Business of Hollywood Charlize Theron’s power moves Earlier this year we discussed Charlize Theron’s rise as a power producer, and now she is making power moves, setting up a production deal with HBO and HBO Max. Through her Denver and Delilah banner, Theron will produce film and television projects for HBO/Max, along with her co-producers By Sarah • Dec 02, 2020 02:51 pm
TV Updates Selena-lite So now that you know about how 13-year-old me had a Selena obsession, and how it turned into my Selena Problem, here is what I am thinking about the upcoming Netflix show Selena: The Series. I am skeptical. Now you may say, wait, didn’t you beg Lainey to write By Violeta • Dec 02, 2020 02:26 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 2, 2020 Last week, I posted about Nick Kroll’s wedding, and on Jimmy Fallon he went over the engagement. He got some help from his co-stars and do you know who he told first, before his parents? Click here for a hint. Ugh this is adorable. This morning Lainey wrote about By Maria • Dec 02, 2020 01:55 pm
BFFs Taylor & Ryan’s Excellent Co-Production As we know, Taylor Swift is currently re-recording music from her first six albums to degrade the value of her masters, which she does not own, but she’s tried to own. There is so much anticipation about this project, these projects, because of course Taylor is one of the By Lainey • Dec 02, 2020 01:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch’s singularly awful accent A trailer dropped yesterday, and I cannot stop thinking about it. The Mauritanian is about Mohamedou Ould Salahi, who was accused of being the chief recruiter for 9/11 and held in Guantanamo Bay for years without charges being filed. Ultimately, his case went to court, where many of the By Sarah • Dec 02, 2020 11:28 am
Music Harry Styles: A Man This just in: Variety has named Harry Styles their Hitmaker of the Year. It’s been exactly a week since the Grammy nominations were announced last Wednesday and this cover story was likely timed around that, with the expectation that he would be contending for Album or Song or Record By Lainey • Dec 02, 2020 10:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Armie Hammer and the horse head Today in But Why news, it has been reported that Armie Hammer will star in a limited series called The Offer, about the making of The Godfather. This is not to be confused with Francis and The Godfather, a movie which will star Oscar Isaac and Jake Gyllenhaal and is By Sarah • Dec 02, 2020 10:09 am
Equality Issues Say Hello to Elliot Page As you may have seen on your social media feeds, Elliot Page came out as trans. In a statement posted on social media yesterday morning, Elliot (who goes by the pronouns he/him and they/them) wrote: pic.twitter.com/kwti60bZLw — Elliot Page (@TheElliotPage) December 1, 2020 Obviously, this is By Prem • Dec 02, 2020 09:41 am
Models Intro for December 2, 2020 Dear Gossips, Back in October, Apple TV+ announced that they’re working on a new docuseries called The Supermodels featuring four members of the Big Five – Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, and Christy Turlington. Like I said at the time, this is exactly where I live. I am obsessed By Lainey • Dec 02, 2020 09:19 am
What Else What Else? Like Cardi B, Rita Ora was one of those people who decided to gather in a large group when no one is supposed to be gathering in large groups because, guess what, there’s a pandemic that’s deep into its second season. She paid for it, literally. And the By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 05:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer & Leo Don’t Look Up Adam McKay has assembled one of the most high-profile casts for his upcoming dark comedy Don’t Look Up. The film is about two astronauts who are racing to warn the world about the approach of an asteroid. They’re not, like, superstar astronauts though. These are the benchwarmers of By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 05:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zendaya: First Emmy…then Oscar? Months ago when we were talking about the Emmys, even after the nominations, most people considered Zendaya to be an underdog, considering the other women in the Lead Actress Drama category – Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, and more. She was the youngest and Euphoria, for which she was nominated, By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 04:34 pm
Music The BTS iOS This is a post about the artists who’ve just achieved their THIRD #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Which means this is a post that anyone who consumes pop culture should care about – because how many other artists, like in HISTORY, can say they’ve been able to do By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 03:19 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 1, 2020 Over the weekend I watched Kevin Hart’s stand-up special, No F*cks Given. My only observation is that Kevin Hart gives so many f-cks, which is not a bad thing. The jokes, for me, were not memorable, but some of his ideas and observations were interesting, particularly how celebrity By Maria • Dec 01, 2020 02:14 pm
TV Updates My Selena Problem (Lainey: introducing LaineyGossip’s newest contributor… Violeta! She lives by the word of our Queen, Beyoncé, she’s big on 90s and 2000s classic gossip, 30 Rock and the first two seasons of Arrested Development are her “everything”, and, as you’ll read below in her first piece, she is By Violeta • Dec 01, 2020 12:52 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben and Ana: Back on the Dog Walk! During the early part of the pandemic in North America, when lockdown was first imposed in Los Angeles, Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas’s near-daily dog walks became a comforting scene out of Hollywood. There was a lot of reporting on this – not just from me but from many By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 11:27 am
