. I love it on her. And I love this dress on her. Wasn’t a fan of this material but...

What Else for September 11, 2019

Jeremy Renner is app-less now. But he is, apparently, doing some kind of lumberjack thing with Amazon? Wait, no. I think it’s…fishing? F-ck, I don’t know, I looked at the page once and ran away because I don’t want to live that life. People need to stop telling me that I would love camping. I’ve bee...

Duana Names: What Comes After Perfect?

Hi Duana, I never thought I would need to write to you asking for your help, but here I am: 8 months pregnant with my second boy and totally at a loss. Our first, Magnus, is truly the perfect name - for us as a family and for him as an individual. We knew for years before we had him that shoul...

Renee Zellweger left in tears as she receives two standing ovations for Judy at TIFF

Renee Zellweger's unapproved-by-Liza-Minnelli Judy Garland London era biopic Judy premiered last night in Toronto to what could be the warmest reception of the festival. Like Just Mercy's eight-minute standing ovation and others for Pain and Glory, Uncut Gems, Waves and A Beautiful Day in the Neighb...

TIFF Review: Ford v Ferrari starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale

Ford v Ferrari, an old-school get-er-done drama in which Men do important Men Things and somehow Change The World with their Men Things, is your dad’s favorite film of the year. It’s a period drama soft-lobbed right down the middle, well-crafted and loaded with good actors. Can’t really say it’s a b...

Keanu Reeves promotes John Wick 3 in Tokyo with director Chad Stahelski

Keanu Reeves and director Chad Stahelski were in Tokyo yesterday to promote John Wick 3. Aren’t you happy? We haven’t had much Keanu content the last few weeks. He’s here to give us joy. I know these photos are already giving you joy and you haven’t even heard the backstory yet. So here it is via So...

Maddox Jolie-Pitt asked about whether or not dad Brad Pitt will visit him at university

In Touch Weekly has acquired the first rights to air a paparazzi interview with Maddox that took place on campus at Yonsei University in South Korea. Maddox is asked by the pap about his siblings, whether or not they’re excited that he’s in college now. Then …the Brad Pitt question comes up – whethe...

TIFF Review: Knives Out starring Christopher Plummer, Daniel Craig, and Toni Collette

There are few entertainments as satisfying as a good murder mystery, which is why Knives Out is one of the best films I’ve seen this year—it’s a GREAT murder mystery. Written and directed by Rian Johnson, Knives Out is a twisty-turny mystery that nods to everything from Christie, Hammett, and Jessic...

Celebrity Social Media, September 11, 2019

Lizzo and Cookie Monster, drop the remix. EVEN WHEN ME CRUMBLE CRAZY ME GOT SHORTBREAD PROBLEMS THATS THE MONSTER IN ME ✨NOM NOM✨ THEN ME EAT EM THATS THE COOKIE IN ME 😭 https://t.co/bKrjcnp5Ve — |L I Z Z O| (@lizzo) September 10, 2019 The handling of Kevin Hart’s car accident is an ex...

Prince Harry closes £1 billion bond trade during BGC Charity Day in London

From 2001 to 2011, Prince Andrew was the UK’s Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, in other words, the trade ambassador. He rolled with the high rollers, swaggering around making deals. According to the BBC in 2011 just before he stepped down: Questions have been raised ...

Virginia Giuffre’s attorneys write letter to Prince Andrew requesting an interview

Prince Andrew played golf on Monday at Royal Portrush while on his visit to Northern Ireland. The course hosted the Open Championship back in July so it would probably still be in top condition, as in quite difficult. I haven’t been able to find out what he shot. Do you think we should be allowed to...

Adam Sandler and Antonio Banderas could be up for Oscar nominations for Uncut Gems and Pain and Glory

Before the start of Adam Sandler's Uncut Gems at its big TIFF premiere on Monday, somebody shouted out "Oscar for the Sandman!" People laughed nervously and clapped, because they did not know what they were in for from the uncomfortably tense and dark dramedy about a gambling jeweler who is struggli...

Rihanna disrupts NY Fashion Week with Savage x Fenty show

There is no such thing as hyperbole when it comes to Rihanna, the business. Her makeup line set a new standard. She has her own luxury fashion house. And she took over NY Fashion Week with her Savage x Fenty show last night that changed the game in how lingerie is presented. It’s impossible, then, t...

Intro for September 11, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Back in February, I called 2019 the Year of the Scam. There have been so many f-cking scams, OMG. Now the scams are scamming out sequels.  In my corner of Twitter, one scam was dominating the conversation yesterday. Have you read Natalie Beach’s essay in The Cut about being Caro...

What Else for September 10, 2019

Just when you thought the whole Popeye’s chicken sandwich frenzy had finally died down, someone’s shown up late to the party to try and claim the crown. I wonder if this is like when a figure skater doesn’t do anything in their program except jump – quad triple, quad, triple triple, quad triple, qua...

TIFF Review: Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit

After playing in the Marvel sandbox, Taika Waititi returns to his natural state, making films with a precise blend of comedy, drama, and pathos. His latest is Jojo Rabbit, in which he becomes the latest filmmaker to satirize Hitler since Charlie Chaplin first did it in 1940s in The Great Dictator. (...

Jennifer Lopez should be an Oscar contender for her performance in Hustlers

Hustlers opens on Friday. I hope you see it. I hope you see it as many times as you can. I saw it a couple of weeks ago at a press screening ahead of TIFF and I’m hoping to see it again this weekend with my own money because I want it to make money, lots of money, because if it makes lots of money, ...

Bradley Cooper and his side-part support Joaquin Phoenix at TIFF premiere of Joker

Bradley Cooper was not on the list of expected attendees at last night’s TIFF premiere of Joker, which just won the Golden Lion in Venice and is now an Oscar contender in several categories, including Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix. There are many layers to this Bradley Cooper relationship with Joke...

Celebrity Social Media, September 10, 2019

Does Lea Michele measure days in BW and AW (before wedding/after wedding)? Looking forward to her to her post on National Mulled Cider Day (September 30).         View this post on Instagram                      ...

TIFF Review: A Beautiful in the Neighborhood starring Tom Hanks

More like A Beautiful Day to CRY. Based on Tom Junod’s 1998 profile of Fred Rogers, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is not really a traditional biopic. We don’t walk through the years of Fred Rogers’ life, we meet him at a very specific moment, and experience him through a very specific lens. Be...

Princess Kate in floral Emilia Wickstead dress at the “Back to Nature” garden at RSH Wisley

Princess Kate stepped out today to support her “Back to Nature” garden at RSH Wisley. She’d previously unveiled her garden at the Chelsea Flower Show back in May – this is the permanent version, meant to encourage kids to spend more time in nature and build a healthy lifestyle from childhood. Here’s...

TIFF Review: Just Mercy starring Michael B Jordan, Jamie Foxx, and Brie Larson

Even as at-home streaming platforms offer a film viewing experience that is more convenient, more affordable, and more comfortable than cinemas, there are those films that remind us of the power of watching something in a darkened room full of strangers, sharing a singular experience. Just Mercy is ...

Taylor Swift performs in Paris and she reportedly attended Ed Sheeran's wedding along with Scooter Braun

Taylor Swift was in Paris last night for her “City of Lover” show continuing to promote Lover, her sixth consecutive #1 album. She’s been hinting that she might not tour Lover the way she toured reputation and 1989, that she might want to scale it back, perform in more intimate settings, and L’Olymp...

Timothee Chalamet returns to TIFF after making out with Lily-Rose Depp on a yacht in Capri

Even if you're an entertainment reporter deep in the trenches at TIFF, you've seen the super steamy photos of Timothee Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp making out on a yacht in Capri last week. The memes are next level.         View this post on Instagram   ...

Intro for September 10, 2019

Dear Gossips,  It was great to see Yalitza Aparicio last night at the first ever TIFF Tribute Gala. The event will now happen every year and, since TIFF is where Oscar campaigns begin, The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg called it “the first awards ceremony of the long awards season”. Last...

What Else for September 9, 2019

Last year Roma won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and went on to be a major contender during award season. Alfonso Cuaron won Best Director at the Oscars but Roma came up short for Best Picture because of Netflix and Green Book. This year the Golden Lion went to Joker, starring Joaquin ...

Duana Names: He’s The Next In Line*, But…

Hi Duana,  I am a huge fan of your column and of The Name Therapist (link to book). As a Jennifer who grew up in the 80s, I especially enjoyed your interviews with the "Jennifers." I am expecting my second  boy (our first is Alec James) on September 16th and I would love your thoughts on a nam...

TIFF Review: The Report starring Adam Driver

Longtime Steven Soderbergh collaborator Scott Z. Burns writes and directs The Report, an extremely thorough and incredibly dry movie about the controversial Senate report on the US’s use of torture in the post-9/11 era. This film relies heavily on Adam Driver, particularly his ability to emote repre...

Kristen Stewart hangs at Hooters during TIFF and would play a gay Marvel character

Kristen Stewart is kind of a TIFF regular. I interviewed her here last year for JT LeRoy. She was here for Certain Women in 2016 and Equals in 2015 and On the Road in 2012. There are probably more but you get the point – she knows the festival and she’s familiar enough with the city that she has a f...

Robert Pattinson was the TIFF party MVP and was light and fun during interviews

Robert Pattinson was one of the MVPs of the TIFF party circuit this weekend. He was among the people everybody wanted to get some face time with, and then did, and appeared to be in really great spirits the whole time…although, when you're schmoozing with Taika Waititi and Chris Evans, who’s not goi...

Celebrity Social Media, September 9, 2019

The Sacklers are the dirtiest name in society, and it’s interesting that they would offer Courtney Love money to attend a fashion show. Courtney is one of the only celebrities who truly doesn’t give a f-ck about playing nice and she already has a front row seat at any show she wants in New York (and...

TIFF Review: The Personal History of David Copperfield starring Dev Patel

Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield is a breezy, fun, surprisingly straightforward take on the classic. Iannucci co-wrote the script with his frequent collaborator Simon Blackwell, but if you’re expecting a Veep or Death of Stalin-style satire—as I was—don’t hold your...

Camila Cabello joins Shawn Mendes on stage in Toronto

Shawn Mendes concluded the North American leg of his tour with a show at home in Toronto on Friday night. And it was an emotional night. He played Rogers Centre. It’s a stadium, where the Blue Jays play, it’s where we won our back to back World Series in 1992 and 1993. If you grew up in Toronto, you...

Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan's TIFF bromance

Endings, Beginnings was always going to have a star-studded world premiere at TIFF. The cast is stacked: Sebastian Stan, Jamie Dornan, Shailene Woodley, Shamier Anderson… and with the film being on the market, they came ready to play and sell Drake Doremus’ latest improv-based “romantic” breakup dra...

Meghan Markle cheers on Serena Williams at the US Open

Meghan Markle was in New York this weekend to cheer on Serena Williams in the US Open finals. Serena lost, it was her fourth grand slam loss since coming back after pregnancy as she’s still looking for that closing magic. Afterwards Serena said she was upset with herself because she wasn’t playing a...

Prince Andrew reportedly had verbal dispute with top royal aide

Meghan Markle was in New York on Saturday for the US Open women’s final, supporting her friend Serena Williams. There’s been a LOT of coverage of Meghan’s trip, and a lot of controversial reaction to Meghan’s trip in the British media, which we’ll get to later, but any controversy over Meghan’s trav...

Intro for September 9, 2019

Dear Gossips,  I love technology. Maybe, one day, I along with all humankind will regret loving technology, but this weekend technology made me so happy. I was locked in on TIFF red carpets during both finals at the US Open this weekend and while waiting for the arrivals, I was watching the match...

What Else for September 6, 2019

Rich white people decided a long time ago that it’s poor etiquette to talk about money, probably because they didn’t want poor people to know that they were hoarding all of it. Here’s the thing though – even when people claim they’re uncomfortable talking about money, we all kinda want to talk about...

Duana Names: What Would They Choose?

Hi Duana! I always thought I would be writing you about naming my baby but that sort of worked itself out. She was born in April and we named her Georgiana (pronounced Georgie- ahna) Kay. My FIL is George and Kay was my mom's middle name. My husband’s parents are Greek and so they are automati...

Outfits of the Week: Katie Holmes

If you’ve been visiting this site over the years, you know our favourite game, the game I christened Photo Assumption, making baseless assumptions from pictures – it’s an unreliable science, which means it’s not at all a science but you know what else is considered, like, a cultural science? The ...

Tyler Cameron joins Gigi Hadid and family in the Netherlands for her grandmother's funeral

Gigi and Bella Hadid’s grandmother passed away and they were at the funeral with Yolanda and Anwar and other family members a few days ago in the Netherlands. Anwar was joined by his girlfriend, Dua Lipa. And Gigi was with Tyler Cameron! I put an exclamation point on that because these relationsh...

Celebrity Social Media, September 6, 2019

Derek Blasberg has launched a fashion and beauty vertical over at YouTube, which is confusing, because I thought he already did that? He’s been busy procuring talent like Victoria Beckham, Naomi Campbell and Gwyneth Paltrow, but I guess this is a more formal place that will integrate fashion houses,...

Nicki Minaj amends her retirement announcement after fans freak out

Yesterday, without warning, right in the middle of a relatively uneventful Thursday, Nicki Minaj announced her retirement. Not to be confused with a moment for haters, or even critics, or as she calls them “cocksuckers” or “the Nicki hate train”, this was just for the Barbz. Nicki’s exact wording, i...

Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes papped holding hands after dinner in LA

It’s been a while since we’ve seen Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes out together. Officially, like at events, they’re never out together. She’s joined him at the Saturday Night Live after-party but red carpets are not their thing - not even when he’s nominated for an Oscar.  Where their relationship i...

Liam Gallagher is peacocking in new interview for Mr. Porter

Yesterday, Lainey wrote, “Who’s a bigger dick? Liam or Noel Gallagher? That’s like asking ‘dogs or cats’?” The right answer is also the wrong answer.  Liam is peacocking in a new interview for Mr. Porter. Is there anything groundbreaking about what he says about fame, his relationship with his br...

Intro for September 6, 2019

Dear Gossips, Here in Canada, we have a new favourite hashtag. It’s not a new hashtag, but it’s been repurposed, slightly: #SheTheNorth “She” would be Bianca Andreescu, now the first Canadian to advance to the finals of the US Open!  Bianca is 19 years old, the first teenager to make the US...

What Else for September 5, 2019

This is…the best wedding idea EVER. And there may be some people who are horrified by what the maid of honour wore to her sister’s wedding but, clearly, these sisters are close and respect each other and, most importantly, have a sense of humour. Which, obviously, makes for a fun wedding. I wish I c...

Crazy Rich Asians co-writer Adele Lim leaves sequel after learning colleague Peter Chiarelli earned ten times her salary

Writer Adele Lim has left the Crazy Rich Asians sequels, after being offered a fraction of co-writer Peter Chiarelli’s salary. What’s crazy is that if you dissect this story – a THR exclusive by writer Rebecca Sun - every single part of it makes theoretical sense within Hollywood business practices,...

Harry Styles on why he enjoys acting in cover feature for THE FACE

Harry Styles is on the cover of THE FACE. This is… a really good shot of his face. This might be an even better shot of his face:         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by TH...

Celebrity Social Media, Renner Edition - September 5, 2019

Usually this space is reserved for a light dissection of celebrity social media activity. But we cannot ignore the current of anguish, confusion, disbelief, heartache... and more confusion ... that has overtaken social media. Where were you when you heard about the cancellation of Jeremy Renner’s ap...

Charlotte Cambridge attends her first day of school with big brother George

It was Princess Charlotte’s first day at school, same school as her big brother, Big G. She’s to be known as Charlotte Cambridge. Of course. You don’t want all her little friends running around calling her “Princess” on the playground.  Along with Big G, Charlotte was accompanied on her first day...

Prince Andrew disables comments on Instagram after being disinvited from events in Northern Ireland

Prince Andrew, who’s been disinvited from events on his trip to Northern Ireland next week, has disabled comments on Instagram. It should be clear why he doesn’t want people commenting on his posts but just in case…  Prince Andrew was friends with Jeffrey Epstein, a pedophile rapist who went to p...

Lil Nas X holds his own against Kevin Hart in new episode of The Shop

Tuesday’s episode of The Shop is in the headlines because of a conversation involving Lil Nas X and Kevin Hart. Check out the clip: I love @LilNasX so much pic.twitter.com/8EVbE7QHPf — Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 4, 2019      SIGH.   A little context here. At the end ...

Camila Cabello covers ELLE as she and Shawn Mendes PDA all over Toronto

There’s a lot of Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes to cover. And not a lot of time. Quickly then… Camila has just released two new singles, “Shameless” and “Liar”. She also covers the new issue of ELLE, posted online this morning. Camila’s been a big deal on her own for a couple of years now after ...

Intro for September 5, 2019

Dear Gossips, She was formerly known as “unconscious intoxicated woman” and as Emily Doe, who was raped by Brock Turner behind a dumpster. As she wrote in her impact statement that was published by Buzzfeed and read around the world:  For a while, I believed that that was all I was. I had to f...

What Else for September 4, 2019

R Kelly requested to be moved to general population in prison and he got what he wanted. He’s in there for child molestation, basically, and they always say that there’s some kind of code when you’re inside: pedophiles don’t do so well. R Kelly isn’t worried, apparently. Maybe he thinks his celebrit...

Duana Names: Can He Break The Rules?

Hi, Duana.  My husband and I are expecting Baby Boy #2, and we are struggling with the name. I set a few preferences for our first that hold over to our second -- at least two syllables, to balance our short last name, and hard consonants in the middle or the end, because our last name is all sof...

Netflix releases trailer for Zach Galifianakis’s Between Two Ferns movie

Today in Sure, Why Not? news, we have learned that, thanks to Netflix’s insatiable need for original content, there is now a Between Two Ferns movie. That’s right, Zach Galifianakis’s awkward interview show has been turned into a film. How will that work? Honestly, who cares? It looks hilarious. Of ...

The Work and Power Era of Jennifer Aniston in InStyle cover feature

The narrative about Jennifer Aniston after the end of her marriage to Justin Theroux was not the same as it was when she and Brad Pitt broke up. Every “source” report on her post JT was about how happy she was, how excited she was, and she’d show up on her friends’ social media accounts, smiling, un...

Celebrity Social Media, September 4, 2019

Christy Turlington’s nephew, James, is a model. You can see the family resemblance in his face, and she has an iconic face. You know who will be all over this? Anna Wintour. She loves OG supermodels and fame pedigree. He’ll be in a Vogue shoot by spring.          V...

Brad Pitt talks about AA in new interview with The New York Times to promote Ad Astra

I used to call them the Eternal Hollywood Triangle. The three points on the triangle are no longer connected but it’s a triangle all the same, and it will likely go on, it feels like it will go on forever – Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Jennifer Aniston. I’m talking about the Triangle again now bec...

Prince Andrew has been disinvited from several appearances in Northern Ireland

As you may have heard, Prince Andrew’s been making headlines (though not enough of them) for his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, the pedophile rapist who went to prison and was a registered sex offender at the time of his mysterious death while in federal custody. Andrew and Buckingham Palace have ...

Adele is "happy after heartbreak" on PEOPLE Magazine cover

I wasn’t expecting this to be the Back to School week cover of the new issue of PEOPLE, were you? And it’s not an exclusive. Any time anyone has an Adele exclusive, of course it’s making the cover. But Adele was not interviewed by PEOPLE. I’m not sure that Adele’s people are talking to PEOPLE either...

Joaquin Phoenix surges to the front of Oscar race following Venice premiere of Joker

Following the Joker world premiere at the Venice Film Festival over the weekend, Joaquin Phoenix is now officially a contender for Best Actor Oscar. Up to this point, which is early, but not as early as you think considering the Oscars are at the beginning of February in 2020 which shortens the seas...

Joaquin Phoenix surges to the front of Oscar race following Venice premiere of The Joker

Following the Joker world premiere at the Venice Film Festival over the weekend, Joaquin Phoenix is now officially a contender for Best Actor Oscar. Up to this point, which is early, but not as early as you think considering the Oscars are at the beginning of February in 2020 which shortens the seas...

Robert Pattinson's first Batman interview in Variety cover feature

Not technically, considering the movie doesn’t come out for a couple of years, but it’s the first time he’s talked about being cast since it was confirmed a few weeks ago that he’s the Millennial Batman. In a new cover interview with Ramin Setoodeh for Variety ahead of the premiere of The Lighthouse...

Intro for September 4, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Today is a holy day. It’s B’Day, the 38th anniversary of the birth of Beyoncé and also the 13th anniversary of the release of the album that gave us “Déjà Vu”, “Get Me Bodied”, “Ring the Alarm”, “Irreplaceable”, “Kitty Kat”, “Upgrade U”… OK fine, you can look up the track list your...

What Else for September 3, 2019

How was your Labour Day? In my circle it seems like Labour Day was… well…. full of labour. Everybody I know was doing laundry or packing sh-t from lunches to clothes and trying to fit in their appointments and rushing here and there and checking off things from the list. No matter how busy you were ...

For Your Fitness: Fall Workout Shoes

Is it just me or does the first week of September always make you feel like it’s time to end the summer fun and start getting back to work? Routines become the norm again and scheduling workouts into your day is a breeze (or at least a lot easier than it was during the summer months of fun). I have ...

First trailer for Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit doubles down on satirical tone of the teaser

Ahead of its TIFF premiere, a new trailer for Jojo Rabbit has been released, which doubles down on the satirical tone of the teaser. There are lots of “bumbling idiots” hijinks, and Taika Waititi is in bright blue contacts as Imaginary Friend Hitler which is a GREAT touch, a subtle reminder that the...

Celebrity Social Media, September 3, 2019

Ariana Grande is suing Forever 21 for using her likeness in a campaign, and I don’t think it’s just about the specific image, but a deal that didn’t happen. She was in talks with Forever 21 but they never came to terms, which is why H&M was able to swoop in and work with her (there’s Ariana merch in...

Angelina Jolie spends Labour Day weekend with children Pax, Zahara, and Shiloh

Some events, like Halloween, end as soon as they're over.  Same goes for Valentine’s Day. The lead-up feels interminable, but there’s no extension. New Year, on the other hand, like you can say “Happy New Year” to someone pretty much through January. And Back to School starts at the end of July and ...

Timothee Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp in Venice for The King premiere

Netflix’s The King premiered in Venice this week. The reviews have been hilarious and, apparently, Robert Pattinson’s performance is hilarious. Some people are super into Timothee Chalamet as King Henry “Hal”. Some think it’s overwrought. All of them think Robert Pattinson is a scream as the Dauphin...

Prince Andrew back on official duty at the Dartmouth Royal Regatta on Friday despite Jeffrey Epstein scandal

Can we call this the equivalent of a carbon offset? Any “scandal” involving Prince Harry and/or Meghan Markle is never going to be dirtier or more disturbing and worth as many headlines as Prince Andrew’s association with registered sex offender, pedophile rapist Jeffrey Epstein and why he still can...

Prince Harry ends his summer holidays with announcement of eco-friendly tourism initiative in the Netherlands

Prince Harry was back at work today after taking a few weeks holiday. During that holiday, I’m sure you’ve heard, he flew on private jets to Ibiza and the South of France with Meghan Markle and their son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. They were dragged for it in the British press, who covered...

Intro for September 3, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Justin and Hailey Bieber are coming up on their one year wedding anniversary. It was on September 13, 2018 that they were seen at a New York court house for a marriage licence. Since then, they’ve reportedly tried to plan a proper reception on two occasions but the plans fell throu...