Intro for December 19, 2016 Dear Gossips, Did you see Rogue One this weekend? It made a lot of money at the box office so some of you must have. Sarah’s review of Rogue One is coming later this morning. I thought the film was too long but I liked it very much. And By Lainey • Dec 19, 2016 09:18 am
Elton John Mimi gets that money! But who’s missing? I posted the other day about Mimi’s Christmas classic, All I Want For Christmas. Even though you can’t escape the song for weeks every year starting November, it’s never charted in the top 10. This year though, according to Forbes, it has a chance. Mimi is everywhere By Lainey • Dec 16, 2016 04:12 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: On Grandmothers and grudge-holding So you know, on these days when we talk fondly about the children who may soon arrive, there’s always someone who says “Ugh, kids. And they’re full of GERMS.” And it’s true, they are… but I have it on backed-up, I’m-not-the-only-one By Duana • Dec 16, 2016 03:44 pm
Donald Glover My dream dinner party You know that classic ice breaker question, “If you could invite five celebrities to a dinner party, who would it be and why?” If you were to ask me right now, three of the five answers to that question would be Donald Glover, Issa Rae and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Well, By Kathleen • Dec 16, 2016 03:34 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Jennifer Lawrence’s tank bra and slip skirt This outfit is basically undergarments. A tank bra on top and a the skirt looks like a slip, doesn’t it? Duana is big on slips. I never wear slips. I’ve never worn slips. My ma did though and when I was a kid, I used to wear her By Lainey • Dec 16, 2016 02:47 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, December 16, 2016 For all the decadence of the 80s, he looks the same and she looks just as good, if not better, today. There must have been magical anti-aging properties in that blow. #throwbackthursday With my #80's #queen Demi Moore, at the opening of About Last Night. A photo By Maria • Dec 16, 2016 02:04 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Beyond sit-ups After my second child I realized I had diastasis recti. And then I realized that I'd had it after my first 5 years earlier - but just dismissed as Mom body. I've quit sit-ups as I've heard that they just make it worse, but By Hayley • Dec 16, 2016 01:51 pm
Joshua Jackson Diane & Norman: one year later Exactly a year ago, Joshua Jackson was travelling the world. And Diane Kruger was in New York, with Norman Reedus, where they were busted allegedly hooking up at a dive bar. Witnesses told the NY Daily News that she was straddling him and that they made out while holding hands. By Lainey • Dec 16, 2016 12:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Amy Schumer’s Terrible Vacation Earlier this year Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn shot a comedy together—you might remember it because of that ill-advised Formation “parody” that they made while on location. Remember how stupid and dumb that was? Well buckle up because the trailer for the movie they were making, Snatched, is By Sarah • Dec 16, 2016 12:24 pm
Kate Beckinsale Kate and Michael raised a college student Conscious uncoupling is associated mostly with Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. But well before they parted amicably, Kate Beckinsale and Michael Sheen were co-parenting peacefully. Have you ever seen the Instagram Kate posted from earlier this year of their mother-father-daughter group chat? It’s really, really cute. By Lainey • Dec 16, 2016 12:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sarah’s Top 10 of 2016 Captain America: Civil War Paying off years of story and character work, and servicing a cast numbering in the double-digits, somehow Civil War doesn’t collapse under its own weight. It delivers on both the action front, with the best superhero battle ever filmed, and the character front, executing By Sarah • Dec 16, 2016 11:33 am
Intro for December 16, 2016 Dear Gossips, Duana sent me an article last week, that we had on the long list of topics for the Show Your Work podcast, about Why TV Needs “Weak” Female Characters, challenging the idea that women must be “likable” and that an “unlikeable” woman’s story is not worth telling. By Lainey • Dec 16, 2016 10:22 am
Award Season Campaigning Meet the Reynolds Ryan Reynolds got a star on the Walk Of Fame in Hollywood today. Blake Lively was with him. And also their two daughters. This is the first time their children have been seen in public. So, as you can imagine, it’s a big story. And you know, they KNOW By Lainey • Dec 15, 2016 05:28 pm
Hook Ups The 2016 romances of Kristen Stewart Kristen Stewart started this year dating Alicia Cargile. At some point, she broke up with Alicia Cargile to be with Soko. She and Soko were undeniably demonstrative about their relationship for about a month. It was evidently torrid and brief, because a few weeks later, in Cannes, Kristen was back By Lainey • Dec 15, 2016 04:30 pm
Henry Windsor Harry & Meghan’s first photo Not really what I had in mind, since we can barely see her face. But here it is – the first photo of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, or the first photo that we’ve seen, because I’m sure there are many, on his phone or on her phone. Not By Lainey • Dec 15, 2016 04:03 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, December 15, 2016 Family bonding, sponsored by Adidas. Family..where life begins and love never ends. @djohnsonpga @janetgretzky A photo posted by Paulina Gretzky (@paulinagretzky) onDec 14, 2016 at 9:04pm PST Katie Holmes is still promoting this movie so the least one of us can do is watch it. Not me, but By Maria • Dec 15, 2016 03:26 pm