Kristen Stewart, academic
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Kristen Stewart is at Sundance to promote Come Swim, a short film she wrote and directed. Just ahead of the premiere, it was revealed that she’d also co-authored an academic paper on the artificial intelligence used during production. Full Story
Pre-nomination Andrew
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Andrew Garfield has been in London this week promoting Silence. It’s his work in Hacksaw Ridge, however, that is receiving the most recognition. A large majority of Oscar prognosticators Full Story
James McAvoy is tremendous in Split
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Following The Visit, M. Night Shyamalan continues his return to form with Split. It’s his second collaboration with Blumhouse Pictures, and where in The Visit there is discernable friction between Shyamalan’s impulse to go big and Blumhouse’s frugal, lo-fi approach to filmmaking, in Split there is no such tension as Shyamalan combines the best of his cinematic trickery with a more grounded technical approach that keeps him honest as a storyteller. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
At the end of last year, January 17, 2017 was marked on the gossip calendar as a potentially big day. A World War Brange court hearing was scheduled for that day. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ended up agreeing to use a private judge going forward in their divorce and custody battle however so January 17 came and went without any Brange drama. Read Full Intro
Smutty Social Media, January 19, 2017
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Seth Rogen tried to sass his mom on Twitter and she had the best clapback. For a billion dollars, I couldn't tell you what this means. https://t.co/GpFusK4Qe6 — Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 4, 2017 Full Story
A Special Birthday Shout-Out
A couple of weeks ago, we all got together for our annual LaineyGossip team dinner. Missed you Hayley, Maria, and Sarah. As we sat down to dinner, we toasted Sasha, whose birthday was earlier in the week. And then Sasha sassed us for forgetting her birthday – which is something she’s talked about on the Sasha Answers podcast Full Story
Johnny Depp needs the people
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Johnny Depp was named Favourite Movie Icon last night at the People’s Choice Awards. Johnny had a couple of major releases in 2016 – Alice Through The Looking Glass, which was critically panned and did not do well at the box office, and Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them which… wasn’t really about him anyway, at least not this time. Full Story
How about Halle Berry?
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The other day, when writing the Squawking Chicken’s Chinese zodiac horoscope for those born under the sign of the Horse, and how Horses could be in for a lot of love luck this year, I mentioned Halle Berry Full Story
Cressida Bonas in a movie
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The Bye Bye Man, alternatively, “I Sat Through The Bye Bye Man So You Don’t Have To”. And I did it mostly because The Bye Bye Man is Cressida Bonas’ feature film debut as an actress. Full Story
Smutty Tingles
Never heard of him. And didn’t hear about his dick being on the internet either (Dlisted)
I’ve just spent a lot of my day watching James McAvoy slurp ramen (Just Jared)
Being Khal Drogo didn’t help Jason Momoa’s career according to Jason Momoa (Cele|bitchy)
Vin Diesel auditions for Carpool Karaoke (TooFab)
Every animal in the world is smarter than my two dogs who are still eating sh-t (Hollywood Tuna)
Andrew Garfield looks great in these pictures (Pop Sugar)
Why Kanye West won’t be in DC tomorrow (The Superficial)
Great dress on Emmanuelle Chriqui (Popoholic)
Tupac’s birthday premiere (Evil Beet)
Wolverine and Little Wolverine
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A new trailer for Logan has arrived, and while it’s not a perfect little film like the first one, it does confirm what the first trailer only hinted at—the little girl, Laura, is in fact X-23, the Logan clone who is currently serving as the comic book version of Wolverine. Full Story
