Movie Reviews and Previews Blame black women for Nate Parker’s mediocrity The Birth of a Nation opened last weekend to OK numbers and less than favourable reviews. If you haven’t heard, black women are to blame for the mediocre opening of a mediocre movie. To recap, this is the film written by, directed by and starring alleged rapist Nate Parker. By Kathleen • Oct 14, 2016 09:59 am
Intro for October 14, 2016 Dear Gossips, Billy Bush, not surprisingly, has hired a high-powered LA attorney to help negotiate his departure from NBC after “Grab ‘em by the pussy” became the catchphrase of the year. Marshall Grossman is now representing Billy. And while he has not yet filed a lawsuit on behalf of By Lainey • Oct 14, 2016 09:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dev & Nicole build momentum Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman were in London last night in support of Lion. No one was really talking about Lion before TIFF. At TIFF is where it really made a move as a contender, possibly Harvey Weinstein’s only Oscar contender of the season. As Joanna noted when she By Lainey • Oct 13, 2016 03:46 pm
TV Updates TV Review: Luke Cage SPOILERS Mike Colter returns as Luke Cage, the stoic bartender we first met in Jessica Jones. Following the events of that show, Luke has retreated to Harlem, where his late wife’s last living relative, a barbershop proprietor known as Pop (Frankie Faison), has given Luke a job sweeping up By Sarah • Oct 13, 2016 02:26 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, October 13, 2016 Derek Blasberg is in Nashville and he’s already hung out with Reese, Lily Aldridge and Holly Williams (Hank Williams granddaughter). How does he coordinate his social calendar, by Q Score? 🇺🇸 RED, WHITE & BLONDE 🇺🇸 @reesewitherspoon A photo posted by Derek Blasberg (@derekblasberg) onOct 12, 2016 at 2:40pm PDT By Maria • Oct 13, 2016 02:11 pm
Break Ups Zoe’s new boyfriend? Zoe Kravitz was also at the Kings Of Leon show last night in New York with Cara Delevingne and Taylor Swift etc. When she left though, as you can see, she was holding hands with Not Twin Shadow. Did she and Twin Shadow break up? Zoe keeps her sh-t By Lainey • Oct 13, 2016 01:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Can we stop worrying about Rogue One? A new trailer for Rogue One just came out and goddamn it’s good. Between some pretty incredible visuals—that fallen Jedi monument legit gave me a chill—to the haunting variation on the famous theme, to the rousing rebellion story it’s laying out, this looks like a damn By Sarah • Oct 13, 2016 11:50 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Gwen & Blake’s family day Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton went to Disneyland yesterday with her kids and her parents. These are probably the first really good shots that we’ve seen of the two of them – him in particular – with the children. And we are approaching the one year anniversary of when they decided By Lainey • Oct 13, 2016 11:31 am
Business of Hollywood The Hollywood wage gap The wage gap is real. It exists in every industry, at every level of industry, but in the film industry the wage gap isn’t just a product of gender/racial bias, it’s also the result of a scaled compensation system that rewards stars more than anyone else. Professional By Sarah • Oct 13, 2016 11:06 am
BFFs Taylor, Cara, Lorde, Dakota Taylor Swift stepped out last night in New York for the Kings Of Leon show with Cara Delevingne, Lorde, Dakota Johnson, Suki Waterhouse, and some other models. Taylor and Cara have been spending a lot of time together lately. And Cara’s been spending time with Dakota Johnson. They all By Lainey • Oct 13, 2016 10:34 am
Hook Ups Kristen St Vincent Kristen Stewart was seen with St Vincent several times last week while Kristen was promoting Certain Women at the New York Film Festival. As mentioned last week, they’ve been hanging out since at least the end of August which is also the last time Kristen was photographed with Alicia By Lainey • Oct 13, 2016 10:03 am
Intro for October 13, 2016 Dear Gossips, I was once in a meeting with an executive who made Asian jokes to my face, expecting me to laugh. And, instead of standing up for myself and doing what was honourable, I sat there and took it. Because I didn’t want to risk losing my job. By Lainey • Oct 13, 2016 09:06 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: What Even IS Our Style? Hi Duana, We are in desperate need of name help. We are (unexpectedly) expecting our third child this winter and are completely stumped on a name. We don't know the gender and have two sons already named Kadence (the K...I know, I know but I was young By Duana • Oct 12, 2016 04:43 pm
Music Depeche Mode 2017 Depeche Mode announced at a press event in Milan yesterday that there will be a new album called Spirit and a tour kicking off next May that will take them around the world. Which is why teenagers around the world were like, what the f-ck is this Depeche Mode By Lainey • Oct 12, 2016 04:31 pm
TV Updates Waiting to meet Milo Duana has been trying to get me to watch Gilmore Girls for a long time. I was sick all weekend and it was Thanksgiving in Canada so I started and have now finished the first season. While I’m not in love with it yet, I am in love with By Lainey • Oct 12, 2016 04:06 pm
Break Ups World War Brange: Angelina’s messy PR Last week it was giving Melissa Etheridge an extension on her take on the Brange divorce, this week Angelina Jolie’s getting into it with Perez Hilton who received a letter from lawyers representing Angelina over his coverage of World War Brange. He responded by making public his return letter By Lainey • Oct 12, 2016 03:33 pm
