Intro for May 15, 2014 Dear Gossips, Last night I was invited to be on CNN for Don Lemon’s show to discuss celebrity bad behaviour and the privacy issue in the TMZ age in light of everything that’s gone down this week re: Beyonce, Jay Z, Solange, Donald Sterling, and Justin Bieber. As By Lainey • May 15, 2014 09:19 am
Relationship Assumption Princess Amal Amal Alamuddin went for a hair appointment today at John Freida Salon in London. They papped her. They also papped shots of engagement decorations outside her home. I guess there was a party last night. I guess it’s the setting, how London streets look in photos, but for some By Lainey • May 14, 2014 04:38 pm
Smutty Surgery Nicole in Cannes: back in blue Cannes 2013. A year ago, you remember? Nicole Kidman was on the jury. And it was fashion porn, night after night. On the best night? A strapless gown with blue lips. L’Wren Scott. Click here for a refresher. So she’s back. In blue. For Grace of Monaco, this By Lainey • May 14, 2014 04:08 pm
Cannes 2014 Zoe & Blake on the carpet Cannes opening night. Zoe Saldana and Blake Lively at the Palais, both representatives of L’Oreal. Side by side, back and forth, one all in white, the other all in brown. That’s a great pony on Blake. Probably extensions. And whoever does them does a great job. The dress By Lainey • May 14, 2014 03:49 pm
Royals Prince William and the celebrities Prince William hosted an event last night for the Royal Marsden and all kinds of celebrities were there, including Cate Blanchett, Kate Moss, Ralph Lauren and family, and Benedict Cumberbatch. At one point Kate Moss asked him about Kate Middleton. He told her she wasn’t coming and Moss’s By Lainey • May 14, 2014 01:35 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Maleficent covers PEOPLE Today is the one year anniversary of Angelina Jolie’s op-ed in The New York Times in which she revealed that she’d had a preventative double mastectomy. May 14, 2013. Click here to re-read it. This year she’s appearing in a different kind of publication. It’s a By Lainey • May 14, 2014 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Daniel shorter Daniel Craig was wearing his hair slightly longer for a while when he was on Broadway last year for Betrayal. Last night he stepped out in New York for an event at the Museum of Modern Art with a much shorter style. You like it? Word is he’s starting By Lainey • May 14, 2014 11:47 am
BFFs Beyonce’s sending messages Beyonce’s been busy on Instagram today. As mentioned earlier, she posted several pictures of her with Solange this morning – click here for a refresher. And 45 minutes ago (it’s 11am ET right now), she posted a shot with Rihanna at the MET Gala. Perhaps in response to the By Lainey • May 14, 2014 11:20 am
Smutty Surgery Grace’s terrible reviews Grace Of Monaco, starring Nicole Kidman, will open the Cannes Film Festival. The photo call happened today at the Palais. We’re going to come back to that in a minute. Let’s start with the reviews. They’re terrible. The BBC reports that people were laughing during the screening By Lainey • May 14, 2014 11:08 am
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 them, 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 shoe 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