Movie Reviews and Previews Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle In Time We’re about to get hit with a deluge of new movie stuff, with Disney’s biennial fan convention, D23, taking place this weekend, and then Comic-Con the weekend after. As a warm up, Entertainment Weekly has some first-look features in their Comic-Con issue, including Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle By Sarah • Jul 12, 2017 12:18 pm
Cheating Loins Ben & Lindsay try to counter What’s most fascinating, at least to me, about this situation, is how certain media outlets are covering the Ben Affleck-Lindsay Shookus-Jennifer Garner story. As you know, PEOPLE’s been all over the cheating angle, going into their files from a few years ago to report that Ben and Lindsay By Lainey • Jul 12, 2017 11:48 am
Cheating Loins Jennifer Garner’s “bless his heart” smile Jennifer Garner covered Vanity Fair last year. And at the end of the article, when asked about Ben Affleck’s rising phoenix tattoo, she threw out a “bless his heart”. It was explained to me by many of you that this is Southern shade. That in the South, it’s By Lainey • Jul 12, 2017 10:24 am
Equality Issues Intro for July 12, 2017 Dear Gossips, This morning I read an article by Josephine Livingstone for New Republic about Why Cinema Loves The Trailblazing Scientist. There’s a new movie coming out called Marie Curie: The Courage Of Knowledge. And the writer compares the film to other recent stories about scientists, like Hidden Figures, By Lainey • Jul 12, 2017 09:38 am
What Else What Else? This lady may not have the couture of Celine Dion…but I think there’s some shared spirit. As in the no f-cks to give kind of spirit. As in when you love something that much, you want the world to know kind of spirit. As in when you’re By Lainey • Jul 11, 2017 05:20 pm
BFFs The last days of Celine Fashion Week It’s not Paris Fashion Week. It’s Celine Couture Week. And it comes to an end on Thursday as Celine plays Nice before heading to Germany on Sunday and then the UK a week later where she’ll perform 7 shows before heading to back to the US. Holy By Lainey • Jul 11, 2017 04:37 pm
Cheating Loins Jesse Williams’ bad timing For a hot second this morning, I was feeling bad for Jesse Williams. In Jay Z’s newly released 4:44 footnote video I wrote about earlier, Williams addressed the rumours that he left his wife for Minka Kelly. Those rumours inspired a lot of conversation and speculation about the By Kathleen • Jul 11, 2017 04:10 pm
Music Jay Z and friends talk love and infidelity Jay Z’s 4:44 is an album that requires dissection. It’s a striking, emotional and vulnerable piece of art that is deserving of all the praise and analysis it has received. It’s got layers on layers of sh-t to process. I’ve listened to it multiple times By Kathleen • Jul 11, 2017 03:35 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, July 11, 2017 I didn’t know there was a rumour about Ashton Kutcher cheating on Mila Kunis until Ashton Kutcher posted about the rumour that he cheated on Mila Kunis. So no empty threat to sue over this tomorrow? You should have heard how upset Mila was that I spent the day By Maria • Jul 11, 2017 02:56 pm
Game of Thrones Summer Winter is almost here Are you ready? Only five more sleeps until the penultimate season of Game Of Thrones after an extra-long wait. Three months longer than usual. This Sunday is the first episode of season 7, a shortened season with just 7 episodes. Just 7 weeks. So, basically, the second half of summer. By Lainey • Jul 11, 2017 01:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Disney’s Aladdin Dilemma Disney’s live-action conversion machine rolls on, with the next project up for conversion being Aladdin. The beloved musical is being directed by Guy Ritchie, which sounds like a nightmare. And it’s already proving challenging as a massive worldwide casting search for Aladdin has yielded no results, and production By Sarah • Jul 11, 2017 12:49 pm
TV Updates Helen Hunt’s sneaky reinvention How do you remember Helen Hunt? She’ll always be Jamie Buchman from Mad About You or an Oscar winner for her great work in As Good as it Gets to me, but now she’s sneaking into the Emmy race with three possible shots at a directing nomination (her By Joanna • Jul 11, 2017 12:16 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben & Lindsay: smiling and not hiding When Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus were first photographed together last Thursday, confirming that they’re together, he looked pretty easy with it but she seemed kind of overwhelmed. The paps also shot her at LAX the next day, heading out of town, and she wasn’t all that comfortable By Lainey • Jul 11, 2017 11:21 am
Hook Ups Nina Dobrev & Glen Powell: official “Checking” – it was an expression we used in high school when we were talking about being into someone. Who’s John with right now? Oh, he’s checking Melissa. It was first reported back in January that Nina Dobrev and Glen Powell were checking each other. They showed up to By Lainey • Jul 11, 2017 10:11 am
TV Updates Intro for July 11, 2017 Dear Gossips, The Emmy Award nominations will be announced on Thursday. In the Best Drama Actress category, Elisabeth Moss is the lead contender for her work in The Handmaid’s Tale. The Crown’s Claire Foy is up there too. The name that’s missing from the list: Tatiana Maslany, By Lainey • Jul 11, 2017 09:25 am
What Else What Else? Hot Felon, Jeremy Meeks, spent time on a yacht with a billionaire’s daughter and now his wife is leaving him. Is this… surprising to anyone? The billionaire’s daughter, Chloe Green, used to date Marc Anthony. Who used to be married to JLO. So Hot Felon is one step By Lainey • Jul 10, 2017 04:51 pm