Christina Applegate A Chris Hemsworth/Will Ferrell comparison in Vacation There are seven movies in the Vacation franchise—can you name them all?—and only two of them are any good: National Lampoon’s Vacation, and Christmas Vacation. John Hughes wrote both (and he co-wrote European Vacation), and the first Vacation movie—the best of the bunch—was directed By Sarah • Jul 30, 2015 11:45 am
Cheating Loins The nanny loves Ben Affleck US Weekly published an exclusive yesterday about Ben Affleck’s affair with former nanny Christine Ouzounian, scooping PEOPLE Magazine. PEOPLE followed shortly after with a strong denial from Ben Affleck; his rep claimed that they were considering legal options. Sure. But in that same post, PEOPLE goes on to reiterate By Lainey • Jul 30, 2015 11:14 am
Maple Leaf Intro for July 30, 2015 Dear Gossips, Can’t go a day right now without hearing Where Are U Now at least a dozen times. So far, on my drive to work this morning, it’s already been twice. Justin Bieber told Ryan Seacrest he has a new track called What Do You Mean dropping By Lainey • Jul 30, 2015 09:40 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, Wednesday July 29, 2015 I tried to resist but how could I not post this photo? It has a baby and Taylor Swift. Meeting my boy. @jaime_king @kyle_newman A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) onJul 28, 2015 at 2:39pm PDT Lainey’s post today made me want to check in By Maria • Jul 29, 2015 04:56 pm
Hook Ups Michelle Williams is in love because she reads A couple of years ago I blogged about my obsession with writer couples: Zadie Smith and Nick Laird, Vendela Vida and Dave Eggers, Nicole Krauss and Jonathan Safran Foer. Click here for a refresher. Jonathan Safran Foer you know, likely from Everything Is Illuminated. Have you read Krauss’s The By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 04:33 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: How about a Z-sounding S? Hi Duana! Please help! My sister's first child (a boy) is due in early August and she wanted me to write to you because they are not even close to finding a name! We are Persian and both my sister and I and my two daughters have flower By Duana • Jul 29, 2015 04:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Spotlight at the top We must be approaching award season because the fall festivals have announced their lineups, led by TIFF, and now we’re starting to get trailers for the Oscar baity movies we’ll be watching in the fall. There’s a lot of good-looking stuff coming up, but the one By Sarah • Jul 29, 2015 04:03 pm
Smutty Surgery Et Tu, Gisele? It hasn’t been a great week for Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen. First, the NFL upheld his #Deflategate suspension (I don’t follow sports — at all — and even I’m interested in this because of the cheating Golden Boy aspect) and now, Gisele has allegedly been “caught” sneaking into By Maria • Jul 29, 2015 02:41 pm
TV Updates Michelle Tanner is back? If you Google it, you’ll probably see that most of the headlines suggest that Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen could be returning to Netflix’s Full House new series. As you know, when it was first announced that the show was coming back, the twins were not confirmed, and By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 01:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Woody Allen made the same movie again Woody Allen makes basically two movies: Annie Hall, and Crimes and Misdemeanors. When he’s on his game, you get, well, Annie Hall and Crimes and Misdemeanors. When he’s not, you get Magic in the Moonlight and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion. His latest movie—his forty-fifth, By Sarah • Jul 29, 2015 01:08 pm
Cheating Loins Ben’s denials and the tabloid competition US Weekly’s cover story about Ben Affleck dating the nanny is a major get for the magazine, especially over PEOPLE. His publicist has been working hard to get out the denial, telling Gossip Cop that: “People’s lives are at stake, and they chose to try to sell more By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 11:48 am
Amazingness Tom Cruise waited As mentioned the other day, I interviewed Tom Cruise at the Toronto premiere of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation on Monday night for etalk. Am breaking up the analysis of the interview into different parts because there’s so much to say. For this post in particular, following the Cara Delevingne By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 11:24 am
Cringe Cara Delevingne’s cringey interview Cara Delevingne was interviewed by Good Morning Sacramento recently to promote Paper Towns. I interviewed Cara last year at TIFF. I found her beguiling and sweet and real. None of that showed up this time though, with this particular outlet. But there were problems on both sides. First of all, By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 10:00 am
Break Ups Ben Affleck and the nanny US Weekly has the exclusive – Ben Affleck is dating a woman who used to be the nanny. Her name is Christine Ouzounian, 28 years old. Supposedly she and Ben started dating during Ben and Jennifer Garner’s secret 10 month trial separation. Whatever. We’ve already analysed the legitimacy of By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 09:05 am
Ben Affleck Intro for July 29, 2015 Dear Gossips, The nanny! Oh my God, Ben Affleck is so…basic. The nanny is pretty much the MiniVan Majority’s worst nightmare – it’s either Angelina Jolie or the nanny. So the poor decision making continues. Ben Affleck cannot help himself. More on this in today’s first post. By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 08:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Seth Rogen’s other f*ck-off holiday movie Last holiday season’s movie talk was dominated by The Interview, the Seth Rogen movie that may or may not have prompted the Sony Hack. Sony famously dumped The Interview’s release, fearing further action from the hackers—they were already on their knees, it wasn’t an unreasonable thought— By Sarah • Jul 28, 2015 04:10 pm
