Movie Reviews and Previews Coach Taylor’s Game Night The first trailer for the upcoming comedy, Game Night, has just been released. Maybe it’s because all we’ve gotten over the last 5 weeks out of Hollywood has been an onslaught of grossness but… I like it. I think I like it a LOT. But then again, I By Lainey • Nov 10, 2017 11:50 am
Music Taylor Swift’s reputation I’ve been wondering for a few weeks now, on a few occasions, since the first four songs released off reputation haven’t been all that strong, whether or not Taylor Swift was banking the good sh-t for the album release. And it turns out she was. Or at least By Lainey • Nov 10, 2017 09:28 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie’s cookies The Hollywood Reporter posted a story yesterday about Angelina Jolie bringing cookies to Vivienne’s martial arts class: The Oscar winner surprised parents at Shaolin American Self Defense Academy when she showed up with daughter Vivienne Jolie Pitt, 9, and Day of the Dead-decorated cookies from Porto's Bakery By Lainey • Nov 10, 2017 09:06 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for November 10, 2017 Dear Gossips, The Hollywood Predator Advent Calendar opened up a new door yesterday and spat out Louis CK. Exactly five weeks ago yesterday, The New York Times broke open the story about Harvey Weinstein. It was a Thursday. Yesterday, also a Thursday, they confirmed what the whisper network (Gawker and By Lainey • Nov 10, 2017 08:34 am
What Else What Else? While the current comparison is to say that Lisa Marie Presley is having Johnny Depp problems, it actually sounds like she’s having Presley problems. As in her dad, Elvis. Elvis was totally clueless when it came to managing his money. Which is why he had no idea how badly By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 04:23 pm
Maple Leaf Celine at the club I meant to get to this yesterday but we had to post all the Sexiest Man Alive posts. And then I wanted to save this for tomorrow because it’s such a great Friday weekend sendoff but in these times, we shouldn’t put off our joy. Every day a By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 04:17 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2017 Sterling K Brown & Milo Ventimiglia: SMA 2017 Odds As covered yesterday, Mark Walhberg is my unfortunate prediction for PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive 2017. Is he sexy? F-ck no. Not to me. Not to many of you. But, again, this it the PEOPLE demographic. He’s pretty popular with the MiniVan Majority. Also it’s those Calvin Klein By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 03:20 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Kelsea’s un-CMA dress There’s a certain style aesthetic to the country music red carpet. A CMA carpet is not a Golden Globes carpet. It’s brighter and sparklier. The hair is bigger, the bows are wider. So I was surprised to see this dress on Kelsea Ballerini. It’s not the best By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 02:14 pm
Media Manipulation Ben Affleck’s PR angles Justice League is a week away. So the North American press push for the movie should be underway. Here’s Ben Affleck arriving in New York, all smiles with Lindsay Shookus. Back in September, before the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal broke, I had been anticipating that Ben and Lindsay By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 02:00 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Faith’s Jolie dress Faith Hill wore a black one-shoulder Armani gown on the red carpet at the CMAs last night. Don’t care for it. And not because of all that gathering creeping up her neck on one side. But because of that black sparkle material. It’s so specifically of an era, By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 01:31 pm
Music Taylor Swift is not an underdog As expected, Taylor Swift won Song Of The Year for Better Man last night at the CMAs. She wrote the song for Little Big Town. It was obvious the minute Karlie Kloss came out on stage as one of the presenters. No matter how you feel about her, what’s By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 12:00 pm
Top Reads Mimi too? Earlier this week, it was announced that Stella Bulochnikov, who’s been Mariah Carey’s manager for a couple of years now, was stepping down from the “day-to-day management” of Mimi’s career. So they broke up. Two days later, TMZ reports that Mimi’s being accused of sexual harassment By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 10:10 am
Music Intro for November 9, 2017 Dear Gossips, I don’t listen to much country music. I’m unfamiliar with most of the songs performed at the CMA Awards. But almost every year for the last several years, I’ve watched most of the show. It’s a really well produced show. Like, I don’t By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 09:32 am
What Else What Else? The MET Gala theme has been set for 2018. It’s “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”. Which means there will be zero imagination. Because every basic will show up in a crucifix. Except… Rihanna, of course. Always Rihanna at the MET Gala. And she’s also co-chairing the By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 06:24 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2017 Prediction: Mark Wahlberg SMA 2017 Odds Arguments for: - Marky Mark of the Calvin Klein underwear ads has never been named Sexiest Man Alive. People have been horny for those ads for almost 20 years. - And since then Mark Wahlberg has gone on to become a Hollywood mogul. He’s one of the most powerful By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 05:22 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2008 Idris Elba: Runner-up SMA 2017 Odds Arguments for: - Every single f-cking one you can think of. - Molly’s Game will be in limited release at Christmas and will open wide in January. That’s an award season schedule. Most of that awards attention will be on Jessica Chastain but as Sarah wrote in her By Lainey • Nov 08, 2017 04:55 pm
