What Else What Else? Megan Thee Stallion covers Billboard and talks about how women are dominating rap right now, even though some might not want to admit it. I also love what she says about pretty much being her own label, doing so much sh-t for herself. And how she doesn’t know everything By Lainey • Sep 04, 2024 04:01 pm
Douchebags Joaquin is asked The press conference for Joker: Folie à Deux happened today in Venice ahead of its world premiere with director Todd Phillips, Lady Gaga, and Joaquin Phoenix in attendance. This is the role for which Joaquin won his Best Actor Oscar and anticipation is high for the sequel, especially with Gaga’ By Lainey • Sep 04, 2024 12:30 pm
Beyoncé Beyoncé: A Whiskey Birthday Today is a Global Cultural Holiday. For the Fourth of September is also known as B’Day, and though you know her without having to hear her name, her name is spoken as a blessing. We were blessed on the fourth day of the ninth month in the year 1981 By Lainey • Sep 04, 2024 11:49 am
Break Ups Bennifer: Mediation, Money, and Blindsiding Over the summer, it looked like Jennifer Lopez was trying. She showed up for Ben Affleck’s children, she kept her ring on, she kept her head up through all the reports and rumours that she was TOO MUCH, that she was the problem, that Ben finally found a way By Lainey • Sep 04, 2024 11:10 am
Style Intro for September 4, 2024 Dear Gossips, Daniel Craig is getting very strong reviews for his performance in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer after its premiere in Venice last night. Queer has been acquired by A24, we know they can run a successful Oscar campaign, so Daniel seems to be in good position to contend for By Lainey • Sep 04, 2024 09:10 am
What Else What Else? I wrote earlier about Nicole Kidman’s ability to elevate a black dress. The same is true of Cate Blanchett who was also in Venice (so many Venice Queens!), in a succession of fire looks, including this black velvet dress. Cate’s currently promoting Disclaimer which is premiering in October By Lainey • Sep 03, 2024 04:01 pm
Nicole Kidman Nicole Kidman on every screen One of the films I’m most eager to see at TIFF is Halina Reijn’s Babygirl, starring Nicole Kidman. First and foremost, it’s Nicole Kidman, I’m always down for whatever Nicole is doing. But also… it’s Nicole Kidman in an erotic thriller, a story about sexual By Lainey • Sep 03, 2024 02:03 pm
Joaquin Phoenix Here Comes Gaga Back in July, when the Venice Film Festival schedule was taking shape, I wrote a post about the Queens of Venice and how it would be the actresses dominating on the Lido. All of the queens I mentioned in that article have showed up and delivered – save one. And it’ By Lainey • Sep 03, 2024 11:46 am
Daniel Craig Daniel and Rachel: Campaigning Together? One of the most highly anticipated titles to world premiere in Venice is Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, based on William S Burroughs’s novella by the same name, starring Daniel Craig. The photo call was today, the gala is happening tonight, and it seems Daniel will have a date on By Lainey • Sep 03, 2024 09:58 am
Julianne Moore Intro for September 3, 2024 Dear Gossips, It’s a brand new school year, we’re back from a brief break and just in time for the gossip gold rush. The Venice Film Festival has been underway for a few days, Telluride was happening this past weekend, TIFF kicks off on Thursday, New York Fashion By Lainey • Sep 03, 2024 09:20 am
What Else What Else? PROGRAMMING NOTE: Today is our last posting day of the week ahead of Labour Day weekend. We will be dark Thursday and Friday as our team is taking two extra days to rest; because starting on Tuesday, we probably won’t be getting much rest as Sarah and I will By Lainey • Aug 28, 2024 04:17 pm
Style Winona in Venice The Venice Film Festival opening gala was tonight. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is being featured and there were a lot of stars in the attendance but when Winona Ryder’s on the red carpet, she’ll always be my main character. Isn’t this the most Winona premiere outfit, like, ever? She’ By Lainey • Aug 28, 2024 02:22 pm
Business of Hollywood A New Deal for New Heights Let me do that annoying thing where I quote myself and it’ll be especially irritating because I’m doing it off the top of a post. Back in early July, after Travis Kelce joined Taylor Swift on stage at Wembley and he talked about it later on the New By Lainey • Aug 28, 2024 11:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Demi’s pre-Midnight Madness Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley were in London last night for a screening of their film, The Substance. The Substance premiered in Cannes back in May and as I wrote at the time, even before her 13-minute standing ovation, there was buzz about this movie and Demi’s performance in By Lainey • Aug 28, 2024 09:59 am
TV Updates Intro for August 28, 2024 Dear Gossips, Yesterday this space was dedicated to the DNC production team’s Show Your Work in how they put together a political event that was also a four-day television miniseries. We’re sticking with that today because Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, aka the showrunner and director, did an By Lainey • Aug 28, 2024 09:16 am
What Else What Else? Venice opens tomorrow and ten years ago, Birdman was at the festival and would go on to win Best Picture at the Oscars. Michael Keaton and Emma Stone were on the carpet to kick off their award season run; she wore green velvet Valentino, a gorgeous dress against her red By Lainey • Aug 27, 2024 04:18 pm
