Award Season Campaigning A mixed bag of filmmaker inclusion It’s been a great year for black American cinema, as evidenced by the Golden Globes nominations which include Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, and If Beale Street Could Talk for Best Picture. (Sorry to Bother You is too weird for award shows, but let us not forget it is one of By Sarah • Dec 06, 2018 02:31 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 6, 2018 Lainey and I briefly talked about the Jessica Simpson/Natalie Portman “feud” last night, which is actually a nothingburger sparked by thirsty headlines. In the original interview with USA Today, Natalie Portman was referring to how the media tried to make virginal sex pots out of young female pop stars. By Maria • Dec 06, 2018 01:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake joins Instagram Jake Gyllenhaal is now on Instagram. It’s not necessarily news anymore, when a celebrity is on social media. Even Julia Roberts is on IG now. I don’t know that Jake, though, over the last few years, falls under the category of the “sharing” celebrity. He keeps his sh-t By Lainey • Dec 06, 2018 12:16 pm
TV Updates SNL Thirst Traps Jason Momoa is hosting SNL this weekend, and their promos are largely just thirst traps. When you have a hot surfer dude the size of a tree as your host, the jokes write themselves. Thus, Momoa’s promo as an action-page, finding answers by busting down doors and hacking computers By Sarah • Dec 06, 2018 12:00 pm
TV Updates The Golden Globes forgot about Atlanta The Golden Globe nominations came down this morning and you guys, who is going to tell the HFPA that they forgot about Atlanta? It’s a lot, I know, there is SO much television. It’s impossible to watch everything and hard to keep up with new episodes, but even By Sarah • Dec 06, 2018 11:28 am
Award Season Campaigning Amy & Regina do both Amy Adams received two acting Golden Globe nominations this morning, one for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series and another for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for Vice. She’s now trending on Twitter. But don’t forget about Regina King. Regina has been nominated By Lainey • Dec 06, 2018 10:59 am
Award Season Campaigning Crazy Rich Golden Globes Crazy Rich Asians is going to the Golden Globes. It will not win any Golden Globes. But they’ll be at the party, at one of the most watched award shows, and the first major award show of the year, right after the New Year. This is visibility. And visibility By Lainey • Dec 06, 2018 10:03 am
Andy Samberg Intro for December 6, 2018 Dear Gossips, The Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning. We’ll cover those in subsequent posts throughout the day. Ahead of the nominations, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association yesterday finally confirmed who will be hosting: Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg. I don’t think anyone was expecting this… even By Lainey • Dec 06, 2018 08:34 am
What Else What Else? I’m about to say something really inflammatory and we are going to fight. This is the expression I make when I see one of those fake white Christmas trees. I don’t believe in them! Also black wreaths! More and more people are putting up black wreaths. Ask Mimi By Lainey • Dec 05, 2018 02:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 5, 2018 From what I can gather, Chris Evans and Chris Pine are always competing for first place on the Chris List. I think, for this week, Evans takes it. He doesn’t pose very long. pic.twitter.com/3ShuJX7RlV— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) December 4, 2018 Bella Hadid is traveling with The By Maria • Dec 05, 2018 01:47 pm
Award Season Campaigning Actors saying things at a table Next stop on the Award Season Express, it’s The Hollywood Reporter’s actor roundtable, featuring Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen, Timothee Chalamet, Chadwick Boseman, Hugh Jackman, and Richard E. Grant. This group actually makes me wonder how far in advance they book these things, because Hugh Jackman is a ??? at By Sarah • Dec 05, 2018 01:25 pm
Break Ups Brange’s quiet agreement When World War Brange first broke out, it was ugliness all around. The two then agreed to shut it down and it remained that way until earlier this year as Angelina Jolie was accused of keeping Brad Pitt from their children and then it came out that he supposedly wasn’ By Lainey • Dec 05, 2018 12:51 pm
Assy Style Margot Robbie: Mary and Chanel Mary, Queen of Scots was considered an early Oscar contender several months ago. Now that we’re balls deep in award season, I don’t feel like anyone is talking about it anymore? The reviews seem to be OK to good, not great, but no one seems to pushing hard By Lainey • Dec 05, 2018 12:28 pm
Break Ups Cardi B and Offset break up Cardi B announced on Instagram last night that she and Offset are “not together anymore.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by CARDIVENOM (@iamcardib) on Dec 4, 2018 at 9:49pm PST That’s not your typical breakup statement but it is very Cardi B. We’ve become By Kathleen • Dec 05, 2018 11:26 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Prince Harry on periods and Royal Meghan pops Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did not attend the Queen’s Diplomatic Corps reception last night but instead were at St Luke’s Church in London for a carol service in support of the Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund, named after one of Harry’s friends who died when they By Lainey • Dec 05, 2018 10:38 am
Royals Princess Kate: a ballgown and pants They busted out the tiaras last night at Buckingham Palace for the Diplomatic Corps reception as the Queen hosted foreign dignitaries at her annual party. Her Majesty, Duchess Camilla, and Princess Catherine all had tiaras on. Kate wore the Lovers Knot, the one she’s most often seen in, and By Lainey • Dec 05, 2018 10:20 am