Ellen Degeneres Gossip

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is presenting at the Oscars this weekend – for this first time. Sunday night will mark her Oscars debut, as a guest or presenter. You’re surprised, right?  Sure, Julia has never been nominated, but she came pretty close during the 2013-2014 awards season with Nicole Holofcener’s Enough Said (which I loved), earning a Golden Globe nomination and Critics’ Choice honour for her buzzy, tender performance opposite the late James Gandolfini. Full Story

Last week the Daily Mail broke the exclusive that Meghan Markle’s first interview after Sussexit would be with Ellen DeGeneres. Meghan and Prince Harry are the biggest gets right now, by far. Everyone wants to talk to them and obviously most people were thinking that they’d choose an equally big name – Oprah or Gayle King and, yes, Ellen, especially since the Sussexes have spent time with her, most recently last summer when she and Portia visited with them in England. Full Story

Were you yelling at your TV or your tablet when Ricky Gervais was making all those jokes about Cats because they didn’t cut away from him to show anyone in the audience?! Because they definitely cut to Leonardo DiCaprio when he talked about his film being so long that by the time it was over, Leo’s girlfriend was too old for him. Full Story

I’ll be honest – Sarah Michelle Gellar’s career is fascinating to me. In the past, I’ve had trouble understanding why she’s not much, much busier.  But the announcement that she’s slated to star in a limited series called Sometimes I Lie, executive produced by Ellen Degeneres Full Story

Last week at LaineyGossip, we played “Leave Room For” in the Oscar race. Sarah wrote that award season has to leave room for 1917 and in my post about leaving room for Queen & Slim, I mentioned that we also have to leave room for Bombshell Full Story

Last weekend, Ellen DeGeneres was seen at a football game with former US president George W. Bush. The backlash came quickly as many consider Bush to be a war criminal with an abysmally harmful record with the LGBTQ community Full Story

Well sh-t. When’s the last time you saw Brad Pitt on a talk show? Not doing a bit like the weather or a bit with Colbert when they’re looking up at a fake sky or yodeling with Jimmy Fallon or walking across Jimmy Kimmel’s stage for a 60 second appearance Full Story

Buckingham Palace and Prince Andrew may have thought that they’d put this Jeffrey Epstein business behind them. Even after Andrew was seen with Epstein following his jail sentence on “charges of solicitation of prostitution and procurement of minors for prostitution Full Story

Taylor Swift is on The Ellen Show today, her first interview in two years or so. The clips are all over the place – you can find them all here. As we’ve seen, this is accessible Taylor, and it’s supposed to feel like a sharp pivot from reputation Taylor who was offering no explanations. Full Story