BFFs Angelina & Halle: The Enemies to Lovers Trope I just wrote in the previous post about Joshua Jackson and Lupita Nyong’o and the Friends to Lovers trope. Now we have another trope happening – it’s the Enemies to Lovers trope, very popular, and while this isn’t about a conventional romance, friendships can function like romances. Falling By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 10:22 am
Photo Assumption Josh & Lupita: The Friends to Lovers Trope If you’re a regular here at LaineyGossip, you probably know I love a romance, to the point where I pretty much study romance. There are formulas to romance in storytelling, and of course there are tropes. The Friends to Loves trope isn’t my favourite. I am convinced that By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 09:34 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 7, 2023 Dear Gossips, Bradley Cooper has spent the last few weeks since the strike ended promoting his film Maestro. Just as few days ago he and Carey Mulligan were screening the film in London, campaigning for those BAFTA votes. Yesterday, however, an unusual and unofficial campaign stop: working at a food By Lainey • Dec 07, 2023 09:05 am
What Else What Else? Feud Season 2 is coming next year and you might as well inject this sh-t into my veins because I am all about Truman Capote and his swans and why they fell out and allllll the mess and intrigue that happened. This story has everything: friends, frenemies, balls, backstabbing, By Lainey • Dec 06, 2023 04:01 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 6, 2023 Sheryl Lee Ralph spoke about the rumours about her marriage – I guess people are questioning whether or not they live together and why. Well, Sheryl explains why: she films in LA and he is a senator in Pennsylvania. Case closed. “Rizz” is the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year (I By Maria • Dec 06, 2023 03:40 pm
Relationship Assumption Andrew and Marilee lick back together Just one day after the debut episode of Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes’ podcast, Amy & T.J., which premiered one year to the day they were axed from Good Morning America, Page Six reported that their exes, Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig are now dating each other. According By Stephanie • Dec 06, 2023 02:45 pm
Anna Kendrick The Most Dangerous Game as a rom-com Jake Johnson is a lowkey fave, always and forever appreciated for his perfect performance as Nick Miller on New Girl but also appreciated for his great taste in projects outside of the hit sitcom that made him famous. He spent the hiatuses of his New Girl years wisely, often collaborating By Sarah • Dec 06, 2023 02:11 pm
As Seen on Social Media As Seen On Social Media: Olivia Rodrigo’s better dress and two celebrity gift requests Olivia Rodrigo’s white FASHION dress Lainey wrote about Olivia Rodrigo’s red carpet dress and I agree, it takes the Y2K trend a little too literally. This isn’t elevated Y2K, this is mall Y2K, particularly with the barrel curls. But florals-on-black are not necessarily the problem By Maria • Dec 06, 2023 01:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Independent Spirit Awards are in the thick of it Coming off their record-breaking trip to the Oscars earlier this year, in which they won all “big six” awards for acting, directing, and Best Picture, A24 clocked another impressive list of nominations for the 2023 Independent Spirit Awards. They earned eleven nominations overall, with five going to Past Lives, By Sarah • Dec 06, 2023 12:12 pm
Music Taylor Swift: The TIME Person of the Year What a f-cking year it’s been for Taylor Swift. It’s just been triumph after triumph after triumph, and now, a week before her birthday, another stomping victory: TIME has just named her their Person of the Year. Which means a cover a story and the most in- By Lainey • Dec 06, 2023 11:29 am
Top Reads Angelina’s Hyphens The post previous to this one was about Jennifer Lopez who, back in the early 2000s, was the entertainer most closely associated with a very 2000s word – multihyphenate. She was singing and dancing and acting and she had a clothing line and, and, and, and, and. Everyone is a multihyphenate By Lainey • Dec 06, 2023 10:17 am
Gorgessity JLo: The Icon x 5 Every night! There’s a red carpet – or at least three – every night right now because, as we keep saying, the entertainment industry is on a push to wrap it all up for the holiday break. And the fashion, OMG… They were restrained for several months because of the strike. By Lainey • Dec 06, 2023 09:45 am
Music Intro for December 6, 2023 Dear Gossips, It’s a good day to be a Blink. After months of speculation about their future as a group, including a lot of rumouring that one or more of them was having contractual difficulties with their label, BLACKPINK’s company, YG Entertainment, announced today that all four members, By Lainey • Dec 06, 2023 08:59 am
What Else What Else? Olivia Rodrigo’s style or … lack of style?... is fascinating to me. She’s a popstar! But when she shows up on red carpets and award shows, I never clock her fashion. I can barely remember any of her outfits. And I definitely don’t understand this outfit?! This is By Lainey • Dec 05, 2023 04:01 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 5, 2023 Macaulay Culkin’s Hollywood Walk of Fame speech is so sincere and he deserves so much recognition. For his acting, yes. But also because he is the quintessential childhood star: early fame, the stage father, shady financial dealings from adults in his life, the years of being a punchline only By Maria • Dec 05, 2023 03:15 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Ashanti and Nelly’s second chance joy Over the weekend, it was confirmed that Ashanti and Nelly are expecting their first child together. The couple has had the overwhelming support of social media users and longtime fans since they rekindled their relationship. It seems like a whirlwind romance, but when you consider the fact that they dated By Stephanie • Dec 05, 2023 02:43 pm
