Dear Gossips,
Today is the one year anniversary of Jon Caramanica’s New York Times article “R.I.P. The Celebrity Profile”. It came after Beyoncé basically wrote her own Vogue cover story and if it wasn’t celebrities conducting their own interviews, it was celebrities being interviewed by other celebrities. Read Full Intro
Shawn and Camila: it’s been too long
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It’s been, what?, a week since Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello sucked each other’s tongues on Instagram. And slightly longer than that since they’ve been papped while falling in love with other. Which, I know, is not easily paparazzi-able, and yet, Shawn and Camila have been showing it to us all summer. Full Story
Brad’s anniversary premiere
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Brad Pitt was in Hollywood last night for the premiere of Ad Astra. As we’ve seen the last couple of weeks, he has been doing the most to promote this film. More press than he’s done in a long, long time. And all kinds of press, from multiple magazine interviews, to red carpet to interviews, and a junket. Full Story
September 19, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs
Saraah! Happy Birthday! It’s not gauche or low-classy AT ALL. Or maybe I’m the wrong person to ask because you are talking to the biggest birthday famewhore! By request, here are Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
Norman Lear covers the new issue of Variety. He’s 97 years old. He’s busier than ever. But that’s not the detail from the piece that’s making headlines. Read Full Intro
What Else?
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I don’t understand at all what is happening here with R Kelly and guardian angel, the woman who gave him money for bond, or something, but now wants it back so she can give it to him again Full Story
Duana Names: Around The World?
Hi Duana, We are having a girl. Although, I don’t have any concrete proof (we opted out of finding the gender). I just know that it’s a girl. As a result of my strong intuition, I haven’t even considered any boys…yet. A little bit about us. My husband’s and my family are of Italian descent. Full Story
Celebrity Social Media, September 18, 2019
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Sophie Turner has signed on for a Quibi, a streaming platform with deep pockets that is being billed as a tech and entertainment start-up. It already has $1b in investments and a production slate that includes a Steven Spielberg horror series, Chrissy’s Court (with Chrissy Teigen), Kill the Efrons (an adventure show with Zach and his brother) and Frat Boy Genius (based around the life of Snapchat founder and Miranda Kerr’s husband, Evan Spiegel). Full Story
Mark Ruffalo is coming for that Oscar
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Back in January, Joanna wrote about Anne Hathaway joining a new film from director Todd Haynes, and why that was a good move for her. The movie is called Dark Waters and also stars Mark Ruffalo, and it now has a trailer. Full Story
Noah Centineo has a blonde beard
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Probably we don’t care about Noah Centineo right now as much as we cared about him exactly a year ago in the weeks following the release of To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before on Netflix and we were obsessed with Lara Jean Covey and Peter Kavinsky. We may care more about him in the coming weeks though as we near the release of the new Charlie’s Angels movie…maybe? I feel like we’re going to be more obsessed with the actual Angels, Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska. Full Story
Harry and Meghan go to the pub
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A few weeks ago, in late August, the Sun reported that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle popped down to the pub with Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor for roast dinner. They supposedly went to the Rose & Crown. Interestingly though, a spokesperson for the Rose & Crown then denied that the Sussexes had been there Full Story
