Gorgessity Michael Fassbender surfs with Alicia Vikander Michael Fassbender is in Australia working on a film called The Light Between Oceans with Alicia Vikander. They play husband and wife. But it’s not a romance. He looks after a lighthouse. Their marriage is strained because she can’t have children. Then a baby shows up in a By Lainey • Dec 01, 2014 11:29 am
Media Manipulation Angelina presents Unbroken Angelina Jolie and her cast were in LA yesterday to screen Unbroken at the Writers Guild of America. There were influential Oscar voters in the audience. And press. And now that the embargo has been lifted, we finally have a better idea of whether or not Unbroken can get to By Lainey • Dec 01, 2014 11:06 am
Media Manipulation British Contenders and their fiancees Benedict Cumberbatch and fiancée Sophie Hunter (in Erdem) attended the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards together last night. Of course he’d be there. Because even though he’s been hustling his balls off for an Oscar, that voice was meant for the stage, don’t you know? And he’ By Lainey • Dec 01, 2014 10:42 am
Relationship Assumption Vanessa doesn’t look back Would you? With what you know now of Johnny Depp, would you look back? I wouldn’t. Not if I’m Vanessa Paradis. There’s only so much of that bullsh-t you can handle. It’s Amber Heard’s problem now. Check out an affectionate Vanessa this weekend in By Lainey • Dec 01, 2014 10:23 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Gillian’s terrible tiers If you’ve watched The Fall, you know Gillian Anderson can do better than his dress, and this hair. It would have been better if she’d let it down. It would have been better if those black tiers weren’t there and the small yellow flowers were just left By Lainey • Dec 01, 2014 09:56 am
Quiveration James McAvoy sings Barry Manilow And he can! He can! James McAvoy was on Jonathan Ross this weekend. So was Barry Manilow. And it turns out McAvoy is a Fanilow. He told Ross that he used to dress up in his sisters “wee white trousers” as a kid to sing “the love story of Tony By Lainey • Dec 01, 2014 09:45 am
Hook Ups Taylor Swift’s new boyfriend? Just before the American Music Awards last weekend, Taylor Swift was photographed wearing a The 1975 t-shirt. She and Selena Gomez and some other friends went to see the band’s show at the Palladium. That wasn’t a secret. She posted about it on Instagram. Here’s the By Lainey • Dec 01, 2014 09:26 am
Intro for December 1, 2014 Dear Gossips, It’s December. Jacek and I put our tree and lights up this weekend. We are ready. Typically, every year, I have my Christmas shopping done by December 2. That’s tomorrow. This year I’m not sure if I’m making my deadline because …teenagers. You know. By Lainey • Dec 01, 2014 08:32 am
Music Madonna’s Rebel Heart Parts of Rebel Heart, a new song from Madonna, leaked last night. Alan just sent me a link to it. Click here to listen. People are complaining about the vocals. They’re rough right now but this is probably a rough cut. To me this is not what’s offensive. By Lainey • Nov 28, 2014 01:19 pm
Weddings Work more, talk less Yesterday in Smutty Tingles, I wrote that “I have Benedict Cumberbatch love and engagement fatigue, GOD." Every day there’s another quote about how much he loves his fiancée and how much she loves him and why they decided to list their engagement and why she walked the carpet By Lainey • Nov 28, 2014 12:45 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Jake’s new shepherd Jake Gyllenhaal was in New York for Thanksgiving. Gossip Pop Quiz: You remember how he spent Thanksgiving four years ago? He was in Brooklyn. He went for a walk. With who? Come on. You know this. It yielded years of conversation. Click here to see the pictures. Anyway, this year By Lainey • Nov 28, 2014 12:07 pm
BFFs Kate & Cara’s Thanksgiving Cara Delevingne has been in LA all week. The other day she was hanging out with Cody Simpson and model Gigi Hadid. I’ve attached photos below. Last night though, for US Thanksgiving, she was over at Kate Hudson’s, hanging out with the entire family. Goldie, Kurt Russell, Kate’ By Lainey • Nov 28, 2014 10:54 am
Music New music from Idris Lorella texted me this morning and asked me if I’d heard Idris Elba’s new song. I told her I hadn’t and that I didn’t want to. Because…well… You’ve seen his Private Garden before, right? Look. I’d love a situation in which my private By Lainey • Nov 28, 2014 10:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 28, 2014 Dear Gossips, Welcome back to our American friends returning from Thanksgiving. We were business as usual yesterday here if you want to get caught up. Today is for the nerds. Because the first Star Wars 7 teaser trailer will be released in select theatres and iTunes. It will run 88 By Lainey • Nov 28, 2014 09:47 am
Quiveration Thanksgiving Quiveration He was the breakout star at the Emmy Awards… Cary Fukunaga won Best Direction for True Detective and the whole world was like, um, helloooo, I want that. Remember? Today, Page Six told me that he’s talking about a new film in Man Of The World magazine. So then By Lainey • Nov 27, 2014 03:59 pm
Music Do we need to talk about Nick Jonas? People have been talking about Nick Jonas since the end of the summer. I’ve not posted once about him. Part of it is because I didn’t quite believe it would stick. But Nick Jonas seems to be sticking. Is it the song? Is it Jealous? I mean, it’ By Lainey • Nov 27, 2014 03:45 pm