Media Manipulation Tom Hiddleston and the Taylor Swift questions Tom Hiddleston was on The Today Show this morning to promote Kong: Skull Island. Savannah Guthrie asked him about Taylor Swift, the GQ article, and he basically says he’s entitled to a private life even though he works in the public domain. We’ll get back to his rationale By Lainey • Mar 07, 2017 01:30 pm
Aaron Paul Checking in with Aaron Paul It’s been 3.5 years since the Breaking Bad finale – do you miss it? I do. Which isn’t the same thing as not wanting a show to end. I think it ended at the right time, as good shows tend to do. But I still wonder if Walt By Maria • Mar 07, 2017 01:04 pm
Hair JLO’s long pony The second season for Jennifer Lopez’s Shades Of Blue premiered on Sunday which is why she was everywhere last week on promotion in New York. Here she is yesterday back in LA heading to a meeting. Sorry. I don’t want to talk about her work. Because I want By Lainey • Mar 07, 2017 11:33 am
Royals Harry, Meghan, and the other pictures I was waiting on some additional information which is why I didn’t get to this yesterday so you’ve probably already seen these photos of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Jamaica at his friend’s wedding. What surprised me though is that some of you have emailed and By Lainey • Mar 07, 2017 10:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Zoey Deutch in Before I Fall Before I Fall is a Very Special Episode stretched to ninety minutes in which an insipid teen learns not to be a total asshole by reliving the same day over and over. If you’re saying, “Hey, that sounds like Groundhog Day,” then you are correct because this is basically By Sarah • Mar 07, 2017 10:01 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 7, 2017 Dear Gossips, The two major celebrity interviews/profiles I read yesterday: David Letterman in New York Magazine and Chrissy Teigen in Glamour. Letterman is, as we all know, a legend. He was irreverent when he was on late night and now that he’s retired, he really has no f- By Lainey • Mar 07, 2017 09:22 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Social Media, March 6, 2017 Does Sarah Hyland have friends? Here’s what they should tell her: you are famous. Your boyfriend, also an actor, is not. He is walking that red carpet because of you, as your guest. You are there for work. So perhaps he could pull out his totes adorbs act another By Maria • Mar 06, 2017 04:42 pm
Quiveration Idris Elba: turntables and hotdogs I am not The One. I will not be going on a date with Idris Elba. Instead, the winner of the date with Idris Elba is Sandra Boonton from New Jersey. And she’s pretty f-cking cute, so I’m happy for her…I guess. Congratulations Sandra. Please pound By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 04:19 pm
Top Reads Emma Watson, Evolving Feminism, and “T-ts” So Emma Watson is an actress and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. She defined feminism as “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.” She’s currently in the middle of a massive promotional campaign for Beauty and the Beast. Hence her March cover of Vanity Fair. By Duana • Mar 06, 2017 03:57 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Oscars, Angelina, Jake G’s pivot, and how women diversify Sorry again for missing out on the podcast last week. Duana and I were in LA for the Oscars and our podcast studio (my living room) isn’t mobile yet. But what a week to miss… We’ve had questions about how the Oscar f-ck-up could have happened. By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 03:26 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Natalie Portman’s Pre-Oscar Baby A Early in the week of the Oscars, Natalie Portman released a statement saying she wouldn’t be attending either the big show or the Independent Spirit Awards, ‘on doctor’s orders’. Turns out that was because her daughter arrived on February 22nd, and I swear up and down that she By Duana • Mar 06, 2017 02:38 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé, Blue, Beauty & The Beast The Beauty & The Beast premiere happened last Thursday. Emma Watson was the big draw on the red carpet. The biggest draw, however, avoided the red carpet and arrived at the last minute: Beyoncé. With the Blue Ivy Carter. And, of course, the Blessings. Beyoncé has posted the photos from By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 12:35 pm
TV Updates Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon in Feud: Bette and Joan Unleashing his lingering ire toward Bette Davis, who was a crucial player in the fall of the Old Hollywood studio system, studio boss Jack Warner (Stanley Tucci) bellows, “That C*NT!” And later, ushering Bette Davis and Joan Crawford into her lavish Hollywood estate, Hedda Hopper (Judy Davis) grandly proclaims, By Sarah • Mar 06, 2017 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The PM’s wife and Colin Firth’s turtleneck Production on the Love Actually “sequel” continued this weekend. It’s a 10 minute short film that will air on Red Nose Day in the UK on March 24 and the following day in North America. We saw Liam Neeson shooting his scenes a couple of weeks ago and now By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 11:19 am
Blind Riddles Making good decisions You may have heard that he’s been scaling back on some of his work commitments, major projects that meant a lot to him. These are good decisions. Part of a series of better decisions that he’s been making lately. And the best decision is that he’s been By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 10:55 am
Douchebags Justin Timberlake’s Trolls song was actually about “inclusion” Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop The Feeling, named the Worst Song of 2016 by several industry outlets, won the iHeartRadio Music Award for Song of the Year last night, because it was played so much on the radio. Previously – as in when he was campaigning for Oscar – JT explained By Lainey • Mar 06, 2017 10:00 am