Amazingness Mimi & Cosmopolitan: her “first” interview Earlier this week, Cosmopolitan released its August 2019 cover featuring none other than our rainbow butterfly Mariah Carey. Most of the headlines about the article are related to what she says about her lovers – and we’ll get to that – but I just want to spend some time talking about By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 01:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bucky kisses Jessica Chastain Earlier this week, Jessica Chastain confirmed on Instagram that they’ve started shooting 355 in Paris. The film was first announced last year in Cannes with Jessica and costars – Penelope Cruz, Lupita Nyong’o, Marion Cotillard, and Fan Bingbing – taking meetings with investors to raise the money ($75 million) to By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt Damon’s quiet summer Not that Matt Damon’s been loud over the last few years. Or in general. I’m referring really to what might be a much busier fall with the release of Ford vs Ferrari. Sarah posted enthusiastically about the trailer a few weeks ago and with both Matt and Christian By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 11:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad goofs I keep thinking Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood doesn’t open until August. It actually opens in two weeks, on July 26. Doesn’t have much competition that same week but, of course, it’ll be contending with The Lion King from the week before. A more specific audience, By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 09:33 am
Sports Intro for July 12, 2019 Dear Gossips, I’m so nervous about Serena Williams’s Wimbledon final tomorrow, and I’m the asshole watching it from bed, I can’t even imagine what she might be going through. Serena, as we’ve seen, has gotten better and better with every match, which is always the By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 08:59 am
What Else What Else? How many times did you see Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame in theatres? Three times each for me, at least. Like so many times I can’t even remember, which means some of that money that Robert Downey Jr took home from just those two movies, which is a By Lainey • Jul 11, 2019 04:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews When Beyoncé agreed to meet Seth Seth Rogen was on Jimmy Kimmel the other night to promote The Lion King. Sarah went to an advance screening yesterday and I haven’t heard from her since. I wonder if she’s keeping me in suspense or if it was just not worth reacting to. Sarah is not By Lainey • Jul 11, 2019 12:47 pm
TV Updates Joshua and Jodie together still…again…? Here are Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith out in LA yesterday. They’re holding hands and at one point stop to kiss. Joshua and Jodie have been dating since at least last fall. Kathleen first posted about them back in November 2018 and at that point, for weeks, people By Lainey • Jul 11, 2019 11:39 am
Break Ups Taylor Swift’s pointed lyrics and the Karlie question Taylor Swift just topped the Forbes list of highest paid celebrities in 2019 with $185 million earned from the reputation tour and all her endorsements and other deals. Kylie Jenner came in second with $170 million. Taylor performed at Amazon’s Prime Day Concert last night in New York. It By Lainey • Jul 11, 2019 11:09 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Louis and his sunglasses and the Beyoncé countdown I mentioned Prince Louis and his sunglasses in my post yesterday about the royals at the polo but there are more shots now and he’s so cute and hilarious, I’m throwing up more shots today. Louis is clearly a character now, tumbling around on those sturdy legs and By Lainey • Jul 11, 2019 10:40 am
Shout-Outs July 11, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs Big love to Emily Richardson who wrote and stars in The It Girls, a comedy-musical playing now at Toronto Fringe. This is a story about a girl group from 2000s getting back together for a concert. One member went on to become a Beyoncé type superstar. Another went the By Lainey • Jul 11, 2019 09:47 am
Intro for July 11, 2019 Dear Gossips, So many people are getting dragged into this Jeffrey Epstein grossness – politicians, media, royals, it could eventually be its very own ecosystem. The Hollywood Reporter published an article yesterday about how Jeffrey Epstein “moved freely in Hollywood circles” even after he was convicted in 2008 for “soliciting prostitution By Lainey • Jul 11, 2019 09:39 am
What Else What Else? There are so many parts of this story that… delight and fascinate and horrify me all at the same time. My takeaway at the end is that I’m a stupid f-ck taking on every job I can and that’s about all I deserve because I wish I By Lainey • Jul 10, 2019 04:46 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Kate, Meghan, and all the royal babies at the polo! Princes William and Harry played polo at a charity match today and Kate and Meghan Markle were both there with all the kids. Big day! It’s the first time we’ve seen the families all together since Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was born. Check out Big G standing next By Lainey • Jul 10, 2019 12:36 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé presents The Lion King Ahead of the Hollywood premiere of The Lion King last night, Beyoncé announced that she’d curated a companion album for the movie. The Lion King: The Gift will drop on July 19, same day as the film, and feature some of Beyoncé’s favourite artists. According to the press By Lainey • Jul 10, 2019 11:55 am
Books Intro for July 10, 2019 Dear Gossips, If you’ve been visiting this site regularly for some years now, you know we are Taffy fans here. (Taffys? Taffinators? Shouldn’t writers have stans too? Like their own Beyhives?) That would be Taffy Brodesser-Akner, known for writing some of the best profiles of the last By Lainey • Jul 10, 2019 09:19 am
