Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 19, 2022 Rob Lowe is on the cover of PEOPLE this week, a safe January cover after a tumultuous few weeks in celebrity news. Rob has been around the block several times and I seriously wonder what would happen if the sex tape scandal happened today. He hasn’t hidden from it By Maria • Jan 19, 2022 03:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Clooneys are back in Hollywood George and Amal Clooney were in Australia for a stretch there starting last fall while he was working on Ticket to Paradise co-starring Julia Roberts. However, like so many recent productions, they’ve been shut down due to COVID. And shut down for long enough that the Clooneys have returned By Lainey • Jan 19, 2022 02:16 pm
Award Season Campaigning Ben Affleck: Batman and Oscar One of the sidebar conversations on social media that came out of that Joss Whedon profile this week was about Batman. As Sarah noted in her post about Joss, for years there has been in-fighting among fanboys about Justice League and Zack Snyder’s version vs Joss’s version and By Lainey • Jan 19, 2022 01:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael B Jordan: Son-in-Law in training Lori Harvey turned 25 last week and she spent it on a yacht, as she’s been sharing photos and video from her birthday trip on Instagram. And yes, Michael B Jordan appeared to be with her as he posted this video on his feed a few days ago to By Lainey • Jan 19, 2022 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Pocket Prince Daniel Radcliffe to play Comedy King Weird Al Today in Short King News, it was announced that Daniel Radcliffe will star as Weird Al Yankovic in a biopic of the seminal comedian, musician, filmmaker, and polka legend for, of all places, the Roku Channel. (Did not know that Roku has a channel, but you learn something new every By Sarah • Jan 19, 2022 11:00 am
Royals Will and Kate’s 2022 Debut Prince William and Catherine of House Cambridge stepped out together for their first joint engagement of 2022 today, visiting the Foundling Museum which “tells the history of the Foundling Hospital, the UK’s first children’s charity and public art gallery”. The Foundling Hospital was founded in 1739 “to care By Lainey • Jan 19, 2022 10:26 am
TV Updates Intro for January 19, 2022 Dear Gossips, Over the last few years, Netflix has been steadily investing in South Korean content – and even before 2021, that strategy was paying off, as the company has attracted more and more global subscribers accessing their services for non-English programming, with Korean programming consistently at or near the top By Lainey • Jan 19, 2022 09:16 am
What Else What Else? Cardi B and Offset have yet to confirm the name of their son, born in September. The way she’s talking or tweeting – though, it may be one of the most…provocative baby name reveals. She might tattoo the name on her face. I mean, sure. It’s not like By Lainey • Jan 18, 2022 04:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 18, 2022 Amy Schumer is making headlines for talking about her endometriosis surgery, acupuncture and liposuction, all things she said have helped her feel healthier and good. In late December, I saw a post in which she talked about dissolving her fillers but it’s since been removed (there are details on By Maria • Jan 18, 2022 03:01 pm
Equality Issues Olivia Culpo wears another sports bra Olivia Culpo was in the news last week because her sister Aurora posted on Instagram an outfit that Olivia wore on an American Airlines flight on their way to their holiday – a sports bra with bike shorts – and was told to put on a blouse and cover up. If you By Lainey • Jan 18, 2022 01:24 pm
Relationship Assumption Andrew Garfield: A Lying Oscar Campaign There’s no one way to campaign for an Oscar but there are some campaign messages that are more common than others. “Getting ugly for Oscar” is a common one. “Suffering” for Oscar is a storyline we hear a lot – from Leonardo DiCaprio to Jared Leto to Christian Bale to By Lainey • Jan 18, 2022 12:41 pm
TV Updates Moon Knight gives very little away Marvel has a lot of series coming to Disney+ this year, and it’s hard to decide which is the most anticipated, though Oscar Isaac starring in Moon Knight puts it near the top of the list. The first trailer dropped last night during a football game—Matt Goldberg from By Sarah • Jan 18, 2022 11:56 am
Top Reads The Only Fox News After taking over Hollywood for a couple of weeks, Julia Fox was back home in New York yesterday for her son’s first birthday. She and her ex, Peter Artemiev, were papped in Manhattan, having resumed amicable relations after she cussed him out on Instagram just before Christmas for being By Lainey • Jan 18, 2022 11:06 am
TV Updates Joss Whedon takes himself to the woodshed There is a longform profile of Joss Whedon in New York Magazine titled “The Undoing of Joss Whedon” and it is a masterclass in interviewing someone and letting them take themselves out back to the woodshed. The piece is from writer Lila Shapiro, and it could also be titled “Joss By Sarah • Jan 18, 2022 09:29 am
Shout-Outs January 18, 2022 – Shout-Outs For Laurie Petrou on the cover reveal of your upcoming book, Stargazer – because you can’t lose with black and pink. Stargazer is set in Northern Ontario, about two young women “falling into the hedonistic seduction of the woods” and while I’m confident there is no cult or cannibalism By Lainey • Jan 18, 2022 09:04 am
Amazingness Intro for January 18, 2022 Dear Gossips, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly announced their engagement last week and drank each other’s blood. They are, for me, one of the great gossip surprises of the last two years – not necessarily surprising that they’re getting married but surprising from how much I enjoy them. By Lainey • Jan 18, 2022 08:51 am