Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 5, 2016 Dear Gossips, There were at least two new listicle-style posts online yesterday about the hotness of Oscar Isaac. Oh really? Because remember when I SAW HIM FIRST? Anyway, Oscar was born in the Year of the Goat. He was actually born on my ma’s birthday in 1979 which could By Lainey • Feb 05, 2016 09:07 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, February 4, 2016 Love this behind the scenes shot – Helen Mirren is thinking, “That’s right, worship me.” Click the link in our bio for a behind-the-scenes look at Annie Leibovitz’s all-female Hollywood Issue cover shoot. Photograph by @Rdwilliams. A photo posted by Vanity Fair (@vanityfair) onFeb 4, 2016 at 9:09am By Maria • Feb 04, 2016 04:43 pm
Blind Riddles Reese Witherspoon’s blind riddle As previously mentioned in the Kerry Washington post, Reese Witherspoon is featured in Entertainment Weekly’s Beyond Beautiful article and drops a blind riddle about opportunities for women in Hollywood: “About four years ago I got sent an awful, terrible script. And this male star was starring in it, and By Lainey • Feb 04, 2016 04:27 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Rahua gets a gold star for hair care Keeping on my all natural tip, it’s now time to turn to my first post on hair products and I’m giving the gold star to Rahua. Now, I’ll keep it real with you: this ain’t cheap (I’m working on finding others at a better price By Sasha • Feb 04, 2016 04:10 pm
Equality Issues Kerry Washington and the pressure to be extraordinary Kerry Washington, Eva Longoria, Elizabeth Banks, and Reese Witherspoon are featured together on the cover of the new issue of Entertainment Weekly for a discussion about women in entertainment – the pressures, the expectations, the inequality, their achievements, and their goals. The article is called Beyond Beautiful. In the highlighted excerpts, By Lainey • Feb 04, 2016 03:44 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: 50 Miles in New York I’m turning 50 this year and have decided to celebrate by walking 50 miles in one day with a friend of mine who’s also just turned 50. After much debating about location, we’ve settled on the streets/parks of NYC for a variety of reasons (easy access By Hayley • Feb 04, 2016 03:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pine and Casey Affleck in The Finest Hours The second maritime disaster movie in as many months, following December’s In the Heart of the Sea, The Finest Hours, like that other movie, did not have a terribly impressive opening weekend. That’s consistent with Sea, suggesting that people don’t really have an appetite for boat movies By Sarah • Feb 04, 2016 01:16 pm
David Bowie Iman steps out Iman was photographed in New York on Tuesday, walking her dog. It’s the first time she’s been seen in public since the passing of David Bowie almost a month ago now. I’m posting these shots because I think they were meant to be posted. The credited photographer By Lainey • Feb 04, 2016 12:32 pm
Music Johnny Depp: Grammys not Oscars Johnny Depp was not nominated for an Oscar. You think Amber Heard was more disappointed than he was? Well, she definitely gets to go to the Grammys now. Does that help? The Recording Academy announced this morning that The Hollywood Vampires will perform at the Grammys on Monday, February 15th. By Lainey • Feb 04, 2016 11:40 am
TV Updates Louis CK’s surprise new show, “Horace and Pete” On Saturday Louis CK released a new show on his website with absolutely no fuss or fanfare. For five dollars you can buy the first episode of Horace and Pete directly from CK (over here, if you’re interested). This first episode is sixty-seven minutes long, and the setup on By Sarah • Feb 04, 2016 11:09 am
Weddings George Clooney’s 25 minute proposal George Clooney broadcast his Venice wedding to Amal Clooney in Vanity Fair, PEOPLE, Hello!, and VOGUE. So, like, not exactly private. Now he’s telling us via Ellen DeGeneres about how he proposed to Amal. It was 25 minutes long. At one point he uses the word “horrible”. And at By Lainey • Feb 04, 2016 10:58 am
Music Rihanna plays with George Rihanna and George Clooney are on Ellen today. We’ll get to him later. Right now, let’s talk about her. And their game of Never Have I Ever. The video is below …and it’s pretty cute. It’s cute because whenever George claims he’s never done something, By Lainey • Feb 04, 2016 09:59 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 4, 2016 Dear Gossips, The Grammy Awards are happening next Monday, February 15th. Ed Sheeran is one of the nominees. He’ll be there. But it doesn’t sound like he wants to be? “I wasn’t going to attend even after getting nominated, because I’ve been the last three years By Lainey • Feb 04, 2016 09:37 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Dakota’s coat, shoes, and pleats I’m telling you. I’ve been on the pleats. They’re everywhere. I wish I could see more of these purple pleats. But I’m also pretty obsessed with this coat. The shoes though… Clog heels. Cloggy heels. How come, um, I don’t entirely despise them? I’m By Lainey • Feb 03, 2016 04:51 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, February 3, 2016 Liam and his adorable dog (I think that’s Dora?). Try to control yourselves. A photo posted by Liam Hemsworth (@liamhemsworth) onFeb 3, 2016 at 7:30am PST Fine, make a video, but why is he up front and she’s playing back up? It should be the other way By Maria • Feb 03, 2016 04:38 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Can baby make Three? Hi Duana! As a long-time lurker, I never expected to be writing in. We have twins, a boy and a girl, and have spent the years since they were born swearing that we were DONE. (With much snark and vigor, I'm afraid.) And now - we are, somehow, By Duana • Feb 03, 2016 04:25 pm