Movie Reviews and Previews The Rock and Zac Efron have muscles That is the takeaway from the Baywatch trailer. Lots of slow-motion beach running. Lots of shirtless dudes and half-naked women. Lots of abs. So many abs. What storyline? All the abs. The trailer dropped this morning and it’s exactly what I expected from a Baywatch remake starring Dwayne The By Kathleen • Dec 08, 2016 11:30 am
Break Ups World War Brange: the legal letters As posted yesterday, a judge denied Brad Pitt’s application to seal the divorce documents after Angelina Jolie formally filed their temporary custody agreement with the court last Friday. He claimed that she was compromising the privacy of their children. Her side argued in court documents that “his request is By Lainey • Dec 08, 2016 11:03 am
Top Reads Trevor Noah’s backlash Last week, Trevor Noah interviewed Tomi Lahren. Since then, he’s sparked a heated debate online about the conversations people of colour should be having –or not having—with people who don’t value their rights or humanity. On Monday, Noah wrote an op-ed in The New York Times related By Kathleen • Dec 08, 2016 10:16 am
Intro for December 8, 2016 Dear Gossips, Over the last few days, there’s been all kinds of confusion about what happened on the set of Last Tango In Paris. To be clear, even though the initial headlines that exploded all over Twitter certainly suggested it, Maria Schneider was not actually raped. My friend Jessica By Lainey • Dec 08, 2016 09:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa 2 This week I am attempting to watch all of the holiday-centric new releases and so far, while I haven’t hit the low of Love The Coopers, I also haven’t seen a seasonal gem like The Night Before. Christmas movies are hard to get right, which is why there By Sarah • Dec 07, 2016 06:02 pm
Break Ups World War Brange: sealing the documents Several updates on World War Brange this week. So I wanted to wait to have it all in today’s post. To recap, let’s go back a few weeks. The LA Department of Children and Family Services and the FBI closed their investigations on Brad Pitt last month. The By Lainey • Dec 07, 2016 05:36 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, December 7, 2016 A sign of true friendship is being able to say “What the f-ck are you wearing?” Note @oprah sent to my asst this am "plz tell Gayle I'm on treadmill & it's hard to focus w/the circus around your neck" I think she& By Maria • Dec 07, 2016 02:44 pm
TV Updates Katie’s upcoming birthday Katie Holmes is promoting the film she directed, All We Had. The premiere was last night. She looks good in this dress, presumably it’s Zac Posen, but I’m still not feeling those bangs. While doing interviews in support of the film, Katie was asked about a Dawson’s By Lainey • Dec 07, 2016 01:50 pm
Maple Leaf Ryan’s “first day out” La La Land Hollywood premiere last night. La La Land, as you know, is a frontrunner for Best Picture, in a tight race right now with Moonlight and, maybe, Manchester By The Sea although I feel like Manchester’s big hope might be Casey Affleck, the alleged sexual harasser. I By Lainey • Dec 07, 2016 12:55 pm
Music Willow and Jada’s Chanel date night Zoe Kravitz and Lisa Bonet. Those are the only two names I could come up with when I was trying to think of another Hollywood mother/daughter duo that could pull off wearing matching outfits and look as effortlessly stylish and as straight-up badass as Jada Pinkett Smith and Willow. By Kathleen • Dec 07, 2016 11:43 am
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber gets what he wants Four years ago, Justin Bieber was bitterly disappointed that his album, Believe, was not nominated for any Grammys. At the time, Grammys meant a lot to Justin. At the time, he thought he’d worked hard enough to deserve it. Last year, Justin won a Grammy for Where Are U By Lainey • Dec 07, 2016 11:13 am
Music Beckham Meets Bieber Yesterday it was announced that 11-year-old Cruz Beckham has been signed by Scooter Braun, most famous for being Justin Bieber’s manager (more on that later). If you keep tabs on David and Victoria’s social media, this is natural evolution for Brand Beckham; Brooklyn is a photographer and model, By Maria • Dec 07, 2016 10:04 am
Music Intro for December 7, 2016 Dear Gossips, As you now know, Beyoncé received 9 Grammy nominations for Lemonade yesterday, the most of any artist, and in categories ranging from rap and R&B to pop and rock, which speaks to how limitless she is as an artist. But today’s intro is not about By Lainey • Dec 07, 2016 09:34 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, December 6, 2016 This week, the Goodreads Choice Award winners were announced. I love Goodreads, I use it all the time, I mostly trust the reviews (even if I don’t always agree with them). Yesterday, a few authors, including E.L. James, Caroline Kepnes (who wrote one of my favourite books of By Maria • Dec 06, 2016 05:18 pm
TV Updates Ryan Murphy puts his money where his mouth is Ryan Murphy has built a television empire, creating some of the most popular and most-watched television of the Peak Age, and now that he’s got some clout, he’s using it to put his money where his mouth is and deliver on a promise to hire more women behind By Sarah • Dec 06, 2016 04:59 pm
Dumbass Matt Damon misses the point Matt Damon and the cast of The Great Wall were in Beijing yesterday to promote the film. As you know, when the trailer came out a few months ago, The Great Wall was added to the list of “whitewashed” projects coming out of Hollywood, including Ghost In The Shell and By Lainey • Dec 06, 2016 04:37 pm