TV Updates Taffy conquers TV As Lainey has said, we here at LaineyGossip are Taffy fans. As in, fans of writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Whether it’s one of her masterclass celebrity profiles or her first novel, Taffy is a must-read. That novel, Fleishman Is In Trouble, is now also a limited series starring Jesse Eisenberg, By Sarah • Oct 27, 2022 12:12 pm
Douchebags Don’t Come for Keanu Matthew Perry’s memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, has been making headlines the last week or so because of his candid revelations about addiction and mental health. It is making headlines today because of Keanu Reeves: “Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 10:58 am
Royals SPARE Prince Harry Penguin Random House issued a press release earlier today. I got the email at 634am ET which means it was still morning in the UK – basically ensuring that this news would be a top story both in North America and in England. And the news is that Prince Harry’s By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 09:58 am
Music Intro for October 27, 2022 Dear Gossips, The big event on the calendar last night in Hollywood was the premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Earlier this week both Marvel and Rihanna officially confirmed that she’s contributed to the soundtrack with “Lift Me Up”, her first song in six years, dropping on Friday. But By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 09:15 am
What Else What Else? Our site manager Emily has been sending me the videos of Emmanuel the emu for months – and they’re hysterical, I love them so much, I watch them over and over and over again. But all good things must come to an end, I guess, because people are now saying By Lainey • Oct 26, 2022 05:12 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 26, 2022 I’ll admit my bias when it comes to Charlize Theron because she can do no wrong in my eyes, the quintessential hot bitch. This Tom Ford look – the balloon sweater and skirt is so good and she looks amazing. But did the stylists not account for the camera angle? By Maria • Oct 26, 2022 03:41 pm
Music “Lift Me Up”, Rihanna People have been waiting a long, long time for new music from Rihanna. It was rumoured a couple of weeks ago that she’d be part of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack. And yesterday Marvel seemed to confirm it with this tweet: 👀 #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/EPjcFGbzSH — Marvel Entertainment By Lainey • Oct 26, 2022 03:13 pm
Style Gwyneth and Gal drink the champagne There was a Veuve Clicquot event and Gwyneth Paltrow and Gal Gadot were among the celebrities in attendance, both in black and white. Gwyneth’s dress is pretty special, I’m trying to figure out how it goes on. Side zip for a step-in? I love a step-in dress. I By Lainey • Oct 26, 2022 01:34 pm
Top Reads Angelina and Zahara on campus As we know, Angelina Jolie is a Spelman Mom since her daughter, Zahara, began school at Spelman College, an HBCU, in August. This past weekend was the combined “Spelhouse” homecoming of Spelman College and Moorehouse College in Atlanta (they are not co-ed schools). Angie showed up for Zahara: Angelina Jolie By Sarah • Oct 26, 2022 12:31 pm
TV Updates Shonda Rhimes paved the way Shonda Rhimes was the most recent guest on the 9 to 5ish with the Skimm podcast. She gave listeners some insight into some of the struggles she faced getting Grey's Anatomy off the ground, like the unanimous doubt from executives that the show would find an audience. " By Stephanie • Oct 26, 2022 11:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews James Gunn’s surprising new role Werewolf By Night introduced a new thing into the MCU, the “special presentation”, a one-off story that can just be 50-60 minutes of a good time without worrying about the rest of the MCU, and it was good largely because of that unburdened, light-touch storytelling. The next special presentation is By Sarah • Oct 26, 2022 11:19 am
Douchebags Intro for October 26, 2022 Dear Gossips, When I last wrote about Kanye West’s antisemitism it was about how his hateful messages were being amplified, even though he had ostensibly been deplatformed from social media. Traditional media coverage of Ye continued – and even though it wasn’t supportive of him, it still ended up By Lainey • Oct 26, 2022 10:47 am
What Else What Else? Talent agency CAA has dropped Kanye West, and so has Adidas (finally). It’s estimated losing Adidas will cost Ye about $250 million this year alone. I’m sure we’re T-minus seven seconds from him crying about cancel culture, but he’s been on a non-stop hate bender for By Sarah • Oct 25, 2022 04:15 pm
Top Reads James Corden apologises on camera James Corden told the New York Times last week that he would address his “behaving-badly-at-a-restaurant” scandal on his show on Monday. As noted on Friday, he seemed defensive and deflective in that NYT interview but, as we know, people change on camera. Hosting a talk show is a performance. But By Lainey • Oct 25, 2022 03:47 pm
BFFs Will Smith & Friends Almost seven months to the day and ninety billion takes after The Slap disrupted the Oscars, Will Smith is on the comeback trail, sort of. He has a new film coming out in early December, Emancipation, screening in a limited theatrical run before debuting on Apple TV+ a week later. By Sarah • Oct 25, 2022 03:25 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 25, 2022 Leslie Jordan became an unexpected social media star during the first wave of Covid in North America, shooting his joy right onto our Instagram feeds. And just this summer, he bought his first apartment and celebrated with us. What a delightful man. Lainey sent me this this morning and the By Maria • Oct 25, 2022 02:29 pm
