Douchebags Marky Mark vs the Asians As I noted this morning in the open, they were projecting a five-day total of $20 million, on the high side, for Crazy Rich Asians. That number has now been adjusted. According to Variety, it’s now climbed to $26 million and its fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes has gotten By Lainey • Aug 14, 2018 04:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Crazy Rich Asians review As the first predominately Asian film Hollywood has produced since The Joy Luck Club twenty-five years ago, Crazy Rich Asians has many eyes on it for many reasons, and it has the unenviable task of being everything to everybody. Adapted by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim from Kevin Kwan’s By Sarah • Aug 14, 2018 04:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Who cares what men want What Women Want is a Mel Gibson movie that hasn’t aged well, like most Mel Gibson movies. So for the inevitable remake—because anything that was even remotely successful 15+ years ago is getting remade—it has been gender-swapped to star a woman who hears men’s thoughts after By Sarah • Aug 14, 2018 03:07 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 14, 2018 Christy Turlington is covering Vogue Paris, Vogue Polska and InStyle, but she says it’s not a comeback. (She also did Vogue Japan earlier this year.) I recently read a story in Fashionista that analyzed data around celebrity brand partnerships, measuring risk and consumer approval. I was surprised that Christy By Maria • Aug 14, 2018 01:22 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Mandy in blue leather The idea of this is better than the execution. There’s maybe too much going on? I like the sleeves. A lot. But the sleeves are not getting their moment because of everything that’s happening across the chest. All that ruching and the knot off to the side and By Lainey • Aug 14, 2018 12:57 pm
Maple Leaf Justin & Hailey’s engagement tour Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin have been engaged for …what?... just over a month now? It happened in the Bahamas. Then they went back to New York. They’ve also been to Miami. And LA. And back to New York. And somewhere else I can’t remember. This past weekend By Lainey • Aug 14, 2018 12:10 pm
Gross Ryan Reynolds plays Drinko It took me 20 minutes to psych myself up to watch Ryan Reynolds on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. It took me that long because the Huffpo headline about Ryan’s appearance reads “Try Not To Puke Watching Ryan Reynolds Drink A Truly Disgusting Cocktail". Ryan was promoting By Kathleen • Aug 14, 2018 10:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Meet Mulan Disney released the first photo of Crystal Liu Yifei as Mulan yesterday to mark the beginning of production on the live-action film, directed by Niki Caro, to be released March 2020. The timing works too because, of course, we’ve been talking about Crazy Rich Asians, and Asian representation, which By Lainey • Aug 14, 2018 10:06 am
Music A contested Nicki Nicki Minaj’s potential has been long evaluated and dissected. Since Nicki bulldozed her way into hip-hop’s popular consciousness with an exciting, spine-tingling and truly impeccable verse on “Monster,” there are many rap critics and fans who have been waiting for Nicki’s “MOTHERF-CKING MONSTA” to manifest itself in By Kathleen • Aug 14, 2018 09:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 14, 2018 Dear Gossips, Oh did you think I wasn’t going to be mentioning Crazy Rich Asians this week? There was no CRA content yesterday because I’m hitting you up with so much of it today, tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday for its five-day opening weekend. Not only because, as director By Lainey • Aug 14, 2018 09:03 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Short, yes. Simple – not so much. Hi Duana, I’ll keep it short and sweet. I’m expecting my second babe, sex unknown, end of August. Our son’s name is Fergus and we love it. Originally we had planned on the name Seamus but when our guy arrived it didn’t quite fit, so a By Duana • Aug 13, 2018 05:24 pm
What Else What Else? This beautifully gay performance has reminded me of one of my regrets: I do not talk about Carly Rae Jepsen enough on this site. I love her. And I love Emotion. So much. How has it already been three years since it came out? Why didn’t I shout at By Lainey • Aug 13, 2018 05:01 pm
Books Justin Timberlake’s “Hindsight” It was announced on Friday that Justin Timberlake is coming out with a book. What’s it about? WHAT DO YOU THINK IT’S ABOUT? His favourite topic: himself. If there’s anyone who can reliably be a cliché, it’s Justin Timberlake. Which is why the title of the By Lainey • Aug 13, 2018 04:26 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie keeps losing Angelina Jolie was photographed at the supermarket in LA with three of her kids this weekend. We’ve seen her often with her kids since she and Brad Pitt broke up. We have not seem him with his kids. And he can’t see his kids without the presence of By Lainey • Aug 13, 2018 03:13 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 13, 2018 Back in June, Lainey wrote about the summer of Awkwafina. We are fully immersed now, with Crazy Rich Asians just a few days away -- and she is now one of the most recognizable names in the movie. As she says, her “overnight” success took 6 years. (Is there any By Maria • Aug 13, 2018 01:15 pm
TV Updates Insecure is back Lawrence who? That’s the only thing I’m going to say about Lawrence for the rest of this post about the Insecure Season 3 premiere. Like I’ve BEEN saying, this show does not need Lawrence. There was nothing lacking about the premiere without Issa’s wasteman ex-boyfriend. LAWRENCE By Kathleen • Aug 13, 2018 12:09 pm
