Ryan Seacrest “This is the dream team” Lionel Richie was confirmed a few days ago as the third and final judge on the American Idol reboot. If you recall, Katy Perry signed on months ago for a reported $25 million. Ryan Seacrest will also be back for a substantial amount of money. But then it took forever By Lainey • Oct 04, 2017 01:13 pm
Armie Hammer #CMBYN – 6 weeks to go As I wrote during TIFF, Call Me By Your Name is my favourite film of the year so far. It is one of the most exquisite films of the last few years. I don’t think I’ve haven’t told you enough how much I loved it, how I By Lainey • Oct 04, 2017 11:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Will you watch Jack Ryan on TV? In the 1990’s, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan character was the American answer to James Bond. Alec Baldwin originated him in The Hunt for the Red October—AKA your dad’s favorite movie—but it was Harrison Ford’s portrayal in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger that By Sarah • Oct 04, 2017 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews John Cho in Columbus Review of "Columbus" starring John Cho (Lainey: as Sarah wrote yesterday in her post about the Oscars and Netflix, how and where people are consuming film, and the accessibility of movies, Columbus is hard to get to. Even for someone like Sarah who lives in a major market By Sarah • Oct 04, 2017 10:45 am
Celebrity Real Estate Beyoncé’s year of real estate Beyoncé on Harvest Moon Day! Beyoncé and Jay-Z went out to see Solange perform last night in New York at Radio City Music Hall. The reviews of Solange’s show have been terrific, at least the ones I’ve read. Here’s one from Mashable about how she incorporates performance By Lainey • Oct 04, 2017 10:17 am
Intro for October 4, 2017 Dear Gossips, Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, a major holiday on the lunar calendar. Growing up in Chinese culture, we also called it Harvest Moon Festival or Chinese Thanksgiving. It happens on the 15th day of the 8th month of the year, a full moon. And for us, it’s the By Lainey • Oct 04, 2017 09:14 am
What Else What Else? Until Ryan Gosling told me this weekend, I had no idea it was even called “papyrus”. But then again, I’m pretty font conservative. I use Arial. Out of laziness. Because it’s the first on the list. I used to, like 15 years ago, be like every other basic By Lainey • Oct 03, 2017 05:15 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Hating the 150 minutes Hi Hayley, So I've been reading a lot of articles lately about how terrible sitting is for you and since I spend 8-10 hours, 5 days a week doing just that, I am getting concerned about my health. I'm petite and skinny and I am generally By Hayley • Oct 03, 2017 04:36 pm
Michael Fassbender Alicia & Michael pre-wedding? Like Jennifer Connelly and Michelle Williams, Alicia Vikander is a Louis Vuitton ambassador. She was in Paris for LV yesterday. Meanwhile Michael Fassbender, supposedly her fiancé, is in London, beginning promotion for The Snowman, the film adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s book. The movie opens on October 20th, Sarah will By Lainey • Oct 03, 2017 04:21 pm
BFFs Michelle & Busy go to fashion week Do you know who Chriselle Lim is? Here she is at Louis Vuitton yesterday for Paris Fashion Week: Chriselle is a fashion and beauty blogger. She got her start on YouTube a few years ago and has become one of the most popular style influencers, regularly invited to fashion weeks By Lainey • Oct 03, 2017 03:57 pm
Business of Hollywood The Oscar meeting For only the second time in the Academy’s history, there was a members-only meeting held last Thursday. According to Deadline, about 300 people attended, and one of the things they talked about was Netflix, and their potential eligibility in future Oscar races. Netflix has managed success at the Emmys, By Sarah • Oct 03, 2017 03:17 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, October 3, 2017 Kelly and Ryan are starting to look like brother and sister. Sometimes that happens to married couples or people and their dogs – is it from spending so much time together? Or do we choose companions that mirror us? Or maybe they are both just petite and blonde. Happy bday to By Maria • Oct 03, 2017 02:19 pm
Models Kaia opens Chanel Kaia Gerber has been the undisputed star of this season’s fashion weeks, beginning in New York, then on to London and Milan, and ending in Paris, where she opened Chanel’s presentation, the first down the runway, in what’s being called the “pinnacle” of her debut on the By Lainey • Oct 03, 2017 01:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Today’s Bad Idea: A Hef Biopic Following the death of Hugh Hefner, it seems natural that someone would order up a Hef biopic, and indeed, someone has. Hollywood fratboy Brett Ratner is going to produce and direct a biopic of Hef, which will star Jared Leto. How do you think Leto will get into character? What By Sarah • Oct 03, 2017 12:36 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Jennifer’s electric blue pants How did I just realise that Jennifer Connelly is the voice of Spider-Man’s suit in Spider-Man: Homecoming?!?! OF COURSE it is. Because her husband, Paul Bettany, voiced Jarvis, the voice of Tony Stark’s personal assistant. Before he became an Avenger himself, sort of. But this is so cute, By Lainey • Oct 03, 2017 11:54 am
Top Reads Yara and Zendaya On November 10th, 2016, I wrote about Zendaya. I wrote that she gave me hope on a day the world was reeling from the election of a racist, bigoted shriveled up sweet potato masquerading as a human being. Zendaya is never afraid to use her voice and at 21 years By Kathleen • Oct 03, 2017 11:26 am
