Movie Reviews and Previews Melissa McCarthy’s Ironic Oscar Nom Maybe the title above isn’t fair. Melissa McCarthy got an Oscar Best Actress nomination for playing Lee Israel, an irascible crank in her 50s who pulled off an incredible scam, and Can You Ever Forgive Me is completely worth your time. The nomination is completely deserved and also kind By Duana • Jan 22, 2019 01:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Regina King and the Beale Street 3 All of us who write on this site have written repeatedly about how much we love If Beale Street Could Talk. It’s so … much. This is a film that will hold up, there will never be a time, in 10 years, 20 years, 100 years, when it won’t By Lainey • Jan 22, 2019 12:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A Star is… Spiked? Or is it Argo-ed? There are always snubs on Oscar nomination day. Some snubs are bigger than others. Because they’re so unexpected. This year’s #1 Oscar snub is Bradley Cooper for Best Director. And yet, it was not a bad morning for A Star is Born. ASIB earned 8 nominations, including Best By Lainey • Jan 22, 2019 12:04 pm
Oscars 2019 Black Panther makes history again Black Panther was the biggest movie of 2018. Oh sure, Avengers: Infinity War made more money, but Black Panther was right behind as the #2 moneymaker of the year, and there is no denying that it was THE cultural film moment of 2018. No movie made a bigger impact last By Sarah • Jan 22, 2019 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Academy almost got it all right With one big exception, which Duana will be posting about later, this morning’s Oscar nominations are almost entirely acceptable. 2018 was a GREAT year for film, so for sure one of your faves didn’t get nominated. Eighth Grade got shut out, for instance. And Won’t You Be By Sarah • Jan 22, 2019 11:16 am
Patty Jenkins Chris Pine starts the day (again) We kicked off the site yesterday with photos of Chris Pine heading to New York for promotional appearances for I Am the Night. Here he is yesterday on Good Morning America. He decided on an oatmeal clingy-ish sweater tucked into brown pants. The sweater is textured but it reads By Lainey • Jan 22, 2019 09:25 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for January 22, 2019 Dear Gossips, It’s Oscar nomination day. By the time you read this we will know whether or not Black Panther will make history as the first comic superhero movie to be nominated for Best Picture. We’ll find out whether or not Roma will be the first Netflix film By Lainey • Jan 22, 2019 09:00 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Don’t Go Justin On Me Hi Duana, We are trying to come up with a name for our second son, due at the end of January. Our older son is Arthur William. His suggestion for his little brother is Cabooster, and while we've told him we'll put it on the list, By Duana • Jan 21, 2019 04:12 pm
What Else What Else? Dame Helen Mirren was nominated for a Razzie. It’s for the movie Winchester. Didn’t see. Don’t think anyone saw it? Apparently enough people saw it to rate her performance. It was indeed poorly reviewed. And maybe that’s why she’s on this list. Because you expect By Lainey • Jan 21, 2019 04:05 pm
Drag Race I’m Sorry I Ever Doubted Naomi Smalls Even if you don’t watch RuPaul’s Drag Race, you HAVE to watch this clip. I’ve been meaning to write a “why is everyone sleeping on Naomi Smalls?” post for a while, but I was waiting for the right time. After last week, when I re-evaluated the By Prem • Jan 21, 2019 03:43 pm
Drag Race Why LaLaPaRUza Was a Genius Decision Canada, I am GOOPED! The latest episode of All Stars 4 was INTENSE, and I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. If Manila had not been immune this episode, I might have had a heart attack. I liked the episode for three reasons. 1. Gagworthy lip By Prem • Jan 21, 2019 02:11 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 21, 2019 Madonna’s butt has made an appearance on Instagram! I can’t really see if it’s different from this short clip though. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Madonna (@madonna) on Jan 19, 2019 at 10:40am PST Jessica Simpson had her baby shower and judging By Maria • Jan 21, 2019 01:38 pm
Charlize Theron Brad Pitt & Charlize Theron? Look. I’m excited about this too. Or the idea of it. I’ve been trying to call this since July of 2017 when Charlize Theron was on Howard Stern talking about dating and, as I noted then, it’s a perfect pairing considering who they are and the places By Lainey • Jan 21, 2019 01:01 pm
Top Reads Is Noah Centineo Cancelled? In the second half of 2018, we talked a lot about Noah Centineo on LaineyGossip, and for good reason. As Kathleen has pointed out on numerous occasions, he is a thirst trap master. His oh-so-perfectly messy hair and cheeky smile are enchanting, and we all wish we were By Prem • Jan 21, 2019 11:26 am
Emma Stone Emma Stone and Dave McCary’s first public appearance Let’s first go back to the summer, when Emma Stone and Justin Theroux were in France, both Louis Vuitton ambassadors promoting the brand. They hung out with friends in Antibes. They extended their holiday, with friends, for a couple of weeks. So it was rumoured that they were a By Lainey • Jan 21, 2019 11:01 am
Chris Pine Chris Pine and Annabelle Wallis are still together It is currently somewhere between minus 19 or minus 25 degrees Celsius in Toronto depending on what part of the city you’re in. Basically it’s cold AS F-CK. A lot of people couldn’t get to work because their cars won’t start. Some of the streetcars By Lainey • Jan 21, 2019 10:15 am
