TV Updates Gossip Girl for Instagram It was announced yesterday that Gossip Girl will be rebooted for HBO Max, the new streaming service that will feature Warner Bros content and, of course, HBO productions. Per IndieWire: The plot will take place eight years after the original series and will follow a new generation of New York By Lainey • Jul 18, 2019 09:50 am
Shout-Outs July 18, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs “Happy 40th birthday Em! You are THE definition of a good friend whose kindness, support and generosity knows no bounds. I've been in awe of your strength and grace in the face of this exceedingly tough year. You are an inspiration to me and so many! On this By Lainey • Jul 18, 2019 09:24 am
Trevor Noah Intro for July 18, 2019 Dear Gossips, Scarlett Johansson made headlines earlier this week for recycling her comments on casting in Hollywood, and who gets to play what roles. Scarlett, like so many celebrities of her status, has often responded to criticism by doubling down, in part because celebrities support each other and celebrity itself By Lainey • Jul 18, 2019 08:50 am
What Else What Else? I read this story about Elon Musk doing something something with a microchip that you can put in your brain and my first thought was to agree with Kristian at Dlisted here about why there’s not more focus in helping people with brain diseases and my second thought was… By Lainey • Jul 17, 2019 05:25 pm
Hook Ups Tom Holland and Not Zendaya Kathleen called them “Zomdaya”. Sarah was pushing for “Zendalland”, or something. That would be the proposed portmanteaux for Zendaya and Tom Holland because for a couple of years now, we thought they were dating. Or we really, really hoped they were dating. Zendaya and Tom kept saying they weren’t By Lainey • Jul 17, 2019 04:02 pm
Relationship Assumption Leo and Camila holding hands Leonardo DiCaprio and Camila Morrone went out for dinner in LA last night and were photographed holding hands. I can’t believe he didn’t run away and duck into a trash can. Then again, Camila is, still, just 22 years old. They’ve now been together at least a By Lainey • Jul 17, 2019 12:37 pm
Music Beyoncé and Blue Ivy’s Circle of Life Guess what was trending worldwide on Twitter last night? What else would it be? WHO else would it be? Beyoncé released the video for “Spirit” and as I said yesterday, ahead of The Lion King opening on Friday, it’s a Beyoncé takeover. She’s coming for everything: Emmys, Oscars, By Lainey • Jul 17, 2019 10:15 am
Julia Roberts Intro for July 17, 2019 Dear Gossips, As Duana wrote yesterday in her post about the Emmy nominations, there’s very little to complain about because this is where we are now, “the Emmys now IS the big show” or, rather, television is the big show. It’s not a matter of snubs, it’s By Lainey • Jul 17, 2019 09:14 am
What Else What Else? Katy Perry is getting into the health food thing. She and Orlando Bloom are apparently really into the apple cider vinegar thing. I *think* it helps Katy poo easier? I tried it once because I will try anything that helps me poo and it wasn’t the poo promised land. By Lainey • Jul 16, 2019 05:30 pm
Music Beyoncé: the takeover Did you feel it this morning? The expression is a “disturbance” in the Force, but nothing about what I felt is “disturbing”. I thought about calling it a “movement” in the Force but that’s how I sometimes refer to my sh-ts, and it would be blasphemy to connect my By Lainey • Jul 16, 2019 01:29 pm
BFFs Chris, Matt, Elsa, Luciana: birthday on holiday Elsa Pataky’s birthday is on July 18. She’s been on holiday with Chris Hemsworth and their close friends Matt and Luciana Damon in Ibiza. There’s a whole crew of friends who have joined. Here they all are on the beach celebrating together. It’s not a small By Lainey • Jul 16, 2019 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Austin Butler: this is Elvis A couple of weeks ago, it was revealed that Baz Luhrmann had narrowed it down to five actors to play Elvis Presley in his upcoming biopic: Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Harry Styles, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Austin Butler. As I wrote in my post about the casting process, I was leaning By Lainey • Jul 16, 2019 10:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 16, 2019 Dear Gossips, Yesterday in this space I posted about The Farewell and how, in limited release, it opened with the highest per theatre average of the year, higher than even Avengers: Endgame. Of The Farewell’s impressive performance, a media analyst told Variety that the film “is the blockbuster of By Lainey • Jul 16, 2019 09:34 am
What Else What Else? This does not surprise me, not at all. I could have told you that you can’t f-ck with Louis and RuPaul because if you try it, they will f-ck you up. Which is what they did to an attempted rapist. You know why? Little dogs are BADASSES. You might By Lainey • Jul 15, 2019 04:52 pm
Hook Ups Shawn & Camila: love on tour Shawn Mendes is currently on tour. Camila Cabello appears to have joined him on tour, at least for the last week or so. Last weekend, Shawn and Camila were seen undeniably together-ing in LA, holding hands, kisses, hugging each other because they couldn’t stop hugging each other, and this By Lainey • Jul 15, 2019 03:41 pm
BFFs Charlize at Wimbledon As Sarah posted last week, Charlize Theron is back for Fast 9 and they’re shooting in London. She’s been there for the last few weeks, seen here and there with her kids. Yesterday she was at Wimbledon for the epic men’s final between Roger Federer and Novak By Lainey • Jul 15, 2019 01:34 pm
