Scandal Lisa Kudrow is Scandalous? This is mainly very good news. You know what I love? Scandal. You know who I love? Lisa Kudrow. Of all the actors and especially, of all the people who would kind of rather we forgot that they were famous from a show that began in the mid-90s, Lisa Kudrow By Duana • Aug 29, 2013 02:24 pm
Career prospectus Career Prospectus: John Cusack For previous installments of Sarah’s Career Prospectus series, please click here. I just saw The Spectacular Now yesterday and loved it. Miles Teller reminds me of a young John Cusack in the best of ways. Which got me thinking. What happened with that career? Just bad choices? I' By Sarah • Aug 29, 2013 01:51 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: How Do You Know It’s The Perfect Name? Hi Duana, A friend of mine suggested I get your opinion on the name we picked for our daughter because now that it's becoming a reality, I am starting to feel uncertain. I'm not uncertain because I don't like the name, but rather because By Duana • Aug 29, 2013 01:31 pm
Girly Throw Downs On Being Lame I couldn’t sleep last night, so I read, but one of the things that made it a little easier was that I discovered a book I forgot I bought on the Kindle. This is obviously an occupational hazard of the Kindle phenomenon and I play right into it. I By Duana • Aug 29, 2013 01:25 pm
TV Updates Joshua Jackson took my advice At the end of my career prospectus on Joshua Jackson, I said the next step for him would be to get a gig with a cable network, and now THR is reporting that he’s signed onto Showtime’s pilot The Affair, from the team behind the much-admired In Treatment. By Sarah • Aug 29, 2013 01:04 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Hayden Bangs in a Tight Dress What do you think of Hayden’s new haircut? I’m not sure I’m totally in. But the thing is that the blunt-bangs cut almost never lasts. It always feels like a new, sharp cut but nobody maintains them for long, do they? In fact, the only person who By Duana • Aug 29, 2013 12:48 pm
Break Ups Michael and Catherine “working on it” I found this phrasing pretty interesting, didn’t you? I mean, it’s not the boilerplate divorce statement: “best for us to part company, we still care, please respect our privacy at this time”. They say they’re taking time while they ‘evaluate and work on their marriage’. There’s By Duana • Aug 29, 2013 12:32 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Porny’s cheap sell Jessica Simpson presented her newborn son Ace Knute on the cover of the new US Weekly yesterday. Now Page Six is reporting that she was only paid $100,000 for it. Look, $100,000 is a lot of money for us. It is not a lot of money for someone By Lainey • Aug 29, 2013 11:30 am
The Bridge The Bridge 1.8: “You’re the man that crossed the bridge” The Bridge Season 1 Episode 8 recap. We’re halfway through season one of The Bridge and so far, it’s been a consistently good show that just misses being truly great. What we’re missing is someone to really care about. We don’t know enough about the original By Sarah • Aug 29, 2013 11:07 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Barre Fitness Hi Hayley! After hearing rave reviews from friends, I have started taking barre classes twice per week. I am enjoying the challenge and the low-impact workout, but I want to make sure that I am adjusting my other workouts during the week to fit with the classes. Should I continue By Hayley • Aug 29, 2013 10:54 am
Xenu Watching Katie’s back Here’s Katie Holmes on the set of Miss Meadows yesterday in Cleveland. I am totally jacking these braids for TIFF. As you can see, Katie seems relaxed and happy at work, not at all bothered by the presence of the paps who’ve followed her to Ohio. In fact, By Lainey • Aug 29, 2013 10:38 am
Xenu Dance Dance Revolution Some alternate titles I came up with for this post: Tangoing with Xenu, Don’t Step on Tom Cruise’s Toes and Will Shelly Miscavige Sit In The Front Row? Leah Remini is confirmed as a contestant on season 17 (how has it had 17 seasons?!) of Dancing With the By Maria • Aug 29, 2013 10:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gravity is good, Sandy challenges Cate Gravity might be great. Rapturous early reviews are coming out of the Venice Film Festival where Sandra Bullock and George Clooney presented the film for the first time yesterday. The film is being called a visual masterpiece, in particular its 13 minute opening – a single shot. This, then, is not By Lainey • Aug 29, 2013 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 29, 2013 Dear Gossips, A change in format today. I have press all day for The Social, our upcoming afternoon talk show premiering on Monday on CTV in Canada. We start at 6am ET with interviews every half hour or so. Normally I try to structure my work schedule to accommodate for By Lainey • Aug 29, 2013 09:35 am
George Clooney Just fall in love already! If the Gossip Genie won’t help us out, I don’t know, maybe Jesus Oprah can. Or the benevolent Beyonce. Only those two are powerful enough to put them together – Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Check them out, arriving at the gala premiere of Gravity tonight. And what a By Lainey • Aug 28, 2013 05:32 pm
Beyoncé Come on baby it’s you Duana, Lara, Sasha, and I went to Beyonce’s The Mrs Carter Show together. Maybe it’s because B was harnessed all the way to a stage right in front of our section but for us, it was the Irreplaceable/Survivor/Love On Top three song combination that had us By Lainey • Aug 28, 2013 04:15 pm
