Relationship Assumption Taylor’s next long weekend We’re coming up on a long weekend here in North America. The last major long weekend in the United States was the Fourth of July, also known as #Taymerica. That’s when Taylor Swift gathered all her friends together at her place in Rhode Island and invited us to By Lainey • Sep 01, 2016 01:11 pm
TV Live Blog Stranger-er Things Yesterday Netflix puts nerds everywhere out of their misery by announcing that Stranger Things will get a second season, due in 2017. The announcement came via video, with what seem to be episode titles for nine new episodes, including “Mad Max”, “The Pollywog”, “The Brain”, and “The Lost Brother”. The By Sarah • Sep 01, 2016 12:23 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Lupita’s US Open wrap This look! All about this look, top to bottom. LOVE the shape of the wrap. Love that it matches her top. Love the high waisted pants. And I love the metallic on the feet. PS. That is not her boyfriend, Daily Mail. By Lainey • Sep 01, 2016 11:30 am
Beyoncé Beyoncé & Blue go shopping At Bergdorf’s yesterday in New York. No bags though. They’d ruin the shots. And also, since when does Beyoncé carry her own bags? Anyway, it’s been four days since Beyoncé demolished the VMAs. And in four days it’s Bey Day. That’s her birthday, her 35th By Lainey • Sep 01, 2016 11:24 am
Top Reads Another kiss on stage No curving this time… Drake’s second show in Miami last night. And this time, Rihanna joined him on stage. The last time they were on stage together, at the VMAs, the internet lit up with speculation about whether or not she avoided his mouth. There was no avoiding here. By Lainey • Sep 01, 2016 11:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hiddleston’s Bond dream isn’t dead yet Earlier this week UK paper The Sun published a list of actors supposedly up for consideration as the next James Bond which includes the usual suspects—Idris Elba and Tom Hiddleston—and also people like Michael Fassbender and Luke Evans. The Sun’s list reads like a cross between Tumblr By Sarah • Sep 01, 2016 10:33 am
Quiveration Charlie and my eye Appreciate your emails and tweets about my stank eye yesterday. Thank you! It still hurts and it’s probably still gross but I can open it wide enough to ogle Charlie Hunnam. Which is maybe why this happened in the first place. There’s an old wives’ tale in Chinese By Lainey • Sep 01, 2016 10:11 am
Intro for September 1, 2016 Dear Gossips, Tomorrow is September 2nd and, you’ll recall, I promised to remind you that that’s when Brock Turner, who raped his unconscious victim behind a dumpster, will be released from county jail. Brock Turner was originally sentenced to 6 months but only had to serve half of By Lainey • Sep 01, 2016 09:35 am
Amazingness Into the Matrix of Jaden and Willow It's like Jaden and Willow Smith knew I was having a sh-tty week. It's like they collectively decided to pose for an UNREAL post-apocalyptic photo spread and take part in a new joint feature in Interview magazine as a gift, specifically for me. It& By Kathleen • Aug 31, 2016 12:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Watching Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander fall in love Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander will walk their first red carpet together tomorrow at the worldwide premiere of The Light Between Oceans at the Venice Film Festival (the premiere of Steve Jobs at NYFF last October does not necessarily count). It's interesting too, because this is the movie By Joanna • Aug 31, 2016 11:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Meryl Streep in Florence Foster Jenkins The catch-up continues with Meryl Streep’s latest Oscar vehicle, Florence Foster Jenkins. I want to sh*t on this movie for being too saccharine and unevenly balanced between its two leads, but this movie is explicitly about NOT sh*itting on people who are trying really hard, even By Sarah • Aug 31, 2016 10:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Miles Teller and Jonah Hill in War Dogs Playing a little catch up as we close out August, starting with Todd Phillips’ latest bro-nightmare movie, War Dogs. For a director known for comedies—namely The Hangover trilogy, but also Road Trip, Old School, and Due Date, among others—Phillips doesn’t seem to like directing comedies. He By Sarah • Aug 31, 2016 09:56 am
Equality Issues Nate Parker apologizes We aren’t done talking about Nate Parker. In an exclusive in-depth interview with Ebony released over the weekend, Parker addressed, as Ebony calls it, the “growing firestorm surrounding his 1999 rape allegation.” Nate Parker spoke with senior editor Britni Danielle for 25 minutes about consent, toxic masculinity and By Kathleen • Aug 31, 2016 09:23 am
Rihanna Intro for August 31, 2016 Dear Gossips, Since last Monday I've been dealing with some kind of eye stye. It got worse then better and actually popped while I was on live TV last Tuesday and, after the initial alarm - blurry vision - I got really excited because I love gross sh-t and By Lainey • Aug 31, 2016 09:00 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Drake loves Rihanna I spent last night reading up on all the Drake Loves Rihanna So Much articles, obsessively. Seemed like every outlet, every website had one going. VOGUE posted a timeline of their relationship. And Vox. And then there were all the articles about whether or not she friendzoned him – the Daily By Lainey • Aug 30, 2016 03:10 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media for August 30, 2016 His biggest client is Justin Bieber and his penis, but Scooter is becoming a major power player (and he’s only 35). Here he is at dinner with Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, David Geffen, Les Moonves, Neil Portnow (the president/CEO of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences By Maria • Aug 30, 2016 02:22 pm