Succession Brian Cox and Logan Roy: It wasn’t too early SPOILERS but we’re still talking about the finale of Succession, right? I know we are because people are obsessed with why Roman was wearing a Walmart t-shirt and GQ even dedicated a whole article to it. Succession was about the Roy family and who would succeed its hideous patriarch, By Lainey • May 31, 2023 01:38 pm
TV Updates A Brie Larson Autumn I wanted to title this post “A Brie Larson Fall”, as in the time of year, but I didn’t want to imply that Brie Larson would be falling because the whole point here is that everything is coming up Brie this autumn as it was just announced this morning By Lainey • May 31, 2023 12:07 pm
TV Updates Tom Holland before his birthday In my post yesterday about Amanda Seyfried, who was out in New York promoting The Crowded Room, I mentioned that we’d probably soon be seeing Tom Holland out on the promotional circuit for the series, which premieres on June 9 on Apple TV+. Tom and Amanda are the co-leads, By Lainey • May 31, 2023 10:46 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Ryan Gosling is So Unserious Ryan Gosling covers GQ’s new Summer Issue ahead of the release of what could very well be the movie of the summer. That’s Barbie, of course. And he’s Ken or, rather, a Ken, so the pink coat on the cover is a nice touch. Before last year’ By Lainey • May 31, 2023 09:52 am
Equality Issues Intro for May 31, 2023 Dear Gossips, This year marks the 30th anniversary of The Joy Luck Club, the seminal Asian American film based on Amy Tan’s bestselling book. Thirty years later, the four of the film gathered on Hollywood Blvd yesterday to celebrate Ming-Na Wen’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. By Lainey • May 31, 2023 09:09 am
What Else What Else? We are now being told that Prince William doesn’t mind when and if Princess Kate eclipses him. So basically he’s not like his father, now the King of England, who minded very much when Princess Diana eclipsed him. That did not end with the death of Diana because, By Lainey • May 30, 2023 04:01 pm
Music Keanu Reeves: Back on Bass It’s been over 20 years since Keanu Reeves last performed live with his band Dogstar. This past weekend they were together again at the Napa Valley music festival, which wasn’t a total surprise since they had announced on Instagram last July that they had reunited: Keanu, Bret Domrose, By Lainey • May 30, 2023 01:18 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé and Blue Ivy: Show 2 There have been a lot of celebrities in the audience the last few days at Beyoncé’s most recent tour stops. But one celebrity in particular was the story. Blue Ivy was the main event last Friday when she joined her mother on stage at her Paris show in a By Lainey • May 30, 2023 11:21 am
TV Updates Mimi and Mingey in plaid Two plaid looks to showcase today – let’s start with our #1 butterly, Mariah Carey. Mimi stepped out for dinner with friends last night in Burberry’s signature check, a classic trench over a matching set accessorised by a chain belt. She looks great, and it doesn’t look like By Lainey • May 30, 2023 10:46 am
TV Updates Kaia and Austin’s engagement denial As Maria mentioned in Celebrity Social Media late last week, there was rumour going around that Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler are engaged. The rumour started at DeuxMoi and a tip about Austin proposing in April and the couple trying to keep it low-key. TMZ followed up with a report By Lainey • May 30, 2023 09:57 am
Succession Intro for May 30, 2023 Dear Gossips, Welcome back to those of you returning from the Memorial Day holiday in the US and perhaps still recovering from the devastating series finale of Succession. I posted about it in this space yesterday and like many of you, I’m still thinking about it today. Specifically about By Lainey • May 30, 2023 08:52 am
What Else What Else? A year ago at this time, Top Gun: Maverick roared into theatres and became one of the biggest movies of 2022. Now Monica Barbaro is in another action movie with a big action star, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Pretty sure this one won’t get the attention of TG:M but I By Lainey • May 29, 2023 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Italian Boat Season Begins It’s that time of year: celebrities head to Italy every summer, even though by now we and the paparazzi all know that it’s either Portofino or Positano or Capri or Sardinia, and even though it’s always been a holiday destination and increasingly so now that people know By Lainey • May 29, 2023 01:14 pm
Break Ups Taylor and Ice Spice’s “Karma” As reported, Taylor Swift released a new version of her Midnights album last Friday, with new tracks and a remix of “Karma” featuring Ice Spice. I wouldn’t say it’s the most exciting Taylor Swift collaboration and I wouldn’t say that this feature is a creative stretch for By Lainey • May 29, 2023 10:57 am
Style Fifteen with Fan Bingbing The Cannes Film Festival 2023 is now over with Jane Fonda presenting the Palme D’Or to Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall which went kinda viral, not because of the film’s win but because of Justine’s acceptance speech, during which she called out Macron’s government By Lainey • May 29, 2023 09:37 am
Succession Intro for May 29, 2023 Dear Gossips, Spoiler alert… Succession ended as it should have – and was there any doubt? By giving us not what we wanted but what we need. Which is why at the 45 minute mark, when Kendall, Roman, and Shiv are in the kitchen, laughing together, smiling at one another, being By Lainey • May 29, 2023 08:44 am
