Jennifer Lawrence in Red Sparrow
Red Sparrow is an adaptation based on a book by Jason Matthews, a former CIA agent, that features a Russian ballerina, Dominika Egorova, pushed into espionage after a career-ending injury. (Dominika’s story is quite similar to Natasha Romanov’s backstory in the Marvel comics, but that’s a different discussion. Full Story
Emma & Chord?
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Emma Watson was at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday night – Duana wrote about it yesterday. And she was seen leaving the party with… Chord Overstreet? There’s video. Full Story
Beyoncé & Jay-Z: the Oscar party and a new tour?
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Maria wrote in the previous post about Beyoncé’s recent avocado Instagrams and why they felt so … not Beyoncé, what with the exclamation points and the use of actual words. Full Story
Beyoncé’s Avocado Toast
In May of 2015, I wrote about Beyoncé and Jay-Z partnering with 22 Days Nutrition. Since then, I’ve heard very little about 22 Days and have yet to have anyone tell me they have used the service. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
“White people with clipboards” is a real thing. Especially in LA. Especially at any event where celebrities are involved. Especially at the Oscars. But we don’t want to blow our loads too early. Tiffany Haddish Read Full Intro
The Tiffany Haddish Problem
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Behold my Tiffany Haddish problem: If we write about everything Tiffany Haddish did that was amazing and exciting last night, we will be here for 2500 years. It was only a four hour show! Counting the carpet, five. Full Story
Nicole Kidman’s Oscar art
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Earlier when I was writing about Gal Gadot’s one dress, and I shared that thought with Duana and Kathleen, Duana argued that most people have one dress, citing Jennifer Lawrence as an example. Full Story
Lupita shuts it down
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Lupita Nyong’o is a flirt. Lainey wrote about how “extra-close” she was with Winston Duke on the red-carpet last night. We’ve seen her insta-flirt with Chadwick Boseman and social media flirt AND real-life flirt with my Michael Bae Jordan Full Story
Gal Gadot’s one dress
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I was excited to see Gal Gadot at the Oscars. It’s Gal Gadot. Her face, it’s unreal. And she’s never, ever going to look like sh-t. And the possibility of seeing her in something bold, unexpected – I looked forward to it. But I think we now have to accept that she’s never going to bring the fashion porn. Full Story
Not Emma Stone’s Night
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If one wonky thing happens to me in a day, I barely notice. If there are three – an annoying work call, a gross lunch, and a traffic jam, I might feel entitled to grump around for 15 minutes when I get home, even though what I just described is basically called ‘you have a ridiculously sweet life, shut up. Full Story
Saoirse’s familiar pink at the Oscars
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One of my favourite Oscars behind-the-scenes stories is from 2013 when Anne Hathaway changed her dress last minute because she found out Amanda Seyfried was wearing something similar. The dress Anne Hathaway changed into was a pale pink Prada situation that, as Duana aptly noted at the time, “is not the dress to win your first Oscar in. Full Story
