Dear Gossips,
Cannes 2019 isn’t over yet but the festival’s biggest story is and will likely continue to be Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time …in Hollywood. So the Cannes love affair with QT continues. They adore him there and, apparently, since the reviews have been outstanding so far, he’s delivered on the Croisette once again. Read Full Intro
Ali, Randall, and Keanu!
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Keanu Reeves is currently king of the box office as John Wick 3 took down Avengers: Endgame last weekend with a $57 million opening take supported by strong reviews – Sarah loved it and called it the best of the franchise so far Full Story
Scent of a Bieber
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I’ve been writing about the intersection of celebrity and lifestyle for a few years, back when Goop and The Honest Company were the two big players, and celebrity clothing lines (like House of Dereon and Sweetface) were literally out of style. The late 2000s is when branching out to other kinds of products – décor, alcohol, eye glasses, hair products, cookware – seemed like a good idea. Full Story
The Biennial Vanity Fair Star Wars Ad
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In what is now a biennial tradition, Vanity Fair has a bunch of beautiful new Star Wars portraits and photos from Annie Leibovitz covering their new issue—let’s be honest, this is a very fancy, very splashy ad. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
I’m sorry we won’t be posting today. There’s been a family emergency and I won’t be online for most of the day. We are hoping that we’ll be able to stabilise the situation later in the day so, right now, I’m fully expecting to resume our regular gossip schedule tomorrow.
Apologies for the inconvenience. We never, ever want to skip a day’s worth of content in the middle of the week as we know the privilege of your visits over the years and we are so grateful that you make LaineyGossip a reading destination – thank you so much in advance for understanding. We hope to catch up on everything as soon as we can.
Yours in gossip,
Lainey
Dear Gossips,
I got back from Vegas last night and there’s been a lot to catch up on. Since catching up is part of the work too, the process of catching up requires editing and prioritising. Some sh-t I’ll leave until later to get to, maybe even the weekend, like Saturday Night Live. Read Full Intro
What Else?
I tried to write a dedicated post about this couple because, yeah, totally, one of them is a Major Star. And when they first started dating, it was a thing. Perhaps because HE may not have known whether or not it would be a thing – if you recall, there was apparently someone else in the picture at the time too. Full Story
Omari Hardwick talks about Beyoncé
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When Omari Hardwick kissed Beyoncé twice on the cheek at this year’s NAACP Image Awards, the Beyhive lost its goddamn mind. The online backlash Full Story
Carly Rae Jepsen’s New Album Dedicated is Good but It’s No Emotion
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Carly Rae Jepsen’s fourth album, Dedicated is finally here! For the past few months, CRJ has been trying to build up the hype, first by releasing “Party for One” in November 2018, then releasing both “No Drug Like Me” and “Now That I Found You” in February 2019. Full Story
Barry: The other HBO show that ended this week
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Game of Thrones concluded this week, and we will discuss its finale for a long, long time. But it’s not the only HBO show that wrapped up on Sunday night—it’s not even the best HBO show that wrapped up this week. Full Story
Celebrity Social Media, May 21, 2019
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Tom Brady doesn’t understand why people are asking him to break their face. Gabriella Paiella at The Cut explained this kind of chaotic horniness quite well in Why Does Everyone Want Their Celeb Crushes To Run Them Over? I’ve seen this a lot lately in my replies. Full Story
