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The Jolie’s gold band
Angelina Jolie is in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda this week with British Foreign Secretary William Hague “to call on all governments to help eradicate sexual violence in conflicts”. Can you believe that’s even something that has to be actioned? That that is what we have to make a point of TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO DO? Hey, when you’re bombing each other and sh-t, can you please not rape the women and the children? (Jolie’s) 2011 film In The Land Of Blood And Honey depicted the experiences of women in the infamous rape camps set up during ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and was a catalyst for the UK initiative, the Foreign Office said. Full Story
Tom Hardy: the puppy and the PA
Tom Hardy + Puppy, for the weekend. So it’s ok if you f-ck around today, rendered useless from so much cute. And please I don’t want to think about the puppy after. Like when the movie wraps and he’s all, wait a minute, I was so boss for a few weeks there and everyone cared about me and now why is my life so ordinary? Whose puppy is it anyway? Do we have to wait ‘til the junket to find this out? At least give us a name. Full Story
Cupping and Ginger Beards
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Am writing from LAX, heading home to Vancouver after a few days in LA. This was my itinerary, and I promise, there's a point: Last week we were in Toronto, flew back to Vancouver on Friday, arriving at 7pm PT. Twelve hours later I was back at the airport for an 8am PT flight to Edmonton only to connect to Los Angeles, to get here in time for a screening. Full Story
A GOOP-less double date
Where's G? As I mentioned last week when Faith Hill and Tim McGraw arrived in London with their daughters, there would have to be a visit with the Paltrow-Martins. And here they are -- Chris Martin with the Hill-McGraws with his children and their children hanging out at the park. Full Story
Game Of Thrones is better than movie stars
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Covered the Game Of Thrones Season 3 premiere red carpet last night at the Chinese Theatre. The last time I covered a movie carpet at the Chinese Theatre it was Gangster Squad in January. The carpet was easily 4 times longer. And with 4 times LESS people. Or more. You can imagine how long the cast list was last night for GoT, right? We’ve been conditioned at these events to expect that they’ll arrive just before the start of the screening and not stop and make you feel that they’re doing you a favour by showing up and talking. Full Story
Gwyneth’s sad smut ...for sale?
Gwyneth Paltrow covers the new issue of SELF looking really great in a blue and green patterned dress. She is currently promoting her new cookbook It’s All Good, about how to eliminate all the pleasure out of your diet, or something. In the interview G acknowledges that she wasn’t well liked. Full Story
You must Believe...and then Delete
Textbook. Again. The exceptions are the ones who DON’T f-ck up, remember. And there are fewer and fewer and fewer of them. Then again, it depends on your definition of f-cking up. If they’re millionaires many times over, that may not qualify as a f-ck up, at least not yet. By Justin Bieber’s standards, being rich means he’s not a mess. Full Story
Our Little Royal Grape
Baby Wales has a nickname! According to US Weekly, the Cambridges are calling the royal heir “Our Little Grape”. OLG? I prefer Baby Wales. As for whether or not the grape is a girl, US sources say William and Catherine have only told Prince Charles and her parents, not even Pippa. Full Story
Of course, let’s blame Miley now
It’s been rough for Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth since he allegedly made out with January Jones and flirted aggressively with Emma Watson on Oscar weekend. Although she sort of suggested on Twitter that she didn’t believe the rumours, she also stepped out on a couple of occasions without her ring, and he’s in Australia now spending time with friends and family -- not exactly the most convincing demonstration of togetherness. Full Story
The fun dinner party without Stacy Keibler
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George Clooney is in Germany directing his next film The Monuments Men with Matt Damon, Bill Murray, and John Goodman. Goodman has starred in the last two Oscar winning pictures, right? Will he go 3 for 3 for George? Now this looks like a good time. And especially hilarious, to me at least, is that Bill Murray’s on a smartphone. Full Story
THIS WILL BE AN ENTIRE MOVIE?!
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Tom Hardy cuddling a puppy. It’s a problem. Several months ago, Tom Hardy topped my Five List. He’s still on there, in the 5th position, but these shots, these shots may require a Five List update... Are you kidding me? Tom is currently in New York shooting a movie called Animal Rescue. Full Story
Blake & Ryan’s first carpet... sort of
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A husband arrives at an event. He is photographed with an attractive blonde who is not his wife. This is OK. Because the attractive blonde is his colleague. And the wife poses alone. Only in Hollywood is this normal. You’ll note, Reynolds was also happy to take pictures with Robyn Lively, Blake’s sister. Full Story
Justin Bieber’s heroic evening
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Justin Bieber was criticised earlier this week for starting late in London -- reportedly 2 hours delayed for “technical issues” -- and this just after he went out in a gas mask and complained on Twitter about people being mean to him. But he showed up on time, even two minutes early!, for his next show! We should recognise him for this. Full Story
Boy/Man Sh-t is also the Best Sh-t
Girl Sh-t Is The Best Sh-t is a common phrase we use here at LaineyGossip and one I stole from my friend Lara. It really is. But Boy Sh-t is pretty great too. Previous examples of Boy Sh-t include Joseph Gordon-Levitt vs Michael Cera (click here for a refresher), Michael Bay vs Hugo Weaving, and Shia LaBeouf vs Jason Clarke and Tom Hardy on the set of Lawless (click here Full Story