Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 18, 2018 There was a lot of sponcon around Nick Jonas and Priyanka’s wedding, so I missed the wedding registry inspiration (sponsored by Amazon). It’s not their real list, obviously. Most of her recommendations are pretty standard, like a Vitamix blender and KitchenAid. She also recommended roller blades, which really By Maria • Dec 18, 2018 02:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A Guide to Netflix’s Bad Holiday Rom-Coms: Fantasy Jobs In the final installment in our series of Netflix’s terrible holiday rom-coms, we’re featuring those movies that have completely unrealistic expectations of creative jobs. You know the type—she’s a baker who never has to go to work at four AM, or a writer who never has By Sarah • Dec 18, 2018 01:45 pm
Award Season Campaigning Oprah for Black Panther As we’ve seen over the last few weeks, many of Hollywood’s biggest names have been rallying around their friends in the Oscar race. It happens every year – celebrities campaigning for each other, hosting screenings and dinners, posing for photos, making sure Academy members know who’s the most By Lainey • Dec 18, 2018 01:01 pm
Equality Issues Idris Elba’s very simple answer Back in July, when he was promoting Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Henry Cavill told GQ Australia that he was worried about the #MeToo movement making it harder for him to flirt and that he had concerns about flirting and then being called a rapist. Seriously. As I said at the time, By Lainey • Dec 18, 2018 11:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a comic book come to life Over the weekend, animated superhero movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse became the number one movie in North America—the thirteenth number one weekend for a Marvel character this year and the biggest December animated opening ever—with $35.3 million, once again proving that audiences are not tired of superheroes, By Sarah • Dec 18, 2018 10:38 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Royal Meghan shrugs it off Thomas Markle was putting himself back in the headlines again yesterday morning on Good Morning Britain. Today Piers Morgan bragged about the ratings – apparently Monday’s episode of GMB was the most watched in the show’s history in part due to Meghan Markle’s father. Thanks, dad! That blowhard By Lainey • Dec 18, 2018 10:07 am
Shout-Outs December 18, 2018 – Smutty Shout-Outs Rebekah – you’re right. I can’t believe you forgot to send this until this morning. It IS tradition. Good to hear that this year has been an improvement. I’m looking forward to even better next year, especially since you are working on what to do with the “no” By Lainey • Dec 18, 2018 09:17 am
John Legend Intro for December 18. 2018 Dear Gossips, It’s December 18 and the Academy has yet to announce a host or hosts for the Oscars. Last night though, some movement, perhaps. According to The Hollywood Reporter, John Legend could do it. And not alone either. Is it possible that John AND Chrissy Teigen will host By Lainey • Dec 18, 2018 09:06 am
Lifestyle Duana Updates: Monday Morning Quarterback Updates So I was ready to do an updates post again – call it an end-of-year nostalgia – and wanted to see not only how you’ve been doing, but whether I was anywhere close in my suggestions. Partly because we’ve been talking about writing and what it’s for and what By Duana • Dec 17, 2018 04:37 pm
What Else What Else? Here’s a slightly controversial question about parties and, sometimes, even weddings: is it a good party if… no drama goes down? Like, you don’t want to be that person who starts the drama or gets messy, but when something dramatic goes down, or something messy happens, like this By Lainey • Dec 17, 2018 04:12 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Running in the cold Hi Hayley, Any recommendations for running outdoors during winter in -5 temperature? Or is that not even worth exploring. I run on an on-off basis on treadmill (although more off than on these days) and would like to start running outdoors. It is starting to get chilly in Toronto so By Hayley • Dec 17, 2018 03:47 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 17, 2018 Where does 2018’s breakout heartthrob go for an Instagram-able vacation? Somewhere he can take his shirt off, for sure, but it also has to have a cool factor. With lots of trees or poles to climb, of course. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Noah Centineo By Maria • Dec 17, 2018 03:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A Guide to Netflix’s Bad Holiday Rom-Coms: Surprise Royalty Continuing our series of Netflix’s terrible holiday rom-coms, here is a handy viewing guide to the royal themed holiday rom-coms you can stream to your delight and horror. A Christmas Prince The movie that put Netflix’s bad holiday rom-coms on the map. A Christmas Prince is so painfully By Sarah • Dec 17, 2018 01:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A Guide to Netflix’s Bad Holiday Rom-Coms: Small Towns It’s a tradition every December, to watch holiday romantic comedies, some of the most objectively awful movies ever produced, with cheesy stories, painful dialogue, and a formula so well-trod you can guess plot points so easily you might as well make a drinking game out of it. Netflix, in By Sarah • Dec 17, 2018 01:30 pm
Music Miley always shows up for SNL Miley Cyrus may not be your favourite. She’s done a lot of sh-t worth side-eying that Kathleen’s recapped over the last couple of years. What’s also true about Miley though is that she always shows up for Saturday Night Live. If she’s hosting, she never half-asses By Lainey • Dec 17, 2018 12:58 pm
Break Ups Offset’s public “apology” Cardi B broke up with Offset a couple of weeks ago. Afterwards he made it clear that missed her and wanted her back and has evidently turned getting her back into a crusade, stepping up his mission this weekend in the most public way. It started with this, on Friday: By Lainey • Dec 17, 2018 11:12 am
