Douchebags A Lawsuit for Gossip Justin Baldoni, his partners, and associates have filed a countersuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds accusing them of civil extortion, defamation, and invasion of privacy. Justin and his cohort are seeking $400 million in damages; this is in addition to the $250 million they’re suing The New York By Lainey • Jan 17, 2025 12:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for January 17, 2025 Dear Gossips, It’s Friday, and it has been a f-cking WEEK. So we’re going to kick the weekend off right… with Keke Palmer! Actually not just Keke but Keke, SZA, and Issa Rae because they’ve spent the last few days working hard promoting their movie, One By Lainey • Jan 17, 2025 09:22 am
What Else What Else? Justin Baldoni and his partners have now formally sued Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. It’s over 170 pages and I’m about 60 pages through it and so far my takeaway is that Justin Baldoni says that Justin Baldoni is awesome and innocent and a hero to women and By Lainey • Jan 16, 2025 04:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Joe Alwyn does a talk show Adrien Brody was in London yesterday for the premiere of The Brutalist along with director Brady Corbet, co-writer Mona Fastvold, and co-stars Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce. Meanwhile Joe Alwyn, who’s also a member of the cast, and is from London, was in New York and made By Lainey • Jan 16, 2025 01:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Timmy and Kylie: A New Milestone and an Anniversary Timothée Chalamet was in Paris yesterday, continuing the European press tour for A Complete Unknown. He’s been making headlines this week for rolling up to the London premiere on a Lime bike, revealing later on Quotidien that he ended up getting fined something like 70 Euros for not parking By Lainey • Jan 16, 2025 12:13 pm
Gorgessity Welcome Back, Cameron Diaz When I first started LaineyGossip, Cameron Diaz was one of our main characters. Because she was one of Hollywood’s main characters. Cameron was at the top of the Hollywood hierarchy in the early 2000s, the queen of rom-coms, during the Charlie’s Angels era, and prestige work in By Lainey • Jan 16, 2025 11:35 am
Amazingness Intro for January 16, 2025 Dear Gossips, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy comes out in less than a month and Renée Zellweger covers the new issue of British Vogue as she kicks off promotion. Renée’s hair is short, she is styled in mostly menswear, she looks great, and I can’t wait to By Lainey • Jan 16, 2025 09:43 am
What Else What Else? Justin Baldoni’s bombastic legal team made headlines again yesterday because he came for Disney – something something about communications related to the Nicepool character in Deadpool and Wolverine and whether or not this is proof that Ryan Reynolds bullied him. Another distraction tactic which is part of the DARVO playbook. By Lainey • Jan 15, 2025 04:02 pm
Hook Ups Lewis & Sofia?!!? This is the kind of gossip we need right now. Even if it turns out to be nothing. Because it’s unproblematic, with all kinds of potential, and it’s hot. In the best way, where the only thing that could be burning is the sheets from the heat of By Lainey • Jan 15, 2025 12:08 pm
Taylor Swift Intro for January 15, 2025 Dear Gossips, This week, a pop culture twist that no one could have predicted: is China becoming a pop culture super power in the west? First, let me put it in the most simple terms – China has enjoyed its own independent star system for a long time. After decades of By Lainey • Jan 15, 2025 10:13 am
What Else What Else? Brooke Shields is on a press tour to promote her new memoir. She made headlines last week because in the book she talks about the time a doctor, without her consent, gave her vulva a glow-up when we she went in for a medically necessary procedure. As I said By Lainey • Jan 14, 2025 04:01 pm
TV Updates Do it for Club Chalamet Over the last couple of years, whenever there’s been any news about Timothée Chalamet, “someone check on Club Chalamet” has been a common reaction on social media. That expression took on a different complexion over the last few days as the person who runs Club Chalamet, who is essentially By Lainey • Jan 14, 2025 02:16 pm
Break Ups Jessica Simpson: Not your usual breakup statement Probably not a surprise, right? There was speculation through the back half of last year about Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson’s marriage. They hadn’t been seen together pretty much all of 2024. She wasn’t wearing her ring. She was hinting that heartbreak was fueling her return to By Lainey • Jan 14, 2025 10:25 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for January 14, 2025 Dear Gossips, It was a week ago today that the Palisades fire broke out and it remains largely uncontained. High winds over the next few days are challenging the progress that firefighters have made as another fire, the Auto fire had burned through 56 acres as of this morning. As By Lainey • Jan 14, 2025 09:33 am
Top Reads How This Hot Bitch is Helping For those of you who are new to LaineyGossip, “This Hot Bitch” is how I refer to Sharon Stone. She’s hot AF, she’s a bitch in the best way, and she’s bringing her best right now in Los Angeles during this unimaginable crisis. Here she is telling By Lainey • Jan 10, 2025 11:08 am
What Else What Else? Sarah noted the disrespect of the Golden Globes towards Viola Davis in one of her posts on Monday and this is Kathleen’s essay about Viola’s impact on the industry, her incredible body of work, and how she took the opportunity in her acceptance speech to keep shining – from By Lainey • Jan 09, 2025 04:24 pm
