Baby and Bump Obsession Candid Princess Catherine Prince William and Catherine were in Leicester yesterday visiting with members of the football club after the helicopter crash that killed several people, including the club’s owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, in October. Of course William is a big football fan but he was there in an official capacity, to pay By Lainey • Nov 29, 2018 12:06 pm
Faux Gossip Leo to propose? I mean… Sure. Why not? According to Us Weekly, Camila Morrone is the one and Leonardo DiCaprio is ready to marry her. I know. I KNOW. But it’s the season of magic and miracles, right? Leonardo DiCaprio may finally be off the market! He and girlfriend Camila Morrone “are By Lainey • Nov 29, 2018 11:27 am
Break Ups “Jen’s own story” Jennifer Aniston covers the new issue of Us Weekly and I’d love to see the print version because I’m confused about what this is. According to the captions, this is “Jen’s own story” and she “opens up” about “healing after heartbreak”. Online though, in the article that By Lainey • Nov 29, 2018 10:13 am
Shout-Outs November 29, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs Simon! Happy Birthday from Devin who calls you the “most wonderful, caring, kind person” but that you’ve “never lost [your] bitchy edge”, and she appreciates that in a front. As do I. She’s lucky to have you. As requested, here are photos of Beyoncé and this shot from By Lainey • Nov 29, 2018 09:53 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for November 29, 2018 Dear Gossips, It’s the week of the celebrity profile/interview. We’ve had a few standouts so far and now it’s Mariah Carey’s. Mimi talked to Pitchfork about her new album, Caution. Have you been listening? I like it a lot. To me, the album as a By Lainey • Nov 29, 2018 09:30 am
What Else What Else? Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx might be getting married. I know. You’re skeptical. You should be. Because much of what’s reported about Katie and Jamie is bullsh-t, including the “breaking news” about them breaking up earlier this year – which never happened. This was my point earlier this week By Lainey • Nov 28, 2018 05:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ask Nicole Anything I met up with one of my students last night, Erik. Erik is a cinephile, and he tries to see as many films as possible, as many times as possible. With Erik, as soon as you mention movies, you might get an hour-long monologue. Anyway, I was encouraging him to By Lainey • Nov 28, 2018 02:35 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: MBJ x FNL and … the problem of women’s pleasure On this week’s episode of Show Your Work, we begin with Michael B Jordan, the Movie Star. Hollywood doesn’t produce very many movie stars anymore. For the last few years, every time a movie star can’t open a movie, we start talking all over again about the By Lainey • Nov 28, 2018 11:27 am
Gossip Nostalgia Cameron & JoAnna: Gossip Nostalgia It’ll be four years next month since the release of Cameron Diaz’s last movie, Annie. She and Benji Madden got married a month later, in January 2015, and since then, as I say every time I write about her, she’s been really, really quiet. Earlier this year, By Lainey • Nov 28, 2018 10:44 am
Shout-Outs November 28, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs Debi! Happy Birthday with love from Stephanie whose birthday wish for you came true with Harry and Meghan – so believe her when she says that even though it’s been a rough year, “the best is yet to come”. By request, here are Richard Madden and a short-haired Dave Grohl. By Lainey • Nov 28, 2018 09:41 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for November 28, 2018 Dear Gossips, The National Board of Review announced its award winners yesterday. NBR isn’t always that great of an Oscar predictor; last year their Best Film was The Post, Best Actor and Best Actress were Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, Willem Dafoe and Laurie Metcalf won for supporting …AND By Lainey • Nov 28, 2018 09:09 am
What Else What Else? Jameela Jamil’s IDAGF-ness is breathtaking. We’re used to seeing one or two tweets. She is pounding this issue relentlessly. And naming names. And posting photos. And using words. She’s using words like “liar”. She’s calling out celebrities for being “gross”. And even when one of those By Lainey • Nov 27, 2018 05:39 pm
Barry Jenkins Kerry & Nnamdi for Beale Street I saw If Beale Street Could Talk at TIFF. It crushed me. Love is HARD. Love is often sold to us as easy, too easy. “Love is all you need.” If only that could be the truth. But while love is complicated at the best of times, as Kathleen often By Lainey • Nov 27, 2018 05:10 pm
Royals Angelina’s weekend in London … with royalty Angelina Jolie was in London this past weekend at the Fighting Stigma Through Film festival in support of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative. As we have seen, Angelina has been raising awareness for victims of sexual violence over the years, working closely with governments to end sexual violence in conflict. By Lainey • Nov 27, 2018 01:37 pm
Royals The Duchess Wars Earlier this month, it was reported that there was some tiara drama before Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding. Supposedly Royal Meghan wanted to wear a certain tiara and she ended up with another one, even though Harry insisted that “what Meghan wants, Meghan gets”. If you recall, in By Lainey • Nov 27, 2018 11:05 am
Lena Dunham Intro for November 27, 2018 Dear Gossips, Back in September, Jon Caramanica declared in The New York Times that the celebrity profile is dead. Beyoncé had just interviewed herself for Vogue. Taylor Swift, taking Beyoncé’s lead, isn’t doing interviews anymore. Emma Stone was interviewed by one of her best friends, Jennifer Lawrence, for By Lainey • Nov 27, 2018 09:33 am
