BFFs Ben Affleck and Matt Damon chew the fat Ben Affleck is still on the combined promotional trail for The Tender Bar and campaign trail for that movie and/or The Last Duel, neither of which have serious hopes of major awards nominations. He follows his LA Times interview with a new Entertainment Weekly cover story, with an interview By Sarah • Jan 12, 2022 12:21 pm
Equality Issues It’s Janet Jackson Season I’m so excited because Janet Jackson season is upon us. Before her two-night documentary event hits Lifetime and A&E at the end of the month, the icon is covering Allure’s February issue. I know Janet’s executive producing the doc, so it’s a bit of By Cody • Jan 12, 2022 11:14 am
TV Updates Lily James talks Pamela Anderson and privacy Lily James is on the cover of Net A Porter’s digital magazine this month—is it more accurate to say that she is the face of the digital magazine? There is no “cover”—to promote the upcoming Pam & Tommy series on Hulu. The interview, conducted by Eva Wiseman, By Sarah • Jan 12, 2022 10:37 am
Top Reads A Gossip Wish: The Magic Mike Oscars During the Winter Television Critics Association virtual press tour yesterday, Craig Erwich, the president of ABC, which is the network that airs the Oscars, confirmed that this year’s show will have a host, after going host-less for the last three. The Oscars this year are happening later, at the By Lainey • Jan 12, 2022 10:10 am
Top Reads Angelina Jolie goes for sparkling First sighting of Angelina Jolie in 2022 – and it’s at the grocery store. Of course, this isn’t the first time she’s made headlines this year. With the release of The Weeknd’s new album, dawn FM, and the lyrics on some of his songs, there’s been By Lainey • Jan 12, 2022 09:41 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for January 12, 2022 Dear Gossips, At the end of 2021, James Franco peeped out of his hidey-hole and gave an interview to Jess Cagle in which he discussed his failures and “blind spot” for power dynamics, highlighted by a class-action lawsuit brought by former students, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, who alleged that By Sarah • Jan 12, 2022 09:03 am
What Else What Else? Alia Shawkat is talking about the rumours that she and Brad Pitt were dating. She’s also talking about how Brad Pitt was not talking about it because he didn’t know about it. Do you buy that he didn’t know? So many celebrities claim to not read the By Lainey • Jan 11, 2022 04:22 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 11, 2022 Kaia Gerber and Jacob Elordi reportedly broke up in November and there are reports she’s now dating Austin Butler. I’m not sure if the rumour is true or not but I think we should appreciate that Kaia is dating like a supermodel (even if she hasn’t reached By Maria • Jan 11, 2022 03:04 pm
Royals Prince Andrew needs the Swiss Chalet money Prince Andrew, as you know, is being sued in civil court by Virginia Roberts Giuffre who is accusing him of raping her when she was sex-trafficked to him by Andrew’s friends, the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, recently convicted of sex crimes. A judge in New By Lainey • Jan 11, 2022 02:12 pm
Relationship Assumption Rihanna and Rocky 2022 Rihanna and Rocky spent New Year’s in Barbados. They’re now back in LA and were photographed out for dinner last night. Of course she wore pumps with her sweat pants. It’s a good look for the select few, especially when the sweat pants are oversized like hers. By Lainey • Jan 11, 2022 12:36 pm
Relationship Assumption Bennifer: An Unplanned Reunion Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were seen out for lunch yesterday in West Hollywood, officially the first time they’ve been papped together in the new year. She looks really cute in that poncho, and it’s weather-appropriate since it’s chilly in LA right now, like for LA. Where By Lainey • Jan 11, 2022 10:55 am
Amazingness Julia Fox: Time for LA Julia Fox, gossip’s newest superstar, is now in Hollywood, the headquarters of gossip. It’s now been ten days since Julia energised the gossip landscape, after being seen with Kanye West in Miami and then hooking up again with him in New York last week. With this trip to By Lainey • Jan 11, 2022 09:43 am
Intro for January 11, 2022 Dear Gossips, A week ago in this space, for the first post of 2022, I opened with Wordle and its growing popularity. Wordle has not yet peaked, although this tweet made me laugh. a few months from now there will be a tweet that says "wordle was the banana By Lainey • Jan 11, 2022 08:53 am
What Else What Else? Oh I’m all about the Moschino pre-fall collection. All the clashing colours, the band vibe, the whimsy of it, and the pants, the pants are great. But also that blazer dress with the chevron print, all of it is so great and I can’t wait to see one By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 04:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 10, 2022 I’m back! Not new and not improved for 2022! Let’s just get right into it. Mark Ruffalo posted a photo of his children’s impressive hair and it got me thinking that Mark has a very full mane himself. His hair is curly, thick, and he usually wears By Maria • Jan 10, 2022 03:28 pm
Relationship Assumption The Weeknd: Angelina’s “Starry Eyes”? From what I’ve seen and read, The Weeknd’s new album, dawn FM, which dropped on Friday, is well-received by critics, and deservedly so. When I wrote about it the other day, in connection to all the speculation that lyrics in the song “Here We Go …Again” might be By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 03:06 pm
