Royals Intro for August 31, 2017 Dear Gossips, Today is the 20th anniversary of the Princess Diana’s death. All summer there have been Diana retrospectives, newly recycled Diana stories, photo albums, and documentaries. Diana, 7 Days aired in the UK on the BBC earlier this week. Diana, 7 Days will be broadcast here in Canada By Lainey • Aug 31, 2017 10:07 am
What Else What Else? This is how an award becomes meaningless. Like, maybe in another decade, MAYBE, calling Kendall Jenner an “icon” might be true. But during this particular decade? That started when she was 11 years old? Here’s the thing – I’ll always be able to remember certain images of Naomi Campbell, By Lainey • Aug 30, 2017 04:34 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: …Which is Fine, I Guess Hi Duana, I’m so happy to be writing to you! It’s taken us awhile to get here and I’ve been reading your column and book for a while, hoping to write someday with a name question of our own. We are due this fall, and we found By Duana • Aug 30, 2017 04:27 pm
Amazingness Gossip Girl for black kids Gossip Girl is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Vanity Fair honoured the milestone with a retrospective feature that everyone is talking about today, mainly for the behind-the-scenes dirt and a weird AF anecdote about how Blake Lively would send Leonardo DiCaprio photos of dolls when they were dating. Wait, what? I By Kathleen • Aug 30, 2017 04:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Winona & Keanu at a (movie) wedding Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves, despite rumours, have never actually dated. But I feel like we all really, really, really wanted them to date. Timing though. When they worked together on Bram Stoker’s Dracula she was in love with and engaged to Johnny Depp. I’m sure you remember By Lainey • Aug 30, 2017 03:31 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 30, 2017 There’s Girl Sh-t and Sibling Sh-t and Boy Sh-t, but Philanthropy Sh-t? This might be a new one. Kevin Hart has issued a challenge to celebrities to donate to Houston. He challenged Beyonce and Jay-Z, Chris Rock, The Rock, Steve Harvey, Jerry Seinfeld, and Justin Timberlake in the first By Maria • Aug 30, 2017 02:35 pm
Amazingness Nic & Crispin I have to show you these photos, my favourite photos of the day – at least so far. Because they’re batsh-t. Nicolas Cage went out for dinner last night with Crispin Glover. That’s it. Right?!? Batsh-t. But there’s more. Here’s how these shots are captioned by the By Lainey • Aug 30, 2017 12:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Back To School Home Again Reese Witherspoon was at the premiere of Home Again last night in LA. The movie opens on September 8 which is not as sh-tty as opening on Labour Day weekend but it’s not usually a weekend that gives us a lot to be excited about. And perhaps not usually By Lainey • Aug 30, 2017 11:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Downsizing is about shrink rays?! Alexander Payne is an Oscar regular. He’s one of those filmmakers who gets instant consideration, thanks to films like About Schmidt, The Descendants, and Nebraska. (His best movie is still Election.) And he’s back in contention this year with Downsizing, starring Matt Damon—also Oscar-friendly—Kristen Wiig, and By Sarah • Aug 30, 2017 11:28 am
Royals William, Harry, and Kate remember Princess Diana Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana. Today Princes William and Harry along with Princess Kate visited The White Garden at Kensington Palace today in her honour. Representatives from the charities and patronages associated with Diana were also invited. Kensington Palace posted several updates on Twitter By Lainey • Aug 30, 2017 10:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF 2017's Most Anticipated Photo: The Oscar Trinity (Brie, Emma, JLaw) Will Take Toronto In less than two weeks, Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence and Brie Larson will all be in Toronto to premiere their new films at TIFF... within 24 hours of each other. They’ve all won Best Actress Oscars and they happen to be close friends who namecheck each other in interviews By Joanna • Aug 30, 2017 10:11 am
Intro for August 30, 2017 Dear Gossips, Our friends Lorella and Paolo live in Houston. They are the most generous people, so kind, and so smart. Jacek and I have stayed with them many times through the years and I was just in Houston a couple of months ago to visit. Lorella and I experienced By Lainey • Aug 30, 2017 09:36 am
What Else What Else? I actually think Katy Perry will be a thoughtful judge on American Idol. I mean, if you’re basing her judging and live television skills from hosting the VMAs, you could have said the same thing about Miley Cyrus and she turned out to be a strong mentor on The By Lainey • Aug 29, 2017 05:28 pm
Music Beyoncé & Bond? There is a rumour going around that Beyoncé is “in talks” to write and sing the theme song for Bond 25. Daniel Craig recently confirmed that he’ll be back as 007. They haven’t confirmed a director though. But f-ck the director – WHO SETS THE TONE FOR THE FILM By Lainey • Aug 29, 2017 04:20 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben Affleck & Lindsay Shookus: a relationship in stages Ben Affleck spent last weekend in New York with Lindsay Shookus. This weekend Lindsay was with him in LA. On Saturday they were papped together out for breakfast and these are the first shots of them since their situation became public where they’ve let themselves be photographed in what By Lainey • Aug 29, 2017 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Idris: still limping Idris Elba DJed at a music festival in Manchester this weekend. He was seen at Manchester airport yesterday, presumably heading back to London. Last time we checked in on Idris he was on crutches, limping out of a restaurant. He’s still limping but the crutches are gone and he’ By Lainey • Aug 29, 2017 03:26 pm