Movie Reviews and Previews David Fincher worships at the altar of Mank and Welles David Fincher’s latest film is for Netflix, as is becoming the way for top-tier directors who can’t get the funding they want from traditional studios. Titled Mank, it is a biopic of Herman Mankiewicz, the screenwriter who co-wrote Citizen Kane, among other things (including an uncredited draft of By Sarah • Oct 08, 2020 03:03 pm
The paps are back Is Larsa Pippen famous or just Internet famous? She comes up a lot on Twitter because she is a character: former Real Housewife (Miami, a franchise that never got its due), ex-wife of a basketball legend, mother of four, former Kardashian BFF (that relationship has cooled significantly) and, for a By Maria • Oct 08, 2020 02:21 pm
TV Updates RIP GLOW One of my favorite shows on Netflix is GLOW, the 1980s-set dramedy about an all-women pro-wrestling show starring Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, and Marc Maron. GLOW was strong right out of the gate, and it got better through each successive season. But by the time season three rolled out last By Sarah • Oct 08, 2020 01:27 pm
Break Ups Max Ehrich finds a mouthpiece Before I even clicked on this headline, I knew what I was going to read. I knew how it would play out and how the source would be positioned. It’s so artless. “Someone” went to US Weekly to cry about Demi Lovato’s breakup behaviour, saying she is acting By Maria • Oct 08, 2020 12:45 pm
What's Your Drama Podcast What's Your Drama: Flirting With Your Boss Before we get into your letters this week, Lainey and I talk about our excitement for the new docuseries The Supermodels as well as the other shows we are watching that are slowly terrorizing us. Have you watched The Social Dilemma yet? Then it's time for your drama! By Sasha • Oct 08, 2020 12:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The 355 is NOT a comedy I don’t know why, but for some reason I thought The 355 was an action-comedy. This is the all-lady spy movie Jessica Chastain pitched to Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg, and I don’t know what about that made me think it was going to be a comedy, but By Sarah • Oct 08, 2020 11:22 am
Weddings Is Noah Centineo a husband?! Before we jump into this story, we need to set the table. First off, the rumour (which we will get to in a minute) was posted on Deux Moi, a 2020 version of Gawker Stalker-meets-early aughts gossip blogs-meets-Tumblr. The people who run the account have made it clear that they By Maria • Oct 08, 2020 10:11 am
Allison Janney Intro for October 8, 2020 Dear Gossips, Last night after the American vice presidential debate, the trailer for the special West Wing episode reunion aired on CNN. HBO Max has yet to release it online. A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote premieres a week today on October 15. We don’t By Lainey • Oct 08, 2020 08:55 am
What Else What Else? Did you hear about the time Ed Sheeran went to a dinner party with Princess Beatrice and accidently cut him in the face with a sword that she pulled off the wall?! This is… a very royal thing to happen because who else is out here with mounted swords on By Lainey • Oct 07, 2020 04:19 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 7, 2020 I was so excited to see Lainey’s intro this morning because I had it in my notes for today. When I think of the rise of the supermodel it’s of course Freedom! 90 (directed by David Fincher). It’s Cindy Crawford’s Pepsi commercial. It’s Naomi Campbell, By Maria • Oct 07, 2020 02:54 pm
Music Harry Styles: Grammys and “Golden”? Harry Styles was seen in LA last night and according the pap who took these photos, it was a “dinner date” with a “mystery girl”. I’m not quite sure who the “mystery girl” is because there are two women – one in red and the other in a white top By Lainey • Oct 07, 2020 02:22 pm
Thandiwe Newton Tom & Hayley’s “vibration” After shooting on a train the other day in Norway, Mission: Impossible 7 production has moved to Italy and here are Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell shooting a car chase scene – what kind of other scene would it be involving a vehicle where Tom Cruise is concerned? It’s never By Lainey • Oct 07, 2020 12:57 pm
TV Updates Ted Lasso: The spiritual successor to Schitt’s Creek With the final season of Schitt’s Creek hitting Netflix, the show is really, truly, officially over (until the inevitable reunion episode to support some new streaming platform called something like Zibi Max+). Of course we can always revisit Schitt’s Creek, but with no new episodes coming until Zibi By Sarah • Oct 07, 2020 12:30 pm
Music Normani (once again) says the album’s almost done Normani is on the October cover of Teen Vogue, looking all kinds of stunning, per usual. But my question is, is she becoming more famous for her look than she is for her music? Over the better part of two years she’s been telling us her debut solo album By Cody • Oct 07, 2020 11:13 am
Gossip Nostalgia Lenny & Lisa’s Love Story We kicked off the day with nostalgia. Should we keep it going? Lenny Kravitz has a memoir out called Let Love Rule which… obviously. That album, and the follow-up, Mama Said, ruled my life at the end of high school and through university. Still now, when I hear the first By Lainey • Oct 07, 2020 10:54 am
TV Updates Intro for October 7, 2020 Dear Gossips, The Supermodels! Apple TV+ announced yesterday a new docuseries called The Supermodels, chronicling the rise and influence of four of the OG supermodels of the 90s: Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, and Christy Turlington. OH MY GOD YES PLEASE NOW HURRY WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT? By Lainey • Oct 07, 2020 08:51 am