Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 14, 2018 Dear Gossips, As mentioned, last night I moderated the Q&A after the 25th anniversary TIFF screening of The Joy Luck Club at the Elgin Theatre, the same theatre where it premiered at TIFF in 1993. Director Wayne Wang was joined by casting director Heidi Levitt, and cast members By Lainey • Sep 14, 2018 08:32 am
What Else What Else? Lainey is casually moderating the Q&A after the 25th anniversary screening of The Joy Luck Club at TIFF right now. No big deal. I’m kidding; it’s a VERY BIG DEAL. I would tell you to send her good luck but she doesn’t need it. While By Kathleen • Sep 13, 2018 04:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: First Man First Man, Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to La La Land could not be more different than his previous films. For one thing, First Man is not about music. For another, it is a much bigger production in scope, scale, and imagination, and Chazelle takes to this kind of grandiose filmmaking By Sarah • Sep 13, 2018 04:37 pm
Music Missy’s “funky white sister” You probably don’t know Mary Halsey by name. You probably have seen the video of her rapping to Missy Elliott’s “Work It.” I’ve tried to do this song at karaoke and it is HARD. Mary doesn’t make it look hard. Mary’s got the funk. Mary’ By Kathleen • Sep 13, 2018 03:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews “That lame Superman guy” no more Henry Cavill is best known as “that lame Superman guy” and/or a mustache, but now he will need to reinvent himself as he has both shaved and, apparently, quit being Superman. Yesterday word got out that after a three-movie run that includes some of the most divisive and unpopular By Sarah • Sep 13, 2018 03:01 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, September 13, 2018 My international espionage queen Wendi Deng is hanging with the Seinfelds (not the first time – when she was married to Rupert Murdoch, they attended some of the same functions). But the political climate has wildly changed in the last two years, even though Wendi’s loyalty hasn’t. She is By Maria • Sep 13, 2018 02:15 pm
Models Rihanna x Fenty x NYFW Yesterday Lainey wrote that New York Fashion Week “begins and ends with Rihanna”. Rihanna debuted her new Savage x Fenty lingerie line and she did not disappoint. It wasn’t your typical runway show. Rihanna reinvented what a lingerie runway show could look like. The Savage x Fenty show was By Kathleen • Sep 13, 2018 01:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mid90s is Jonah Hill’s Lady Bird Bradley Cooper and Jonah Hill are tight, so it’s interesting that both of their directorial debuts, A Star is Born and Mid90s, premiered on the same night, in the same city, right after each other on Sunday. According to Jonah, they watched cuts of each others’ movies, and helped By Joanna • Sep 13, 2018 12:23 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) The curious case of Royal Meghan’s dog PEOPLE Magazine reported a few weeks ago that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had adopted a new dog, a black lab, and that the name is Oz. The palace has yet to confirm any of this information. So we’ve been waiting to see the new Sussex puppy, to be By Lainey • Sep 13, 2018 11:46 am
Royals Prince William’s Asian mix-up Prince William attended the opening of Japan House London today, the new cultural centre providing visitors an “experience of the best and latest from Japan”. I just want to establish our location, set the scene. And now that you’re there, watch this: Prince William was in great form at By Lainey • Sep 13, 2018 10:44 am
Sports Naomi Osaka’s moment + MBJ There has been a lot written about what Naomi Osaka deserved during her first grand slam win. She did not deserve to have her moment at the US Open overshadowed by an umpire’s ego or by factors beyond her control that have nothing to do with the talent she By Kathleen • Sep 13, 2018 10:31 am
Douchebags Intro for September 13, 2018 Dear Gossips, As we have learned over the last few months, Les Moonves has a long history of sexual harassment. Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Les Moonves’s prolific and extensive abuse of power has resulted in additional investigation and analysis by other media outlets into how he was insulated By Lainey • Sep 13, 2018 09:43 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Natural Acts of Names, And a Dire Warning Hi Duana, My daughter was born in 2009. Her name is the same as a popular exclusive dating app. When I picked her name, it was a relatively unknown but not too exotic name. Now I'm afraid people will know her name from the dating app first. Should By Duana • Sep 12, 2018 06:18 pm
What Else What Else? I mean, I think we all know how reality shows work and the editing tricks that go into it to create drama. So …sure. Maybe there was some creative editing that went on here. But what’s also worth noting is the part in Devon Windsor’s statement about how By Lainey • Sep 12, 2018 05:41 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Gwendoline’s fashion week pyjamas LOOOOOOOVE. I’m all about pyjama fashion. I was worried it was going out of style. It is not going out of style. Gwendoline Christie is keeping them firmly IN style. This is unmistakably a pyjama outfit, specifically produced not to sleep in but to be seen in. The colours By Lainey • Sep 12, 2018 05:08 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Saoirse’s pink shoulder bows This dress on Saoirse Ronan isn't lighting me on fire or anything but I do find it interesting, the way they’ve tied a bow on each shoulder and let the loops fall forward to create a mini-sleeve effect with the ribbon. It’s cute, right? A cute By Lainey • Sep 12, 2018 04:58 pm
