What Else What Else? Ava DuVernay looks so f-cking amazing on the cover of InStyle and I love everything about this shot. Mostly it’s that the styling isn’t basic – this look is a choice, with the gloves and the shape of the sleeve and the pose and how all of that creates By Lainey • Feb 08, 2022 04:03 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 8, 2022 In a story that the Daily Mail wrote specifically for my petty interests, Anais Gallagher made fun of Brooklyn Beckham in the comments of a TikTok video. The Beckhams versus the Gallaghers? My heart can’t take it! Anais lives up to the family reputation for taking a swipe but By Maria • Feb 08, 2022 03:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Holland: No Oscar, but Uncharted One of the sidebar conversations ahead of the Oscar nominations today was whether or not Spider-Man: No Way Home would make the cut, particularly in the Best Picture category. The movie did receive one nomination for special effects, but they put a significant budget into getting a nomination in the By Lainey • Feb 08, 2022 02:28 pm
TV Updates Amanda Seyfried unveils her Elizabeth Holmes voice A couple of months after the first images arrived of Amanda Seyfried as Theranos founder and convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes, we now have a trailer by which to judge The Voice. If you’ll recall, Holmes speaks—spoke? I can’t find a recent soundbite from her—in an affected By Sarah • Feb 08, 2022 01:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper, Nominee As Sarah just wrote in the previous post about today’s Oscar nominations, Bradley Cooper did not make the cut in the Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor categories for his performances in Nightmare Alley and Licorice Pizza. It was his part in Licorice Pizza that was the highest possibly By Lainey • Feb 08, 2022 12:27 pm
Award Season Campaigning The Oscar nominations: No chaos Unlike the BAFTA nominations, which are pure chaos, the Oscar nominations this morning are much more in line with expectations. The Power of the Dog, an awards favorite since last fall, leads all nominations with twelve. Craft-friendly Dune follows with ten. West Side Story and Belfast follow with seven apiece. By Sarah • Feb 08, 2022 11:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Best Actress Nominations Sarah will be posting an overview of this morning’s Oscar nominations later but we’ll start with what’s trending: Lady Gaga. Because she was not nominated for her performance as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci. This is considered a snub because Gaga has so far this award By Lainey • Feb 08, 2022 10:30 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for February 8, 2022 Dear Gossips, Oscar nominations are happening today – announced by Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan, an inspired and adorable combination. This post was written before the livestream, and we’ll be covering the Academy’s final list later on. But as I wrote to Sarah yesterday, for some reason I’ By Lainey • Feb 08, 2022 08:46 am
What Else What Else? Rachel Brosnahan’s promotional wardrobe for the new season of Mrs Maisel is strong. My favourite is the Valentino pyjama-ish set with the mary-janes but this monochrome mustard look is excellent too. I do agree with the Fug Girls though about the boots. I don’t mind the colour – the By Lainey • Feb 07, 2022 04:00 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 7, 2022 Leslie Jones is ready to give up on her live-tweeting of the Olympics. OK, this confused me because I thought it was a gig! Like I thought she was paid for all this work and not only is she not, but the powers-that-be are blocking her videos? This year, social By Maria • Feb 07, 2022 03:34 pm
Style Lewis Hamilton: Return of the King Last time I posted about Lewis Hamilton it was just about a couple of weeks ago when he was seen in LA after weeks and weeks of growing speculation – and angst – over his silence. Lewis went off the grid after the controversy of the last race of the 2021 season By Lainey • Feb 07, 2022 02:41 pm
Faux Gossip Did Zendaya and Tom buy a house? Zendaya and Tom Holland might be the internet’s favourite couple – or at least one of the internet’s favourite couples. Favourite as in there might be other couples who generate all kinds of talk and debate, but Zendaya and Tom generally aren’t polarising. There may be those who By Lainey • Feb 07, 2022 02:03 pm
Royals The Queen Crowns Camilla Yesterday marked 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II began her reign. To commemorate the occasion, she released a statement expressing her commitment to serve – and you’ll note that that’s the first thought in the letter: ✍️ On the eve of the 70th anniversary of her Accession to the throne, By Lainey • Feb 07, 2022 12:39 pm
TV Updates The Euphoria Twitter Sideshow: “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird” *This is your official spoiler alert. There WILL be heavy plot reveals throughout so keep that in mind before reading this post!* It might sound repetitive to those who have been keeping up with these posts, but this week’s episode of Euphoria had me forgetting to breathe because, WOW. By Anastasia • Feb 07, 2022 11:42 am
Top Reads Awkwafina doesn’t apologise Nora Lum, aka Awkwafina, for years has been criticised for appropriating AAVE (African American Vernacular English) and using what’s called a blaccent, and specifically speaking with a blaccent as part of her comedic persona and in her comedic roles, only to take it off for her dramatic roles, which By Lainey • Feb 07, 2022 11:09 am
Style Intro for February 7, 2022 Dear Gossips, Beyoncé posted to Instagram for the first time this year last week to promote her latest Ivy Park drop, Ivy Heart: This is drop week, with the new collection coming on Wednesday and Thursday and new images of Beyoncé modelling her own gear were posted on the Ivy By Lainey • Feb 07, 2022 09:01 am
