Equality Issues The problem with Lee Daniels Lee Daniels caught a lot of backlash over a tweet he made about the role played by Glenn Close in his new Netflix film, The Deliverance. In the tweet, he referred to Alberta, Glenn’s character, as “part of the fabric of our community”. And it did not sit well By Stephanie • Sep 03, 2024 12:45 pm
Joaquin Phoenix Here Comes Gaga Back in July, when the Venice Film Festival schedule was taking shape, I wrote a post about the Queens of Venice and how it would be the actresses dominating on the Lido. All of the queens I mentioned in that article have showed up and delivered – save one. And it’ By Lainey • Sep 03, 2024 11:46 am
Business of Hollywood Sebastian Stan’s Trump movie got a deal Over the weekend, The Apprentice, Ali Abassi’s Donald Trump biopic starring Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, had its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. Reviews for the film are (so far) mixed-positive, with many noting its reception depends on one’s personal tolerance for Trump, and whether By Sarah • Sep 03, 2024 10:45 am
Daniel Craig Daniel and Rachel: Campaigning Together? One of the most highly anticipated titles to world premiere in Venice is Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, based on William S Burroughs’s novella by the same name, starring Daniel Craig. The photo call was today, the gala is happening tonight, and it seems Daniel will have a date on By Lainey • Sep 03, 2024 09:58 am
Julianne Moore Intro for September 3, 2024 Dear Gossips, It’s a brand new school year, we’re back from a brief break and just in time for the gossip gold rush. The Venice Film Festival has been underway for a few days, Telluride was happening this past weekend, TIFF kicks off on Thursday, New York Fashion By Lainey • Sep 03, 2024 09:20 am
What Else What Else? PROGRAMMING NOTE: Today is our last posting day of the week ahead of Labour Day weekend. We will be dark Thursday and Friday as our team is taking two extra days to rest; because starting on Tuesday, we probably won’t be getting much rest as Sarah and I will By Lainey • Aug 28, 2024 04:17 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 28, 2024 Chrissy Teigen has invested in ChainFEST, a food festival founded by B.J. Novak and various chefs and business partners. The concept is elevating chain-restaurant foods, like Panda Express orange chicken and Pizza Hut. This review was last year was not great and that’s from the Hollywood Reporter. The By Maria • Aug 28, 2024 03:09 pm
Style Winona in Venice The Venice Film Festival opening gala was tonight. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is being featured and there were a lot of stars in the attendance but when Winona Ryder’s on the red carpet, she’ll always be my main character. Isn’t this the most Winona premiere outfit, like, ever? She’ By Lainey • Aug 28, 2024 02:22 pm
As Seen on Social Media As Seen On Social Media: Angelina’s trench, Nicola Coughlan’s baby doll dress Angelina Just Existing When Angelina Jolie emerges, people perk up. Her style has always been quite set – no prints, no pops of colour. A lot of neutral “uniform” dressing pieces with black, cream and grey. Very understated, very classic. Her clothing line, Atelier Jolie, has a storefront that is only By Maria • Aug 28, 2024 01:02 pm
Business of Hollywood A New Deal for New Heights Let me do that annoying thing where I quote myself and it’ll be especially irritating because I’m doing it off the top of a post. Back in early July, after Travis Kelce joined Taylor Swift on stage at Wembley and he talked about it later on the New By Lainey • Aug 28, 2024 11:44 am
Reality TV Another (inevitable?) Bravo breakup After five years of marriage, Brittany Cartwright filed for divorce from Jax Taylor yesterday, citing irreconcilable differences as the cause for the split. She listed the date of separation as January 24, 2024, which makes sense, considering the explosive finale of The Valley culminated with Brittany leaving their marital home By Stephanie • Aug 28, 2024 10:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Demi’s pre-Midnight Madness Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley were in London last night for a screening of their film, The Substance. The Substance premiered in Cannes back in May and as I wrote at the time, even before her 13-minute standing ovation, there was buzz about this movie and Demi’s performance in By Lainey • Aug 28, 2024 09:59 am
TV Updates Intro for August 28, 2024 Dear Gossips, Yesterday this space was dedicated to the DNC production team’s Show Your Work in how they put together a political event that was also a four-day television miniseries. We’re sticking with that today because Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, aka the showrunner and director, did an By Lainey • Aug 28, 2024 09:16 am
What Else What Else? Venice opens tomorrow and ten years ago, Birdman was at the festival and would go on to win Best Picture at the Oscars. Michael Keaton and Emma Stone were on the carpet to kick off their award season run; she wore green velvet Valentino, a gorgeous dress against her red By Lainey • Aug 27, 2024 04:18 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 27, 2024 What tour? THE WORLD TOUR. (It’s actually five cities.) What else could it be today but the Gallagher brothers. Thank you for all the panicked messages on social media – I’ve heard you all loud and clear. It’s all happening. Hayley Williams and Shawn Mendes are just two By Maria • Aug 27, 2024 02:44 pm
Style Angelina: Maria and TIFF The Venice Film Festival kicks off tomorrow and one of the most highly anticipated premieres is happening on Thursday – Pablo Larraín’s Maria, starring Angelina Jolie, will screen there before Telluride, and for months people have been saying that Angelina’s performance in the film could be nominated for an By Lainey • Aug 27, 2024 01:26 pm
