Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: The Work of Writing Part 1 Welcome to our first bonus mini-episode on writing – because we talk about writing so much, and we all write so much, and because there are so many different kinds of writing. But first…here’s our takeoff point: A couple of weeks ago, Laurie Kilmartin talked to Vulture about writing By Lainey • Dec 03, 2018 03:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Aniston gets personal for Dumplin’ As mentioned in the previous post about Dolly Parton, Dumplin’ will be released on Netflix on Friday and since the movie is produced by and stars Jennifer Aniston, with music from Dolly Parton, these two women are doing much of the promotional work, leveraging their profiles to make sure the By Lainey • Dec 03, 2018 01:02 pm
Amazingness Dolly on the campaign trail As I wrote a few weeks ago, Dolly Parton, in her words, is “politickin’” for Dumplin’ which premieres on Netflix on Friday and I’m going to watch the f-ck out of it all weekend. We should see Dolly and Jennifer Aniston on the carpet soon and those pictures will By Lainey • Dec 03, 2018 12:14 pm
Award Season Campaigning Bradley Cooper: invisible front row Irina Shayk walked in the Versace show in New York last night. As mentioned in the previous post, there were a lot of celebrities in the front row, including Irina’s partner, Bradley Cooper. No photos of him at the event though, not that I’ve seen, not on the By Lainey • Dec 03, 2018 11:37 am
BFFs Blake & Gigi at Versace So many celebrities showed up last night at the Versace pre-fall 2019 presentation at the American Stock Exchange last night. Over the last year or so, Donatella’s been leaning into the nostalgia in her collections, revisiting some of Gianni’s most memorable classic looks – and this collection continued that By Lainey • Dec 03, 2018 10:57 am
Music Intro for December 3, 2018 Dear Gossips, It’s been 14 years since Beyoncé last performed in South Africa. Last night she made it worth the wait at the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100, paying tribute to one of the greatest human beings in history, honouring his memory and also those who are keeping his By Lainey • Dec 03, 2018 09:15 am
What Else What Else? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be not at Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’s wedding this week. This is not a surprise. And not just because Royal Meghan is pregnant. First of all, that wedding is being Vogued. Notice that Meghan didn’t come up in Priyanka’s Vogue By Lainey • Nov 30, 2018 03:56 pm
BFFs Emily Blunt: Outfit of the Week The Outfit of the Week posts are usually on the LifeStyle page. The reason it’s being featured here is that there’s more to say about Emily Blunt, particularly right now, and also about John Krasinski. But let’s start with the fashion…because THIS DRESS. I sent it By Lainey • Nov 30, 2018 01:31 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Jennifer Garner’s black tulle Two weeks ago, Janelle Monae was the OOTW in white tulle. This is not the OOTW but it is tulle. And it’s not annoying, which tulle can be. The main reason it’s not annoying is because it’s black. That’s the best way to reduce the annoyingness By Lainey • Nov 30, 2018 12:25 pm
Award Season Campaigning A night for Bradley Cooper Bradley Cooper was honoured last night at the American Cinematheque Award dinner. He couldn’t skip this one. As I’ve mentioned, Bradley’s maintained a pretty low public profile the last couple of months, since the release of A Star is Born, despite it being Oscar campaign season and By Lainey • Nov 30, 2018 11:22 am
Hook Ups Andrew Garfield & Rita Ora? Random as f-ck. The Sun reported yesterday that Andrew Garfield and Rita Ora are dating. They were both at the Evening Standard Awards a couple of weeks ago. Let’s break down how this story is being sold to us: The singer, 28, is in the early stages of a By Lainey • Nov 30, 2018 10:05 am
Shout-Outs November 30, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs Jen! Happy opening weekend! Congratulations on the release of your first animated feature! It’s been FOUR YEARS. But it happened. Because you showed the sh-t out of your work. Victoria is so proud of you. By request – some of the women who’ve been trying to open more doors, By Lainey • Nov 30, 2018 09:20 am
Crazy Rich Asians Intro for November 30, 2018 Dear Gossips, There are four different “Entertainer of the Year” Entertainment Weekly covers: Cardi B and Darren Criss are featured; Kathleen posted about the women of Black Panther yesterday; and there’s also the women of Crazy Rich Asians. EW calls them “the queens of summer”. Look at them. Look By Lainey • Nov 30, 2018 09:00 am
What Else What Else? Taylor Swift has a new title. As we’ve seen, she likes records. She likes being the “most this” or the "biggest that”. I would like that too. I know there’s an ongoing conversation about changing the markers of success and it is a valid discussion, but at By Lainey • Nov 29, 2018 05:03 pm
Weddings Priyanka & Nick’s Vogue love story Brag alert – I knew it! Back on October 30th, following Priyanka Chopra’s bridal shower at Tiffany, when she wore Marchesa, which Anna Wintour has been trying to boost, I predicted that it would be a Vogue wedding. Vogue confirmed today that Priyanka will be on the cover of the By Lainey • Nov 29, 2018 04:47 pm
Gorgessity Holiday season JLo Peace on earth, goodwill to (all) – this is supposed to be the season of kindness, right? Well, there’s a quiet war going on. It’s the war for the Christmas audience. Netflix is trying to be your go-to destination for holiday programming, or all programming, giving us a selection By Lainey • Nov 29, 2018 02:13 pm
