Amazingness Tom Cruise waited As mentioned the other day, I interviewed Tom Cruise at the Toronto premiere of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation on Monday night for etalk. Am breaking up the analysis of the interview into different parts because there’s so much to say. For this post in particular, following the Cara Delevingne By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 11:24 am
Cringe Cara Delevingne’s cringey interview Cara Delevingne was interviewed by Good Morning Sacramento recently to promote Paper Towns. I interviewed Cara last year at TIFF. I found her beguiling and sweet and real. None of that showed up this time though, with this particular outlet. But there were problems on both sides. First of all, By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 10:00 am
Break Ups Ben Affleck and the nanny US Weekly has the exclusive – Ben Affleck is dating a woman who used to be the nanny. Her name is Christine Ouzounian, 28 years old. Supposedly she and Ben started dating during Ben and Jennifer Garner’s secret 10 month trial separation. Whatever. We’ve already analysed the legitimacy of By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 09:05 am
Ben Affleck Intro for July 29, 2015 Dear Gossips, The nanny! Oh my God, Ben Affleck is so…basic. The nanny is pretty much the MiniVan Majority’s worst nightmare – it’s either Angelina Jolie or the nanny. So the poor decision making continues. Ben Affleck cannot help himself. More on this in today’s first post. By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 08:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Hemsworth Vacation Chris Hemsworth is in Vacation. The Hollywood premiere happened Monday night. His two actor brothers, Liam and Luke, showed up to support. The last time I wrote about the Hemsworths was the first time Duana’s ever been interested in them. It’s the sibling thing. Liam was at Comic-Con. By Lainey • Jul 28, 2015 12:58 pm
TV Updates Rachel’s coming home TIFF just made its first lineup for this year’s festival. Jean-Marc Vallee’s Demolition, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts, is the opening night gala. Jake, as you know, could be a contender for his performance in Southpaw. His Southpaw co-star, Rachel McAdams, will be at TIFF too. The By Lainey • Jul 28, 2015 11:33 am
Media Manipulation Tom Cruise’s loving feeling Tom Cruise is currently promoting Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. The reviews so far are good, really good – 94% at post time on Rotten Tomatoes. I saw it on Saturday. And, yeah, I agree. First of all, you don’t go into Mission Impossible expecting Birdman. What you want is the By Lainey • Jul 28, 2015 11:10 am
Intro for July 28, 2015 Dear Gossips, I read a great article this morning over at Vulture about pop culture and canon. Specifically the tenuous relationship between creators and fans and the territorial conflict that can arise when they don’t agree. Or when new creators come on board and start to expand the universe. By Lainey • Jul 28, 2015 10:00 am
Douchebags Shia words on video Shia LaBeouf and girlfriend Mia Goth were in Germany a few days ago. They were caught on camera in a fight as they were exiting a cab. She was pulling on his bag, asking him to stay. He ended up getting into a car without her with some random sketchy By Lainey • Jul 27, 2015 03:37 pm
Gorgessity JLO’s birthday dress I posted earlier about Mimi’s party in Vegas on Saturday. It was held at 1OAK. Over at 1OAK in the Hamptons, on the same night, JLO was celebrating her 46th birthday. And showing you what 46 looks like on her. Which is… That f-cking body. I mean, it’s By Lainey • Jul 27, 2015 01:34 pm
Break Ups Ben & Jen’s family weekend Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton took the heat off Ben Affleck last week. Now that Miranda and Blake are trying to make it all go away by tweeting at each other like everything’s all good, let’s check back in with Ben and Jen. This weekend they were in By Lainey • Jul 27, 2015 01:00 pm
Girly Throw Downs Taylor, Katy, and the “left shark” Taylor Swift played Boston this weekend. And during Bad Blood, a shark showed up over her left shoulder. As you know, Bad Blood is widely believed to be about Katy Perry. And the bad blood was over tour dancers. And Katy had two sharks dancing with her on stage at By Lainey • Jul 27, 2015 11:36 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Cate’s puffy one shoulder Love the drama of this shoulder. And that it’s constructed to maintain its volume. I don’t love the silver lining. It’s a wedding lining. And in combination with the boring blue I feel like it mutes the attitude. By Lainey • Jul 27, 2015 11:16 am
Amazingness Mimi’s new heart and big head Mimi hosted a party in Vegas this weekend. As you know, so far it’s been a great summer for our most beloved. There’s a new man in her life. And he’s a billionaire. James Packer. He was at one of her shows last week. During one of By Lainey • Jul 27, 2015 10:12 am
Sports Olivia & Aaron are still together I was hoping to see Olivia Munn at the ESPYs with Aaron Rodgers a couple of weeks ago. He came alone. And she showed up on the cover of Entertainment Weekly instead – click here for a refresher. Sarah wondered in that post if this would finally be Olivia Munn’s By Lainey • Jul 27, 2015 09:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt loves a sheer shirt Brad Pitt was photographed at LAX yesterday on his way to London wearing his favourite travel outfit, which includes the black sheer t-shirt. We saw it earlier this month when he, Angelina Jolie, and their children arrived back in America after a month away. Click here for a refresher. It By Lainey • Jul 27, 2015 09:36 am