Gossip Nostalgia Mad Max: Fury Road turns 5 Mad Max: Fury Road was released on May 5, 2015 – 5.15.15. To mark its fifth anniversary on Friday, The New York Times has published an oral history of Mad Max: Fury Road featuring commentary from several of the key players, including director George Miller, lead stars Charlize Theron By Lainey • May 13, 2020 11:55 am
Gossip Nostalgia Matt Damon calls in As we know, Matt Damon and his family have been in Ireland during lockdown because production on The Last Duel moved there. Apparently there’s been a local radio station, Spin 1038, trying to get him to call in. So he finally called in. And complimented Ireland’s Prime Minister, By Lainey • May 13, 2020 09:38 am
Music Intro for May 13, 2020 Dear Gossips, History was made this week on the Billboard Hot 100. Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj’s “Say So” remix has topped the chart, the first #1 of their careers. And the first #1 of Nicki’s career. The #2 song on the Hot 100 is Megan Thee Stallion By Lainey • May 13, 2020 08:54 am
What Else What Else? I wish I came up with the following sentence: “Stanley Tucci is a smokeshow”. That is correct. But I can’t own it because Kristy Puchko is the wordsmith. This is your favourite link to click on today. It’s Stanley Tucci being a smokeshow and also Miriam Margoyles being By Lainey • May 12, 2020 04:00 pm
Joe Jonas Sophie and Joe aren’t confirming I’ve been writing about the Hollywood Baby Boom the last couple of months but one of the first couples to kick off the 2020 boom haven’t actually confirmed it. Sophie Turner’s pregnancy was reported by JustJared back in February, right after the Oscars. And though there haven’ By Lainey • May 12, 2020 02:30 pm
Sandra Oh Sandra Oh’s “large set of eggs” So far in June, we’ve seen Issa Rae cover Cosmopolitan, Dame Judi Dench cover British Vogue, and now it’s Sandra Oh on the cover of ELLE Canada. All excellent decisions. Having interviewed her myself a year ago, I can tell you that Sandra Oh is a thoughtful, considerate By Lainey • May 12, 2020 12:48 pm
TV Updates Is Kristen Wiig pregnant? I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the Hollywood Lockdown Baby Boom and the growing list of celebrities who’ve announced their pregnancies over the last few weeks. Are we adding Kristen Wiig to it? During the season finale of Saturday Night Live @ Home this weekend, Kristen was the By Lainey • May 12, 2020 11:58 am
Gossip Nostalgia Reese 2020 and Reese 2000 Gossip Nostalgia Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine is a major player in Hollywood now. In the last three years alone, well, you know about the success of Big Little Lies, and The Morning Show, and Little Fires Everywhere just finished late last month. She’s producing Daisy Jones and The Six. She By Lainey • May 12, 2020 10:29 am
TV Updates Friends in the Fall…and More Jennifer Aniston Gossip Nostalgia The Friends reunion was supposed to happen with the launch of HBO Max in two weeks but has now been pushed back because of the pandemic. Since then though, everything and everyone is reuniting virtually. The latest reunion was Back To The Future which just happened yesterday courtesy Josh Gad. By Lainey • May 12, 2020 09:39 am
Equality Issues Intro for May 12, 2020 Dear Gossips, There’s an added layer of pain-in-the-assness when celebrities f-ck up and that’s because writing about their f-ckups requires more work and thought put into an essay when you could be using that energy for something else. Like a book idea or your next pitch. Today I By Lainey • May 12, 2020 08:49 am
What Else What Else? I’m interested in the different reactions to this video of Jake Gyllenhaal singing his quarantine love song because it divided my friend group. Certain people were all about it. And probably if you were already attracted to Jake, you didn’t mind this at all. For me, I already By Lainey • May 11, 2020 04:03 pm
Royals Prince Andrew’s Shady Money Moves Last week, Prince Andrew made headlines not for his friendship with the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein but because he and Sarah Ferguson are being sued for getting behind on payments on an £18 million Swiss holiday chalet they bought back in 2014. The Yorks reportedly owe £6.7 million By Lainey • May 11, 2020 12:50 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben and Ana wear their hearts Ben Affleck wasn’t photographed out walking the dogs this weekend with Ana de Armas, or if he was, I haven’t seen those shots. This may have just been coincidental – he was busy, he was out but the paps didn’t catch him. Or maybe it was deliberate. Maybe By Lainey • May 11, 2020 12:00 pm
Weddings Is Emma Stone married? Emma Stone and Dave McCary announced their engagement last December. They were reportedly supposed to marry in March in LA but cancelled the wedding because of the pandemic lockdown. This weekend Emma joined a video chat with Reese Witherspoon to talk about anxiety as part of Mental Health Month. Emma By Lainey • May 11, 2020 10:19 am
Shout-Outs May 11, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs Molly! Happy Birthday! It always kills me when you write to tell me that you were in high school when this started – and of course you know what I always say and I’ll say it again: I raised you on gossip! Which is why I’m so happy that By Lainey • May 11, 2020 09:46 am
Gossip Nostalgia Intro for May 11, 2020 Dear Gossips, Cameron Diaz hasn’t worked in years, has repeatedly said that she has no plans to return to acting, and I believe her. But over the last few weeks, during this lockdown, she’s been as visible as she’s been since her retirement, appearing on her friends’ By Lainey • May 11, 2020 09:22 am
