Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, Friday August 14, 2015 This 2003 Vanity Fair cover has been floating around Insta – Mandy Moore posted it. And out of all of them, would it have been so hard to predict that Lindsay’s career would be in the worst shape? It’s not even a career anymore – she basically just hangs out By Maria • Aug 14, 2015 02:20 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Letter That Made Me A Liar Duana! I am in need of help - I have a baby girl due in August and we are stuck in a rut with names. Everyone keeps writing in that they are all set on girl names, and stumped on boy names - I am the complete opposite. Had this By Duana • Aug 14, 2015 01:32 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Jessica Biel’s plans There’s FKA twigs and then there’s Jessica Biel, who was photographed yesterday leaving the gym in LA. If I were a celebrity I would never go to the gym. There’d be a gym at my house. Yesterday on the show I tried a great workout called Pound. By Lainey • Aug 14, 2015 01:18 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Halle’s horrible dress I hate this colour so maybe I’m predisposed to hating this dress. But we are fighting if you’re into it. I mean it might work with that f-cking bandeau but oh my God, it’s junior fashion design and I want so much better for Halle Berry, I By Lainey • Aug 14, 2015 12:59 pm
Music “The way you dismiss me will turn into missing me” FKA twigs released her third EP yesterday called M3LL155X along with a short film that includes four of the five songs. It’s 17 mesmerising minutes that don’t feel like a commitment at all because, well, she’s not James Franco. twigs directed the film herself to illustrate what By Lainey • Aug 14, 2015 12:44 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Sophia’s tux dress On my list for what I want for fall. And this one is pretty perfect. I had my heart set on a sleeveless option but I feel like maybe the sleeves would last me longer. By Lainey • Aug 14, 2015 12:23 pm
Child Stars Miley’s Hannah Montana regrets As you’ve seen, Miley Cyrus covers the new issue of Marie Claire. As already covered, most of the initial reaction to her interview had to do with what she said about Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood video – click here for a refresher. The magazine has released new quotes from By Lainey • Aug 14, 2015 12:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Joel Edgerton’s The Gift So you know how I was just recently saying that actor-directors are usually bad? Well, funny thing, Joel Edgerton just released his directorial debut, The Gift, and it’s really good. So while yes, fewer actors should become directors, Joel Edgerton gets a pass because he is actually good at By Sarah • Aug 14, 2015 11:43 am
Douchebags You oughta know, Ben Affleck Yesterday on The Social, we talked about Ben Affleck’s nanny situation, and Jess Allen invoked Monica Lewinsky, and how she was shamed for so many years and had to withdraw until recently, comparing it to how it is now – example, Christine Ouzounian, who certainly isn’t withdrawing. After all, By Lainey • Aug 14, 2015 11:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jason Segel is gunning for Oscar in The End of the Tour And he is the best part of The End of the Tour, a movie that would have been better served as a play. Based on David Lipskey’s aborted Rolling Stone interview of David Foster Wallace just after Infinite Jest was published—which Lipskey later turned into the book Although By Sarah • Aug 14, 2015 10:36 am
Music The Britney Effect 2015 Buzzfeed posted a piece on Britney yesterday. Duana texted it to me. Many of you forwarded it to me. The article is about how this week, Britney’s been performing at a higher level than we’ve seen from her in a long time. We’ll get to that in By Lainey • Aug 14, 2015 10:10 am
Intro for August 14, 2015 Dear Gossips, This week, The Hollywood Reporter has been posting a series of articles about Gossip and its value. Yes. Value. That was the subject of my TED Talk a few years ago. And over at THR, Michael Wolff addressed the significance of gossip in a piece called The Gossip By Lainey • Aug 14, 2015 09:12 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, Thursday August 13, 2015 Apple and Gwyneth on the beach. G is working on a new cookbook, focusing on healthy 30-minute meals. Reportedly it will feature 125 recipes that are low in fat, low in sugar and many are gluten-free. The promotional blurb mentions foregoing take-out for cooking, twice. But isn’t G doing By Maria • Aug 13, 2015 03:29 pm
Weddings FKA twigs & Robert Pattinson’s wedding push PEOPLE posted a story late yesterday afternoon about FKA twigs and Robert Pattinson’s upcoming wedding. They’ve been engaged a few months. And apparently the wedding has been pushed back, not because they’re unsure but because, at least according to PEOPLE’s sources, twigs can’t decide what By Lainey • Aug 13, 2015 02:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Black Panther has finally arrived Captain America: Civil War has moved to Berlin for the last bit of filming, and as they are shooting outside in public, the inevitable has happened and we’ve finally got our first look at the Black Panther. Yesterday while filming a stunt sequence, the Black Panther’s costume was By Sarah • Aug 13, 2015 02:33 pm
Sports Where are your rings? Check out Tom Brady in New York yesterday after his hearing – he’s appealing the NFL suspension after Deflategate – and then later on in the evening he stepped out in casual clothes, looking relaxed and confident under a baseball cap. Deflategate isn’t the only reason Tom’s been in By Lainey • Aug 13, 2015 12:53 pm
