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
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Hana’s classic dress Certain “classic” dress shapes I could do without. For example, the wrap dress. I’m also not big on the sweetheart neckline that fits to the waist and then puffs out to the skirt. Hana Mae Lee is wearing a “classic” dress. I don’t know what the word for By Lainey • Dec 13, 2017 02:44 pm
Royals Official: Meghan Markle’s Christmas at Sandringham I mean we’ve been talking about this for weeks – that Meghan Markle will spent Christmas with Prince Harry at Sandringham at the invitation of the Queen, even though it’s not usual protocol because they’re not married yet – but now it’s official as PEOPLE has an official By Lainey • Dec 13, 2017 01:58 pm
Star Wars Two Princes and a Droid It’s Star Wars week, right? The movie opens very, very soon. Everybody’s talking about how good it is. So if everyone’s talking about Star Wars, why is no one f-cking talking about R2-D2? R2 is the OG. The OG! An OG should always take precedence over a By Lainey • Dec 13, 2017 12:51 pm
Star Wars Oscar & Elvira at the premiere I called it Oscar Isaac Week yesterday. I should also have called it I Saw Him First Week because I did. And in about five days, when all of us have seen Star Wars: The Last Jedi, at least once, you’ll all be dialed up over Oscar Isaac and By Lainey • Dec 13, 2017 11:32 am
Rihanna Rihanna’s “clapback” and her ring Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty came out in September and it’s been winning awards all over the place for the quality of the products and for its inclusivity of its range. Also? It’s Rihanna who is a boss, and perhaps underappreciated for her business strategy. She marketed the sh-t By Lainey • Dec 13, 2017 10:04 am
Intro for December 13, 2017 Dear Gossips, Is the needle moving? The NYT Times needle was a thing on Twitter all last night. That needle was STRESS. On my tombstone please write: “He’s here because of the New York Times election needle.”— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) December 13, 2017 But maybe the needle is an By Lainey • Dec 13, 2017 09:41 am
What Else What Else? As you know, we don’t talk much here about the Kardashians. My favourite thing about them, though, is probably what they did to Paris Hilton. Ebola Hilton. There was a time when no one was spared. Once you were seen with Paris, that was it, the contamination was near By Lainey • Dec 12, 2017 04:51 pm
