Blind Riddles Drinks on the plane It’s an hour to fly from Toronto to New York. By the time you go up, it’s almost like you have to go down again. But she was desperate, desperate for a drink. Even before take-off. Which was not allowed on this flight. She was told she’d By Lainey • Sep 10, 2014 09:08 am
Music Taylor Swift: Sorry not sorry Taylor Swift covers Rolling Stone. It’s the BEST celebrity magazine profile of the year. No question. And by best I mean the most entertaining. The juiciest. GREAT for gossip. I could not get enough. I had to read it twice, back to back, because I didn’t want it By Lainey • Sep 10, 2014 09:02 am
Benedict Cumberbatch Intro for September 10, 2014 Dear Gossips, Last night during the Q&A for The Imitation Game, someone in the audience asked Benedict Cumberbatch… “Can I have some of your yummy-ness?” Cameron Bailey, creative director of TIFF, did not look impressed. Cumberbatch’s cast mates looked over at him, saying nothing. He said nothing. By Lainey • Sep 10, 2014 08:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Julianne Moore in Still Alice: TIFF review Julianne Moore’s unrelenting commitment to her characters and epic crying face merits a thousand viral video super-cuts. Critically appreciated, but woefully under-awarded, 2014 could be the year she receives her fifth (or sixth) Oscar nomination with her prodigious turns in both Still Alice, and Maps to the Stars. But, By Joanna • Sep 09, 2014 03:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews RDJ: Cars and cheeseburgers RDJ covers the new issue of Vanity Fair in advance of the Team Downey release of The Judge. It's a standard RDJ interview, which means he's forthcoming, if not always comprehensible, and generous, and unapologetic without sounding defensive. As always, RDJ speaks openly about his addiction By Lainey • Sep 09, 2014 02:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Miles Teller gets a star IMDB presented Miles Teller with the STARmeter award yesterday in Toronto where he was also premiering his film Whiplash. Whiplash was a big hit at Sundance and both Miles and JK Simmons have been receiving high praise for their performances. They celebrated last night at the Thompson Hotel rooftop. That By Lainey • Sep 09, 2014 12:54 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Kate Bosworth's TIFF red Apple red. A lot of it. I feel like there's almost too much of it. With the lips and the clutch and the shoes and all that red up and down and down and up. Just me? By Lainey • Sep 09, 2014 12:33 pm
Style Are these the right shoes? Check these pictures of Victoria Beckham going shopping yesterday in New York. Pretty summer dress. But…are these the right shoes? I don’t hate the shoes. In fact, they’re great. I’d want them if I could walk in them. Under a pair of shorts? Totally. Even a By Lainey • Sep 09, 2014 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Reese Witherspoon in Wild: TIFF Review Can you picture the perfectly perky Reese Witherspoon hiking through 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail to search for herself? She couldn't either -- at first. "I had never seen myself in a movie like that before," said Witherspoon, at the Wild press conference By Joanna • Sep 09, 2014 11:41 am
BFFs Eddie supports Andrew right back I interviewed Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones yesterday at the junket for The Theory Of Everything. As already mentioned, the film is SOOOOOOO good. And their performances are …well…everything. The key here is that the story is told from her perspective. So it’s not really a biopic but By Lainey • Sep 09, 2014 11:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Everyone loves Chris Rock In the last six years—ever since the economy took a sh*t in the world’s bed—the markets at film festivals have drawn down. Deals still get made at a comparable rate to pre-economy-sucking-it-hard days, but where once distributors were willing to throw money around to make a By Sarah • Sep 09, 2014 10:31 am
Amazingness “It got pretty wet here” A trailer for Jennifer Lopez’s new movie The Boy Next Door was released yesterday. It comes out in January, not exactly a month for quality pictures. But…I’m totally seeing this. And to all my friends out there, I know what you’re thinking and SHUT UP, this By Lainey • Sep 09, 2014 09:57 am
Mark Ruffalo Intro for September 9, 2014 Dear Gossips, Sasha was working in the etalk TIFF lounge yesterday and taunted me with some Mark Ruffalo. He came in for an interview. Her text: Mark Ruffalo kissed me. Me: Where? Sasha: Cheek Me: Dickhead I’m telling you. I have to keep telling you. Everybody loves Mark Ruffalo. By Lainey • Sep 09, 2014 08:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Aniston & Justin Theroux at TIFF 2014 Justin Theroux joined Jennifer Aniston this afternoon for the premiere of her new film Cake at TIFF. He’s actually been here a couple of days. Was photographed at the Warner Bros party on Saturday night without her. Today they did not walk the carpet together but agreed to a By Lainey • Sep 08, 2014 06:54 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Keira's steeze arrives at TIFF OMG. OMG. OMG. This dress. It's Chanel, of course. And it's perfect on her, of course. And it's No 5, of course. But 5 is my bad luck number. Not that I could ever afford it. By Lainey • Sep 08, 2014 05:30 pm
Sit DOWN Ariana Grande’s demands Ariana Grande was in Australia today to promote her new album. There was some drama. Apparently the media was made to wait an hour. Pfft. With Mimi it’s at least 3 hours. Then, when she was ready for the first photographer, her people supposedly passed on some strict instructions: By Lainey • Sep 08, 2014 05:19 pm