Baby and Bump Obsession Rihanna, Rocky, and the Routine It seemed like a return to normal, as normal as possible, I guess, after a turbulent week for Rihanna and A$AP Rocky. The big news last week was when the LAPD “blindsided” Rocky at LAX, arresting him for an alleged shooting incident in November 2021 and also raiding his By Lainey • Apr 25, 2022 01:50 pm
TV Updates Whither Essex Serpent? The Essex Serpent, the period drama starring Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes and based on Sarah Perry’s novel, drops on Apple TV+ on May 13. That’s just a couple weeks away, and the premiere was held yesterday. It’s one of those events where everyone showed up dressed By Sarah • Apr 25, 2022 01:19 pm
Hair Elizabeth Olsen out and about, London edition The press tour for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has moved onto London, and Elizabeth Olsen was spotted out and about, dressed casually between events. I LOVE this outfit, much better than whatever that was she wore to the photocall in Berlin. I also love the sunglasses, and By Sarah • Apr 25, 2022 12:35 pm
Models Gigi’s Pre-Met Gala Birthday Today is the last Monday in April. Next Monday is the first Monday in May, also known as Met Gala day. And while a special edition Met Gala happened last September, it’s been two years since the Met Gala happened the first Monday in May so there’s a By Lainey • Apr 25, 2022 11:21 am
Faux Gossip At the Intersection of Bennifer and Selling Sunset It was about a year ago that Ben Affleck made headlines for being on Raya. Last May, juuuuust after Bennifer 2.0 became the top gossip headline, this went viral: obsessed with ben affleck as a concept pic.twitter.com/lsrEfVXDE9 — jess white (@jessf_white) May 3, 2021 It was By Lainey • Apr 25, 2022 10:26 am
TV Updates Intro for April 25, 2022 Dear Gossips, I am two-and-a-half episodes into Heartstopper and I had to force myself to slowwwwww down. Heartstopper is based on Alice Oseman’s graphic novel (they also scripted the series), a queer teen rom-com, a story about crushes and friendship and identity and rugby, lol, and it’s sweet By Lainey • Apr 25, 2022 09:03 am
What Else What Else? Earlier this week, Lainey wondered what the premiere of Red Table Talk would bring, if Jada Pinkett-Smith would acknowledge The Slap in any way. Well, sort of. The premiere episode featuring Janelle Monae—who came out as non-binary—was taped before the Oscars, so the episode only featured a title By Sarah • Apr 22, 2022 04:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicolas Cage and Pedro Pascal in Massive Talent The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a high-wire act few films could pull off. Directed by Tom Gormican and written by Gormican and Kevin Etten, the film is a buddy comedy built on rom-com lines, a meta comedy about the current state of the film industry, and a dramedy By Sarah • Apr 22, 2022 03:46 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, April 22, 2022 Blake Lively has a commercial for her drink Betty Buzz and it’s cute, it’s fine. It hasn’t gone viral like some Aviation Gin ads but that’s extremely hard to do. Aviation Gin was acquired by spirits conglomerate Diageo and I’m quite sure Betty Buzz’s By Maria • Apr 22, 2022 02:57 pm
Style Outfits of the Week: Tracee x 2 The black-ish series finale aired this week after eight seasons. While I can’t say that the later seasons were as strong as the earlier ones, eight is a good run and there is much to celebrate. For Tracee Ellis Ross in particular, I’m excited to see what’s By Lainey • Apr 22, 2022 01:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Christina Ricci’s Monstrous trailer The Christina Ricci Resurgence continues as Ricci adds to her hot streak, following Yellowjackets and news of her reunion with Tim Burton and the Addams family with a new horror movie called Monstrous. The trailer dropped yesterday, and while I dig the retro aesthetic, man does this trailer give away By Sarah • Apr 22, 2022 01:09 pm
Style Lewis and the Bid Formula 1 is in Italy this weekend and once again Ferrari looked dominant at Imola today during practice under wet and slick conditions. With regards to Mercedes, expectations are still pretty low as they’ve already tempered expectations with Toto Wolff saying even before practice that they still have not By Lainey • Apr 22, 2022 12:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alexander Skarsgard in The Northman Robert Eggers’ third film, The Northman, continues his cinematic tradition of creating fanatically detailed, historically grounded worlds so tangible you can practically smell the body odor and see the lice crawling on his characters. The Northman, co-written by Eggers and Icelandic poet and novelist Sjón, is basically a Heilung concert By Sarah • Apr 22, 2022 11:45 am
Top Reads Bill Murray’s suspension Two days ago, production on Aziz Ansari’s feature directorial debut, Being Mortal, was suspended after a complaint was made and production company Searchlight determined “that production cannot continue at this time”. Yesterday, further details emerged that star Bill Murray was the subject of the complaint for “inappropriate behavior”. That By Sarah • Apr 22, 2022 10:48 am
Top Reads Ewan & Mary’s Wedding Day? Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead were seen this week out on a walk in their neighbourhood with Ewan’s parents just as Page Six reported that they’re to be married today. It’s been five years since they started dating. And the start was messy. Ewan and Elizabeth By Lainey • Apr 22, 2022 10:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Oppenheimer dudes Christopher Nolan’s next film, Oppenheimer, is currently filming in Los Angeles. Cillian Murphy and his near-translucent stare rings the bell for some of y’all, so here he is on set yesterday, along with Matt Damon and Dane DeHaan in period World War II-era garb. To refresh, this movie By Sarah • Apr 22, 2022 09:39 am
