Royals The Royal Retirement I woke up this morning and my phone had blown up overnight. The Daily Mail reported that Buckingham Palace called an emergency meeting last night. And so everyone started freaking out about what that could mean. As we all now know, Prince Philip has announced that he’ll be stepping By Lainey • May 04, 2017 11:37 am
Hook Ups Rihanna and the fencer? Are you watching The Handmaid’s Tale? There is a lot to think about when watching or re-reading The Handmaid’s Tale. But … do you think about Rihanna? Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don’t let the bastards grind you down. Don’t let the bastards get you down Turn By Lainey • May 04, 2017 10:49 am
TV Updates Twins 2017 Some cosmic force is at work right now because suddenly Jeff Goldblum is f*cking EVERYWHERE. He’s in Thor: Ragnarok, he’s in Jurassic World 2, he’s got a food truck in Australia (???), and now he’s coming to television via Amazon. Yesterday it was announced that Goldblum By Sarah • May 04, 2017 10:20 am
Faux Gossip Intro for May 4, 2017 Dear Gossips, This is the cover of the new issue of US Weekly - what really happened on the plane last September to kick off World War Brange. The most interesting thing about this story, however, has nothing to do with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. As you know, Wenner Media By Lainey • May 04, 2017 09:59 am
MET Gala 2017 Justin Bieber, Hailee Steinfeld, and TMZ TMZ reported yesterday that Justin Bieber and Hailee Steinfeld have been dating for a month but that it’s still “fresh”. Immediately afterwards her reps denied it. Also, she has a boyfriend. His name is Cameron Smoller. He just Instagrammed a shot of them together a couple of days ago: By Lainey • May 03, 2017 04:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hot Idris, Devil McConaughey The first trailer for The Dark Tower, the long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King’s “Gunslinger” series, has been released and it’s a lot of Idris Elba swaggering in leather, looking super f*cking hot and doing cool (computerized?) gun tricks. And Matthew McConaughey is strutting about, whispering about By Sarah • May 03, 2017 03:00 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, May 3, 2017 My favourite MET Gala subgenre: celebrities smoking in the bathroom. The NY Daily News had a whole story on it: Dakota Johnson’s dress is much cooler from this angle (and yes that’s Armie Hammer vaping in the background). Smoking in the girls room #metgala @chardefrancesco @courtneylove @space_witch666 By Maria • May 03, 2017 02:29 pm
Relationship Assumption Zoe at the party Something I’ve been thinking about re: Zoe Kravitz but I forgot to mention it yesterday when I posted about her at the MET Gala. But first, this shot she Instagrammed: When @reesewitherspoon shows up to the party everyone's like 😆😁😁😄😃😀😃😄😁😁😄😄😃 A post shared by Zoë Kravitz (@zoeisabellakravitz) onMay By Lainey • May 03, 2017 01:27 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Answers: Gisele & Tom's Lameness and How to be a Good Friend without Going Broke Welcome back to the Sasha Answers Podcast! Sorry we skipped last week, but we had some scheduling issues but alas we are at it again! On today's show: debriefing on our hits and misses from the MET Gala while passing judgement (fairly or unfairly) on Gisele Bundchen, when By Sasha • May 03, 2017 01:15 pm
Break Ups Brad Pitt and the façade Brad Pitt’s film for Netflix, War Machine, premieres later this month. Now that World War Brange has ostensibly ended, he’s back on promotion with a GQ interview, featuring 3 different covers, and several more beautiful photographs taken in 3 American national parks, The Everglades, White Sands, and Carlsbad By Lainey • May 03, 2017 12:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Watson and Tom Hanks in The Circle The Circle is the second time Tom Hanks has tried a Dave Eggers adaptation, following last year’s A Hologram for the King. Like that movie, The Circle doesn’t work, although Hanks’s performance is better here—albeit, much smaller. In The Circle he plays a secondary character and By Sarah • May 03, 2017 11:22 am
Faux Gossip Tom Cruise kisses Tom Cruise has been in Paris the last few weeks shooting Mission: Impossible 6. Here he is yesterday on set with Vanessa Kirby filming a kissing scene. You’ll recall, they tried to rumour a few weeks ago that Tom’s in love with her and that they’re totally By Lainey • May 03, 2017 10:37 am
TV Updates Welcome back to Twin Peaks Twin Peaks is returning to television—thanks to Showtime—with a two-part premiere on May 21. They released a new teaser this week just featuring David Lynch’s beautifully composed, nostalgic shots of locations like Laura Palmer’s house, the sheriff’s department, and the Double R Café. God, By Sarah • May 03, 2017 09:49 am
MET Gala 2017 Intro for May 3, 2017 Dear Gossips, On Monday night, when Duana and I were trading texts about MET Gala assignments and early commentary on where we would land with our fashion rankings, I said to her that we were using more exclamation points for this event than we do any other. Exclamation points in By Lainey • May 03, 2017 09:31 am
Style Rihanna: the MET Gala MVP There is SJP. And there is Solange. And both have become critical to the MET Gala. I agree with Duana that Solange has made a monumental impact on this event. That she is leading us to new and memorable places with her style instincts. That it is breathtaking, the choices By Lainey • May 02, 2017 03:48 pm
Sit DOWN Gwyneth Paltrow: MET Worst Dressed 2017 (Lainey) We haven’t slept since Sunday. There are currently over 12,000 words posted on the site today. And there are two words that sum up what I feel about Gwyneth Paltrow’s look last night: f-ck off. Can we go now? Wait no. I have more. G was By Lainey • May 02, 2017 03:24 pm
