Scarlett Johansson ScarJost holds hands Scarlett Johansson showed up on the final 2017 episode of Saturday Night Live this weekend to play Ivanka Trump in the cold open. Afterward she joined cast members and host Kevin Hart on the Rockefeller Centre ice rink, standing beside her boyfriend Colin Jost. Everyone skated around as the credits By Lainey • Dec 18, 2017 11:07 am
Royals Happy Christmas from the Cambridges I was hoping that we’d get the Prince Harry-Meghan Markle official engagement portraits today. Looks like we’ll have to wait a while longer for it. What we did get today was the Cambridge Christmas card. Here they are, Prince William, Catherine, Big G, and Charlotte wishing you a By Lainey • Dec 18, 2017 10:26 am
Star Wars Intro for December 18, 2017 Dear Gossips, Did you see Star Wars: The Last Jedi this weekend? Did you love it? Or are you one of those fanboys bitching about it because it was too funny, or something? I LOVED it…but it didn’t start off that way. You know how it starts off, By Lainey • Dec 18, 2017 09:39 am
What Else What Else? I posted earlier about Matt Damon. Now connect the dots between Matt’s mansplaining and man-worries to Russell Simmons and his bullsh-t #NotMe movement. While we’re at it, let’s talk about lie detector tests. Or the “polygraph test”. I listened to an episode of This American Life this By Lainey • Dec 15, 2017 04:09 pm
Taylor Swift Calvin Harris or Tom Hiddleston: who made Taylor hunch? See? As much as she claims to not want to be “part of the narrative”, Taylor Swift is just so great for gossip. Todrick Hall, a good friend of Taylor’s, was interviewed on the Kidd Kraddick Morning Show yesterday – video is below – and he talked about hanging out with By Lainey • Dec 15, 2017 12:47 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Laura’s long leather skirt What a year Laura Dern has had. She began the year in Big Little Lies. She’s ending the year in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In between those two posts there’s Twin Peaks and Good Time Girls and Downsizing and she shot the JT Leroy movie this summer. By Lainey • Dec 15, 2017 11:28 am
Top Reads When Matt Damon talks… Between Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, usually it’s Ben Affleck who’s the f-ckup, right? We know Ben to be the sloppy one. His personal life is all drama and he swings between comebacks and messes. Matt Damon, on the other hand, has enjoyed a much better reputation. He’ By Lainey • Dec 15, 2017 10:33 am
Brad Pitt Angelina’s not invited The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its shortlist of films contending for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar yesterday: Chile, A Fantastic Woman Germany, In the Fade Hungary, On Body and Soul Israel, Foxtrot Lebanon, The Insult Russia, Loveless Senegal, Félicité South Africa, The Wound Sweden, The By Lainey • Dec 15, 2017 09:29 am
Royals Intro for December 15, 2017 Dear Gossips, I wrote yesterday about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle joining the Queen at Windsor Castle on Monday night to celebrate the holidays with the royal household. Apparently champagne was served and everyone drank from champagne flutes. I would love to sip champagne from a champagne flute served in By Lainey • Dec 15, 2017 08:35 am
What Else What Else? It was Taylor Swift’s birthday yesterday. And she posted a message to thank her fans. She also said she had the best year. And, well, the general consensus is that 2017 was a pretty f-cking bullsh-t year that will not stop giving us more and more f-cking bullsh-t. This By Lainey • Dec 14, 2017 04:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews “Every con has its pros” Sarah Paulson shared the first poster for Ocean’s 8 today on Twitter. Get Ready: pic.twitter.com/ShGu4L90Gw— Sarah Paulson (@MsSarahPaulson) December 14, 2017 I’m ready!!! I have my hand up in the air, waving it around. I AM READY. You know, no matter how cynical I get, By Lainey • Dec 14, 2017 04:10 pm
Royals The Queen & Meghan Meghan Markle did not join Prince William, Catherine, and Harry today at the Grenfell memorial. It would have been too distracting, not appropriate for the occasion. There is, however, a story about her in the UK papers today. Writing for the Daily Mail longtime royal correspondent Richard Kay reports that By Lainey • Dec 14, 2017 12:58 pm
Henry Windsor Royals and celebrities at the Grenfell memorial It’s been six months since the Grenfell Tower tragedy and a multi-faith memorial service took place this morning at St Paul’s Cathedral to remember and honour victims and survivors. Several senior members of the royal family were there, including Prince Charles and Camilla, Prince William, Catherine, and Prince By Lainey • Dec 14, 2017 11:45 am
Selena Gomez Selena & Justin: #1s, dancing, and trees Billboard yesterday released its list of the 100 Best Songs of 2017. The #2 song on the list was Cardi B’s Bodak Yellow which you’ve been hearing everywhere now for months non-stop. The #1 song on the list? Selena Gomez’s Bad Liar. Not that it doesn’t By Lainey • Dec 14, 2017 10:41 am
Salma Hayek Intro for December 14, 2017 Dear Gossips, Salma Hayek’s essay in The New York Times about Harvey Weinstein – like all of the other stories about predators we’ve heard over the past couple of months and well before that too, the details are disturbing and her pain is real. But, as Salma suggests, near By Lainey • Dec 14, 2017 09:40 am
What Else What Else? Please know that I do not want to be made responsible and should not be held accountable for what Sasha says about Beyoncé on this week’s episode of Sasha Answers. I take full responsibility and accountability, however, for what I say about ear zits and smelling them. Matt Lauer By Lainey • Dec 13, 2017 03:55 pm
