Weekly Live Blog Weekly Live Blog - Tuesday, February 08, 2011 I’d love to talk about Xenu. But I’m afraid. Should we? And your thoughts on Melissa Leo’s Oscar campaign – what’s your reaction to it in comparison to Mo’Nique’s non-campaign from last year? Countdown to the Grammy Awards: success looks good on Eminem, non? As By Lainey • Feb 08, 2011 06:55 am
Gossip Girl Ben is hot? Or Ben is not hot? Written by Duana Previously on Gossip Girl, Chuck had to stand in front of a seated Blair in order to look tall, Serena yelled at mom and Ben about liking Ben, and Rufus decided the appropriate way to deal with it was to give Ben a loft. Also, Chuck likes By Lainey • Feb 08, 2011 06:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Getting used to the new You I wrote about Hayden Christensen’s new look a couple of weeks ago. Click here if you missed it. Evidently, judging from your emails, this didn’t escape you either. The face… is fuller. 25 really doesn’t last forever, for girls and for boys. Christensen was at the New By Lainey • Feb 08, 2011 05:17 am
Players The Renner Moves There are a few you Renner quiverers who frequently demand more Renner gossip on this blog. Specifically, I think there’s an Olga who’s really into him? Maybe I’ve mixed up the names. But I am certain that there’s a small but ardent group for whom Jeremy By Lainey • Feb 08, 2011 04:18 am
Baby and Bump Obsession LaLa on the move! Posh does not like to be photographed when pregnant. It wasn’t always like this. She was much more visible when she was expecting Brooklyn, willingly. And not averse to it with Romeo either. Cruz’s bump however was much more guarded. Naturally, many gossips attribute it to not wanting By Lainey • Feb 08, 2011 03:41 am
Media Manipulation Oscar campaigns gone wild Written by Sarah Last week during the liveblog someone asked if I knew of any examples of when Oscar campaigning has backfired. I couldn’t think of any off the top of my head (Deadline includes a list in the article sourced below), but now we have a contemporary example. By Lainey • Feb 08, 2011 03:16 am
Christopher Nolan Christopher Nolan all class The Super Bowl dominated entertainment headlines for most of the weekend and, well, let’s face it – most people who read People don’t care about the Writers Guild Awards anyway. Aaron Sorkin won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Social Network. And Christopher Nolan won the Best By Lainey • Feb 08, 2011 02:58 am
Hook Ups Justin at the Super Bowl: no Jessica, hi Olivia Justin Timberlake was at a Super Bowl party on Friday night for Audi. Jessica Biel did not join him. She stayed back in LA, was spotted out for coffee on Saturday with a friend after working out. Jessica has been passed over lately for several roles including Cat Woman. She’ By Lainey • Feb 07, 2011 08:21 am
Lifestyle Ex-love, new love, & the friend cheat Written by Sasha Hey Sasha, I met J when I was twenty. We were crazy about each other; like any typical young couple we thought we’d invented “love” and that nobody before or after us could feel as deeply as we did about one another. I loved J so By Sasha • Feb 07, 2011 07:36 am
Sasha Lifestyle Ex-love, new love, & the friend cheat Written by Sasha Hey Sasha, I met J when I was twenty. We were crazy about each other; like any typical young couple we thought we’d invented “love” and that nobody before or after us could feel as deeply as we did about one another. I loved J so By Lainey • Feb 07, 2011 07:36 am
Book Review Your Voice In My Head At 16 she was writing her own column for the Sunday Times. She was contributing to the Guardian by the age of 21. And Vogue, and Vanity Fair, and the Independent. At 22 she published her first book. It was very well received. Two more followed. Those were acclaimed too. By Lainey • Feb 07, 2011 07:23 am
Books Your Voice In My Head By Emma Forrest At 16 she was writing her own column for the Sunday Times. She was contributing to the Guardian by the age of 21. And Vogue, and Vanity Fair, and the Independent. At 22 she published her first book. It was very well received. Two more followed. Those By Lainey • Feb 07, 2011 07:22 am
Royals Well played Chelsy, well played Two weeks ago I posted this article about Chelsy Davy hanging out with date rape-y looking rich boys in Zimbabwe with pap photos taken from curiously close distance, positing that she’d either been sold out by her mates or that she certainly didn’t mind seeing these pictures published By Lainey • Feb 07, 2011 05:33 am
Child Stars Out of control? Or Provoked? I’m sure you’ve heard about the Shia LaBeouf incident this weekend? In short, was at a local bar on Friday night/Saturday morning with friends, a regular hangout he’s been known to visit once, twice a week. He was drunk which is, I think, what usually happens By Lainey • Feb 07, 2011 05:12 am
Amazingness I’m a huge f-cking movie star&I make giant movies Matt Damon was not in Dallas for the Super Bowl. Instead, he spent the weekend in Malibu with his wife and all their girls. They have a lot of girls. And he does make giant movies and is a huge f-cking movie star but somehow Matt Damon finds time to By Lainey • Feb 07, 2011 03:48 am
Glee Glee’s real age Written by Duana Good Morning, and welcome to an episode of “Glee!” Yes, indeed I have watched this big ol’ episode, and I’ve kind of made a new peace with the show. Because now I understand that it’s a cartoon. I read the Ryan Murphy article in the By Lainey • Feb 07, 2011 03:10 am