Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Stone takes a sick day And misses the first campaign stop of the year. Emma Stone has strep throat, and could not attend the Palm Springs International Film Festival to receive her Vanguard Award - which she shares with Ryan Gosling - last night. It's her first sick day of awards season, as she' By Joanna • Jan 03, 2017 11:21 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Nicole’s angel hands This is a Dior dress. And it is just SO PRETTY. On the runway, this dress was presented with a sheer skirt. I prefer the way Nicole’s wearing it, without sheer, because it doesn’t take away from the detail. That said, I wish she would have gone with By Lainey • Jan 03, 2017 10:44 am
BFFs Leonardo DiCaprio: new year, same bonafide Last year, at exactly this time, it was confirmed that Leonardo DiCaprio and Kelly Rohrbach broke up. He was in St Barts for New Year’s Eve, without her, and two days later, every entertainment outlet reported that he was single to kick off 2016. Kelly’s birthday is January By Lainey • Jan 03, 2017 10:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews #HiddenFiguresParty + ticket giveaway The cast of Hidden Figures received the Best Ensemble Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival last night. The film opens everywhere Friday. We’ve been yelling at you for months to make plans to go see this movie. In August, I geeked out over the debut trailer’s blatant By Kathleen • Jan 03, 2017 10:08 am
Music Mimi’s New Year’s Eve Glitter For the last couple of days, it’s been a nasty back and forth between Team Mimi and Dick Clark Productions over what really happened on New Year’s Eve during her performance. Her side is claiming that the show “sabotaged” her to create a viral moment and increase ratings. By Lainey • Jan 03, 2017 09:28 am
TV Updates Sherlock: no longer a “game” but a soap opera SPOILERS Sherlock series four picks up where the Victorian special left off, with Sherlock hauled back to England after being banished for about four minutes because of Moriarty’s seeming return from the grave. The game, as Sherlock is so fond of saying, is on, as he must discover who By Sarah • Jan 03, 2017 09:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for January 3, 2017 Dear Gossips, Happy New Year! Hope your holiday was restful. Because we are right back into it. Golden Globes on Sunday. Awards every weekend. And Hollywood divorce court all month too. Ready? Ben Affleck’s Live By Night opened in limited release at Christmas but will go wide a week By Lainey • Jan 03, 2017 08:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in Fences Denzel Washington directs his first film since 2007’s The Great Debaters with Fences, an adaptation of August Wilson’s play of the same title. He also stars as Troy Maxson, a garbage man stymied by life in 1950s Pittsburgh. Troy is expansive to the point of domineering and stern By Sarah • Dec 30, 2016 03:49 pm
Ben Affleck Lopizzy at the prom Holy sh-t, is it actually possible that 2016 has finally decided to stop being a f-cking asshole and close out on something awesome? Last night there was some kind of prom-themed party in LA. Jennifer Lopez was there. With Drake. And, OBVIOUSLY, they were crowned prom queen By Lainey • Dec 30, 2016 11:32 am
Drake Serena Williams is engaged The last time Serena ‘The Greatest of All Time’ Williams was mentioned on this blog, I was basically writing fan fiction about her and her ex Common. In that post, I noted that around Halloween there were rumours she was hooking up with Lewis Hamilton. In late summer 2015 there By Kathleen • Dec 30, 2016 11:17 am
Beyoncé Oh My God, mom! Part 2 Part 1 happened in November, just after Solange Knowles performed on Saturday Night Live and her ma, Miss Tina, posted and then deleted a photo of Solange, her son Jules, and Jay Z in an elevator. The “Oh My God, mom!” was how I imagined Beyoncé and Solange might have By Lainey • Dec 30, 2016 10:44 am
Zadie Smith Intro for December 30, 2016 Dear Gossips, Back in November, Zadie Smith was in Berlin to receive the 2016 Welt Literature Prize. I’ve been saving the transcript of her remarks to post today, the final blog day of 2016. Zadie’s talk, On Optimism and Despair, came just after the US election, and seems By Lainey • Dec 30, 2016 10:02 am
Mark Wahlberg Pink shorts, yacht life Some celebrities are in St Barts to close out the year. Others are in Barbados. Rihanna’s been seen at home this week. Simon Cowell is a regular there. And Mark Wahlberg, his wife Rhea Durham and their kids are also in Barbados for the holiday. Mark was photographed in By Lainey • Dec 29, 2016 01:44 pm
Jennifer Lopez JLO & Drake: “on another level” Previously on Lopizzy, Rihanna unfollowed Jennifer Lopez on Instagram and then JLO and Drake coordinated Instagram posts, suggesting, or trying to suggest, that they’re together. Yesterday PEOPLE reported on the situation: “Jen is looking forward with excitement to the new year. She keeps hanging out with Drake, and he By Lainey • Dec 29, 2016 01:00 pm
Charlie Hunnam Garrett & Charlie 2016 Garrett Hedlund was photographed yesterday at LAX and a few photographers mistook him for Charlie Hunnam. He’s labelled as “Charlie Hunnam” in one of the agencies. Garrett and Charlie are friends and Charlie even challenged Garrett to the 22 pushup challenge in the summer. I never followed up to By Lainey • Dec 29, 2016 12:22 pm
Scott Eastwood Scott auditions for Leo Maria emailed this to me Christmas Day, a digital Christmas gift from Scott Eastwood. I can’t decide if Scott Eastwood is the Best of 2016 or the Worst of 2016. Worst because of those goddamn faces he makes. Best because of those goddamn faces he makes, which are in By Lainey • Dec 29, 2016 11:28 am
