Media Manipulation Jen keeps pushing It was supposed to be one of those nights. On the West Coast, Angelina Jolie was supposed to be lighting up Hollywood at the Unbroken premiere, with Brad Pitt’s hand on her ass, surrounded by their children – the ultimate celebrity family portrait – while on the East Coast, Jennifer Aniston By Lainey • Dec 16, 2014 10:56 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Brange no Ange As expected, Brad Pitt represented Brange on his own last night at the Hollywood premiere of Unbroken because of the Jolie’s chicken pox. His parents were there. And also three of their six children – Maddox, Pax, and the Chosen One Shiloh. It’s Brad’s birthday on Thursday. He’ By Lainey • Dec 16, 2014 10:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Christian Bale looks hot for Malick A trailer for Terrence Malick’s Knight Of Cups was released yesterday. It’s expected to be screened in competition at the Berlin Film Festival in February. Knight Of Cups was filmed concurrently with another Malick project – the one with Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, and Rooney Mara about love and By Lainey • Dec 16, 2014 09:49 am
Books Intro for December 16, 2014 Dear Gossips, Thank you for all your emails and tweets about my chicken pox paranoia because I’ve never had it. Here’s what you all are telling me: -Adult chicken pox is the worst -Shingles sucks more than chicken pox -You can get chicken pox again – many of you By Lainey • Dec 16, 2014 09:10 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Big G for the holidays The Cambridges decided to reward everyone for not papping Big G by releasing new photos of him in time for the holidays. Is that the royal version of a Christmas card? These three photos were taken in November at Kensington Palace. My favourite, of course, is the first one, where By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 04:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A time for Amy Here’s Amy Adams today on Good Morning America promoting Big Eyes. Every year, around this time, Amy Adams is out there promoting her good work. With Amy Adams, it’s consistently good work. Like Julianne Moore for so long, so underappreciated. It’s finally Julianne’s time now. Finally. By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 04:09 pm
Music David Bowie rejected Chris Martin The BBC Music Awards happened the other day. Chris Martin was asked to contribute to a video honouring David Bowie. And he revealed that he wanted to work with Bowie on a song… but that Bowie declined because, well, the song sucked. "One time I sent him a song By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Critics’ Choice is the new Golden Globes? The Critics’ Choice nominations have just been announced. Unbroken in…Foxcatcher out. Angelina Jolie is on the list for Best Directors, Bennett Miller isn’t, and nothing for Steve Carell. Instead they went with Ralph Fiennes in Grand Budapest Hotel and David Oyelowo in Selma. I wonder if it’s By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bond Spectre’s first day Last week, the Sony hacked email leak exposed the budget drama unfolding behind the scenes of Bond 24, now titled Spectre. A messy script was also revealed. According to Gawker, the movie opens strong but needs some serious retooling in the third act. If you want to know how it By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 11:48 am
Amazingness Gosling Ghostbusters, DiCaprio, and a very Sony Christmas The Sony email hack has already delivered the gift of gossip to us for the last couple of weeks. And we’re still making our way through it. Apparently there will be more. A message was posted – since deleted – the other day promising a Christmas load: "We are preparing By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 11:01 am
Gorgessity Sienna and the Boho Moment Vogue January 2015 issue. Sienna Miller on the cover. God she has such a lovely face. And the smattering of freckles across her nose is so attractive. This is about Sienna starring in American Sniper. Really though, as the front page promises, it’s about Sienna’s “second act”. We’ By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 10:35 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Leona’s poncho A lot of poncho porn happening this year. Leona Lewis is wearing one of the best I’ve seen. The pattern is distinct but the colour makes it a great neutral. It would go with anything. And it has sleeveholes. Way more practical. By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 10:05 am
BFFs Beygency Taygency On Friday, Beyonce and Taylor Swift were both at the Billboard Women in Music luncheon in New York. That night was Taylor’s 25th birthday party. Beyonce showed up. JayZ showed up. Justin Timberlake showed up. Sam Smith showed up. All the models showed up. Nick Jonas showed up. Emma By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 09:43 am
Media Manipulation George Clooney’s insecurity and the Most Fascinating Amal You want a conspiracy theory? Here’s a big one, courtesy, of course, of those hacked Sony emails. On January 29, 2014, just before the release of George Clooney’s The Monuments Men, he sent an email to Sony’s Amy Pascal, reacting to the film’s sh-tty reviews. By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 09:04 am
Media Manipulation Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt: more Sony email reveals What was the bigger blow to Angelina Jolie last week? The Sony email leaks or the fact that she didn’t get nominated for a Golden Globe when Jennifer Aniston did? Just some perspective now on the Sony emails – we all know now what Scott Rudin thinks of her and By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 08:36 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Angelina Jolie says she has chicken pox Angelina Jolie will not be attending the Unbroken premiere tonight in Hollywood. Universal released a statement on Friday explaining why: Universal Pictures today confirmed that Angelina Jolie will be withdrawing from public events scheduled over the coming days due to a mild bout of chicken pox. She intends to resume By Lainey • Dec 15, 2014 08:17 am
