Harry Potter Great Skin & Gay YA As you know, I am all about reading YA. As I’ve noted, too many times, YA is way underrated. Good YA is as profound, complex, and insightful as any “adult” classified counterpart and again, if you don’t believe me, check out The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (YA) By Lainey • Aug 19, 2010 05:27 am
Hook Ups Am I imagining the sexual tension? Interview Magazine, Blake Lively by Ben Affleck – have you read it yet? Ben directs Blake in the upcoming The Town which, yes, does look quite strong and will make the festival rounds before opening on September 10th. Ben is expected to be at TIFF and the Venice Film Festival – both By Lainey • Aug 19, 2010 04:31 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Sinkhole & Sons Should be the name of a plumbing company. Chicken Fried Britney tweeted from the Glee set yesterday – photo attached – where she’s working on the all-Britney episode which is kinda like reminding her: see how awesome you used to be before the crazy took over? At some point during By Lainey • Aug 19, 2010 03:48 am
Quiveration #1 on a park bench Garrett Hedlund is currently shooting On The Road in Quebec. It was quiet around production for a few weeks as the cast was left relatively undisturbed until of course the angel Robert Pattinson arrived to visit girlfriend Kristen Stewart at which point Montreal became TwiHard central with the paps in By Lainey • Aug 19, 2010 03:39 am
Drew Barrymore Drew does the MKO Mary Kate Olsen hair circa 2008ish? Not a dissimilar trajectory when you think about it, really, although MK and Ashley are much wealthier having benefited from a more lucrative tween market in their generation and an entrepreneurialism that kicked in earlier. Anyway, Drew Barrymore is currently in London with her By Lainey • Aug 18, 2010 09:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Single White Principal Dancer Have received many emails from you today asking for thoughts on the trailer for Black Swan starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, directed by Darren Aronofsky, the follow-up to his acclaimed The Wrestler. Black Swan will open the Venice Film Festival, will screen at TIFF too, and is included By Lainey • Aug 18, 2010 07:42 am
Maple Leaf Rachel’s friend isn’t Jake WHY NOT????????? Like, when you present together at the Oscars and look so cute and perfect, you are SUPPOSED to become boyfriend and girlfriend right away, don’t you know?!!!???????!!!!!! Obviously Rachel McAdams simply has no interest in fulfilling our Hollywood matchmaking fantasies and was seen yesterday in Paris with By Lainey • Aug 18, 2010 06:17 am
Joseph Gordon Levitt JGL singing Thanks to all of you who’ve sent this along – a video recorded a couple of days ago of Joseph Gordon-Levitt singing Natural Woman with his guitar. He doesn’t sound bad, pretty good actually, even though it does nothing for me, no, but for many of you, after By Lainey • Aug 18, 2010 05:31 am
Gossip Girl SacréBlair! Even when the show isn’t strong, Gossip Girl always does a great job cutting their trailers. The trailers are more often than not better than the actual episodes. And the first episodes of the new season take place in Paris. SacréBlair! I dunno, I think it’s cute. And By Lainey • Aug 18, 2010 05:23 am
Bad Style Tired in Berlin and Christmas with Depp An exhausted looking Angelina Jolie continues her Salt European tour with a stop in Berlin today at a photocall ahead of the premiere. Dress is much better than the one from Paris last night but goddamn that fringe, that curled under fringe, that is such a hick ass looking fringe. By Lainey • Aug 18, 2010 04:51 am
Bad Style An unfortunate dress in Japan It really, really is. Julia Roberts isn’t a Dries van Noten girl. Maggie Gyllenhaal, sure. Julia Roberts... not this time. When Darren and I went to see the movie last week full of Oprah people, this dress was like their uniform. Here’s Julia in Japan at a presser By Lainey • Aug 18, 2010 04:05 am
Style Jude Law: style mentor For Ed Westwick. Right? Ed can’t wait to put the open chest, fur exposure, low riding tank top under a blazer combination together with his own rolled up skinny jeans and those signature Westwick red booties. The inspiration of course is coming from Jude Law, seen here after dinner By Lainey • Aug 18, 2010 03:36 am
Bad Style Angie’s dressing problem In fairness, she’s never been called a style icon or anything so I guess it’s not like we expect her to get us all jizzy about her clothes but still... When you look like Angelina Jolie, it shouldn’t be this hard. Or this bad. It’s a By Lainey • Aug 17, 2010 10:15 am
Break Ups Now don’t look back People.com is reporting that Evan Rachel Wood and Marilyn Manson have called off their engagement, are done now for a second time. Good. Make it last. EVR is just 22, too young to marry, and almost too old now to be lured by the dangerous drama of a disturbed By Lainey • Aug 17, 2010 09:14 am
Weekly Live Blog Weekly Live Blog - Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Thanks to those of you who’ve pre-submitted questions. We’ll get to those right away. And we’ll be gushing hard about Jakey G because he’s a quiver that The Cinesnark and I both agree on. Sarah wrote a great article about On The Road today – click By Lainey • Aug 17, 2010 07:56 am
Claire Danes What to wear to paint Claire Danes hosted the launch of Valspar’s new Hi-Def Paint today at Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central today in New York. Um... paint? Well, it’s slow. You do what you need to do until you win an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Temple Grandin and hope By Lainey • Aug 17, 2010 06:53 am
