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
What Else What Else The Super Bowl is next weekend, but ads are already dropping online. Uber Eats got Jennifer Coolidge, so they win by default. (Popsugar) People have Opinions on Nick Cannon announcing he and Brie Tiesi are expecting a new child just eight weeks after his five-month-old son, Zen, passed away from By Sarah • Feb 04, 2022 04:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dakota Johnson suits up Bolstered by the back-to-back success of Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home, Sony continues to expand their non-MCU Spider-verse, adding Dakota Johnson to the roster in a Madame Web movie. This will be Sony’s first female-fronted superhero movie, and the film is set to be By Sarah • Feb 04, 2022 03:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Netflix shows off new mov—KNIVES OUT 2! THERE IS KNIVES OUT 2! Every movie this year comes with an asterisk in my head: Not Knives Out 2. Even stuff I’m super looking forward to, like The Northman, has that asterisk in my mind, because my A #1 most anticipated film of the year is Knives Out 2. So, it is with By Sarah • Feb 04, 2022 02:48 pm
Maple Leaf Simu, the host Simu Liu had a GREAT 2021. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was a smash hit. The sequel has been green-lit. He hosted Saturday Night Live. He’s booked all kinds of endorsements, including a recently released commercial for Google Pixel 6. He has two upcoming projects scheduled By Lainey • Feb 04, 2022 01:51 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 4, 2022 Is it a spoiler if it’s the top spoiler on PEOPLE? Well here we go. Ken Jeong walked off The Masked Singer set because he felt disrespected by the guest reveal. According to PEOPLE, Robin Thicke followed him in solidarity because the two are extremely close and he wanted By Maria • Feb 04, 2022 01:18 pm
Award Season Campaigning Andrew Garfield: Tennis and Costumes As Sarah wrote earlier today, it’s been one of the most unpredictable award seasons ever, because the usual metrics used by industry experts to predict how award season will look have been all over the place. No one could have predicted how the BAFTA nominations turned out which means By Lainey • Feb 04, 2022 12:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Notable BAFTA Snubs: KStew and Kidman We’ve discussed the chaotic nature of the BAFTA nominations this year, but now let’s talk about two specific snubs: Kristen Stewart and Nicole Kidman for Best Actress. They are two of the leading contenders for the Oscars, and have been all awards season, but they were excluded by By Sarah • Feb 04, 2022 11:38 am
