Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans wears tight sweater for Civil War at D23 SOME SPOILERS Disney’s in-house fan convention, D23, was this past weekend, and after skipping out on Comic-Con, Marvel showed up with both barrels loaded. After a video message from Benedict Cumberbatch and a teaser for Dr. Strange unveiling some psychedelic concept art, Marvel chief Kevin Feige moved By Sarah • Aug 17, 2015 10:22 am
BFFs Joan & Julia: collected! (and Julia’s Amal shoes) Taylor Swift played two shows in Santa Clara this weekend, getting ever closer to the five performances she’ll put on at Staples Centre in LA starting on Friday where the Friend Collecting is expected to be major…if Santa Clara was any indication. Because Joan Baez and Julia Roberts By Lainey • Aug 17, 2015 09:50 am
Masters of Sex Home Truths Masters Of Sex Season 3 Episode 6 recap When I was hearing some particularly unpleasant criticism growing up, I’d get all indignant. Like “how could you say such things to me?!” (N.B. the things were probably like “your clothes look wrinkled and bad because you leave them in By Duana • Aug 17, 2015 09:26 am
Madonna Intro for August 17, 2015 Dear Gossips, It was Madonna’s 57th birthday yesterday. There was a party. She posted some photos on Instagram, none of which are as interesting as the photo she posted a few days earlier, of Sean Penn, who turns 55 today. Look at this: Its almost our birthdays!! 2 Leo& By Lainey • Aug 17, 2015 08:59 am
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 little munchkin 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, 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 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
