Harry Potter Diary Of A Bad Hufflepuff Like all of us, I was sorted on Pottermore. I don’t know if most people feel like they’re pulled in many…I had valid options for more than a few of the questions. Then when the Hufflepuff banner came down, I was horrified. You go through an entire By Duana • Nov 16, 2016 01:34 pm
Top Reads The Rock is the Sexiest Man Alive Last Tuesday, before the world changed, I handicapped potential candidates for PEOPLE Magazine’s 2016 Sexiest Man Alive and predicted, quite confidently, that it would be Dwayne The Rock Johnson. This Tuesday PEOPLE Magazine confirmed that their Sexiest Man Alive is indeed Dwayne The Rock Johnson. I’m good at By Lainey • Nov 16, 2016 01:06 pm
Amazingness A Wrinkle in Time wins If you don’t know what the Mannequin Challenge is, you probably haven’t been on social media in weeks. You also haven’t been reading Maria’s social media roundups. We have the Mannequin Challenge to thank for a mini Destiny’s Child reunion, Adele in a Western, proving By Kathleen • Nov 16, 2016 12:31 pm
Harry Potter Big Budget Ezra Miller Ezra Miller, before, seemed to go out of his way to remind you that he’s not mainstream. That he doesn’t wear clothes, he’s dons “textiles”. It felt like a sneer, like a judgement of those who are mainstream, rather than a celebration of the joy of not By Lainey • Nov 16, 2016 12:00 pm
TV Updates Rihanna, the Actor Are we past the point of rolling our eyes at pop stars who also want to be actors? Or is our eye-rolling strictly reserved for Justin Timberlake? New photos of Rihanna in character on set of Bates Motel in Vancouver were released yesterday and while I didn’t roll By Kathleen • Nov 16, 2016 11:21 am
Royals Harry & Meghan: “She’s the one!” The new cover of US Weekly again features Prince Harry and Meghan Markle while PEOPLE has released its Sexiest Man Alive. Cage match! The Royal Love Shield vs The Rock! As you know, Harry puffed out his chest last week, releasing a public statement expressing his disappointment in the way By Lainey • Nov 16, 2016 10:43 am
Intro for November 16, 2016 Dear Gossips, “In the music business, when you disappear for a long stretch of time, you abandon your right to grouse about how things have changed in your absence…” – that’s how Jon Caramanica began his new article on A Tribe Called Quest in The New York Times yesterday and By Lainey • Nov 16, 2016 09:55 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, November 15, 2016 Like Kathleen said earlier today, genuine laughs are at a premium right now. This worked for me. In keeping with White House tradition Trump has picked out the family puppy. It's Chris Christie— Michael Keaton (@MichaelKeaton) November 13, 2016 The Bradley Cooper mention in Dave Chappelle’s SNL By Maria • Nov 15, 2016 03:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Handmaiden is weird heist erotica After sojourning into making English-language films with (the highly underrated) Stoker, South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook returns to Korea, the place and the language, for his new feature film, The Handmaiden. Adapted by Park and Chung Seo-kyung (also co-writer of Lady Vengeance) from Sarah Waters’ novel By Sarah • Nov 15, 2016 02:53 pm
BFFs Project Casey Manchester By The Sea came out of festival season strong, with outstanding reviews and predictions for Oscar. Most award season experts still agree that Manchester will be nominated for several awards, including Best Picture, but I feel like in the last few weeks, people haven’t been talking about it By Lainey • Nov 15, 2016 02:19 pm
Top Reads Glamour's all-star stage Glamour's Women of the Year event concluded last night with a tribute to Hillary Clinton as many of the celebrity and activist attendees, including Shonda Rhimes, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Scott, Zendaya, and more gathered together on stage to honour HRC's campaign but also, most importantly, to By Lainey • Nov 15, 2016 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman’s second Oscar Joanna, our resident Natalie Portman apologist, is backing Portman in the Best Actress Oscar race, which is actually competitive this year. Portman is campaigning for Jackie—the last time Portman campaigned, for Black Swan, I was so turned off I started calling her “Natalie Never”— Pablo Larrain’s biopic of By Sarah • Nov 15, 2016 12:07 pm
Girly Throw Downs Taylor has to tell Andy Cohen’s new book Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries came out today. Andy is tight with Sarah Jessica Parker and Kelly Ripa. He hangs out with John Mayer. So as much as he says he’s telling Hollywood tales, the tales he can safely tell are By Lainey • Nov 15, 2016 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Patriot’s Day and the escapism bounce I’ve said it since the night of the US election—movies are about to get a big escapism bounce. It’s already started, with the first post-election weekend posting box office numbers almost 50% higher than the same frame last year, and it will continue to affect movie By Sarah • Nov 15, 2016 11:22 am
BFFs Brad Pitt in China Brad Pitt hasn’t promoted a movie in China since Seven Years In Tibet because, supposedly, the Chinese government wasn’t happy about how the country was portrayed. Here he is yesterday in Shanghai on press tour for Allied, all is forgiven. Time to get that Chinese money. As you By Lainey • Nov 15, 2016 10:47 am
Top Reads Chappelle and A Tribe Called Quest: a perfect union There are only three things that have made me genuinely laugh out loud in the past 7 days: a text from Lainey, those brilliant Joe Biden memes, and Dave Chappelle. There are three albums that have been my self-care refuge: Solange’s A Seat at the Table, the Hamilton By Kathleen • Nov 15, 2016 10:07 am
