TV Updates Bill Nighy is the new Bowie If you’re making a new adaptation of a film that stars David Bowie, who do you get to replace David Bowie? When illness kept Bowie out of Twin Peaks: The Return, David Lynch replaced him with a talking teapot, because, well, why not. It’s David Lynch, Twin Peaks, By Sarah • Feb 23, 2022 02:17 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 23, 2022 This is an interesting tidbit: Dua Lipa has fired her management team and according to some reports, her dad is taking over. Dua is a massive pop star in the middle of a tour and this is a huge change as her team has been with her from before she By Maria • Feb 23, 2022 01:52 pm
Top Reads Las Vegas is about to get Bangtan-ed BTS lit up social media yesterday with a big announcement – they’ve scheduled four shows in Las Vegas in April: BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE - LAS VEGAS 공연 개최#PTD_ON_STAGE_LV #PermissiontoDance #BTS #방탄소년단 pic.twitter.com/t38IjGOf3o — BIGHIT MUSIC (@BIGHIT_MUSIC) February 22, 2022 The By Lainey • Feb 23, 2022 12:32 pm
Business of Hollywood Aziz Ansari, moving on and moving up Four years after having a #MeToo scandal of his own, Aziz Ansari is doing just fine. He has continued touring as a top-selling stand-up comedian, and he has a new stand-up special on Netflix, Aziz Ansari: Nightclub Comedian, his second post-scandal, plus he dropped a new season of Master of By Sarah • Feb 23, 2022 11:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews DanRad with the accordian The Weird Al Yankovic biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe is underway, and after set photos leaked over the weekend, the production has released the first official image of DanRad done up like Weird Al. He is unsettlingly convincing. “Wearing the Hawaiian shirt is a huge responsibility that I don’t take By Sarah • Feb 23, 2022 11:36 am
Hair Andrew Garfield out and about Can I just say that I am very much enjoying Andrew Garfield this awards season? It’s his second time around as a Best Actor nominee (following his 2017 nomination for Hacksaw Ridge), and he seems to understand he’s not a frontrunner, so all the pressure is off and By Sarah • Feb 23, 2022 11:00 am
Royals Harry and Meghan Go For Dinner Prince Harry took his cousin, Princess Eugenie, to his first Super Bowl a couple of weeks ago. Before they were seen there, no one had any idea that Eugenie, her husband Jack Brooksbank, and very likely their baby August were in California. And for several days after that there were By Lainey • Feb 23, 2022 10:23 am
Royals Kate and Mary Go For Lunch On her second and final day in Denmark, Kate Cambridge visited Forest Kindergarten and spent time outside with educators and children, learning about the development impact on students when they can learn outside of conventional classroom settings. She’s making headlines today for again talking about how “broody” she is. By Lainey • Feb 23, 2022 09:40 am
Oscars 2022 Intro for February 23, 2022 Dear Gossips, Just in case you thought the Academy was done making stupid decisions in re: the Oscars, gird your loins because they are not. The latest bad idea is a rehash of something they’ve tried in various configurations in recent years, which is cutting certain awards from the By Sarah • Feb 23, 2022 08:52 am
What Else What Else? Billie Eilish has many talents. One of them seems to be that she knows what’s happening in a crowd when she’s performing – and it is a skill, because while I don’t perform on stage at concerts in front of thousands of people, I have been on a By Lainey • Feb 22, 2022 04:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 22, 2022 Some celebrities are still doing the “That's Not My Name” videos on Instagram and while they aren’t technically breaking the law, this is a crime. David and Victoria Beckham obviously accept that their children are famous, but it seems they didn’t want them to be “working” By Maria • Feb 22, 2022 03:35 pm
Top Reads The Weeknd’s Birthday Kissing…was not from Angelina Jolie There were rumours for months that The Weeknd and Angelina Jolie are a thing. But a few weeks ago, E! News reported that he was seen multiple times having dinner with Simi Khadra. She and her twin sister Haze are DJs and models and musicians. And there are cross-connections all By Lainey • Feb 22, 2022 03:05 pm
TV Updates Hot Taika and Leading Man Rhys Darby (at last) Last month, we saw a teaser for Our Flag Means Death, the pirate comedy coming from David Jenkins and Taika Waititi. Now, we have a full trailer, and yes, I have been mainlining this for DAYS. The combination of pirate history and New Zealand humor, it feels like this was By Sarah • Feb 22, 2022 02:03 pm
Media Manipulation Angelina in Cambodia The big incomplete Brange headline last week was about how Brad Pitt was suing Angelina over selling her Chateau Miraval shares. Most major outlets missed the fact that Brad was sued first by his new co-owners for mismanagement of the estate. And also there’s what her lawyer said about By Lainey • Feb 22, 2022 01:34 pm
Royals Will and Kate on the move? There’s been speculation in the British tabloids that Prince William and Catherine of House Cambridge are considering moving out of London. Right now their official working base is Kensington Palace but supposedly they’ve been visiting schools in Berkshire and could be moving their seat of power from London By Lainey • Feb 22, 2022 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Penelope Cruz’s Quiet Campaign The Screen Actors Guild Awards are happening on Sunday. It’ll be the first award show that I’ve watched in a long time. And for the SAG Awards, they’re rarely in this position because, in a typical pre-COVID year, they come after the Golden Globes and the Critics By Lainey • Feb 22, 2022 11:53 am
