Coincidence or conspiracy Selena, The Weeknd, and Justin Bieber Last weekend, Justin Bieber stepped out in LA and managed to refrain from commenting on Selena Gomez and The Weeknd…which I appreciated. Lesson learned. Give them the benefit of the doubt and they will sh-t on your faith. Two days later, TMZ was reporting from JB’s sources how By Lainey • Jan 23, 2017 12:18 pm
Blind Riddles Deflate the face There’s all kinds of work to be done before starting on a movie. In addition to preparing for the role, many roles require the actor to get into shape physically. Your first assumption here is to think that means working out. Most of the time. Some of the time By Lainey • Jan 23, 2017 10:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mudbound 2018? At Sundance, back in 2012, Ava DuVernay became the first black woman to win Best Director for her film Middle Of Nowhere. Two years later, she directed Selma, which was the first film directed by a black woman to be nominated for Best Picture, though she was not nominated for By Lainey • Jan 23, 2017 10:16 am
Photo Assumption Elizabeth Olsen undercover But first… can we play Photo Assumption with these pictures of Elizabeth Olsen with Jeremy Renner at Sundance this weekend while promoting their film Wind River? That’s exactly the guy I’ve always thought Jeremy Renner to be. We all know a guy kinda like this, non? Who drops By Lainey • Jan 23, 2017 09:38 am
TV Updates Kristen Stewart is ready for Saturday Night Live At the height of the Twilight hysteria, I remember hearing from Twi-Hards who desperately wanted to see either Kristen Stewart or Robert Pattinson host Saturday Night Live. Taylor Lautner did it. But, until now, neither one of the two leads were given the opportunity or accepted the opportunity, although they By Lainey • Jan 23, 2017 08:39 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for January 23, 2017 Dear Gossips, WOMAN. WOMEN. Sometimes, and too often lately, there are things you want to unsee and unknow. On Saturday though, it was a privilege to be alive, to see what was possible when, as Anne Helen Petersen wrote in Buzzfeed, “women plan(ned) ahead, read directions, and (got) sh-t By Lainey • Jan 23, 2017 08:01 am
Music Adele is in… and Beyoncé? It was confirmed today that Adele will perform at the Grammys. She’s nominated for 5 awards, including Album of the Year and, well, even though there are other others who are supposedly a factor at the Grammys, my focus on the Grammys is pretty much just Adele. And Beyoncé. By Lainey • Jan 20, 2017 04:54 pm
Royals The Cambridges on the move Kensington Palace announced today that Prince William and Princess Catherine will be spending more time in London starting this fall. As you know, they’ve been living at Anmer Hall in Norfolk. But William has confirmed that he’ll be leaving the East Anglia Air Ambulance after a two year By Lainey • Jan 20, 2017 04:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pine’s cardigan vest I know people who have it bad for Chris Pine. This has not been my experience. That’s not to say I can’t with Chris Pine. But that I’ve never actually felt one way or another about him. When I see Chris Pine, my reaction, almost always, is By Lainey • Jan 20, 2017 03:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart, academic Kristen Stewart is at Sundance to promote Come Swim, a short film she wrote and directed. Just ahead of the premiere, it was revealed that she’d also co-authored an academic paper on the artificial intelligence used during production. According to Quartz: Stewart’s starting inspiration point for Come Swim By Lainey • Jan 20, 2017 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Pre-nomination Andrew Andrew Garfield has been in London this week promoting Silence. It’s his work in Hacksaw Ridge, however, that is receiving the most recognition. A large majority of Oscar prognosticators are expecting to hear Andrew’s name called on Tuesday morning when the Academy announces its nominations. He told Reuters By Lainey • Jan 20, 2017 11:16 am
Intro for January 20, 2017 Dear Gossips, “Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change." – Shonda Rhimes If you need a short break By Lainey • Jan 20, 2017 09:58 am
A Special Birthday Shout-Out A couple of weeks ago, we all got together for our annual LaineyGossip team dinner. Missed you Hayley, Maria, and Sarah. As we sat down to dinner, we toasted Sasha, whose birthday was earlier in the week. And then Sasha sassed us for forgetting her birthday – which is something she’ By Lainey • Jan 19, 2017 04:43 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Yara’s 2 PCA looks Yara Shahidi is becoming a style star. Already a style star? I am obsessed with everything she wears on black-ish. Her hair, her accessories, her clothes, all of it. And I’m obsessed with her award show choices. Two looks last night at the People’s Choice Awards. Basically Yara By Lainey • Jan 19, 2017 04:36 pm
Johnny Depp Johnny Depp needs the people Johnny Depp was named Favourite Movie Icon last night at the People’s Choice Awards. Johnny had a couple of major releases in 2016 – Alice Through The Looking Glass, which was critically panned and did not do well at the box office, and Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them By Lainey • Jan 19, 2017 04:12 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Ashley’s lilac sequins Worst dress at the People’s Choice Awards. This colour…it’s just so awful when there’s SO MUCH OF IT. And then when there’s this much of it… in sequins. It’s the kind of choice you expect from a teenager who’s just getting into glamour By Lainey • Jan 19, 2017 03:55 pm
