Top Reads Kendrick on Drake… and Team Taylor Swift Kendrick Lamar is undeniably the best rapper of his generation. You won’t find many hip-hop heads or music critics who would disagree with that statement. On this month’s cover of Rolling Stone, they call him the “greatest rapper alive.” Even after Jay’s 4:44 or considering Kanye’ By Kathleen • Aug 10, 2017 11:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Amazing Amy Kill Bill Lindsay Shookus must be back in New York because she and Ben Affleck weren’t papped together all weekend and he stepped out on his own the other day. Jennifer Garner, meanwhile, hasn’t been seen this week. Coincidence or conspiracy? While it’s been quiet then for both Ben By Lainey • Aug 10, 2017 11:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brie Larson in The Glass Castle The Glass Castle is an adaptation of Jeannette Walls’ memoir of the same name about her unmoored childhood with her alcoholic father and enabler mother. I think it’s supposed to be a heart-warming, family-above-all-else, I Survived tale in which we celebrate Jeannette overcoming the hardship of her youth to By Sarah • Aug 10, 2017 10:43 am
Top Reads Understanding the “misunderstood” Robert Pattinson The last time Taffy Brodesser-Akner wrote about an actor for GQ, it was Tom Hiddleston, back in February. He cooked Bolognese. He showed up at her hotel, even though he’d already given her enough to work with, to offer more explanations, more words, more Tom. She’s the journalist By Lainey • Aug 10, 2017 09:54 am
Faux Gossip Intro for August 10, 2017 Dear Gossips, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are on the cover of the new issue of Star Magazine. Kate was at Leo’s annual St Tropez fundraiser at the end of July and, having known each other so long, they spent some time together that week. This means, according to By Lainey • Aug 10, 2017 09:07 am
What Else What Else? “Leaky green boner” is an excellent nickname for Usher. It is wrong to stigmatise those with STIs. This is not, however, what the conversation is about. The conversation is about Usher’s rationale for why this isn’t his problem. By beauty-judging his alleged victim and then patronising her. Basically By Lainey • Aug 09, 2017 05:38 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Breaking The Rules Because Baby Did…. I received a letter a month or so ago – then yesterday, an update, which is below… Hi Duana, Long time reader and lover of your name nerd column, obsessed with Show Your Work, and I just finished The Name Therapist (loved it!). Sidenote: I loved your assessment of Cheryl as By Duana • Aug 09, 2017 05:28 pm
Top Reads Jennifer Lawrence covers VOGUE 125 The September issue is, as we know, the most important issue. And this is American VOGUE’s 125th anniversary. So it’s Jennifer Lawrence on the cover. Good decision or bad decision? Jennifer stars in Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming mother! so the timing works – for her. But for the magazine, By Lainey • Aug 09, 2017 04:57 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 9, 2017 From dancing on tour with Beyoncé to winning a million dollars. Where do you go from here next season though? CONGRATS to #LesTwins on WINNING the MILLION DOLLAR prize!!! A big THANK YOU and CONGRATS to all of the other dancers from this season of #WorldOfDance...We will see you By Lainey • Aug 09, 2017 04:00 pm
Bad Style Jessica Simpson takes notes! Yesterday I offered style notes to Jessica Simpson on the outfit she was wearing – click here if you missed it. Later on in the day…? Guess what happened? She modified the outfit! I’m not saying she took MY notes. But she evidently took someone’s notes. Which were similar By Lainey • Aug 09, 2017 02:48 pm
TV Updates Issa gets more Insecure OK but first… what did you think of Sunday night’s episode? With Sterling K Brown, come on! You know what I love about Sterling’s guest appearance? Aside from the obvious, which is that he’s Sterling K Brown and he was the one who told Issa Rae that By Lainey • Aug 09, 2017 01:49 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Robert Pattinson & Katy Perry? Robert Pattinson was in New York last night at the premiere of Good Time. As previously mentioned, the film was well-received in Cannes as many critics praised Robert’s performance, calling it the best of his career. So…isn’t it so great that his love life, which has dominated By Lainey • Aug 09, 2017 12:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Berry in Kidnap The Trashy Movie Paradox is that to be a good trashy movie, a movie must be REALLY trashy—we’re talking Meet the Feebles puppet-f*cking trashy. At some point you have to realize that your movie is bad and fling yourself whole-heartedly into the badness to land somewhere on By Sarah • Aug 09, 2017 11:12 am
Girl Sh-t Chloe Grace Moretz on fatshaming and woman-on-woman hate While the Academy seems to be prioritising “experience” and “tradition” with the election of its new president, Variety this week is highlighting the Power of Young Hollywood with three covers featuring John Boyega, Zendaya, and Chloe Moretz and there was an event last night too. Chloe’s interview is making By Lainey • Aug 09, 2017 10:30 am
Top Reads Courtroom sketches After finalising jury selection yesterday, testimony began in Denver in the civil trial between Taylor Swift and former DJ David Mueller. He insists that she made a “reckless accusation” that cost him his career and reputation. He denies touching her inappropriately and claims that during their photo opp, the most By Lainey • Aug 09, 2017 09:57 am
Equality Issues Intro for August 9, 2017 Dear Gossips, There was an election last night in Hollywood. The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the organisation that oversees the Oscars, voted for a new president. In the days leading up to the election, Laura Dern had emerged as a frontrunner for the job. She’s been By Lainey • Aug 09, 2017 09:05 am
