TV Updates The Crown is done mourning It’s been exactly a week since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral which means that the additional seven days of mourning observed by the British royal family has concluded. That was the Crown’s schedule, at least. But it was not The Crown’s schedule. The Crown is one of By Lainey • Sep 26, 2022 12:05 pm
Music Shine Bright Like a Diamond…at the Super Bowl Rihanna hasn’t been hiding, but she has been really quiet since giving birth in May. Of course we’ve seen her but we haven’t heard from her – up until yesterday she hadn’t posted on social media since she and A$AP Rocky welcomed their child. What a By Lainey • Sep 26, 2022 10:27 am
Top Reads Brad Pitt: Not Original but More Expensive Earlier this week Brad Pitt launched his new skincare line, Le Domaine, which uses ingredients from Chateau Miraval, the property he and Angelina Jolie purchased together and which has now become a major point of contention between them. In support of his new business venture, as I posted yesterday, Brad By Lainey • Sep 23, 2022 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jacob Elordi: Just Before Elvis I’ve been waiting for new photos of Jacob Elordi for a couple of weeks now – here he is in LA yesterday – because we need to talk about Jacob and Elvis Presley. It was announced this month that Sofia Coppola's next film, titled Priscilla, will be based on By Lainey • Sep 23, 2022 10:40 am
What Else What Else? Ten years ago or so, if you’d asked most people who they thought would be a better fit for a Chanel brand partnership, Kristen Stewart or Margot Robbie, I think the majority would have answered Margot Robbie. But it’s Kristen’s connection with Chanel that has been the By Lainey • Sep 22, 2022 04:09 pm
Celebrity Lifestyle Brands Is Brad Pitt doing the work? It was announced in Vogue yesterday– Brad Pitt has launched a skincare line, Le Domaine. And there’s a Chateau Miraval connection because they use ingredients grown on the estate in the products. There’s a lot to unpack in this interview so I’m going to split it up By Lainey • Sep 22, 2022 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia Wilde takes the stand Pretty sure I don’t have to recap for you how messy the Don’t Worry Darling promotional tour has been. It was messy even before the tour started, with online speculation building over months about whether or not Florence Pugh was over Olivia Wilde, Darling, and refusing to support By Lainey • Sep 22, 2022 11:25 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for September 22, 2022 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week, TIFF announced that Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans won the People’s Choice Award which has become an Oscar booster over the years. There is no doubt that The Fabelmans will be a contender. The Academy loves Spielberg and this film is not only semi-autobiographical, By Lainey • Sep 22, 2022 09:22 am
What Else What Else? Though the current NFL season is still young, Tom Brady hasn’t been playing well and most people are attributing it to him being distracted by the situation at home with Gisele. As Ben from Dlisted notes, she’s the second most important woman in his life. The first is, By Lainey • Sep 21, 2022 04:26 pm
Relationship Assumption Leonardo DiCaprio: The Adam Levine Beneficiary Ten years ago, when the Victoria’s Secret fashion show was still a thing, it felt like Leonardo DiCaprio and Adam Levine flipped through the calendar together, making their choices. Both were regular attendees and/or performers at the event. And both, as we have seen, were regularly in the By Lainey • Sep 21, 2022 03:50 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s Words of Honour Before we get to Taylor Swift’s latest award, let’s start with what’s new – her tenth studio album, Midnights, is scheduled for release exactly one month from today on October 21. So it’ll be interesting to see, in the coming weeks, what Taylor’s promotional strategy for By Lainey • Sep 21, 2022 12:40 pm
Music Intro for September 21, 2022 Dear Gossips, Mariah Carey is currently commemorating the 25th anniversary of her album Butterfly. This is the album that many, including Mariah, consider to be her magnum opus. Happy BUTTERFLY anniversary! 🦋🦋 I will never forget the day I released this album to the world. I had never felt more exposed By Lainey • Sep 21, 2022 08:34 am
What Else What Else? King Charles is now in Scotland for an extended mourning period now that London Bridge has been fully executed. It was a pretty full schedule for him the last ten days or so; he’s nearing his 74th birthday, the oldest monarch to assume the British throne, so I’m By Lainey • Sep 20, 2022 04:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia and Harry but no Chris The New York premiere of Don’t Worry Darling happened last night. It had already been previously confirmed for a couple of weeks that Florence Pugh, the film’s lead, would not be in attendance – because of scheduling conflicts… which… is still a thing for me. Promoting a film is By Lainey • Sep 20, 2022 12:08 pm
Shout-Outs September 20, 2022 – Shout-Outs Janna! Happy Birthday with love from Amanda! I’ve heard it hasn’t been ideal lately….which is why your birthday is coming at the perfect time. You’re in for a reset, today is day one! So let’s get you started right: here are Mark Ruffalo and RDJ, By Lainey • Sep 20, 2022 10:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 20, 2022 Dear Gossips, At our etalk morning meeting yesterday I derailed the conversation – with apologies – when one of our producers tried to talk about how good the latest episode of House of the Dragon is and I jumped in with… I don’t know her, I only know DO REVENGE. It’ By Lainey • Sep 20, 2022 10:01 am