Movie Reviews and Previews Grinch Cumberbatch Everyone loves How the Grinch Stole Christmas, both the original Dr. Seuss book, and the 1966 animated Christmas special that re-runs every year on television. Everyone knows the song, and everyone recognizes the Grinch’s sneering green face, which is why Hollywood will insist on trying to recreate that By Sarah • Mar 09, 2018 10:10 am
Royals Hugging Meghan Markle Have you seen this video of Meghan Markle hugging 10-year-old Sophie Richards yesterday in Birmingham? Sophie said it was “a dream come true” and that she “will never forget this day”. See the sweet moment Meghan Markle hugs a 10-year-old girl who told Prince Harry she By Lainey • Mar 09, 2018 09:35 am
Intro for March 9, 2018 Dear Gossips, Duana and I podcasted Show Your Work early this week, on Wednesday night. The episode will be posted as usual on Monday. Of course we spent some time talking about what Frances McDormand referred to during her Oscar acceptance speech: the Inclusion Rider. And at the end of By Lainey • Mar 09, 2018 08:30 am
What Else What Else? Do you think Harvey Weinstein watched the Oscars? I do. Totally. I haven’t had a chance to screen the Oscars again yet but I’m sure there are at least several of his films shown in those montages. There were a LOT of montages. Like, at least Shakespeare In By Lainey • Mar 08, 2018 03:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time A Wrinkle in Time is an ambitious movie and its scope outstrips its narrative ability, resulting in an uneven but occasionally enthralling fantasy. Meg (Storm Reid, terrific) is introduced helping her father, Alex Murry (Chris Pine, terrific) in his lab. He’s doing an experiment with sand and frequencies, and By Sarah • Mar 08, 2018 03:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Hemsworth reporting for duty Here are some photos of Chris Hemsworth at the airport in Vancouver, returning to work on Bad Times at the El Royal. That’s the movie I name-checked previously as an interesting project Hemsworth is working on, reuniting with his Cabin in the Woods director, Drew Goddard. I can’ By Sarah • Mar 08, 2018 02:14 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, March 8, 2018 OK my Beyoncé guess was wrong – Gwyneth’s first podcast guest is Oprah. Major, for sure. A-list, absolutely. But – and we can start fighting if you want – it’s not a jaw-dropping scoop. Oprah is, among many other things, an orator. She enjoys speaking as much as we By Maria • Mar 08, 2018 01:37 pm
Royals Meghan Markle on International Women’s Day Prince Harry and Meghan Markle – in pants! again! but with extra deliberateness today! – were in Birmingham today, International Women’s Day, visiting with students and future changemakers, and they also spent time with Stemettes, encouraging girls and women to pursue careers in STEM. The Kensington Palace Twitter account has several By Lainey • Mar 08, 2018 12:53 pm
Break Ups Usher’s crush on Tessa Thompson Usher is getting a divorce. He and his estranged wife, Grace Miguel, confirmed this week that they are ending their marriage. Now Page Six is reporting that Usher’s been over it for a while. And that he’s ready to move on… with Tessa Thompson? Usher and his second By Lainey • Mar 08, 2018 11:36 am
Equality Issues MOST BAE Jordan I can only assume Kathleen has fallen down a well and is incapacitated at the moment because Lainey assigned me a Michael B. Jordan story in which her Forever Bae MBJ is being the MOST BAE. Remember Frances McDormand’s Oscar speech in which she shouted out inclusion riders and By Sarah • Mar 08, 2018 11:01 am
Music Mimi, the songwriter Mimi covers the new issue of V Magazine. It’s a great shoot. The shoot wardrobe is basically underwear. Which means she’s feeling herself, feeling herself so good, especially since every shot is taken from her extra skinniest angles. This interview is making headlines because Mimi talks about winning By Lainey • Mar 08, 2018 10:24 am
TV Updates Silicon Valley has a gender problem and no one misses TJ Miller That’s the takeaway from The Hollywood Reporter’s cover profile of Silicon Valley, ahead of the show’s fifth season launch. TJ Miller, of course, got caught up in Hollywood’s sex pest infestation, but that’s not why he left Silicon Valley. According to Miller, he left as By Sarah • Mar 08, 2018 09:52 am
Sports Intro for March 8, 2018 Dear Gossips, Today is International Women’s Day. It’s the day that Serena Williams returns, playing in the first round at Indian Wells, her first professional tournament since she left the tour during her pregnancy – but only after winning the Australian Open in January 2017. Serena is coming into By Lainey • Mar 08, 2018 09:01 am
What Else What Else? My head is spinning. Because I think this might be the second time in a matter of weeks that I’ve namechecked Lala Kent who is someone on Vanderpump Rules, a show I’ve never watched. And not only am I namechecking her, I’m doing it in association with By Lainey • Mar 07, 2018 05:24 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: This Is Why Not Hey Duana! I am a bit of a name-junkie myself, and have carved out what I see as the *perfect* names for our little family. Growing up I was the only "C" name in a sea of "J' names (literally almost everyone in my family, By Duana • Mar 07, 2018 05:15 pm
Style Penelope’s best in a while Ordinarily we’d slot a post like this on the LifeStyle page because it’s pure fashion, one outfit. The reason it’s on the main page, however, is because it’s Penelope Cruz, specifically Penelope Cruz in a super dope outfit and I haven’t liked much of what By Lainey • Mar 07, 2018 05:12 pm
