Award Season Campaigning Allison Janney wasn’t sleeping It’s tradition on Oscar nomination morning to hear about how the nominees reacted to their nominations. Some release statements and those make headlines. And, over the years, we’ve become accustomed to the story that they were sleeping. That their moms or their agents woke them up. That their By Lainey • Jan 24, 2018 09:56 am
Amazingness Intro for January 24, 2018 Dear Gossips, Please tell me you’ve seen Tiffany Haddish’s episode of Drunk History. It aired last night. If you haven’t, your morning is about to be as delightful as it was yesterday when Tiffany announced the Oscar nominees. I lost my mind at her assessment of Hitler’ By Lainey • Jan 24, 2018 08:59 am
What Else What Else? Heads up: Sasha and I are recording the next episode of Sasha Answers tomorrow night. It’ll be posted on Thursday! Why are we talking about the next Bond when Daniel Craig hasn’t even started shooting his final Bond? There are a lot of people who want to be By Lainey • Jan 23, 2018 04:51 pm
Top Reads Beyoncé is planning Beyoncé has been pretty quiet this year so far. She was quiet last year around this time too, remember? We heard nothing from Beyoncé in 2017 until…. Febuary 1, 2017. The first day of Black History Month. Also the day she set the record for most likes on Instagram. You By Lainey • Jan 23, 2018 02:13 pm
Award Season Campaigning No James Franco James Franco was not nominated for Best Actor Oscar this morning. And it’s not like he had an outside chance. Many experts, up to two weeks ago (and even still yesterday), had James on their prediction lists believing that most Academy members had voted before James’s sexual harassment By Lainey • Jan 23, 2018 12:06 pm
Award Season Campaigning Mary J Blige makes history The first part of the Oscar nominations this morning, when they announced many of the technical categories, featured vignettes to highlight the work that goes into editing and sound and costuming and cinematography etc. Each vignette was fronted by a woman, a diverse range of women beginning with Gal Gadot By Lainey • Jan 23, 2018 11:02 am
Amazingness Tiffany Haddish wakes up the Oscars The Oscar nominations were announced this morning. And we’ll get to that through the day. But we have to start with Tiffany Haddish who, along with Andy Serkis, was invited by the Academy to call out the nominations. Please, I’m begging you. If you weren’t watching, get By Lainey • Jan 23, 2018 09:55 am
TV Updates Taylor Kitsch’s press day Waco, the miniseries, will premiere tomorrow night on Paramount Network (formerly Spike). Taylor Kitsch plays David Koresh and, as Sarah noted when she wrote about the trailer a few months ago, this is hopefully the role that will break Taylor Kitsch out of his post-FNL funk. Did you watch Manhunt: By Lainey • Jan 23, 2018 08:50 am
Equality Issues Intro for January 23, 2018 Dear Gossips, Yesterday in my post about Tracee Ellis Ross at the SAGs, and how she nailed it when she talked about “agency” and “shoes” in the show open, efficiently articulating that women can have agency and shoes and be both and so many other things, I also mentioned Laverne By Lainey • Jan 23, 2018 07:58 am
What Else What Else? Remember how Justin Timberlake would be nothing if he wasn’t the NSYNC member who was dating the very famous, mega superstar Britney Spears? Remember how he has pretty much risen to where he is by stepping on women? Like Britney and Janet Jackson? Now he’s talking some sh-t By Lainey • Jan 22, 2018 03:17 pm
Style Nicole Kidman: the finale The SAGs represented the final stop on the Big Little Lies award tour. And this year’s Nicole Kidman award season tour. She could very well be at the Oscars as a presenter, sure, but in terms of going into an award show as a favourite for her performance as By Lainey • Jan 22, 2018 02:14 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Reese in green at the SAGs A similar dress to Niecy Nash’s and probably the most interesting dress Reese Witherspoon has worn on a red carpet in a while? It’s been a while since Reese has made me look twice at her on the red carpet. This dress photographs spectacularly on the red carpet, By Lainey • Jan 22, 2018 12:47 pm
Royals Princess Eugenie: another royal engagement! I wonder if Queen Elizabeth knows about Chinese superstition and fortune-telling. It’s on my mind right now because my ma, the Squawking Chicken, has been dispensing the upcoming Year of the Dog readings to me every night the last few nights, two zodiac signs at a time. I’ll By Lainey • Jan 22, 2018 11:55 am
SAG Awards 2018 Sam & Leslie: SAGs Best Couple Do you love them as much as I love them? Do you love Leslie Bibb as much as I love her? Did you see her interview Guiliana Rancic on the red carpet and make it one of the best interviews of the night? Guiliana was supposed to be interviewing them, By Lainey • Jan 22, 2018 11:09 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Brie & Lupita at the end I really enjoyed where Lupita Nyong’o was seated last night at the SAGs. Right in front. Sort of like where Oprah was sitting at the Golden Globes. Like so many other attendees, Lupita was in sparkles. Grey in some light but with a metallic blue tone on the carpet. By Lainey • Jan 22, 2018 10:28 am
SAG Awards 2018 Niecy Nash, Olivia Munn, and …Chris Pratt? Two weeks ago at the Critics’ Choice Awards, Olivia Munn (who hosted) did a bit with Niecy Nash calling out Hollywood predators and also Mark Wahlberg. I was into it. And I was into the repeat performance last night when they co-presented at the SAGs, making a point that there By Lainey • Jan 22, 2018 10:11 am
