Top Reads Archie in Jeans and Hollywood Sussex Meghan Markle was papped yesterday with Archie. Page Six has the exclusives, which you can check out on their website and their Twitter. As we’ve seen, Meghan, Harry, and especially Archie are not papped very often. This is the first time Archie’s been photographed by the paparazzi in By Lainey • Apr 23, 2021 11:37 am
Oscars 2021 Intro for April 23, 2021 Dear Gossips, It’s Oscar weekend. And the Oscars will not be Zoomed. This is a live event, people are showing up, people will be dressed. The whole thing will feel like a movie, on television – a television movie? – in real time, so kinda sorta like a play too. And By Lainey • Apr 23, 2021 09:01 am
What Else What Else? This is a couple of days old but it went viral earlier this week because, well, Stacey Abrams is a badass. And she made this man look like a fool. Which is so satisfying because he thought he was clever as sh-t and she ended up owning his ass. Because By Lainey • Apr 22, 2021 04:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt, Luciana, and a boy band The Thor crew has been in Australia for months working on Thor: Love and Thunder due out next year, led by director Taika Waititi. Did you see that shot Chris Hemsworth posted on Instagram the other day with Taika and Matt Damon? It’s very, very, VERY good. Chris is By Lainey • Apr 22, 2021 11:53 am
Style Jennifer Lawrence’s week of green Jennifer Lawrence has been photographed a couple of times this week in New York I guess as things are now opening up – as of this week bars can stay open until midnight and theatre and museum capacities are going up next week. We haven’t seen much of her since By Lainey • Apr 22, 2021 10:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lunge with Channing Tatum Channing Tatum wrote a children’s book called The One and Only Sparkella which comes out May 4. It’s the story of a dad and his daughter. I imagine there’ll be a book tour to promote? If that’s the case, we should be seeing more of him By Lainey • Apr 22, 2021 10:02 am
Maple Leaf Joshua Jackson: Chosen by Jodie Everybody’s favourite Joshua Jackson stepped out with his daughter yesterday in the rain in New York, like a true Vancouver boy. That’s what we do in Vancouver since it rains so much – we get on with it, as you see Josh doing here. He also went out with By Lainey • Apr 22, 2021 09:26 am
Style Intro for April 22, 2021 Dear Gossips, All signs point to the fact that fashion will be a conversation at the Oscars. Keep your eye on Regina King. So far through award season Regina King, styled by Wayman + Micah, has been dominating. And by the way, we haven’t talked enough about her look at By Lainey • Apr 22, 2021 09:06 am
What Else What Else? We’re all basically over Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, right? Like I’ve always said about JLo, she loves love, but when her love is over, that love doesn’t stick to her. Which is why the reports she had trust issues with ARod are, sure, totally believable. But By Lainey • Apr 21, 2021 04:00 pm
Royals Prince Harry returns to LA Prince Harry has returned to LA. For days there’s been all kinds of speculation about how much time he would spend in the UK and how he would spend it, with people nefariously hoping that his visit back to London without Meghan Markle would result in a reconciliation – the By Lainey • Apr 21, 2021 01:47 pm
Top Reads Gemma Chan calls out The Sunday Times Back on Monday, in my post about Prince Philip’s funeral, I ended it with a mention of an article on the front page of The Sunday Times that included a passage referencing Prince Philip’s comment about Asian people having “slitty eyes”. Here’s the passage in question: This By Lainey • Apr 21, 2021 12:03 pm
Equality Issues What is the Future of the Golden Globes? Here’s a quick recap of what’s been happening with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organisation that oversees the Golden Globes, one of the most high profile and popular award shows of the season. The HFPA is a group of between 80-90 journalists from around the world who By Lainey • Apr 21, 2021 11:06 am
Equality Issues Intro for April 21, 2021 Dear Gossips, This is the tweet that I’ve been thinking about since Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd yesterday: https://twitter.com/britrican/status/1384613052507594754 The immediate reaction from many people in the Black community was relief. But that relief was preceded by anxiety and a By Lainey • Apr 21, 2021 10:00 am
What Else What Else for April 20, 2021 Lady Danbury will not stand for all these people trying to come for the Duke of Hasting’s character. Let Regé-Jean Page live! (Cele|bitchy) When you yourself are “very rich” and “very connected”, how “very rich” and “very connected” does someone have to be to impress you? In Jennifer By Lainey • Apr 20, 2021 04:02 pm
TV Updates HBO’s Asian Push? For a couple of years now I’ve been posting often about Netflix’s Asian library. They have steadily been increasing investment in South Asian and particularly East Asian content. And their Korean programming is especially successful. It seems like there’s a new series out of Korea premiering on By Lainey • Apr 20, 2021 03:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert & Suki: A Spring 2021 Update Robert Pattinson spent much of last year, when quarantine wasn’t in effect, shooting The Batman. It’s now been almost two years since RP was officially confirmed as Bruce Wayne, and we’re now inside a year until we see him as Bruce Wayne; The Batman is currently scheduled By Lainey • Apr 20, 2021 11:04 am