TV Updates Charles Melton avoids the trap Lainey gets full credit for engineering the Charles Melton hype train since 2019. I liked him as Reggie on Riverdale, but was not prepared to go all-in on him, but Lainey is right—that guy is a star, and he’s the best kind, the sweet kind, the humble kind. By Sarah • Nov 27, 2023 02:00 pm
Hollywood Drugs Is Tiffany Haddish in her flop era? Just hours after media outlets reported Tiffany Haddish was arrested for driving under the influence, it became a punchline in her stand up comedy routine that followed the incident. Last Friday, it was reported that Tiffany had been arrested in Beverly Hills and faced a DUI charge for falling asleep By Stephanie • Nov 27, 2023 01:10 pm
Music JLo’s romance novel come to life As Lainey says, nobody loves love quite like Jennifer Lopez. With Bennifer back on and over a year into wedded bliss, JLo is celebrating love, and her love, and her being in love, with new music. This Is Me…Now drops on January 10, 2024, 22 years after its spiritual By Sarah • Nov 27, 2023 12:12 pm
Jeremy Allen White Jeremy Allen White saves the day (for me) I should send Jeremy Allen White a bouquet of flowers because every time I have to put together posts for the site, he appears on the horizon like the hero I need. I can always count on JAW for content! He was out the day after Thanksgiving with his kids, By Sarah • Nov 27, 2023 11:22 am
Music Taylor wraps up 2023 At least where her stage performances are concerned… Taylor Swift played her third and final show in São Paulo last night, which was also the final South American stop of The Eras tour, and the final concert of The Eras tour in 2023. And, as we know, there was controversy By Lainey • Nov 27, 2023 10:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Beyoncé Way RENAISSANCE: A Film by Beyoncé opens this Friday. The concert film’s premiere was held over the weekend in Beverly Hills, drawing a lot of important Black artists and creative industry talent despite the long holiday weekend in the US. Such is the power Beyoncé—she becomes the holiday. This By Sarah • Nov 27, 2023 09:40 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for November 27, 2023 Dear Gossips, In the ongoing “state of cinema” conversation, which has mostly been reduced to Marvel nerds yelling at Martin Scorsese for not liking cape sh-t, Christopher Nolan has entered the chat with a very measured response and sensible perspective. What! Someone being sensible about a topic we love yelling By Sarah • Nov 27, 2023 09:01 am
What Else What Else? It’s Native American Heritage Day in the US. A day makes it all better! Anyway, here’s First Nations activist Michelle Chubb, aka @IndigenousBaddie, on growing up Indigenous, activism, and the damage of centering whiteness in history. (Popsugar) The window for New York’s Adult Survivors Act ended on By Sarah • Nov 24, 2023 04:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lies and delusions in May December Inspired by the story of Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau, May December is Todd Haynes’ latest exploration of the outer bounds of the world of women. Longtime Haynes collaborator Julianne Moore stars as Gracie, a fifty-something woman married to Joe (Charles Melton), a noticeably younger man. The film opens By Sarah • Nov 24, 2023 03:22 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, November 24, 2023 Is it just me or was it lighter on celebrity Thanksgiving posts this year on social media? Let’s start with Jennifer Garner whose Thanksgiving share was baking cookies. I’m not here to talk about the cookies, I’m here to talk about the outfit. Because when I cook, By Lainey • Nov 24, 2023 02:23 pm
Break Ups Teyana Taylor is done “dimming her light” Back in January, Teyana Taylor quietly filed for divorce from former Knicks player and Dancing With the Stars winner, Iman Shumpert. Previously, she remained pretty tight-lipped about their separation and resorted to using only initials in her filing. But court documents obtained by TMZ, now coming to light thanks to By Stephanie • Nov 24, 2023 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Barry Keoghan in Saltburn Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut, Promising Young Woman, is a scorched-earth cinematic lambasting of rape culture. Her sophomore effort, Saltburn, is considerably less furious, a little less focused, and a lot more perverted. Barry Keoghan stars as Oliver Quick, a “scholarship case” at Oxford who doesn’t fit in with By Sarah • Nov 24, 2023 12:30 pm
Music Beyoncé Day Parade The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is annual tradition of crass commercialism and letting Jimmy Fallon pretend he’s a rockstar, but this year, Beyoncé graced the parade with her presence, instantly elevating the parade for forty seconds. Beyoncé debuts new trailer for RENAISSANCE: A Film by Beyoncé on NBC’ By Sarah • Nov 24, 2023 11:30 am
Style Outfits of the Week: Barbie is back Margot Robbie’s promotional wardrobe for the Barbie release this past summer, produced by stylist Andrew Mukamal, was one of the fashion triumphs of the year. And they probably left some looks on the table since the Barbie press tour happened juuuuuust before SAG-AFTRA called the strike. As we know, By Lainey • Nov 24, 2023 10:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom back at work One of the most cursed productions recently is Mission: Impossible 7 and 8. The films were supposed to be shot back-to-back, but COVID happened and shut M:I 7 down for months in 2020, then it was finally released this past summer as Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One after By Sarah • Nov 24, 2023 09:43 am
Intro for November 24, 2023 Dear Gossips, Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the US. It’s a complicated holiday for many, either because of family drama or because of its roots in a colonial celebration of conquest (don’t come at me with any “but they were friends” nonsense, the Wampanoag saved their dumbass starving English By Sarah • Nov 24, 2023 08:59 am
