Books Clooney + Affleck v 2.0 George Clooney and Ben Affleck worked together on Argo – they co-produced, along with Grant Heslov, George’s producing partner, and Ben starred and directed, and the film went on to win Best Picture. That was almost ten years ago. And now they’re teaming up again. Deadline reported yesterday that By Lainey • Dec 10, 2020 11:35 am
Top Reads Johnny Depp: Bots and “Former Romantic Partners” Maria linked to The Hollywood Reporter’s new Johnny Depp cover story yesterday in Celebrity Social Media. It’s a deep-dive piece and at the time of that post, many people hadn’t had a chance to read it and fully absorb all the bombshells. And there are, indeed, some By Lainey • Dec 10, 2020 10:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for December 10, 2020 Dear Gossips, Sarah texted me about Promising Young Woman on Saturday night with her reaction. She didn’t know at the time but I was just about to text her with mine. Turns out we were screening it at the same time which meant we were processing all the excellence By Lainey • Dec 10, 2020 08:54 am
What Else What Else? OK so I want to go to a concert too, desperately. I’ve never been to an in-person BTS concert and I don’t know how long we’ll have to wait before that happens but the point is, I get the desire to listen to live music, be among By Lainey • Dec 09, 2020 04:08 pm
Style Cher’s First Voiceover? I just saw these new shots of Cher in London heading to the BBC and what I first wanted to write about is this outfit because her half black, half white coat is amazing. And then she matched it with a half black, half white beret and now I don’ By Lainey • Dec 09, 2020 12:47 pm
Royals Will and Kate’s Royal Tour Money Shot The final stop on Prince William and Kate’s royal train mini tour yesterday was Windsor Castle. All week we’ve seen them travelling around the UK to thank people for their service during the pandemic – and, also, to generate some good headlines about the family after almost a month By Lainey • Dec 09, 2020 11:59 am
Shout-Outs December 9, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs Judy Chiao is a teacher at Burnaby North Secondary. She and her students with diverse abilities have published a book! The book is called 1, 2, 3 Count With Me: A Bug Can Count If You Believe! All the students participated – colouring, rhyming, drawing. This is a wonderful achievement and By Lainey • Dec 09, 2020 09:07 am
Amazingness Intro for December 9, 2020 Dear Gossips, A few weeks ago on her BBC Show, Nigella’s Eat, Cook, Repeat, Nigella Lawson made headlines in the UK and then around the world because she butters her toast twice. She adds the first layer when the bread comes out of the toaster and then a second By Lainey • Dec 09, 2020 08:55 am
What Else What Else? Regina King is one of PEOPLE’s People of the Year. No debate on this one, right? And she may be one of the People of Next Year too because of her work directing One Night in Miami, one of the contenders for Best Picture. Regina just might receive a By Lainey • Dec 08, 2020 04:01 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben Affleck Wears His Drama Wearing your drama, as words on a t-shirt, is way better than living the drama. And despite the fact that 2020 has been a f-cking prick of a year, Ben Affleck, as least publicly, didn’t have a bad one. While Ben may not have been involved in any drama By Lainey • Dec 08, 2020 01:09 pm
Royals Will and Kate’s Medium Mini Tour What’s in between a bomb and a hit? That’s the word I’m looking for to describe Prince William and Kate’s royal train mini tour of the UK to visit frontline and essential services workers who’ve given so much during the pandemic. Royal tours like this By Lainey • Dec 08, 2020 11:13 am
Best Of 2020 Intro for December 8, 2020 Dear Gossips, Over the next couple of weeks, as we approach the end of 2020, we’ll be sharing some of our favourite 2020 content, entertainment that got us through this f-cked up year. If you asked me at the end of 2019, if we could have predicted that we’ By Lainey • Dec 08, 2020 09:30 am
What Else What Else? The optical illusion of this dress also freaked me out and I’m luckier than the Fug Girls because I was told that it was an optical illusion in the title so I was prepared going in but that doesn’t mean it still isn’t weird the way Sabrina By Lainey • Dec 07, 2020 04:37 pm
Top Reads BTS’s Award Show Weekend It’s now year-end award season in South Korea and this weekend there were two music award shows, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. The one on Sunday is referred to as MAMA, the Mnet Asian Music Awards, a major event in Asia, comparable to the MTV VMAs in By Lainey • Dec 07, 2020 03:22 pm
TV Updates Netflix and The Crown: No Disclaimer For almost a month now, Netflix’s The Crown has been a major headline, not just in entertainment news but even outside of the entertainment section of coverage because of all the angsting over it from royal supporters, politicians, and the British royal family themselves – even though they won’t By Lainey • Dec 07, 2020 12:34 pm
Douchebags A Disgraced Pastor and His Lonely Abs One of the most notable celebrity scandals of the year was the fall of Pastor to the Stars, Carl Lentz, formerly of Hillsong Church. Not sure if anyone was shocked? Carl’s drama was actually the second high-profile church leader sex scandal of the year. I was too lazy this By Lainey • Dec 07, 2020 09:22 am
