What Else for December 31, 2019

PROGRAMMING NOTE: HAPPY NEW YEAR! We’re dark tomorrow for New Year’s Day but we’ll also be dark the rest of the week because of travel commitments and we’re fueling up for the Golden Globes! The year in entertainment starts EARLY in 2020 with the Globes on Sunday, January 5. So get rested, do your h...

Celebrity Social Media, December 31, 2019

Last Friday in this space, I posted about Lupita Nyong’o’s year in review countdown. She’s wrapped up her list and Us came in at #3: 3. Bringing Us to you. ✂️ And experiencing your #UsMovie fan art! #LNTopTen Credit: https://t.co/zOE2jIIzfK, @debcraft12365, https://t.co/VFEDmk2xDJ, @misnam...

House Cambridge posts NYE "Earthshot" announcement

House Cambridge’s Twitter account posted a message late yesterday. My first reaction was…is this a teaser for a trailer?  Stay tuned for our first announcement of 2020 very shortly...🌍 — Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) December 30, 2019 I don’t think I was the only one. Here’s my ...

Joshua and Jodie Turner-Smith: married, expecting, and on vacation in Jamaica

Two Dawson’s Creek alumni are expecting babies in 2020 – Michelle Williams, as previously discussed, and also Joshua Jackson. It was reported last week by multiple outlets that Joshua and Jodie Turner-Smith are married. It’s quite obvious now that she’s pregnant. Attached – photos of them grocery sh...

For Your Fitness: A New Year’s Letter

What a year 2019 turned out to be and as we come to the end of it and near the start of the next I write to you this New Year’s letter.  If I am to be completely honest with you, this year wasn’t my best. I lost my direction and I forgot my values. I forgot why I chose to spend my days helping pe...

Exploring the timing of Michelle Williams and Thomas Kail's engagement and pregnancy

Well here’s an interestingly timed new couple alert. So much to unpack here but let’s start with when and how. PEOPLE.com broke the news last night that Michelle Williams and Thomas Kail are engaged and she’s pregnant with their first child.  Michelle Williams Is Pregnant and Engaged to Hamil...

Intro for December 31, 2019

Dear Gossips, Ending the year and the decade in this space with a book, just released today: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid. This is her first book, which makes Kiley Reid what I like to call an FBB - First Book Bitch. Previous FBBs include Yaa Gyasi (Homecoming), Sadie Jones (The Outcast), Angie T...

What Else for December 30, 2019

A recap of Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle’s year in fashion. I agree with the Fug Girls – this was Kate’s most “eccentric” style year that we’ve seen. By her standards. Most of it is still pretty boring but we’ve seen her ever so slightly push forward with more interesting pants lengths and cuts. ...

Celebrity Social Media, December 30, 2019

Everybody’s talking about, and reacting to, Barack Obamas Best of 2019 books and movies and television. At post time President Obama has yet to release his music list. That’s probably coming today. Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror was mentioned – and it deserves to be. Because, f-ck, it’s so ridiculousl...

Are Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik back together?

Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik broke up for a second (or third?) time in 2018 and up until recently, it looked like they were out of each other’s lives for good. Gigi, for a few weeks in the summer, looked like she was dating The Bachelorette’s Tyler Cameron. That didn’t last long. In November, E! News r...

Jessica Simpson wrote a book called "Open Book"

Like Mimi, Gwyneth Paltrow, Dakota Johnson, and Kate Hudson, Jessica Simpson is also in Aspen for the holidays. She’s there with her husband and children and also Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross.          View this post on Instagram           ...

Mark Wahlberg's quiet 2019 is about to change

It’s been a low-key year for Mark Wahlberg – this is our first post about him in 2019! Mark hasn’t had a movie release since 2018’s Instant Family. That will change in 2020. It was announced last month that he will co-star with Tom Holland in the film adaptation of the video game Uncharted. Tom will...

December 30, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Katherine! Hope your birthday weekend was amazing! And let’s keep it going here – Happy Birthday from Ashley who says you are “always setting an example of how to show up, do the work, and achieve incredible things”. By request, here’s Serena Williams. May you be excellent together in 2020.

Intro for December 30, 2019

Dear Gossips, I went to see Little Women on Friday after wrapping up the site – and I was annoyed. Annoyed because I wanted to see it at a VIP theatre (leather reclining seats, in-seat food and drink service, for 19+) and it’s not playing at any, not one, VIP theatres in Toronto. Frozen 2, howeve...

What Else for December 27, 2019

We found out recently that Channing Tatum and Jessie J are no longer together. A friend of mine who’s on Raya texted me yesterday to tell me that Channing’s on there. This is now public. And as profiles go, he’s pretty honest in his. Would it have been too on-the-nose for his profile song to be “Pon...

Celebrity Social Media, December 27, 2019

Maria’s away so I’m taking over this space for a few days. Which means, naturally, a lot of Beyoncé content.  Lupita Nyong’o’s doing her annual countdown (also the title of a Beyoncé song). She started 10 days ago, building towards the new year. Getting namechecked in “Brown Skin Girl” was #6. Mo...

Review: 1917 is a confusing technical achievement

1917, Sam Mendes’ World War I epic, is a technical marvel. Lensed by Roger Deakins in a series of long takes and edited by Lee Smith to appear as one continuous shot, 1917 is an incredibly gorgeous film, with many stunning images and sequences. One such sequence is shot at night in a bombed-out vill...

Will we see a new Justin Bieber in 2020?

Justin Bieber has been teasing this for a while. Some might say he really started teasing it when Selena Gomez started releasing new music a few months ago. Selena’s new album, Rare, comes out January 10, by the way. A week earlier, on January 3, JB will be dropping a new song, “Yummy”. He also anno...

Big G and Charlotte’s first Christmas walk

As it tradition, the British royal family walks to church together in Sandringham every Christmas Day. This has become a bigger and bigger occasion on the royal watch calendar in recent years after Prince William married Kate Middleton and she joined the procession and of course after Prince Harry m...

Daily Mail publishes fake Sussex Christmas card to stir conspiracies

It was revealed last week that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been in Canada for the holidays and now it’s being reported that they’re on the West Coast in British Columbia, spotted on Vancouver Island in Greater Victoria, in a municipality called North Saanich, about 20 km from downtown Victor...

Intro for December 27, 2019

Dear Gossips, Welcome back from Christmas and Boxing Day. Earlier this week, when Buckingham Palace released an advance photo from the Queen’s Christmas message, to be broadcast in the UK on Christmas Day, many noted that House Sussex was not included among the photos that were placed on her desk...

What Else for December 24, 2019

HAPPY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY EVERYTHING TO ALL OUR ONLINE FRIENDS!  Do you associate the holidays with candy? Like hard candy? That’s a hard pass from me. For me, the holidays are about chocolate. I can handle some candy at Halloween but if I’m handling candy at all, it has to be soft, like gummies. Ha...

Celebrity Social Media, December 24, 2019

As we know, the Beygency runs more secretively than most government spy operations. (We still haven’t seen Beyoncé’s Halloween costume.) Tiffany Haddish is the only person in recent memory who has perhaps gone against their wishes when she told the anecdote about someone biting Beyoncé’s face at a p...

Entertainment Self-Care: Holiday Rom-Coms

No, these are not the purposefully awful Christmas-themed movies that occupy Hallmark, Lifetime, and Netflix this time of year. I watched a bunch of those last year and still haven’t recovered. I think half the reason my 2019 was so insane is because I started the year in a bad Christmas movie haze ...

Gwyneth & Dakota’s Aspen Christmas

Mimi isn’t the only one spending the holidays in Aspen and she isn’t the only one who always spends the holidays in Aspen. Kate Hudson is an Aspen regular at Christmas because Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have been going to Aspen for years, joined by their good friend Melanie Griffith so their child...

Show Your Work: The Mailbag & The Affair

For our final episode of the year and the decade, we’re diving into the mailbag and many of you have written to us about all the drama that happened behind the scenes on The Affair. Last week, The Hollywood Reporter told the story of why Ruth Wilson left The Affair after pushing back against the “to...

Harry and Meghan release Sussex Christmas card with Archie front and centre

Very shortly after the photo from the Queen’s Christmas address was released yesterday, the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust posted the House Sussex Christmas card on their Twitter account.  Just sharing the sweetest Christmas Card from our President and Vice-President, The Duke and Duchess of Suss...

The Queen hints at bumps in annual Christmas message

By the time you read this, Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas address will have aired in the UK. Ahead of the broadcast, Buckingham Palace released a photo of Her Majesty taken at Windsor Castle, touching on some of the themes she’d be speaking to in her message:          ...

Intro for December 24, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Thank you for voting in the Gingerbread House Annual Cup yesterday! It was too close to call between “Toy Store” and “The Santa Express”. We had to wait until the very end of the 24 hour poll on Twitter just now before we could confirm the People’s Choice Winner by the closest marg...

What Else for December 23, 2019

I love the ombre that’s happening here with the colours on Kelly Rowland’s dress. I’m about to do this with my nails the next time I hit the nail bar. While the shades are on point though, the style elements are a bit busy? There are wings and a peplum and a slit and I think the lengths are off too,...

Celebrity Social Media, December 23, 2019

Hilary Duff married songwriter Matthew Koma over the weekend in a small backyard wedding. Her Jenny Packham dress is fantastic, and Vogue had the heads up on that because they filmed a video about how good it is. As she explains, it’s clean with modern details, and she centers her look around that: ...

Mariah Carey poses with Anitta and shops in Aspen for Christmas

It’s two days until Christmas – guess where Mimi is?! Please. Every lamb knows that Mimi spends every Christmas in Aspen. And while every Christmas is special, this Christmas must be extra special because “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is finally #1. The new video has 10 million views. The Lambil...

Harry and Meghan spending Christmas in Canada

For weeks now, as the Sussexes Harry, Meghan, and Archie have been off the grid, it was thought that they were in Los Angeles with Meghan Markle’s ma, Doria Ragland. And the UK tabloids were saying that that’s where they were (because of course they’ve often not been accurate about House Sussex…unle...

Will and George join Her Majesty and Prince Charles for a Christmas photo shoot

Prince William and Big G arrived at Buckingham Palace together, without the other members of House Cambridge, at the Queen’s Christmas lunch last week and now we know why. Will and Big G joined Her Majesty and Prince Charles for a photo shoot in support of the Royal British Legion’s “Together at Chr...

Bill Hader and Rachel Bilson are dating and I'm into it

TMZ has the exclusive photo of Bill Hader and Rachel Bilson in Tulsa, OK this weekend. His family is there so, presumably, he’s in town for the holidays – and if she’s with him for the holidays… it must be serious?  Bill and Rachel have known each other a while. They were in a movie called The To...

Eddie Murphy’s return to SNL was worth the long wait

Eddie Murphy, who is often credited with saving Saturday Night Live during the tumult of the early 1980s, the years in which Lorne Michaels walked away from the show, finally returned to Studio 8H after 35 years, hosting SNL for the first time since he left in 1984. (He appeared briefly in the 40th ...

Intro for December 23, 2019

Dear Gossips, Time for one of our favourite holiday traditions here at LaineyGossip: the Gingerbread House throwdown! For those of you who are new to this, click here to browse through the history of this annual event. To recap: my friend LB’s family participates in a gingerbread house competitio...

What Else for December 20, 2019

Heads up because we’ve received a few emails about this … Every year, I post about my friend Lorella and her family’s Ginger Bread House competition and it’s been a popular regular feature here at LaineyGossip.com. The 2019 edition will be posted this coming MONDAY. We will need your votes. Be re...

Duana Names: Wherein French Food Is My Albatross

Hi Duana, Have LOVED the column for years and worried that my decision not to birth any more humans might mean I never get to seek your advice. However, the time has come to add to our family in puppy form, and I have 1) a philosophical question and 2) a request for name suggestions for the dog w...

What’s Your Drama: Sister Posing and V-Cards

It’s the last episode of the decade of What’s Your Drama and we are closing out it with our special guest, Duana! She’s digging into all your drama and dropping some serious advice gems.   But first I have to get to the bottom of this weirdo trend of siblings taking sexy pictures together. The big...

Celebrity Social Media, December 20, 2019

Jia Tolentino’s The Age of the Instagram Face is only a few weeks old, but it’s already a reference point for me. It’s about women (mostly) who reverse engineer their features to look like a filtered version of themselves, with a strong celebrity influence (think the Kardashians, Chrissy Teigen, Bel...

The Best Films of the Decade (2010s): Part II

For Part 1 of The Best Films of the Decade, please click here.  The final half of the best films of the decade. As always, this list is alphabetical, not ranked. The Love Witch (2016) A film of singular artistic vision, The Love Witch is produced, written, directed, edited, AND scored by An...

Outfits of the Week: Keri Russell

Keri Russell wore the first Outfit of the Week we started doing almost two years ago. And since then, I’ve tried to not repeat people, because there are some people who could easily be OOTW all the time, like Zendaya and Tracee Ellis Ross. So I waited all week for someone else to come around this we...

Bombshell movie review starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, and John Lithgow

Bombshell tells the story of Roger Ailes’ ouster at Fox News amid a sexual harassment scandal. In hindsight, it’s a proto-#MeToo story about a predator felled when enough people listened to enough women recount horror stories of harassment and abuse, and it happened at one of the most insular media ...

Camila Cabello posts public apology after old problematic and racist Tumblr posts resurface

How do you go from promoting your new album and publicly declaring your affection in one of the most followed relationships to becoming embroiled in a huge controversy? Earlier this week, a Twitter thread shared screenshots from Camila’s old Tumblr account exposing several instances where she said t...

Mariah Carey covers Billboard and releases video for "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

It’s five days until Christmas! And our generous Christmas Butterfly just keeps giving! This, after all, is the season of Mimi. Mariah Carey IS Christmas, a fact.  As we know, Mimi’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time last week after 25 years. No ...

Christopher Nolan's Tenet remains mysterious even after the release of its first trailer

Christopher Nolan is one of the last big-name directors who can get butts in seats based on his name alone. He doesn’t have to tell us what his movies are about or even, really, who is in them (although he attracts star-studded casts, so Nolan casting announcements are always headlines). Just take h...

Intro for December 20, 2019

Dear Gossips,  I’m so excited about Eddie Murphy’s return to Saturday Night Live this weekend, it’s almost pathetic. But I can’t be the only one. SNL is excited. And I wonder if they’re actually planning two shows – the main show, obviously, but also a show behind the scenes. Because I also can’t...

What Else for December 19, 2019

We’ve had a few emails come in about the Ruth Wilson situation and why she left The Affair. Duana and I want to hold it for Show Your Work because we’re wondering if there’s going to be a response. And we want to have all that information before we discuss it. But OF COURSE, working in that kind of ...

Us Weekly reports that Channing Tatum and Jessie J have amicably split

Us Weekly reports exclusively that after over a year of dating, Channing Tatum and Jessie J are done. According to their source, the split is amicable and they’re still good friends.  If this is true, because Us Weekly is not what it used to be and they don’t have the contacts that they once did,...

Celebrity Social Media, December 19, 2019

As Sarah wrote yesterday, Adam Sandler still has a chance at a nomination for Uncut Gems, even if it’s a slim chance (read her take here). Here is a photo of Adam Sandler at a screening, in a Disney World fleece. This is the kind of jacket buy in desperation at a gift shop – the weather changed, it’...

Sebastian Stan is shirtless and hot in Men's Health to talk about upcoming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Sebastian Stan caps off his Year In Hot by appearing in Men’s Health. He is there, ostensibly, to talk about The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which is filming now and due later next year on Disney+. But he is also looking extremely hot, in what is, I must say, a completely insane editorial. What i...

The Best Films of the Decade (2010s): Part I

After months of consideration, and getting so deep in the weeds that the words “best”, “film”, and “decade” have lost all meaning, here it is: my list of the best films of the decade. This list, which was supposed to be 20 films and ended up at 32, is a combination of quality, influence, and gut fee...

John Ambrose McLaren introduced in first trailer for PS I Still Love You

It’s here! The first trailer for PS I Still Love You, the sequel to To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, premiering on February 12 on Netflix, has been released and… well… I’m now a giant adolescent hormone. Like you, don’t lie, I watched TATBILB over and over again when it came out last year. Lara Je...

Cats movie review starring Idris Elba, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench, and Taylor Swift

Cats begins with Victoria (Francesca Hayward), a cat-human hybrid escaped from the island of Dr. Moreau, abandoned on the streets of London. I am shocked that the location is not called “Meow Town”. Is this mercy? Is Cats mostly harmless, a little weird and off-putting but not sunk so low to make ba...

Intro for December 19, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Prince Andrew was at the Queen’s Christmas lunch yesterday at Buckingham Palace. It’s a private event for extended family so it makes sense he was there, especially as it’s been made clear that even though he has stepped away from public duty, he still has Her Majesty’s support.  ...

What Else for December 18, 2019

I know it’s Christmas in a week but here’s my daily Scrooge and Grinch moment because I read this headline and immediately did not feel festive at all. Mimi where are you, please help? Can she help? How do you feel knowing that the highest paid person on YouTube is 8 years old and reviews toys? (Dli...

Duana Names: Let Them Both Be Your Star(s)

Hi Duana, My partner and I had a name locked down in a minute. And now that her due date has been bumped up (just four weeks from now), I'm second guessing...her middle name of all things. Originally, we had two middle names - Alexandra Marie - an ode to each of our mothers. Until I started fi...

Show Your Work: Scarlett Johansson’s most iconic role

On the last episode of Show Your Work , Duana had a conspiracy theory about Scarlett Johansson hosting Saturday Night Live. So on this episode we’re doing a report card on that conspiracy theory and get into Scarjo’s work overall – because Duana has taken a position: that Scarjo does not have an ico...

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker movie review

To follow a much-debated middle installment in a trilogy is a big task, and to wrap up a nine-film saga is a big task, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is better at one of those things than the other. As a conclusion to the “Skywalker Saga”, it is mostly satisfactory, tying to together all three...

Celebrity Social Media, December 18, 2019

Turns out all the speculation about Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson (including mine) was off-base; Cara wished Ashley a Happy Birthday and got her a very special, exclusive, priceless present – not one Olsen, but two! The twin set! A personalized video courtesy of Mary-Kate and Ashley who have not...

Adam Driver walks out on radio interview with Terry Gross while promoting Marriage Story

When I posted about Adam Driver yesterday, I wrote about his aversion to press and how he blew past reporters on two red carpets at TIFF this year, even though his The Report co-star Annette Bening was stopping for practically every outlet on one of them. Shortly after, The Daily Beast broke the sto...

Body language experts weigh in on Catherine shrugging off Prince William's touch on A Berry Royal Christmas special

For a couple of days now people have been talking about a moment that happened during A Berry Royal Christmas that aired in the UK on Monday. Let’s start with today though. Prince William and Catherine of House Cambridge cover the new issue of PEOPLE, the issue that will be on newsstands when people...

Bill and Ted are back in the phone booth in first look at Bill & Ted Face the Music

The movie I am most looking forward to in 2020 is Bill & Ted Face the Music. I was reluctant to believe this movie was really happening, after almost thirty years of teasing it, but it is happening, it has happened, it will always happen. They filmed Bill & Ted this summer, and now we have the first...

Brad Pitt participates in Once Upon a Time …in Hollywood Q&A with Leonardo DiCaprio on his birthday eve

Today is Brad Pitt’s birthday. It’s also Katie Holmes’s birthday and I’ve been trying to Gossip Genie these two for months now. Probably won’t happen. Because he’s getting back together with Jennifer Aniston??? More on that in a minute.  Brad spent the night before his birthday in LA at a Q&A for...

December 18, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Rebekah! Happy Birthday! Wishing you many lunges today – because if we can do lunges, it means we are strong, like Celine, our Queen of All Feelings and Lunges. Good luck on your novel, wishing you consistent writing in 2020. And remember what Duana always tells me: “you can’t fix nothing”. Just get...

Intro for December 18, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Back in August, I linked in this space to a piece in The Cut about Zitomer, the “Upper East Side pharmacy-slash-department store” in New York and several of its customers. The Zitomer ladies became an online obsession and so, just in time for the holidays, The Strategist is checkin...

What Else?

It’s a week before Christmas… and it’s not all love. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are still working out their divorce. And now he has a new new girlfriend – Gabriella Brooks, an Australian model. Miley has been with two people since she and Liam split. Liam too is now on his second romantic situat...

Adam Sandler has a shot at an Oscar nomination for Uncut Gems

Back in September, Joanna wrote about the premiere of Adam Sandler’s Oscar hopeful, Uncut Gems. Well, Uncut Gems is now in theaters, and Adam Sandler’s Oscar hopes still exist. Reviews remained strong even after the festival buzz faded, an Uncut Gems hive has materialized online—led by Vulture’s Hun...

Clint Eastwood's Richard Jewell movie review

Richard Jewell did not perform well at the box office this weekend. It’s Clint Eastwood’s “worst opening in four decades”. The film is about Richard Jewell, the man wrongfully accused of the Centennial Park bombing during the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, and the latest white male hero trumpeted by East...

Celebrity Social Media, December 17, 2019

Have you seen the wrapping paper hack making the rounds on social media? It involves angling the present. I don’t know if that is a hack or an act of desperation: I suck at wrapping presents, even though I want them to look like they are in the window of a department store. There’s a reality TV show...

Emma Watson: Outfit Of The (Last) Week and Little Women press

I ran out of time last Friday and couldn’t get to the Outfit of the Week which was Emma Watson’s Balenciaga at the Little Women premiere in New York. The event happened early in the week and I had it marked for end of week and then Duana emailed on Wednesday demanding that this be the OOTW so I know...

Everyone is talking about Brad Pitt showing up at Jennifer Aniston's Christmas party

Jennifer Aniston hosted a Christmas party at her place this weekend. The paparazzi were there and got photos of her celebrity guests: Tom Hanks, Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson, Lisa Kudrow, Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk were seen pulling up, and another Brad too – Brad Pitt.  A Pitt and two ex...

Can Adam Driver win Best Actor Oscar for Marriage Story?

Timing is working out really well in Adam Driver’s favour right now for award season. He probably doesn’t much care about this (more on that in a minute) but Netflix would care. Marriage Story is Netflix and right now, his performance in Marriage Story has put him in favourable position for the Best...

Taylor Swift looks great in strapless Oscar De La Renta at Cats premiere in New York

Premiere of Cats last night in New York. Reactions are still coming in and Sarah’s seeing it on Wednesday so we’ll have her review posted later this week. This will be her first Cats experience – she’s never seen the musical. I’m more excited about her review than I am about the movie. Not that I’m ...

December 17, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Ashley! Happy Birthday from Katherine to the friend who always gives great fashion advice and books and TV recommendations. By request, here are Elizabeth Banks and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, excellent birthday angels! And PS. K promises to watch Fleabag for Christmas. 

Intro for December 17, 2019

Dear Gossips, It’s a week to Christmas Eve and…she did it, lambs! She did it! On the 25th anniversary of “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, Mariah Carey has the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 for the VERY FIRST TIME. I mean, of course, the song never needed to go to #1 to be the hit that it is....

What Else for December 16, 2019

We already knew that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would not be at royal Christmas in Sandringham. They will also not attend the various pre-Christmas lunches and brunches and tea parties that the Queen hosts for extended British royal family members at Buckingham Palace this time of year. It was a...

Duana Names: Why Is This So Hard!?

Hi Duana, When I was pregnant with my first, my husband and I had a huge list of girls’ names, and absolutely no boys’ names. We found out at 20 weeks that baby was a boy, and he still went nameless for over 12 hours after birth because we struggled so much with names. We finally settled on Henry...

Watchmen Season 1 Episode 9 review

Spoilers Amazingly, incredibly, for a show that has SO much going on, last night Watchmen came to a satisfying conclusion. It’s almost a little TOO pat, the way everything ties off, but I’m not going to complain about Damon Lindelof tying off all his threads. If there is never any more Watchmen—a...

Michael Bay's 6 Underground starring Ryan Reynolds movie review

Netflix, in their quest to conquer cinema, has been flinging money at filmmakers in truly ludicrous fashion. Their no-limit budgeting leads to unfiltered works from big-name filmmakers, like Martin Scorsese’s indulgent-yet-effective The Irishman. But in the case of Michael Bay, director of 6 Undergr...

Sandra Bullock seen in LA one year after Bird Box premiere on Netflix

Sandra Bullock was seen in LA on Saturday which also happened to be the one year anniversary of the premiere of Bird Box on Netflix. I didn’t watch Bird Box because I try to avoid scary movies and especially scary movies during the holidays but that, evidently, isn’t a problem for rest of the world ...

Celebrity Social Media, December 16, 2019

How does Beyoncé go to a party and avoid being filmed when she doesn’t want to be filmed? We still don’t know what her costume was at her own Halloween party, even though everyone else posted on social from the event. It’s not a simple answer, requiring participation from several parties. Including,...

Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, and Miles Teller in Top Gun: Maverick trailer

Maverick: Legend of the Skies (AKA Top Gun: Maverick, a boring title) is probably going to be one of the biggest movies of summer 2020. I say “probably” only because this past summer was so f-cking dicey for everyone not named Disney, I am no longer confident in people showing up for movies that are...

First teaser for Little Fires Everywhere starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington is perplexing

When the first look for the film adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere was released, I wrote about my excitement for the project, particularly the book’s themes of perfectionism, artistry, privilege, post-partum depression, and estrangement. Author Celeste Ng is such an empathetic writer and explore...

Jay-Z and Kanye West reunite at Diddy's 50th birthday

Jay-Z and Kanye West were both at P Diddy’s 50th birthday party this weekend. It was packed with some of the biggest names in movies and music and television. Everyone wanted to be there to celebrate a half century of Puffy. And everyone being there was again a testament to the power and the influen...

Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith appear to be expecting a baby

Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson walked their first red carpet together last month at the premiere of Queen & Slim and, as I predicted in that post, there was going to be some Bump Watch. Here they are yesterday at the airport in Berlin and… well…  They’re having a baby, right?  And quite...

Leonardo DiCaprio dances at Diddy's 50th birthday party

Are we celebrating five year milestones today? In the open, I marked the fifth anniversary of Beyoncé attending Taylor Swift’s birthday party. It has also been five years since Leonardo DiCaprio went to Coachella (in 2014) and did this – you remember, don’t you?  Total nerd. And it’s not ...

Intro for December 16, 2019

Dear Gossips,  There were two major celebrity birthday parties happening this weekend: Taylor Swift celebrated her 30th and P Diddy celebrated his 50th. I’m going to talk about Beyoncé.  Beyoncé and Jay-Z were at Diddy’s big bash. She posted about it on Instagram and even captioned the photo, ...

Watchmen Season 1 Episode 9 preview

We have arrived at the final episode of Watchmen season one, which makes me incredibly nervous, because if you’re familiar with Damon Lindelof, then you know sticking the landing isn’t his strong suit. Even though the story is mostly in focus now, and we can see how things connect, there are still a...

Celebrity Social Media, December 13, 2019

Shawn Mendes has joined TikTok, and I don’t know what it means for the medium. Does having celebs, like Ellen DeGeneres and Reese Witherspoon and Shawn Mendes on there, make it less palatable for the youth? And if they leave and find somewhere new to post,  how long will it take the grownups to find...

Breaking out in goosebumps over the first In The Heights trailer

Look, I’m not going to bury the lede – between 1:46 and 2:26 I broke out in goosebumps no fewer than six times. But the dreamy strings at the beginning meant I was primed for it from the very first frame:    I don’t know if any recent movie has been as consistently anticipated as In Th...

What’s Your Drama: One Uppers & Flirting to Get Friends

We have a special guest on this week’s episode of What’s Your Drama - Kathleen! She's bringing her "youth" and wisdom to the podcast to help us answer your questions. Plus we fight about several things along the way including someone’s observation that her husband-to-be Michael B. Jordan looks like…...

DC Films confirms Shazam! gets another shot with upcoming sequel

For a superhero movie, Shazam! flew under the radar this year. It deserved more attention, it’s one of the best superhero movies in recent memory, and definitely a high water mark for DC Films. But it came out smack dab in the middle of Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame, and it seemed to get lost...

Jumanji: The Next Level movie review starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was a surprise hit in 2017, a sequel/soft reboot that actually manages to add to the lore of the original movie, such as changing the Jumanji game from a board game to a video game, while also standing on its own. Jumanji: The Next Level is the inevitable sequel, crass...

Taylor Swift accepts Billboard Woman of the Decade award on the eve of her 30th birthday

Today is Taylor Swift’s 30th birthday. I can’t believe it’s gone by so fast. I feel like it was just two years ago when all that sh-t went down between her and Kanye West at the MTV VMAs. We’ll come back to Taylor’s big milestone in a minute.  Taylor spent her birthday eve receiving the Woman of ...

The Top 10 Movies of 2019

This has been a great year for film, so I fully expect enthusiastic arguments for this or that film not on my list because it’s not possible to pick every film for a list that is meant to be finite. In a year with so many genuinely good movies, I would pick every movie if I could, but since I can’t,...

Intro for December 13, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Thanks again for your patience and understanding the last couple of days as we’ve tried to work through the cyber attack on our site. Service should be fully restored now. If you are still experiencing problems, please email lainey@laineygossip.com. Now let’s get back to business a...

What Else for December 12, 2019

Thanks for all your messages about our site situation. We should be fully back to normal now – and staying vigilant! It’s been really helpful though to have your support. We are all gossip crusaders!  There’s supposedly an “A-lister” with a #MeToo past who’s been sending photos of his dick to cou...

Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life movie review

Terrence Malick has wrestled with themes of suffering for decades, and in the true story of Franz Jägerstätter, he has found his perfect beatific subject. A conscientious objector in World War II, Franz (August Diehl) is happily married and raising young children in an Alpine village in Austria when...

Alison Hammond's interview with Mariah Carey on This Morning is pure joy

The dark side of the Force has been challenging my holiday spirit the last couple of days. But I’ve had an assist from an Angel and a Butterfly. Went to see Celine Dion on Tuesday night  and the Queen of All Feelings gave me all the feelings to sustain whatever comes our way. The Power of Love will ...

Celebrity Social Media, December 12, 2019

There was an interesting story in Page Six about Jen Meyer being chastised by the royal team for posting photos of Meghan Markle wearing her jewellery line, with links to products. The posts have been taken down, but I wonder if this is true. Meghan Markle often wears Stella McCartney and Victoria B...

Carey Mulligan is women's rage in Promising Young Woman trailer

Holy sh-t is what I first said yesterday went I watched this trailer. I’ve watched it several more times since, especially as this site was being cyber attacked, and it’s been almost…cathartic.  I don’t think there’s any doubt about what Promising Young Woman is trying to say about sexual assault...

May 21, 2021 has been dubbed Keanu Day as The Matrix 4 release date announced as the same as John Wick 4

Yesterday, Warner Brothers announced a movie slate that includes The Matrix 4, now dated for May 21, 2021. (They also slated Ezra Miller’s long-gestating The Flash for July 1, 2022, which…call me when that movie is actually in production.) This is very interesting as John Wick 4 is also slated for M...

What Else for December 11, 2019

As you may have noticed, we had some shenanigans happening on the site today resulting in some outages and a slowdown. We’re still working on fixing the problem but we do appreciate your tweets and messages wondering what the issue is and how to get your gossip. Thank you so much for your patience –...

Show Your Work: Saturday Night JLo

On this episode of Show Your Work, we get into the various award show nominations leading up to the Oscars and what they mean. Are there some that are more “important” than others? And which award is the “Andrea Zuckerman” of award season? Beverly Hills 90210 analogies aplenty are coming at you.  ...

Celebrity Social Media, December 11, 2019

There’s a new promo out for Dr. Dolittle. It still looks absolutely bonkers, but at least RDJ gets to do his charming-rogue thing here. Post-Iron Man, this RDJ is very familiar. This week, Sarah wrote about Ryan Reynold’s schtick and I feel the same way about RDJ. He created an empire around Tony St...

New Netflix show Spinning Out looks just like The Cutting Edge fancified for Peak TV

We all know The Cutting Edge is perfect, but what if I told you there is a Netflix show that is basically just The Cutting Edge but for the Peak TV era? That means it’s The Cutting Edge, but with more explicit sex, plus drugs and INNER DARKNESS. That show exists and it is called Spinning Out, and it...

What Else for December 10, 2019

This Eminem/Nick Cannon feud though. First of all, this is misogyny and it’s gross. This is Mimi season and these two fools are swinging their dicks around trying to f-ck this up. It should be a crime to disturb Mimi during Christmas. As Maria noted yesterday in Celebrity Social Media, Eminem clearl...

Celebrity Social Media, December 10, 2019

As Lainey wrote yesterday, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are both nominated for Golden Globes, and both have a strong chance of winning. I wonder if they have a plan to mitigate the inevitable attention they will receive – everyone’s eyes will be on them. Do they say hello straight away, in plain s...

Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne, and Salma Hayek cover InStyle to promote upcoming film Like A Boss

I wish I was the one to have thought of putting Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne together in a movie. It’s the kind of “of course!” connection that the moment you see them, you’re like… OF COURSE. Obviously. This is exactly what we needed.  Tiffany, obviously, is hilarious. Rose is also hilarious t...

Saoirse Ronan stands for Greta Gerwig as she is nominated for Best Actress Drama Golden Globe for Little Women

The Golden Globe nominations were announced yesterday. As you may have heard, there were some snubs. I know I mentioned this yesterday but When They See Us, Ava DuVernay’s series about the Exonerated Five, nominated for 16 Emmys, watched by 22 million accounts on Netflix, was completely shut out. Co...

First trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife is dark and gritty with a Stranger Things vibe

Another big summer 2020 movie dropped a trailer yesterday, as we get our first look at Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the Ghostbusters movie that will restore this hallowed franchise about ghost-hunting nerds to the true fans, the toxic bros who wouldn’t let anyone enjoy a version about ghost-hunting nerd...

December 10, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

To the one we call “Fanci”, the princess boss, who looks after her people like we’re the Rachels and she’s the Frank Farmer…  HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Thanks for having our backs and for the movie matinees and all the popcorn. To another year of VIP and Jumanji!  And Rihanna too.    Also Blac...

Intro for December 10, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Today is the day I’ve been waiting for all year. Tonight my life will be complete – Celine Dion is playing her second show in Toronto. Apparently last night she casually referenced the Raptors and the place went nuts. The Queen of All Feelings always gives the people what they want...

What Else for December 9, 2019

Princess Beatrice is getting married next year; a date hasn’t been set yet. She got engaged in September. Royals typically don’t wait too long between the engagement and the wedding. But these are extraordinary times. Because her dad is in some sh-t right now. And they have to worry about how much o...

Duana Names: The Ballad of Against The Grain

Hi Duana, I love your column and have been reading it all throughout my pregnancy! Now it’s my turn to add myself to the list of desperate preggos you receive letters from. Our second child, a girl, will be arriving December 19 by caesarean (if not before!) and we cannot settle on or find the ...

Watchmen Season 1 Episode 8 review

Spoilers Watchmen’s penultimate episode, “A God Walks into Abar”, has a lot going on. It’s the entire history of Angela’s relationship with Cal/Doctor Manhattan, it explains how Adrian Veidt got to Europa, and where the Phillipses and Crookshankses came from, there is a time travel paradox, AND w...

Former One Direction member Liam Payne releases debut solo album and it's a flop

If you’ve been keeping track of One Direction band member albums, you’ll have one more to add to your collection after Friday. On December 6th, Liam Payne released his debut album LP1 along with a new single “Live Forever.” The album is 17 tracks long, although 9 of those are singles, many of which ...

Celebrity Social Media, December 9, 2019

Naomi Campbell and Ms. Janet, just because. The cheekbones!         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Janet Jackson (@janetjackson) on Dec 4, 2019 at 3:55pm PST Anot...

First trailer for Ryan Reynolds's Free Guy looks like a classic Ryan Reynolds movie

One Fox movie that Disney didn’t sh-tcan after taking control of the studio earlier this year is Free Guy, a Ryan Reynolds project in which he plays Guy, a non-player character in a video game who gains sentience. The first trailer for Free Guy is here, and it looks like a classic Ryan Reynolds movi...

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston will both attend the 2020 Golden Globes

Brad Pitt was last at the Golden Globes in January 2017 as a presenter. I don’t remember seeing him seated at a table though. He may have walked through the ballroom but there were no cutaways of him during the broadcast. It was four months after he and Angelina Jolie announced their divorce. He and...

Beyoncé prepares for IVY Park x adidas launch with ELLE cover feature

The Queen received a Golden Globe nomination today for “Spirit”, the song she wrote for The Lion King. The Queen, however, has other things to think about. I wonder if she’s even going to show up. It’s not like she doesn’t have other things to do. Right now, the priority is IVY Park x adidas. The pa...

Ava DuVernay's When They See Us omitted from Golden Globe nominations

We’re doing more than one post today about the Golden Globe nominations but let’s start with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association because this is their event. This is a group of 90 or so international journalists known for making odd choices – and not always bad. In the television categories, the...

Gal Gadot attends CCXP as Wonder Woman 1984 trailer is released

With Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker coming out in a couple weeks, all the big summer 2020 movies are starting to drop trailers which will be attached to Skywalker in theaters. It is also CCXP, the giganti-huge Brazilian comic con, which means this is the perfect time for Wonder Woman 1984 to give ...

Intro for December 9, 2019

Dear Gossips,  We’ve been saying for weeks that this looks like the most competitive Oscar race in years across all categories and as more and more film associations and critics’ boards announce their winners and nominations lists, so far, while there are certainly stronger contenders than others...

What Else for December 6, 2019

A few months ago, there was a real chance that Tom Holland wouldn’t  get to be Spider-Man anymore. But then, a deal was made, Spider-Man was saved, and it was Tom Holland who did the saving. Tom is now recounting what happened and WHERE it happened: on the phone, while Tom was in a pub, after a few ...

The Aeronauts starring Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne movie review

The Aeronauts is one-half survival tale and one-half historical drama, based loosely on the story of James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) and Henry Coxwell’s ascent to a then-record height of 37,000, accomplished in a hot air balloon. Except for The Aeronauts, Coxwell has been replaced by the fictional A...

Watchmen Season 1 Episode 8 preview

There are only two episodes left of Watchmen, and everything is coming together, the puzzle is almost complete. The last dangling thread is what Adrian Veidt has to do with all this, and everything is else is pretty much down to who lives and who dies. As much as Watchmen is deconstructing the super...

Celebrity Social Media, December 6, 2019

Last night, our site manager Emily sent this to me over Instagram DM with a simple “LOL.” I can’t say it any better than that.         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Linds...

Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale featured in Vanity Fair

We talk often about great cutaways in awards show history, and yada yada Taylor Swift dancing, but one that often goes overlooked involves my favourite celebrity couple, Bobby Cannavale and Rose Byrne. When Bobby was accepting his Emmy for Boardwalk Empire in 2013, he gave an endearingly rambly list...

Outfits of the Week: Shailene Woodley & Liya Kebede

Moncler Genius’s collaboration with Pierpaolo Piccioli was first presented back in February. They partnered with Ethiopian designers from model Liya Kebede’s brand Lemlem to create a series of exquisite puffer coat gowns. Look at this glory.          View this post...

Taylor Swift releases new Christmas song, Christmas Tree Farm

“Mariah Carey is Christmas” opened the site yesterday after the announcement that there’s an upcoming documentary about how “All I Want For Christmas Is You” came to be. Mimi has what every artist wants: a Christmas classic. And at the end of that post, I wrote:  “So, yes, OF COURSE and OBVIOUSLY...

Buckingham Palace pumps the brakes on Prince Charles becoming King

Prince Andrew, the British royal family (sweat) stain, has been the Queen’s biggest problem in years – so much so that her handling of the Andrew scandal has led to doubts about her leadership. Which is why there’s been so much talk about Prince Charles and whether or not his ascension will be accel...

Queen & Slim starring Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith movie review

With Queen & Slim director Melina Matsoukas jumps from music videos to feature films, and her background in visual media shows in the style and rhythm of her long-form work. Queen & Slim is strikingly visual and operates almost like a series of vignettes connected by musical interludes. Matsoukas’s ...

Why Justin Timberlake issued public apology to Jessica Biel

Remember when Justin Timberlake said sorry on Instagram for getting drunk and holding hands with his co-star Alisha Wainwright and ended the apology by promoting his film? My friend LB, one of the most skilled grudge-keepers I know, with a brilliant legal mind and a long gossip memory, called this a...

The Irishman starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino movie review

Based on either a true story or an entertaining lie, depending on how hot your conspiracy thermometer runs, The Irishman is the story of Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), a union worker and alleged mob hitman who claimed at the end of his life to have assassinated Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). A three-and-...

December 6, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

“Ashley Lynn! Steve and Will.I.Am and Xander and Salty-Dog are so excited to spend their first Christmas in Barbados with you since we all moved from Indonesia! Merry Christmas!”

Intro for December 6, 2019

Dear Gossips,  As mentioned a couple of days ago when I posted about Tracee Ellis Ross in this space, there have been a lot of great looks in contention for the Outfit of the Week. And even though they’re not the outfit of the week, they should still be appreciated.  Emilia Clarke’s almost-neo...

What Else for December 5, 2019

This is SO sad. And it speaks to the power that someone can have over you, how abusive it can be, how hard it is to escape from it, and how emotional abuse is just as devastating as physical abuse. R Kelly has been in prison for months. But even though he isn’t there, in person, controlling his two ...

Bong Joon-ho's Parasite could be first South Korean film nominated for an Oscar

Parasite is one of the best films of the year, and it’s already landing on year-end lists, including earning a special award from the American Film Institute. This has, naturally, led to a discussion about its Oscar prospects, which is an interesting conversation for two reasons. One is that South K...

RuPaul in first trailer for Netflix's AJ and the Queen

A new trailer for AJ and the Queen, a new Netflix series starring RuPaul was released last night. The premise of the show, according to its Netflix description: “While traveling across the country in a run-down RV, drag queen Ruby Red discovers an unlikely sidekick in AJ: a tough-talking 10-year-...

Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux to star together in limited series, The White House Plumbers

Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux both starred in beloved HBO dramas, True Detective season one for Harrelson, and The Leftovers for Theroux. Now, they are both returning to HBO, to star together in a limited series called The White House Plumbers, about the two men who planned the Watergate break-...

Celebrity Social Media, December 5, 2019

As we near the end of a decade, people are compiling the “best of” lists and moments. One that came up in my feed was “best Twitter moment” and someone suggested Zola. “Wanna hear a story about why me and this bitch fell out??????” It went viral – and now it’s a movie starring Taylour Paige and Rile...

Mulan trending worldwide on Twitter with release of new trailer

Mulan is the #2 trending topic worldwide right now on Twitter, at least that’s what it says on my feed, right underneath #TrumpIsALaughingStock. Mulan is trending because a new trailer was released… and I love it, I love it so much. I love it so much I cried at my desk. I’m not sure that’s th...

Vogue gets on the Florence Pugh train

Vogue would like you to know that Florence Pugh is cool, but not like TOO COOL, she’s just the right amount of cool. She’s an It Girl, but she’s not an It Girl because she doesn’t trip or do cheesy late night talk show bits. Vogue will tell you all about newcomer Florence Pugh, who has been on the i...

Emma Stone and Dave McCary are engaged

I just want to go back a bit… Back to 2018, summertime. A few months prior, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux had announced their divorce. He reportedly was too cool for her LA life and wanted to stay punk as f-ck (what’s up Ryan Adams?) in New York, chilling at real dive bars until he opened a...

Taylor Swift's documentary Miss Americana will open Sundance Film Festival

A few weeks ago, prior to her American Music Awards Artist of the Decade performance, when Taylor Swift accused Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun for refusing to allow her to perform music from her first six albums, we also found out that she’d been working on a Netflix documentary and that she was ...

Justin Timberlake posts public apology to Jessica Biel on social media after holding hands with costar

No but seriously, is this an apology? Or an advance promotional opportunity for his film, Palmer? Because it starts as an apology…and ends as a plug. Isn’t that what we all want out of an apology? For someone to stay sorry and then pivot to them telling you about their new project? Well, that’s how ...

Intro for December 5, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Mariah Carey is Christmas. Mariah Carey is Christmas.  I wrote that twice because the first is a statement, a fact. And the second is the title of a new …film?... based on the above fact about the making of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, the most successful...

What Else for December 4, 2019

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom were supposedly going to get married this month, according to Us Weekly. Now Us Weekly is saying that that’s not happening but not because there are problems in their relationship but because of something to do with a venue. Not sure I buy this story but if it’s true… do...

Show Your Work: America’s Got Gabrielle

If Lainey were writing this, she’d undoubtedly point out that some stories are gifts that keep giving or that gain momentum when you least expect it. It’s been a full week since the story broke that Gabrielle Union spoke up about various issues at America’s Got Talent – and was released from her con...

Celebrity Social Media, December 4, 2019

Chris Pratt and Jason Momoa are not really fighting in the Instagram comments; this is extremely low-level gossip. Chris Pratt posted a photo of himself (to promote his Amazon store, which is the more interesting story – how is Amazon recruiting all of these high-profile celebrities?) and in it he w...

Mena Massoud tells The Daily Beast he has had no auditions since Aladdin

Earlier this year, I spent much of my Aladdin review raving about Mena Massoud, saying, “Let this be the takeaway of live-action Aladdin—the movie is completely mediocre, but Mena Massoud is A Star. If Aladdin gives us nothing else but Mena Massoud, then it has done its job,” and, “Mena Massoud shou...

Chris Martin in Rolling Stone on homophobia and new album launch left me confused

If you googled Coldplay or Chris Martin yesterday, you might have been surprised, as I was, by the number of articles with the title “Chris Martin says he was homophobic…” or some variation of that. Honestly, with all the bizarre celeb declarations and unbelievable political stories, I was fully rea...

'No Time to Die' James Bond trailer released and there's hope

Poor James Bond, always having such bad days at work. Wouldn’t it be nice to see Bond just, like, chill out for a while? But no, the man can’t even retire without getting dragged back into the spy game. The first trailer for No Time to Die, the beleaguered Bond movie which marks Daniel Craig’s final...

Sir Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt's 'Interview' piece reads like a second Meet Joe Black

To be clear, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt are not making a sequel to their film Meet Joe Black. But they just interviewed each other for Interview and the interview reads like a meditation on mortality which is what Meet Joe Black was about. I’m not saying the movie was a good meditation on mor...

Princess Catherine attends Royal NATO reception at Buckingham Palace

Queen Elizabeth hosted world leaders in London for the NATO summit at Buckingham Palace last night. Alongside Her Majesty, Team British Royal was represented by Prince Charles and Camilla, Princess Anne, and Kate Middleton. Dying to know what Princess Anne thinks of the mess that her younger brother...

Intro for December 4, 2019

Dear Gossips, Hollywood rush happens at the same time as the holiday rush. The last two weeks of December are pretty much a write-off so it’s an intense pace in entertainment between American Thanksgiving until the week before Christmas as everyone is squeezing out as much promotion as possible, ...

What Else for December 3, 2019

I think maybe I’d read about this here and there but didn’t pay attention because, well, it’s about suntanning your asshole. That is not a euphemism for anything. It is what it sounds like – spreading your legs and suntanning her asshole because… wellness. And one of the people who promotes this pra...

Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach present to Laura Dern at the Gotham Awards

Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach wore matching Raf Simons Laura Dern sweaters while presenting her with a special Tribute prize at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York last night. According to Greta, the real-life filmmaking couple had "been looking for an excuse to wear our Laura Dern sweat...

Celebrity Social Media, December 3, 2019

Even if you haven’t seen an episode of The Mandalorian (which I haven’t), Baby Yoda is now part of our shared pop culture language. The memes are everywhere, but so far, this one is my favourite. It just looks so natural.         View this post on Instagram   ...

Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett support Giorgio Armani at the 2019 Fashion Awards in London

As mentioned earlier in the Tom Cruise post, Giorgio Armani was honoured last night with the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Fashion Awards in London and, in addition to Tom, he had his two favourites with him. Cate Blanchett is the first global beauty ambassador for Armani and she was there re...

Rihanna presented Urban Luxe Award for Fenty at the Fashion Awards by Janet Jackson

Rihanna’s fashion house, Fenty, isn’t even six months old yet. And already it’s winning awards. Last night Rihanna accepted the Urban Luxe Award for Fenty at the Fashion Awards in London. She wore her own label, of course, and she received the honour from a legend, Janet Jackson.  As we know, Jan...

Marvel releases teaser trailer for Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow

At long last, and more than five years overdue, Black Widow has her own movie. The teaser for Black Widow was released this morning, and it looks…fine. If this was coming out sometime between 2012 and 2015, when fans were most loudly clamoring for a Black Widow standalone movie, it would probably pl...

The BBC releases email from Prince Andrew to Ghislaine Maxwell asking about Virginia Roberts Giuffre in 2015

The Virginia Roberts Giuffre interview aired last night on BBC Panorama and, even though she repeated the claims she’s been making consistently for years now, being that this was her first broadcast interview in the UK, home of Prince Andrew, she made headlines – as she should. Finally.  Accordin...

Tom Cruise makes rare appearance at the Fashion Awards in London

Not the face you expected at the Fashion Awards in London, right? It’s not really Tom Cruise’s usual environment. But he was there, presumably, because Giorgio Armani was honoured with the Outstanding Achievement Award. We’ll get to Mr Armani later.  Tom has been wearing Mr Armani’s suits for yea...

December 3, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Today is #GivingTuesday, a day dedicated to giving to your community. If everyone in Canada donated the price of a $5 latte today, we could raise almost $190 million for charities across the country. Please visit CanadaHelps.org  if you are able to make a donation to any charity in Canada.  I mad...

Intro for December 3, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Awkwafina! Awkwafina won the Best Actress for her performance in The Farewell at the Gotham Awards last night in New York. As Variety notes, the Gothams, “hosted by the Independent Filmmakers Project, resembles the Iowa caucus as the first stop on the long and tangled road of aw...

What Else for December 2, 2019

The British royal family is bracing tight for Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s interview on BBC Panorama tonight. It’s her first UK interview, sharing what she’s been sharing for years about Prince Andrew – that she was sex trafficked to him by his friend, the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. She’s ...

Duana Names: Getting Right In The Middle Of It

Hello Duana, After five years of trying naturally and eventually moving on to IVF, my husband and I have finally gotten pregnant! Over the years, the process of trying to conceive has given us a lot of time to consider names. We’re beyond ecstatic about the pregnancy, but we also realize that thi...

John Boyega recites love letter to Oscar Isaac to promote Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

As Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker gets ever closer and closer, we’re seeing some creative marketing at play. Not that the movie needs marketing, really. I mean, they’re going to make a f-ckload of money. The point, I guess, is to make ALL the money. So, yes, the standard ad campaigns are running b...

Watchmen Season 1 Episode 7 review with spoilers

Spoilers As we approach the end of Watchmen, we’re getting into serious spoiler territory, so tap out now if you’re not caught up. Okay? If you don’t want to be spoiled, now is the time to get gone. Throughout Watchmen’s run, I’ve been wondering what the linchpin is, what is the piece that con...

Celebrity Social Media, December 2, 2019

Our favourite Instagram thirst-trapper and dirtbag DJ is the focus of a new profile in The Cut. Diplo is plant-based, he works through lunch so he can go to the pumpkin patch with his kids, he doesn’t believe in monogamy (shocker), he gets distracted by Instagram and he goes to meetings in generic c...

Angelina Jolie switches agencies from UTA to WME

Angelina Jolie very famously has a small team. She still doesn’t have an official publicist. I think I wrote about this a few years ago when I was assigned to the Maleficent junket, that she personally reviews her junket roster, a responsibility typically assigned to a star’s personal PR. For a f...

Jaden Smith inserts himself into "breakup" Instagram performance between Margaret Qualley and Miranda July

One of the pitfalls of being an Extremely Online Person™ is that you can’t go around saying “you love to see it” or “sorry to that man” without sounding like an (OK) Boomer. A very funny joke online doesn’t necessarily translate to real life. There’s a common language on Twitter (right now it’s all ...

Taylor Swift covers British Vogue

Taylor Swift has a big birthday coming: she turns 30 on December 13. She’ll be entering a new decade as we all enter a new decade. Who will Taylor be in her 30s?  It remains to be seen whether or not she has something big planned for the day, whether or not there might be a surprise song or new m...

Jennifer Lopez keeps hustling for Hustlers at screening in New York

The National Board of Review will announce its best films, directors, and performers of the year tomorrow. The New York Film Critics Circle will make their announcements on Wednesday. Golden Globe nominations are coming a week today on Monday, December 9. How many times will Jennifer Lopez’s name co...

Zendaya and Jacob Elordi seen in Australia together

Rumours about Zendaya dating her Euphoria co-star Jacob Elordi started back in August when he was seen on holiday with her in Greece, along with her family. Since then, they’ve avoided the spotlight but there have been a few sightings here and there of the two of them out for dinner or at the movies...

Intro for December 2, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Healthy Thanksgiving weekend box office this weekend with both Knives Out and Queen & Slim exceeding box office projections. Sarah and I have been high on Knives Out since we screened it at TIFF back in September but I don’t know that anyone was predicting that it would find this b...