Movie Reviews and Previews Maybe Morbius isn’t terrible? I have not been high on the Morbius train, as this pandemic-delayed Spider-Man spin-off finally wends its way to theaters in January 2022. But a new trailer is the best of the bunch by a huge margin, and maybe Morbius doesn’t look terrible? They’re still throwing everything and By Sarah • Nov 03, 2021 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews RDJ’s next act Robert Downey, Jr. is in his post-Marvel reinvention phase, and if we ignore Dolittle, which we should, then his most significant post-Avengers project is Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s upcoming movie about Robert Oppenheimer, one of the inventors of the atomic bomb. Cillian Murphy is already on board to play Oppenheimer, By Sarah • Nov 03, 2021 10:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lady Gaga Gives Good Vogue Is it too early to declare, officially, that the celebrity profile is back?! Because in the last month, we’ve had multiple excellent celebrity profiles, two of them written by the same person, about two of the world’s biggest superstars, and another that included the now-iconic sentence, “I am By Lainey • Nov 03, 2021 09:40 am
Shout-Outs November 3, 2021 – Shout-Outs Devin! Happy Birthday with love from Simon who says you’re killing it at your new-ish job but who is bummed that they can’t be with you. So… how’s this for a make-up? Here’s Kathy Hilton in her “Who is Hunky Dory” glory. https://twitter.com/queensofbravo/ By Lainey • Nov 03, 2021 09:13 am
Equality Issues Intro for November 3, 2021 Dear Gossips, Following the breakout success of Framing Britney Spears, The New York Times Presents is debuting a new documentary on FX/Hulu on November 19 called Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson. We’ve seen a spate of documentaries focused on famous women of the aughts, from Britney By Sarah • Nov 03, 2021 08:58 am
What Else What Else? This blue dress on Kate of House Cambridge is too long, or something. Or it’s cut too wide at the bottom for this length. And the shoes aren’t helping either. I also hate this colour so maybe that’s what’s throwing me off. (Cele|bitchy) I appreciate By Lainey • Nov 02, 2021 05:18 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, November 2, 2021 This morning, Lainey opened with Lil Nas X and his Thom Browne look. Taika Waiti wore Thom Browne to the premiere of the Eternals and I hate this suit! So much! It’s trying so hard to do something, you know? It looks like a Project Runway challenge bottom two By Maria • Nov 02, 2021 05:09 pm
TV Updates Succession: The Disruption Typically, each week I sort out the Roys and their assorted minions into hot/cold categories but this week, it’s a spiral. Everyone is colder than Greg’s $40,000 watch without a battery. (The lone exception is Ziwe as a talk show host, the best pop culture reference By Maria • Nov 02, 2021 03:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews But WHY Chris Pratt? On the one hand, I get it. Chris Pratt is a very bankable star, and despite being Worst Chris he remains widely popular among general audiences. Whenever he gets a new role, a big part of me understands why. Chris Pratt is good business. But there is a little part By Sarah • Nov 02, 2021 02:42 pm
Award Season Campaigning Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer are engaged Well this is a big get for Howard Stern. Spencer opens on Friday and Kristen Stewart stopped by his show this morning during this final leg of her promotional push – for the film; she’ll be on the Oscar circuit still for months to come. Kristen and Howard have a By Lainey • Nov 02, 2021 02:12 pm
Music Adele Drinks Wine When Adele’s new Vogue profiles came out a few weeks ago, there was a part where she talked about drinking wine that I wanted to include in my post but couldn’t fit it in. This is what she said: “My first emergency run [during lockdown] at the grocery By Lainey • Nov 02, 2021 12:42 pm
Music Taylor’s Halloween Weekend Speaking of Ryan Reynolds from the previous post, he was out trick-or-treating with Blake Lively and his kids on Sunday and they were joined by Taylor Swift in a squirrel costume – you can see the photos here. Taylor posted a shot of her squirrel self on Instagram: In addition to By Lainey • Nov 02, 2021 12:06 pm
Maple Leaf Ryan Reynolds, Innovator Along with Lil Nas X, Ryan Reynolds was also named one of WSJ. Magazine’s Innovators of the Year. In a relatively short amount of time, Ryan Reynolds has gone from actor to entrepreneur. Yes, of course, he’s a movie star and a producer, but he also has his By Lainey • Nov 02, 2021 11:30 am
Shout-Outs November 2, 2021 – Shout-Outs Sanjeeta! Happy Birthday! I know that it’s a bittersweet one… and by request, I’m hoping Backstreet will bring it more over to the sweet side. In his honour. Man, I haven’t heard this song in a while. I still love it! By Lainey • Nov 02, 2021 11:04 am
Equality Issues Intro for November 2, 2021 Dear Gossips, How are we at the second last month of the year? Already?! Since it’s that time of year, the annual best and “…of the year” lists are now coming out. WSJ. Magazine has released its Innovators issue last week and hosted a celebration, with several of their By Lainey • Nov 02, 2021 09:53 am
What Else What Else? I LOOOOOOVE this moment between This Hot Bitch, Sharon Stone, and Hannah Waddingham. Hannah showed deference to Sharon, Sharon appreciated it, and they seem to be crushing on each other now and they actually look like they could play sisters – or Hannah could play Sharon in the Sharon Stone biopic. By Lainey • Nov 01, 2021 04:03 pm