Music BTS 101 for Grammy Voters As mentioned yesterday, BTS covers the new issue of Variety, which is the Grammy preview issue – so it’s pretty clear the motivation. It’s not like they’ve been hiding it; for a long time RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook have been saying for a long By Lainey • Sep 30, 2020 01:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt, Jodie, No Ben, and Medieval French Hairstyles Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, and Adam Driver were all seen on set in Ireland this week working on The Last Duel. No sign of Ben Affleck who was there filming for a few weeks, with Ana de Armas. Last I heard his assistant was back in Los Angeles so it By Lainey • Sep 30, 2020 10:37 am
Intro for September 30, 2020 Dear Gossips, So… um… did you watch TV last night? If so, what was on? Love Island? That’s what I’ve been watching every night for the last several weeks. And last night I wish I had just turned off the television as soon as it was over but, By Lainey • Sep 30, 2020 08:56 am
What Else What Else? Beckham Bees! We may have Beckham branded honey in our future. How much will it cost? Where will they sell it? At the regular grocery? Or at Saks? LOL. I’m still trying to wrap my head around fake honey and how much fake honey is on the market. Obviously By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 04:06 pm
Style Maisie & Reuben: Couples Dressing and the New Hairstyle? Maisie Williams and her boyfriend Reuben Selby showed up in matching Dior at the Dior show today in Paris. I do love this raincoat on her. And I love that she’s wearing it with no pants. The wellies are rad too. If we’re talking about ponchos with no By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 03:32 pm
Quiveration BTS’s Happy Harvest Moon As mentioned in yesterday’s open and over the years on this site, it’s a holiday week for those of us of East Asian descent. On Thursday October 1 it’s Tet Trung Thu in Vietnamese culture. The Japanese call it Tsukimi. For Chinese people it’s our Mid-Autumn By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 02:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jon Hamm is headed to Detroit Steven Soderbergh next film is called No Sudden Move. Production is now underway in Detroit and the reason why that’s notable is because, as he said: “The last time I shot a movie in Detroit with a great script and a great cast things worked out really well, so By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 12:25 pm
Music BLACKPINK. “Lovesick Girls.” Friday. Just three more sleeps – two, really – until the release of THE ALBUM, BLACKPINK’s first full-length album. And the group has been counting down to Friday at 1pm KST/midnight ET with teasers and posters. Two days ago they started posting teaser videos for each individual member to get us By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 12:00 pm
Top Reads Chadwick Boseman’s “Donation” to Sienna Miller Empire Magazine’s new issue is dedicated to Chadwick Boseman featuring interviews with his collaborators, colleagues, and co-stars. One of those people is Sienna Miller. They worked on 21 Bridges together and Sienna shares the story of how she came to sign onto the film and what Chadwick did to By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 10:48 am
Shout-Outs September 29, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs "Megs! Happy Birthday, you beautiful, empathetic, and conscientious human being. I am grateful I can always count on you when I need a thoughtful and considerate point of view. I was hoping we could celebrate together (in-person!) this year, but alas, it is another casualty of 2020. Though, I By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 09:31 am
TV Updates Intro for September 29, 2020 Dear Gossips, Saturday Night Live returns this weekend with Chris Rock as the guest host and Megan Thee Stallion the musical guest. And it’ll be in front of a live audience. Vulture has all the details about how the show is getting audience members in and out of the By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 09:16 am
What Else What Else? Versace’s latest runway is a mix of athleisure and big prints. It’s very on-brand for the brand. How much of these new collections will we be seeing in real life though? Unless by “real life” you mean getting all dressed up, posing right outside your front door for By Lainey • Sep 28, 2020 04:15 pm
Style Gwen goes shopping There was a story that came out a couple of weeks ago with a misleading headline about Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton. According to Us Weekly, “quarantine has stretched them to the limit”, supposedly because they bought a house and moving sucks, even for celebrities. It sounded like a make-a-drama By Lainey • Sep 28, 2020 03:52 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession The Baby of Kit and Rose Kit Harington and Rose Leslie celebrated their second wedding anniversary back in June. They’d been living in New York for a few years during their engagement and early part of their marriage while she was working on The Good Fight but spent much of last year in England as By Lainey • Sep 28, 2020 01:26 pm
Music BTS: New Album, New Remix, and IPO Up to this point this year, BTS has released a worldwide bestselling album (Map of the Soul: 7), a Japanese-language album, a docuseries and a documentary film, continued with their existing reality show (RUN BTS!) while filming a new series (In The SOOP), performed a virtual concert for an audience By Lainey • Sep 28, 2020 12:14 pm
Media Manipulation The Katie and Emilio Daily…with a side of Jamie Foxx Last week I compared Katie Holmes and Emilio Vitolo Jr to Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas – are they the celebrity couple of the ‘rona second wave? I mean, there’s an obvious clout imbalance here but the point is that Katie and Emilio are as visible in this early By Lainey • Sep 28, 2020 10:58 am
