Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck in The Tender Bar The basic concept of The Tender Bar is “what if Hillbilly Elegy, but mediocre?” Directed by George Clooney and adapted by William Monahan from J.R. Moehringer’s memoir of the same name, The Tender Bar is a very similar premise to Hillbilly Elegy (while the film version beat The By Sarah • Dec 22, 2021 10:42 am
Jennifer Lopez JLo’s Favourite Letter A casually dressed Jennifer Lopez went shopping with her sister, Lydia, and daughter Emme yesterday in LA ahead of her the first Bennifer Christmas since the OG Bennifer days. Like I said yesterday, I am curious to see how much she shares with us. Speaking of sharing though, have you By Lainey • Dec 22, 2021 10:19 am
Cardi B Cardi’s $2 million Birthday Gift Offset’s birthday was on December 14, he turned 30 years old. It’s a milestone birthday so Cardi B hosted a big birthday party for him last night. Quavo was there, The Game was there, French Montana was there, Kanye West stopped by briefly to drop off a gift… By Lainey • Dec 22, 2021 09:41 am
Tina Knowles Intro for December 22, 2021 Dear Gossips, Miss Tina announced yesterday that she’s launching her own Facebook talk show, Talks with Mama Tina. And the celebrity guest list is impressive: Zendaya, Kelly Rowland, Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Ciara, Chloe and Halle Bailey, Pauletta Washington and John David Washington, Marsai Martin, and Storm Reid. Miss By Lainey • Dec 22, 2021 09:12 am
What Else What Else? BAFTA CEO, Amanda Berry, is stepping down from her position. Apparently it has to do with her being “too familiar” with the royals. Well that probably involves Prince William since he’s the ceremonial head of BAFTA. What, exactly, does “too familiar” mean where the royals are concerned? Did she By Lainey • Dec 21, 2021 02:54 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 21, 2021 The girl-bossification of cryptocurrency and NFTs is going to be the dumbest trend of 2022, so I’m just sending out a warning now. Gwyneth Paltrow has already dabbled promoting fillers (or “clean Botox” as she likes to call it LOL) and now it’s this. Is she buying By Maria • Dec 21, 2021 01:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alexander Skarsgard fulfills his destiny in The Northman Robert Eggers, auteur of the itchiest goddamn cinema, is back with a new film starring Alexander Skarsgard, The Northman. Skarsgard fulfills his destiny by playing Thor a Viking prince called Amleth. In medieval Scandi literature, Amleth is the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a boy whose father, the king, is By Sarah • Dec 21, 2021 11:15 am
TV Updates Insecure: Preparing for Goodbye What a time. It still seems unreal, but HBO’s Insecure is actually coming to an end with the series finale airing December 26. No one's prayer worked. The more the show winds down (or Wine’s down 😉), I’m realizing exactly why it’s my favourite show. By Melayna • Dec 21, 2021 10:37 am
Style Also in Aspen… Goldie and Kate Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell and their family are also Aspen regulars at Christmas – and “family” also refers to long-time friends. Melanie Griffith and Dakota Johnson have been known to spend Christmas in Aspen with Goldie and Kurt’s crew too. Which, of course, includes Kate and Oliver Hudson By Lainey • Dec 21, 2021 10:06 am
Amazingness Mimi Brings Christmas Back to Aspen What would Christmas week be without Mimi in Aspen? It’s a Christmas tradition, it’s where she almost always spends Christmas, and within that tradition there are other traditions. Like shopping at the luxury boutiques. In heels, of course. No matter how icy and slippery the sidewalks are, Mimi By Lainey • Dec 21, 2021 09:46 am
Royals Lady Louise out for a drive Lady Louise Windsor was photographed driving a carriage around the grounds of Windsor yesterday. Carriage driving is some real rich people sh-t. As if horses aren’t expensive enough, as if competition-quality tack isn’t already prohibitive to most participating in the sport, let’s add f-cking By Sarah • Dec 21, 2021 09:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for December 21, 2021 Dear Gossips, As Sarah covered in yesterday’s open, the Spider-Man: No Way Home box office has been a big story – and relief – in Hollywood the last few days; considering the pandemic, and the fact that there’s been no shortage of Marvel superhero content this year (with WandaVision, By Lainey • Dec 21, 2021 08:47 am
What Else What Else A New Yorker did an impression of John Oliver on the street, for John Oliver. John Oliver took it well, which immediately makes him a better sport than 50% of the celebrities Tom Hiddleston has done impressions in front of. (Pajiba) Explore the terrible fashion of the post-grunge 1990s By Sarah • Dec 20, 2021 04:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in 'Don’t Look Up' Don’t Look Up, directed by Adam McKay and written by McKay from a story he developed with David Sirota, wants to be Network but for climate change. Roughly two-thirds of the way into the film, Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio, whose performance is one of the only redeemable By Sarah • Dec 20, 2021 03:48 pm
Hook Ups Kim & Pete Go to the Movies I am surrounded at work by people who are obsessed with Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson – and I don’t get it. On both sides. As you know, if you’ve been visiting this site over the years, the Kardashians are not my thing; initially because I was in futile By Lainey • Dec 20, 2021 02:48 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 20, 2021 TMZ is reporting that Andy Cohen is recovering from his second round of Covid (he is fully vaccinated). He’s out of quarantine just in time to prep for his CNN New Year’s Eve shoot. But about his Instagram: what to do with the Chris Noth shot? Delete it By Maria • Dec 20, 2021 02:03 pm
