What Else What Else? Next week marks the 20th anniversary of the Britney-Madonna-Christina kiss at the MTV VMAs and several media outlets have published articles commemorating the anniversary. Rolling Stone, however, has the oral history from insiders who worked on the production. (Rolling Stone) We interviewed Sheryl Lee Ralph last week on The Social By Lainey • Aug 23, 2023 04:00 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 23, 2023 Mr. K of Bang Bang Tattoo posted a photo of Angelina Jolie’s hands and blurred out her new ink. Of course people in the comments are guessing she got “F-ck Brad” or something similar but come on, that’s not Angelina’s style. That’s way too petty and By Maria • Aug 23, 2023 03:11 pm
Douchebags Scooter Braun: A Gossip Mystery The Scooter Braun story is a mess… which is why I love it so much. And not for the same reason as the Swifties, who’ve been throwing a Scooter Braun is over party for days, but specifically because it’s so messy, because this gossip is so opaque, because By Lainey • Aug 23, 2023 02:49 pm
Music The Return of Diddy After hinting at it for what seems like five years, Diddy announced yesterday that he’ll be releasing his first album since Press Play in 2006. The Love Album: Off the Grid will drop on September 15… with a LOT of features. We’ll get back to that in a By Lainey • Aug 23, 2023 01:36 pm
As Seen on Social Media As Seen On Social Media: Hilary Duff’s cropped bomber and Jennifer Garner’s overalls Hilary Duff’s cropped jacket White utility jackets are having a moment? White utility jackets are having… a moment! I say this after seeing exactly two (2) on Instagram. (More cream than eggshell.) The first one was the Isabel Marant utility jacket that transforms into a vest (you take the By Maria • Aug 23, 2023 12:33 pm
BFFs Zendaya: In her erotic era In my post about Jennifer Aniston earlier this week and her profile in WSJ. Magazine ahead of the premiere of season three of The Morning Show, I mentioned how we’re starting to see the rollout of banked press opportunities during the strike. As noted in that interview, it was By Lainey • Aug 23, 2023 11:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rebel Moon’s recycled space opera Zack Snyder’s Netflix era continues with the first trailer for his might-be sci-fi epic, Rebel Moon. Originally pitched as a potential Star Wars film—with new characters and maybe even an R rating—Snyder’s idea died on the vine in the wake of Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm. By Sarah • Aug 23, 2023 10:45 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 23, 2023 Dear Gossips, Let Bartlet be Bartlet! This probably doesn’t mean anything to you if you’re under 30 years old but once upon a time there was a show called The West Wing and it won a lot of Emmys and some of us still cling to it fondly, By Lainey • Aug 23, 2023 09:23 am
What Else What Else? Prince William is still getting sh-t for not supporting the Lionesses in person at the World Cup. Some people are now asking what the point of the British monarchy is if they’re not showing up at events like this with zero controversy. Like if they’re supposed to avoid By Lainey • Aug 22, 2023 04:29 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 22, 2023 Annette Bening will be making another Oscar run this year but if the strike continues through campaign season, she will be on the picket lines. Jodie Foster is a director and free to promote the film and Annette’s performance and the advantage here is Jodie is also a famous By Maria • Aug 22, 2023 02:47 pm
Break Ups The Double Dumping of Scooter Braun There have been rumours the last few days that Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun broke up. So far that’s not confirmed and sources have told multiple outlets that JB is still being managed by Scooter…at least for now. Yesterday, however, both Demi Lovato and Ariana Grande announced they By Lainey • Aug 22, 2023 01:50 pm
TV Updates Jennifer Aniston sleeps with her dog I guess that was a spoiler because many of the teasers that are coming out of Jennifer Aniston’s new profile in the WSJ. Magazine are all about “who she’s sleeping with” which, of course, is meant to be a titillating, considering the fascination with her love life over By Lainey • Aug 22, 2023 01:12 pm
Style Couples Roundup: Lori, Jacob, and Austin Another post featuring celebrity couples from the last few days… We’ll start with Lori Harvey and Damson Idris last night – they were seen leaving Drake’s after-party following their dinner at The Nice Guy, presumably with Justin and Hailey Bieber who were also there last night and Lori and By Lainey • Aug 22, 2023 10:06 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 22, 2023 Dear Gossips, Three weeks ago, lawyers representing dozens of reality show stars sent a letter to NBCUniversal accusing the network of “grotesque and depraved treatment”. It is widely believed that most of these stars are from the Real Housewives and Vanderpump franchises. The initiative is led by Bethenny Frankel who’ By Lainey • Aug 22, 2023 09:05 am
What Else What Else? What the Fug Girls are calling a “sweater bib” on Idina Menzel is what I just sent to our ETALK stylist with “!!!” as the subject of the message. Translation: I WANT! I don’t even think this is a whole set. This was a stylist pulling together different pieces with By Lainey • Aug 21, 2023 04:04 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 21, 2023 After a credible report from journalist Matthew Belloni on the Scooter Braun/Justin Bieber split, both teams have walked things back a bit and denied that there are any issues. (Belloni stands by his reporting.) Page Six is now swooping in with a story on Hailey being “very involved” with By Maria • Aug 21, 2023 03:11 pm
