Movie Reviews and Previews Gorgeous Joe for Prada Joe Alwyn is the new face of Prada’s Ascension campaign. Aptly named, non? A year ago Joe was the rising star lead of Ang Lee’s overhyped and underwhelming Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk which was supposed to be an Oscar contender with new technology and camera work, By Lainey • Nov 07, 2017 09:50 am
Music Taylor Swift: release week drama Taylor Swift’s new album, reputation, is out on Friday. So far she’s released four songs. I’m not super into any of them. But she’s already pre-sold 400,000 units of the album, and it’s Target’s biggest music pre-sale of all time. As By Lainey • Nov 07, 2017 09:09 am
Harvey Weinstein Intro for November 7, 2017 Dear Gossips, Do you listen to the Bill Simmons Podcast? I go in and out of it, depending on the guest. Last week his guest was Janice Min, now Co-President and Chief Creative Officer of The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group and formerly the editor of US Weekly, in By Lainey • Nov 07, 2017 08:01 am
What Else What Else? There are very few upsides to having food-motivated dogs, like mine. One of those upsides though is that they will leave the park if you ask them if they are hungry. They know the word hungry so well we have to spell it. When they hear the word “hungry” By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 04:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer & Margot: one hairstyle, two campaigns Did you see mother!? The movie with the dumbest punctuation of the year? It was meant to be Darren Aronofsky’s big deep artistic mindf-ck. Whatever. I thought it was a film student’s first film. And I found all the conversations around it, about how profound it all By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 03:34 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Elizabeth Olsen’s LACMA tuxedo I’m never going to be mad at a woman in a tuxedo at a gala. Especially when it fits so beautifully and is so obviously well-constructed. Elizabeth Olsen is wearing Dolce & Gabbana. No, it’s not the most original tuxedo we’ve ever seen. Satin lapels are By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 03:11 pm
Break Ups Mimi unmanaged Mariah Carey and her manager, Stella Bulochnikov, have broken up. They’re not calling it a breakup though. They’re saying they’re just changing their business arrangement. Here’s the official statement, from Stella, per Variety: “After working together for almost three years, Mariah Carey and Stella Bulochnikov have By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 01:42 pm
Douchebags Kevin Spacey, Brett Ratner, and more shady connections I briefly considered titling this post “The Daily Sexual Harassment Roundup”. But I worried that that would seem insensitive. And I don’t want to be insensitive. I want to make a point that this is what’s happening now: that the list of sexual harassers and predators in Hollywood By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 01:20 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Zoe’s best Gucci The LACMA Art + Film Gala this weekend was presented by Gucci. So a lot of people wore Gucci. Of all the Gucci that we saw on the carpet, the standout, for me, was Zoe Saldana. It’s not for everyone. It’s not a problem. In fact, that’s why By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 12:35 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Melissa’s belted plaid Plaid is big this season. As it is every season. But this season we’re making a point of highlighting it. The most prominent plaid that we’ve seen has been red plaid - most recently on Jessica Biel last week. Red plaid can be tricky on a red carpet though. By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 12:22 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Brad goes out too Angelina Jolie stepped out this weekend and so did Brad Pitt. He was at the LACMA Art + Film gala. Because he’s a major arts patron. Even from the Jennifer Aniston days we heard about his involvement in art. And supposedly he’s been working on his own piece - a By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 11:29 am
Style Angelina’s campaign weekend Angelina Jolie made two stops on the Oscar campaign trail this weekend – she and Loung Ung attended the Deadline Contenders event on Saturday and they accepted the Hollywood Foreign Language Film Award at the Hollywood Film Awards last night. As mentioned several times over the last few weeks, First They By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 10:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck wants to be “part of the solution” Sarah just posted about the imminent release of Justice League and how it might do at the box office after Thor just became everyone’s favourite Avenger. Justice League, of course, is DC’s version of the Avengers. And Batman is the sort of leader of the Justice League. At By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 10:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 6, 2017 Dear Gossips, Oscar campaigning is officially underway as there were several events this weekend in Hollywood, featuring many expected award season contenders trying to build as much awareness around their projects and performances before the holiday break. We are now just 5 weeks away from the Hollywood Foreign Press announcing By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 08:05 am
What Else What Else? This haircut. It still exists. I mean this is an old haircut. Rob Lowe wore his hair like this in Youngblood. But I see it almost every day. I kinda hope it makes a comeback. For serious. If trends go through cycles, why shouldn’t this hair be revived? Also By Lainey • Nov 03, 2017 04:06 pm
Bad Style Johnny Depp’s no-bow The Murder On The Orient Express premiere was last night in London. The film is directed by Kenneth Branagh. I was into it based on the trailer. Also Michelle Pfeiffer. I’m seeing it for Michelle Pfeiffer. And Leslie Odom Jr. And Daisy Ridley. Johnny Depp is in this movie By Lainey • Nov 03, 2017 03:05 pm
