Intro for May 12, 2016 Dear Gossips, Before bed last night I read a piece at Salon about pop culture FOMO that I’m still thinking about this morning. Artists keep dropping new releases without warning. And then the internet rushes to consume and analyse…before the next New Big Thing comes out. Kendrick Lamar By Lainey • May 12, 2016 09:31 am
Cannes 2016 Posh’s understated Cannes Victoria Beckham is in Cannes. Don’t ask me what official business she’s there for. Does it matter? It’s Cannes. As you know, the Cannes carpet is the EXTRA carpet. This is where, if you want to, you can do MORE. It’s excessive, it’s obscene, and By Lainey • May 11, 2016 04:44 pm
Music Lin-Manuel Miranda: the answer? Yesterday I posted about Justin Timberlake, Trolls, and Can’t Stop The Feeling, whether or not the song would be his Oscar. And then a reader called Stefanie wrote to remind me that Lin-Manuel Miranda is writing the music for Disney’s Moana, opening in November, just a couple By Lainey • May 11, 2016 04:22 pm
Cannes 2016 Vanessa knew Vanessa Paradis is a member of the jury at Cannes this year. Here she is at a jury dinner last night and at the photo call today. Last night her ex Johnny Depp was in London at the Alice Through The Looking Glass premiere, considerably cleaner than he was at By Lainey • May 11, 2016 01:50 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Naomi’s Cannes one-piece I’m in love. I mean, the outfit on its own is wonderful, the print, the wide white cuffs… But the scarf around the neck and those adorable, adorable sandal-heels make the entire look really special. By Lainey • May 11, 2016 01:07 pm
Relationship Assumption Courteney & Johnny’s first back-together carpet The BMI Pop Awards happened last night. Johnny McDaid was there with Courteney Cox, their first official appearance together since calling off the engagement and getting back together. As we’ve seen, their reunion has been photographed a few times in the last couple of months. She’s also been By Lainey • May 11, 2016 12:59 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Kate Beckinsale’s sheer panels I’m shocked Kate Hudson didn’t get to this dress first. In white. Or JLO. I mean, it’s fine. It’s obvious. And the little flare detail at the bottom is trying to make it less obvious but it’s still obvious what this dress is trying to By Lainey • May 11, 2016 12:51 pm
Media Manipulation Batfleck Big Homie “Big Homie better grow up” is what Beyoncé sings in Sorry on Lemonade. I compared B’s Lemonade to Jennifer Garner’s Vanity Fair last week – click here for a refresher. And, well, like Jay Z, Ben Affleck might be hugging some ankles before the end of the summer too. By Lainey • May 11, 2016 12:41 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Isla’s hip bow If you’d shown me this dress on the hanger, I’d be like, get that prom sh-t away from me. But Isla Fisher puts it on and…it works! The hip bow looks great on her. And this is a great shoe choice that you wouldn’t see By Lainey • May 11, 2016 12:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews In Cannes: Kristen Stewart & Blake’s silence Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Corey Stoll, and Jesse Eisenberg with Woody Allen at the photo call for Café Society in Cannes today. Let’s begin with an upliftingly gross quote from 80 year old Woody: Woody Allen: "I’m 80. I can’t believe it. I’m so youthful, By Lainey • May 11, 2016 11:14 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Chloë’s platforms Duana alerted me to the fact that NY Mag referred to Chloë Grace Moretz as a “teenage umlaut” last week, screaming in laughter. Anyway, she’s in Gucci and she’s wearing the same platforms I hated on Keri Russell a few weeks ago – click here for a refresher. I By Lainey • May 11, 2016 10:42 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Kiki’s Cannes yellow LOVE IT! The collar kinda looks like a server’s dress but that gold belt makes it something else entirely. It’s such a bright, fresh way to start the festival. Am so excited for what she’ll be bringing every night to the palais. By Lainey • May 11, 2016 10:12 am
Hook Ups Jenny Slate, Chris Evans…and Anna Faris? Did you ever listen to that episode of Anna Faris’s Unqualified podcast featuring Chris Evans, Jenny Slate, and a guest appearance by Chris Pratt? I wrote about it last month – click here for a refresher. In that post, I commented that Chris Evans is the guy with a Scott By Lainey • May 11, 2016 10:04 am
Sports Intro for May 11, 2016 Dear Gossips, Every few weeks or so, Duana will send me something that Retta’s posted on Twitter and, every time, it’s amazing. Which is why I could not wait to read her piece in Lenny that was published yesterday about how she, “a black girl from Jersey”, became By Lainey • May 11, 2016 09:31 am
Quiveration Matt & James This is a post about two beautiful men. Actually one beautiful man and one straight up angel. Matt Bomer, the angel. Every time I see him, and I’ve seen him several times, it’s shocking. SHOCKING how crazy stupid perfect he is. And it’s not like I’ve By Lainey • May 10, 2016 04:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Amal’s first Cannes Amal and George Clooney have arrived in the South of France, ahead of the Cannes Film Festival opening tomorrow night. George is there for Money Monster, directed by Jodie Foster, co-starring Julia Roberts. So it’ll be Amal’s first time on the tapis rouge at the Palais. What By Lainey • May 10, 2016 03:20 pm
