Faux Gossip Bond did not kill Swoki Radar Online came out with a story earlier this week about Daniel Craig being offered $150 million to reprise his role as James Bond and now that Swoki is dead, people are all like, oh Tom Hiddleston exited Swoki because he can’t use Taylor to be Bond anymore… BULLSH-T. By Lainey • Sep 07, 2016 01:17 pm
Break Ups Taylor’s tumultuous summer It started out great, didn’t it? Swoki happened with a romantic Rhode Island kiss on the rocks. Seems appropriate to use the word “whirlwind” to describe what followed the next few weeks with trips to Nashville, New York, LA, London, Rome, back to Rhode Island, and Australia. #Taymerica took By Lainey • Sep 07, 2016 12:31 pm
Break Ups Tom has friends too As we’ve seen the Swift Squad knows how to rally. In good times and bad times, Taylor accessorises with friendship. Her friends have become her armour. They also keep her newsworthy and they enhance her “fun” factor. Look! So many people want to hang out with her, she must By Lainey • Sep 07, 2016 11:40 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Natalie’s tulip dress What a pretty dress. Pretty delicate flutter sleeves. Pretty print. It’s breezey and light and I love it so much. By Lainey • Sep 07, 2016 11:13 am
Break Ups Swoki dreams, ripped at the seams A long sigh for the end of Swoki summer, one of the best summers in recent gossip history. But when two famewhores break up, how do you score the split? Taylor Swift is a lot of things but she wasn’t alone in the spectacle. There were two willing participants By Lainey • Sep 07, 2016 10:52 am
Leslie Jones Intro for September 7, 2016 Dear Gossips, Today is Leslie Jones’s birthday. And she came back to Twitter this weekend to celebrate her birthday week. Leslie took a break from Twitter for almost two weeks after her website was hacked. Leslie’s first posts upon her return were about the Golden Girls. Then she By Lainey • Sep 07, 2016 09:30 am
Hook Ups Minka & Wilmer 201 They're in Mexico together. They're back together? Minka Kelly and Wilmer Valderrama dated in 2012 during one of his off phases with Demi Lovato. Now that he and Demi seem to be done for good, he and Minka are trying it out again. Interestingly, he and By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 03:35 pm
Douchebags Marky Mark & BAYHEM “Remember when Mark Wahlberg was a violent racist bully” is the title of a Defamer article that I feel like we should check in with now and again. You’ll recall, Marky Mark asked for a pardon for his teenage f-cksh-t. Because it’s not enough that he’s gone By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 03:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Stone, early frontrunner After premiering La La Land in Venice last week, Emma Stone spent the weekend screening the film at Telluride. The film was very positively received at both festivals. Several of my etalk colleagues have seen it pre-TIFF and they’re obsessed with it. Which is why Awards Daily is now By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 02:07 pm
Amazingness Bridget by Emma: a solid start Bridget Jones’s Baby premiered in London this weekend. So far, the reviews have been pretty decent with several top critics giving it a solid recommendation score, including Catherine Bray at Variety who writes that “Bridget Jones’s Baby is not a comedy for the ages, but it’s interesting By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 01:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kit & Rose are still together Or, as I call them, Jon and Gidget … because I can never remember that character’s name! Here are Kit Harington and Rose Leslie out for a walk in New York the other day holding hands. He’s there shooting The Life And Death Of John F Donovan, Xavier Dolan’ By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 11:54 am
Music Soul Train Bey Day Bey weekend, actually. As you know, some people treat Beyoncé’s birthday like it’s a holiday. I’m not sure any other celebrity birthday is acknowledged the way hers is. But, then again, as we saw at the VMAs last week, Beyoncé is singular. So she spent some time By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 11:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 6, 2016 Dear Gossips, Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge received a 10 minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival this weekend. Some are calling the film Mel’s “act of atonement”. As you know, Mel’s been accused of being several kinds of “-ists”. And an “-er” too. So here’s By Lainey • Sep 06, 2016 10:02 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Naomi in Venice in black and yellow This is pretty much a perfect dress. Cut of the shoulders and the sleeves are perfect. Lands perfectly mid-calf. The colours are great together. And I especially like the colour choice of the shoes. Maybe not the style of the shoes, but the colour is terrific here. By Lainey • Sep 02, 2016 01:48 pm
Media Manipulation Questions for Leo? Leonardo DiCaprio in LA with his Summer ’16 bonafide, Nina Agdal, earlier this week. And a shot of them side by side. And he’s not covering his face. Please let’s talk about this and not the potential controversy around his foundation and the embezzlement scam? Since The Hollywood By Lainey • Sep 02, 2016 01:05 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Alicia’s silver underlay Really, really love the silver sleeves and the way the fabric is moving underneath the apron. But I’m really, really not sure about the apron. By Lainey • Sep 02, 2016 12:11 pm