Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer & Leo Don’t Look Up Adam McKay has assembled one of the most high-profile casts for his upcoming dark comedy Don’t Look Up. The film is about two astronauts who are racing to warn the world about the approach of an asteroid. They’re not, like, superstar astronauts though. These are the benchwarmers of By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 05:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zendaya: First Emmy…then Oscar? Months ago when we were talking about the Emmys, even after the nominations, most people considered Zendaya to be an underdog, considering the other women in the Lead Actress Drama category – Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, and more. She was the youngest and Euphoria, for which she was nominated, By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 04:34 pm
Music The BTS iOS This is a post about the artists who’ve just achieved their THIRD #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Which means this is a post that anyone who consumes pop culture should care about – because how many other artists, like in HISTORY, can say they’ve been able to do By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 03:19 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben and Ana: Back on the Dog Walk! During the early part of the pandemic in North America, when lockdown was first imposed in Los Angeles, Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas’s near-daily dog walks became a comforting scene out of Hollywood. There was a lot of reporting on this – not just from me but from many By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 11:27 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Rihanna & Rocky: It’s Official…on their Anniversary? Gossips have been watching this situationship for a year now: Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, who’ve been friends for a long time, first emerged as a romantic possibility in December 2019, six months or so after he’d returned home after being held in a Swedish prison; they showed By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 10:45 am
TV Updates Intro for December 1, 2020 Dear Gossips, Yesterday marked the deadline for this year’s Golden Globe submissions. Although the eligibility period for television runs until December 31 and for film it’s February 28, programs and movies that want to be in contention must have submitted by now. Typically, by now, in a non-pandemic By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 08:58 am
What Else What Else? Chadwick Boseman would have turned 44 yesterday. Marvel posted a tribute to him, as did many others on social media. I just watched Black Panther again – for the 23rd or 24th time – and his vitality, his charisma, his dignity… it’s just so hard to believe that he’s gone. By Lainey • Nov 30, 2020 04:04 pm
Dumbass Cardi B and Celebrity Thanksgiving Thirst Last week on the Show Your Work podcast, Duana and I talked about Cardi B and how she answered those who were dragging her for being named Billboard’s Woman of the Year. At one point during the show, we noted that just because we loved how Cardi clapped back By Lainey • Nov 30, 2020 03:15 pm
TV Updates Netflix’s The Crown “Disclaimer” As you may have heard, the royals and royal supporters and royal reporters have been pearl-clutching over season four of The Crown, which is the season when Lady Diana Spencer joins the story. And it’s basically the most-talked about show on television right now, considering the series’ previous success, By Lainey • Nov 30, 2020 12:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews No Thanksgiving for Tom Cruise This probably isn’t a surprise. As IF Tom Cruise would take time away from filming. Tom Cruise, as we know, is happiest on a film set. It’s work and home for him. And he continued working on Mission: Impossible 7 this weekend in Italy with production now moved By Lainey • Nov 30, 2020 11:03 am
Relationship Assumption Ben, Ana, and Jen on Thanksgiving Weekend Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas were seen back in LA late last week in time for Thanksgiving after being photographed on the set of Deep Water reshoots in New Orleans. It was their first Thanksgiving together and, according to PEOPLE with the exclusive, they spent it at his place: By Lainey • Nov 30, 2020 09:34 am
Intro for November 30, 2020 Dear Gossips, Joyce Echaquan died two months ago this past Saturday. It was announced this weekend that a benefit concert in her honour took place last week and will be available to stream for free online starting Thursday December 3 at Waskapitan.org where you can also donate to the By Lainey • Nov 30, 2020 08:52 am
What Else What Else? Do they still sell TV dinners like the kind they had when I was growing up? I know people look down on TV dinners like they’re the worst of humanity but I used to LOVE them. One of the reasons is because that’s not the kind of food By Lainey • Nov 27, 2020 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Florence, Harry, and Olivia are Back on Set Don’t Worry Darling halted production a few weeks ago because a crew member tested positive for COVID-19. And a lot happened in those few short weeks. There’s been election drama. It was confirmed that Olivia Wilde, who is directing and also has a role in the film, and By Lainey • Nov 27, 2020 03:10 pm
Top Reads The BTS Models It’s been a big week for BTS and their ARMY. On Wednesday, the band received its first Grammy nomination for their smash hit “Dynamite”, which is a goal they’ve been talking about for years. Their new album, BE, their second of 2020, was released last Friday and is By Lainey • Nov 27, 2020 02:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mimi Saves Christmas! As I just wrote in the previous post about Thanksgiving and gatherings, right now, many families around the world are facing the prospect not spending the holidays together. On a personal note, both my parents are immune compromised and in our city, we’re now basically on lockdown, and we’ By Lainey • Nov 27, 2020 11:04 am