Movie Reviews and Previews Jeremy Allen White: Guns and The Iron Claw I posted photos of Jeremy Allen White looking ripped last Friday, might as well do it again this Friday and go two-for-two. Here he is yesterday out in LA for brunch with friends in a white tank with his guns out. And conveniently on the same day it By Lainey • Jul 28, 2023 01:42 pm
Douchebags A Convenient Brad Pitt Romance Update Earlier this week, Sarah wrote about Dwayne Johnson’s donation to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation and her opening sentence made me laugh: “…it’s a battle of the A-listers as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made a seven-figure donation to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Relief Fund, while everyone wonders By Lainey • Jul 28, 2023 12:43 pm
Shout-Outs July 28, 2023 – Shout-Outs Paula! Happy Birthday with love from Carolina who is extending the annual tradition! She also told me about your Taylor Swift tickets… in Scotland!!! I know it’s another year before you go but I am excited for you so by request, here’s Taylor Swift and your daddy, LOL, By Lainey • Jul 28, 2023 10:28 am
Music Intro for July 28, 2023 Dear Gossips, Travis Scott released his highly anticipated new album yesterday, Utopia. The album features collaborations and contributions from over a dozen big name artists… including the greatest entertainer of our time, the Queen herself, Beyoncé. The track is called “Delresto (Echoes)” and while, as usual, because Beyoncé locks her By Lainey • Jul 28, 2023 09:56 am
Break Ups Rosalía and Rauw make statements It was big news earlier this week when news broke that Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro had ended their engagement. The official word was that it was amicable…but, of course, that’s no longer how our brains work. It’s becoming increasingly impossible for us to believe that when celebrities By Lainey • Jul 27, 2023 12:50 pm
BFFs The Octogenarian Stone and his biggest fan Mick Jagger turned 80 years old yesterday. There was a big party in London where Mick was joined by three of his daughters, Jade, Elizabeth, and Georgia May, and also retired ballerina Melanie Hamrick. It was recently reported that they’re now engaged. They’ve been together since 2014 and By Lainey • Jul 27, 2023 10:53 am
What Else What Else? Oh look, it’s Kristen Bell talking about her kids again – and it’s making headlines again. This happens every six months or so: a Kristen Bell/Dax Shepard parenting story goes viral and … are we supposed to talk about it or not? (Cele|bitchy) Oppenheimer is a big movie. By Lainey • Jul 26, 2023 04:10 pm
Business of Hollywood The Sweet Spot of Striking Actors As Sarah noted the other day in her post about Dwayne The Rock Johnson’s historic donation to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, major movie stars have largely stayed away from the picket lines – intentionally. The big name celebrities, she wrote, are a distraction. There’s already so much misinformation about By Lainey • Jul 26, 2023 03:24 pm
Style Jamie Chung’s sheer dress I am low-key obsessed with Jamie Chung and Bryan Greenberg. They were in a movie together in 2015 called Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong and I don’t know how it was received but I think I watched it three times back to back. A romance set in Hong By Lainey • Jul 26, 2023 10:22 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for July 26, 2023 Dear Gossips, In Sarah’s excellent coverage of the Hollywood strike over the last few weeks, she has warned of corporate propaganda and how, at least initially, the studios attempt to portray the writers and actors as unreasonable and spoiled in their demands hasn’t worked. She also noted that By Lainey • Jul 26, 2023 09:47 am
What Else What Else? Hard to believe but maybe not… because the Dan Wootton scandal just keeps getting worse and worse and it was already very, very bad right off the top! But now Byline Times is sharing even more information. This story has blackmail and coercion and additional sexual harassment – which, again, are By Lainey • Jul 25, 2023 04:04 pm
Break Ups The End of Rosalìa and Rauw Alejandro I am having a very, very hard time processing this so I can’t even imagine how the Latin community must be feeling… NOOOOOOOOOO! PEOPLE had the exclusive this morning and it basically ruined everyone’s day with sources saying that “despite the love and respect the singers have for By Lainey • Jul 25, 2023 03:24 pm
Gorgessity Simona Tabasco, Emmy Nominee Simona Tabasco, who most of us in North America first met in The White Lotus season two in which she played Lucia, aka the winner of The White Lotus season two, is now an Outstanding Supporting Actress Emmy nominee for her work on the show. She also was named to By Lainey • Jul 25, 2023 02:46 pm
Music Simu Singing: A Chinese Tradition Simu Liu currently stars as a Ken in Barbie, the #1 movie in 55 markets around the world. By now many if not most of you reading this have seen his performance – he’s a frenemy Ken, a villain and a BFF, he dances, he sings, he poses, he pumps, By Lainey • Jul 25, 2023 12:54 pm
Hook Ups Tom and Irina: “There is an attraction” TMZ and Page Six had the exclusives yesterday as paparazzi were able to get photos of Tom Brady and Irina Shayk together in LA for a sleepover. Since the pap shots are the origin of the story, outlets are now trying to fill in details about this new situationship through By Lainey • Jul 25, 2023 11:56 am
Music Intro for July 25, 2023 Dear Gossips, Yesterday I posted about BTS’s Jungkook taking the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for his song “Seven” ft Latto. There’s no overstating just how close it was – and while I wrote yesterday that BTS fans, like me, had been refreshing all day waiting for By Lainey • Jul 25, 2023 09:40 am
