Gorgessity JLo’s Holiday Glow I know this isn’t the case for everyone but Bennifer was one of my celebrity highlights of 2022. As I have said, repeatedly, since they got back together in 2021 – we didn’t appreciate them enough the first time around, and then we got nostalgic about what we’d By Lainey • Dec 22, 2022 09:14 am
Keanu Reeves Keanu 2022 As mentioned earlier in today’s open, today is our last posting day of the year, barring any major gossip developments, and look – it’s Keanu Reeves, coming through for the occasion, generous as ever, so that we can include him in our final gossip session of 2022. No one By Lainey • Dec 22, 2022 09:00 am
Models Leo’s date with (another) Nepo Baby? Leonardo DiCaprio started 22 with a girlfriend – Camila Morrone who he actually started dating around five years ago at this time of year back in December 2017. Camila, however, turned 25 in 2022. And just a couple of months after her 25th birthday, it was confirmed that she and Leo By Lainey • Dec 22, 2022 08:41 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 22, 2022 Dear Gossips, For Ke Huy Quan, the end of 2022 has been a win, literally. He’s been winning a lot of awards. He won the Gotham Awards a few weeks ago; the New York Film Critics Circle named him Best Supporting Actor; and of course he’s considered a By Lainey • Dec 22, 2022 08:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Miss Flo makes the list For their February 2023 issue, just in time for the BAFTAs which are happening on February 19, and just three weeks before the Oscars, Empire Magazine has released its list of the 50 Greatest Actors of All Time based on readers’ votes. Two years ago, the New York Times put By Lainey • Dec 21, 2022 12:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Simu is in LOVE Simu Liu and Allison Hsu publicly confirmed their relationship not even a month ago at the premiere of Violent Night when they wore matching holiday sweaters on the carpet. Prior to that, Simu revealed back in September that he’d broken up with Jade Bender. But now it sounds like By Lainey • Dec 21, 2022 10:58 am
What Else What Else? Speaking of Nepo Babies, Brooklyn Beckham says he’s working on opening a pub in LA and… I actually think this is a good idea for him. (Cele|bitchy) Matt Damon was supposed to be in Avatar but had to back out because of scheduling and because of that he By Lainey • Dec 20, 2022 04:04 pm
Relationship Assumption Lori Harvey’s Top Priority is Lori Harvey This is Lori Harvey’s first time on the cover of ESSENCE and it’s for their Black Love issue. The Black Love that Lori is representing is self-love. Because Lori puts herself first. As she tells the magazine: “It’s not about being arrogant or about feeling like I’ By Lainey • Dec 20, 2022 02:54 pm
Amazingness Tom Cruise: Rides and Dives Yesterday I posted about Tom Cruise jumping out of an airplane and falling through the sky while delivering a thank you and happy holidays message and promoting Top Gun: Maverick on streaming and on its Oscar campaign. Today I’m back, because he’s back, and instead of jumping out By Lainey • Dec 20, 2022 12:06 pm
Royals Report: King Charles to pay for Andrew’s security Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been telling people for years that they are at risk from attack by white supremacists who’ve been encouraged by the tabloids spreading disinformation about them. Neil Basu, the former head of counter terrorism for the Met Police, recently confirmed that those threats were By Lainey • Dec 20, 2022 10:22 am
Royals Intro for December 20, 2022 Dear Gossips, At the time of my post yesterday about Jeremy Clarkson’s abhorrent comments about Meghan Markle in the Sun, his article was still up on the Sun’s website. Shortly after, the piece was taken down and replaced by a note explaining that Jeremy had asked them to By Lainey • Dec 20, 2022 09:09 am
What Else What Else? I didn’t know this was Rita Ora at first. Lately when I see pictures of her I actually have to look a few times because it’s not matching up with the image that’s in my head. Anyway, she’s deep into a low-rise maxi skirt right now By Lainey • Dec 19, 2022 04:15 pm
TV Updates Austin Butler on SNL: Silly, Sweet, and Sincere As I wrote last week re: Austin Butler hosting SNL, the timing couldn’t be better for him. Austin is in contention for a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his performance in Elvis. He is the youngest candidate in the field which is why they’ve been strategic about how By Lainey • Dec 19, 2022 12:56 pm
Douchebags The Sun and Jeremy Clarkson prove the point of Harry & Meghan The British tabloid media is the main villain in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s docuseries, and while there are definitely parts of the show that aren’t as strong as others, they do a great job of establishing how closely the British Monarchy is tied to colonialism and the By Lainey • Dec 19, 2022 11:18 am
Amazingness Happy Holidays from Tom Cruise Tom Cruise is ABSURD. Tom Cruise is always, absurdly, Tom Cruise. So what else did we expect a holiday message from him to look like? It is exactly what you would expect – because Tom Cruise is consistently and dependably absurd. Which is why he’s sending us his holiday wishes By Lainey • Dec 19, 2022 10:22 am
Shout-Outs December 19, 2022 – Shout-Outs Rebekah! It IS a tradition and we CAN do whatever the f-ck we want! Happy Birthday! Keep at it with the book with Alfie by your side. I have no dog wisdom because your dogs will always make a fool out of you but what I can say is that By Lainey • Dec 19, 2022 09:56 am