Business of Hollywood Intro for September 23, 2022 Dear Gossips, One of the side-effects of the streaming era is the increasingly combative relationship between movie stars and studios when it comes to salaries. Top-tier talent doesn’t just get paid up front, they get a bite of the back-end ticket sales, and a percentage of home video/sales. By Sarah • Sep 23, 2022 08:59 am
What Else What Else? Ten years ago or so, if you’d asked most people who they thought would be a better fit for a Chanel brand partnership, Kristen Stewart or Margot Robbie, I think the majority would have answered Margot Robbie. But it’s Kristen’s connection with Chanel that has been the By Lainey • Sep 22, 2022 04:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 22, 2022 Beyoncé sent a congratulatory message to her hometown church and as with any sighting, there’s a debate on whether or not she may be pregnant. As we know, we don’t know anything about her life until she wants us to know. There is no indication she is and By Maria • Sep 22, 2022 03:12 pm
TV Updates Diego Luna shines in Andor Rogue One is arguably the second-best film to come out of New New Star Wars (the best is The Last Jedi, argue with a wall). The middle of Rogue One is a goddamn mess, but it has a memorable ending and in just one film introduced a compelling gallery of By Sarah • Sep 22, 2022 02:01 pm
Celebrity Lifestyle Brands Is Brad Pitt doing the work? It was announced in Vogue yesterday– Brad Pitt has launched a skincare line, Le Domaine. And there’s a Chateau Miraval connection because they use ingredients grown on the estate in the products. There’s a lot to unpack in this interview so I’m going to split it up By Lainey • Sep 22, 2022 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ana de Armas sets her narrative Blonde, the quasi-biopic of Marilyn Monroe starring Ana de Armas, is in limited theatrical release now, but it hits Netflix next week, which is when Blonde-mania will crest. It’s also when Ana de Armas will launch into the forefront of the Best Actress Oscar race, as she will get By Sarah • Sep 22, 2022 12:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia Wilde takes the stand Pretty sure I don’t have to recap for you how messy the Don’t Worry Darling promotional tour has been. It was messy even before the tour started, with online speculation building over months about whether or not Florence Pugh was over Olivia Wilde, Darling, and refusing to support By Lainey • Sep 22, 2022 11:25 am
Top Reads The Tiffany Haddish lawsuit is already over A few weeks ago, we learned of a lawsuit filed against Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears by a pair of anonymous siblings accusing them of, among other things, grooming and sexual abuse. A couple days ago, the suit was dismissed with prejudice—meaning the plaintiffs can’t refile—on behalf By Sarah • Sep 22, 2022 10:02 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for September 22, 2022 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week, TIFF announced that Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans won the People’s Choice Award which has become an Oscar booster over the years. There is no doubt that The Fabelmans will be a contender. The Academy loves Spielberg and this film is not only semi-autobiographical, By Lainey • Sep 22, 2022 09:22 am
What Else What Else? Though the current NFL season is still young, Tom Brady hasn’t been playing well and most people are attributing it to him being distracted by the situation at home with Gisele. As Ben from Dlisted notes, she’s the second most important woman in his life. The first is, By Lainey • Sep 21, 2022 04:26 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 21, 2022 Sandra Oh represented Canada at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral and she posted about that, as well as her Order of Canada. So next time she runs into Lorne Michaels and Martin Short at the Emmys, she will have a pin, too. (Swipe to the fifth photo.) Sandra has only hosted By Maria • Sep 21, 2022 04:11 pm
Relationship Assumption Leonardo DiCaprio: The Adam Levine Beneficiary Ten years ago, when the Victoria’s Secret fashion show was still a thing, it felt like Leonardo DiCaprio and Adam Levine flipped through the calendar together, making their choices. Both were regular attendees and/or performers at the event. And both, as we have seen, were regularly in the By Lainey • Sep 21, 2022 03:50 pm
TV Updates Kumail Nanjiani’s good Eighties vibes Speaking of true crime, the teaser for Welcome to Chippendales dropped yesterday. The Hulu limited series stars Kumail Nanjiani as Steve Banerjee, the founder of Chippendale’s who gets into a murder plot involving the club’s choreographer, Nick De Noia. Murray Bartlett, fresh off his Emmy win for The By Sarah • Sep 21, 2022 01:42 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s Words of Honour Before we get to Taylor Swift’s latest award, let’s start with what’s new – her tenth studio album, Midnights, is scheduled for release exactly one month from today on October 21. So it’ll be interesting to see, in the coming weeks, what Taylor’s promotional strategy for By Lainey • Sep 21, 2022 12:40 pm
Douchebags Maren Morris is not "comfortable" in country music Maren Morris has revealed that she’s not “comfortable” with the idea of attending this year’s Country Music Awards after her spat with social media influencer Brittany Aldean who is married to Jason Aldean. As a closet country lover and Real Housewives fan, not once did I predict that By Stephanie • Sep 21, 2022 11:42 am
Douchebags Adam Levine’s cheating scandal goes beyond TikTok After my post on the Adam Levine/Sumner Stroh TikTok cheating scandal, there have been trickles of new information. Other women are claiming that Adam has slid into their DMs, though like with Sumner Stroh, there are no clear-cut allegations that the cheating is physical. Daily Mail had the first By Maria • Sep 21, 2022 10:08 am
