Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt: tailored in Japan There’s been a lot of bitching about Brad Pitt’s pants lately. But here he is in Japan, for a press conference yesterday and on the red carpet today, in support of War Machine. And it looks like he’s finally been tailored. That white suit looks great on By Lainey • May 23, 2017 11:34 am
TV Updates Katy Perry: beef and pay Girl Sh-t first. So, as you know, Katy Perry’s Swish Swish was released last week. And she says that it’s not about Taylor Swift. Or at least that’s what she told Jimmy Fallon the other night, explaining the song like this: “I think it’s a great By Lainey • May 23, 2017 11:10 am
Leonardo DiCaprio Leo is predictable It was confirmed last Thursday that after dating for almost a year, Leonardo DiCaprio and Nina Agdal broke up. And, as I wrote at the time, Leo is single again… just in time for Cannes. So guess who showed up in Cannes? Predictable Leo. And guess where he was? A By Lainey • May 23, 2017 09:37 am
Books Intro for May 23, 2017 Dear Gossips, Kevin Kwan’s Rich People Problems, the third and final book in the Crazy Rich Asians series, comes out today. Are you ready? If you’ve not read the first two books, it’s perfect, because now you have all three, without a wait to find out how By Lainey • May 23, 2017 09:04 am
What Else What Else? There was a time in my life, I would have been around 21, when all I did was listen to ABBA. Like all day every day, until 4am. While I played Minesweeper. It was my only experience with insomnia. And of course it’s because some asshole broke up with By Lainey • May 22, 2017 03:49 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Brie Larson, the non-It “It Girl”, and when people-pleasing leads to damage control What’s your hype song? Duana’s hype song, like on days when you cannot get yourself out the f-cking song, is Kylie Minogue’s Love At First Sight. I went with Spice Girls. And then I actually sang it. So I hope you don’t stop listening when you By Lainey • May 22, 2017 03:22 pm
Celine Dion “Boy, if you don’t stop” What Drake needs to stop is going up on stage and telling a different girl he loves her. Last August it was Rihanna at the VMAs. Last night it was Nicki Minaj, “the love of his life”. Which no one took seriously, at least I don’t think they did, By Lainey • May 22, 2017 02:44 pm
Celine Dion Celine Dion: the Angel and her “girly days” We’re going to start with the dress. And if you can’t get with this dress, if you can’t see the glory in this dress, I don’t know if we can move forward. What other dress would have been more perfect for this occasion, this milestone? It By Lainey • May 22, 2017 01:24 pm
Nicole Kidman Tom Cruise & Russell Crowe Please don’t tell me that I have to convince you to care about this. This is a great gossip story, with all kinds of gossip backstory. But first… I totally forgot about The Mummy until I saw a trailer for it during Saturday Night Live this weekend. The movie By Lainey • May 22, 2017 12:04 pm
Royals Didn’t Happen: Wedding Of The Rears Did you see this? The UK Sun’s cover story on Friday ahead of Pippa Middleton’s wedding? Meghan Markle was photographed last week in London leaving a spa in gym gear and this became the storyline: Saturday's Sun: "Wedding of the rears" pic.twitter.com/ By Lainey • May 22, 2017 11:13 am
Royals Big G at the royal-adjacent wedding A few people messaged me over the weekend asking why I wasn’t covering the “royal wedding”. Ummm… WHAT ROYAL WEDDING? If I sound like a c-nt it’s because I am one. Pippa Middleton is not royal. Pippa Middleton is royal-adjacent. Can we please stop declaring that she’s By Lainey • May 22, 2017 10:24 am
Hook Ups ScarJost Too easy! Sorry! Scarlett Johansson showed up on the SNL season finale cold open this weekend as Ivanka Trump. She stayed until the farewell. And then, according to Page Six, she and Colin Jost were all over each other at the after-party: A witness told Page Six, “Scarlett and Colin By Lainey • May 22, 2017 09:37 am
Celine Dion Intro for May 22, 2017 Dear Gossips, That.Ass. Cher’s ass, of course. I mean, I think part of the point last night was to notice the nipple pasties and the ass, the 71 year old ass. After all, she did let us know when she was accepting the Icon Award at the Billboard By Lainey • May 22, 2017 09:09 am
Drama “Birth control, baby, pull out stuff” Alex Rodriguez was in the booth last night for the Yankees game against the Royals. His job is to comment on the game. And he’s not bad at it. Many have noted that his insight and experience have added value to the broadcast. He added value when he was By Lainey • May 19, 2017 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Rock’s “fourth level” As noted in the previous post about Johnny Depp, Dwayne The Rock Johnson’s Baywatch opens next week alongside Johnny Depp’s Pirates 5. So it’ll be Lifeguards vs Pirates at the box office, sort of. Again because Baywatch is R-rated and Johnny Pirates is PG. And the budgets By Lainey • May 19, 2017 01:14 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Lily’s Cannes stripes and sequins I’m obsessed with this striped top. It’s complicated – which is why I’m so obsessed with it. Because even with the one shoulder falling off, and the one dramatic sleeve, and the bow at the back, it still doesn’t feel overwhelming, not to me. And somehow the By Lainey • May 19, 2017 12:52 pm
