Award Season Campaigning The Stars at the Academy Museum: A Pre-Oscar Fashion Show The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, aka the Oscar Academy, has been working on the Academy Museum for several years now. The Museum officially opens on September 30 and this weekend the opening gala was a star-studded event, with multiple Oscar winners in attendance, and members of the By Lainey • Sep 27, 2021 12:57 pm
Top Reads The Bennifer Show was the Other Show Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were the biggest celebrity couple heatscore of the weekend, because it’s been so rare to see them out in public together for so long, but if there was a challenger to their spotlight, it wasn’t from anyone over in England, LOL; the other By Lainey • Sep 27, 2021 11:44 am
Royals The Curious Timing of the Cambridge Family Photo Since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as senior members of the British royal family in early 2020, there’s been a concerted effort by the Firm to elevate Prince Edward and Sophie, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, to the same level of popularity. It’s been like By Lainey • Sep 27, 2021 11:00 am
Royals Harry & Meghan’s New York Takeover As Sarah wrote on Friday, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s trip to New York, their first major appearance together since the birth of Lilibet and, really, since their move to America, was set up in many ways like a royal tour, only without the royal fuss and protocol. There By Lainey • Sep 27, 2021 10:17 am
Sports Intro for September 27, 2021 Dear Gossips, Lewis Hamilton made history yesterday, becoming the first F1 driver with 100 career wins at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi... 14 years, 108 days after his first win... Lewis celebrates his 100th in Sochi#RussianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/UM0Z7PJP2T — Formula 1 (@F1) September 26, 2021 Not By Lainey • Sep 27, 2021 09:18 am
What Else What Else? The Brangelina divorce drags on over issues of assets and custody. In the latest development, Angelina Jolie has been granted permission to sell her shares of their winery, Miraval. But Brad Pitt is unhappy because he once sold Angelina a 10% stake in the company for €1. He did this By Sarah • Sep 24, 2021 04:11 pm
Style Outfit of the Week: Jodie Comer’s Pink Sequin Suit Jodie Comer was at the London premiere of The Last Duel last night in a glorious pale pink sequin suit. It’s Gucci. But it’s also Liza. Jodie is working with Elizabeth Saltzman who often appears on The Hollywood Reporter Power Stylists list, and also works with Sandra Oh By Lainey • Sep 24, 2021 03:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Superstar Super Mario Bros. Given the success of Sonic the Hedgehog, which defied the gods and all decency to become one of the top-ten highest grossing films of 2020, it’s no surprise that more video game movies are coming. Next on the block is Nintendo making another run at Super Mario Bros., this By Sarah • Sep 24, 2021 03:09 pm
Music Kelly’s (Early) Holiday Spirit September is almost coming to a close, and while some are thinking about spooky season, Kelly Clarkson is already getting geared up for the winter holidays with her song, “Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You)”. She dropped the Christmas-meets-break-up-song yesterday: It feels SO odd to be writing about holiday music By Anastasia • Sep 24, 2021 02:18 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 24, 2021 Because I can’t get a moment’s peace from celebrity lifestyle brands, Blake Lively has launched a beverage called Betty Buzz. (Betty is a family name, as she explained to PEOPLE.) It’s a non-alcoholic beverage, which makes sense as she has said for years that she doesn’t By Maria • Sep 24, 2021 01:47 pm
TV Updates Owen Wilson finally hosts SNL I don’t know if I would say that Owen Wilson is having a comeback, because his popularity has never really waned, and certainly public affection for him has only grown over the last twenty-plus years, not lessened. But he definitely slowed down his work pace in the mid-2010s, even By Sarah • Sep 24, 2021 12:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dear Evan Hansen is PSYCHOTIC In many ways, Dear Evan Hansen is “better than Cats”, mainly because Evan isn’t physically painful to look at—I don’t want to pluck out my eyeballs and run screaming into the sea—and because the musical is not sung through. But in all the ways that count, By Sarah • Sep 24, 2021 12:04 pm
Top Reads Cary Fukunaga spills the tea Theoretically, No Time To Die is slated to premiere next week before opening in North America on October 8. I sort of won’t believe it’s happening until I am actually watching it, but it seems the time for Daniel Craig’s final Bond movie has come at last. By Sarah • Sep 24, 2021 11:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bennifer: A Low-Key Week After the back-to-back highs of Venice and the Met Gala, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have kept it pretty low-key over the last week. Let’s not get greedy now – how much more do we need? Well… it’s not like they didn’t give us anything. Adweek released the By Lainey • Sep 24, 2021 10:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart speaks as Diana With freedom-craving royals on the mind, let us turn to the new trailer for Spencer, Pablo Larraín’s biopic of Diana, Princess of Wales. With the teaser, we considered Kristen Stewart’s look as Diana, but this trailer gives us more of her speaking as Diana, so let’s examine By Sarah • Sep 24, 2021 10:19 am
Top Reads Harry & Meghan on the move Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan’s New York takeover continued yesterday at the World Health Organization’s New York office, where the Sussexes met with global leaders and health experts about vaccine equity, and on Saturday, they’ll be at Central Park for Global Citizen Live, continuing to raise awareness By Sarah • Sep 24, 2021 09:39 am
