Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 12, 2023 Dear Gossips, Is May December a comedy? I mean, I’m the kind of person who laughs in discomfort, in situations where laughter is totally inappropriate, which I guess tracks with this particular film. And I did laugh at some of Natalie Portman’s performance choices because she was so By Lainey • Dec 12, 2023 09:04 am
What Else What Else? Has it been a minute since we’ve seen Julia Fox make the sidewalk her runway? Maybe I was away too long but I feel like these are the first shots I’ve seen of her in a while. And she’s stomping down a street in Los Angeles in By Lainey • Dec 11, 2023 04:01 pm
Relationship Assumption Tom and Irina, chapter two In the previous post about Cardi B and Offset, Stephanie wrote that it remains to be seen whether or not their split is “actually a goodbye… or yet another see you later”. In Tom Brady and Irina Shayk’s case, it turns out it was a see you later. They By Lainey • Dec 11, 2023 02:18 pm
Style Timmy’s Hollywood premiere (with Kylie) PEOPLE.com had a story last week about how Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner were showing up for each other at events and as I noted in my post about their report, it felt like a heads up. They labelled it as an exclusive and they posted another exclusive yesterday, By Lainey • Dec 11, 2023 11:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Taylor Swift: Sunday loss, Monday gold On Friday Taylor Swift was seen in New York with her girlfriends – Selena Gomez, Zoë Kravitz, Cara Delevingne, and a new face to the squad, Anya Taylor Joy. Apparently they went to see Ramy Youssef perform in Brooklyn before heading out for drinks. Sunday, however, Taylor was in Kansas City By Lainey • Dec 11, 2023 10:24 am
Royals Will & Kate’s “Quiet Luxury” Christmas Card Quiet Luxury was one of the biggest style trends of 2023. Quiet luxury is stealth wealth, it’s Gwyneth Paltrow and the Roy family on Succession. As I said back in August, the undercurrent in the quiet luxury trend for those who adopt it is a statement against loud luxury By Lainey • Dec 11, 2023 09:46 am
BTS Intro for December 11, 2023 Dear Gossips, For BTS fans it was a weekend of big emotion. By tomorrow all seven members of the band will be serving mandatory military service in South Korea. In anticipation of the entry, RM and V posted letters to their fans and shared photos of how they’ve been By Lainey • Dec 11, 2023 08:53 am
Style Outfit of the Week: Kerry Washington’s Apples For All That title will make more sense to you when you watch Kerry Washington’s acceptance speech at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment event yesterday where she received the Equity in Entertainment Award. Every point she made was educational and inclusive, starting with an analogy about a fence, an By Lainey • Dec 08, 2023 01:05 pm
Relationship Assumption Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Selena Gomez is dating producer Benny Blanco. She confirmed yesterday in the comments of several different Instagram accounts that they are indeed a couple, and that they’ve been together for six months. What’s news isn’t that she has a boyfriend, the news is how she was interacting By Lainey • Dec 08, 2023 10:37 am
Media Manipulation Adele being Adele At The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Women in Entertainment event yesterday, Adele received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award for her career achievements and for her advocacy. Much of Adele’s philanthropic work is not publicised, by choice, but per THR, she “has been associated with organizations including Grenfell Foundation; Sands, By Lainey • Dec 08, 2023 10:03 am
What Else What Else? Queen Latifah, in her Queen pose, with her Kennedy Center medal, looking so beautiful in a metallic dress. That’s it. That should be enough for you to leave here and go see her…but come back too! (Go Fug Yourself) If you’re looking for gift ideas, consider Black-owned By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 04:00 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession The Color Purple Fashion The big Hollywood premiere of The Color Purple happened last night and… the fashion that this cast and Oprah have been throwing down, my GOD. Let’s start with the Mighty O because we saw her kill it in purple at the Academy Museum Gala last weekend and she was By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 02:34 pm
Quiveration We’re already watching Charles Melton It’s been two days since we’ve talked about Charles Melton here. Let’s fix that. The cast of May December was in London last night to promote the film, which is picking up some awards momentum with two New York Film Critics Circle wins announced last week for By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 11:58 am
BFFs Angelina & Halle: The Enemies to Lovers Trope I just wrote in the previous post about Joshua Jackson and Lupita Nyong’o and the Friends to Lovers trope. Now we have another trope happening – it’s the Enemies to Lovers trope, very popular, and while this isn’t about a conventional romance, friendships can function like romances. Falling By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 10:22 am
Photo Assumption Josh & Lupita: The Friends to Lovers Trope If you’re a regular here at LaineyGossip, you probably know I love a romance, to the point where I pretty much study romance. There are formulas to romance in storytelling, and of course there are tropes. The Friends to Loves trope isn’t my favourite. I am convinced that By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 09:34 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 7, 2023 Dear Gossips, Bradley Cooper has spent the last few weeks since the strike ended promoting his film Maestro. Just as few days ago he and Carey Mulligan were screening the film in London, campaigning for those BAFTA votes. Yesterday, however, an unusual and unofficial campaign stop: working at a food By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 09:05 am
