BFFs The Sussexes' next chapter begins This week, Tyler Perry stopped by Today and reflected on why he offered up his house and security to Meghan and Harry amid their relocation to the U.S. and step back from the royal family in 2020. “It was a difficult time for them,” he said to Hoda Kotb By Stephanie • Sep 23, 2022 01:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t count out M. Night Shyamalan When it comes to M. Night Shyamalan, will we ever learn our lesson? Probably not. Because there are few filmmakers who see-saw so wildly between legitimately great and genuinely awful as Shyamalan. It’s like that thing they say about Targaryens, every time M. Night Shyamalan makes a movie, the By Sarah • Sep 23, 2022 12:30 pm
Top Reads Brad Pitt: Not Original but More Expensive Earlier this week Brad Pitt launched his new skincare line, Le Domaine, which uses ingredients from Chateau Miraval, the property he and Angelina Jolie purchased together and which has now become a major point of contention between them. In support of his new business venture, as I posted yesterday, Brad By Lainey • Sep 23, 2022 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jacob Elordi: Just Before Elvis I’ve been waiting for new photos of Jacob Elordi for a couple of weeks now – here he is in LA yesterday – because we need to talk about Jacob and Elvis Presley. It was announced this month that Sofia Coppola's next film, titled Priscilla, will be based on By Lainey • Sep 23, 2022 10:40 am
Relationship Assumption George and Amal have a date night Renowned human rights barrister Amal Clooney stepped out for dinner in New York City last night, accompanied by her husband, George. OF COURSE, they’re this couple, where she’s all dressed up and his vibe is “you’re lucky I’m not wearing flip-flops”. It’s been a relatively By Sarah • Sep 23, 2022 09:32 am
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
