Intro for October 12, 2016 Dear Gossips, There’s been outrage the last few days after it was revealed on the blog Angry Asian Man that Disney was initially working off a script for the live action Mulan that featured a white man from Europe travelling to China and developing an Asian fetish which sets By Lainey • Oct 12, 2016 09:30 am
Maple Leaf The love cycle of Rihanna & Drake After Drake put up an “I LOVE RIHANNA” sign on his face at the VMAs, they were together for a few weeks before she had to get back to work. She was in Paris to show her Fenty X Puma collection. Then she went to New York to take care By Lainey • Oct 11, 2016 01:15 pm
Music Formation ends in love and Serena Beyoncé’s Formation tour ended on Friday in New Jersey. On Thursday, I wrote that if you had tickets I hate you and I’m jealous. Because on her final night, she performed 6 Inch for the first time …. #Beyonce performed #6Inch last night while hanging upside down #FORMATIONWorldTour #NewJersey By Lainey • Oct 11, 2016 11:34 am
BFFs Gwyneth at the market Gwyneth Paltrow covers the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar. But this shot on the cover? It has nothing to do with the photos in the magazine. In the magazine she’s at the supermarket, shopping in several different black outfits and bodysuits. She looks amazing. She looks ridiculous. I By Lainey • Oct 11, 2016 10:36 am
Ava DuVernay Intro for October 11, 2016 Dear Gossips, “It’s just words.” Is it ever “just” words? What can be achieved by words? What is the damage that can be done by “just” words? I read an interview the other day, before “it’s just words” became an excuse, at The Atlantic with director Ava DuVernay. By Lainey • Oct 11, 2016 09:49 am
Sean Penn Sean Penn & Leila George Yesterday new photos of Sean Penn kissing Leila George on holiday in Hawaii were released. The photos were taken on October 1. Click here to see them. He is all up in her face. Then, last night, Sean and Leila stepped out together in LA for “An Evening With Sean By Lainey • Oct 07, 2016 03:55 pm
Amy Adams Amy & Emma campaigning together After the Venice Film Festival and TIFF, Emma Stone emerged as the current frontrunner for Oscar Best Actress for her work in La La Land. Amy Adams also generated some buzz for her performances in Nocturnal Animals and Arrival. We’re still four months away but we’re well into By Lainey • Oct 07, 2016 01:06 pm
Usain Bolt Usain & Harry Usain Bolt went to the Olympics and made history. He’s now considered one of the greatest athletes of all time. Usain makes it look so easy, so effortless, that sometimes it’s taken for granted how precise he is when he’s running, and how much knowledge has to By Lainey • Oct 07, 2016 11:53 am
Issa Rae Issa Rae is funny “as f-ck” On Friends, the titles of all the episodes started with “The one with…” On Issa Rae’s new HBO comedy, Insecure, premiering on Sunday, all the episode titles end with “as f-ck”. The first episode is called “Insecure as f-ck”. The second is “Messy as f-ck”. The By Lainey • Oct 07, 2016 11:17 am
Annette Bening Intro for October 7, 2016 Dear Gossips, Benedict Cumberbatch covers the new issue of Vanity Fair which, I guess, makes sense because Doctor Strange is coming out in a month and Marvel is money. But that doesn’t mean he’s the magazine’s best celebrity interview this month. Warren Beatty is the magazine’s By Lainey • Oct 07, 2016 09:45 am
Style Parkwood at LV The Louis Vuitton presentation at Paris Fashion Week yesterday. Several of the LV regulars were there, including Michelle Williams, Jennifer Connelly, and Alicia Vikander. Sophie Turner attended wearing a dress similar to the red one Jennifer Connelly had on earlier this week. My pick for best dressed though were Chloe By Lainey • Oct 06, 2016 04:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman’s Jackie trailer Jackie, starring Natalie Portman, was one of the major (few?) acquisitions at TIFF this year. Joanna screened and reviewed it at the festival and she enjoyed it. The film was sold to Fox Searchlight which is also distributing The Birth Of A Nation. Perhaps they needed another property to build By Lainey • Oct 06, 2016 03:15 pm
Music Beyoncé in pink Beyoncé stepped out in New York yesterday in Gucci, sweater and skirt. I love this outfit so f-cking much. But, and I say this in fear, I feel like the hat is too much. Isn’t it? There are now only one show left on the Formation tour. Beyoncé By Lainey • Oct 06, 2016 01:06 pm
BFFs World War Brange: baiting Angelina Melissa Etheridge has been sh-t-talking Angelina Jolie for years. She was friends with Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston when they were together. And when Brad and Jennifer divorced and he ended up with Angelina, Melissa was down with the MiniVan Majority’s condemnation of the alleged infidelity. Interestingly By Lainey • Oct 06, 2016 11:59 am
Douchebags The least interesting person on the couch Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick were in London last week promoting Trolls. HOW MUCH LONGER DO THEY HAVE TO KEEP PROMOTING THIS MOVIE?!? Anyway, part of the press tour included an appearance on The Graham Norton Show. The other guests were Daniel Radcliffe and Robbie Williams. Dan told a great By Lainey • Oct 06, 2016 10:26 am
Intro for October 6, 2016 Dear Gossips, Last year it was announced that Disney was moving ahead with a live action version of Mulan. After hearing the news, Jezebel posted an article called Who Would Be The Worst White Mulan? Candidates included Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, Megan Fox, and Emma Stone. This week, Disney confirmed By Lainey • Oct 06, 2016 09:50 am