Break Ups Johnny Depp’s Christmas spirit Last week I posted about Amber Heard asking the court to get Johnny Depp to pay her the money he owes her from their divorce settlement. I also mentioned in that post that I’ve heard that Johnny is having some cash-flow problems, and that he’s apparently behind on By Lainey • Dec 23, 2016 11:50 am
Intro for December 23, 2016 Dear Gossips, The Gingerbread House Contest has been an annual tradition here at LaineyGossip for five years. It’s a live gingerbread house competition at my friend Lorella’s. Everyone starts with the same store-bought gingerbread house template. You can use as many houses as possible. But the most important By Lainey • Dec 23, 2016 10:53 am
Aaron Johnson My Obsession visits my Obsession? Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson have been travelling the last few days. At least that’s what she seems to be telling us on Instagram. The travel is Elvis-themed. If you’ve been reading this blog a while, you know that Elvis is also one of my obsessions. We named our By Lainey • Dec 22, 2016 02:51 pm
Bradley Cooper Irina’s pregnancy bag Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper are pregnant and engaged. There’s been no confirmation. But I’m not sure we need one? Check out Irina out for lunch in LA yesterday wearing the emerald ring that’s reportedly her engagement ring. And carrying around a large bag of gifts that’ By Lainey • Dec 22, 2016 02:16 pm
Royals The Royal Christmas Card: Monaco edition Prince Albert and Serene Charlene of Monaco have released their annual Christmas card with new photos of their twins, Jacques and Gabriella. The pictures were posted early today on the Royal Monaco official Facebook page and they’re definitely an improvement on last year. Do you remember last year? And By Lainey • Dec 22, 2016 12:50 pm
Will Smith Helen Mirren wants a “hey hey” A reader called Sharon set this Daily Beast link over to me this morning about Helen Mirren’s Christmas message on the Graham Norton Show while she was on with Will Smith and Naomie Harris to promote Collateral Beauty – Sarah just reviewed the movie and said it was bananas. Anyway, By Lainey • Dec 22, 2016 12:09 pm
Hook Ups Flirt Alert: Hilary Duff and Scott Eastwood Hilary Duff won the Annual Halloween Stupid Award this year when she and her then-boyfriend and personal trainer Jason Walsh dressed up as a sexy pilgrim and a Native American chief. They were immediately dragged up and down social media. She apologised on Twitter and he posted a message on By Lainey • Dec 22, 2016 11:21 am
Emma Stone Emma Stone Rolling Stone There’s a lot I like about Emma Stone’s interview with Rolling Stone. She’s on the cover of the new issue, just in time for the wide release of La La Land at Christmas and, of course, just as she and the film are in tight races for By Lainey • Dec 22, 2016 10:16 am
Casey Affleck Intro for December 22, 2016 Dear Gossips, At this point, it’s looking like Casey Affleck, alleged sexual harasser, will win the Oscar for Best Actor for his terrific performance in Manchester By The Sea. It’s not necessarily that he shouldn’t. But, as Duana and I discussed on the Show Your Work podcast By Lainey • Dec 22, 2016 09:49 am
Jennifer Lopez Drake & JLO: work or more? I posted on Monday about how Drake was at Jennifer Lopez’s Vegas show this past weekend for the second weekend in a row. It was her final All I Have residency performance of 2016. She will resume in February. On Monday night, according to TMZ, Drake and JLO were By Lainey • Dec 21, 2016 03:42 pm
Top Reads Charlie Hunnam goes Leo-Leto Earlier this year, Angelica Jade Bastien, writing in The Atlantic, posited that Hollywood Has Ruined Method Acting. Jared Leto was promoting Suicide Squad at the time, and he and his co-stars were telling stories about how he’d send dead rats or pigs to his co-stars, generally behaving like a By Lainey • Dec 21, 2016 02:52 pm
Mariah Carey Mimi’s free Christmas Mimi goes to Aspen every year for Christmas. This year she’s in Aspen for free, courtesy Airbnb. It’s not a secret either. Yesterday Airbnb sent out a press release with photos of and details about the $22 million property where Mimi is staying. It read like this: Queen By Lainey • Dec 21, 2016 11:31 am
Michael Fassbender Michael Fassbender opens today Michael Fassbender’s Assassin’s Creed opens today. As you probably know, it’s based on the video game. Video game film adaptations are usually sh-t. We were supposed to think that maybe this one would be the exception because Michael Fassbender is a Serious Actor. And presumably has the By Lainey • Dec 21, 2016 10:54 am
Jennifer Lawrence Jennifer Lawrence’s blind riddles Jennifer Lawrence was on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen this week. And her best friend Laura Simpson was the bartender. You’ll recall, Jennifer took Laura with her to the Oscars in 2014 and Laura ended up writing an essay about the experience afterwards. So they play this By Lainey • Dec 21, 2016 09:48 am
Mischa Barton Intro for December 21, 2016 Dear Gossips, Duana and I tape the Show Your Work podcast on Saturdays at 1030am to be posted two days later, on Mondays. This week’s episode was the last of the year because holidays, etc. All week we’ve been sending notes back and forth about what we would By Lainey • Dec 21, 2016 09:23 am
Britney Spears Britney’s holiday boyfriend? Britney Spears has been single for over a year. Until now? Britney went out a few weeks ago with Sam Asghari, the model from the Slumber Party video. Back in November, after they had dinner, Sam posted a photo to Instagram that he ended up deleting. Why bother at this By Lainey • Dec 20, 2016 03:13 pm
