Kevin Hart Kevin Hart is hosting the Oscars Yesterday morning The Hollywood Reporter called hosting the Oscars the “least wanted job in Hollywood”. Less than three months from the 2019 telecast, the Oscars had no host, and, apparently, no hope of a host. My suggestion was either Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, or a pack a wolves. Picture By Sarah • Dec 05, 2018 09:25 am
Weddings Intro for December 5, 2018 Dear Gossips, Priyanka Chopra was not messing around when she told Vogue that people would need a vacation after their wedding. Yesterday she and Nick Jonas hosted another wedding reception in Delhi at the Taj Palace Hotel. She was also trending for much of the day on Tuesday as the By Lainey • Dec 05, 2018 09:01 am
What Else What Else? Crazy Rich Asians opened in China last week and it was disappointingly not a success. For many reasons. They can watch real-life wealthy Asians being crazy with their money on Weibo every minute of every day. Remember, the story about the son of Chinese billionaire who bought two Apple watches By Lainey • Dec 04, 2018 04:40 pm
Top Reads Gwyneth covers WSJ Magazine Gwyneth Paltrow is featured in this month’s WSJ Magazine. As a CEO. It’s right there, on the cover: Gwyneth Paltrow, CEO. You know she loves this so much. This is where we are now. Gwyneth Paltrow, not even “former actress” but simply “CEO”. Of goop, of course, recently By Lainey • Dec 04, 2018 03:36 pm
Royals Will & Kate’s Winter Wonderland Prince William and Catherine “hosted a party for military families at Kensington Palace” today. Here they are arriving at the event, passing along a lane with a fake snow-blower setting the scene for a winter wonderland effect. William and Kate take the short walk from their Kensington Palce home to By Lainey • Dec 04, 2018 02:30 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 4, 2018 David Beckham is a spokesperson for the Haig Club and hosted a party this week. Victoria’s sister attended, as did Brooklyn with his date. Socialite Mary Charteris, someone who The Sun once implied was a problem for the Beckhams, was there, as well as David Gardner (who is with By Maria • Dec 04, 2018 01:52 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Tracee’s two nights of sparkle Tracee Ellis Ross was also at the Versace fashion show in New York on Sunday night. Last night she was back in LA for the Equality Now Make Equality Reality Gala. Two outfits with sparkle – which do you prefer? At Versace, Tracee wore blue velvet, with mustard chandelier earrings, and By Lainey • Dec 04, 2018 01:35 pm
Style Julia Roberts and the week of the American Sweetheart As I posted about yesterday, we will soon see Jennifer Aniston, with Dolly Parton, all over the talk show circuit to promote Netflix’s Dumplin’, premiering on Friday. We will also be seeing a lot of another American Sweetheart, Julia Roberts, as she promotes Ben is Back. Many are calling By Lainey • Dec 04, 2018 01:16 pm
Royals The Royal Court Mess For the last couple of weeks, it seems that every single day there’s a new story about the Royal Girl Sh-t that’s supposedly going on between Catherine Cambridge and Meghan Markle. The latest, I think, is that Princess Kate read Royal Meghan for being a bitch to her By Lainey • Dec 04, 2018 12:19 pm
Dumbass Madonna and Lady Gaga As you know, for the past couple of months, Lady Gaga has been promoting her very good work in A Star is Born and campaigning for an Oscar. As you may have heard, during all of that promotion, she’s been repeating the thing about the 100 people in a By Lainey • Dec 04, 2018 10:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews I TAKE IT ALL BACK I have been skeptical of Brie Larson from the moment she was announced as Captain Marvel. Not anything against her, personally, just that she’s too young, and wasn’t the most interesting name in the mix. Well, guess what? I TAKE IT ALL BACK. I am sold on Brie By Sarah • Dec 04, 2018 10:29 am
TV Updates Lindsay Lohan’s Comeback, Take 432 How many comebacks does it take to actually come back? Lindsay Lohan’s team (cut to Dina Lohan swigging from a bottle of unoaked chardonnay) hasn’t exactly worked out the numbers yet. We have covered Lindsay’s fits and starts several times. Lindsay’s career burnout and downfall is By Maria • Dec 04, 2018 10:00 am
Weddings Intro for December 4, 2018 Dear Gossips, So it wasn’t just a Vogue wedding for Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. It was also a PEOPLE and HELLO! wedding, with both of those publications actually getting the first exclusive shots of the wedding photos… just like it was with Amal and George Clooney. Vogue had By Lainey • Dec 04, 2018 09:29 am
What Else What Else? To those of you who’ve been asking about when the Sasha Answers podcast is coming back – it’s going to be January. It’ll be a relaunch, with a rebrand and new artwork, and we can’t wait to share with you. So send us your questions and problems, By Lainey • Dec 03, 2018 04:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel’s Asian-American hero After years of not prioritizing any voice or story other than white dudes, Marvel is now full steam ahead on the diversity express. Thanks to the success of Black Panther—and due in no small part to Ike Perlmutter’s control being loosened on the movie studio—they have greenlit By Sarah • Dec 03, 2018 03:39 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: The Work of Writing Part 1 Welcome to our first bonus mini-episode on writing – because we talk about writing so much, and we all write so much, and because there are so many different kinds of writing. But first…here’s our takeoff point: A couple of weeks ago, Laurie Kilmartin talked to Vulture about writing By Lainey • Dec 03, 2018 03:10 pm
