Media Manipulation Ben Affleck Don Draper Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are going strong, and despite the Oscar snub, my goodness is it paying off. Is Argo pretty much a lock for Best Picture at this point? (I hated it, did anyone else hate it? [Lainey: I liked it very much.] And I usually really enjoy By Maria • Feb 15, 2013 04:40 pm
Parent Pimps The Day of (a Mother’s) Love It was quite a tame Valentine’s Day, celebrity-wise. Jessica took Jackpot Johnson out for a spin, Goop showed us the joy of cooking for one and apparently Brad gifted Angie with breath mints. So when in doubt, turn to the mothers. Vanessa Minnillo shared a page from her private By Maria • Feb 15, 2013 12:36 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Rude, Thoughtless Little Pig Jr. It hasn’t even been a week and I already desperately miss Jack Donaghy. “Good God, I can see every line and pore in your face. It looks like a YMCA climbing wall.” And while Tina Fey and the writers were the creative genius behind his acerbic, WASPy insults, the By Maria • Feb 13, 2013 01:15 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Dr. Blossom will see you now You know what my favorite part of the 30 Rock finale was? Liz Lemon getting cyber-yelled at about bike helmets, because a mom forum could put even the most rabid Twi-Hards to shame with the ranting and raging; to know this Tina must have seen for herself how intense they By Maria • Feb 08, 2013 12:23 pm
Media Manipulation Bey for a Bargain After the off-brand BuzzFeed debacle -- Beyonce can’t be ugly! (seriously has anyone heard from the publicist Yvette? I’m worried for her) -- Beyoncé yesterday announced that her Mrs Carter World Tour tickets will be very accessibly priced, with tickets as low as $45 (and as high as By Maria • Feb 07, 2013 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TV Show About a Movie Star Now Becoming a Movie Entourage, like its HBO predecessor Sex and the City, is being turned into a movie. Great, so are the boys going to Abu Dhabi too? Entourage gave us douchebags before douchebags took over reality tv. The show was supposed to be super insider-y, but even someone with a passing interest By Maria • Jan 31, 2013 10:51 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Olive is Jewish A reader called Nadia sent in this link the other day with a simple, succinct note: “This is too much… sharing.” I know nothing about Nadia, whether she’s a mom or child-free, single or married, 18 or 80. Don’t know, doesn’t matter. We can all agree that By Maria • Jan 29, 2013 12:17 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Adele’s little Angelo? Since Adele gave birth in October, there’s been the usual rush to get the “post baby” shots. US Weekly scored photos a week after she had her baby boy and broke down her entire look – hair, clothing, makeup – as if it were a matter of national security. Click here By Maria • Jan 23, 2013 04:02 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Drew has it all (but only wants some of it) If I didn’t know better, I would think Drew Barrymore was campaigning for an Oscar right now. She is very present: Ellen, baby photos sold to PEOPLE, Oprah’s Next Chapter (which aired yesterday), and the Good Housekeeping February cover. This is a push usually reserved for a new By Maria • Jan 21, 2013 01:31 pm
Media Manipulation Penelope Does Everything, Too Sometimes I almost feel bad for the really good actresses who can’t just act anymore. They also have to be singers, designers, chefs, perfumers, models and winemakers. Everyone Does Everything (EDE Syndrome) is real and it’s part of the reality of building a long-lasting, lucrative career. Gwyneth has By Maria • Jan 11, 2013 12:53 pm
Famewhores Kate Bosworth at 30 Whenever I see anything on Kate Bosworth, I immediately send it to Lainey because I know Kate holds a place in her heart (right next to Emmy Rossum). Kate turned 30 on January 2 and it was probably going to get her some good holiday coverage (since it’s a By Maria • Jan 04, 2013 10:00 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Jennifer Garner set the Mom bar Jennifer Garner was recently voted Celebrity Mother of the Year by Today’s Parent Magazine. We can now vote on good parenting, as if it’s a singing competition or best dressed list. Motherhood has become such an intricate part of celebrity culture that it should be commoditized, like a By Maria • Dec 24, 2012 01:36 pm
Media Manipulation How the Mighty has stumbled Mighty Oprah Winfrey has felt a lot less … mighty these days, hasn’t she? On Friday, Oprah abruptly fired CAA and her agent Kevin Huvane, who is incredibly powerful in his own right. His past and present roster includes Meryl Streep, Penelope Cruz, Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock, Tom Cruise, Brad By Maria • Dec 24, 2012 11:44 am
Aaron Paul Aaron Paul Drives a Lambo? Aaron and I hit a bump last week. First, Sarah brings up Aaron’s Ciroc commercial (or as the marketing team calls it, “short film”). It’s from last year. Ciroc is repped by Diddy and I’m not gonna lie, I took some heat about that from the LaineyGossip By Maria • Dec 17, 2012 12:08 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Look at my bebe: Drew Barrymore Edition As Lainey scooped last week, Drew Barrymore has indeed sold family photos to PEOPLE for the cover. Eyes closed, big smile, baby Olive looking … like babies do. Nine weeks is quite young, they aren’t super animated at that age. But I always wonder about celebrities married to civilians. How By Maria • Dec 13, 2012 10:52 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Drew’s New Mom Jazz Hands First Anne Hathaway had them at the Actress roundtable, then Ben Affleck at the Directors’ roundtable, and now Drew Barrymore was on Ellen yesterday, and was jazz-handing all things Olive. I’m with Duana, I like the name and I think the story of how they came up with it By Maria • Dec 07, 2012 01:49 pm
