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...

What Else for November 29, 2019

I was about to say that the next headline after this already bonkers headline about Johnny Depp producing a musical about Michael Jackson’s glove was going to be that Johnny Depp himself would be playing the glove but then I remembered, would Johnny Depp actually have the discipline for a Broadway s...

Duana Names: Those You Forgot You Already Loved

Dear Duana,   I am expecting my first child in February, a girl. Every name I used to love now seems lackluster at best. The current front runner is Zoe, but the Social Security Administration reports it is one of the most popular names of the 2010s. I don't relish the thought of my child being "Z...

Celebrity Social Media, November 29, 2019

Nothing says Thanksgiving gratitude quite like a photo from Lea Michele’s wedding rehearsal dinner.         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Lea Michele (@leamichele) on Nov...

Outfit of the Week: Lizzo

No other look was as special this week as the one Lizzo wore to the American Music Awards. I can’t stop thinking about it - and not just because of the tiny bag and its viral moment.  First of all, the colour is spectacular. And it never looked the same shade. On the carpet it read like cantaloup...

Sasha Finds: Seamless Leggings

The one thing that always bewilders me is why there are no workout leggings that don’t have the seam right down the middle. I mean, we can 3-d print a goddamn home but you’re telling me someone can’t figure out how to de-camel toe a pair of leggings? It drives me mental. And look, it’s not like I wa...

Watchmen Season 1 Episode 7 preview

Over six episodes of Watchmen, a pattern has emerged. There are two central story tenets, one grounded in the expanded world of the show, centering on Angela Abar and the thematic exploration of race in America. The other grows outs of the original graphic novel and revolves around the plot—still so...

Justin Theroux attends Jennifer Aniston's Friendsgiving dinner

Jennifer Aniston’s Friendsgiving guest list is almost like an award show. She’s friends with a lot of famous people. Courteney Cox, of course, was there. And Jason Bateman and Will Arnett. Sandra Bullock showed up too. (Will posted and deleted this on Instagram stories.) And Jen shared this on her o...

November 29, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Simon! Happy Birthday! Devin is so excited for your upcoming Ottawa adventure – now I’m intrigued. What’s happening in Ottawa? What’s the wardrobe? Can I turn this into a TV show? By request, here’s Beyoncé setting the stage for what will be an unforgettable year. Have the best birthday weekend!

Intro for November 29, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Mimi took a short break from Christmas yesterday to celebrate American Thanksgiving, sharing a message of gratitude with her followers and photos of her Thanksgiving gathering. The shot of her at the table (fifth pictures in the carousel) made me laugh – Mimi didn’t bother with any...

What Else for November 28, 2019

I had no idea what this meant – Al Roker’s rival is butter? Turns out butter is being represented by an actual person at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade who decided to become Al Roker’s nemesis. Which… clearly this person doesn’t understand butter because butter is everybody’s friend. (Dlisted)  ...

Show Your Work: What is Ryan Reynolds?

Did you see Ryan Reynolds on Saturday Night Live last weekend? Will Ferrell hosted – and Ryan showed up in the opening monologue and on Weekend Update and Duana sent me a note at 140am, after the show ended, and this was her question: What is Ryan Reynolds? The next day, it was announced that he’...

Celebrity Social Media, November 28, 2019

Because it is Thanksgiving in the US, there’s a lot of social media posts about food. It’s too bad that turkey is the weakest main dish possible. I have heard the arguments for smoking it, deep frying it, brining it, shooting it from a cannon ball into a vat of butter, but the end result is the same...

Dark Waters starring Mark Ruffalo movie review

In Dark Waters, Mark Ruffalo is at his most disgruntled-professorial as Robert Bilott, a lawyer who devotes his life to pursuing DuPont for knowingly poisoning the water supply in a small town in West Virginia. Dark Waters is basically unsexy Erin Brockovich, which is to say it’s a similar story—big...

Camila Cabello tells the LA Times that she and Shawn Mendes are "just two kids in love"

Camila Cabello’s new album, Romance, is due out next Friday, December 6. A few tracks have already been released including, of course, her smash hit with Shawn Mendes, “Senorita”, and there’s no mistaking what the music on her second album is about: love...specifically being in love with him.  It...

November 28, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Enchie! Happy Birthday from Billie who loves you so much, Kanye West has been requested to be included in your shout-out! 

Intro for November 28, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Today is American Thanksgiving and to celebrate the occasion, Harry and Meghan of House Sussex, who are currently taking a break from royal duties, posted a Thanksgiving message on Instagram:          View this post on Instagram     ...

What Else for November 27, 2019

I was really, really excited to click on this link and find out what Miley Cyrus’s “modern mullet” looks like and I was expecting to love it. But this …is not it. I wonder if it would be different if her hair was darker? The way it’s been cut, you can see the damage, how dry her hair is from all the...

Duana Names: All The Things In A Name

Hi Duana, I am expecting my third baby boy, he is a rainbow baby as we lost our second over a year ago, at 28 weeks. Truth be told, I am not crazy about the term “rainbow baby” but appreciate it for its meaning and honouring the journey one goes through after experiencing such a loss. My oldest s...

21 Bridges starring Chadwick Boseman movie review

21 Bridges is a standard police thriller, the type that comes chock-a-block full of recognizable character actors and used to do middling business at the theater and then find a long, healthy second life on cable. It’s what I call a “weekend afternoon movie”, the sort of thing you have on while you ...

Carly Rae Jepsen's Tiny Desk Concert

Carly Rae Jepsen appeared on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert (TDC) series on Monday. CRJ just kicked off the fourth and final leg of her Dedicated tour yesterday, performing in Sydney, Australia. The tour finishes a week from today after a total of four shows in Australia and New Zealand, and it marks the e...

What’s Your Drama: Justin Timberlake is a Heat Score & Texting with an Ex

Boy oh boy is Justin Timberlake in trouble! Well, f-ck, at least I thought he would be. But since the news broke that he was holding hands with his co-star I feel like the story hasn’t had the staying power it would with any other celebrity. Why does he always manage to escape scandals? Fine, if no ...

Celebrity Social Media, November 27, 2019

Priyanka Chopra surprised Nick Jonas with a puppy, and you know how they say dogs look like their owners? Flip to the second photo – Gino (great name!) already looks like his new dad.         View this post on Instagram             ...

Royal watchers think Prince Andrew debacle could accelerate Prince Charles's ascension to King

As established, Prince Andrew’s friendship with the dead rapist pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, and how he badly handled his interview with BBC Newsnight is the biggest crisis the British royal family has faced in decades. Andrew, for sure, and deservedly, is taking most of the heat, but his ongoing f-c...

Disney's stock closes at record high after Disney+ launch

When Disney+ launched a couple weeks ago, some people laughed because there were some technical issues, with people struggling to sign in or maintain a decent connection with the platform. Well who’s laughing now, because Disney’s stock closed yesterday at a record high. Now, this is not going to be...

Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer prepare for their first Thanksgiving together

Kristen Stewart and girlfriend Dylan Meyer were seen running errands together in LA yesterday and the day before ahead of American Thanksgiving. Kristen told Howard Stern a few weeks ago that Dylan is the one. That she already knows how she’ll propose. That she’s ready to get married. This, then, is...

Scarlett Johansson puts her foot in her mouth again in Vanity Fair Oscar issue

Vanity Fair released its Oscar issue yesterday featuring Scarlett Johansson on the cover and an interview with Scarjo that dives into her work on two Oscar contenders, Jojo Rabbit and Marriage Story, as well as details about the upcoming Black Widow solo movie, her recent divorce, and the difficulti...

Intro for November 27, 2019

Dear Gossips,  It was confirmed last week that Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough would not be returning to America’s Got Talent after one season of judging. The show renewed the male judges, Simon Cowell, Terry Crews, and Howie Mandel, but the two women were cut. Last night Variety reported that...

What Else for November 26, 2019

Well here’s a heartwarming story just in time for Thanksgiving! Bill Cosby isn’t sorry. I don’t know that anyone was sitting around thinking he would be but he wants it to be known, publicly, that’ it’s bullsh-t that he’s in prison, a giant conspiracy. Even though over 50 women came forward to share...

Appreciation post for Princess Anne's unimpressed faces in The Crown season 3

Erin Doherty stars in the third season of The Crown as grown-up Princess Anne, and she is MAGNIFICENT. She is also, unfortunately, criminally underused. (They skipped the kidnapping attempt! HOW do you skip a princess foiling her own kidnapping attempt?!) But for the brief time Doherty is on screen,...

Appreciation post for Prince Charles's hangdog faces in The Crown season 3

In the third season of The Crown, Josh O’Connor steps in as grown-up Prince Charles. O’Connor gives a wonderful performance, capturing Charles’s awkwardness and latent vindictiveness, all while cultivating audience sympathy for Charles’s uneasy position in the family and spiky relationship with his ...

Celebrity Social Media, November 26, 2019

Reese Witherspoon must have a new social media team, because her Instagram feed has a lot of Reese Witherspoon memes. Is this meta? I just find it kind of annoying. It’s like she’s her own fan account.         View this post on Instagram         ...

According to E! News Justin Timberlake feels guilty after being photographed with co-star Alisha Wainwright

After being photographed holding hands with his co-star this weekend, Justin Timberlake is back at work on the set of Palmer. The film is about a former athlete who, upon his release from prison, goes home for a fresh start but things get complicated when he can’t put away his past and ends up havin...

Billie Eilish's Vanity Fair Time Capsule video might be the best thing you'll see this week

I’ve been thinking a lot about time capsules recently. Last weekend, I deep-cleaned my whole room and stumbled upon this time capsule I made when I was in Grade 1. It has clear instructions to open in 2022, so I still don’t know what’s in it, but I’m fascinated by what six year old me thought was im...

Brad Pitt and Alia Shawkat together at Kanye West's opera Nebuchadnezzar in LA

There were a lot of celebrity guests at Kanye West’s opera Nebuchadnezzar the other night. Brad Pitt was there – which, now, isn’t a surprise, considering he was at one of Kanye’s Sunday Services a few months ago. Back then, the conversation was about how Brad and Kanye became friends in the first p...

A confrontation between Prince Charles and Prince Andrew is imminent

Prince Charles and Camilla have been on tour over the last couple of weeks in India, New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands, though you wouldn’t know it because their travels have been totally overshadowed. Charles has been overshadowed before. Princess Diana used to overshadow him and he wasn’t all t...

Intro for November 26, 2019

Dear Gossips,  We are three weeks away now from the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The final publicity push is now underway. Do you have your tickets yet? I do. Please, I was so parched I got mine as soon as they came out – and I feel pretty smug about it because I just checked and ...

What Else for November 25, 2019

Halsey was not nominated for any Grammys last week so when she gave a speech last night at the American Music Awards, many wondered if she was referring to the Grammys when she talked about the awards that meant most to her. Which I appreciate – and, yet, at the same time, the reason the Grammys and...

Duana Names: One Vowel To Rule Them All

Hi Duana,  Here’s the sitch: We’re expecting a baby boy in late December. Big sister Elena will be 3. But: My husband is an immigrant from Japan and, perhaps understandably (yes, okay, totally understandably) insists that our children’s names be pronounceable in Japanese. Most of his family still...

Watchmen Season 1 Episode 6 review

Spoilers Somehow, Watchmen keeps getting better, which should be impossible given this show’s high standard from the jump. But building off last week’s stellar episode, the latest Watchmen, “This Extraordinary Being”, ups the ante again, giving us an episode full of answers, yes, but also the str...

Celebrity Social Media, November 25, 2019

The Rock and Danny DeVito crashed a wedding and sang a song for the bride and groom. Very charming duo. But I wonder how spontaneous it was because it was filmed for IGTV. That means there had to be a little bit of planning, to ensure that there were microphones for them etc. If you had a celebrity ...

Breaking down Justin Hartley and wife Chrishell's divorce announcement

Writing the Celebrity Social Media column has given me a smutty sense for celebrity splits.  I can’t do long division or parallel park, but if you need to know which B-list couple is going to break up, I am your person. For many couples, there isn’t a dramatic unfollow, which would be too obvious; i...

Taylor Swift named Artist of the Decade at the 2019 American Music Awards

For all the speculation and rumouring ahead of Taylor Swift’s appearance at the American Music Awards last night related to her ongoing dispute with Big Machine Label Group, Scott Borchetta, and Scooter Braun, the end result wasn’t dramatic at all. Taylor hinted at going through some difficult times...

Prince Andrew reportedly "booted" from Buckingham Palace and the Queen has cancelled his 60th birthday celebration

Amazingly, though some reporters here and there have tried it, the UK tabloids haven’t let up on Prince Andrew to resume their attacks on Meghan Markle. Probably because the public isn’t having it. It’s now been just over a week since Andrew’s interview about his friend, the dead rapist pedophile Je...

Elizabeth Banks shocks audience on The Graham Norton Show with Prince Andrew joke

We’re going to get to Prince Andrew later – what we’re talking about here, in this post, is the fact Prince Andrew, the beloved second son of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, known for years for his reportedly boorish behaviour and my-sh*t-don’t-stink attitude, has become a punchline, a joke, a joke tha...

Drunk Justin Timberlake caught on video holding hands with Palmer co-star Alisha Wainwright

In case you missed it, and I’m pretty sure if you’re here today you haven’t missed it, the Sun secured first rights on Saturday to paparazzi video and photos of Justin Timberlake in New Orleans, where he’s been shooting a movie, on the balcony of a bar holding hands and getting knee-touched by co-st...

November 25, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Donna – I’m sorry to hear about William. You keep asking me if it gets better. I don’t know that I can say it does because you will miss him forever but I can say that eventually you’ll be able to laugh about him. You’ll laugh at the “giant, stupid, happy, beautiful boy” who was your life for 12 yea...

Intro for November 25, 2019

Dear Gossips,  I did not expect to get that hype over Green Day’s performance at the American Music Awards last night. But Billie Joe Armstrong looked so good in that white jacket and sounded even better and then all those lyrics just came back to me like it was 1994 all over again. I suspect it ...

What Else for November 22, 2019

What do you do when you’re officially a royal disgrace and have to quit being royal in public because of your friendship with a dead rapist pedophile? Well, if you’re Prince Andrew, you continue being very royal in private with your mother, the Queen – on horseback, of course. He went riding with He...

Duana Names: It Can Be Both (Even The Second Time)

Hi Duana, My friend is a long time reader and suggested I reach out to you regarding the trouble my husband and I are having settling on a name for our baby girl (due in November). Having read through so many of your columns I think she is right! This is our second baby and first girl. We had ...

Outfit of the Week: Chrissy Teigen

I just realised that I don’t pay a lot of attention of Chrissy Teigen’s clothes. Maybe it’s because she’s a model and, well, style isn’t supposed to be hard for them – exception: Heidi Klum. That said, I don’t think of her as a model anymore…? She’s a lifestyle brand. She’s a Twitter master. She’s a...

Watchmen Season 1 Episode 6 preview

I really only have one pressing question after the last episode of Watchmen and that is: Is Wade okay?! We’re heading into the back half of Watchmen, and things are coming together, though Wade’s fate remains unclear. We might not get an answer to this question, as episode 6 looks like a trip into W...

Sasha Finds: More Noize

Last year I told you guys all about Noize, a Montreal based company that is churning out all kinds of amazing outerwear. I picked up the Katy puffer parka last winter and it still remains one of the best fashion decisions I’ve made to date. It’s so light, warm, and most importantly to me, cruelty-fr...

Celebrity Social Media, November 22, 2019

Scooter Braun has issued a statement on AMA-gate (click here to refresh on the details). He says he was compelled to make it because of death threats to his wife and kids (which he has a screenshot of) and a particular threatening phone call they received. Beyond that, Scooter’s clients (like Demi L...

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Finale review

Yesterday (at least in Canada) was the finale for the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. In many ways, the finale was satisfying. We got a lot of screen time with AJ Pritchard, who is HOT AF. I saw a lot of “flooded my basement” in comments about him and honestly? Same. Also, if you’re wondering...

Will Ferrell and Jimmy Fallon reminisce about famous Cow Bell sketch on Saturday Night Live

Will Ferrell is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend with musical guest King Princess. I can’t figure out what he’s promoting, if he’s promoting anything, or maybe he’s just cruising by for a visit for old times, to do Lorne a favour. Is it Succession? For some reason when his name comes up duri...

Apple cancels The Banker premiere after "potentially damaging" allegations against producer Bernard Garrett Jr. surface

Earlier this month, we got a trailer for The Banker, Apple’s first foray into award season. The movie stars Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson as black bankers who hire a white guy to represent them in real estate deals. The story sounded interesting, the movie looked decent, and The Banker had a ...

November 22, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Anna! Carey says you’ve been a total boss this year, showing the sh-t out of your work. As the Squawking Chicken would say, you can be the hardest worker, you can be the most prepared – and that’s the kind of achievement that no one can take away from you. This is the source of your resilience, what...

Intro for November 22, 2019

Dear Gossips,  “I got us a caramel brulee latte.” This is the line where I lost it and couldn’t recover – have you seen Benny Drama’s take on Shawn Mendes? It’s not just that he nails the imitation, it’s that some of this dialogue is so exactly right. Watch it again, or for the first time, so ...

What Else for November 21, 2019

I’m always going click on a headline about Dolly Parton. I’m always going to click on a headline about Dolly Parton talking about her plastic surgery and/or her breasts. I love it when she talks about her breasts. But you know what doesn’t get as much attention as her breasts (LOL, does anything?)? ...

Show Your Work: Interviewing Prince Andrew

It’s pretty obvious that Team York did not show their work preparing Prince Andrew for his interview with Emily Maitlis for BBC Newsnight. On the other side of the interview though, it was Emily and her colleagues coming through with the work porn. And, fortunately for us, both she and producer, Sam...

The Crown season 3 review

In its third season, The Crown experiences a reset, with a new cast coming in to play the royal family at a later stage in life. The Queen, now played by Olivia Colman, is in her middle life, older and no wiser as she navigates a changing world. The transition to the new cast is seamless, though the...

Celebrity Social Media, November 21, 2019

Lea Michele’s new video for “Christmas in New York” has dropped. While it’s supposed to have the feel of a bustling city, it’s clearly a soundstage mixed in with generic shots of “New York,” complete with a hokey taxi cab ride. Rebecca Alter at Vulture astutely points out it has the vibe of a Macy’s...

Sam Hunt walks out of jail after posting bond for DUI arrest

Not even going to pretend to know a lot about Sam Hunt, like his music. I do know that when he comes up in conversation, at least in my circle, it’s about how hot he is. There’s some gossip that floats around about him from my sources in Nashville but before we get to that, let’s cover the breaking ...

Brenda Song says she didn't get to audition for Crazy Rich Asians because she's not Asian enough

Brenda Song is currently promoting the Hulu series Dollface and gave an interview to Teen Vogue about her career – she’s 31 years old and has been in the business almost her entire life. Most people know her, of course, as London Tipton on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody who some call the OG Crazy Ric...

The Charlie's Angels cast attends London premiere despite box office bomb

As you probably heard, Charlie’s Angels bombed last weekend. Like seriously tanked. Franchise-killer flopped. Even with a sub-$100 million budget, an $8 million opening weekend is bad news. But, the movie is still rolling out overseas, including a premiere in London yesterday. I am always curious ab...

Taylor Swift receives three Grammy nominations but not for Album of the Year

Grammy nominations yesterday and Lizzo, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, and Lil Nas X, emerged as the Recording Academy’s new pop superstars cohort. For Taylor Swift, however, who received three nominations, including for Song of the Year (“Lover), most of the headlines after the announcement were tha...

Multiple sources report that Brad Pitt and Alia Shawkat are just friends

To recap: Brad Pitt and Alia Shawkat were seen together at an art exhibit last Saturday. They were also spotted at the gallery restaurant seated at a table alone together. In September, Brad was photographed leaving a play in LA with Alia. And in October they were backstage at Mike Birbiglia’s show....

Intro for November 21, 2019

Dear Gossips, Everyone is still talking about Prince Andrew announcing yesterday that he would be stepping down for the “foreseeable future” from public duties on behalf of the British royal family. In the letter that was released confirming the decision, Andrew says that he was the one who decid...

What Else for November 20, 2019

Kirsten Dunst was apparently asked to “fix” her teeth for Spider-Man. She does have distinctive teeth. And what’s wrong with distinctive? Her teeth are cute. Sexy even. Super sexy in Marie Antoinette. I love her whole look in that film. But, of course, this goes back to the generic-ness that was onc...

Duana Names: The Gumshoe Factor

Hi Duana! I'm a name nerd and love your column I'm such a name nerd I never thought I'd have trouble coming up with one myself, but now that the time is actually here nothing has that spark for us and we're stumped. We're due with our second and have about a million girls names but need a boy name. ...

Entertainment Self-Care: More Soft TV

We stand on the cusp of the holiday season, when you might be looking to lock yourself in a linen closet for JUST A MOMENT’S PEACE, JANET, CHRIST. Which means you could probably use some soft TV to take the edge off in between holiday parties and family dinners. Here are the latest gems in super-sof...

Prince Andrew stepping back from royal duties for the foreseeable future

The British royal family released a statement today about Prince Andrew. I know that you don’t need me to tell you why Prince Andrew is in the news but, you know, maybe in a hundred years, if the internet is still around and someone stumbles across this site, they might need the context. And the con...

What's Your Drama: How are Pete and Kaia a Thing & Falling in Love with a Taken Woman

Before we get started I need Lainey to help me wrap my mind around Pete Davidson and Kaia Gerber.  And before that Ariana Grande (above his pay grade), Kate Beckinsale (same and hot as f-ck), Margaret Qualley. The list goes on. Big dick, no dick...I. JUST. DON'T. GET. IT. If you understand the appea...

Celebrity Social Media, November 20, 2019

Cindy Crawford posted a WCW (woman crush Wednesday) that’s also a major throwback. Thank you for the tags, Cindy – yes that’s Billie Lourd, Carrie Fisher, Fran Drescher, Gabrielle Union, Allison Janney, Nancy O’Dell, Deidre Hall, Nancy O’Dell, Amber Valletta, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Love Hewitt a...

Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney photographed for the first time since getting married

Jennifer Lawrence was photographed for the first time yesterday since marrying Cooke Maroney last month. They were seen at MOMA in New York exactly a month after their wedding. Everyone’s been trying to eyeball her wedding band. I’m still curious about her wedding dress which we’ve yet to see, just ...

Entertainment Weekly marks one month countdown to release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with cover feature

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker opens in exactly one month. To mark the final countdown, Entertainment Weekly has a special Star Wars edition with three covers featuring the casts of the three movie trilogies. I am not here for the revisionism that the prequel trilogy was good—it wasn’t, those are ...

Prince Andrew reportedly wants to do another interview since appearance on Newsnight was a bust

It’s been an epically sh-tty week for Prince Andrew. His interview on BBC Newsnight was a bust. Then he was alleged to have said the n-word during a business meeting. Yesterday former Labour minister Jacqui Smith alleged that he “made racist comments about Arabs" at a state dinner for the Saudi roya...

Brad Pitt and Alia Shawkat photographed at comedy show in October

I posted yesterday about Brad Pitt and Alia Shawkat leaving a play together in September and at an art gallery yesterday and seen at the gallery’s restaurant afterwards. In that post, I described another photograph taken by a patron at the restaurant that showed Brad and Alia sitting together at a t...

November 20, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

For Melanie and Milo and 17 and a half years of history. As you shared, that was a lot of life that she was a part of – and she was there from the very beginning. You were all babies at the beginning! First year university? Maybe she was the bond, the heart around which everything else grew around, ...

Intro for November 20, 2019

Dear Gossips,  “Let's have a toast for the douche bags” Pitchfork was first last month, releasing their list of the Best Songs and Albums of the 2010s to much debate - as it should be. Now it’s Billboard’s turn with their staff pick list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s. Needless to say...

What Else for November 19, 2019

We’ve received some emails about this today – did you hear about the politician who may or may not have farted on TV? Duana has pitched it for Show Your Work this week, which we are posting a day later this week because of scheduling. There is a lot to discuss in a broadcast fart, especially with th...

Awkwafina is in fourth and fifth place for Best Actress nomination odds for The Farewell

Lulu Wang’s The Farewell premiered at Sundance to outstanding reviews and already, back then, people were talking Oscar potential. The film was released in July and remains one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year with strong specialty box office performance to back it up. And through...

Celebrity Social Media, November 19, 2019

Swifties are claiming a partial victory for the AMAs, but there’s still the Netflix documentary. And Shawn Mendes is a target now, too – not because he has anything to do with Taylor Swift’s master recordings, but because he was on John Mayer’s Instastories talk show, “Current Mood with John Mayer"....

The second trailer for Cats is terrifying and leaves us with even more questions

Since July, I have been conducting a thorough scientific inquiry into What Is Cats? So far, I have only questions, no answers, as I try to determine What Is Cats, a question seemingly designed to boggle even the sharpest minds. My first hypothesis is that Cats is a coke-induced mania, but I am worki...

Robert Pattinson supported by friends John David Washington and Rami Malek at the GO Gala

As mentioned a few times recently, Robert Pattinson is a possibility for an Oscar nomination for his performance in The Lighthouse and he’s been campaigning. Robert was at the Academy Governors Awards a few weeks ago, he’s attended pre-awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association events, and he was pa...

Prince Andrew reportedly thinks his Newsnight interview was a great success

The fallout from Prince Andrew’s shambolic interview with Emily Maitlis on BBC Newsnight continues. It was a unanimous bomb. A major disaster. A total sh-t show to the point where even the British tabloids can’t avoid it as, you know, they prefer another royal target. But it’s undeniable that there’...

Brad Pitt and Alia Shawkat spotted together at art exhibit in LA

Two names you wouldn’t have predicted to be in a headline together, right? Brad Pitt and Alia Shawkat were seen together at the “LA on Fire” art exhibit on Saturday showcasing the work of over 50 artists telling the story of how Los Angeles has burned through the years. Photos of them at Wilding Cra...

November 19, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Andrea! It’s that time. It’s the tradition. Happy Birthday from Lori! Can’t tell you how comforting it is to me to see your name show up in this space year after year. So… here’s to this year and let’s connect again next year. Have the best day! 

Intro for November 19, 2019

Dear Gossips,  As you know if you’ve been visiting this site over the last year or more, Duana and I love Daisy Jones & The Six so much we dedicated two whole episodes of Show Your Work to the book and its author, Taylor Jenkins Reid. If you haven’t already – why haven’t you read it?! Reese Withe...

What Else for November 18, 2019

I don’t understand the premise of the new movie Nicolas Cage is doing – just that it’s about Nic Cage playing Nic Cage. Which totally makes sense in how little sense it makes. Which means it’s a very good idea and a very bad idea at the same time. (Dlisted) You know would also be a very good idea...

Duana Names: Don’t Give In To Temptation!

Hi Duana, My husband and I are expecting baby number two at the end of November and despite being oh-so-close to the “it’s a ——” moment that we’re hoping will live up to the hype, our inability to find a boy name we love has us almost ready to tear open the envelope stowed in our bedside table wi...

Watchmen Season 1, Episode 5 review

THINGS. ARE. HAPPENING. An episode devoted to Looking Glass (Tim Blake Nelson) pulls together a few more threads on Watchmen, bringing us closer to the answers about Will’s grand conspiracy. This is the best episode of Watchmen yet, in no small part thanks to Nelson who gives us the most laid-back, ...

Celebrity Social Media, November 18, 2019

Modern Family is filming its final season, and the show has done several family trips as a storyline. It’s actually a great way to go on vacation on the company dime – the network makes plenty of money off them, so a trip to Paris seems reasonable.         View thi...

Gal Gadot and Ben Affleck call for release of Snyder Cut of Justice League

In case you think Martin Scorsese vs. Marvel is the worst, most pointless ongoing argument on Film Twitter, allow me to introduce you to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut. It has been going strong for two years and counting, ever since Justice League was released with significant material added by Joss Whedon fo...

Prince Andrew's Newsnight interview was a unanimous and unmitigated disaster

As noted in the previous post, Prince Andrew and Team York did a piss poor job preparing for their interview with BBC Newsnight and Emily Maitlin. It was a unanimous and unmitigated disaster. There is absolutely no one, except for Lady Colin Campbell, who can find one shred of positivity from the co...

Prince Andrew and his team display their incompetence with release of Newsnight interview

It is the year 2019. And we are talking about the sweat glands of a member of the British royal family, the beloved second son of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England. We have already talked extensively about his fat fingers. Now we’ve moved onto his sweat glands. So next time some posh f-ck tr...

The Evening Standard reports on Prince Andrew's use of the n-word during meeting in 2012

This f-cking idiot. Before we even get to his interview with Emily Maitlis on Newsnight this weekend, we have to address another one Prince Andrew’s messes – this time his alleged use of the n-word. The Evening Standard reports that he said it at a meeting back in 2012.  “Rohan Silva, who was Dav...

Prince Harry prioritises mental health at the first ever Onside Awards

Prince Harry stepped out for the first ever Onside Awards on Sunday to honour young activists and the volunteers and the mentors who are helping youth who are trying to make a difference. For a change, though, he wasn’t the top royal headline this weekend. That, of course, would be his uncle, and we...

Intro for November 18, 2019

Dear Gossips,  This weekend Beyoncé was in Florida supporting Jay-Z at the Shawn Carter Foundation Gala. And we STILL don’t know who/what she was as for Halloween this year! Remember, Beyoncé and Jay-Z hosted a Halloween party. All kinds of celebrities showed up. No one has revealed what her cost...

What Else for November 15, 2019

In other Taylor Swift news, while she was calling out Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun, again, and telling her fans to plead with Ariana Grande etc to help her out, the new song she and Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote together for Cats was released. It’s definitely a song from a musical and probably the ...

Duana Names: Help You School Me

Hi Duana, I'm a bit of a name nut, and so enjoy your column! My husband and I are due with our first, and we have decided not to find out the sex. We have both agreed that incorporating family names are important to us, and I'm hoping to get your opinion on both options! My grandmother's maiden n...

Watchmen Season 1 Episode 5 preview

A co-worker of mine shared a Watchmen theory this week that Looking Glass, the masked detective played by Tim Blake Nelson, could be a secret racist like (maybe) Judd. That sounds entirely logical to me, because through four episodes Tim Blake Nelson hasn’t done a whole lot, and you do not hire an a...

Sasha Finds: A Crisp White Shirt

I think we can all agree everyone needs a crisp, white shirt in their closet. It will save you on those days when you want to set fire to all your clothes. Now, if you already have a good quiver then move on to the next post, but if you’re like me and are always on the lookout then feast your eyes o...

Forky Asks a Question is Disney+’s best new series

Disney+ arrived with fanfare, technical problems, and its flagship series, The Mandalorian. But after The Mandalorian was over, I started digging into the various menus on Disney+ to see what else I might want to watch—the National Geographic “channel” is full of interesting stuff— and I found a sho...

Celebrity Social Media, November 15, 2019

Last night I was on high alert, keeping tabs on absolutely everyone connected to Big Machine, Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun, which Lainey covered this morning. And you know what I mostly saw? Halsey, Camila Cabello and Selena Gomez all had her back, they are artists but they are also her friends. T...

Sarah Michelle Gellar to star in Sometimes I Lie, produced by Ellen Degeneres

I’ll be honest – Sarah Michelle Gellar’s career is fascinating to me. In the past, I’ve had trouble understanding why she’s not much, much busier.  But the announcement that she’s slated to star in a limited series called Sometimes I Lie, executive produced by Ellen Degeneres, makes me feel like ...

Rihanna, Zendaya, Olivia, Charlize, and Celine's great looks

This is a straight up fashion post – four looks from last night that are really, really good, that could have been contenders, but not as good as Celine Dion’s Outfit of the Week that I posted yesterday and, besides, we’ve retired Zendaya in all consideration for “Best” because it’s Zendaya and any ...

Chris Evans in white corduroy at the Knives Out premiere

Knives Out premiered last night, and that extremely good cast showed up, looking extremely good. I am missing Lakeith Stanfield, an underrated hottie, but check out Chris Evans in that winter white suit with the striped knit tie. I stared at this suit in close zoom for a long time, trying to determi...

Prince Andrew's desperate and mortifying interview with BBC Newsnight about association with Jeffrey Epstein

BBC Newsnight announced this morning that they’d landed an exclusive interview with Prince Andrew about his friend, the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. And they clearly have enough here to turn it into a one hour special on Saturday night.  WORLD EXCLUSIVE: In a #Newsnight @BBCTwo inte...

Sebastian Stan is still hot on the set of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will be the first Marvel television show to hit Disney+ next fall. Well, it will be the first new Marvel television show, you can find The Inhumans on Disney+ now. Remember The Inhumans? No? That’s okay, no one does! I’m actually surprised it’s there, I assume Kevin...

Taylor Swift irresponsibly asks fans for help in ongoing battle with Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta

This past summer, at the end of June, Big Machine Label Group, Taylor Swift’s former label, the label she was signed to at the beginning of her career, and the label that released her first six albums, right up to reputation, was acquired by Ithaca Holdings, led by Scooter Braun who manages Justin B...

Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith make red carpet debut at Queen & Slim premiere in LA

Queen & Slim premiered last night in Hollywood. The film is Melina Matsoukas’s feature film directorial debut, from a script written by Lena Waithe, starring Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith in her first lead role – and there’s been Oscar buzz about it for months, building on posi...

November 15, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Yesterday was Simone’s “6 year cancer survival day”. As Simone told me in her email, “I know breast cancer awareness month is over but for me that month is every minute and day of the year”.  Simone has written about her cancer survival on her website Breasts in the City and she’s asked me to sha...

Intro for November 15, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Earlier this year, Jeremy Renner partnered with Amazon to promote a list of camping products, or fishing, I can’t remember. Then it was Jennifer Lawrence’s wedding registry recommendations. More and more celebrities are putting together themed shopping lists on Amazon and, as we’ve...

What Else for November 14, 2019

This story has… everything. It has dancing and teens. It happened in a night club. And there’s a baby involved! Are we sure this isn’t the setup for a Netflix rom-com next year? Kate is pregnant, like nine months pregnant after her boyfriend f-cked off months ago and left her all by herself. Her koo...

Olivia Colman, Helena Bonham Carter, Erin Doherty attend The Crown season 3 premiere

The Crown season 3 drops this Sunday on Netflix. Early reviews are really good. It’s not like I expect a drop in quality, not from one of the most lavish and meticulously crafted dramas on television. I just wonder whether or not the issues currently surrounding the real Windsors will have any effec...

Kate Hudson enters into the spirits market with King St. Vodka

It’s common to hear that we are in a rom-com resurgence, which is bringing some joy to the streaming wars. But it’s a new kind of rom-com that is slightly less blonde. It’s not the marquee movie stars like Cameron Diaz, Reese Witherspoon, and Kate Hudson making these movies and the new style of rom-...

Celebrity Social Media, November 14, 2019

Katy Perry dresses very literally for the Met Gala theme – remember when she went as an angel? With wings? When I first saw these Christmas boots, I assumed the bow was a decoration, not part of the shoe. But it’s Katy Perry so of course it’s part of the shoe. But sometimes being literal works for h...

Charlie's Angels starring Kristen Stewart movie review

Elizabeth Banks resurrects Charlie’s Angels for a new generation, not so much rebooting the franchise as expanding it, making room for new Angels to have new adventures. Charlie’s Angels is slick and fun and glamorous, and has a similar fizzy appeal as Ocean’s 8. Banks, who writes and directs, bring...

Kacey Musgraves and Willie Nelson perform "Rainbow Connection" at the CMA Awards

Kacey Musgraves’s Golden Hour won Album of the Year last night at the CMAs. It also won AOTY at the ACMs and the Grammys so she has a triple crown, despite the fact that Golden Hour was largely ignored by country radio - even after she took home the biggest award at the Grammys!  I love Golden Ho...

Celine Dion's new single and Outfit of the Week

Is courage a feeling? Because if it is, it now belongs to the Queen of All Feelings, Celine Dion. It is the title of her new album, out tomorrow. It is the title of the new song, with a new video, just released. Celine is shot in black and white, sometimes in silhouette. She is alone on stage, with ...

Prince Charles's family celebrates his birthday with baby photos on social media

Prince Charles celebrates his birthday today. The future King of England is now 71 years old. You’ll recall, it was around now, last year, as he approached his milestone 70th birthday, when all the mess started about his two sons. He covered Vanity Fair and the feature story included all kinds of te...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle skipping Royal Christmas at Sandringham this year

It’s been speculated for days that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would not be joining the Queen and other members of the royal family for Royal Christmas at Sandringham. Buckingham Palace confirmed in a statement yesterday that the Sussexes will indeed be skipping it this year:  "The Duke and Du...

November 14, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Heather! Happy Birthday from your best friend Meg who shared with me her memories from your time spent drunk-gossiping after the bar. I approve. Gossip is great for a hangover. By request, here’s Bryan Greenberg (well done – I have never gotten over him in Prime) from his How To Make It In America d...

Intro for November 14, 2019

Dear Gossips,  Jennifer Nettles made a statement last night with her outfit on the red carpet at the CMA Awards.  “Equal Play” “Play Our F-cking Records” “Please & Thank You” This is about country radio and the long ongoing conversation about the fact that it’s dominated by men becaus...

What Else for November 13, 2019

Demi Lovato has a new boyfriend. It’s not the dude from The Bachelor. Austin Wilson is a model. He’s apparently popular on Instagram and now he and Demi are IG-official. When I first saw this I was like....is Demi Lovato dating Jaden Smith? Because doesn’t he look, like from afar, like Jaden Smith? ...

Duana Names: Does The Spelling Change The Meaning?

Hey Duana! I hope this is the shortest, most succinct email you receive all day (I’d have said week, but let’s not get carried away). My husband and I are expecting our second, sex unknown (but to be determined). Our first is Mary. If second is a girl, do you like the name Roux? How’s that for...

Renee Zellweger revisits her most memorable roles in InStyle cover feature

Over the last couple of weeks, it’s been Charlize Theron in the spotlight, campaigning for Best Actress Oscar for her work in Bombshell as Megyn Kelly. There is another frontrunner, however, who is also an Oscar winner – that would be Renee Zellweger and I’m curious as to how she’s going to approach...

Jennifer Lopez hilariously calls Robert Pattinson "Bobby" in Variety interview

Sarah and I wrote about Variety’s Actors on Actors series yesterday - she posted about Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans interviewing each other and I posted about Brad Pitt and Adam Sandler. Neither one was all that exciting, and neither had the randomness that makes these features interesting. Je...

Celebrity Social Media, November 13, 2019

Starting a petition to have Sarah review American Christmas. Is this a play on American Pie, without being a part of the franchise? My new movie American Christmas is out now on Amazon prime!!! I had so much fun filming this it’s truly a great feel good and funny Christmas movie, I really lov...

Show Your Work: The Morning Show

On this week’s episode of Show Your Work, we are all in on The Morning Show, Apple TV+’s flagship series, starring and produced by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.  People are already predicting that this series WILL for sure contend at the Golden Globes. That Jennifer could be back onstag...

English actor Jonah Hauer-King cast as Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid

Over the summer, pieces for the live-action Little Mermaid steadily came together, with Halle Bailey signing on to play Ariel, and Melissa McCarthy joining as Ursula, followed by Daveed Diggs as Sebastian, Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafina as Flounder and Scuttle, respectively, and Javier Bardem as King ...

Sonic the Hedgehog looks much, much better in new trailer

Last spring we saw a trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog, a live-action movie based on the classic video game. In that trailer, Sonic was revealed to be a nightmare-inducing hell beast with HUMAN TEETH. The internet screamed as one: Thanks, we hate it! And Sonic the Hedgehog was delayed three months so t...

Nicole Richie to star in Quibi comedy series, Nikki Fre$h

Every time I see a new story about Quibi, I’m reminded that 1. It exists, kind of and 2. It isn’t quite anything yet.   It hasn’t launched, but the money behind it has been busy acquiring talent and picking up shows with Chrissy Teigen, Zac Efron, Justin Timberlake, and Steven Spielberg. Quibi has...

Disney+ launches with The Mandalorian

Disney+ launched yesterday with much fanfare and crashing servers. People struggled to log on all day (my first attempt failed, but it was smooth sailing after attempt number two), and headlines screamed all day about how overwhelmed the service was with new users signing on. I am sure the struggle ...

John Legend is PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive 2019

Didn’t see this one coming – but probably it’s because I’d already decided back in May/June that Keanu Reeves should be PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2019 which is why I didn’t bother running the prediction feature we do every year here on the site. Even if I did though, I don’t think I would have ...

Intro for November 13, 2019

Dear Gossips,  If you’ve been visiting this site a while, you know how much I love gross sh-t. Dr Pimple Popper is just my appetiser. My self-care is panda videos and looking for the gnarliest, nastiest ooze and goo and body fungus I can find. Which is something I share with Duana. When a stye tu...