Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 14, 2018 Dear Gossips, Oh did you think I wasn’t going to be mentioning Crazy Rich Asians this week? There was no CRA content yesterday because I’m hitting you up with so much of it today, tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday for its five-day opening weekend. Not only because, as By Lainey • Aug 14, 2018 09:03 am
What Else What Else? This beautifully gay performance has reminded me of one of my regrets: I do not talk about Carly Rae Jepsen enough on this site. I love her. And I love Emotion. So much. How has it already been three years since it came out? Why didn’t I shout at By Lainey • Aug 13, 2018 05:01 pm
Books Justin Timberlake’s “Hindsight” It was announced on Friday that Justin Timberlake is coming out with a book. What’s it about? WHAT DO YOU THINK IT’S ABOUT? His favourite topic: himself. If there’s anyone who can reliably be a cliché, it’s Justin Timberlake. Which is why the title of the By Lainey • Aug 13, 2018 04:26 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie keeps losing Angelina Jolie was photographed at the supermarket in LA with three of her kids this weekend. We’ve seen her often with her kids since she and Brad Pitt broke up. We have not seem him with his kids. And he can’t see his kids without the presence of By Lainey • Aug 13, 2018 03:13 pm
Relationship Assumption Chris Pratt, a year later Chris Pratt and Anna Faris announced their separation pretty much exactly a year ago. They did it during Game of Thrones. You remember the episode, right? Daenerys and Drogon swoop in behind the Dothraki army to burn the Lannister forces. Not sure whether or not that was strategic (I mean By Lainey • Aug 13, 2018 11:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Joe goes public Joe Alwyn will star in several films confirmed for the festival circuit this fall, and many of them could be award contenders. So it’s his first major promotional tour since Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk which came out before we found out that he and Taylor were together. By Lainey • Aug 13, 2018 09:27 am
Beyoncé Intro for August 13, 2018 Dear Gossips, We are not talking today about Meghan Markle’s father. Because there’s nothing new to say. It’s the same, my views on it have not changed: there is nothing loving about repeatedly harassing your child in the media. Did you know there was actually a contact By Lainey • Aug 13, 2018 08:30 am
What Else What Else? I don’t know if I believe this new round of rumours about Idris Elba and James Bond. They’re just shooting Bond 25 right now. It won’t be out for another year. And it took them a LONG time to even get Bond 25 into production. So … are By Lainey • Aug 10, 2018 04:18 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Nina Dobrev's Outfits of the Week What stood out to me about these two outfits on Nina Dobrev is that I don’t think I would have predicted that she’d pick them before I saw her in them. This dress and the jumpsuit, they don’t seem like her regular style vibe. So if this By Lainey • Aug 10, 2018 03:46 pm
Music JLo: holiday photos and pre-VMA Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have been on holiday this week in Italy. Last night she got on the mic for an impromptu performance at dinner. This was documented on Instagram, obviously: A post shared by Alex Rodriguez (@arod) on Aug 8, 2018 at 5:56pm PDT If you follow By Lainey • Aug 10, 2018 12:36 pm
Girlcrushes Gemma Chan: your new Girl Crush That sounded really bossy, like I’m ordering you to make Gemma Chan your new girl crush. It’s not an order. It’s a prediction. She will be, once you see Crazy Rich Asians. Everyone I know who has seen it has come out of there with a beast By Lainey • Aug 10, 2018 10:52 am
Top Reads Casey Affleck’s strong PR game Casey Affleck is promoting a new film, The Old Man & The Gun. You’ll recall, back in the fall of 2016, when momentum was surging around Manchester By The Sea, making him a Best Actor Oscar favourite, Amy Zimmerman wrote a great piece for The Daily Beast, questioning why By Lainey • Aug 10, 2018 10:10 am
Crazy Rich Asians Intro for August 10, 2018 Dear Gossips, Last summer, The Big Sick was called “the best romantic comedy in years”, becoming one of the highest grossing independent films of 2017, and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon. The Verge called The Big Sick a “culturally specific By Lainey • Aug 10, 2018 09:03 am
What Else What Else? I am obsessed with this woman. I sent this to Kathleen yesterday and she wrote back and said she’s obsessed with her too. I want to interview her, I want to know her, I want to you to know her, I want all of us to celebrate her. You By Lainey • Aug 09, 2018 05:03 pm
Quiveration Henry & Liv: a new obsession Oh hi. I’m here to talk at you about Crazy Rich Asians again. Did I mention the Crazy Hot Asian Dudes in the movie? One those hot dudes, the main hot dude, is Henry Golding, who plays the “Prince Charming” in the story, because CRA is a rom-com, By Lainey • Aug 09, 2018 04:09 pm
Break Ups World War Brange: the money phase When Angelina Jolie first announced that she and Brad Pitt were over, I called it World War Brange because that’s what it was – the opposite of conscious uncoupling. (How smug-ass do you think Gwyneth Paltrow is right now?) After three months of bloody battle at the end of By Lainey • Aug 09, 2018 11:45 am
