Business of Hollywood Olivia Munn hosts the Critics’ Choice Awards No, the monologue rap wasn’t great. So I get it if, with a start like that, you weren’t all that into Olivia Munn last night hosting the Critics’ Choice Awards. But, apart from that rap, I actually quite enjoyed her. She was much stronger during the in-between awards By Lainey • Jan 12, 2018 09:03 am
Octavia Spencer Intro for January 12, 2018 Dear Gossips, The Critics’ Choice Awards happened last night in Hollywood and the all-black mandate was lifted and we’ll get to that on the main page and on the LifeStyle page today. Let’s start though with Octavia Spencer who was at the event with The Shape Of Water, By Lainey • Jan 12, 2018 08:22 am
What Else What Else? Reminder: the Critics’ Choice Awards are happening tonight. And James Franco has been nominated in the Best Actor category. Will James Franco show up? Or is he skipping the event? This is also the first event since the Michelle Williams/Mark Wahlberg pay revelation became public. If the point of By Lainey • Jan 11, 2018 04:51 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: We Got It – But What IS It? Hi Duana, I'm so excited to be writing to you! When I first stumbled across your column I was pretty stunned - I had no idea other "name nerds" existed. I still have a beaten-up bright pink baby name book (straight from the 80s) that has By Duana • Jan 11, 2018 04:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tony, Cap, Hulk, and …Ant? I’ve never seen Ant-Man, the Paul Rudd version (is there another movie version? I don’t actually want to know), and I barely paid attention to him in Captain America: Civil War so I have no idea what to call him, how to refer to him. Which is why By Lainey • Jan 11, 2018 03:51 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, January 11, 2018 Since Justin Timberlake is encroaching on his Blue Steel Stetson Man vibe, John Mayer is upping his pioneer cred with a new project: he will be responding to correspondence, but only if it is typed on a typewriter. He calls it a “return to naturalism”. I’m not sure if By Maria • Jan 11, 2018 02:34 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: 4 fitness forward questions & answers By way of background, my husband and I kind of ‘let ourselves go’ a little bit, with three kids in six years and the general chaos that ensues. Both our diet and fitness levels suffered as a result, and the weight slowly but surely crept on. In August we decided By Hayley • Jan 11, 2018 02:10 pm
BFFs Chris Hemsworth’s post-Globes gossip I typically refer to Chris Hemsworth in one of three ways: as the Not-As-Hot Hemsworth, the Third (Sometimes Second) Best Chris, or Taika Waititi’s Less Attractive Friend. This week, to me, he’s just the guy who played third wheel to new besties Taika and Angelina Jolie at the By Kathleen • Jan 11, 2018 01:30 pm
Johnathon Schaech’s story In a piece written for PEOPLE , Johnathon Schaech has shared that he was molested by director Franco Zeffirelli in 1992 while he was working on his film Sparrow. He not only details the experience but also goes on to describe how it changed him, how his behaviour and his personality By Lainey • Jan 11, 2018 12:52 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Angela in red pants I’m trying to remember the last time I wore red pants. The only pair that comes to mind is from the 90s, red velvet, I think they were from the Gap. Velvet doesn’t stretch so I feel like they weren’t comfortable but I do think I loved By Lainey • Jan 11, 2018 11:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews At last, a Black Widow movie Marvel was always going to make a Black Widow movie, eventually, because at a certain point it just becomes money left on the table. Following Wonder Woman’s success in 2017, now is apparently when the money is on the table, and Marvel wants their cut. (They’ve talked enough By Sarah • Jan 11, 2018 11:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dee Rees gets Sandra Bullock’s vote One of my favourite side stories during award season is watching to see which major movie stars throw their support behind which films and which performers. Julia Roberts comes up a lot in this discussion. She campaigned for Javier Bardem a few years ago and last year she showed up By Lainey • Jan 11, 2018 10:36 am
Jennifer Garner Hey, You Guys Like Batman? There’s a short, kind of nothing story that showed up on E! about Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner coming together for their daughter Seraphina’s birthday party last weekend. This isn’t exactly newsworthy as the two spent Thanksgiving and Christmas together as a family. Jennifer has been steadfast By Maria • Jan 11, 2018 10:04 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 11, 2018 Dear Gossips, James Franco was on Seth Meyers last night, one night after Stephen Colbert asked him about the allegations of sexual harassment that have come up again after his win at the Golden Globes. Seth also asked him about the accusations which, again, is certainly not the experience that By Lainey • Jan 11, 2018 09:19 am
What Else What Else? The first Sasha Answers podcast of the year – and of course I had to talk about my period. Some of you will probably yell at me about my basic as f-ck not-very-scientific explanation for why period cramps happen. I did feel better after bitching about Justin Timberlake. What a great By Lainey • Jan 10, 2018 04:54 pm
Sports Serena and Olympia cover VOGUE Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, daughter of the greatest of all time, won her first Australian Open a year ago. Twelve months later, she’s on the cover of VOGUE, in her ma’s arms, with one fist raised as if to declare I AM HERE. As if she had to. By Lainey • Jan 10, 2018 04:23 pm
