Top Reads Gwyneth tries to rescue retail and print The first issue of goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s quarterly “wellness”-themed magazine in partnership with Conde Nast, was released this week. She’s on the cover, lying in mud, probably high quality organic mud. (Is that redundant?) G is also featured in the new issue of Architectural Digest ahead of By Lainey • Sep 15, 2017 08:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: The Current War The Current War is about Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) scrambling to build the electrical grid that will power a nation. When the movie begins, Edison is already a famous “inventor”, known most recently for the invention of the lightbulb, and Westinghouse has made an enormous By Sarah • Sep 15, 2017 08:16 am
Beyoncé Intro for September 15, 2017 Dear Gossips, I had an entirely different open planned for today. And then I woke up at 5am and saw how supported Rihanna was last night at her third annual Diamond Ball. Kendrick Lamar performed (in a great pair of well-tailored black pants). Dave Chappelle spoke. Jamie Foxx showed up. By Lainey • Sep 15, 2017 07:37 am
What Else What Else? Tips! It’s a dramatic conversation. We just talked about tipping yesterday on The Social: do you tip when you take out? I do. But it’s because I used to work as a takeout girl. And I know the work involved in packing and organising and the injuries sustained By Lainey • Sep 14, 2017 04:42 pm
Music Blake Shelton Thinks My Job Is Easy My favourite off-book celebrity conversation these days is ‘who do you think is for real?’ Whose tweets, whose self-deprecating Instagram captions, whose appealingly honest posts are real reflections of who they might be? Until yesterday, it would never have occurred to me to include Blake Shelton in the analysis one By Duana • Sep 14, 2017 04:28 pm
Quiveration The cast of Riverdale is really pretty We knew this. There may be murder mysteries on murder mysteries and secrets on secrets in Riverdale but if there’s one thing we’ve always known for sure, it’s that the entire cast is really f-cking good-looking. The kids of Riverdale are featured in Entertainment Weekly's By Kathleen • Sep 14, 2017 04:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Chappaquiddick - Recount or Game Change on steroids Chappaquiddick and the story of what happened to Mary Jo Kopechne in 1969, a loyal Kennedy family devotee and political campaign specialist, is kind of like the slogan for MTV's old show Diary: You think you know, but you have no idea (what it's like to By Joanna • Sep 14, 2017 04:05 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, September 14, 2017 Orlando Bloom’s hashtag #nodaysoff – and the next question is: Days off from what? I assume he means fitness and not… work. an evening dip which is something i'm profoundly grateful for #workoutwednesday #nodaysoff #thoughtomostitlookslikeadayoff A post shared by Orlando Bloom (@orlandobloom) onSep 13, 2017 at 6:21pm By Maria • Sep 14, 2017 03:25 pm
Top Reads Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant The major headline this morning is Selena Gomez’s major revelation: she had a kidney transplant. Her friend Francia Raisa was the donor. It happened earlier this summer. Apparently Selena’s fans have been wondering why she was “laying low” at the time and it’s because, well, she was By Lainey • Sep 14, 2017 02:34 pm
Douchebags Amber Tamblyn’s ‘Scorched Earth’ for James Woods On Tuesday, after James Woods dismissed Amber Tamblyn’s claim that he tried to pick her up as ‘a lie’, this is how she responded on Twitter: Calling me liar, James? This is now far from over. That I can promise.— Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) September 12, 2017 24 hours later, By Duana • Sep 14, 2017 02:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Gary Oldman goes for Oscar in Darkest Hour Darkest Hour begins as Neville Chamberlain is forced to resign as Prime Minister on the eve of World War II, and Winston Churchill is selected as his replacement after the more popular Lord Halifax—also a supporter of appeasement—passes up the opportunity. It’s a bit of political maneuvering By Sarah • Sep 14, 2017 01:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer and Darren side by side Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky have been promoting mother! for a couple of weeks – in Venice, in London, in Paris, at TIFF. And they made a point not to stand next to each other at any of the photo calls and red carpets. Until last night at the NY premiere. By Lainey • Sep 14, 2017 12:30 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina’s week of good press First They Killed My Father premieres on Netflix tomorrow. Angelina Jolie was in Toronto on Sunday and Monday with Loung Ung and her kids to promote the film and in New York yesterday for more press. She’s also on the cover of the new issue of PEOPLE and there’ By Lainey • Sep 14, 2017 11:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Lainey: Did we mention Nicole Kidman is riding a wave?) Yorgos Lanthimos makes films so surreal they are almost impossible to describe. He’s not a visual surrealist so much as an emotional surrealist, his stories taking you into bizarre worlds and twisted circumstances. A Lanthimos film is a horror By Sarah • Sep 14, 2017 10:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicole Kidman: riding the wave Nicole Kidman is one of the savviest stars I've ever seen walk a red carpet. If she's going to show up - she'll make it worth her time, and your time (for the press). She'll serve it in the photo department and By Joanna • Sep 14, 2017 10:08 am
Harrison Ford Intro for September 14, 2017 Dear Gossips, I read the new Harrison Ford GQ profile because of the headline about how he punched Ryan Gosling while shooting Blade Runner: 2049, a story Ryan already told GQ last year. By the end of the profile, the Ryan Gosling anecdote was the least interesting part of the By Lainey • Sep 14, 2017 09:00 am
