Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for March 10, 2020 Dear Gossips, I was in LA this past weekend covering the Mulan junket for etalk. Not sure if I can properly explain what that meant to me, to be on that particular assignment for this film in particular. We celebrated my ma’s 70th birthday the night before I left. By Lainey • Mar 10, 2020 09:20 am
What Else What Else? Jared Leto nearly died while rock climbing and is showing people video from the time he nearly died while rock climbing. It’s good that he’s safe and that nothing bad happened. But I think if I were him, I wouldn’t have thought to take out my phone By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 04:35 pm
Royals Commonwealth Day Colours Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey is underway. I’ll likely post again about it later but since the first photos are coming in, we’ll get started with early observations. Before Sussexit was announced, Meghan Markle was mostly in neutral colours. Over the last week, as House Sussex returned By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 01:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben and Ana extend their holiday I posted about Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas in Cuba on Friday. Some Show Your Work details on this: I led with the article that morning because no English entertainment outlets were on it yet that day and, afterwards, as PEOPLE and E! and others started picking it up, By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 10:08 am
Royals Prince Andrew’s big time legal team While The Return of the (Mac) Sussexes was dominating headlines last week, another curious royal story got out there under the radar about Prince Andrew, who was friends with the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. According to the Telegraph: “The Duke of York has hired Britain’s most respected extradition By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 09:47 am
Royals House Sussex: “Show ‘em what they’re missing” Many media outlets have referred to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s current trip to England and their final engagements as senior members of the British royal family as their “farewell tour”. It’s not really, of course, but I get it, I get that it sounds better as a By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 09:19 am
Maple Leaf Intro for March 9. 2020 Dear Gossips, Let’s start the week where we ended the last – with Celine Dion who wrapped up a week of shows in New York last night and it’s not like all she did was perform on stage while she was there. She also served all kinds of looks By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 08:24 am
What Else What Else? Thank you for your patience while we sorted out the winner of our Annual Red Carpet Contest. The winner BY TIEBREAK was Megan S of Calgary who correctly predicted 23/24 categories and sent her ballot in earliest. CONGRATULATIONS Megan and thanks to all those who entered! Bailey Warren did By Lainey • Mar 06, 2020 04:15 pm
Maple Leaf Outfits of the Week: Celine NY Runway Normally when Celine Dion turns a city street into a runway, it’s in Paris during Fashion Week. By the way, her tour stops in France, conveniently, during Fashion Week in July – amazing how it worked out that way, non? While that’s still three months away, though, this week By Lainey • Mar 06, 2020 03:50 pm
Royals House Sussex: speeches, a proposal, and PDA Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s return to London last night at the Endeavour Awards was, as expected, the main event. We’ve already talked about how their appearance was practically cinematic. And, as expected, this shot of them was published everywhere yesterday and today too, a major bonus for By Lainey • Mar 06, 2020 11:48 am
Hook Ups Ben Affleck & Ana de Armas? Ana de Armas just covered Vanity Fair and after the success of Knives Out, with several projects in the pipeline, she’s breaking big. Her most recent project is the lead role opposite Ben Affleck in Deep Water, based on the Patricia Highsmith novel about a couple in an open By Lainey • Mar 06, 2020 10:09 am
TV Updates Intro for March 6, 2020 Dear Gossips, Are you watching HBO’s The Outsider? In Canada it airs on Crave. I mean, some of you must be because the show has been steadily climbing in ratings, it’s legitimately a hit. And critically acclaimed. But as Anne Helen Petersen tweeted the other day: Is THE By Lainey • Mar 06, 2020 09:07 am
What Else What Else? Divorce is ugly, yes. But it’s also weirdly hilarious, especially when it comes to division of property and what people want to keep. In William Shatner’s case, what he wants to keep is money, in the form of sexual fluid. Equine sexual fluid. In certain circles (aka rich By Lainey • Mar 05, 2020 05:10 pm
Royals Sussex-IT In pop culture, we often refer to that magical “It” Factor – the intangible ingredient that goes into making a star, a quality you can’t manufacture, what elevates someone who may not be the best at this or that or the other but somehow has a certain lure that no By Lainey • Mar 05, 2020 04:40 pm
TV Updates Demi Lovato is OK Demi Lovato wasn’t OK for a while, as we know. And we know because she’s been candid about relapse and recovery, about her mental health issues. For many people, speaking openly about their personal struggles helps to address shame and stigma; Demi continues to take this approach now By Lainey • Mar 05, 2020 03:20 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Katy Perry is pregnant New music and music video season, right? Katy Perry released a new song with a video last night called “Never Worn White” and, obviously, it’s a power ballad to fiancé Orlando Bloom. The big story here is that they’re expecting. She reveals it at the end. As she By Lainey • Mar 05, 2020 11:12 am
