What Else for January 31, 2020

Well, it was only a matter of time: tabloids are trying to declare Rihanna and A$AP Rocky a couple, officially. This, of course, is because she’s not dating Handsome Hassan anymore and she and Rocky have been hanging out a lot together. I want to look at a Rihanna and Rocky romance as much as the ne...

Duana Names: Timely Arrival, Name Delayed

We are having a really hard time naming our now 5-day-old daughter! Pressure from relatives and friends is on! When we had our elder daughter, we spent a lot of time compiling respective lists of names we liked, virtually none of which were to be found on both lists. We agreed on Adele Amelie, which...

Outfits of the Week: Constance Wu and Melina Matsoukas

There are two outfits I can’t stop thinking about this week – three, actually, but we’ll get to that in a minute – and they’re different, but they also remind me of each other. Let’s start with Constance Wu’s dress at the Costume Designer’s Guild awards the other night. It’s two halves of two dresse...

Sasha Finds: The Eye Achiever

I don’t write about eye serums/creams often. In fact, I think I’ve only written about one product in the entire time span writing for the site. I tell you that so that you can really take in the seriousness of one of my favorite eye products: Maya Chia’s The Eye Achiever. Where do I start...

Celebrity Social Media, January 31, 2020

The Crown just announced that season 5 will be its last. WHY?! It’s the Royal Family, there are plenty of stories to tell. Is it the ratings? Season three had mixed reviews; a lot of people found it disjointed and inconsistent, but some (including me) liked the stand-alone storytelling. I thought it...

Taika Waiti participates in 92nd Street Y interview one week ahead of the Oscars

The Oscars are next weekend. Final voting opened yesterday and closes on Tuesday. Despite not being a frontrunner—TIFF’s Peoples’ Choice award will not align with Best Picture this year—Taika Waititi is still campaigning for Jojo Rabbit. Last night he made an appearance at the 92nd Street Y, along w...

Blake Lively in The Rhythm Section movie review

Super Bowl weekend is typically the softest box weekend of the year, and that is not expected to change this year. If January is a graveyard for unwanted movies, then Super Bowl weekend is an abandoned house on a dead-end road with a mysterious locked room in the basement and a garage full of nothin...

Zendaya and Jacob Elordi together after the American Australian Arts awards dinner in New York

Zendaya and Jacob Elordi have been on holiday together. She was seen spending time with him and his family in Australia where he apparently showed her around his home town. He too has supposedly been invited to her family gatherings. And they’ve been sighted on multiple occasions going to movies, ha...

Grammys showrunner Ken Ehrlich clarifies that Taylor Swift was never confirmed to be at the Grammys

It’s been almost a week since the Grammys. And a week since Variety reported that Taylor Swift had pulled out of an unannounced performance. A few days later, Grammys showrunner Ken Ehrlich clarified that they’d been talking about it but nothing was ever confirmed so characterising it as “Taylor pul...

Intro for January 31, 2020

Dear Gossips,  The Academy announced more Oscar presenters yesterday and there’s one name that popped out to me: Keanu Reeves.  The countdown continues! Announcing some more of this year's #Oscars presenters. pic.twitter.com/eohNx16hJr — The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 30, 2020 The...

What Else for January 30, 2020

While Charlie Hunnam was promoting The Gentlemen a couple of weeks ago, he stepped in it when he said that his girlfriend, Morgana McNelis cared about marriage but he was indifferent to it. And now he’s talking to the paparazzi, revealing that what he said upset her and that he didn’t think before h...

Jessica Simpson tells Jimmy Kimmel about kissing Justin Timberlake

Jessica Simpson is currently promoting her book Open Book. It comes out on February 4, I can’t wait to read it. Because clearly she gets it. She gets that if she’s writing this kind of book, there’s no point holding back on the stories. And she’s telling the stories. She’s getting vulnerable, she’s ...

What’s Your Drama: BTS Fever & a Destination Date with a Stranger

If you’ve been reading the site for the last week then you already know that Lainey has a real problem with Taehyung (aka V) of BTS.  So you won’t be surprised that's all she wants to talk about today. Listen, she texts me all damn day about him and if I had an unsubscribe button I would be hitting ...

Celebrity Social Media, January 30, 2020

There’s a rumour floating around on Twitter that a movie star is older than she claims. Stories like this can definitely have a sexist bent (because is anyone checking on Charlie Hunnam’s or Robert Pattison’s age?). If she’s lying, it’s probably a concerted effort on her team to make her young enoug...

The Hollywood Reporter tries to make a story out of Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt sharing a stylist

It’s not breaking news that both Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt are working with stylists Nina and Clare Hallworth. But The Hollywood Reporter turned it into a Story yesterday because, clearly, it’s been ten days since the Screen Actors Guild awards and their moment backstage and we’re all parched o...

Jennifer Lopez hits the gym as she prepares for the Super Bowl this Sunday

Three more sleeps until the Super Bowl on Sunday. And the main event, for me, is the halftime show. It’s Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. It’s going to be a full blown spectacular spectacular – choreo, pyro, tight bronzed lush bodies, and a lot of skin. AND HAIR.  Now that we’re this close to it, prob...

Kumail Nanjiani gets papped while out for lunch as Hollywood slowly becomes more diverse

It’s a pretty standard occurrence in Los Angeles, right? Celebrities go out for lunch, they get papped. But not all celebrities. You have to be on the radar. The paps are there to take pictures that they can sell and certain celebrities sell more than others. There was a time when Kumail Nanjiani an...

LaKeith Stanfield tells Jimmy Kimmel that he wants to play Joker

We’ve been thirsting here at LaineyGossip for LaKeith Stanfield now for a while, he’s so f-cking hot. And also offbeat. And super cool. And if there was anyone who could actually pull off the title of The Most Interesting Man in the World, it would be him. There’s no way to get a read on him. He’s n...

Intro for January 30, 2020

Dear Gossips, The Academy announced yesterday that Billie Eilish, fresh off her Grammys sweep, will be performing at the Oscars: Are you ready? @billieeilish will take to the #Oscars stage for a special performance! Watch live on @ABC. pic.twitter.com/CsNmjDD2Bi — The Academy (@TheAcademy...

What Else for January 29, 2020

This one is for Duana because, as you’d know if you listen to our podcast Show Your Work and Sasha’s podcast What’s Your Drama?, Duana likes a mature man – and Tom Selleck is always my go-to in describing Duana’s preferences. So while I’m out here lusting after surfer boys and East Asian drama actor...

Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson don't want to raise their baby in the US

Jodie Turner-Smith was in London last night for the premiere of Queen & Slim looking like a stone cold goddess in this dress. She was also interviewed for The Sunday Times (via PEOPLE) to promote the film and the main headline coming out of the piece is that she talked about not wanting to raise her...

Show Your Work: The Joy of Cheer

On this week’s episode of Show Your Work, Duana and I debate the word “nice”. This is because Aidy Bryant talked about “nice” in her recent interview with Vulture. Is niceness a work asset? Or is it a detriment? Is it a compliment? Or is it an insult? Can you be nice and still be good at your job? W...

Celebrity Social Media, January 29, 2020

It’s nearing the end of January, which has been a very long month for some people. Jason Momoa is here to ease people into February with a bubble bath. It’s for a Super Bowl ad. As previously mentioned, he’s in the bath and I don’t think further details are necessary. A not-insignificant number of p...

Barefoot BTS perform on The Late Late Show with James Corden

There’s been fresh North American BTS content every day for a week as they continue to promote their upcoming album, Map of the Soul: 7. This, as you know if you’ve been visiting, has become a problem for me. It’s taken over my life. As soon as I opened my eyes this morning I watched them on James C...

Prince Andrew is "angry and bewildered" about reports he's been uncooperative with the FBI

Earlier this week, at a news conference in New York, US Attorney Geoffrey Berman who’s been investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case, said publicly that they’ve had “zero cooperation” from Prince Andrew who had previously said he’d be happy to cooperate with authorities about his friendship with the d...

Eminem uses Grindr as a publicity stunt in Dolly Parton challenge on Instagram

Last Thursday, Maria posted about the Dolly Parton challenge which like most challenges is just an excuse to shamelessly post more pictures of yourself. But in some cases, it was also the opportunity to adapt and modify the format. Like Eminem’s version:   Did I do this right? pic.twitter.co...

Charlize Theron accepts Spotlight Award at the Costume Designers Guild Awards

Charlize Theron accepted the Spotlight Award at the Costume Designers Guild Awards last night in Beverly Hills. The award honours actors who recognise throughout their careers the value that costume designers and costume artists bring to a role. There’s an obvious connection this year between Charli...

Intro for January 29, 2020

Dear Gossips,  Winona Ryder will be featured in a commercial during the Super Bowl. Which doesn’t really seem on brand for Winona Ryder, like no one’s expecting Winona to pop up in a beer ad, you know? And hers is not a face anyone’s looking out for on the sidelines or in one of the suites on Sun...

What Else for January 28, 2020

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie may be the beneficiaries of Sussexit. Now that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are no longer working royals, the British royal family has two spots to fill. That could fall to Prince Andrew’s daughters, which I’m sure will greatly please him. Given how much time he’s b...

Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen starring Charlie Hunnam, Matthew McConaughey, and Hugh Grant movie review

I’m going to revise an opinion. I came down pretty hard on the 2015 Guy Ritchie movie, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Since then, however, Ritchie has made King Arthur— bad—and Aladdin— bland—and now The Gentlemen, which is a return to Ritchie’s technical form but also hideously racist and retrograde. The ...

Cynthia Erivo and Charlize Theron at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon

The Oscars are less than two weeks away. The suspense this year is in the Best Picture and Director races. All the acting categories are pretty much locked up: Renee Zellweger for Best Actress, Joaquin Phoenix for Best Actor, Laura Dern for Best Supporting Actress, and Brad Pitt for Best Supporting ...

Celebrity Social Media, January 28, 2020

Lewis Capaldi, Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes sang along to Niall Horan (and One Direction) with Niall Horan. The videos ended up on TikTok (of course!) and it’s so performative (because they know everyone is watching them and filming them) but also so genuine. The best time made even better by the...

Gwyneth Paltrow's The Goop Lab is mercenary and cynical snake oil

I walked away from Gwyneth Paltrow’s first In Goop Health summit thinking it was a borderline snake oil convention, mostly harmless on the surface but with some predatory, potentially damaging undertones. The Goop Lab, however, is In Goop Health times a thousand. In Goop Health, it turns out, was ju...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not be interviewed by Ellen Degeneres according to PEOPLE Magazine

Last week the Daily Mail broke the exclusive that Meghan Markle’s first interview after Sussexit would be with Ellen DeGeneres. Meghan and Prince Harry are the biggest gets right now, by far. Everyone wants to talk to them and obviously most people were thinking that they’d choose an equally big nam...

Brad Pitt and his "lover" Leonardo DiCaprio at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon

According to Brad Pitt, who was probably not being serious, Leonardo DiCaprio calls him “lover”:  “Lover. He calls me Lover,” said Pitt. “It’s a bit confusing, but I roll with it.” These days, he’s a joke a minute, this guy. That said, he referred to Leo as “LDC” on stage at the Golden Globes ...

Taika Waititi is Bong Joon-ho's ultimate fanboy at Oscar Nominees Luncheon

The Oscar Nominees Luncheon took place yesterday. This is when they gather every year for the class photo, ahead of the big night, and now they can see the finish line after months of campaigning – except, of course, for Brad Pitt who hasn’t been campaigning AT ALL. We’ll get to Brad later. For now,...

Intro for January 28, 2020

Dear Gossips,  A day after the Grammys, BTS was in LA for iHeartRadio Live, continuing promotion for their upcoming album Map of the Soul: 7, due to be released on February 21. I spent the day after the Grammys still in full-blown swoon over their performance and, in particular, Taehyung’s (aka V...

What Else for January 27, 2020

Even though I have wondered at several (low) points of my life the last few months whether or not, um, Diplo – would I?, I still think there was too much Diplo last night during Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” performance. There should have been less Diplo and more BTS. Specifically more Taehyung. Anywa...

Duana Names: Shopping for… Quirky-Lite?

Hi Duana, I’m desperate for your help. Having our fourth boy in a couple of weeks (that was our last chance of having a daughter ;)) and am stumped for a name! I’ve set my mind on a unique, original name to make him extra special as the fourth boy but this has generated weird, out there names tha...

Prince Andrew has provided "zero cooperation" in Epstein case says federal prosecutor

While everyone over at Buckingham Palace is hoping that the Jeffrey Epstein mess will go away, over in the United States, even though they bungled it for a decade (so let’s not give them too much credit), they’re still proceeding with an investigation, and today, there was a news conference held out...

Bambi will be Disney's latest pseudo-live action animated movie

Disney’s live-action remakes have been wildly successful—the only real miss is Pete’s Dragon, which remains the best of the lot, as an actual film and not just an exercise in IP management—so it is not surprising that a new version of Bambi is in the works. It will be the latest of Disney’s photo-re...

Celebrity Social Media, January 27, 2020

Obviously social media has not been a pleasant place over the last couple of days, so I’m just here to try to pull out the best nonsense, something for us to collectively giggle (or eyeroll) about. Here’s a cat getting a makeover.          View this post on Instagr...

Lizzo and Ariana Grande stood out at the Grammys in over-the-top looks

Fashion wasn’t great at the Grammys last night but there were a couple of standouts. And by standouts I mean two women who understand that it’s supposed to be a spectacle. At the Oscars? Sure, maybe dial it back on the extra. But at the Grammys – that’s where the extra is supposed to come out and sl...

Channing Tatum and Jessie J make relationship Instagram and red carpet official on Grammys weekend

A couple of weeks ago, we heard about how Channing Tatum and Jessie J were spending time together again after breaking up late last year. Last week it was official: they’re back on. As I noted in both of those previous posts, it never seemed like their split was about the two of them; rather, around...

Prince William and Catherine carry on with public duties as the Daily Mail features photos of their children on front page

Sussexit is official. Prince Harry left England last week to rejoin Meghan Markle and Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor in Canada. There have been a few stories here and there are about how everyone is coping but, for the most part, the royal family is about moving forward and carrying on. Prince ...

Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes seen holding hands at Grammys after-party

Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes did not walk the carpet together at the Grammys. They were supposed to sit together, according to the seating chart that was released prior to the show, but there were no cutaways of the two during the broadcast. Camila delivered a touching performance dedicated to he...

Lil Nas X and BTS's “Seoul Town Road” performance at the Grammys dominated social media activity

The biggest song of 2019 was, indisputably, Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” and all its remixes. So his performance last night was about showcasing all the versions of his track that kept it playing all year long. One of those remixes, of course, was “Seoul Town Road” with BTS. Maybe I’m too much of a f...

Intro for January 27, 2020

Dear Gossips, The headline in Los Angeles yesterday was supposed to be the Grammys which were taking place after a week of internal controversy – and all of this was happening at Staples Centre, known on most nights for where the Lakers play. It wasn’t a very good show. But the show had a very go...

What Else for January 24, 2020

I mentioned earlier in the Justin Bieber/Shawn Mendes post that we haven’t had any public displays of affection lately but maybe it’s because they’re maximising the effect of their Grammys PDA – especially if it’s going to be in their underwear? As IF. I mean, yes, please, I want to see this happen…...

Duana Names: Names You Would Hear On ‘Call The Midwife’

Hi Duana, I have followed your column since the very beginning. We are less than three weeks away from meeting our baby boy and we have made zero progress in naming him. Our daughter, Mathilda, took a few days to name after she arrived, but at least we had a short list heading to the hospital. Th...

Outfit the Week: Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift premiered her Netflix documentary, Miss Americana, at the Sundance Film Festival last night in one of the best outfits she’s ever worn. This is a tweed strapless jumpsuit under a matching overcoat thrown over her shoulders and a siiiick pair of matching booties. It’s SO GOOD. So good I’...

Celebrity Social Media, January 24, 2020

So if you were wondering why Halsey 9/11 was trending on Twitter last night, my dumbass can unfortunately explain what happened. Pitchfork posted a review of Halsey’s new album Manic. It is a mixed review, not overly positive or negative, written by Rawiya Kameir (you can read it here). Halsey took ...

Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes celebrate Lucian Grainge during his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony

Music executive Lucian Grainge received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday. Lucian is Universal Music, the label that’s propelled the rise of several of current music’s biggest names, including Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes. Which is why they were both there yesterday. They all took p...

Predictions for upcoming Drag Race Season 12

It’s that time of year again! There’s Christmas, New Year’s, and now the Ruveal for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12! Can you believe it’s been a year since we were talking about how dry Adam Rippon was as a host? Can you also believe that since I started writing for this site, we have had FOUR DIFFEREN...

Sasha Finds: A Mild Cleanser

After I posted about Odacite’s blue aura cleansing water last week. I got a lot mail asking what mild cleanser I used before applying it. An excellent question and the timing couldn’t be more perfect because I was planning to write about this very topic today. I’ve gotta say, I’ve been holding onto ...

Lena Waithe reportedly dating Cynthia Erivo after split with longtime partner Alana Mayo

About two months ago, Lena Waithe revealed that she and her longtime partner Alana Mayo had secretly married in August. It was on the press tour for Queen & Slim and she was talking about it everywhere. We asked her about it on The Social when she came to Toronto for promotion and we asked her about...

January 24, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs

Pam! HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEKEND! It’s Lunar New Year weekend too – so look at you with all the lucky vibes to celebrate your day! Harley Mei Ling is GORGEOUS. I don’t have to ask Duana, I already know she approves. As for my secret crush: I’m already starting to wane on him because I’m a fickle bitch an...

Intro for January 24, 2020

Dear Gossips,  GUNG HAY FAT CHOY! Today is Lunar New Year’s Eve. Tomorrow begins the Year of the Rat! The Rat is the first sign in the Chinese zodiac which means that we are entering a new twelve year cycle on the Chinese astrological dial. And that seems fitting for a certain royal born under th...

What Else for January 23, 2020

I think Justin Bieber is good looking. Wait! Before you start yelling, let me qualify this: Justin has a great face, good bone structure. Remember that photo shoot he did when I said he was giving me Elvis vibes? I would not put that out there lightly, considering what Elvis meant (means?) to me. Th...

Vanessa Hudgens has dinner with LA Laker Kyle Kuzma after split with Austin Butler

As we learned last week, after nine years together, Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler have split, and the news broke the same day of the Bad Boys For Life premiere. Convenient. Because that night, Vanessa showed up on the red carpet in an over-the-top white dress, as if she was declaring her solo st...

Brad Pitt says he's "blissfully naive" about everyone melting down over photos with Jennifer Aniston at the SAGs

Oh look. Just when I thought yesterday that we wouldn’t be able to stretch the Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston SAG Awards reunion any further, he’s giving the story at least another day!  Brad was in Santa Barbara yesterday accepting the Maltin Modern Master Award and was asked about everyone melt...

Celebrity Social Media, January 23, 2020

Michael Che and Colin Jost are known to be prickly babies on the Internet. Basically they, particularly Che, seek out people who don’t think SNL is funny and they get huffy about it. This story in The Outline is by writer and podcaster Jack Allison who has been in a months-long feud online feud with...

What’s Your Drama: Rihanna, Drake, and How to Get F---ed

Does Jacek deserve a mic? That's the question we kick things off with today on the podcast. I mean, I'd be okay with it on a probationary basis but Lainey...not so much. Sorry Jacek. Then we get into your drama. Our first question is from an Instagram influencer who is facing a moral dilemma abou...

Jessica Simpson reveals she is sober after alcohol and pill addiction in PEOPLE Magazine cover story

Jessica Simpson is on the cover of PEOPLE to promote her upcoming memoir, Open Book. She’s leading with a big admission: that she had a problem with pills and alcohol but is now sober. (The PEOPLE excerpt also includes details of her childhood sexual abuse.)          ...

Netflix releases new trailer for PS I Still Love You ahead of Valentine's Day weekend release

I just wrote a post about kissing and kissing has been on my mind all day because the first thing I watched when my alarm went off at 430am was the new trailer for PS I Still Love You, the sequel to To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, which premieres on Netflix on February 12, in time for Valentine’s...

Gemma Chan and Kit Harington kissing on the set of Marvel's The Eternals in London

Marvel’s The Eternals is still shooting in London. The movie comes out in November which, yes, is toward the end of the year but it’s not that far away considering how long the post production process can be for some of these projects. And also marketing. Eternals is a brand new franchise for Marvel...

E! News reports Channing Tatum and Jessie J are officially back together

This was forecast last week when Channing Tatum and Jessie J were seen together in LA with his daughter. As I wrote in that post, when two people who are pretty serious break up after a year, and then see each other again so soon, it’s never nothing. There’s always a grey zone.  Evidently that gr...

Intro for January 23, 2020

Dear Gossips, For the second week in a row, I’m stressed about waiting online to buy something. Last week it was IVY Park x adidas and getting into the prelaunch and desperately trying to throw money at Beyoncé. This week I’m trying to figure out how to throw money at BTS.  Their new album, MA...

What Else for January 22, 2020

This is a beef I didn’t know about – did you know that Henry Winkler and Tom Hanks might have been slapping at each other because of some comments that Henry made about Tom and his experience working on Turner & Hooch? First of all, millennials, Turner & Hooch is a movie about Tom Hanks and a dog. Y...

Taylor Swift shares behind the scenes footage in Miss Americana trailer ahead of Sundance premiere

The world premiere of Taylor Swift’s documentary Miss Americana premieres at Sundance tomorrow. Yesterday her new Variety cover was released – her only interview about the project – and she talked through more of what she’ll be sharing in the project and why she decided to do it. As she said herself...

Show Your Work: On Brand With Brad – and with Beyoncé?

The SAG Awards didn’t even used to be a thing. Do you remember this? They were industry-only and non-televised, like the Independent Spirit Awards, until super-recently. But now they’re such a factor they might be accurate predictors of the Oscars in a few weeks’ time…  …and they have other benef...

Daniel Craig and Rami Malek cover Entertainment Weekly to promote No Time To Die

I have not been super enthusiastic for the latest James Bond movie, No Time to Die, which is partly because the Bond movies of the Daniel Craig era are not dependably good, but also because I did not care for the serialization offered by Spectre—why does everything have to be a f-cking saga?—so the ...

Celebrity Social Media, January 22, 2020

Whoever wrote this non-story does not have a long gossip memory, because everyone knows that Aspen is the Hawn/Russell/Hudson happy place. They’ve been going there for years (with Melanie Griffith and family).          View this post on Instagram     ...

The 10 films to watch at Sundance 2020

Sundance kicks off on Thursday, and this year’s slate is VERY stacked with promising entries. I sat down to make up a list of ten interesting titles and immediately had almost thirty films singled out. I had to make some tough calls to whittle the list down to ten films to keep an eye on in 2020, an...

Will there be a next chapter for Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston at the Oscars?

The pictures of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston greeting each other warmly backstage at the SAG Awards on Sunday pretty much broke the internet and gave the celebrity industrial complex a major infusion. The entire ecosystem benefitted from their moment, including other celebrities themselves who twe...

Prince Charles "forced" to take private jet to Davos, Switzerland

Prince Charles is in Davos today to address the delegation and speak about climate change, urging world leaders and billionaires to get serious about saving the planet. On the Clarence House Instagram page, it says that Charles travelled by electric Jaguar after landing in Switzerland:   ...

Kate Middleton launches new childhood development survey, 5 Big Questions

Big launch for Catherine of House Cambridge today. Kate’s top priority has been early childhood development and she’s on a 24-hour tour of the UK, visiting with parents and childcare workers to get their thoughts on how best to raise the next generation, and understand and hopefully confront the cha...

Intro for January 22, 2020

Dear Gossips,  Saturday is Lunar New Year. If you’ve been visiting this website over the years, you may be familiar with  our annual Lunar New Year tradition: my ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken, passes on to me to pass on to you astrological readings for each of the twelve signs of the Chinese ...

What Else for January 21, 2020

Courteney Cox’s social media activity is being monitored even more closely than usual because of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s moment at the SAGs the other night. It appears that Courteney has been liking posts on Instagram from people who are Gossip Genie-ing a Brad and Jen reunion. So it would ...

Rihanna reportedly hung out with A$AP Rocky and Drake at Yams Day charity show

It was reported late last week that after three years, Rihanna and Hassan Jameel had broken up. Rihanna spent time with Hassan and his family. She spent time with him in London. She mentioned him in interviews – not extensively but she did acknowledge that she had a “boyfriend” and seemed to be appr...

Celebrity Social Media, January 21, 2020

Bringing this quote up again because it is so Gwyneth to forget she starred in Country Strong. There was a whole soundtrack and she performed at the CMAs! I’m not even going to get into Mordecai.          View this post on Instagram         ...

Taylor Swift covers Sundance issue of Variety to promote Miss Americana

The Sundance Film Festival kicks off on Thursday. Sundance is always a clusterf-ck, at least in the years I used to cover it, as celebrities, their entourages, publicists, marketers, party planners, sponsors, filmmakers, and the attendant media jam themselves into Park City for a few days – and this...

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return in Bad Boys for Life seventeen years after Bad Boys II

Seventeen years after Bad Boys II, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return for Bad Boys for Life, which is equal parts sequel and soft reboot. If you’re thinking that a “seventeen years later” Bad Boys movie will be full of dad jokes and aging references, you will be right. The humor in Bad Boys for L...

Prince William and Catherine host their first reception for the UK-Africa Summit at Buckingham Palace

Prince William and Catherine hosted their first reception for the UK-Africa Summit at Buckingham Palace last night on behalf of the Queen. Her Majesty’s schedule is typically lighter in January and Prince Charles is preparing for a tour. So she decided that it was time for House Cambridge to give it...

Prince Harry's remarks about living mirror those of his mother decades earlier

Prince Harry left England yesterday after what many are calling his final royal engagement and was seen arriving in Canada last night to rejoin Meghan Markle and their son Archie in Victoria, British Columbia now that Sussexit is a done deal. We’ll get to some of the other updates about their future...

Intro for January 21, 2020

Dear Gossips,  All of the talk about Jennifer Aniston following the Screen Actors Guild awards the other night was related to Brad Pitt. I get that. Whether they actually get back together or not, they’re Hollywood’s Prom King and Queen, both going home with trophies recognising their work. This ...

What Else for January 20, 2020

I really liked what Phoebe Waller-Bridge wore at the SAGs last night. Because I like that she tried it. That she was open to it. Some of her looks, to me, have been on the conservative side – and if you’ve watched Fleabag, you know this is not exactly a narrow mind. But many of her red carpet choice...

Duana Names: Newly In Name Need

Dearest Duana, I’m writing to you in a panic as we thought we had a name for our second daughter and now we’re not so sure. Okay, totally not sure. Our first born is Margaret “Maggie” Claire (now 21 months). Margaret is in honor of my husband’s beloved great grandmother, and Claire just becaus...

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel photographed together after Us Weekly story about Jessica still being angry

It’s been just about two months since Justin Timberlake was photographed in New Orleans, very drunk, humiliating himself and his wife. Immediately afterwards his team tried to play it off like it was nothing. Then he posted a sh-tty apology that ended with him PROMOTING HIS MOVIE. Good look. Hey, so...

Margot Robbie's star power will be tested on Birds of Prey

Margot Robbie is having a busy winter. She’s in the middle of award season as an Oscar nominee, and she has Birds of Prey opening on February 7, which is Oscar weekend. Over the next few weeks she’ll be splitting her time between nominee appearances and Birds of Prey press, which, as a person who do...

Celebrity Social Media, January 20, 2020

JLo’s signature glow hasn’t been as bright this award season. It could be because of her schedule (she is rehearsing for the Super Bowl) or I’m reading into it because she didn’t get nominated for an Oscar, something she of course wanted (because, as Eddie Murphy said in Vanity Fair, who wouldn’t wa...

What award wins for 1917 and Parasite mean for their Oscar chances

Over the weekend, the two biggest industry guilds, the Producers’ Guild of America and the Screen Actors’ Guild, held their awards. On the film side, the PGA went for 1917 as their best picture, and SAG gave Parasite the Best Ensemble Cast award, their equivalent of best picture. Parasite is now the...

Prince Harry takes ownership of Sussexit during charity dinner

Prince Harry spoke for the first time last night since Sussexit started making headlines a couple of weeks ago. He did not do it in the presence of the royal rota, aka “the Cartel” – he would never give them that – but rather at the Sentebale dinner, at an event to support his beloved charity, shari...

Queen Elizabeth confirms terms of Sussexit and is photographed with Andrew

The Summit at Sandringham (which I’m told we’re supposed to stop calling a “summit”, but certain things stick, you know?) happened a week ago today. Late Saturday, Buckingham Palace released a statement from the Queen confirming that the deal was done on Sussexit. This statement is not as informal a...

Brad & Jen connecting at the SAGs are our award season gossip orgasm

Anticipation for the Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston “red carpet run-in”, as we call it in the business, has been building since the Golden Globe nominations were announced back in December with both receiving nominations. It did not happen at the Globes, although Brad was asked about it and he was l...

Intro for January 20, 2020

Dear Gossips, Last year at the Critics’ Choice Awards, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara presented together and they were so great that Twitter decided they should host everything. This year Eugene and Dan Levy opened and closed the Screen Actors Guild Awards and they were so great that Twitter de...

What Else for January 17, 2020

To no one’s surprise, Martha Stewart doesn’t care for Eau de Pussy, by Gwyneth Paltrow. She also, like the rest of the world, thinks that G is stunting and acknowledges that the stunt has worked because it’s sold out. There are actually people out there who’d rather own a candle that smells like G’s...

Duana Names: Names with N for sisters Neve and Neko

Hi Duana,   I have two daughters, Neve and Neko, expecting my third daughter in a few weeks. Having two girls whose names begin with 'N' was not intentional, and it seems I am landing on 'N' names again. I will feel like a Duggar or cheeseball when I call to them in the playground, but here we are...

Sasha Finds: Blue Aura Cleansing Water

I’m about to tell you about a new product I’m very much in love with, but before I do I need I need to flag that it does have one annoying oversight but like, just wait a hot second and I’ll get to that. With that out of the way I want to introduce you to Odacite’s Blue Aura Cleansing Water.   ...

Celebrity Social Media, January 17, 2020

Justin Timberlake is back on Instagram to congratulate the Neptunes for their induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. But this is JT and so the ME always jumps out. He frames the congratulations against the backdrop of his career: thank you for helping ME find my voice, thank you for helping ME...

Review: Dolittle is a boring mess

Cats broke me. I can no longer tell what is “good” and what is “bad”. There is only “Cats” and “not Cats”. In that sense, Robert Downey, Jr.’s new movie, Dolittle, is not Cats. I don’t know if that makes it good by default, or just not Cats. What I do know about Dolittle is that it stars RDJ sportin...

For Your Fitness: About Adele and Pilates

There has been a lot of buzz lately about Adele and her weight loss and many stories are attributing it to Pilates, as well as her diet. Now being a Pilates teacher myself and a full believer in its benefits I need to clarify something: no one thing can make you lose weight more than the next, other...

Channing Tatum and Jessie J might not have totally split

Just before the holidays, it was confirmed that Channing Tatum and Jessie J had broken up. Reportedly though, despite not officially being together anymore, they were still close, there was no drama, at least not between the two of them. There have been suggestions of drama between him and Jenna Dew...

Unofficial Uncut Gems spin-off Goldman vs. Silverman released

In the end, the Academy was not cool enough to nominate Uncut Gems for any Oscars. But don’t worry, Adam Sandler got a gold man of his own, sort of. Yesterday the Safdie Brothers, the directors of Uncut Gems, released a short film online titled Goldman vs. Silverman. It was shot in Times Square whil...

Shout-Outs for January 17, 2020

This is for Linda and Jim, because it’s been a few weeks now, but I know it’s still hard – because Keisha is gone. I also know that you will miss her forever. Which is something Jacek and I just went through last night. Over dinner. We missed Marcus as acutely as we did on the day he died back in 20...

Intro for January 17, 2020

Dear Gossips, I’m on standby. I got the email yesterday about the IVY PARK prelaunch. I downloaded the app. I left the notifications turned on…and I never leave notifications turned on. But I’m waiting for the push, even though it says very clearly that there’s no guaranteed access. Just… after a...

What Else for January 16, 2020

This sucks for Gigi Hadid. She insisted that she could be impartial but in the end they didn’t believe her because of her friends. Which is unfair. And I feel for her. I’m a judgy gossip columnist but I feel like I’d be totally objective on a jury. I would consider the facts, all the facts and all t...

Timothee Chalamet is hot in sweatpants minus his mustache

Timothee Chalamet showed up last week to the NBR gala with a moustache and people had feelings about it. I thought it might be some prep work for playing Bob Dylan, although it’ll be a while before they start shooting that. And it’s not like it matters right now anyway because it’s gone – here’s Tim...

What’s Your Drama: Knocking Side Hustles & Hating on Know-it-alls

We’ve somehow managed to work Duana’s preference for men of a certain age into yet another podcast today, but this time it’s because Lainey wanted to gush about her latest crush. She is SO real about this one that she won't even reveal his name, even though he lives in mainland China, looks like a p...

Celebrity Social Media, January 16, 2020

At a Television Critics Association’s press tour, Heidi Klum, who was a judge on America’s Got Talent, responded to a question about her time on America’s Got Talent, saying it was “amazing” and “I can't speak for [Gabrielle]. I didn't experience the same thing. To me, everyone treats you with the u...

Obsessing over Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani in The Lovebirds trailer

Here’s something I didn’t know I wanted that I am now obsessed with: the trailer for The Lovebirds, a comedy starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani. I have watched this four times already, and will undoubtedly watch it four more times before the day is over. The Lovebirds is about a couple in love wh...

Jennifer Aniston posts photo with Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow on Instagram as a Friends reunion is discussed at the Winter TCA

Friends ended like 15 years ago. And people have been talking about a reunion, not sure what that looks like, but that’s the question that keeps coming up over and over again. Part of that, even though no one wants to admit it, is that the show continues to be popular because of Netflix. A new audie...

Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson reckon with the end of Daniel Craig's tenure in Variety interview

No Time to Die, the 25th Bond movie and Daniel Craig’s last outing as 007, comes out in April. In advance of that, Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson gave an interview to Variety that comes across as half reckoning with the end of Craig’s tenure and half reckoning with the constan...

PEOPLE Magazine reports that Prince Harry "cut off" many of his longtime friends while Meghan was pregnant

Prince Harry today was at Buckingham Palace to host the Rugby 2021 World Cup draw. This is his first official engagement since the Sandringham Summit, after which the Queen announced her support for Sussexit. Some are wondering whether or not it might be his last appearance as a senior royal. Member...

Intro for January 16, 2020

Dear Gossips,  Last week at the Golden Globes, Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon ran out of “water” and asked Beyoncé and Jay-Z at the next table for a glass of Jay’s champagne – because, of course, as we know, he brought his own. And that became a viral moment when Jen shared it on Instagra...

What Else for January 15, 2020

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have maintained a pretty low profile for the last couple of months. Ever since…you know. They’ve been quiet on social media too. Neither one has posted anything on Instagram this year. I know, the year is only two weeks old. But nothing for Christmas or New Year’s....

Show Your Work – Oscars Fool Us Again Edition

We always planned to talk about the 2020 Oscar nominations on this week’s episode, since an Oscar nod obviously has a huge impact on the careers of anyone nominated.  Instead, we wound up talking about how obvious the Academy’s blind spot is: since once again white men vastly dominate the nomination...

Vanessa Hudgens's statement dress at Bad Boys For Life premiere following split with Austin Butler

Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler have been – or had been – together nine years. Us Weekly reported yesterday that it’s over. And she happened to have a premiere last night, so she showed up in basically a wedding dress, the ultimate just-single girl declaration: I’m marrying myself! I can apprec...

Celebrity Social Media, January 15, 2020

I usually post about celebrity birthday wishes but I’m changing it up to a congratulatory message. This one is from GP and it is for her cousin Sam and his wife, Jenna. Gwyneth is glowing, per usual, Brad is looking at her adoringly (his default setting) and the groom looks handsome, but the bride? ...

Power couple Lulu Wang and Barry Jenkins celebrate their anniversary over FaceTime

I wrote after the Golden Globes that for all the attention that Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach get for being the writer-director super power couple, Lulu Wang and Barry Jenkins are a writer-director super power couple too…only it doesn’t seem like they’re not given the same hype. Lulu wrote and dire...

Prince William and Catherine visit Bradford following Sussexit drama

Prince William and Catherine visited Bradford today. It’s been two days since the Queen publicly supported Sussexit and two days since the Sandringham summit, where William gathered with his father and brother and discussed the terms of Prince Harry stepping back from royal duties. As we know, and t...

Meghan Markle visits The Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre in Vancouver

Meghan Markle was photographed for the first time since she and Prince Harry announced on Instagram last week that they would like to step back from royal duties and spend part of their time living abroad. And this just 48 hours after the Queen’s letter was released confirming that she and the Briti...

Intro for January 15, 2020

Dear Gossips,  I’ve had Friday, January 17 marked on my calendar for weeks. We’re now only 48 hours away. This is the priority – and, fortunately, the way my work day is scheduled on Friday, it’s a lighter morning because I’m working that night which means I can devote all my energy to going onli...

What Else for January 14, 2019

I thought, though I guess I’m wrong, that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, after the last time they hosted the Golden Globes, said they’d no longer do it? Ricky Gervais did it again and now they’re doing it again and, holy sh-t, they’re announcing this WAY early. Why so early?! It’s not just celebrities, e...

Kristen Stewart’s box office slump continues with Underwater

Kristen Stewart is having a rough time at the box office. Her latest effort in her return to the mainstream, Underwater, tanked over the weekend (no pun intended). It’s not like anyone expected box office fireworks in January, but Stewart, even spending the better part of the 2010s out of mainstream...

Morbius starring Jared Leto shows signs of reconciliation between Sony and Marvel

In 2018, Sony fell backwards into a hit with Venom, a messy movie with an even messier production, but one that, almost in spite of itself, ended up making over $800 million. Now, Sony is expanding their Spider-Man universe of spin-offs with Morbius, starring Jared Leto in his post-Joker comic book ...

Celebrity Social Media, January 14, 2020

After the Golden Globes, Beyoncé posted a martini photo (scroll through the photo album to see it). Some of her fans were speculating that it could be a hint about the latest Bond movie. They would be wrong – Billie Eillish will be performing the new theme song. Billie is 18, I wonder if she’s ever ...

Hugh Grant is delightfully miserable while promoting 'The Gentleman' on Andy Cohen

There is no shortage of miserable f-cks in Hollywood, especially during award season. And, generally, it’s not all that fun watching someone hate their job. Unless that person can make hating their job – and, really, hating everything – super entertaining. Hugh Grant has this special gift. I have gr...

Marvel drops a “special look” at Black Widow

Last night during the college football championship game, Marvel dropped a “special look” at Black Widow. The “special look” is mostly stuff from the teaser trailer, but we learn that part of Natasha’s challenge in her solo movie is squaring off with a “new generation” of Black Widows, and also faci...

Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue cover amplifies Oscar snub conversation

Every year, Vanity Fair puts out a Hollywood Issue during award season, timed as Oscar momentum is building. This year, since the Oscars are earlier, the Hollywood Issue has come out earlier, just one day after Oscar nominations were announced. And, well, the timing is…  The front cover features ...

Issue of money front and centre in Sandringham Summit fallout

As posted yesterday, after meeting with Princes Charles, William, and Harry yesterday at Sandringham about Sussexit, the Queen released a very personal, rather informal statement expressing that she and her family are “entirely supportive” of the Sussexes’ plan to step away from royal life and be in...

Intro for January 14, 2020

Dear Gossips, The Oscars this year do not have a host. But after Issa Rae and John Cho announced the nominations together yesterday, that’s the dream pairing for the internet right now. Would they want to do it though? I mean, you heard what Issa said after the Best Director nominations came out,...

What Else for January 13, 2020

People talk a lot about mindfulness and part of being mindful is to be present in the moment. I have a hard time with mindfulness and staying present in the moment but now I think it’s because it’s never been properly illustrated to me. This photo of Keanu Reeves should be, from now on going forward...

Duana Names: Pragmatic, Practical – and Perfect?

Hi- hoping a note from a dad might be a fun change of pace for you.  My wife and I are expecting a girl in 2 wks and are at loggerheads on not just a name, but a process to even get to a shortlist to find something mutually acceptable if not beloved. I'll be stereotypical and say my approach is l...

Zendaya is breathtaking in Tom Ford bustier at Critics' Choice Awards

Look, I know we’ve retired Zendaya from style consideration because she’s too good, just too f-cking good, and she’d be best dressed every time if she was still in the running. But we have to talk about what she wore to the Critics’ Choice Awards last night. We can’t not talk about what she and Law ...

Bong Joon-ho's Parasite receives six Oscar nominations

The Oscar nominations sturm und drang—mainly because the Academy as a whole refuses to reckon with their own biases and do the work of overcoming them—but there are a few bright spots in the nominations. Shout out to Matthew Cherry’s animated short film, Hair Love, which is one of the best family fi...

Celebrity Social Media, January 13, 2020

The Oscar noms are out and while I don’t have Lainey or Sarah’s insight into films, I think I am part of the target audience for the show. On a surface level, this nominee list is boring as hell. The Academy wants to draw in an audience and I’m not saying everything has to be Avengers, but besides B...

Queen Elizabeth releases statement following The Summit at Sandringham

The Summit at Sandringham has concluded. Here are a few brief thoughts for now and we’ll get deeper into it as the evening progresses. For now, here’s the Queen’s statement following the meeting: First impressions? This was hastily written. It lacks the polish that usually accompanies the mon...

Breaking down the Oscars 2020 nomination snubs

Many of the headlines coming out of the Oscar nominations this morning read that the Academy has just “barely averted” #OscarsSoWhite because of the inclusion of Cynthia Erivo and Parasite which is true… I guess… but it’s also a total simplification. Because if nominating one Black person is the req...

Joaquin Phoenix's Joker receives eleven Oscar nominations

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning, and somehow, in a year with a wealth of solid options that could provide a controversy-free Oscar month, the Academy still managed to irk and irritate. Lainey and Duana will have more on specific snubs and #OscarsSoMale on the next episode of Show Y...

Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik officially back together as they celebrate his birthday in New York

I know all eyes are on Sandringham and we’re getting to the Oscar nominations in a bit but my teenage heart, currently obsessed with all the Korean and Chinese romance series on Netflix – to the point where it’s taking over my life and I have an embarrassing full-blown Twi-Hard crush on one of the a...

UK Sunday papers report on Sussexit ahead of Prince Charles, Prince William, and Prince Harry's summit with the Queen today at Sandringham

Buckingham Palace announced this weekend that the Queen has asked Prince Charles, Prince William, and Prince Harry to convene with her at Sandringham today so that they can agree on a Sussexit plan going forward as they consider all the options for Harry and Meghan Markle’s new royal playbook. This ...

Intro for January 13, 2020

Dear Gossips,  Big day today. And normally the biggest headline here at this site would be that it’s Oscar nomination day as we brace for whatever controversy comes out of the snubs and exclusions. To give you some idea of what we might expect, The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg’s final Osca...

January 13, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs

For Lisa and Travis, because it’s been two weeks since Euclid’s been gone. EUCLID! God I love that you gave her a mathematician’s name and she proceeded to live a life of superiority, exhausted by the simplicity of her peers and their silly catch-and-run-and-hide games, instead preferring to do cont...

What Else for January 10, 2020

Oprah somehow got dragged into the Sussexit – something something about how she consulted with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle about stepping back from the royal family. I mean I guess they’re just going down the guest list of the wedding now and Amal Clooney’s going to show up soon on the “Sussex Re...

Duana Names: How Do You Rate Alliteration?

Hi Duana, We are expecting a girl in January and need some name help!  For the last several years (as we have been thinking about and trying to get pregnant) I was sure I was set on Eleanor, but now I'm less excited about it, especially because of it's rise in popularity (having spent my life bei...

Prince Harry reportedly in England to negotiate with the royal family as Meghan will stay away from London for the foreseeable future

It’s only been 48 hours since House Sussex publicly announced their intention to create a new job description for themselves and the story keeps changing and updating. Quick recap: when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle first released their statement, Buckingham Palace soon followed, less than two hour...

Celebrity Social Media, January 10, 2020

Gwyneth Paltrow is hitting the open water: Goop has teamed up with a cruise line for a “high-touch” experience from August 26-September 6 (it starts in Barcelona and will stop at ports in the Mediterranean). She gave the exclusive to USA Today – they are calling it goop at Sea (their styling, not mi...

Sasha Finds: Evio Beauty's Gel Eyeliner

If you're a clean beauty lover then you know eyeliner is by far the hardest product to get right. I have hemorrhaged more money than I'd like to admit trying to find *the* one. Sure, I've found some good ones, but never a GREAT one. So here we are in 2020 and I've finally done it. Cross my heart.   ...

Netflix's The Witcher starring Henry Cavill is delightfully and wonderfully dumb

Spoilers Like Game of Thrones, Netflix’s big-budget fantasy adaptation The Witcher is based on a series of fantasy books, in this case by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski (there is also a series of very popular video games). The Witcher is a fantasy world full of monsters, sorcery, tits, ass, ince...

Prince Andrew's private secretary reaches legal settlement with Buckingham Palace

House Sussex is the British royal story that’s been dominating headlines this week. And when there’s a big headline getting all the attention, if you have something to bury, it’s the ideal time. There are secrets all up and down the British royal lineage but, currently, the member of the royal famil...

The second trailer for Birds of Prey starring Margot Robbie has arrived and it looks awesome

The first trailer for Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) was very promising. The second trailer has now arrived, and Birds of Prey still looks awesome. This trailer is doing everything right, from the excellent song choice to roller derby Harley to showing Harley bl...

Intro for January 10, 2020

Dear Gossips,  Heads up – I’m going to make this about me. Because it has been a WEEK. A week ago today I was in LA with etalk covering the Golden Globes for the first and only time, subbing in for Danielle Graham who was pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl, Marigold aka Goldie, on Golden Glob...

What Else for January 9, 2020

OK, the first sentence of this Dlisted post is the best sentence written this week. No debate. For the second year in a row, there will be no host for the Oscars. And the Academy is trying to make it sound like this was intentional, that they looked at the ratings last year – which went up – and dec...

Timothee Chalamet at the National Board of Review gala with new facial hair

Timothee Chalamet was at the National Board of Review gala last night in a relatively tame-ish outfit, by his standards, which makes sense because he was a presenter and not an award recipient. It’s not about Timmy right now, although every day for me is about Timmy.  Have you seen Little Women y...

Could the next Star Wars cinematic story be simple like The Mandalorian?

The Mandalorian, Star Wars’ first live-action television show of the Disney era, got off to a strong start. The final episode aired during the last week of the year and amazingly for Star Wars, the show actually lived up to its hype. The Mandalorian is almost hilariously spare, with little in the wa...

Celebrity Social Media, January 9, 2020

Justin Bieber has revealed he has struggled with Lyme disease and chronic mono. Last year, he was photographed crying in public and really going through it (I thought it was wedding related stress, but it was something more serious). TMZ, which has a longstanding relationship with Team JB, had the s...

What’s Your Drama: Porn on Blast & Dating Rules

It's a new decade and we can’t wait to dig into all your 2020 drama. But before we do and because some things never change, Lainey thinks it’s best to kick off the new year by insulting how I dress. First I’m offended, but then I actually accept my fashion fate. Then we get into your juice! First...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attempt to clarify inaccurate coverage of their finances on new website

Much of the negative and often inaccurate coverage around the royal family and particularly Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have to do with money. How much it cost to renovate their place, how much it cost for them to go on holiday, how much the baby shower was, how much the baby clothes are, etc etc...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's decision to step away from position as senior royals represents a clean break from UK media

As mentioned in the previous post about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s announcement that they’ll be stepping down from their position as “senior” royals, it came with a fully functional, content-heavy updated website. Back in October, when Harry launched his Love Shield of 2019, the letter defendi...

Breaking down the timing of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's announcement that they're stepping back as “senior” members of the British royal family

Yesterday, January 8, 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of House Sussex (for now, anyway), announced that they will be stepping back as “senior” members of the British royal family and declared their intention to be “financially independent”. My friend Kayla joked that Meghan basically told Harry...

Bradley Cooper presents to Brad Pitt at the National Board of Review gala

Brad Pitt was seen in New York the other night leaving Bradley Cooper’s apartment. Last night he was at the National Board of Review gala accepting his award for Best Supporting Actor presented to him by Bradley Cooper. As I wrote yesterday, the two have been friends for some time, have friends in c...

Intro for January 9, 2020

Dear Gossips,  My first thought when the news broke yesterday was that, oh, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle can present at the Oscars now. You’ll recall, it was a thing that was considered a couple of years ago and logistically they weren’t able to make it happen. But now that they’ve decided what...

What Else for January 8, 2020

I’m sure you’re waiting on a post from me about Meghan and Harry. You don’t need me to tell you what happened – but if you do, Dlisted has you covered here. Right now, though, it’s a f-cking scramble. Veteran royal reporters (who don’t work for the tabloids that the Sussexes are suing) heard whisper...

Duana Names: Name her like Greta Gerwig Did!

Hi Duana, Hoping to follow-up on my e-mail from August as my husband and I are still having trouble and baby's arrival is a few short weeks away!  We're essentially in the same spot - we know we'd like Jack Frances for our son and ____ Elizabeth for our daughter. For purposes of flow, I think I'd...

Show Your Work: LIVE from the Golden Globes!

We are back, and thrilled to bring you this special episode of the podcast LIVE (ish) from L.A., where Lainey was on the Golden Globes red carpet in the dress heard around the web!    The red carpet is a strange beast, and fresh from what Lainey calls one of her best carpets ever, we dig deep int...

Celebrity Social Media, January 8, 2020

When Michelle Williams announced her pregnancy and engagement, Lainey made note of the timing. US Weekly has a new story, calling the situation “messy” but not providing any further details; we already know the two met on the Fosse/Verdon set. I’m not saying there isn’t more to the story, but US Wee...

Netflix releases promising new trailer for season 2 of Sex Education

Note: Season 1 spoilers for Sex Education below. If you haven’t seen it, watch it! You have 9 days to catch up.  It’s here! It’s finally here! I’ve waited for this day for almost a whole year. Netflix just released a new trailer for Sex Education Season 2 which will be premiering on January 17. I...

Skywalker screenwriter Chris Terrio gets defensive over Kelly Marie Tran's lack of screen time in the film

The last week of the year is a liminal space. It is the abandoned shopping mall of time: It once was, it is not yet. Nothing happens in the last week of the year, when post-holiday blues and pre-New Year’s Eve nerves set in. And everything happens in the last week of the year, when we try to cram in...

The Sun publishes eye-catching but false headline that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving to Canada

As we now know, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle spent the holidays in Canada. It’s actually been confirmed that they were in Canada the whole time, not just Christmas and New Year’s but before that, from when they started their break at the end of 2019, despite the fact that it had been widely report...

Brad Pitt calls Jennifer Aniston "a good friend" during interview with Kevin Frazier on Entertainment Tonight

Brad Pitt pretty much locked in his Oscar on Sunday, didn’t he? As mentioned, Once Upon a Time …in Hollywood is not my favourite film, but he is, for me, the best part of it. And it’s time. Every year we talk about who’s “due” in Hollywood for their Oscar. You could make a strong case for Brad Pitt....

Intro for January 8, 2020

Dear Gossips,  Leading up to Christmas, the predominant headline about Little Women was that they were having a hard time getting men to come to the screenings which may have been why the film was largely ignored by the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild. So the box office matters – I mean...

What Else for January 7, 2020

The Harvey Weinstein trial has started – and already there’s drama because more accusers are coming forward and the judge dragged his ass today for being on his cellphone in court. What could possibly be more important on Harvey’s phone than what was going on in court, given that he’s facing a life ...

Kit Harington and Rose Leslie looked peaceful and happy at the Golden Globes

We didn’t have time to get to Kit Harington and Rose Leslie during our Monday Golden Globes coverage yesterday but it was nice to see them back on the red carpet together, and so happy. Not just happy but… I don’t know if this is exactly the right word for it … peaceful? This is how it looked to me ...

Robert Downey Jr.'s ridiculous Welsh accent in new trailer for Dolittle

Robert Downey Jr.’s inexplicable passion project, Dolittle, comes out in two weeks. A new trailer arrived on New Year’s day to celebrate(?) this fact, and this time, it actually shows us RDJ as the man who talks to animals. The first trailer barely showed RDJ, but someone must have resigned themselv...

A Quiet Place Part II starring Emily Blunt looks promising with new trailer released on New Year's Day

A Quiet Place was one of the biggest hits of 2018, so it was not a surprise when John Krasinski decided to make a sequel. It was a little disheartening, because A Quiet Place is such a perfect, self-contained story, but in the blockbuster era of Hollywood, nothing is allowed to stand alone, so here ...

Celebrity Social Media, January 7, 2020

Happy New Year! I’m back on my bullsh-t, as promised. Let’s get right into it: Ricky Gervais is all over Twitter, keeping up with the “I don’t care!” schtick he had going at the Golden Globes. Because nothing says “I don’t care” like reading all your press, searching your name on social media, likin...

New trailer for The New Mutants is a vast improvement over the first trailer

Over two years ago, we saw a trailer for The New Mutants, a would-be spin-off in the X-Men universe, about a group of “troubled” teen mutants trapped in a creepy institution. That trailer looked ridiculous and was not a confidence builder, but then The New Mutants derailed entirely when Disney took ...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry visit Canada House in London as first official 2020 engagement

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle spent the holiday on Canada's west coast, seen on Vancouver Island and also Vancouver around Christmas and New Year’s. They are now back at home in London and yesterday announced that their first official engagement of 2020 would be a visit to Canada House to thank Can...

Colin and Livia Firth co-host The Great Hack screening after announcing divorce

Colin and Livia Firth announced their divorce just before the holidays. A few years ago, it was revealed that Livia was allegedly being blackmailed by an ex-lover, a journalist she’d had an affair with who was bitter about her ending the relationship which he denies, insisting that she was the one w...

Rian Johnson developing Knives Out sequel following holiday season success of the first film

Amidst all the caterwauling about Star Wars’ box office—which is fine by any and every measure—the real success story of the holiday season is Knives Out. It opened back in November, during the US Thanksgiving holiday, and it has trucked along steadily ever since, raking in over $247 million  worldw...

First look at Gwyneth Paltrow's Netflix series, The Goop Lab

Gwyneth Paltrow showed up at the Golden Globes on Sunday, in support of The Politician which garnered two nominations. (Has anyone watched the entire series? I couldn’t make it.) She wore a very purposeful gown, one she knew would get her on best and worst dressed lists, which is exactly where she w...

Intro for January 7, 2020

Dear Gossips,  My friend and colleague, Cynthia Loyst, is one of the most sensitive, empathetic, and seductive people I know. She has a big heart and feels deeply. Her first instinct is to relate her feelings to others, so as to better understand them. And, on top of all that, as a self-described...

What Else for January 6, 2020

Thanks for checking in with us all day – and if you’re interested in what our work life has been this weekend, Duana and I have posting behind-the-scenes on Instastories. We’re not totally done until tomorrow. But we’ll be back on a regular schedule tomorrow until Oscar weekend. It’s only four weeks...

Zoe Kravitz: Golden Globes Best Dressed (Lainey)

Do I legitimately love this Saint Laurent look on Zoe Kravitz? Yes. The top and bottom different sized dots is so cute. And she is exquisite in her red lip and short hair and cheekbones and face, her FACE, it’s ridiculous. But also, did I want to take the opportunity to talk about the New Year’s Eve...

Charlize Theron: Golden Globes Best Dressed (Duana)

All right… let’s do this.  I even cracked my knuckles in anticipation.  Webster’s Dictionary defines ‘best dressed’ as…  Yeah, yeah, okay. Tired joke. But, knowing that I was gonna choose this look, and also knowing how many people already hate it, I wanted to actually try to do a bit of ho...

Renee Zellweger: Globes Worst Dressed (Duana)

Okay, let’s get this out of the way first. Nobody wants to be mean to Renee Zellweger. It’s unthinkable, like kicking a bunny rabbit. Moreover, I’m not using ‘worst dressed’ just to be a dick, it’s – you know what? Let’s call it ‘least favourite’ and go from there, yes?  I didn’t hate this look r...

Jennifer Lopez: Globes Worst Dressed (Lainey)

Jennifer Lopez is definitely not the frontrunner for Best Supporting Actress Oscar. That would now be Laura Dern who won the Golden Globe last night for her performance in Marriage Story. That said, JLo still wants that nomination – she’s never been nominated for an Oscar, and if she has to secure t...

Best Of The Globes: Michelle Williams’ Acceptance Speech

Michelle Williams ruined my plans.  I listened to a great podcast with Busy Philipps the other day, and knowing she’s always Michelle Williams’ date to awards shows, I really wanted to write about some of the ways Busy described her on the podcast (which were also in her book, This Will Only Hurt...

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston keep apart at 2020 Golden Globes

This was one of the major storylines heading into the Globes once the nominations were announced: Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt both single (put a pin in that) and back at the Globes. What does it mean?  What it meant during the show was jacksh-t. There was no interaction, although the control r...

Gwyneth Paltrow's blasé absurdity at the 2020 Golden Globes

I’m married to a wonderful person, but naturally, he has flaws. One of them is that he doesn’t like Succession.  I know. We watched the whole first season, he said he was out, but I wheedled, ‘maybe you’ll like it this season, everyone says it’s so great!’ He gave it two episodes, but can’t do it...

Cate Blanchett is so much more than best dressed at the 2020 Golden Globes

By virtue of appearing here in the middle of the day (night? What time is it?), Cate Blanchett is neither mine nor Lainey’s Best Dressed of the night. Which is kind of bizarre, because this dress is utterly fantastic. It’s Mary Katranzou, one of my all-time favourites, but not a real red carpet stap...

Taylor Swift and Amy Poehler present together at 2020 Golden Globes

So I’m going to be annoying right now and tell you that I called this: on Friday’s episode of etalk, I did a Gossip Nostalgia segment on the Golden Globes and my final Globes gossip memory was when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, while hosting the show, made a joke about Taylor Swift and Michael J Fox’s s...

Cynthia Erivo & Scarlett Johansson: Globes Piercing Pals

I am a garden-variety internet addict who loves clothing and spectacle, so during or after an awards show, I obviously search obsessively to find out who designed the outfits I love (or despise). I used to be better at the ‘I can guess that designer just by looking at it’ game, but that was in the m...

Phoebe Waller-Bridge wins two 2020 Golden Globes

I spent the last 10 minutes looking for a word to describe what Phoebe Waller-Bridge is to the entire entertainment industry. ‘Seductress’ is wrong, ‘enchantress’ is too froofy, ‘Jedi’ is embarrassing. I actually flirted with ‘Veela’ but I couldn’t live with myself if I used it. They’re totally beso...

Eddie, Tom, Joaquin, Adam: the lead actors at the Globes

My biggest interview last night was Eddie Murphy. I don’t think we really believed we would get him going into it. This is Eddie Murphy, he’s not the most accessible of celebrities and he’s never the celebrity who gives every outlet on the press line a few minutes. That said, Eddie is campaigning fo...

Kerry Washington was committed at the 2020 Golden Globes

There weren’t a lot of fashion risks last night at the Globes. Few people really went for it, you know? So big ups to Kerry Washington because this Altuzarra look was definitely not safe. There’s no safety when you’re basically just wearing a suit jacket with nothing underneath but a body rope. Like...

Globes’ Biggest Surprise: Ramy (and Rami, and Lucy)

As Lainey says, this is what the Golden Globes does well – maybe even reliably: they pick up on small interesting shows and, by awarding them or their stars, bring them a much bigger audience. Just off the top of my head, The Affair, Jane The Virgin, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Donald Glover in Atlanta, Th...

Bong Joon-ho fanboys Chris Evans and Taika Waititi at the 2020 Golden Globes

As I wrote earlier in the first post about the Golden Globes, Bong Joon-ho has been doing things that other filmmakers are just catching up to now. And he has a lot of fans in the industry, a lot of fans at these awards events, who can’t stop talking about him. Brad Pitt crossed the room to meet the...

Tiffany Haddish delivered while Beyoncé and Jay-Z brought champagne to the 2020 Golden Globes

When you’re working a red carpet, you can’t help but have expectations, a wish list of people you want to interview because you KNOW, it’s going to be so great, we have to get XYZ because they’re the money, they’ll give us what we need. And, often, what happens is that inevitably you’ve built it up ...

Saoirse Ronan seemed reserved at the 2020 Golden Globes

Anyone who reads us knows I’m hopelessly biased about Saoirse Ronan. But with good reason - she’s charming, smart, and frequently makes amazing red carpet choices. In 2016 I called her Oscar dress ‘satisfying’, and I’m still really happy with that word choice. Then on top of that she’s a skillful...

Director Power Couples at the 2020 Golden Globes

At our etalk research meetings this weekend, when we were figuring out questions for Noah Baumbach, the director of Marriage Story, one of issues we spent a lot of time discussing was whether or not to ask him about Greta Gerwig and women getting shut out of the director category when the Golden Glo...

Hot Dads of Hollywood at the 2020 Golden Globes

As you may have seen on Instagram, Lainey’s been going deep into the processes of both her TV life and lining up the site. And because we can’t physically write the 90 pieces we’d like to if we were addressing every last thing about the show, we have to be brutal, cut where we don’t have to talk abo...

Intro for January 6, 2020

Dear Gossips, Awkwafina is Nora from Queens. Awkwafina is Nora from Queens who made history last night at the Golden Globes as the first Asian-American woman to win Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy for her performance in The Farewell!  First of all… see The Farewell. I know I’ve been nagging y...

Bill Hader and Rachel Bilson debut at the 2020 Golden Globes and I'm into them

The Golden Globes are supposed to be about offbeat, surprise choices, and while there were a couple, I felt like we lacked the usual amount of utter absurdity, with the exception of how much attention was paid to 1917.  So it’s maybe fitting that the night’s biggest surprise came via Bill Hader, ...

Ricky Gervais, Ellen and Parasite’s win at the 2020 Golden Globes

Were you yelling at your TV or your tablet when Ricky Gervais was making all those jokes about Cats because they didn’t cut away from him to show anyone in the audience?! Because they definitely cut to Leonardo DiCaprio when he talked about his film being so long that by the time it was over, Leo’s ...