Movie Reviews and Previews Baz makes Leo so pretty Leonardo DiCaprio was never so pretty as he was for Baz Luhrmann in Romeo + Juliet. As Dean wrote last week when he eulogised Leo’s sexiness -- click here for a refresher -- that’s the Leo we keep clinging to, the one we see with our memories instead of By Lainey • Dec 20, 2012 01:11 pm
Taylor Swift A sleepover with Mom Duana and I talk about it all the time, as part of the “child of immigrants” experience. I’ve written about this already but the way we were raised, it’s jarring every time we see it. Because in our homes, there was no public display of affection. Maybe on By Lainey • Dec 20, 2012 12:28 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Danes-Dancy, Party Of Three Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy Weatherby George Dupree Took Great Care Of His Mother Though He Was Only Three This was the first thing I thought of when I heard the Danes-Dancy baby name. Do you remember that poem from “When We Were Very Young”? It’s always entertained me; the By Duana • Dec 20, 2012 11:49 am
Weddings Blake plays us all, again, including Justin Timberlake As I reported yesterday -- click here for a refresher -- Blake Lively’s Martha Stewart Wedding wasn’t exactly as we expected. There are no faces -- not on the cover, not inside, nowhere. The only shot we get of Blake is of her hand holding Ryan Reynold’s By Lainey • Dec 20, 2012 10:50 am
Hook Ups In love for Christmas Renee Zellweger and her boyfriend Doyle Bramhall II arrived back in LA together yesterday after a weeklong trip to New York. They were first sighted together last week on their way out and didn’t mind holding hands, even in front of the paps. Once again, here, Photo Assumption says By Lainey • Dec 20, 2012 10:05 am
Intro for December 20, 2012 Dear Gossips, Quick promo off the top before we get into it... Tonight on CTV, right after the X Factor finale, I’m one of the panelists on Stars & Scandals 2012 hosted by Ben Mulroney, counting down the top 10 entertainment stories of the year...and, well, at times By Lainey • Dec 20, 2012 09:48 am
Weddings Blake’s missing cover You can interpret that a number of ways… If you’ve been reading my blog regularly the last few weeks, you know that Blake Lively’s Martha Stewart Weddings issue is…like Christmas for me. And for some of you too. We can’t wait to see it. We’ve By Lainey • Dec 19, 2012 04:38 pm
Hook Ups Tom Cruise is “for real” Tom Cruise was on Jimmy Fallon last night. They had a water fight. And he talked, again, about go-carting and motorcycles. It was better than the night before on Letterman, slightly, but Top Gun is still, these days, painfully uncool, “for real”. You know those commercials when they dress some By Lainey • Dec 19, 2012 04:10 pm
Good for Gossip There will be no Affleck + Stewart Ben Affleck is in Washington today at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the situation in Congo. He’s been advocating for awareness in the region for a while now. Did you ever see State Of Play? Did you find him convincing? I did. Very. And in real life By Lainey • Dec 19, 2012 03:16 pm
Best and Worst of 2012 Best Love of 2012: Michelle Williams & Jason Segel But no pressure or anything! Seriously, because I love them. And maybe I’m a little biased. I broke the story in March that they were dating. And then a few weeks later, they were photographed together. And then they just stopped trying to hide it. Instead, there were family By Lainey • Dec 19, 2012 03:04 pm
Jessica Simpson Full body Porny In her first ad for Weight Watchers, Jessica Simpson was only shot from the neck up, presumably because she’d not reached her goal. Which, you know, is a lovely message, non? If you don’t reach your goal, it means you are hideous and no one wants to see By Lainey • Dec 19, 2012 01:45 pm
Lifestyle Sasha’s INTO IT: miracle 10 Mask WHAT: MIRACLE 10 MASK WHERE: CLICK HERE WHY: You know when you look in the mirror and your skin looks so bad that you start frantically looking around to find something, anything to pelt at your reflection? Well, trust a sister, this mask is going to make things a whole By Sasha • Dec 19, 2012 01:39 pm
Dumbass Taylor & Harry: one week to Christmas OMG, will they make it? Taylor Swift and Harry Styles spent most of last week in England together. He showed her around the countryside and gave her 23 gifts to celebrate her 23rd birthday and it was several movie montages combined into one long music video. Time for a location By Lainey • Dec 19, 2012 12:59 pm
Maple Leaf The Buble Christmas tradition Michael Buble’s wife Luisana Lopilato arrived in Vancouver from Argentina yesterday with her family. Michael Buble and his family were at the airport to pick them all up. It’s becoming an annual tradition. Buble brings flowers, there’s a lot of hugging, and they all get into a By Lainey • Dec 19, 2012 11:20 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Maia, Ellie, or Savanna Hi, I was just wondering which baby name you prefer. I have got the list down to 3 names and would like an honest opinion and some feedback. 1. Maia 2. Ellie 3. Savanna Thank you, A. --- I chose this letter today because I really liked its simplicity. People By Duana • Dec 19, 2012 10:54 am
Media Manipulation The Jolie is not making a movie about Robsten But f-ck, why not? Deadline reported yesterday that Angelina Jolie will direct a movie called Unbroken. #RobstenIsUnbroken? Yes. But no. But let’s put #RobstenIsUnbroken on our Best of 2012 list anyway, shall we? The Twi-Hard meltdown exceeded all of our expectations. If you can believe it, Nutty Madam’s By Lainey • Dec 19, 2012 10:48 am
