Maple Leaf Intro for September 17, 2018 Dear Gossips, September is World Alzheimer’s Month. Did you know that September is also, unofficially, Feel Bad for Sexual Harasser’s Month? This is not a f-cking joke. Harper’s Magazine, The New York Review of Books, and New York Magazine have all published features by or about men By Lainey • Sep 17, 2018 08:56 am
What Else What Else? TIFF has taken over my life for the last 10 days and I’m going until the very end on Saturday. So I’ve been behind. There are so many videos I haven’t watched, so much reading I haven’t caught up on. I haven’t even watched the By Lainey • Sep 14, 2018 05:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper, the contender As you’re now probably aware, after the reaction to A Star is Born in Venice and especially in Toronto, in front of a North American audience, the film is a now a major contender for award season and, ultimately, for Oscar. A Best Picture nomination seems likely, especially if By Lainey • Sep 14, 2018 01:28 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: La La Anthony's Outfit of the Week I’m not going to pretend that I would ever wear this dress. I do admire it though. And I love it on La La Anthony. Also I love the name La La and I wish I could have nicknamed myself La La because the letters “L” and “A” do By Lainey • Sep 14, 2018 12:19 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Elle’s yellow and stripes What is your favourite fashion season? Duana and I talked about this recently. She’s all about summer. I’m super into fall. I like the versatility of fall. I like layering. I like that a short summer dress gets a new life with tights and combat boots. I like By Lainey • Sep 14, 2018 11:47 am
Media Manipulation Lady Gaga’s “overjoyment” This is a word Lady Gaga uses in her new Vogue cover story released earlier this week. Her “73 Questions” came out yesterday. All this, of course, ahead of the release of A Star is Born on October 5 following its world premiere in Venice and its North American premiere By Lainey • Sep 14, 2018 10:27 am
TV Updates Emma and Cary: the couple we wished for We? OK maybe just me. But I was wishing it. I’ve been wishing it. The Gossip Genie has NOT delivered. There is no Emma Stone + Cary Fukunaga. But here are some shots of them together at the premiere of Maniac last night in London anyway, taunting us with what By Lainey • Sep 14, 2018 10:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 14, 2018 Dear Gossips, As mentioned, last night I moderated the Q&A after the 25th anniversary TIFF screening of The Joy Luck Club at the Elgin Theatre, the same theatre where it premiered at TIFF in 1993. Director Wayne Wang was joined by casting director Heidi Levitt, and cast members By Lainey • Sep 14, 2018 08:32 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) The curious case of Royal Meghan’s dog PEOPLE Magazine reported a few weeks ago that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had adopted a new dog, a black lab, and that the name is Oz. The palace has yet to confirm any of this information. So we’ve been waiting to see the new Sussex puppy, to be By Lainey • Sep 13, 2018 11:46 am
Royals Prince William’s Asian mix-up Prince William attended the opening of Japan House London today, the new cultural centre providing visitors an “experience of the best and latest from Japan”. I just want to establish our location, set the scene. And now that you’re there, watch this: Prince William was in great form at By Lainey • Sep 13, 2018 10:44 am
Douchebags Intro for September 13, 2018 Dear Gossips, As we have learned over the last few months, Les Moonves has a long history of sexual harassment. Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Les Moonves’s prolific and extensive abuse of power has resulted in additional investigation and analysis by other media outlets into how he was insulated By Lainey • Sep 13, 2018 09:43 am
What Else What Else? I mean, I think we all know how reality shows work and the editing tricks that go into it to create drama. So …sure. Maybe there was some creative editing that went on here. But what’s also worth noting is the part in Devon Windsor’s statement about how By Lainey • Sep 12, 2018 05:41 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Gwendoline’s fashion week pyjamas LOOOOOOOVE. I’m all about pyjama fashion. I was worried it was going out of style. It is not going out of style. Gwendoline Christie is keeping them firmly IN style. This is unmistakably a pyjama outfit, specifically produced not to sleep in but to be seen in. The colours By Lainey • Sep 12, 2018 05:08 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Saoirse’s pink shoulder bows This dress on Saoirse Ronan isn't lighting me on fire or anything but I do find it interesting, the way they’ve tied a bow on each shoulder and let the loops fall forward to create a mini-sleeve effect with the ribbon. It’s cute, right? A cute By Lainey • Sep 12, 2018 04:58 pm
Style Rihanna arrives, fashion week begins Technically, New York Fashion Week has been well underway for days. But if fashion week is supposed to show us what’s new in style and beauty, and what we’ll be wearing in the coming season, who else is better to look to for all of that than Rihanna? By Lainey • Sep 12, 2018 03:48 pm
BFFs Timothee Chalamet, fanboy It’s the one year anniversary of my relationship with Timothee Chalamet. This is a one-sided relationship. At least I can admit that, unlike Kathleen with Michael B Jordan. And Noah Centineo. And Chris Pine. Kathleen is a fantasy philanderer. Anyway, TIFF 2017 is when I saw Call Me By By Lainey • Sep 12, 2018 12:57 pm
