Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Flat espadrilles Sasha! I’m travelling Europe this summer and I’ve been looking for some comfortable shoes to walk all day in. I’m thinking a flat espadrille that are cute too – need them to go with dresses, shorts and jeans. This is where you come in….HELP! P I get By Sasha • May 17, 2013 02:21 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Jeremy’s new friend Jeremy Renner’s 8 month old puppy, Franklin, a French bulldog, died last year because he was overheated. I could barely get that sentence out. Jeremy, understandably, was devastated. Last week, Jacek and I took our Marcus to emergency at 4am because he had the runs. We were getting on By Lainey • May 17, 2013 02:00 pm
Vampire Diaries Pomp, Circumstance, Humanity, and Truth The Vampire Diaries Season 4 Episode 23 recap It is a great luxury and a great relief to say that I can’t really breathe. The internet is a minefield today. Between Rob Ford (if you don’t know, please google ) and the Office finale and the VD finale and By Duana • May 17, 2013 01:50 pm
SMUT 2013 June is SMUT month and I can’t wait to see you! Vancouver -- June 3 (on sale now) Calgary -- June 5 (on sale now) Toronto -- June 25 (on sale June 10) Dan Levy will be joining me at all 3 events. We have some surprises planned and By Lainey • May 17, 2013 01:44 pm
Style Gran in black leather Thank you, Nicole Kidman. After Emma Watson’s rather underwhelming Cannes carpet appearance last night, Thursday at the festival was rather lacking in dress porn. But Gran came through in the evening at the IFP and Calvin Klein party in black leather that looks like it’s stripped along the By Lainey • May 17, 2013 12:37 pm
As IF Blake in the kitchen Vogue has introduced a web series called Elettra’s Goodness featuring model Elettra Wiedemann, daughter of Isabella Rossellini. Since it’s Vogue and since Wiedemann has quite the pedigree, they’ve been able to recruit some high profile guests...starting with Gossip Girl now homemaker Blake Lively... Who apparently never By Lainey • May 17, 2013 11:54 am
Girly Throw Downs Mimi vs JLO on stage Season finale of American Idol last night. Both Mimi and JLo performed. Mimi threw down a medley of her greatest hits -- I always forget how much I love We Belong Together -- culminating in her current smash #Beautiful. It was... a little lip-synchy, right? Maybe not the middle section By Lainey • May 17, 2013 11:21 am
Blind Riddles Deal with the paps She hates the paps, and she’s been burned by the paps. So now she’s dealing with the paps and is working exclusively with one agency, agreeing to give them photos on a regular basis. The agreement started several months ago when she approached one agency in exchange for By Lainey • May 17, 2013 11:12 am
Amazingness New couple alert! Just one more week to go... And in advance of the release of Season 4 of Arrested Development on Netflix, here are Jason Bateman and Will Arnett walking hand in hand in New York yesterday, photo opping for the paps. God I love them so much. We were just talking By Lainey • May 17, 2013 10:44 am
Baby and Bump Obsession The daughter of the Most Beautiful Woman In The World No, not Apple Martin. For years Aishwarya Rai has been called the Most Beautiful Woman In The World, because the world exists beyond North America. Rai is a Cannes regular. She arrived in Nice today and is at the festival to attend a screening celebrating Indian film. She’s expected By Lainey • May 17, 2013 10:18 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Berenice’s braid crown Love it. Love all of it, up and down. Especially the way the pants fit and the tuxedo stripe down the side. And she looks comfortable. By Lainey • May 17, 2013 09:57 am
Royals The Princess and the rugby player? Charlene of Serenity was not with Prince Albert at Queen Beatrix’s abdication and her son King Willem-Alexander’s subsequent coronation at the end of April. She had previous charity commitments back home in South Africa where she also attended an old friend’s wedding. But overseas gossips have been By Lainey • May 17, 2013 09:48 am
Cannes 2013 Handsome in Cannes Stop what you’re doing right now. Because Colin Firth was in Cannes. Looking better than he has in a long time. Here he is being beautiful at a couple of Chopard events yesterday. Livia, his wife, is there too. Colin’s kept a relatively low profile for the last By Lainey • May 17, 2013 09:31 am
Rob Lowe Intro for May 17, 2013 Dear Gossips, There was an 80s marathon on tv the other night: The Breakfast Club, St Elmo’s Fire, and About Last Night. Obviously it’s all I could do: stare at Rob Lowe and revisit my 12 year old self crushing with the same intensity and longing. If 1985 By Lainey • May 17, 2013 09:02 am
Cannes 2013 Carina & Tony in Cannes Cannes loves Chinese cinema. It has been 13 years since Tony Leung was named Best Actor for Wong Kar-Wai’s masterpiece In The Mood For Love. This time he’s in Cannes to support his wife, Carina Lau, who’s at the festival for Bends. Here they are just after By Lainey • May 16, 2013 05:01 pm
Royals How many dowries? Were offered yesterday from rich ass families in New York hoping Hot Harry would “love at first sight” their daughters? And was Ashley Greene unable to buy her way into the event? Prince Harry played in a charity polo match in Connecticut yesterday in support of his foundation, Sentebale. Did By Lainey • May 16, 2013 04:44 pm