Media Manipulation Selena’s Instagram privatisation That sounds like a business deal. It’s not a business deal. I wish it was a business deal. But it’s just old fashioned petty celebrity drama. Selena Gomez has made her Instagram private. And most people think it has something to do with this: 📷 @selenagomez via Instagram Stories By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 03:43 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, December 5, 2017 Chris Rock’s Total Blackout tour is currently in LA, and he’s had a lot of celebrity visitors: Kanye, Eddie Murphy, Elon Musk, Dr. Dre, and Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji. But there’s always something a little special about seeing Brad Pitt. It’s that movie star aura By Maria • Dec 05, 2017 02:41 pm
TV Updates Mae, Christina & Retta are Good Girls I only lasted 18 seconds. I watched the trailer for Good Girls, which premieres on NBC next February, and liked it almost instantly – but I only lasted 18 seconds before I punched the space bar to pause in some kind of rage-endorsement, and wrote the following in an email to By Duana • Dec 05, 2017 01:43 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Ruth Wilson’s weird shoes I don’t think the fit is great with this look on Ruth Wilson and it’s because the outfit can’t make up its mind. That top needs to be tighter. I rarely recommend a tighter top but if it has to be that top, with that material, in By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 01:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bryan Singer got fired Following his vanishing act from the set of Bohemian Rhapsody, and to the surprise of no one, Fox has fired Bryan Singer as director of the film. A replacement is expected to be named within days, and that person will then finish the film—with about two weeks left on By Sarah • Dec 05, 2017 12:37 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Zendaya’s London black velvet Zendaya’s been in London the last few days on promotion for The Greatest Showman and also to drop some serious steeze. Two outfits here to enjoy: Let’s start with the most recent, last night at the Fashion Awards. With two horses covering her chest and her arms adorned By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 11:59 am
Music Taylor Swift covers British Vogue It’s new editor Edward Enninful’s second issue as the head of British Vogue. For Edward, then, this is quite a coup, having Taylor Swift cover the first issue of 2018. He styled her himself and she was photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott who also shot her By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 11:09 am
Models Kaia’s style Kaia Gerber is still happening. She was the breakout star of last season’s fashion weeks. I wrote about her surprisingly stellar runway walk. Lainey wrote about Kaia opening the Chanel show in Paris in October, an honour Karl Lagerfeld only gives to the Model of the Moment. She’s By Kathleen • Dec 05, 2017 10:39 am
Top Reads John Oliver vs Dustin Hoffman Have you seen Wag The Dog? It’s a satirical film about politics and elections and, if I remember correctly, it was released around the time of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal, about the president running for re-election who creeped on a young girl and hires a Hollywood publicist to By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 10:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Quentin Tarantino Star Trek movie Quentin Tarantino has been talking retirement recently, stating his intention to retire (from directing) at ten feature films. He has a project—relocated at Sony after splitting from his long-time producer, Harvey Weinstein, for obvious reasons—currently slated for 2019 that may or may not be about Charles Manson. That By Sarah • Dec 05, 2017 09:23 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 5, 2017 Dear Gossips, If you haven’t already, listen to the Angelina Jolie interview on Scott Feinberg’s Awards Chatter podcast that was just posted yesterday. It’s almost an hour of her talking through her career, sounding more relaxed and casual than she does when we see her on panels By Lainey • Dec 05, 2017 08:39 am
What Else What Else? True story: I did not know what the Long Island Medium looked like until today, though I have heard that a good number of celebrities have reached out to the Long Island Medium on the low. Is seeing a medium the new plastic surgery? Everyone does it but no one By Lainey • Dec 04, 2017 04:47 pm
Royals Prince Harry & Meghan Markle: one week later It was a week ago today that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced that they’re getting married. Four days after that, she joined him for their first official public engagement in Nottingham. Today Harry attended the London Fire Brigade carol service at Westminster Cathedral. Sorry, I have to laugh, By Lainey • Dec 04, 2017 04:10 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Selena, Meghan, and Matt Selena Gomez spent the weekend in London. Today she was seen several times in several different outfits promoting her single. Last week Billboard named Selena the Woman of the Year. So we begin the latest episode of Show Your Work talking about Selena’s work in 2017 and how her By Lainey • Dec 04, 2017 03:25 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, December 4, 2017 I would like to think I keep up with the Foster sisters more than most, but I had no idea – not one clue – that Danny Fujikawa was Sara and Erin’s stepbrother. Did everyone know this but me? A post shared by Kate Hudson (@katehudson) on Dec 3, 2017 at By Maria • Dec 04, 2017 01:41 pm
Ashton Kutcher Ashton and Mila’s date night Every year at around this time, The Social does a year-end gossip special. I am knee-deep in recap lists and conversations about who hooked up, who broke up and who made the most headlines in 2017. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis did not hook up or break up in 2017. By Kathleen • Dec 04, 2017 12:41 pm
