Natalie Portman Natalie Portman’s emails Last month, in a post about Michelle Williams, I mentioned her relationship with Jonathan Safran Foer and his unrequited love for Natalie Portman. Briefly, Natalie wanted to turn Jonathan’s book into a documentary. They became friends and would email all the time. And he told his then-wife, Nicole By Lainey • Jul 14, 2016 03:53 pm
Gorgessity Gigi & Zayn Gigi and Zayn went out yesterday in New York holding hands. And he was actually smiling a little. I’m smiling now because looking at these two… it’s ridiculous, it’s so pretty. SO PRETTY SO PRETTY SO PRETTY. And not just because they’re so pretty but because, By Lainey • Jul 14, 2016 01:33 pm
BFFs Selena & Lea at the hair salon I’ve just realised I hate the word “salon”. Like maybe one of the reasons I don’t get my hair cut often is because I hate saying that I went to the hair “salon”. Anyway, Selena Gomez and Lea Michele were at the same hair place yesterday and left By Lainey • Jul 14, 2016 12:30 pm
Justin Timberlake JT always bows One of the least humble entertainers in the business always pulls the “bow down” move. Is that ironic? He does it f-cking all the time! Last night, Justin Timberlake presented Peyton Manning, Abby Wambach, and Kobe Bryant with their Icon Awards at the ESPYs. And when they came out By Lainey • Jul 14, 2016 11:56 am
Girly Throw Downs Girl Sh-t of the Summer When celebrities become gossip fixtures, they always manage to blame it on the media or the tabloids or the blogs – see Jennifer Aniston. Taylor Swift has been a gossip fixture all summer. And, well, it was entirely her own doing. How did a random pap manage to get such great By Lainey • Jul 14, 2016 11:29 am
Intro for July 14, 2016 Dear Gossips, Back in May, I read a joint interview in Complex featuring Chance the Rapper and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Muhammad Ali came up in conversation, and it had to have happened before Ali’s passing. And then last night, at the ESPY Awards, it was Chance who performed a By Lainey • Jul 14, 2016 10:30 am
Quiveration End the day with Idris & John The UK premiere of Star Trek Beyond happened yesterday. And we got a bonus. Idris Elba and John Cho stood next to each other. Also, they hugged. Please note how the undebatable beauty of John is enhanced by his aubergine suit. Please note Idris giving us the world with his By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 05:40 pm
Models Gigi and the model pose This pose. The pose Gigi’s demonstrating in the feature photo to this post. Or you can check it here: Every supermodel has, at one point or another, done this pose. And they make it look so f-cking good. SO good. When I see this pose – which is basically By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 05:12 pm
Style Alex & Alexa in animal prints Alexander Skarsgard was in Sweden this week to promote Tarzan. He looks great in that cheetah print shirt. Alexa Chung, his girlfriend, was also there and she too walked the carpet, but they didn’t pose together. Maybe dressing together is better than posing together? Because she too wore animal By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 04:45 pm
Relationship Assumption The Afflecks remain the Afflecks? Almost exactly a year ago this week, this was the cover of US Weekly: Twelve months later they’re going with Swoki Love and inside the issue, the Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner situation is much, much different. US reports exclusively that Ben and Jennifer have “put (their) divorce on By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 04:25 pm
Top Reads A Swoki proposal? On the subject of celebrity news and consumption, there’s a knowledge gap between those of us who live on the internet and those who just get their updates from magazines and, maybe, half an hour of entertainment television a day. My favourite example to cite that proves this point By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 03:47 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Gabrielle’s hip knot I used to think I wanted my husband, Jacek, to have better steeze. But now I’m looking at Dwyane Wade like, sh-t, this guy is bringing every single time. So….if you’re standing next to him, would it be exhausting to have to meet that? Gabrielle Union By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 02:59 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Brange’s birthday twins Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s twins, Vivienne and Knox, turned 8 yesterday. If you recall, their birth was celebrated, back then, with a “19 page photo album” in PEOPLE sold for a reported $11 million or $14 million, depending on what reports you read: It was a record at By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 02:07 pm
Girly Throw Downs Taylor Swift shuts down Amos Wintrip TMZ has done a great job in recent weeks providing us with Archie White’s side of the breakup with Taylor Swift. First, she was “too Hollywood” for him and he wasn’t about that life. Then she may or may not have cheated on him with Tom Hiddleston. This By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 01:32 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Blake’s wardrobe changes When Blake Lively is on a press tour, the wardrobe changes are abundant. Yesterday there were two outfits – an ugly, peachy, lacy dress and a blue paneled one. Neither one is particularly interesting. Today’s is better, although I’m not sure that’s the right back, or the right By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 12:11 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Jennifer Aniston is “fed up” Jennifer Aniston wrote an op-ed for Huffington Post yesterday and it blew up all over social media. If you haven’t read it, click the link. Support for Jen has been widespread. Celebrities are fist-pumping, magazine writers are fist-pumping, and the MiniVan Majority is fist-pumping. As By Lainey • Jul 13, 2016 11:19 am
