Break Ups World War Brange: girl-on-girl crime There’s supposed to be a court hearing today in the Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie divorce case. Previously on World War Brange, a reality show at this point, Brad has made some recent significant gains. The children have been required to spend more time with him and on the public By Lainey • Aug 21, 2018 10:50 am
Quiveration Shawn Mendes in the rain Stage rain. But whatever. It worked for me, and wasn’t that the point? You can’t tell me that designing a performance so that it ends with him getting wet and showing us what he might look like in the shower wasn’t the point. Even the wardrobe was By Lainey • Aug 21, 2018 10:16 am
Music Jennifer Lopez: A Vanguard in love Jennifer Lopez was the recipient of MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award last. She became the first Latin woman to receive the award. She accepted it with such breaming pride, emotional sincerity, genuine gratitude and love for her family and her hype man that I almost don’t have By Kathleen • Aug 21, 2018 09:49 am
Douchebags Madonna tributes Madonna I don’t need to define “caucacity” for some of you. I feel like I don’t need to define it at all because what Madonna did last night on the VMA stage was such an egregious act of caucacity, it really speaks for itself in this context but if By Kathleen • Aug 21, 2018 09:13 am
Tessa Thompson Intro for August 21, 2018 Dear Gossips, Last week, after Emma Stone’s interview for ELLE by Jennifer Lawrence came out, I posted about how, more and more, especially in major magazines, celebrities are either interviewing themselves (Beyoncé) or interviewing each other and, as much as I love Beyoncé, there’s something that gets lost By Lainey • Aug 21, 2018 08:40 am
What Else What Else? Ohhhh kayyy, EMMA. She’s a repeat champion, FINE. But I’ve just looked at her technique. And she makes her times, great, and crosses the finish line (which some of her competitors can’t seem to manage), but does it count when it’s a chase?! And not a By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 05:52 pm
Music JLo from the block and her hype man As I’m writing this, Jennifer Lopez is getting ready. Hair and makeup have already started. There will likely be several changes. It’s the MTV VMAs tonight, where she will perform and receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Last week, I posted about JLo’s countdown, remembering some By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 05:37 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: When Is A Name An Egg? Hi Duana, My partner and I are expecting a boy and while I think we have the middle name nailed down, we need some input on the first name. So full disclosure - I too have an unusual name that has been mispronounced my entire life, which is maybe why By Duana • Aug 20, 2018 05:17 pm
Quiveration The time of Henry Golding I wish I could post each and every one of the emails and tweets sent to me this weekend about Henry Golding now that Crazy Rich Asians has opened. I WARNED YOU. It was a great weekend for Henry Golding. For several reasons. First, obviously, Crazy Rich Asians took the By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 05:01 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Selena’s cute bangs I’m not a bang person. My ma permanently killed any affection I had for bangs by telling me that bangs are luck blockers because they cover your forehead. I do, however, love these little bangs on Selena Gomez. Clarification, I love the way they look in these photos. I By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 04:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pine with an accent Kathleen’s Best Chris, Chris Pine, has had a quiet summer, publicity-wise. He’s been shooting the Wonder Woman sequel, sure. But since A Wrinkle in Time, he hasn’t done all that much press. Which is about to change soon because his new film, Netflix’s Outlaw King, directed By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 03:18 pm
BFFs The Clooneys host the Sussexes There were all kinds of reports flying around this morning that Meghan Markle is in Toronto. She is NOT in Toronto. But she was in Italy. Prince Harry and Royal Meghan arrived in Lake Como to visit George and Amal Clooney on Thursday. They left yesterday at 6pm. There are By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 02:56 pm
Photo Assumption Gemma and Dominic…? Since Crazy Rich Asians took the top spot at the box office this weekend, some of you have joined the Gemma Chan is our Girl Crush support group now, right? She’s exquisite. And… she may have a new boyfriend? The Sun has new pictures of Gemma with Dominic Cooper By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 02:29 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 20, 2018 Maria is on holiday this week so I’m covering Smutty Social Media which means it’s going to be way less insightful, very high school, and maybe a little gross. You’ll see at the bottom of this post. Let me just…leave this here. The way he looks By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 01:59 pm
Top Reads Asia Argento and the messy reality of now In the initial reporting of what would become the Harvey Weinstein scandal, one of the most vocal accusers was Italian filmmaker and actress Asia Argento. She gave Ronan Farrow a detailed account of Weinstein’s predation and abuse, and this year at Cannes she gave a scathing speech condemning the By Sarah • Aug 20, 2018 01:37 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Lucy’s wide pants Oh these pants. I want them. Or at least I want to try them on. They’d look great on Duana because she has these stupidly long, LOOOOOONG legs. I have short legs. I am short period. On me though, I want to be optimistic and believe they could work By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 01:10 pm