Movie Reviews and Previews It’s almost time for Once Upon a Time Earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter speculated about which films could be screened in Cannes. We are now just two months away from the festival and, since Cannes has always welcomed Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a strong possibility. The film opens wide at the end By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 01:57 pm
Relationship Assumption Is Tom Hiddleston Lesson #16? Taylor Swift’s American ELLE cover was released earlier this week featuring her essay about the 30 lessons she’s learning before turning 30. It was a full-bodied piece about empowerment and growth, about reflection and self-interrogation in search of improvement AND it came with gossip bonuses, not unlike the By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 12:46 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Meghan Markle’s feminist bump Ahead of her appearance today at The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust panel celebrating International Women’s Day to discuss obstacles to equality and opportunity, it was announced that Meghan Markle is now Vice President of The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust working alongside Prince Harry who is the President. It is By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 11:24 am
BFFs Captain Marvel’s International Women’s Weekend Today is International Women’s Day intentionally chosen to be the American opening day of Captain Marvel. Obviously they’re hoping for a big box office this weekend. Projections range anywhere from $80 million to $120 million. She was off to a good start last night with Deadline estimating a By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 10:22 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 8, 2019 Dear Gossips, Two weeks ago this Sunday, Selma Blair showed up at the Vanity Fair Oscar party and took over the red carpet. I’ve been saving these pictures ever since, saving them for today, International Women’s Day. It was Selma’s first public appearance since revealing her MS By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 08:41 am
What Else What Else? Is this the second time this week that I’ve mentioned The Hills in this space? I’ve only just now realised that they’re promoting the new series. And I’ve only just now remembered that Mischa Barton is in it. All these years later, what’s changed? Well. By Lainey • Mar 07, 2019 02:57 pm
Music The Vindication of “The Butt Song” This post is a cheat: I could link to it in What Else? but I want to give it its own space. It deserves its own space but also…it’s so perfect all by itself – the choices, the writing, the layout, all of it – that it doesn’t need By Lainey • Mar 07, 2019 02:30 pm
Media Manipulation Kate Beckinsale is paying attention Kate Beckinsale was with Pete Davidson in New York last weekend. I’m sure you’ve all seen the photos of them kissing at the hockey game. I was going to write about that on Monday but we were having tech issues on the site and I never got around By Lainey • Mar 07, 2019 11:25 am
BFFs Hanging out with Brie and Sam Sarah’s review of Captain Marvel will go up tomorrow. I saw it a couple of weeks ago. Quick reaction: I had a good time as soon as Brie Larson and Samuel L Jackson started hanging out. They are GREAT together. They’re the superhero BFFs I never expected. Maybe By Lainey • Mar 07, 2019 09:32 am
Media Manipulation Intro for March 7, 2019 Dear Gossips, Last year, after Jennifer Lawrence interviewed Emma Stone for ELLE and Beyoncé interviewed herself for Vogue, Jon Caramanica asked in The New York Times whether or not the celebrity profile was dead. And then in November Allison P Davis took up the mantle with her outstanding piece on By Lainey • Mar 07, 2019 08:30 am
What Else What Else? In my post today about Andrew Garfield and Rita Ora, I suggested who could be next for Rita, someone who could match her thirst. Zac Efron initially came to mind but he apparently has a new girlfriend, Danish swimmer Sarah Bro. He probably loves that her last name is his By Lainey • Mar 06, 2019 04:40 pm
BFFs Taylor x Tahani “I haven’t been this upset since my good friend Taylor was rudely upstaged by my other friend Kanye, who was defending my best friend, Beyoncé.” – Tahani Al-Jamil, The Good Place If you’ve read Taylor Swift’s piece in American ELLE, you know she namechecked Jameela Jamil, star of By Lainey • Mar 06, 2019 04:28 pm
Break Ups Andrew and Rita are over I don’t know why this has to be such a big headline. It’s not like….well…was there anyone out there who thought this was something lasting? Andrew Garfield and Rita Ora haven’t been seen together in 2019. The Mirror broke the news today that they’ve By Lainey • Mar 06, 2019 03:58 pm
Game of Thrones Kit kicks off the GoT countdown Entertainment Weekly’s releasing cover after cover featuring the cast of Game of Thrones. The first full final episodes trailer for Game of Thrones was released yesterday and here’s Kit Harington in New York on Colbert promoting the end so the countdown is on. We’ve a little over By Lainey • Mar 06, 2019 03:03 pm
Music Taylor Swift pre-30 Last week, Taylor Swift wrote a piece for ELLE UK about pop music. This week she covers American ELLE, once again in her own words, because like Beyoncé before her, Taylor isn’t doing interviews anymore. The question is – what is this for? The ELLE UK essay came and went By Lainey • Mar 06, 2019 12:46 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Harry and Meghan at WE Day WE Day is for youth. Thousands of young people are recognised for their social contributions and invited to participate in a day of empowerment, with celebrity guest speakers encouraging their efforts as they continue to engage with their immediate and greater communities. Prince Harry is the President of The Queen’ By Lainey • Mar 06, 2019 10:18 am
