Movie Reviews and Previews Meet Cobweb, Hocus Pocus 2’s non-talking cat Entertainment Weekly—which now that it’s not in print, shouldn’t it be Entertainment Daily?—has some new features on Hocus Pocus 2, including some first-look photos of new and returning cast members, and details about how the sequel will dive into the Sanderson sisters’ origins. The film will By Sarah • Aug 30, 2022 01:15 pm
Weddings Bennifer Returns Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez went to Italy following their wedding reception in Georgia last week. They were seen in Lake Como, reportedly staying at George and Amal Clooney’s estate, and also shopping in Milan giving honeymooner energy the whole time. Some perspective, though, if you’re interested, on By Lainey • Aug 30, 2022 11:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Youths don’t get Weird Al Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is opening TIFF’s Midnight Madness programming this year, and as of this moment, it is literally the only film I have locked into my TIFF schedule. Not even Glass Onion is locked in yet, but Weird? I know exactly when and where. I am By Sarah • Aug 30, 2022 11:00 am
Sydney Sweeney Does Sydney Sweeney have to answer for her family? Sydney Sweeney is not letting anything stop her from keeping busy and securing the bag, which we know she must do because she gave a pretty honest breakdown of how she stays afloat recently, which Lainey wrote about here. She had a pretty busy weekend, throwing a hoedown for her By Stephanie • Aug 30, 2022 10:27 am
Style Jodie and Julianne: Before Opening Night The Venice Film Festival opens tomorrow night. Here’s this year’s jury president, Julianne Moore with festival director Alberto Barbera today to kick off the festivities. Julianne’s main focus as the president, obviously, will be to consider all the films in contention and work with her jury counterparts By Lainey • Aug 30, 2022 10:00 am
Will Smith Intro for August 30, 2022 Dear Gossips, Will Chris Rock host the Oscars next year? That’s what we’re talking about because that’s what he’s talking about. At a show in Arizona on Sunday, Chris claims that the Academy asked him to host the 95th Oscars in 2023 but he declined. Chris By Lainey • Aug 30, 2022 09:29 am
What Else What Else? Did not care for Sofia Carson’s movie, Purple Hearts, but I LOVE what she wore to the VMAs last night – and picking up the conversation I was having last week about the hood on JLo’s wedding dress and Lori Harvey’s hoodie slip dress and the right hair By Lainey • Aug 29, 2022 03:59 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 29, 2022 Maria is on holiday so I’m taking over this space this week… Coming out the Sydney Sweeney situation this weekend – which Stephanie will be posting about tomorrow – Zendaya started trending. And, as usual, it was both funny and ridiculous. https://twitter.com/dejadehaan/status/1563621693138288641?s=20&t= By Lainey • Aug 29, 2022 03:04 pm
Music Taylor Swift “at midnight” You had to know, the minute Taylor Swift showed up at the MTV VMAs, that she would win the biggest award of the show, Video of the Year. And that’s exactly what happened. I’m not mad at this. The VMAs aren’t exactly the Oscars, where legitimately no By Lainey • Aug 29, 2022 01:00 pm
Top Reads Lizzo stays winning Washed-up comedian Aries Spears must be enjoying all the spotlight he received over the weekend after making disparaging comments about superstar Lizzo. Last night, Lizzo, nominated for four VMAs including Artist of the Year, shook the red carpet of the VMAs in a dark blue Jean Paul Gaultier dress that By Stephanie • Aug 29, 2022 12:13 pm
BLACKPINK BLACKPINK: A VMA Debut The biggest girl group in the world, and the biggest girl group since Destiny’s Child, made their first appearance at the MTV VMAs last night. BLACKPINK won the award for Best Metaverse Performance and Lisa won the Best K-pop Video award for her song “Lalisa” during the main broadcast. By Lainey • Aug 29, 2022 11:26 am
Royals Meghan & Harry: Salt & Pepper We have long been fans here of Allison P Davis; as I’ve said before I will read anything she writes because she is one of the best culture writers and one of the best celebrity profile writers in the business. Her latest profile, for The Cut, is on Meghan By Lainey • Aug 29, 2022 09:43 am
Johnny Depp Johnny Depp Available for Hire The biggest surprise, supposedly, at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards was seeing Johnny Depp. His face appeared virtually inside a life-sized moon person floating above the audience. Why? Because, as he said during his first appearance ten minutes into the show, he “needed the work”. He made a By Cody • Aug 29, 2022 09:03 am
Beyoncé Beyoncé says Goodbye to Serena Williams, with Love In you were watching the VMAs Sunday night on the American MTV feed you were among the first to see a new Gatorade commercial paying tribute to Serena Williams legacy in tennis, narrated by none other than Beyoncé. Now, there was a time when Beyoncé was doing endorsement deal after By Cody • Aug 29, 2022 08:33 am
Britney Spears Intro for August 29, 2022 Dear Gossips, What would the MTV Video Music Awards be without Madonna? It was at the very first MTV VMAs that she performed “Life A Virgin” and writhed onstage in a wedding dress. Madonna would continue to deliver spectacle after spectacle at the VMAs until a successor arrived 15 years By Lainey • Aug 29, 2022 08:19 am
What Else What Else? Cardi B went off on Twitter and between her tweets and the clapbacks and other people chiming in, it’s chaos, as usual when this sh-t pops off but also, some of the takedowns are so sharp, you’re cringing and laughing at the same time, I’m sorry I’ By Lainey • Aug 26, 2022 04:18 pm
