Zayn Malik Gigi & Zayn made it … Through the summer. I mean I know, like, scientifically, summer doesn’t end for another 10 days or so, but the cultural end of summer is Labour Day. And there were so many breakups this summer. And you would have thought that Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik would have made By Lainey • Sep 12, 2016 05:07 pm
Justice Smith Why Aren’t You Watching The Get Down? I’m part of the problem here, of course. Or, I guess if you want to get really real about it, Netflix and the Golden Age of television and life are the problems. But you know that feeling where you’re super late for work, and breaking your neck to By Duana • Sep 12, 2016 04:59 pm
TIFF 2016 Coverage Liev Schreiber is The Bleeder Mercury is in retrograde, so yada yada yada, I walked in to my screening of The Bleeder late. The night before, for the red carpet for The Bleeder, Lainey and I had to rush there due to some technical woes. It all worked out, and we got some great interviews By Joanna • Sep 12, 2016 04:48 pm
BFFs Taylor’s Friday night Taylor Swift’s post-Swoki media strategy/standard media strategy – friend armour – was played on Friday night at NY Fashion Week as she stepped out to support Gigi Hadid at the Tommy Hilfiger show. Gigi collaborated on a line with Hilfiger and Taylor sat front row, hootin’ and hollerin’ in By Lainey • Sep 12, 2016 04:16 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, September 12, 2016 Sean Lennon thinks the term mansplaining is sexist… towards men. And then he explained why. The term 'mansplaining,' is sexist.— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) September 10, 2016 Cartoon villain Martin Shkreli threatens to beat up Captain America. Hahahahahahaha. @pattonoswalt owning @MartinShkreli is my favorite thing on Twitter right By Maria • Sep 12, 2016 03:45 pm
TIFF 2016 Coverage TIFF Review: Nocturnal Animals Tom Ford’s sophomore film, Nocturnal Animals, is a two-for-one deal. Movie A stars Amy Adams as Susan, a sad, lonely person, being miserable in sad, lonely rooms. Movie B stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Tony, a man bent on revenge in the high desert of West Texas. The By Sarah • Sep 12, 2016 03:29 pm
Quiveration Tom Ford & half My Obsession I covered the Nocturnal Animals red carpet at TIFF for etalk last night. That's Tom Ford. Blaring at me on my schedule for days. Every time I looked at it I felt sick. It's Tom Ford. He can be intimidating. Not forgiving of fools. And I By Lainey • Sep 12, 2016 02:39 pm
Music Gaga’s look of Perfect Illusion Do you like the song? Lady Gaga’s Perfect Illusion? I can’t decide. I know I don’t hate it. But I don’t know if love it. I don’t know if it’s major banger for me. With Gaga, with every release, there’s always an aesthetic, By Lainey • Sep 12, 2016 01:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman in Jackie If you ask Natalie Portman which performance was more daunting: dancing in Black Swan or mastering Jacqueline Kennedy's poise for Jackie, she might say the former was harder. But on the Jackie red carpet last night, she admitted to our camera crew and my friend and colleague Danielle By Joanna • Sep 12, 2016 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Anne Hathaway in Colossal Before I saw Jackie — a masterclass in filmmaking, vision and Americana subversion (more on that later)— I was ready to rave about Anne Hathaway's twisted part-addiction movie, part-monster movie, all dark comedy Colossal as being the most unique and memorable movie of TIFF. But, then Natalie By Joanna • Sep 12, 2016 12:06 pm
Celebrity Lifestyle Brands Goop Label Gwyneth Paltrow’s goop launched its very own clothing line today, goop Label. Even though both Vanity Fair and the NY Times are calling it Goop Label. You know what’s annoying about a brand with a lower case name, “goop”? It’s hard to find consistency in the way By Lainey • Sep 12, 2016 11:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ewan McGregor’s American Pastoral Ewan McGregor makes his directorial debut adapting Philip Roth’s novel American Pastoral, and while he doesn’t embarrass himself, he also doesn’t do himself any favors. Working from an adaptation by John Romano (The Lincoln Lawyer), Pastoral manages to feel too long and like not enough at the By Sarah • Sep 12, 2016 11:04 am
Douchebags Leo at TIFF Leonardo DiCaprio was the big draw here at TIFF on Friday afternoon to screen his documentary Before The Flood. You can imagine the media presence at the theatre. It’s Leo. And, as TIFF’s documentary programmer Thom Powers told the audience, “The man at the centre of this film By Lainey • Sep 12, 2016 10:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lion, the word of mouth movie of TIFF, & a "love letter" to Nicole Kidman's children Word at TIFF travels fast. Sometimes, a little too fast. And Lion surprised everybody when it premiered on Saturday to "ugly cries" and a standing ovation. It's the based-on-a-true-story Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara adoption movie that is seemingly sponsored by By Joanna • Sep 12, 2016 09:49 am
Quiveration Oscar & Garrett pre-TIFF Oscar Isaac was at TIFF last night for The Promise. Although, I SAW HIM FIRST, I did not see him in Toronto. Because my assignment on Sunday was Tom Ford and the Nocturnal Animals carpet which, to be honest, I’m not mad at that. It’s Tom Ford. Anyway, By Lainey • Sep 12, 2016 09:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nate Parker dodges, Gabrielle Union does the opposite Last week when I wrote about Gabrielle Union’s powerful op-ed for the LA Times where she addressed Nate Parker’s rape allegations, I noted that Gabrielle’s piece made it impossible for the topic to be avoided at TIFF. The cast of The Birth of a Nation did By Kathleen • Sep 12, 2016 09:01 am
