Royals Harry & Meghan on her birthday It’s Meghan Markle’s 36th birthday today. Hello! Magazine is reporting that she was seen with her mother, Doria, at Waterloo Station in London recently. E! News reports that they’ve been in London since last week but that they’ve actually returned to Toronto because Meghan is still By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 03:17 pm
BFFs Anthony Mackie picking on Tom Holland Last month at Disney’s D23 fan convention, Anthony Mackie, along with Sebastian Stan, picked on Tom Holland. Last year, when promoting Captain America: Civil War, Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan picked on Tom Holland. Well Anthony Mackie was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, and guess By Sarah • Aug 04, 2017 02:47 pm
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber: t-shirts and apologies Justin Bieber has his own line of plain white t-shirts now. It’s a collaboration between Hanes and his stylist Karla Welch who was ranked #1 on The Hollywood Reporters Most Powerful Stylists List. Karla also styles Ruth Negga and Sarah Paulson. The t-shirts came about because JB was always By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 02:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 4, 2017 Are there certain people you trust more when it comes to food recommendations and specific kinds of foods? I will always trust my friend Lorella about food. Lorella knows her food. Most food. When it comes to Chinese food, however, I am the expert in our relationship and she will, By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 01:27 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Robert Pattinson on curtains and dog release Robert Pattinson was also at the HFPA event that I just wrote about in the previous post. His new film, Good Time, comes out next week. It played really well at Cannes a couple of months ago and everyone is saying that this is the performance of his career. They By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 12:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Award season in August Some of us care about award season year-round. There’s a small group at work and we exchange emails almost every day about possible contenders, speculating about how the field will narrow as we get deeper into the fall. While the work itself should always be paramount, needless to say, By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 12:00 pm
Cheating Loins Kevin & Eniko are fine Kevin Hart was in LA last night at the launch of his new app, Laugh Out Loud, in partnership with Lionsgate. It’s a mobile streaming service for comedy. Laugh Out Loud will feature standup specials, scripted and unscripted content, and, Kevin says, new comedic talent. Basically Kevin’s trying By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 11:25 am
Media Manipulation Vanity Fair Claps Back At Angelina Jolie “You come at the King, you best not miss.” Omar’s signature line from The Wire was my first thought after reading Vanity Fair’s published retort to Angelina Jolie. If you challenge Vanity Fair, you better be sure you’re right… and, it would seem, she wasn’t. The By Duana • Aug 04, 2017 10:42 am
Royals Intro for August 4, 2017 Dear Gossips, Prince Philip, 96, attended his final royal engagement this week and is now retired. People have warmed to him in recent years, because he’s so old, but Prince Philip has his share of controversy. He’s said some racist sh-t. He’s offended people all over the By Lainey • Aug 04, 2017 10:03 am
What Else What Else? It’s been so long I can’t remember which Duke he played. Was it the blonde or the brunette? Was that a thing for you back then? The way we were all either a JT or JC for NSYNC? No, right? Because the brunette was gross and the blonde By Lainey • Aug 03, 2017 04:59 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé sushi night Beyoncé and Jay Z went out for sushi last night in LA. It’s been a couple of weeks since we saw her last. The day she confirmed the names of the twins, the paps shot her and Jay leaving a Roc Nation party. She ended up giving us the By Lainey • Aug 03, 2017 04:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit Set during the 1967 Detroit riots, Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal’s latest docu-drama focuses on the Algiers Motel murders in which three young black men were killed during a police brutality incident. Bigelow and Boal have had success exploring real-world events like the Iraq war (The Hurt Locker, for By Sarah • Aug 03, 2017 04:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zazie Beetz on a bike I love saying Zazie Beetz’s name. What a great name. I only know Zazie Beetz from Atlanta and I should say I’m obsessed with her on Atlanta. She plays Van, Donald Glover’s on-off girlfriend and mother of their child. I mean, the entire cast is terrific. But By Lainey • Aug 03, 2017 03:35 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 3, 2017 Justin Bieber is talking about his reasons for cutting his Purpose World Tour short. As Lainey has said before, Justin may not necessarily be built for touring. That’s not saying he can’t perform live, but touring is a different beast. I recently rewatched Britney and Kevin: Chaotic for By Maria • Aug 03, 2017 03:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Berry with a topknot Have you ever seen Halle Berry wearing her hair in a topknot? Like a true topknot, all hair scraped back, no fringe, no nothing. Have you? I can’t remember ever seeing her in a topknot. It’s so rare that, in thumbnail form, at first I thought these shots By Lainey • Aug 03, 2017 01:23 pm
Ben Affleck Ben Affleck tries to produce Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus were seen at his office yesterday morning. The night before they’d been to a comedy club and out for dinner and, as I wrote yesterday, the outing was badly produced. After spending some time at his office, Ben was then photographed taking daughter Violet By Lainey • Aug 03, 2017 12:21 pm