Book Review Smutty Books Roundup Part 2 - December 28, 2017 Recently, Madeleine Thien won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, honouring the best in Canadian literature, for her novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing. The book was also shortlisted for the Man Booker. Last month, Madeleine wrote about the writer’s life in Maclean’s; it’s a perspective that I By Lainey • Dec 28, 2017 06:59 pm
Book Review Smutty Books Roundup Part 1 - December 28, 2017 Over the last few years, Hollywood has been challenged to address its diversity problem. For far too long, the majority of the stories told in film and television have been about white men for white men. And those are the same stories that are critically better received and then repeatedly By Lainey • Dec 28, 2017 06:58 pm
What Else What Else? Are you going to tell me I’m dumb for being excited about the Roseanne revival? And that I’m so happy Dan is back? And that I’m confused about how they’re bringing him back? But I also don’t care all that much because, again, I’m By Lainey • Dec 28, 2017 02:22 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, December 28, 2017 It’s been a minute since we talked about Wendi Deng and her fascinating web of friendships and social connections. For the last year, Wendi has been dating Bertold Zahoran, a model. She’s 49, he’s 22. Wendi and Bertold are in St Barts, where the obscenely wealthy spend By Lainey • Dec 28, 2017 12:53 pm
Charlie Hunnam Charlie Hunnam: sick at Christmas Someone sent this to me on Instagram – a holiday message that Charlie Hunnam sent to one of his fan-friends in bed, because he’s sick. And he references Man Flu, that never-ending debate about whether or not men get it worse when it’s either the cold or the flu. By Lainey • Dec 28, 2017 11:56 am
Music Katy Perry’s 2017 Katy Perry started 2017 with promise. She was selling the promise of evolution, of a star who had evolved from bubblegum teen dreams to “purposeful pop.” The promise was intriguing. Could Katy Perry actually deliver powerful political statements combined with her signature mainstream appeal? Could she be pop’s antidote By Kathleen • Dec 28, 2017 11:10 am
Daniel Craig Rachel Weisz & Daniel Craig are fine While we’re making reassurances before the end of the year, here are Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig arriving in Paris a few days ago on Christmas Eve. These two are rarely seen together and, I guess, because they’re so rarely seen together, people don’t start reporting that By Lainey • Dec 28, 2017 10:31 am
Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Aniston & Justin Theroux are fine Where in the world is Jennifer Aniston during the holidays? We should all know the answer to this by now, right? It’s almost always Cabo. This year, Jennifer and Justin Theroux are presumably spending New Year’s in their usual Cabo retreat with Jason Bateman and Amanda Anka who By Lainey • Dec 28, 2017 10:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dad Approved: All the Money in the World When watching All the Money in the World, it is incredible to think that 1) six weeks ago Christopher Plummer was not in this movie, and 2) anyone other than Christopher Plummer was ever cast as J. Paul Getty. Plummer is terrific as oil tycoon and grandfather from hell J. By Sarah • Dec 28, 2017 09:47 am
Laura Dern Intro for December 28, 2017 Dear Gossips, Laura Dern is dating Baron Davis. US Weekly purchased the exclusive pictures yesterday and everybody online was talking about it as soon as they published. But Vulture also published a piece on Laura yesterday that I’ve pitched to Duana for us to talk about on the next By Lainey • Dec 28, 2017 09:19 am
What Else What Else? Tom Brady made biscuits for Christmas dinner. I also made biscuits for Christmas dinner. Jacek loves my biscuits. If that sounds dirty it’s because he makes it dirty because he’s totally “bad joke guy” and walks around the house smirking about how much he loves my biscuits. I’ By Lainey • Dec 27, 2017 03:10 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, December 27, 2017 Maria’s on holiday until after the New Year so I’m taking over Smutty Social Media. Sorry in advance. An update on Jenny Slate and Chris Evans – they broke up in 2017, they got back together in 2017, and they’re still together at the end of 2017. Looks By Lainey • Dec 27, 2017 01:48 pm
Beyoncé Beyoncé’s Christmas haircut Beyoncé’s twin pregnancy announcement on February 1 was the most liked Instagram post of the year – and of all time so far. Records are made to be broken. The question is… which Instagram post can beat THAT Instagram post? And who will be the one to do it? Selena By Lainey • Dec 27, 2017 11:55 am
Royals Meghan Markle makes a cameo Every year at Christmas, Her Majesty The Queen sends out her annual Christmas broadcast. This year’s broadcast was the highest rated programme of the evening as it’s a tradition in many British households to gather round the TV to hear the Queen’s holiday message. I really enjoyed By Lainey • Dec 27, 2017 11:31 am
Ben Affleck Ben Affleck’s post-Christmas with Lindsay Shookus PEOPLE reported yesterday that Ben Affleck spent Christmas with Jennifer Garner and their children in LA. Birdie, the dog, was probably there too. It’s important that we know that because the following day, Boxing Day, yesterday, Ben was seen in Malibu, after having dinner with Lindsay Shookus at Nobu. By Lainey • Dec 27, 2017 10:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Smith in Bright At first glance, Bright seemed batsh*t crazy, and the combination of director David Ayer, who specializes in down and dirty action movies particularly of the cop variety, and screenwriter Max Landis, who specializes in “this plus that” story pitches, seemed crazy enough to create the perfect storm of good-bad By Sarah • Dec 27, 2017 10:35 am
