Girly Throw Downs Intro for July 31, 2015 Dear Gossips, Is that a world tour or your girl’s tour? This is the lyric from Drake’s Back To Back that everyone keeps talking about. But I prefer this one: I don’t wanna her about this ever again Not even when she tell ‘em that they better By Lainey • Jul 31, 2015 08:47 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Brange family business and a wedding Brad Pitt was papped in London last night. He went to see Bradley Cooper in The Elephant Man. But the main reason he’s there is to attend Guy Ritchie’s wedding. Guy’s getting married today. Other guests include David Beckham and Jason Statham. The Daily Mail is rumouring By Lainey • Jul 30, 2015 03:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Room the movie Have you read Emma Donoghue’s Room? I reviewed the book a few years ago – click here to read that post. I met Emma Donoghue. Heard her speak at an event at my alma mater, Western University. She was asked to talk for 7 minutes about creativity. She ended up By Lainey • Jul 30, 2015 12:06 pm
Cheating Loins The nanny loves Ben Affleck US Weekly published an exclusive yesterday about Ben Affleck’s affair with former nanny Christine Ouzounian, scooping PEOPLE Magazine. PEOPLE followed shortly after with a strong denial from Ben Affleck; his rep claimed that they were considering legal options. Sure. But in that same post, PEOPLE goes on to reiterate By Lainey • Jul 30, 2015 11:14 am
Maple Leaf Intro for July 30, 2015 Dear Gossips, Can’t go a day right now without hearing Where Are U Now at least a dozen times. So far, on my drive to work this morning, it’s already been twice. Justin Bieber told Ryan Seacrest he has a new track called What Do You Mean dropping By Lainey • Jul 30, 2015 09:40 am
Hook Ups Michelle Williams is in love because she reads A couple of years ago I blogged about my obsession with writer couples: Zadie Smith and Nick Laird, Vendela Vida and Dave Eggers, Nicole Krauss and Jonathan Safran Foer. Click here for a refresher. Jonathan Safran Foer you know, likely from Everything Is Illuminated. Have you read Krauss’s The By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 04:33 pm
TV Updates Michelle Tanner is back? If you Google it, you’ll probably see that most of the headlines suggest that Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen could be returning to Netflix’s Full House new series. As you know, when it was first announced that the show was coming back, the twins were not confirmed, and By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 01:37 pm
Cheating Loins Ben’s denials and the tabloid competition US Weekly’s cover story about Ben Affleck dating the nanny is a major get for the magazine, especially over PEOPLE. His publicist has been working hard to get out the denial, telling Gossip Cop that: “People’s lives are at stake, and they chose to try to sell more By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 11:48 am
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- 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 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
