TV Updates Jodie Turner-Smith is an Elf The Witcher is one of the most popular original shows on Netflix (thanks to that audience metric that requires you only watch two minutes of a thing to count as a “view”), so it’s no surprise a prequel spin-off is coming. Described as a six-episode limited series, The Witcher: By Sarah • Jan 26, 2021 03:05 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 26, 2021 Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Jason Statham have been together a long time – has anything changed on that front? They keep things pretty quiet and the only reason I ask is because this is a pretty moody Instagram. Mind you, a lot of us are a bit moody right now. I’m By Maria • Jan 26, 2021 02:25 pm
Shoes Katie & Emilio: The Coat Couple Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas were our first couple of the pandemic. Towards the end of the summer of 2020, however, when Ana joined Ben in Ireland where he was shooting The Last Duel, and they kept a much lower profile, it was Katie Holmes and Emilio Vitolo Jr By Lainey • Jan 26, 2021 12:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Let Godzilla and Kong fight Amidst all the spring blockbusters moving back to the fall, we are guaranteed one big movie to watch (at home): Godzilla vs Kong, which will premiere in whatever theaters are open and on HBO Max on March 26. Sure, everyone hates Warner Brothers now, a bunch of their creative partners By Sarah • Jan 26, 2021 12:07 pm
Top Reads Amanda Gorman, the Model A week ago today, Amanda Gorman was not a household name. A week ago she would have been putting the final touches on her inaugural poem, The Hill We Climb. She was perhaps practising the recitation, and then meditating, preparing to deliver her words at the Capitol to an audience By Lainey • Jan 26, 2021 11:09 am
Star Wars The Return of Toxic Fandom and #IStandWithKrystina Over the weekend you may have noticed a hashtag trending, #IStandWithKrystina, and wondered, “Is this some Star Wars sh-t?” The answer is yes, it is some Star Wars sh-t as the most infamous toxic fandom in the land reared its ugly head once again, this time coming for actor, table-top By Sarah • Jan 26, 2021 10:26 am
Shout-Outs January 26, 2021 – Smutty Shout-Outs For Nico F– Happy 13th Birthday to the “best teenager, brother, baseball player, pal”, with love from your mom… and me too! By the way, you are lucky that you can have poutine any time. I see you’ve met Jay Baruchel, who’s always been the sweetest whenever I’ By Lainey • Jan 26, 2021 09:34 am
Gossip Nostalgia Intro for January 26, 2021 Dear Gossips, The pandemic has disrupted so many regular features of award season – the screenings, the parties, the red carpets, and perhaps even the major award shows themselves. The Independent Spirit Award nominations are happening today. Typically the Spirit Awards are held on Saturday, the day before Oscar Sunday, in By Lainey • Jan 26, 2021 09:17 am
What Else What Else? Holy sh-t the Gossip Nostalgia happening here at the premiere of First Daughter, two words that carry profoundly different meaning now. Back then, yes, there was a Cinderella quality about who a “first daughter” could be. After the last four years… well. Anyway, in 2004, Katie Holmes played a “first By Lainey • Jan 25, 2021 04:21 pm
TV Updates An ode to WandaVision’s mid-century kitchen I am, thus far, a bit frustrated with WandaVision. We are now three episodes in and the central conceit—Wanda and Vision are settling down in suburbia, but Something Is Wrong—has not advanced since episode one. Sure, things happen, but the things that happen are just reinforcing the central By Sarah • Jan 25, 2021 03:39 pm
Music Adele’s Major Milestone You know what I like about Adele? After she hosted Saturday Night Live back in October, when so many people were speculating she’d be announcing a new album…and she didn’t (she just wanted to experience it for fun)… she signed off on Instagram – “peace out til next By Lainey • Jan 25, 2021 03:03 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 25, 2021 Lourdes Leon has deigned to join us on Instagram. I’m thrilled and not sure it will last very long. She will get bored of us soon. She already has comments limited and doesn’t follow anyone. Why didn’t “Nuns don’t work on Sunday” become a national catchphrase? By Maria • Jan 25, 2021 02:15 pm
Style Winter is Beyoncé I felt something shift last night, and it wasn’t just my period which, if I may, is something truly spectacular right now. Has anyone written a think-piece yet on pandemic periods? Because mine during all these months of lockdown has been volcanic. Is there a correlation? More on periods By Lainey • Jan 25, 2021 01:29 pm
Equality Issues Angelina Goes Back to Target Another week, another trip to Target – last week Angelina was shopping at Target with Zahara, this week she’s back at the store but with Knox. Which I would imagine is not unusual if you’re a parent, having to pick up supplies for either school or play or whatever, By Lainey • Jan 25, 2021 12:46 pm
Music Olivia Rodrigo’s “Driver’s License” Drama Continues Olivia Rodrigo is currently atop the Billboard Hot 100 with her smash hit “Driver’s Licence.” If you don’t know the story of heartbreak behind the song, you can read my post from last week, but in short, it’s believed that Olivia wrote the song about a messy By Cody • Jan 25, 2021 11:25 am
Top Reads Lori and MBJ: An Instagram Love Story Is this your favourite rom-com of 2021? It’s definitely mine – and it’s playing out on Instagram. Rom-coms, like most films, have three acts. We are currently still in the first act of Michael B Jordan Loves Lori Harvey: An Instagram Love Story. Will we see the second act? By Lainey • Jan 25, 2021 10:26 am
