Media Manipulation Intro for July 9, 2015 Dear Gossips, A couple of weeks ago, in a post about Jake Gyllenhaal, I linked to an article in The Atlantic titled The Decline of the American Actor- click here for a refresher. The Atlantic singled out Jake Gyllenhaal as being the standout, who simply cannot be replaced. Michael Douglas By Lainey • Jul 09, 2015 10:36 am
BFFs Collected: Professor Xavier and Sansa Stark Every day there’s a Smutty Tingles, Shout-Outs, and Social Media feature on our blog. We could probably do a Smutty Swift Collection feature from Monday to Friday too. Because Taylor Swift’s recruitment pace is staggering. The latest: Haters gonna hate. @taylorswift13 #jamesmcavoy @SophieT pic.twitter.com/f8nwXPETSH— By Lainey • Jul 08, 2015 04:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Everything but Amber Heard So I went to see Magic Mike XXL last night with Melissa, Cynthia, and Traci from The Social. We went to one of those theatres that has bar service. Like they take your drinks and food order in your seats (which are wider and reclining). I’m telling you this By Lainey • Jul 08, 2015 04:03 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Josh & Tamsin at Wimbledon I don’t write a lot about Josh Hartnett, and much less than I would have expected to, say, 10 years ago. There was a time when Josh Hartnett was my mega crush, the star of every fantasy screenplay. It’s because of that movie 40 Days And 40 Nights. By Lainey • Jul 08, 2015 03:11 pm
Sports The Cambridges at Wimbledon Prince William and Catherine showed up at Wimbledon today for the Andy Murray/Vasek Pospisil match which just ended. SPOILER ALERT…. CLICK AWAY NOW… ALTHOUGH HOW CAN YOU AVOID SPORTING RESULTS IN THESE TIMES? ....... .......... ................ Anyway, it ended in straight sets, in favour of Murray who’s now on to the By Lainey • Jul 08, 2015 12:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hemsworth on a horse After picking a fight with you in the previous post about the middle part, I’m offering you something for your spank bank: these photos of Chris Hemsworth on a horse, because so many of you feel like taking your clothes off for him. Chris is back in the UK By Lainey • Jul 08, 2015 11:35 am
Style Naomi Watts: defending the middle part Naomi Watts in Paris for Armani Prive. Her hair. Freshly lightened? Or does it just seem that way because she’s wearing white? Whatever the reason it looks incredible. Am also obsessed with how it’s been styled. You know what the difference is? The middle part. Before we start By Lainey • Jul 08, 2015 11:15 am
Kate Winslet Julia, Isabella, Lupita, Cruz, and Kate A lot of Oscars standing here at the Lancome 80th anniversary party in Paris last night. Instagram that, Taylor Swift. And, no, I know Isabella Rossellini doesn’t have an Oscar but she’s so closely associated with Oscar that the words didn’t feel wrong, did they? These are By Lainey • Jul 08, 2015 10:27 am
Break Ups Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner make the covers As expected, most magazines will feature the Ben Affleck Jennifer Garner breakup on their covers this week, with PEOPLE and US leading the way. Let’s start with PEOPLE, always more celebrity-friendly, and especially in this case, since they were the first to receive the official divorce statement from By Lainey • Jul 08, 2015 09:52 am
Famewhores Intro for July 8, 2015 Dear Gossips, NY Mag published an interview yesterday with Rob Shuter, who used to be Jennifer Lopez’s publicist at the end of her relationship with Ben Affleck and Jessica Simpson’s publicist at the end of her marriage to Nick Lachey. Do they call the paps, tell them exactly By Lainey • Jul 08, 2015 09:03 am
Faux Gossip You’ve been thinking about JLO Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s divorce is big news. So, of course, people have been talking a lot about the first Jennifer, the first Bennifer: Ben and JLO. JLO spent the weekend in the Hamptons with Slum Bear. He was riding around in his douchey scooter-segway the other By Lainey • Jul 07, 2015 01:15 pm
Break Ups Jennifer Garner gets back to work Pop Sugar has the exclusive photos of Jennifer Garner on Monday on the set of her new movie Miracles From Heaven. Click here to see. Her hair is lighter and there’s a ring on her finger. Just like there was a ring on Ben Affleck’s finger in the By Lainey • Jul 07, 2015 11:50 am
Leonardo DiCaprio Leo in Nunavut Nunavut. Don’t get a lot of celebrities in this part of Canada. And few expected to see Leonardo DiCaprio there this weekend. Leo wasn’t partying in Portofino on a billionaire’s yacht on Independence Day? He wasn’t in Vegas? Or a rager in Miami? Not even the By Lainey • Jul 07, 2015 11:12 am
BFFs Chanel’s high rollers It’s Haute Couture week in Paris. This morning it was Chanel. And Karl had all his muses there. The setting: a casino. The collection was presented while celebrity high rollers played cards in a four-table pit at the centre. Kristen Stewart was the first star to enter the By Lainey • Jul 07, 2015 10:20 am
Blind Riddles His biggest problem There were a lot of women. Oklahoma was a few years ago. But Oklahoma was certainly not the one who was the most recent, although the most recent, professional turned personal, that I know of at least, is also not that recognisable, for now. She’s waiting for her moment. By Lainey • Jul 07, 2015 10:08 am
Sports Intro for July 7, 2015 Dear Gossips, Venus Williams is 35. Serena Williams is 33. They met on Centre Court at Wimbledon yesterday and while it wasn’t a classic match, the significance here is that it might not happen again. The Williams sisters have dominated this sport for almost 20 years. Between them, they By Lainey • Jul 07, 2015 09:30 am
