Ben Affleck Bennifer: one extra unnecessary step Last week was probably the most publicly challenging for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez since getting back together in April, following his overblown controversial interview with Howard Stern. Ben defiantly pushed back on Jimmy Kimmel against the backlash over his comments, counter-criticising the media for taking his remarks out of By Lainey • Dec 20, 2021 10:23 am
What Else What Else Jeff Garlin, star of The Goldbergs, has been fired from The Goldbergs following an HR investigation into his behavior on set. He told Vanity Fair there was “no big story. Unless you want to do a story about political correctness.” Well, it turns out his co-workers on The Goldbergs wanted By Lainey • Dec 17, 2021 04:36 pm
Outfit of the Week Outfits of the Week: Priyanka’s Matrix It’s one person and three outfits. Priyanka Chopra has also been out here promoting The Matrix Resurrections this week. It’s a high-profile movie. She’s in a high-profile town, New York City. And she’s styled by Law Roach. So of course the looks have been good. Let’ By Lainey • Dec 17, 2021 03:13 pm
Top Reads Ben Affleck talks and talks Like I said yesterday, all of the attention that was paid to the Ben Affleck controversy over what he did or didn’t mean about his divorce overshadowed the real tea that he spilled with Howard Stern. And it’s not necessarily the kind of gossip that you can sum By Lainey • Dec 17, 2021 12:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A Movie with MOVIE STARS! How many of us are there out there? How big is our club? The club is People Who Love Rom-Coms and Will Pay To See Them in Theatres. Are we old? There’s been a lament in the movie industry over the last decade or so – and especially now since By Lainey • Dec 17, 2021 11:38 am
Jennifer Garner Jennifer Garner carries on With Ben Affleck making headlines from his interview with Howard Stern all week, Jennifer Garner was seen picking up one of her kids at the bus stop yesterday, carrying on with her regular schedule. According to Page Six, her friends are “furious” about what he said on Stern. Page Six By Lainey • Dec 17, 2021 09:45 am
Shout-Outs December 17, 2021 – Shout-Outs Rebekah! You’re not too late – HAPPY BIRTHDAY! But I do hear you about being exhausted… especially, um, with all the recent developments. But that bonfire idea sounds amazing, especially since it’s outside! As for looking to Dolly, come on, we can always look to Dolly. Dolly is every By Lainey • Dec 17, 2021 09:33 am
What Else What Else? A beautiful tribute to the late bell hooks by Brittney Cooper. (The Cut) As the Fug Girls say, Chloe Grace Moretz is back. She’s kept a very low profile the last year or so. And now she’s on a red carpet in an outfit inspired by… Liza Minnelli? By Lainey • Dec 16, 2021 05:02 pm
Top Reads Bennifer at Kimmel A day after his comments on Howard Stern went viral, Ben Affleck was scheduled for an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! It was both good timing and bad timing. Bad timing because, typically, when celebrities are in some heat, they want to avoid the spotlight. Good timing because he had By Lainey • Dec 16, 2021 04:40 pm
Howard Stern Intro for December 16, 2021 Dear Gossips, I ended up getting a subscription yesterday so that I could listen to that entire Ben Affleck interview with Howard Stern (which was two hours and 15 minutes and took up a significant part of my day, OMG) – and I think I’m going to end up keeping By Lainey • Dec 16, 2021 10:14 am
What Else What Else? The Queen hosts several Christmas events at this time of year – at least when there’s no pandemic. The pandemic is very much still happening though. Not sure if you heard but the UK is seeing record case numbers because of Omicron. But, apparently, the Queen and/or her people By Lainey • Dec 15, 2021 04:23 pm
Penelope Cruz Is Penelope in the chat? For months now, ever since she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her performance in Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers, Oscar predictors have been leaving space on the Oscar Best Actress nomination list for Penelope Cruz. Penelope, however, hasn’t been all that By Lainey • Dec 15, 2021 12:24 pm
Nicole Kidman Nicole & Keith in Sydney for the Holidays Last week, after the Hollywood premiere of Being the Ricardos, I wrote about Nicole Kidman and how Keith Urban hadn’t joined her on any of the red carpets for the film up to that point. As I said in that post though, it wasn’t about their relationship but By Lainey • Dec 15, 2021 11:20 am
Howard Stern Intro for December 15, 2021 Dear Gossips, Can we talk about Ben Affleck’s interview with Howard Stern tomorrow? I’m still waiting for The Howard Stern Show to post some of the clips on their YouTube channel. Or find a transcript, and if I can’t do that by this afternoon, I’ll get By Lainey • Dec 15, 2021 11:03 am
What Else What Else? The fit of Lil Nas X’s white suit here is perfect. And I’m so into the white turtleneck under it. The furry hat is pure him, for some personality and fun, but this is one of his more conventional red carpet looks, which is why, to me, it’ By Lainey • Dec 14, 2021 04:40 pm
Keanu Reeves Meme on Keanu As I mentioned yesterday, this will happily be a week of Keanu Reeves content as we approach the release of The Matrix Resurrections. Keanu stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night. Do you remember the last time Keanu was on Colbert? It was during the press tour By Lainey • Dec 14, 2021 02:41 pm
