Media Manipulation Benedict Cumberbatch gets ahead of the game Benedict Cumberbatch has a GREAT new interview with TimeOut London in which he talks about both his Oscar chances and the kingmaker grooming him for center stage. The Batch is always an interesting interview for several reasons: 1) He’s 38 and fame came late-ish for him, striking in his By Sarah • Oct 01, 2014 11:49 am
Gorgessity Michelle Williams Star Trek Michelle Williams showed up at the Louis Vuitton show for Paris Fashion Week today. She represents the brand. And today she represented the brand in a Star Trek inspired top. At least that’s what I see. Do you? LOVE it. Love the way she’s wearing her hair. Love By Lainey • Oct 01, 2014 11:25 am
Media Manipulation Ben Affleck’s dick and superhero swirl Ben Affleck has been all over New York promoting Gone Girl, opening this weekend. I was just making plans to see Gone Girl on Friday with my cousin Cat and her husband who’s celebrating a birthday. All depends on how it goes when they cut my lip open and By Lainey • Oct 01, 2014 10:46 am
Relationship Assumption Amal Alamuddin 101 More details every day from PEOPLE about the Amal Alamuddin-George Clooney wedding. Blah blah blah they love each other, blah blah blah it’s a fairy tale romance. What’s most fascinating to me is the insight into what Amal’s like. We don’t get that upfront with quotes By Lainey • Oct 01, 2014 10:25 am
Lifestyle Sasha’s INTO IT: Free People Ryder Ruana WHAT: FREE PEOPLE RYDER RUANA WHERE: CLICK HERE WHY: Last week I blasted your face with might I say, a pretty great cape/poncho assortment, but somehow this Free People one fell through the cape cracks. So I had to bring this to your attention STAT because it might just By Sasha • Oct 01, 2014 09:54 am
Amal Alamuddin Intro for October 1, 2014 Dear Gossips, I didn’t think I’d be so into George Clooney’s wedding. But I think I might be more into his wedding than I was the Brange wedding. And that, obviously, has everything to do with Amal Alamuddin. Whether you love her or hate her, you cannot By Lainey • Oct 01, 2014 09:30 am
BFFs The Carters & Beckham Today in Paris at the Paris Saint-Germain F.C. vs Barcelona F.C. football match. Sitting together. Hanging together. Laughing together. Unfortunately no Posh. The last I saw Posh was back in London at her flagship which isn't even a week old. Maybe David's inviting Beyonce By Lainey • Sep 30, 2014 05:27 pm
Top Reads Who is Amal Alamuddin? So here’s what’s been coming up a lot in my inbox about Amal Alamuddin after the weekend wedding Spectacular! Spectacular! 1.She loves the attention, therefore she must be a famewhore 2.If she’s a famewhore, she can’t do her job. 3.When is she doing By Lainey • Sep 30, 2014 05:05 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Answers: FWB needs some tough love About 2 years ago, I met “Brad” at a friend’s party. We hit it off immediately and there was a definite connection. Problem was, he had a girlfriend and a long-term one at that -- 9 years. So I stepped back, said a polite goodbye at the end of By Sasha • Sep 30, 2014 04:12 pm
Leonardo DiCaprio Leo & Tom: single together I left Leonardo DiCaprio’s name off the list yesterday when I posted about Tom Cruise being the single guy standing after George Clooney’s wedding…and how unexpected that was. Click here for a refresher. Here’s Leo in LA yesterday walking around with some friends and that beard By Lainey • Sep 30, 2014 03:58 pm
Style What Amal changed into Also Oscar de la Renta. The paps were able to get a shot of Amal Alamuddin during the reception but after the ceremony and, as you can see, it’s silver with some fringe and, frankly, I like it a lot better than that snore she ended up choosing. But By Lainey • Sep 30, 2014 03:35 pm
Style Chanel’s protest Normally I’d post this in LifeStyle but Chanel’s always a spectacle and every other runway has been cockblocked by Amal Alamuddin so Karl had to do something extra, as he does. The clothes were secondary to the messages. A rally. A protest rally. And that becomes fashion. It By Lainey • Sep 30, 2014 01:31 pm
Media Manipulation Get off Jeremy Renner’s lawn Jeremy Renner’s new movie, Kill The Messenger, opens on October 10 (against RDJ’s The Judge—do you think they’re giving each other a hard time about box office competition?), and as such Renner is giving us the hard shill. Kill The Messenger is opening in a crowded By Sarah • Sep 30, 2014 01:08 pm
Hair Gwyneth’s Blo It was announced earlier this year that Gwyneth Paltrow was collaborating with Blo. It’s a hair bar. The link for more information is below. Earlier this month, they revealed that they would be releasing a new lookbook of Blo signature styles. Stylist David Babali and Gwyneth created the vision By Lainey • Sep 30, 2014 11:42 am
Media Manipulation Magic Mike’s new friends A quick programming note: there was a major delay on the subway this morning and I had that appointment at the eye clinic (I’m a good candidate for laser eye surgery) and so I’m just trying to catch up between preparing for The Social which goes live in By Lainey • Sep 30, 2014 11:24 am
Weddings Amal Alamuddin's wedding dress As I reported yesterday (click here for a refresher), Amal Alamuddin and George Clooney's wedding photos were sold to PEOPLE and HELLO! and not VOGUE as initially reported. VOGUE doesn't have that kind of money. What, really, was there left to see though? Well, obviously, the By Lainey • Sep 30, 2014 10:42 am