Movie Reviews and Previews Mark Wahlberg in Mile 22 Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg have enjoyed a productive and mostly successful creative partnership. Berg likes making movies about macho All-American Heroes who Get Things Done while the nerds around them make no meaningful contributions, and Wahlberg likes playing macho All-American Heroes who Get Things Done while the nerds around By Sarah • Aug 17, 2018 01:14 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Blake’s velvet double blazer I don’t know where she’s going but Blake Lively is clearly ready for fall. Like, sure, fashion doesn’t necessarily have to be seasonal anymore but certain fabrics are. And a velvet pantsuit, to me, is fall. I wouldn’t want to wear it in the summer, would By Lainey • Aug 17, 2018 12:36 pm
Music JLo’s countdown As Maria mentioned yesterday in Smutty Social Media, as we approach the MTV VMAs, where she will be presented with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, Jennifer Lopez has been counting down memories from some of her most memorable music videos with details from when she was shooting them and By Lainey • Aug 17, 2018 12:00 pm
Quiveration Domhnall Gleeson out for a walk Here is Domhnall Gleeson walking around New York City for your Friday consumption. I have not given up on making him the Internet Boyfriend of 2018, but he is not cooperating and campaigning as needed to make it happen. Gleeson keeps a low profile, and grist for the digital mill By Sarah • Aug 17, 2018 11:22 am
Music Janet Jackson: for now, forever Janet Jackson has released a new single and accompanying video, her first in three years. The song is “Made for Now”. This is the first thing I listened to when I woke up this morning, angry at my phone for going off at 5am even though that’s when I By Lainey • Aug 17, 2018 10:17 am
Top Reads The Gospel of Aretha The church gave us Aretha Franklin. No matter how you feel about religion, no matter what church you grew up in or didn’t, that is a fact. Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, is synonymous with spirituality. Studies say that this generation is less spiritual than the last and that By Kathleen • Aug 17, 2018 09:39 am
Music Intro for August 17, 2018 Dear Gossips, Thank you for all your emails the last couple of days with your reactions to seeing Crazy Rich Asians. I can’t wait for more of you to see it on the weekend…because I really, really want to talk about the mahjong! Let’s talk now, though, By Lainey • Aug 17, 2018 09:01 am
What Else What Else? Samantha Markle started a rumour that her dad, Thomas Markle, Royal Meghan’s famewhore of a father, will be starting a clothing line. TMZ, the Thomas Markle Zone, has shut that down. Their “source” says it’s not true. Why even bother calling it a “source”? Thomas Markle obviously told By Lainey • Aug 16, 2018 05:01 pm
Top Reads Aretha Franklin As you’ve probably heard, Aretha Franklin died today at her home in Detroit. Kathleen has been in writing lockdown for an event the last few days and I’ve asked her if she’d like to write about Aretha and her significance for tomorrow. We are sorry we aren’ By Lainey • Aug 16, 2018 02:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Netflix is coming for Oscar And they’re doing it with an Oscar darling. The teaser for Roma, Alfonso Cuaron’s new film, has been released and it looks gorgeous and emotional (aka it looks like an Alfonso Cuaron film). It’s being released by Netflix but will be getting an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run, and By Sarah • Aug 16, 2018 01:41 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 16, 2018 A Nancy Meyers’ rom-com set in Martha’s Vineyard starring Jenny Slate would be dream. Can you imagine the kitchen?! Jenny has written the treatment and factored in her own re-casting. (PS: The island Romeo should be the best man who recently, but not too recently, went through a divorce By Maria • Aug 16, 2018 01:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Disney confirms James Gunn is done With them, at least. Despite cast support and widespread public support, Disney will not be rehiring James Gunn. According to Variety, studio chairman Alan Horn met with Gunn as a “courtesy” to “clear the air” which sounds like corporate-speak for reiterating his ass is grass and no amount of pressure By Sarah • Aug 16, 2018 01:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Slender Man: The Internet Makes A Bad Movie Creepypasta, the corner of the internet dedicated to ghost stories, urban legends, and horror stories, birthed a modern urban legend in 2009. On the Something Awful forums user “Victor Surge”, real name Eric Knudsen, posted a photo with a tall, reedy faceless being lurking in the background of the shot. By Sarah • Aug 16, 2018 12:22 pm
Relationship Assumption Why is Pete Davidson in GQ? Pete Davidson has an answer for this question. He tells GQ why they wanted to feature him this month. And, well, they couldn’t, and we probably can’t, dispute his rationale: "It's all bullshit. GQ wouldn't hit me up if I didn't By Lainey • Aug 16, 2018 11:29 am
Donald Glover Rihanna and Donald Glover’s Guava Island Rihanna’s fourth annual Diamond Ball will be hosted by Issa Rae and Donald Glover will make an appearance as Childish Gambino to perform. If you need me on September 13th, I’ll be the one trying to scam my way inside a fancy gala. The Diamond Ball host and By Kathleen • Aug 16, 2018 10:41 am
Models Liam moves on That was quick. Last month, Liam Payne and Cheryl (good thing she never changed her last name to Payne) broke up after two and a half years and one baby named Bear. Photos have now surfaced of Liam and 20-year-old model Cairo Dwek holding hands in Italy last week. If By Kathleen • Aug 16, 2018 10:06 am
