Xenu A “timely intervention” After screening at Sundance, HBO has released the first trailer for Going Clear, the documentary about Scientology. There are no faces. Just voices. And reviews from major media outlets. And images of… machinery. Machines for minds. Machines for brainwashing? And words like the ones in the title. “A timely intervention. By Lainey • Feb 20, 2015 10:25 am
Royals Prince Charles sold out his sons? The BBC aired a super gossipy documentary yesterday called Reinventing The Royals amid reports that the royal family pushed to delay the original air date after learning that the film alleges that Prince Charles had his advisors exploit his sons to boost his popularity and reputation after Diana died. The By Lainey • Feb 20, 2015 10:08 am
Scandal Everyone Speaks Farsi Scandal Season 4 Episode 14 recap We did it! And inexplicably Liv has all of her coats with her! Hooray for coats! No, seriously, I didn’t see this coming at all. I did think she’d manage to weasel her way out of a buy from Iran, because she By Duana • Feb 20, 2015 09:52 am
How To Get Away With Murder Patience Is Rewarded How To Get Away With Murder Season 1 Episode 13 recap Once again, good things come to those who wait. Now we understand what we need to know about Frank, about Bonnie, and blissfully, everything we already wanted to be true about Asher. We learned a lot – a lot about By Duana • Feb 20, 2015 09:38 am
Intro for February 20, 2015 Dear Gossips, It’s Oscar weekend! Have you submitted your ballot yet? The prize is $500 to spend at Homesense and an Alexander McQueen bag and a beauty products gift bag. All told, the winner’s getting almost $3000 in gifts. Click here to enter. Am in LA this weekend By Lainey • Feb 20, 2015 09:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bond & Bellucci in Rome Daniel Craig and Monica Bellucci posed in Rome yesterday. Production on Spectre will begin in Rome on March 8th. It’s been kind of a bumpy ride so far. Craig hurt his knee earlier this month in studio in London and a crew member was injured last week in Austria. By Lainey • Feb 19, 2015 01:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will there be sing-yelling at the Oscars? Musicals are not my bag, so I had to brace myself to watch The Last 5 Years, an adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s musical. I still ended up texting Lainey ten minutes in, electrically shouting that they wouldn’t stop singing because THEY WOULDN’T STOP SINGING. Musicals are By Sarah • Feb 19, 2015 01:22 pm
Lifestyle Sasha finds: Hooded Leather Jackets Hi Sasha! I love your column and wondering if you could answer my need with a leather jacket with hood that is a different fabric. I'm hoping to stay under a 1000 dollars if possible. D ___ It’s the perfect time to start thinking about getting out of By Sasha • Feb 19, 2015 12:58 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Culotte Jumpsuits Hi Sasha! Culotte jumpsuit? Does that exist? If so, can you go on your expert hunt? xo T ___ I’m all about this look and so happy that you wrote in asking! It’s still a tad too early to be shopping for something like this, but I put my By Sasha • Feb 19, 2015 12:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Go Mae! Ha. Look at Mae Whitman. In the best outfit she’s ever worn. For the premiere of The DUFF in NYC last night. The DUFF opens this weekend. Mae plays The DUFF– Designated Ugly Fat Friend. Robbie Amell is her childhood best friend, next door neighbour, nemesis, and, well, I By Lainey • Feb 19, 2015 12:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scarlett Johansson is testing for psychopaths Scarlett Johansson’s career re-direct over the last several years is impressive. She’s become one of the very few actresses who can open an action movie, she’s retained her artistic indie cred, she’s doing the motherhood thing without turning it into a career move, and she has By Sarah • Feb 19, 2015 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dakota flirting I don’t think I’ve talked about Fifty Shades Of Grey at all this week. Have I? Pretty sure no. Pretty sure I haven’t asked you about Dakota Johnson yet. As I told you last week in my review of the movie, she totally makes the movie. You By Lainey • Feb 19, 2015 11:40 am
Media Manipulation Ewan McGregor realizes the dream, becomes own boss The film adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel American Pastoral has undergone some upheaval during its development. First Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly were going to star as the central couple, then Bettany dropped out and was replaced by Ewan McGregor—but Connelly stuck around (does that make for weird By Sarah • Feb 19, 2015 11:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Carey Mulligan is Just.So.Good. We studied Thomas Hardy for a few weeks in one of my elective Fem-Lit university classes one year. I was not great with attendance at the time. There was a casino that had just opened two hours away. My parents were out of the country. For several months, I made By Lainey • Feb 19, 2015 10:59 am
TV Updates Norm Macdonald’s SNL Story Time Lainey emailed me last night and said I needed to go look at Norm Macdonald’s Twitter. So I did and it turns out that Macdonald, who appeared on SNL40 over the weekend, was having an SNL-themed story time about the week running up to the anniversary special. The big By Sarah • Feb 19, 2015 10:39 am
Bad Style Blake at Marchesa Blake Lively was at the Marchesa presentation last night in New York. She wore Marchesa at her wedding. And there’s the Harvey Weinstein connection. OK but... If you’ve been visiting this site for some time, you know how I feel about Marchesa. They send some janky ass sh-t By Lainey • Feb 19, 2015 10:17 am
