Style Barbenheimer London: Flo joins the Bomb Squad We’ve been talking for weeks about the Barbie-Oppenheimer aka Barbenheimer double feature next Friday. We’ve been talking all day about the possible actors’ strike that could start at midnight. And now, just hours ahead of whatever might happen, the casts of both films are in London – what could By Lainey • Jul 12, 2023 11:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Oppenheimer in Paris As we’ve mentioned a few times now in today’s posts, the deadline for the producers and the actors to reach a new deal is tonight. And if that doesn’t happen, the actors have already decided to join the writers on strike. Sarah just wrote in the previous By Lainey • Jul 12, 2023 10:47 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for July 12, 2023 Dear Gossips, The Emmy nominations will be announced today and there’s no question that Abbott Elementary will lead the nominations on the comedy side and that Succession will come in with the most nominations out of everyone. What we’re watching for is just how many nominations Succession will By Lainey • Jul 12, 2023 09:30 am
What Else What Else? Brad Pitt is involved in at least a couple of lawsuits over Chateau Miraval. He is suing Angelina Jolie (and she’s countersuing him) for selling her share of the estate and he’s being sued by the new owners who are accusing him of mismanaging the business, among other By Lainey • Jul 11, 2023 04:17 pm
The Super Models When this project was announced almost three years ago now, I wrote “OH MY GOD YES PLEASE NOW HURRY WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT?!” And now the wait is almost over – Apple has announced that the docuseries will be released September 20…. Christy! Cindy! Linda! Naomi! They’re coming By Lainey • Jul 11, 2023 03:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise’s Impossible Mission I was in New York last Thursday and Friday for the Oppenheimer junket. More on that in the coming days because I can’t actually remember if there’s an embargo; I can tell you, however, that Cillian Murphy will probably be nominated for an Oscar for his performance, he’ By Lainey • Jul 11, 2023 12:41 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for July 11, 2023 Dear Gossips, The deadline is tonight. SAG-AFTRA’s current contract expires at midnight PT and, as we know, the actors have already agreed to strike should a new deal that addresses their concerns not be reached. And this deadline was already a push from the original deadline which was June By Lainey • Jul 11, 2023 09:22 am
What Else What Else? Julia Fox was in Toronto this weekend. Did she pick a good weekend or a bad weekend to be in town? Because obviously there was only one story in Toronto this weekend and her name is Beyoncé. In another part of the city on Saturday night though Julia was showing By Lainey • Jul 10, 2023 04:15 pm
Sports Shakira at Silverstone In my post about Shakira on Friday about her at Paris Fashion Week, I wondered whether or not she’d pop over to London from Paris for the British Grand Prix. And indeed she did – Shakira was in the paddock on Sunday and watched as Lewis finished on the podium By Lainey • Jul 10, 2023 03:45 pm
Hook Ups Harry Styles & Taylor Russell? It’s been three months since we last talked about Harry Styles’s love life. That was when he and Emily Ratajkowski were seen making out in Japan before he took a break from his tour. It was also the first and last time Harry and EmRata were linked – since By Lainey • Jul 10, 2023 12:50 pm
Gorgessity Gal Gadot: The Almost Barbie It wasn’t just those who are involved with Barbie at the Hollywood premiere last night – in Gal Gadot’s case it was also someone who was almost Barbie. According to Margot Robbie, she and Greta Gerwig had Gal in mind as their first choice. As she told Vogue: “Gal By Lainey • Jul 10, 2023 12:14 pm
Style Kenadians and More Barbies in the Spotlight Of course it wasn’t just Margot Robbie holding it down for Barbie at the Hollywood premiere last night. Margot and director Greta Gerwig were joined by other Barbies and some Kens and as you would expect, there was a lot of pink. America Ferrera went for a lighter pink By Lainey • Jul 10, 2023 11:25 am
Margot Robbie: Barbie in the Spotlight As anticipated, the big Hollywood premiere of Barbie was last night, arguably the most high-profile red carpet of the movie’s promotional schedule. Wardrobe is a critical part of every press tour – but the Barbie press tour takes that to a whole other level. Up to this point, Margot’s By Lainey • Jul 10, 2023 10:11 am
Music Intro for July 10, 2023 Dear Gossips, I live in the city where Beyoncé, the greatest artist of our time, chose to kick off the North American leg of the Renaissance tour. Canadian audiences, though, generally aren’t all that hype. I’ve been to enough concerts in both Toronto and Vancouver to say that, By Lainey • Jul 10, 2023 09:25 am
Style Outfits of the Week: Shakira, Camila, and Cardi I can’t remember the last time we saw Shakira at Paris Fashion Week, or if she’s ever been at PFW; if she has it’s been years. And during those years she may have been putting someone else first. But all that changed last June when she announced By Lainey • Jul 07, 2023 01:30 pm
Quiveration Jungkook’s “Seven” Thirst Traps BTS’s Golden Maknae, Jungkook, will release his new single, “Seven”, next Friday and while it’s not his first solo effort – his song “Dreamers” for example was part of the World Cup soundtrack last year – most people see this as his official solo debut because “Seven” is not associated By Lainey • Jul 07, 2023 11:27 am