Amazingness Intro for November 4, 2014 Dear Gossips, On the weekend when I was prepping Monday’s column, I came across a couple shots of Sophia Loren arriving in Taiwan on Sunday. Wasn’t sure how I would be able to use them. Entertainment Weekly just gave me a reason. (Thanks Victoria!) In May when I By Lainey • Nov 04, 2014 09:00 am
Amazingness The Grand Dame of Cannes Sophia Loren. At the Palais today for a photo call. And she must have liked the light because she took off her sunglasses. Today she wore red. The other night on the carpet it was sparkly and silvery gold. Kinda like a finger snap. Step off, young ladies. This is By Lainey • May 21, 2014 11:21 am
Amazingness The (one true) Italian Queen That was the nickname I gave Elisabetta Canalis. Who? She was the one before Stacy Keibler, you remember? What would Canalis say today now that she and Keibler are in the same category? Keibler came out with more though, non? Anyway, Italian Queen-ing Canalis was meant for jokes. Where Sophia By Lainey • Jul 08, 2013 04:37 pm
Girlcrushes The unfrumpy slit Marion Cotillard in Rome today at the premiere of Nine in an Angelina Jolie-esque matron back ensemble that at first glance is kinda frumpy and then she turned to the side and, well, not to get all perv but it’s hard for the eye not to follow her hamstring By Lainey • Jan 13, 2010 10:32 am
Amazingness Nine girls They’re all in New York. Yes, even Miss Sophia in head to toe red. And Dame Judi Dench looking sharp in stripes. All of them in New York for the Nine junket, all of them gamely doing press in support of the film including one-on-one interviews for a long By Lainey • Nov 16, 2009 10:01 am
Amazingness Let me teach you how to bitchface From the grand dame herself. This is Sophia Loren today giving us great bitchface arriving in Venice where there’s a street being named after her tomorrow. Needless to say, she doesn’t like the lighting. Sophia is very, very particular about her lighting. It must be soft, but not By Lainey • Jul 15, 2009 11:23 am
Award Season Hair 2009 Oscar Granny Granny Freeze Nicole Kidman was freshly frozen for the Oscars and presented alongside The Women to Kate Winslet. I do love how they held hands and welcomed her to the community. And though I rag on her often, Gran is one of the few who can almost always pull off By Lainey • Feb 24, 2009 01:46 am
Award Season Hair 2009 Programming Note Oscar ratings look to be up between 6 – 10% this year over last, considered a modest success. Twihards are probably taking credit for this. Anyway, I have a flight out of LA this afternoon. And I have to check out soon. So I’m rushing to pack to get to By Lainey • Feb 23, 2009 05:01 am
Girlcrushes Jolie inspiration Remember Angelina Jolie’s bitchface at the Critics’ Choice Awards when Anne Hathaway started dithering on stage? Angie is a novice compared to the legendary Sophia Loren. Here in Rome today with Daniel Day-Lewis on the set of Nine – the longest shoot ever!?!? – treating us to a clinic on how By Lainey • Jan 26, 2009 08:13 am