Dumbass Intro for March 28, 2018 Dear Gossips, “There is pride to be had where the prejudicial is practiced with precision in the trenchant triage of tactile terminations.” Remind me, if I ever forget, to never alliterate again. That sentence, if you want to call it a sentence, is from Sean Penn’s new book Bob By Lainey • Mar 28, 2018 08:56 am
What Else What Else? If you don’t have a dog, does this make you laugh as much as people who do have dogs? Some people say that anthropomorphising animals is wrong. But how is this dog not all of us when we got busted for smoking in the backyard when we were teenagers? By Lainey • Mar 27, 2018 05:21 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Feminist Like That Hi Duana, I am very close to delivering my 4th (yes fourth) child!! He was a surprise and while I thought I was done with the whole baby naming thing, I have now found myself dealing with it again and no better than I did the first 3 times. The By Duana • Mar 27, 2018 04:57 pm
Douchebags Sean Penn does not collaborate Sean Penn is promoting his book, Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff. It’s a stupid-ass title. I can’t tell you if it’s a stupid-ass book but I don’t think it’s winning any awards and it’s because Sean Penn is a dick…but not, necessarily, By Lainey • Mar 27, 2018 04:43 pm
TV Updates Ask the Riverdale Cast My questions about Riverdale and its nosedive of a second season are directed mostly at the writers and showrunner Roberto Aguirre Sacasa, not the cast. I’m less annoyed with the cast. I still think they are all pretty spot on – and very pretty. It’s the writing and overly By Kathleen • Mar 27, 2018 03:58 pm
Career prospectus Career Prospectus: Timothy Olyphant I haven’t done one of these in a while, but Cher Martinetti, the editor of SYFY Fangrrls, has developed a Timothy Olyphant problem of late, and wants to know why Olyphant isn’t a bigger deal than he is: can I request a career prospectus on @LaineyGossip of Olyphant? By Sarah • Mar 27, 2018 02:26 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, March 27, 2018 Kevin James dressed as Prince should be reported to the FCC. I am offended. A post shared by Leah Remini (@leahremini) on Mar 26, 2018 at 10:08am PDT When I saw the headlines that Paris Hilton “lost her $2 million engagement ring,” I had a feeling it would turn By Maria • Mar 27, 2018 01:26 pm
TV Updates Gina Rodriguez is Carmen Sandiego In preparation for this piece, I watched a full episode of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? and oh my god, it was EVERYTHING. I remember it so well. I wanted to be a gumshoe so badly. I’m still just as bad at geography now as I was By Kathleen • Mar 27, 2018 12:39 pm
Assy Hair Chris Evans’s opening night Lobby Hero opening night on Monday in New York. This is Chris Evans’s Broadway debut and, as Sarah wrote last week about his profile in the New York Times, this is also part of a bigger plan: his post-Captain America career. So far the reviews I’ve read have By Lainey • Mar 27, 2018 12:01 pm
Top Reads Beckys and Biters: Who Bit Beyoncé? I can’t imagine that there’s anyone reading this who has no idea about the origin story but, if you don’t, Tiffany Haddish has been dropping breadcrumbs about it for months now. It started in February when she was interviewed in Vulture and she followed up on that By Lainey • Mar 27, 2018 11:06 am
Music Christina Aguilera, back to basics In 2006, Christina Aguilera released her fifth studio album Back to Basics. Remember, it was the album where she dressed like an Old Hollywood starlet she dubbed “Baby Jane” and sang throwback-style R&B jams. Back to Basics was the second reinvention of Xtina’s career, right after the By Kathleen • Mar 27, 2018 09:43 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina’s older boyfriend? Yesterday in What Else? I linked to a story about Angelina Jolie dating a secret British billionaire, which originated from Life & Style so, basically, bullsh-t. Yesterday afternoon Entertainment Tonight reported that Angelina does actually have a boyfriend – but he’s not a British billionaire: A source tells ET that By Lainey • Mar 27, 2018 09:31 am
Chrissy Teigen Intro for March 27, 2018 Dear Gossips, Two years ago we were looking for a “Becky” or, more precisely, “Becky with the good hair”. The BeyHive identified Rachel Roy as the best possible candidate. Rachel tried to deny it but…she still didn’t want to be anywhere near Beyoncé when Beyoncé showed up. After By Lainey • Mar 27, 2018 08:38 am
What Else What Else? Lena Dunham has a new boyfriend. He kinda looks like a cross between Orlando Bloom and Tom Holland. For that reason, since he’s a “mystery man”, I’m going to assume that he’s British and that his name is Simon. Lena and “Simon” were photographed in LA kissing By Lainey • Mar 26, 2018 04:23 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Zendaya’s style weapon, Lena’s wardrobe, and a ticking clock Here are Zendaya and Yara Shahidi this week at the Kids’ Choice Awards this weekend. Their stylists, Law Roach and Jason Bolden, were featured in The Hollywood Reporter’s first ever Stylists Roundtable last week talking about the work of celebrity styling. Duana and I break down the secrets behind By Lainey • Mar 26, 2018 04:00 pm
Amazingness Will Smith, light of my life Will Smith's Instagram brings me so much joy. I am not alone in this. Lainey wrote about the joy Will's Instagram brings to her life last month. It is not a secret that Will Smith is GREAT at Instagram. Three days ago, Refinery29 called his posts By Kathleen • Mar 26, 2018 02:34 pm
