Baby and Bump Obsession CHERYL IS HAVING LIAM’s BABY That’s an all-caps title because it’s an all-caps event in the life of a Directioner. Do Directioners even exist anymore? Yes, apparently, they do. At least on Twitter, where they are freaking the f-ck out. But let’s backtrack. Liam Payne and Cheryl (what is By Lainey • Nov 29, 2016 06:04 pm
TV Updates The Affair’s new season is ‘A Bit Murky’ The Affair, Season 3 Episode 1 and 2 recap I would imagine there is significant overlap between the people who watch The Affair and a certain other show that is about the intimate wonderful terrible ways of family. I felt like a few days of distance would help us to By Duana • Nov 29, 2016 05:43 pm
Media Manipulation Brad’s lonely island Just before US Thanksgiving PEOPLE reported that Brad Pitt would not be seeing his children over the holiday and that he was, understandably, very sad about it. But that was also the point. That you would be sad that he was sad and then not look too far for someone By Lainey • Nov 29, 2016 05:17 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Naomie's sequined split This colour on her! This split! The pants! I’m all about all the parts of this outfit and if I were wearing it I’d dramatically toss around each side of the dress like a matador, God I’d love it so much! And perfect hair choice too. Flat, By Lainey • Nov 29, 2016 04:59 pm
Douchebags Depp or petty? A few days ago, a domestic violence PSA was released online featuring Amber Heard. She talks about being a victim, she talks about her experience, she doesn’t mention by name who hurt her. But it’s not like nobody knows. So yesterday, after US Thanksgiving, everyone’s back to By Lainey • Nov 29, 2016 04:41 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Krysten’s roll curl The black dress she’s wearing isn’t all that interesting to me. And I hate the material anyway. So the standout here is the long caped blazer which I love even though you wouldn’t expect these lengths to go together. Also her hair. That’s a 70s roll By Lainey • Nov 29, 2016 04:25 pm
TV Updates Alexis Bledel is Rory Gilmore She always will be, right? Alexis Bledel could shave her head and go on to win an Oscar (HA) for playing an ex-con or something and she’ll still be Rory Gilmore. Duana is going to recap Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life so #nospoilers but we’ve By Kathleen • Nov 29, 2016 04:01 pm
TV Updates Taraji P. Henson talks auditions with Ryan Reynolds Most headlines I’ve read today about the Taraji P. Henson and Ryan Reynolds chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors series focus on a story Ryan tells about his audition for the Cohen brothers. It was terrible. Whatever. I care more about Taraji’s reveal that she was almost By Kathleen • Nov 29, 2016 01:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Jennifer Lawrence Chris Pratt rom-com Passengers, or as I like to call it, The Movie Star Survival Test, is coming out at Christmas. Now that Thanksgiving is over, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are on the hard sell, and they’ll be pushing the movie as charmingly and charismatically as they can until just before By Lainey • Nov 29, 2016 12:21 pm
Music Taylor Swift Now “Are you ready?” is what Taylor Swift asks at the end of the preview that AT&T announced at their presentation yesterday for all their new services. As reported a few weeks ago, Taylor signed a multi-year deal with AT&T and, at the time, it was By Lainey • Nov 29, 2016 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman’s alien answers Last night Natalie Portman showed up at the Gotham Awards, wearing a homeschooler’s home ec project, where she was a Best Actress nominee for Jackie. In something of an upset, she lost to Isabelle Huppert (Elle), because film voters have a hard time resisting Icons. The Gothams are not By Sarah • Nov 29, 2016 10:23 am
Girlcrushes Troy & Lelaina kiss again If you recognise the combination of those names, you’re just as happy as I am today. Because you love Reality Bites. Those of us who love and lived Reality Bites know that it’s not the best movie, with not the best acting, and we will tell that to By Lainey • Nov 29, 2016 09:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews “When the time is right” or …not right now? Last December, Star Wars began a new era of storytelling with The Force Awakens and this year it expands that story with a new cohort of rebels and heroes in Rogue One. What these movies have in common, besides the galaxy far far away, are two things: 1) Inclusive casts, By Sarah • Nov 29, 2016 09:31 am
Books Intro for November 29, 2016 Dear Gossips, Last year I spent a week stalking Paula Hawkins, the author of The Girl On The Train, the bestselling book of 2015. I interviewed Paula four times over a period of days, starting on etalk, then on The Social, then at a bookstore, and finally I moderated her By Lainey • Nov 29, 2016 08:39 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Four for Four I've never wanted to be out in public discussing my name choices but we now have 1 month left to name the child who will be our last: our 4th girl due at the end of December!! And I am tapped! As an indecisive person, I had trouble By Duana • Nov 28, 2016 05:15 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Working Class? The Rock, Gabrielle Union, Anna Kendrick, and shut up Jimmy Fallon Moana, as expected, was the #1 movie at the box office this weekend, earning over $80 million dollars, just over initial projections. The reviews have been terrific too. So it’s another win for Dwayne The Rock Johnson as he continues to methodically diversify his career. The Rock discussed this By Lainey • Nov 28, 2016 05:01 pm
