Award Season Campaigning Ben Affleck pre-50 George Clooney’s The Tender Bar started streaming on Prime last Friday, which is why Ben Affleck was featured in the LA Times this weekend. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in the film (he didn’t win) and he does have a shot at an By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 01:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Best Actress Oscar Race post GGs As we’ve been seeing over the last few months, this is a wide-open award season. The Golden Globes may have been awarded last night but I don’t think the results there really established any clear frontrunners. In the Best Picture category, we always knew The Power of the By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 11:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rooney Mara is Audrey Hepburn On Friday, news broke (via Matthew Belloni’s Puck newsletter) that Rooney Mara has been cast as Audrey Hepburn in an upcoming biopic to be directed by Luca Guadagnino. People were IN their FEELINGS about this, mainly because Mara is sort of famously glum and Audrey Hepburn did not have By Sarah • Jan 10, 2022 10:46 am
Top Reads Kate’s 40th Birthday Portraits Three new portraits of Catherine of House Cambridge were released yesterday to commemorate her 40th birthday. Kate was feted in the British press all week last week leading up the milestone – and being that she’s the wife of the future king and the mother of the king after that, By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 09:55 am
Dumbass Intro for January 10, 2022 Dear Gossips, My entertainment priority last night was Euphoria, so I totally forgot that the Golden Globes were happening – and by happening, they were not televised or streamed, but the winners were announced via live tweets, which turned out to be a mess. “Chaotic mess” is 100% on brand with By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 09:01 am
What Else What Else It seems like all the late night hosts have COVID, at least the ones in New York. James Corden is the latest to test positive. Seriously, everyone, stay safe! (DListed) A Kate Sharma primer to get you ready for Bridgerton season two, coming March 25. I cannot WAIT for Kate By Sarah • Jan 07, 2022 04:09 pm
TV Updates Anna Nicole Smith is headed to Netflix Netflix has gone in on true crime in a big way, premiering a new true crime series or documentary every month of 2021, though they saw diminishing returns over the course of the year in the genre. Now, they’re getting in on another current trend, documentaries reexamining famous women By Sarah • Jan 07, 2022 03:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Anderson + Cumberbatch + Dahl Wes Anderson is on a roll. With The French Dispatch out in 2021, and his next project, an ensemble film called Asteroid City, already in post-production and expected later this year, Anderson is already prepping his next-next project, a Roald Dahl adaptation for Netflix, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The news comes By Sarah • Jan 07, 2022 02:36 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 7, 2022 Ten years ago today, the Blue Ivy Carter was born. And just like it is on her mother’s birthday, Blue’s birthday is trending on social media, as people around the world celebrate a decade of her existence. As her grandmother, Miss Tina, wrote on Instagram, Blue came into By Lainey • Jan 07, 2022 01:39 pm
Music Did The Weeknd confirm Abelina? Earlier this week, The Weeknd announced the release of his new album, dawn FM, which is available now. The album would have already been trending, given how successful The Weeknd is, one of the top artists in the business right now. But there’s even more intrigue on top of By Lainey • Jan 07, 2022 01:02 pm
Relationship Assumption Shawn And Camila Reunite Exes Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello were spotted in Miami yesterday for the first time since their break-up. They were strolling through a park with their shared dog Tarzan, and to me, this just seems like a good co-parenting moment. They both look pretty casual, and obviously don’t seem By Anastasia • Jan 07, 2022 12:01 pm
Business of Hollywood State of the Awards Season Union Hello, it is I, Chicken Little, to tell you a little more about how the sky is falling! We’ve already covered the fata morgana that is Spider-Man: No Way Home’s success and the box office, and now we need to talk about AWARDS SEASON. Oh, did you think By Sarah • Jan 07, 2022 11:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews There won’t be another Denzel Denzel Washington is on the cover of this week’s Variety, promoting his two-fer as both the star of The Tragedy of Macbeth and director of A Journal for Jordan. For Macbeth, he’s a heavy favorite for an Oscar nomination; if it happens, it would be his ninth nomination By Sarah • Jan 07, 2022 10:42 am
Top Reads Kanye and His (New) Cinderella: Celebrity Couple-Off 2022 As I wrote yesterday, gossip is giving us a couple-off to kick off 2022 and now Kanye West and Julia Fox have answered Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian’s trip to the Bahamas. To recap: Kanye and Julia spent NYE together in Miami, then went out for a second date By Lainey • Jan 07, 2022 10:13 am
Shout-Outs January 7, 2022 – Shout-Outs This is for Sarah from Angie and also for Lexi, a Very Good Dog, who was loyal to the whole family, who was there for everyone and for all of it. I’m sorry to hear that she’s gone, that it was her time, even though the timing is By Lainey • Jan 07, 2022 09:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for January 7, 2022 Dear Gossips, As the pandemic rages into its third year—THIRD! YEAR!—Hollywood continues to fret about the box office and movie theaters. The billion-dollar success of Spider-Man: No Way Home has some cheering that theaters are back, baby, but others take a more measured view. In The New York By Sarah • Jan 07, 2022 09:29 am
