TV Updates Bughead IRL A refresher for the uninitiated: Bughead is the couple name for Riverdale characters Betty and Jughead. In real life, Betty and Jughead are played by Lili Reinhart and my obsession Cole Sprouse. Cole and Lili are supposedly dating. The rumours have been around for a while and neither of them By Kathleen • Oct 10, 2017 04:47 pm
Douchebags Harvey Weinstein, The New Yorker, Gwyneth, and Angelina It’s relentless now, the volume of reporting that’s accumulating about Harvey Weinstein’s three-decade-long predation. As mentioned earlier, Ronan Farrow’s piece for The New Yorker was published today – and the details are horrific. There were lives that were ruined. Asia Argento has never been the same. And By Lainey • Oct 10, 2017 04:20 pm
Top Reads Danielle Brooks takes on Dove “Did Dove Just Call Me Dirty?” That’s the title of Danielle Brooks’ piece for Lenny Letter, posted yesterday, about a Dove ad that went viral this weekend. By now, you’ve probably seen the ad. In the images circulating online, a black woman wearing a t-shirt the same colour By Kathleen • Oct 10, 2017 03:58 pm
Music Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Almost Like Praying’ A few years ago, during some now-forgotten revelation of crime or some other embarrassment during the reign of Toronto’s bumblingly catastrophic mayor Rob Ford, Kathleen said (and later tweeted) something so hilarious I fell in love. ‘I always wanted to live in Gotham but NOT WITHOUT BATMAN.’ To paraphrase By Duana • Oct 10, 2017 03:17 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, October 10, 2017 While Ben Affleck is New York supporting his girlfriend, Jennifer Garner was literally posting about her favourite librarian, her band geek days, and memorable episodes of The Barefoot Contessa. Rose McGowan tweeted about Ben this weekend, did you see it? I’ve attached here for reference. If you are lucky By Maria • Oct 10, 2017 01:35 pm
Ben Affleck Ben’s back in New York Ben Affleck was in New York this weekend to spend time with Lindsay Shookus. Apparently he was at SNL studios on Saturday night for the show but did not attend the after-party. SNL was criticised this weekend for not addressing the Harvey Weinstein situation. While Ben, who has worked closely By Lainey • Oct 10, 2017 12:51 pm
Samuel L Jackson #LemonPepperKickback Samuel L. Jackson was photographed heading through LAX, presumably coming from Atlanta where he’s currently filming Avengers 4. Since I’m not up on the MCU shooting schedule, I only know Samuel L. Jackson was in Atlanta this weekend because of Yvonne Orji’s and Issa Rae’s Instagram By Kathleen • Oct 10, 2017 11:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Merely whelmed by The Last Jedi It’s a day for final trailers. Star Wars: The Last Jedi also released their final trailer, and it’s very red. Red, and all about Kylo Ren being the biggest bag of dicks in this or any other galaxy. My interest in The Last Jedi has waned with previous By Sarah • Oct 10, 2017 11:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Here is your new, colorful Justice League A new trailer for Justice League was released on Sunday, and I think this is the first one to incorporate the new Joss Whedon-shot material. One difference after the director handover is apparent right away—someone found the color grading knob and turned it up. This is by far the By Sarah • Oct 10, 2017 10:46 am
Top Reads Harvey Weinstein & the Hollywood Hierarchy Harvey Weinstein was fired by The Weinstein Company, his own company, on Sunday. Before his termination, he sent a letter to other powerful Hollywood executives, asking for their support. According to The Hollywood Reporter the recipients of his memo included David Zaslav, Discovery Networks CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Ron Meyer, the By Lainey • Oct 10, 2017 10:07 am
Books Intro for October 10, 2017 Dear Gossips, A few years ago, Stanford University published a study that found the “hidden benefits of gossip”. The research “showed that gossip and ostracism can have very positive effects. They are tools by which groups reform bullies, thwart exploitation of ‘nice people’ and encourage cooperation”. When you think of By Lainey • Oct 10, 2017 09:00 am
What Else What Else? It’s Thanksgiving in Canada on Monday which means it’s a national holiday. We will not be posting on Monday. We will return to regular blog schedule on Tuesday. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I watched a documentary a couple of years ago about professional athletes and how they don’t know By Lainey • Oct 06, 2017 03:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews We’re un-cancelling the apocalypse New York Comic Con is going on right now—not quite San Diego Comic Con, but getting close—which means there are some new trailers dropping, including the first trailer for Pacific Rim Uprising, the sequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s “robots fight kaiju” movie, Pacific Rim. You remember Pacific By Sarah • Oct 06, 2017 02:31 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Finds: The Boss Boot If you were to walk into Lainey’s shoe closet (yes, she has a shoe closet), your eyes would pop out your head. She doesn’t call it shoe porn for nothin’ because truly, her collection is ejaculate worthy. Color pops, a slew of silhouettes and designer names to the By Sasha • Oct 06, 2017 02:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, October 6, 2017 This a novel and polarizing idea. I’m a hard no, mainly because by the time I’m waiting in a call centre queue, I’ve already exhausted all the automated and live chat services and my problem has not been solved so I’m frustrated. I don’t think By Maria • Oct 06, 2017 01:47 pm
George Clooney Amal at the fashion party Amal Clooney was at an event last night in LA celebrating the Gianni Versace Archive. That’s a great gold dress on her. My favourite fit. Like a slouchy t-shirt. What’s most interesting to me though is that she was even there in the first place. Not because Amal By Lainey • Oct 06, 2017 12:36 pm
