Dear Gossips,
It was confirmed yesterday that Maroon 5 will headline the Super Bowl halftime show on February 3 in Atlanta. A safe choice. As many have said, it’s a milquetoast choice Read Full Intro
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Jane Fonda didn’t care for a discussion on plastic surgery with Megyn Kelly last year because it was an interview not about her and because, well, she wasn’t feeling Megyn Kelly. She just did an interview with PEOPLE though, about herself, and now she is talking about plastic surgery Full Story
Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively in A Simple Favor
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Do not let the misleading trailers fool you—A Simple Favor is not a cheesy thriller about lady murder. It is, however, a PARODY of those things. Why on earth A Simple Favor wasn’t marketed as the black comedy it is I will never understand (and they are paying for it at the box office Full Story
Blake Lively and the “double standard”
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We have discussed extensively on this site how clothes, style, and fashion are part of the work of Hollywood. Extensively. The Hollywood Reporter now publishes an annual Power Stylists list, featuring celebrities and their stylists, and how they put together looks to promote their projects, highlighting the hard work of the stylists, the thought that goes into a press tour wardrobe, or a television character’s clothes, and how a celebrity’s style strategy can lead to more work, particularly for women – and in securing the kind of work that results directly from their clothing, it allows them more freedom to wait for and choose the kind of acting or producing or directing work that they feel most strongly about. Full Story
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Recently on tour, Beyoncé has reunited with two original Destiny’s Child members, Letoya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson. Beyoncé posted a photo of herself with Letoya on her website and both women were given backstage photos to post. I would love to know the details of how it happened - it’s been 18 years since Beyoncé and LaTavia last saw one another. Full Story
Why Tom Cruise made Cher’s Top 5
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A few years ago, Cher told Andy Cohen on WWHL that Tom Cruise is on her Top 5 Lovers list. This summer James Corden brought it up again. And in a new interview with the Daily Mail she’s asked about their relationship. Full Story
The Kelly Show is coming
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Kelly Clarkson’s talk show was officially picked up by NBC and will debut next fall. It sounds like the network ignored my brilliant idea to call the show Day-Drinking with Kelly Full Story
Cary Fukunaga lands Bond 25
After Danny Boyle was and then wasn’t making the next Bond movie, the “who will direct” merry-go-round started up again. (The “who will play Bond” merry-go-round never stops, even when someone is already playing Bond. Full Story
Royal Meghan with her ma at the book launch
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Earlier this week, Kensington Palace announced that Meghan Markle has partnered with women who survived the Grenfell fire to release a cookbook in support of the Hub Community Kitchen. Full Story
Sex and the City: The Instagram Years
In honour of the Emmys, Vogue posted this throwback photo. A good choice, right? Sarah Jessica Parker “liked” it. When this photo was taken in 1999, HBO was the be-all and end-all of prestige TV. Sex and the City was provocative and a cause for panic (like the Who Needs a Husband? Time Magazine cover Full Story
Dear Gossips,
For the last two years, The Hollywood Reporter has been following the “largest corruption case in US history” and its connection to Leonardo DiCaprio. It’s my favourite. Read Full Intro