TV Updates Oh the shenanigans Sorry for the lame title, but you’ll see why in a minute. Nicholas Sparks is developing a sitcom about a divorced middle aged man. See? Shenanigans! It’s long been part of the pop culture narrative that Nicholas Sparks is some kind of romantic genius but really he struck By Maria • Oct 06, 2015 04:39 pm
Top Reads Ashley Judd and the studio mogul who sexually harassed her Variety has released its Power of Women issue. As part of the issue, Ashley Judd revealed to the magazine that she’d been sexually harassed by one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. She describes him as “one of our industry’s most famous, admired-slash-reviled bosses”. OK. So… we By Lainey • Oct 06, 2015 04:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rooney Mara feels really bad about this whole Tiger Lily thing Casting Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily in Pan is not a move that went over well anywhere, and since she’s doing press to promote the movie, which comes out this weekend, Mara is now answering questions about the casting and whitewashing of what should have been a high-profile role By Sarah • Oct 06, 2015 03:10 pm
Media Manipulation First Class Jennifer Aniston As mentioned a few weeks ago, Jennifer Aniston is now repping Emirates Airlines (click here for a refresher). The first commercial has now been released online. Jen’s in a bathrobe on the plane looking for the shower. She asks for help from some crusty airline employees who offer her By Lainey • Oct 06, 2015 01:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Andy G & Michael Shannon in 99 Homes Ramin Bahrani’s latest film, 99 Homes, makes for an interesting companion piece to Spotlight and the lesser Sicario, in that all three films deal with disillusionment and the corruption of an idealized system. Spotlight examines the putrid rot at the core of an ancient organization that’s become more By Sarah • Oct 06, 2015 12:12 pm
Cheating Loins Claire Danes’s version of “the heart wants what it wants” Claire Danes is promoting the new season of Homeland. She was interviewed yesterday by Howard Stern. And Howard asked her about the time she had an affair with Billy Crudup and he ended up leaving Mary-Louise Parker when she was 7 months pregnant to be with her. And why aren’ By Lainey • Oct 06, 2015 11:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ellen Page joins the pointless remake crowd Remakes have been a part of cinema from the beginning—The Wizard of Oz is a remake—so I’m not going to waste my time complaining about their existence. Movie remakes happen, they’re part of the cinematic landscape. Fine. But if we’re going to remake movies, especially By Sarah • Oct 06, 2015 11:07 am
Hook Ups Rihanna covers Vanity Fair We are still waiting on confirmation about Rihanna’s 8th album. It’s still not ready. And this cover shoot and interview may have been booked at a time when they all thought it would be ready by now. But that doesn’t take away from how open Rihanna is By Lainey • Oct 06, 2015 10:38 am
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone Intro for October 6, 2015 Dear Gossips, Received a few emails yesterday asking what I thought after seeing Taylor Swift on tour in Toronto on Friday night. I was waiting because last night I was at Madonna’s Rebel Heart and I wanted to see if I was ready to betray my generation, the original By Lainey • Oct 06, 2015 10:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews My Obsession is intense Sam Taylor-Johnson posted this shot to Instagram last night: Night before he starts his new movie ❤️ @aarontaylorjohnson A photo posted by Director (@samtaylorjohnson) onOct 4, 2015 at 7:45pm PDT The film is likely Nocturnal Animals. Tom Ford is directing. Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams are the leads. Not a By Lainey • Oct 05, 2015 05:17 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, Monday October 5, 2015 John Mayer thinks Miley is a whack genius. Kate and Britney have a few things in common: hair colour, children and JT. Remember Kate’s flirtation with Justin? He could never handle her. A photo posted by Britney Spears (@britneyspears) onOct 4, 2015 at 11:45am PDT There were a By Maria • Oct 05, 2015 05:01 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Zuma on camera Gwen Stefani took her kids to church this weekend. And while her jumpsuit is amazing, her son, Zuma, totally took over the photo opportunity. Look at this kid. First of all, his hair is the best. Second, his glasses are even better. And third, he obviously loves his life. Or, By Lainey • Oct 05, 2015 04:40 pm
TV Updates Jennifer & Justin’s first married red carpet The Leftovers season 2 premiere in Austin on Saturday – Jennifer Aniston was there to support her husband on their first ever red carpet as a married couple; it happened exactly two months ago today. Two month anniversary? That’s wrong because an anniversary is annual. I once asked a smartass By Lainey • Oct 05, 2015 04:08 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Strife, Drama, and definitely not Otto Hi Duana, We are expecting our second child in early October and we are not finding out the sex. We have a daughter named Alice (thankfully the royals side-stepped it!). We know it’s not really unique, but it’s not widely used where we live…(yet). Coming up with By Duana • Oct 05, 2015 03:27 pm
Girly Throw Downs Julianna, what’s good? Girl Sh-t is the Best Sh-t. Especially when one girl tries to deny the sh-t and the other asks her… what’s good? via GIPHY As you know, the final scene on The Good Wife between Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi was spliced together, presumably – but totally – because they hate By Lainey • Oct 05, 2015 01:18 pm
Maple Leaf Nina & Austin’s first red carpet Nina Dobrev and boyfriend Austin Stowell walked their first premiere red carpet together at the NYFF premiere of his film, Bridge of Spies, on Sunday. The two were previously snapped together at a New York Fashion Week event last month but this is step-and-repeat. It’s a whole other level. By Joanna • Oct 05, 2015 12:22 pm
