Dumbass Elizabeth Taylor & Lindsay Lohan I’m sure you’ve heard... Deadline reported yesterday that Lindsay Lohan is negotiating to star in a Lifetime movie about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. I know your first inclination is to punch yourself in the face from disgust. I get it. But... It’s not HBO. It’s By Lainey • Jan 10, 2012 03:27 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Jennifer Hudson’s white coat Jennifer Hudson is promoting her new book I Got This: How I Lost What Weighed Me Down And Found Myself. She was at her book signing in New York today showing off the body in fitted black pants under an interesting white coat with a wrap belt (?) hanging down on By Lainey • Jan 10, 2012 03:19 pm
Douchebags James Franco tells the Academy F-ck Michel Hazanavicius. The Artist is not a silent movie actor. The Artist is only James Franco. And when James Franco has an opinion, everyone must listen. This time, he’s preaching to us about Andy Serkis. In an exclusive article written for Deadline, Franco submits an impassioned offensive on By Lainey • Jan 10, 2012 02:45 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Answers: do I miss my friends? Dear Sasha, I'm feeling guilty about some neglected friendships. I have a group of girlfriends from college (we graduated about 10 years ago). We've all stayed in touch over the years, meeting up at weddings, showers etc, but we haven't maintained that call-each-other-every-week status By Sasha • Jan 10, 2012 01:50 pm
House of Lies House of Lies - the pilot Can I just ask, why? Why, PVR people, are you not smart enough to know that a show’s going to go a little overtime? Just give a little more time, please? I persevered, though, guys, don’t worry, I watched the end of the show for you – for you By Duana • Jan 10, 2012 01:25 pm
Media Manipulation The great moves of Channing Tatum How did this happen? Sarah addressed it in an article just after Christmas. Click here if you missed it. These days, it feels like only Ryan Gosling’s been working more than Channing Tatum. I wonder if Jake Gyllenhaal feels that way, although Jake Gyllenhaal wouldn’t take half of By Lainey • Jan 10, 2012 12:41 pm
Rooney Mara You will get another Dragon Tattoo and YOU WILL LIKE IT First, I think we need stop saying that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is some kind of big disappointment. Did it fail to dominate the holiday movie season? Yes. Is going to pass the hundred-million mark at the box office? Yes. Let’s call it even. After a lackluster By Sarah • Jan 10, 2012 12:31 pm
Douchebags B.I.C vs the other babies When Blue Ivy descended from heaven out of Beysus’s womb the other night, everyone else was expected to shut down their lives. Including, allegedly, other parents of other babies... According to Roz and Neil Coulon, whose premature twin girls were born at Lenox Hill Hospital, the B.I.C. By Lainey • Jan 10, 2012 11:59 am
Justin Timberlake New engaged, surrounded by suits Justin Timberlake, newly engaged, was in Vegas yesterday at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show to present MySpace TV on Panasonic. You’ll recall, Timberlake invested in MySpace last year. Justin spoke at the event in support of the new initiative. The video is hilarious. Not because he’s hilarious By Lainey • Jan 10, 2012 11:13 am
BFFs Award season with Brad & George Both were in New York last night, both campaigning before the Academy’s nomination window closes later this week. The Brange attended the New York Film Critics’ Circle gala to collect his Best Actor award, George will attend the NBR gala tonight for his Best Actor prize from that organisation, By Lainey • Jan 10, 2012 10:40 am
Twilight Breaking the Hunger Games Dawn If you need further proof that a movie studio can’t survive without a steady diet of cash-cow franchises, look no further than the Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment takeover. The talks began years ago and kept on in stop-start fashion, until late in 2011 it looked like some kind of a By Sarah • Jan 10, 2012 10:19 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Blue Ivy came out naturally This is what her parents are saying. Beyonce and Jay-Z released their official Birth of the Throne announcement yesterday as follows: "We are happy to announce the arrival of our beautiful daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, born on Saturday, January 7, 2012. Her birth was emotional and extremely peaceful – we By Lainey • Jan 10, 2012 09:59 am
Intro for January 10, 2012 Dear Gossips, Duana has been nagging me for years - YEARS - to watch Veronica Mars. Finally, over Christmas, weakened by a bad cold, I agreed. Knowing I’d be in LA for a few days for the TCA with two flights, I downloaded the first 8 episodes and brought By Lainey • Jan 10, 2012 09:41 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Jessica Chastain’s shiny dress Don’t like it. And it’s too similar-ish to what she wore in Palm Springs. Click here for a refresher. Also the material, under a certain light, it’s not so flattering around the waist. I feel like they keep making style decisions for her to go with her By Lainey • Jan 10, 2012 09:37 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Desiring Naomi’s shoes I love the entire outfit, particularly the grey panel on her coat but the way I feel about the shoes, it’s not just admiration, it’s straight up hunger, a distracting desire. Like I might not be able to do much else today until I put them on my By Lainey • Jan 10, 2012 09:32 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Paul Bettany looks skeevy Normally distinguished and elegant, this time, the exact opposite – this is Paul Bettany at the UK premiere of Margin Call yesterday doing all the wrong things, sartorially at least. And it’s not like he doesn’t do this – I mean he does the glasses, open neck, neck tie thing By Lainey • Jan 10, 2012 09:27 am