Movie Reviews and Previews GOOP gets a job They’re going to try to make a deal in Cannes this week for a film called The Secret In Their Eyes, adapted from the Oscar winning Argentine film of the same name. Production will begin in Boston in the fall. Fresh off his first nomination, Chiwetel Ejiofor will play By Lainey • May 14, 2014 10:12 am
Girly Throw Downs Drama in the elevator: Why? Beyonce, Jay Z, and Solange Knowles aren’t talking. At least not directly. So we’re getting a lot of speculation from “sources”. According to the NY Daily News, Solange was already raging at Rachel Roy and some other people. And then Jay was annoyed at her because some of By Lainey • May 14, 2014 09:45 am
Intro for May 14, 2014 Dear Gossips, Deadline reports that Jessica Chastain is being pursued as the female lead in Tom Cruise’s upcoming Mission: Impossible 5. That doesn’t mean she’ll say yes, only that she’s the one they want. Which is flattering. But…does she need it? Chastain will be in By Lainey • May 14, 2014 09:01 am
Smutty Surgery Maybe Granny goes to the dentist a lot The lovely and delightful Emily Procter – Ainsley Hayes! Caleigh Duquesne! – co-hosted The Social with us last week. It was her second time. She’s THE BEST. Anyway, she told this story on the air about why – in her words – her eyebrows looked so crazy. That’s how she described By Lainey • May 13, 2014 04:21 pm
Maple Leaf Pull down your pants Lower! Justin Bieber went horseback riding yesterday. He had to take his shirt off. Then, when he dismounted, he had to make sure his pants weren’t hitched up too high. High meaning normal, like, hip level. Hip level is too high. The pants must be low enough to see By Lainey • May 13, 2014 04:02 pm
Style Amal’s London style Amal Alamuddin has arrived back in London after her engagement party in LA the other day – click here for a refresher. OK, now I’m obsessed. I’m obsessed with her. Her street style. I f-cking LOVE her. How these jeans hang. Her shoes. Her shoe steeze is my By Lainey • May 13, 2014 01:32 pm
Maple Leaf Blake & Pam: Blondes in Cannes You can’t imagine how much joy I’m taking in putting these two in the same article… Blake Lively has arrived in Cannes likely for her role as L’Oreal ambassador but her husband, Ryan Reynolds, has a film in the festival from director Atom Egoyan called The Captive By Lainey • May 13, 2014 01:06 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Zoe’s black dress much better than the MET I don’t understand why Zoe Kravitz wore what she wore to the MET Gala last week except probably some designer made her do it. Last night’s Lanvin would have been so much better. I’m obsessed with this black dress. A strapless black dress that’s neither boring By Lainey • May 13, 2014 12:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Gong Li comes home Cannes has always been good to Gong Li. You could even call it adoration. I was once in an elevator with Gong Li in Cannes at the Carleton Hotel. As a Chinese person, growing up influenced by Chinese pop culture, it was an awesome moment. She was the face of By Lainey • May 13, 2014 11:50 am
Girly Throw Downs A message from the Carters Nets game last night in Brooklyn. The Carters came with a message: We’re good. This just hours after TMZ posted the video of Solange Knowles losing her sh-t on Jay Z in an elevator after the MET Gala after-party. Love reading all your interpretations of what went By Lainey • May 13, 2014 10:51 am
BFFs Legs and a blazer Sometimes that’s all you need. And Julia’s been doing it since Pretty Woman. Here she is at The Normal Heart premiere last night in Dior. I LOVE this look. It’s better than almost all of her looks during award season. It’s cute. It’s fresh. It’ By Lainey • May 13, 2014 10:24 am
BFFs Brange’s Normal Heart Plan B produced The Normal Heart. So Brange showed up last night at the NY premiere of the film. (I desperately want a screener for this. Is anyone listening?) As you can imagine, it was a major win for HBO that the two decided to attend. HBO President Richard Pepler By Lainey • May 13, 2014 09:44 am
Hook Ups Chris & Alexa: first photo I reported last week that Chris Martin and Alexa Chung were out together in New York the night after the MET Gala. Click here for a refresher. Now HEAT Magazine has the photo. Not a pap photo but a shot that looks like it was taken on the creep by By Lainey • May 13, 2014 09:12 am
Beyoncé Intro for May 13, 2014 Dear Gossips, There’s only one story, right? The main story: Beyonce, Jay Z, and Solange Knowles. More on that later this morning. Worry though about the person who released that video. Because The Beygency is real. We’re not even halfway through yet and already 2014 could be a By Lainey • May 13, 2014 08:57 am
Gorgessity Jolie, JLO No connection. I just opened up the photo agency database and saw that they were both in New York today and making the same face. So I thought I’d side-by-side the two just for kicks. Angelina Jolie is in New York and was photographed leaving a meeting By Lainey • May 12, 2014 04:50 pm
Girly Throw Downs Beyonce body language This story is blowing up. TMZ has now released extended footage of what happened in that elevator between Solange Knowles, Jay Z, and Beyonce. If you’re trying to understand what went down that night, if you’re looking for hints, clues, anything that might reveal the truth, it’s By Lainey • May 12, 2014 03:49 pm