Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Cate’s checkered bell bottoms You know how Blake Lively’s been trying to claim the suit on her recent press tour for A Simple Favour? And all of it seems so…effort-full? Here’s Cate Blanchett in a checkered suit that, well, probably only Cate Blanchett could pull off. Because of these pants. By Lainey • Sep 17, 2018 03:43 pm
Royals Royal Meghan’s voiceover Kensington Palace announced today that Meghan Markle has partnered with survivors of the Grenfell fire to release a cookbook, Together: Our Community Cookbook. Meghan first started privately visiting the Al Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre in January. When she saw what the women were doing – bonding over food, sharing memories By Lainey • Sep 17, 2018 03:13 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Keri’s best LBD Keri Russell has shown up a lot in this space over the last year. I have loved so many of her outfits. I think she’s also been the Outfit of the Week. This dress could have been an OOTW. Except it’s the Emmys tonight. And she’s nominated. By Lainey • Sep 17, 2018 01:07 pm
Style Kristen & Laura close TIFF Joanna and I worked this weekend. On Saturday night she produced me on the carpet for etalk at the TIFF closing gala presentation of Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy starring Kristen Stewart as JT LeRoy/Savannah Knoop and Laura Dern as Laura Albert/JT LeRoy. I’m sure most of you are By Lainey • Sep 17, 2018 12:34 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Eva Mendes’s best friend Eva Mendes just celebrated her fifth anniversary designing for New York & Company with a presentation in LA last week and the release of a short film in support of the collection. The film, Girl’s Best Friend, was directed by Massy Tadjedin and it’s pretty f-cking cute. By Lainey • Sep 17, 2018 10:59 am
TV Updates Jennifer Aniston on the Emmy scene For a long time, we used to see Jennifer Aniston at the Emmys all the time. It was during the Friends era. And, of course, the Friends were all Emmy regulars. Jennifer won the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Comedy in 2002. Time for some Gossip Nostalgia. Here she By Lainey • Sep 17, 2018 10:18 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Victoria celebrates a decade Victoria Beckham presented her first collection at London Fashion Week yesterday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her label. The collection was well-received by critics. And she also had the full support of her family. All four Beckham children were sat front row at the show alongside David Beckham By Lainey • Sep 17, 2018 09:44 am
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 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