Madonna It could have been worse When it was first announced that Madonna would be honouring Prince at the Billboard Music Awards last night, people were pissed, understandably. Because Madonna, lately, has been too f-cking much. And Madonna, always, makes it about herself. So the expectations, they weren’t high. And, perhaps, since they weren’ By Lainey • May 23, 2016 10:24 am
Seth Rogen Intro for May 23, 2016 Dear Gossips, As Sarah wrote last week in her post about the new Ghostbusters trailer, the first trailer set a record for being the most disliked of all time, or something, because men don’t think Ghostbusters should be women. This is a true story. A similar situation went down By Lainey • May 23, 2016 09:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The distance between Charlize Theron and Sean Penn… Today at the photo call for The Last Face, directed by Sean, in Cannes. Exactly a year ago in Cannes, this is what Charlize and Sean looked like: I chose this shot specifically because he seems oblivious and she looks like she’s got plans. By Lainey • May 20, 2016 01:31 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Vanessa’s sheared sleeves It gives me great pleasure that Amber Heard has to deal with designer scraps at an event like the MET Gala while it’s understood that Vanessa Paradis will always have access to Chanel’s best pieces. And this is one of the best Chanel pieces. These sheared, crazy cut By Lainey • May 20, 2016 01:06 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Heidi’s cheap yellow Cannes Let’s go back to what Karl Lagerfeld once said about Heidi Klum: “She was never in Paris. We don’t know her.” Which means she was never runway, never couture. And, well, by “supermodel” standards, he’s right. Because what the f-ck is this dress? By Lainey • May 20, 2016 12:27 pm
Cannes 2016 Katy dresses for Orly? Katy Perry performed at the amfAR gala last night in Cannes. AmfAR is always on the Thursday night. And it’s the unofficial end of the festival. By Friday most press have already left so that they can go home and reclaim their weekends and their lives. When I used By Lainey • May 20, 2016 12:05 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Kiki’s amfAR tailoring Almost everyone else at amfAR last night went for skin and sequins. Kiki chose a beautifully tailored jacket over a flared skirt and a statement necklace and, well, it doesn’t scream “gala” but at that event, I feel like she was making a point of leaving that to the By Lainey • May 20, 2016 11:30 am
Hair Johnny Depp’s haircut Johnny Depp is on Ellen today. A couple of clips from the interview have been posted online. She talks to him about his “band” and going on tour, looking like Justin Bieber, and imitating Donald Trump. The videos are below. As you can see, JD’s working a new hairstyle. By Lainey • May 20, 2016 11:09 am
BFFs Zac becoming Leo Zac Efron has been out there flexing his muscles on the press circuit this week promoting Neighbours 2. He was on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, he was on with Seth Meyers, and he was also interviewed by ELLE. As you know, I’m not a believer in Zac By Lainey • May 20, 2016 10:05 am
Justin Lin Intro for May 20, 2016 Dear Gossips, Do you know Justin Lin (without Googling?) According to Wired, he’s the “most important blockbuster director you’ve never heard of”. But JJ Abrams personally requested that he take over from him on Star Trek Beyond (opening in July) and he’s been widely credited by almost By Lainey • May 20, 2016 09:31 am
Amazingness Mimi and her key light We’ve been blessed this week with a lot of Mimi. She’s promoting her new show, Mariah’s World. She’s been doing interviews and the one everyone’s talking about it Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen because she showed up late and made him switch chairs By Lainey • May 19, 2016 04:07 pm
Maple Leaf Canadian springtime in Paris? Just a quick little gossip alert… This just showed up on Twitter a few hours ago: Casually sitting at lunch with Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch— Taylor Giberson (@GibersonTaylor) May 19, 2016 And they ended up asking Rachel for a photo: @GibersonTaylor update we got a picture #thenotebook #meangirls pic. By Lainey • May 19, 2016 03:46 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Uma in a hot pink heart This looks like Versace to me, not unlike the Blake Lively baby blue Versace she wore last week – click here for a refresher, which is why it’s not that interesting, but for that heart pin on the strap and the colour. I love how this pink is popping under By Lainey • May 19, 2016 03:38 pm
Quiveration "Anything worth doing is worth doing in bed" Now imagine Oscar Isaac singing that to you. Actually…don’t. Because I SAW HIM FIRST. And now he’s on the cover of Rolling Stone. With a dog. And they’re calling him the “internet’s boyfriend”. Yeah well thanks for catching up, like 6 years later! This is By Lainey • May 19, 2016 03:11 pm
BFFs Leo at the club – Cannes 2016 I feel like that title should be more specific. Leo at the club – Cannes May 16, 2016. Because he’s always in Cannes. And he’s always at the club in Cannes. And he’s always, always at the club in Cannes surrounded by models. The other night the model By Lainey • May 19, 2016 01:26 pm
TV Updates This is… finally Mandy Moore? Check out Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, and Sterling K Brown at the NBCUniversal Upfront the other day promoting their new show This Is Us. Can we talk first about Sterling K Brown? Because by now you’ve watched The People vs OJ Simpson, right? So you know how F-CKING By Lainey • May 19, 2016 12:20 pm