Ben Affleck Counting down to Bennifer by Bennifer Jennifer Lopez resumed filming on Unstoppable a couple of weeks ago – it’s the film she’s starring in that’s produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists’ Equity. She and Ben also hosted a holiday party last weekend. And they’ll no doubt be busy with family By Lainey • Dec 22, 2023 10:45 am
BTS Intro for December 22, 2023 Dear Gossips, Today is our final day of posting on the site as we are pausing for the holiday break. Should something huge go down, and by huge I mean Travis Kelce gets down on one knee on the field at Arrowhead after the game on Christmas Day and proposes By Lainey • Dec 22, 2023 09:36 am
What Else What Else? I adore Emma Chance’s piece on Charles Melton which is basically just chronicling her gradual, line by line, answer by answer, submission to his charms. He is sweet and earnest and appreciative and self-aware and it’s a full takeover, one culture critic at a time! (Pajiba) Staying with By Lainey • Dec 21, 2023 04:16 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 21, 2023 Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes are really leaning into their messy behaviour, creating a whole second act around it. They had an affair, we get it! They traded journalism for journaling their feelings via this podcast. The recap for the latest episode include them talking about how their kids By Maria • Dec 21, 2023 03:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Driver in Ferrari Director Michael Mann returns after an eight-year hiatus with Ferrari, a biopic of legendary automotive engineer and designer Enzo Ferrari. Adapted from Brock Yates’ biography Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races, the Machine by Troy Kennedy Martin, Ferrari is a sometimes frustrating snapshot of a man who shaped By Sarah • Dec 21, 2023 01:47 pm
Taraji's Pay: "The Math Ain't Mathing" Do you ever wake up, open Twitter and the first thing you see stays with you all day? The algorithm was algorithming when it served me a video of Taraji P Henson fighting back tears during an interview with Gayle King, while explaining how she continues to be paid a By Cody • Dec 21, 2023 01:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews KStew’s other Sundance film Kristen Stewart has a long history with the Sundance Film Festival, which they’re recognizing by giving her the Visionary Award on opening night in January. She has two films in the fest, Love Me with Steven Yeun, and Love Lies Bleeding, which will premiere in the Midnight Madness lineup. By Sarah • Dec 21, 2023 12:15 pm
Award Season Campaigning Rachel McAdams (barely) campaigns too Here’s something for those who still carry a lot of Notebook gossip nostalgia for Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. Is there a chance that they could both show up to the Oscars in March? A small one, but it’s still a chance. And on that note, let me By Lainey • Dec 21, 2023 11:29 am
Award Season Campaigning Ken Kampaigns at Kristmas I hope the team behind the Barbie market campaign this past summer, ahead of the release of the movie and also now, during award season, is getting a holiday bonus. Because the work they produced delivered measurable results (a massive box office) and made a huge cultural impact. Barbie was By Lainey • Dec 21, 2023 10:35 am
Business of Hollywood Another ill-advised merger Today in Thanks, I Hate It news, David Zaslav and Bob Bakish reportedly met (over lunch) earlier this week to discuss a merger between Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global. Zaslav you know as the guy who gets booed everywhere he goes, and Bakish was named CEO of Viacom in By Sarah • Dec 21, 2023 09:46 am
Mariah Carey Intro for December 21, 2023 Dear Gossips, Mariah Carey, the Queen of Christmas, is now at her North Pole…which is Aspen. It’s where Mimi spends Christmas every year. She is there with her children, Moroccan and Monroe. She is not there with Bryan Tanaka and there’s been speculation for a while now By Lainey • Dec 21, 2023 09:24 am
What Else What Else? Kate Winslet is coming back to HBO – this time playing the chancellor of a European country and it’s satire and politics and probably terribly people being assholes so like if Succession and Veep had a baby? (The Mary Sue) The fight I’ve been picking with you all this By Lainey • Dec 20, 2023 04:11 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 20, 2023 OK why did The Hollywood Reporter shade Meghan and Harry so hard? The write up is so salty! THR is owned by Penske Media, which also owns Variety. Variety has been very cozy with the Sussexes so is this a bit of inter-corporation rivalry between the two publications? Class of By Maria • Dec 20, 2023 03:45 pm
Cameron Diaz Celebrity couples and personal space Cameron Diaz appeared on an episode of Molly Sims and Emese Gormley’s podcast, Lipstick on the Rim. Cameron, alongside Katherine Power, her business partner for her wine company, discussed healthy living and ideal living situations in marriage. At one point, Cameron suggested that we should all “normalize” sleeping in By Stephanie • Dec 20, 2023 02:11 pm
As Seen on Social Media As Seen on Social Media: K-drama and Law Roach’s Christmas gift K-drama Chanel My first ever K-drama request! This is for a necklace worn by Kim Yoo Jung in My Demon, which I really want to watch now. (Lainey: I just started My Demon and these two leads… it’s stupid how gorgeous they are and it’s literally the perfect By Maria • Dec 20, 2023 01:26 pm
TV Updates The Rachel Leviss Comeback Days after the explosive trailer for Vanderpump Rules dropped, former castmate Rachel Leviss dropped an explosive trailer of her own, for her podcast, Rachel Goes Rogue, which is set to premiere in January. The trailer features snippets of her discussing her experience of Scandoval, something she’s remained fairly tight-lipped By Stephanie • Dec 20, 2023 12:51 pm
