Movie Reviews and Previews Punk Rock Cruella The first trailer for Cruella, Disney’s villain origin story for Cruella De Vil, has arrived and it is fine. I mean, it LOOKS great. Can’t argue with Emma Stone and Emma Thompson vamping it up in fabulous Jenny Beavan costumes in 1970s London. I like that the basic By Sarah • Feb 17, 2021 11:52 am
Douchebags Oprah Gets the Meghan Treatment Since Monday, when CBS announced that it will air the 90 minute Oprah Winfrey in conversation with Meghan Markle special on March 7, there’s been a lot of angst about it over in the UK. The tabloids, as usual, are accusing Prince Harry and Meghan of hypocrisy; they’re By Lainey • Feb 17, 2021 11:16 am
Equality Issues Intro for February 17, 2021 Dear Gossips, Last week on The Social, we talked about a news story about the “massive drop in cancer screenings” due to the pandemic. Unfortunately it’s not because people have less cancer, it’s that they’re not going for regular checkups. Since then I’ve been thinking about By Lainey • Feb 17, 2021 09:19 am
What Else What Else? Oprah’s doing the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle interview and now the British press is coming for her. Referring to Oprah as someone who started their career as a “tabloid” talk show host is low. Billionaire is how most people describe Oprah now. But, you know, these people are By Lainey • Feb 16, 2021 04:23 pm
Relationship Assumption Olivia Praises Harry After a couple of delays due to COVID, Olivia Wilde’s sophomore directorial effort, Don’t Worry Darling, has wrapped principle photography. She marked the occasion by praising some members of her team, starting with the star of the film, Florence Pugh: And the Oscar-nominated cinematographer, Matthew Libatique: The PAs By Lainey • Feb 16, 2021 03:02 pm
TV Updates The New Mr & Mrs Smith Amazon announced a few days ago that they’re rebooting Mr & Mrs Smith, which I consider to be a classic movie, and not just because it’s the movie where Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt fell in love, kicking off 12 years of Brange. RIP Brange. Of course the By Lainey • Feb 16, 2021 02:29 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 16, 2021 When I first read about Eat the Book, I thought it was a cookbook book club, but it’s not quite that. It’s a series that pairs an author with a chef and mixologist to create a meal around a book (like Jasmine Guillory’s The Proposal). When Reese By Maria • Feb 16, 2021 01:39 pm
Relationship Assumption Lori & MBJ’s First Valentine’s Day The couple of 2021, so far, Lori Harvey and Michael B Jordan, celebrated their first Valentine’s Day together this past weekend. I appreciate that Lori did not share what they did with us until yesterday, until after the night was over, which tells me that even though she documented By Lainey • Feb 16, 2021 01:02 pm
Douchebags The Bachelor Franchise Is In Crisis (We are so pleased to welcome Anastasia, the newest writer to join the team. Anastasia is a journalism student and a member of Bachelor Nation. She can be reached on Twitter @annieanokyee and on Instagram @annie.anokye. and by email at anastasia@laineygossip.com.) Anyone who is a huge Bachelor By Anastasia • Feb 16, 2021 11:56 am
Royals Oprah and the Sussexes Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have dominated the headlines with their pregnancy announcement on Valentine’s Day, revealing their happy news a few days after Meghan’s legal victory over the Daily Mail. As you can imagine, there’s a lot of saltiness happening. Even more so since it was By Lainey • Feb 16, 2021 10:49 am
TV Updates BRIDGERTON FOUND ITS KATE Today in Very Important Bridgerton News, the woman who is too good for Anthony Bridgerton has been cast. Sex Education’s Simone Ashley will star as Kate Sharma in season two. Kate! Is here! And she will NOT be taking ANY of Anthony’s bullsh-t, of which there is a By Sarah • Feb 16, 2021 09:29 am
Style Intro for February 16, 2021 Dear Gossips, Beyoncé decided to show us last night what Valentine’s Day was like for her. We always appreciate her benevolence. She and Jay-Z were out for dinner at Giorgi Baldi; they were papped on the way out but the shots they gave up weren’t all that great. By Lainey • Feb 16, 2021 08:46 am
What Else What Else? If you follow figure skating, you know the names Torvill and Dean and the impact they made on ice dancing. Yesterday was the anniversary of them winning Olympic gold. You know all the conspiracy theories and the shipping that goes on with Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir? It wasn’t By Lainey • Feb 15, 2021 03:34 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 15, 2021 This morning Lainey wrote, with fevor, about To All the Boys : Always and Forever. I also watched it this weekend and there was one particularly exciting moment for me: Oasis! The Gallagher brothers popped up as possible narrators to Lara Jean and Peter’s relationship with the song “Don’t By Maria • Feb 15, 2021 02:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar is an instant comedy classic One unexpected facet of the COVID-year awards season is that because so many films vacated 2020 eligibility, we’re left with a crop of almost uniformly sad ass dramas, with no big studio crowd-pleasers to alleviate the field. It’s not that the films are bad—many of them are By Sarah • Feb 15, 2021 01:58 pm
Regé-Jean Page The Duke Has a Girlfriend A lot of people have been thirsting over Regé-Jean Page, the breakout star of Bridgerton and… well… me too. He is FINE. And if you’re tired of watching Bridgerton over and over again, he also has a supporting role in Sylvie’s Love, streaming now on Amazon. Since Regé-Jean By Lainey • Feb 15, 2021 12:22 pm
