Dumbass F-cking Sorkin! “F-cking Sorkin!” is what Duana and I outburst at each other because Aaron Sorkin is impossible. I first wrote about “F-cking Sorkin!” two days after Donald Trump won the US election when Sorkin posted an open letter to his wife and daughter about how bitterly disappointed they were By Lainey • Mar 27, 2017 11:07 am
Photo Assumption The Afflecks on Sunday Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner took their kids to church yesterday. And, as you can see from these photos, it’s like the last two years never happened. This shot of them angling their faces towards each other is probably making the cover of at least one weekly tabloid: BEN By Lainey • Mar 27, 2017 10:13 am
Hook Ups Kate Hudson & Danny Fujikawa in New York Kate Hudson has a new boyfriend – Danny Fujikawa, a musician. They were in New York together this weekend. At one point yesterday, after dinner, according to the paps, they kissed outside the restaurant for 10 minutes. But that’s so Kate Hudson. She’s never been discreet when she’s By Lainey • Mar 27, 2017 09:13 am
Books Intro for March 27, 2017 Dear Gossips, There’s a book bandwagon that’s been steadily gaining momentum over the last few weeks. I just hopped on that bandwagon this weekend. Calling someone a “bandwagon follower” is generally not a compliment. So you can criticise me. But I am not ashamed. I am not ashamed By Lainey • Mar 27, 2017 08:37 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) More bedtime stories with Tom Hardy Tom Hardy on the set of Peaky Blinders today with Cillian Murphy. And his dog, Woody, is with him. Woody has also been with him on his two previous appearances on CBeebies Bedtime Stories. It was just announced that Tom is doing yet another bedtime story. This weekend. For Mother’ By Lainey • Mar 24, 2017 03:34 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Janelle’s sparkle ankles Janelle Monae. In a semi-formal dress, basically. A dress I would hate. If not for the boots. The boots are flat, cuffed at the ankle. And studded. SO good, right? By Lainey • Mar 24, 2017 01:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Summer of Charlize Can you believe it’s the last weekend of March? We are a quarter of the way through 2017. OMG we are three years from 2020. Anyyyyyway, winter is officially over. So it’s blockbuster season. Beauty And The Beast already broke the March opening weekend box office record with By Lainey • Mar 24, 2017 01:12 pm
TV Updates Big Little Lies: Six Big Little Lies, episode 6 is on Sunday. And next week is the series finale. So we’re getting there, we’re getting close. And it’s already been so tense up to this point. If you watch the show (OF COURSE YOU WATCH THE SHOW IT’S THE SHOW By Lainey • Mar 24, 2017 11:43 am
Douchebags John Mayer’s performative contrition John Mayer has a new album coming out. It’s called The Search For Everything. And it’s his return to, as he calls it, “blockbuster” music. Basically he says he was on a self-imposed exile from big pop because he hated himself after being a douchebag so he By Lainey • Mar 24, 2017 11:16 am
Intro for March 24, 2017 Dear Gossips, Last Friday in this space, I posted about the disturbance in the gossip landscape with American Media Inc’s purchase of US Weekly. Yesterday 40 US Weekly staff members were reportedly let go, including Michael Steele, editor in chief, and editorial director Jamiee Zanzinger. US Weekly’s entire By Lainey • Mar 24, 2017 09:32 am
TV Updates Alexa & Alex together in New York It’s been a while since Alexa Chung and Alexander Skarsgard have been photographed together. Which is why so many people assumed that they’d broken up. Here they are today in New York, together. Another example of how not being photographed together sometimes doesn’t mean anything. Like the By Lainey • Mar 23, 2017 04:24 pm
Keira Knightley Tomorrow night… Actually Red Nose Day is tomorrow in the UK. So just one more sleep until the Love Actually 10 minute short film that they’ve been shooting all month. Ahead of tomorrow night’s premiere, they released a trailer yesterday featuring many of your faves. And your top fave, Bill Nighy. By Lainey • Mar 23, 2017 04:08 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Elizabeth’s sequined jumpsuit I kept thinking all day that I’ve seen this somewhere else. And then I realised it was Celine Dion. Only she wore it as a dress in green with a giant bow at the Grammys, remember? You can tell that Elizabeth Banks’s jumpsuit and Celine’s dress are By Lainey • Mar 23, 2017 03:49 pm
Royals Kate carries on I’m sorry in advance if what follows doesn’t come out quite right. What happened yesterday in London was senseless and terrible, of course it was. Is it OK to say that I admire so much how so many people reacted to the horror, helping in any way they By Lainey • Mar 23, 2017 03:28 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Kiernan’s tiger and stripes This. Sweater. I f-cking love this sweater so much. My mother is a Tiger, born 1950. I’d wear it for her. Or buy it for her. But, of course, it’s Gucci because everything is Gucci right now. And it’s over a grand. And I don’t By Lainey • Mar 23, 2017 01:35 pm
Media Manipulation This week in Brad Pitt I posted the other day about that corny Daily Mail story on Brad Pitt and his sad songs and sad art. Right after that PEOPLE followed with a similar – though maybe less “sad”-focused story – about Brad’s “new hobby – sculpture!” The next day, Wednesday, PEOPLE then reported exclusively that By Lainey • Mar 23, 2017 11:58 am
