Best and Worst of 2013 Top of 2013: Robert Downey Jr Two years in a row… The Avengers was the biggest movie of 2012. Iron Man 3 is the biggest movie of 2013. That’s $1.2 billion in global box office. And you cannot argue that that has a lot to do with RDJ’s appeal. Somehow, in his 40s, By Lainey • Dec 24, 2013 11:37 am
Best and Worst of 2013 Best & Worst of 2013: Liam Hemsworth Worst because of all those “intervention” reports. Sure, sure, let them blame the girl, Hemsworth. Let her take the hit while you had January Jones straddling you at an Oscar party. But best because… Well… Can you imagine breaking up with someone and then her face is, literally, EVERYWHERE? Liam By Lainey • Dec 24, 2013 11:13 am
Best and Worst of 2013 Best of 2013: Julia Roberts She came back to us this year, Julia Roberts. We wrote more about Julia in 2013 than we ever have here at LaineyGossip.com. And in a totally “Who’s NATALIE???” way. When a Gossip Year includes Julia Roberts, there’s nothing to complain about. The best part is – there By Lainey • Dec 24, 2013 09:59 am
Brad Pitt Brange’s Australian Christmas Angelina Jolie and all the children boarded a private plane out of Sydney on Friday to begin their holiday break. France? New Orleans? Los Angeles? Queensland. The Family Brange in its entirety was photographed boating on the Coomera River yesterday, perhaps a belated 50th birthday celebration for Brad and a By Lainey • Dec 24, 2013 09:34 am
Intro for December 24, 2013 Dear Gossips, Thank you for your voting for your favourite Gingerbread House yesterday! Click here for a refresher. Your winner: Christmas On The Coast 2nd place: Oh Come All Ye Faithful On Sunday night, Christmas On The Coast did not win the Oscar. It came in third. Instead, the Academy By Lainey • Dec 24, 2013 09:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews iJohnny The first trailer for Johnny Depp’s Transcendence was released this weekend. Johnny Depp doesn’t wear fake teeth. Or a wig. Or cartoon makeup. And he doesn’t speak in an accent. Jesus, how long has it been? It’s so nice to hear his “regular” voice – a deep By Lainey • Dec 23, 2013 02:59 pm
Keith Urban Nicole & Keith in town for a milestone Nicole Kidman’s parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this weekend in Australia. Nicole flew in with the girls on Wednesday – click here to see photos. Keith arrived a couple of days later. And they joined the family, including Nic’s sister, Antonia, for the milestone at the Gunner Barracks By Lainey • Dec 23, 2013 02:20 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Miley’s pom-pom earrings If it’s real, gross on the fur. But I can’t lie – I might be into those pom-pom earrings, no-fur option. There isn’t anywhere I could wear them to but since I can never resist a pom-pom hat, I wonder if together it would be By Lainey • Dec 23, 2013 02:04 pm
Leighton Meester Blair and Seth’s first engaged Christmas Leighton Meester and Adam Brody were out with the dogs yesterday morning in LA. Is it the first time they’ve been sighted together since it was reported that they’re engaged? Let’s pretend that it is. Because I’m just as excited as I was the day it By Lainey • Dec 23, 2013 12:06 pm
Leonardo DiCaprio Uncle Leo and the kids He’s Uncle Leo to Tobey Maguire’s kids, Ruby and Otis. Also to his girlfriends, but that’s not what we’re doing here. At least not yet. Check out Leonardo DiCaprio in Hollywood yesterday with Maguire’s wife, Jennifer Meyer, and children after lunch. Tobey apparently had to By Lainey • Dec 23, 2013 11:34 am
Hook Ups Drake & Zoe are wearing me down As you know, Drake and Rihanna are my jam, my Genie wish. But as I also said last week, Drake managed to find an exception. It’s not like Matt Kemp who went from Rihanna to one of Kanye West’s fiancee’s sisters. There is not only no shame By Lainey • Dec 23, 2013 11:21 am
Beyoncé Beysus doesn’t settle with anyone Beyonce’s visual album Beyonce has now topped one million copies. When she first dropped her flawlessness on iTunes, Target and then Amazon declared that they wouldn’t stock the card copy because she chose to partner with Apple. So what did B do? Oh she dropped in on a By Lainey • Dec 23, 2013 10:53 am
Gwyneth Paltrow Gwyneth’s Christmas settlement Fights are being resolved everywhere, just in time for Christmas. But if this is the season of forgiveness, why am I so disappointed? According to US Weekly, Gwyneth Paltrow and Vanity Fair’s Graydon Carter are friends again. Or, I should say, they don’t want to hate each other By Lainey • Dec 23, 2013 10:27 am
Tom Cruise Tom Cruise’s Christmas settlement The Hollywood Reporter broke the news late Friday that Tom Cruise and Bauer Publishing (INTOUCH, LIFE&STYLE) have settled. Cruise was suing the magazines for $50 million for suggesting that he’d “abandoned” daughter Suri after Ninja Katie left him in the middle of the night but he was By Lainey • Dec 23, 2013 09:49 am
Justin Timberlake SNL is all about JT Saturday Night Live this weekend was supposed to be hosted by Jimmy Fallon. What ended up happening was that it was hosted by Justin Timberlake and co-hosted by Jimmy Fallon. The only time cast members were given an opportunity to shine? When JT WASN’T in the sketches. But By Lainey • Dec 23, 2013 09:29 am
Intro for December 23, 2013 Dear Gossips, It’s an annual tradition at my friend Lorella’s. And it’s become a very serious tradition here at LaineyGossip – judging the Gingerbread Houses! Click here and here to see the entries and winners from previous years. We don’t f-ck around. The gingerbread houses were By Lainey • Dec 23, 2013 09:06 am