Equality Issues Intro for December 18, 2020 Dear Gossips, A few years ago at the London Film Festival, Meryl Streep had something to say about film critics – specifically how male film critics largely outnumber female film critics and the effect that disparity has on how films are received, both commercially and culturally. She was talking about how By Lainey • Dec 18, 2020 09:03 am
What Else What Else? Dua Lipa’s outfit is a LOT. And I was thinking this even before I got to see the entire thing. Because you have to see all of it to appreciate it. I do appreciate it. I appreciate the commitment to go head to toe, literally, not only in this By Lainey • Dec 17, 2020 04:13 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Tom Cruise pulls a Tom Cruise What else would we be talking about on this new episode of Show Your Work? Tom Cruise lost his sh-t at work, after all. He’s not the first Hollywood star to get caught on tape berating crew members and we discuss how Tom’s example compares to, say, Christian By Lainey • Dec 17, 2020 03:11 pm
Books My Favorite Things of 2020: Piranesi Like many people, I ended up reading more than usual this year. Sleep being especially hard to come by at certain points during the year, I found myself reading well into the night many times. The stand-out book for me this year is actually one of my recent reads, Piranesi By Sarah • Dec 17, 2020 02:54 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 17, 2020 The first trailer for Justin Timberlake’s new movie Palmer has dropped and goodness gracious this looks bad, even for a Justin Timberlake movie. PEOPLE also posted the trailer… with no mention of the hand-holding photos that came out during filming. Checked the comments under his post and didn’t By Maria • Dec 17, 2020 02:14 pm
Royals House Cambridge and the Royal Tea… literally! PEOPLE revealed its new cover story yesterday featuring Kate of House Cambridge, the “royal mom behind the scenes” with her friends and other sources telling the magazine what she’s really like: she’s “not a pushover” and she’s casual, no blowouts only ponytails, when she’s with her By Lainey • Dec 17, 2020 01:38 pm
TV Updates Pam and Tommy on Film Mick and Bianca Jagger, Johnny and June Carter Cash, Sonny and Cher, Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham, Kurt and Courtney… and Pam and Tommy. YES they belong on that list and I will fight about it all day: this was an iconic pairing in pop culture. The rock star and By Maria • Dec 17, 2020 01:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is adapted from August Wilson’s play of the same name, written for the screen by Ruben Santiago-Hudson and directed by George C. Wolfe. It feels very much like a play, with a staginess to the setting, especially early on, and long, unbroken monologues that By Sarah • Dec 17, 2020 12:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Crying into a white cashmere throw We are going to go deep into some media/social media/film drama right now. Let’s get the players in place. It’s Nancy Meyers Week at Vulture (my bias right up front, love Vulture) and this specific piece written by Rachel Handler, “A Chaotic Taxonomy of the Nancy By Maria • Dec 17, 2020 11:25 am
Xenu Smut George & Tom: The Chairman Supports Captain Hollywood The biggest celebrity headline of the week so far has been the leaked audio of Tom Cruise popping off at crew members on the set of Mission: Impossible 7 in London for violating social distancing protocols. Yesterday in my post about the situation, I wrote that this is the best By Lainey • Dec 17, 2020 10:46 am
Shout-Outs December 17, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs A message from Kate to Ashley: “Happy Birthday Ashley! It's been such a crazy year but even more intense for you with the Oregon wildfires in your backyard and moving cross-country in a pandemic. In a year like 2020, some of the biggest turn-ons have been celebrities being By Lainey • Dec 17, 2020 10:16 am
Music Intro for December 17, 2020 Dear Gossips, Megan Thee Stallion was interviewed by Mikael Wood in the LA Times this week to promote her album, Good News, and to recap the wild year she’s had. As we know, not all of 2020 has been good news for Megan. But with the lows, there were By Lainey • Dec 17, 2020 08:51 am
What Else What Else? Lana Del Rey is probably engaged to Clayton Johnson. Didn’t know they were dating but apparently it hasn’t been long. Clayton… used to be in a cover band? Who does he remind me of? I can’t quite put my finger on it. Or maybe it’s every By Lainey • Dec 16, 2020 04:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Whitney Houston Is… ! When I wrote back in April (April! It feels like three years ago, and even though that is desperately clichéd, it doesn’t make it any less true) that Stella Meghie had been tapped to direct the Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, I also wrote, “ It’ll By Duana • Dec 16, 2020 04:06 pm
Royals Serenity’s Haircut is NOT Serene Holy sh-t. This might be the most exciting hairstyle of the year – mostly because of the person with the haircut. Check out Charlene Serenity, aka Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco with her kids, Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques, giving out gifts today. Normally the babies are the focus By Lainey • Dec 16, 2020 03:31 pm
Models Gigi Hadid: Model Stroller Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik’s daughter was born in September on Gigi’s family farm in Pennsylvania. I actually can’t remember Gigi being in New York City, where she has an apartment, since the pandemic started in North America. In November she was photographed shopping with her mother, By Lainey • Dec 16, 2020 02:58 pm
