TV Updates The Big Questions of Grand Army I was incredibly excited when the trailer for Netflix’s new teen show, Grand Army, finally dropped yesterday. The show had been on my radar since late 2018 when it was casting and doing some shooting in Toronto, and it hits all my buttons: it’s about ‘regular’ high school By Duana • Sep 03, 2020 03:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mulan: A Bright, Heroic Epic For a New Generation The Disney live-action remakes have been a mixed bag so far. Some of the movies turn out good on their own merits, like Cinderella, and some are money grabs, like The Lion King, and some are just f-cking weird, like Beauty and the Beast (he was SH-TTING in that guy’ By Sarah • Sep 03, 2020 02:54 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 2, 2020 To prep this column, I keep a running list of celebrity names to remind me to go back to look at posts. Yesterday, I put Adam Carolla in my phone for what I think is the first time ever. Then I logged on this morning I saw that Lainey mentioned By Maria • Sep 03, 2020 02:36 pm
Style Cate and Tilda: Actors on the Red Carpet As I mentioned on Tuesday when I posted photos of Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton arriving at the Venice Film Festival, it felt like reactivating a dormant muscle. After six months of no red carpets and arrival coverage, there’s some stiffness and pain, even disbelief, and also some cautious By Lainey • Sep 03, 2020 02:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ana, Ben, and Bond Missing something? We are approaching the second weekend in a row without a Ben Affleck-Ana de Armas sighting! The last we saw them they were moving Ana’s things out of her place in Venice and into his home. Since then no pap photos, no dog walks, no coffee, no By Lainey • Sep 03, 2020 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Boys in the Band trailer Ryan Murphy is one of the most prolific producers in Hollywood. This year alone he has three films—assuming The Prom makes its December release date—and five television shows coming out. He has directed one of the movies, The Prom, and episodes for two of the television shows, Hollywood By Sarah • Sep 03, 2020 12:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews I’m Thinking of Ending Things is Charlie Kaufman’s Twilight Zone Charlie Kaufman’s latest film, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, is an existential pretzel, as all of Kaufman’s films are. The terrible existence of other people preoccupies Kaufman, and in Ending Things he presumes the worst of his protagonist in a most insidious way. Adapted by Kaufman from By Sarah • Sep 03, 2020 11:43 am
Top Reads Beyoncé: Pre-Birthday and a Another Secret Shoot Page Six reports that Beyoncé took over a studio in the Hamptons, where she’s been the last few weeks with Jay-Z and their kids, to film …something. Obviously nobody knows what. It could be a video. It could be a PSA. It could be a ten-hour miniseries. Apparently she By Lainey • Sep 03, 2020 11:07 am
Faux Gossip Brad & Nicole get the PEOPLE treatment Brad Pitt was first seen in France with German model Nicole Poturalski a little over a week ago as they were on their way to Chateau Miraval. Since then, if you’ve been following the story, we now know that they were at a Kanye West show back in November By Lainey • Sep 03, 2020 10:27 am
Dwayne Johnson Intro for September 3, 2020 Dear Gossips, I read a few headlines yesterday about celebrities clapping back at Adam Carolla for minimising the danger of COVID-19 on Twitter. That’s the only way Adam Carolla is going to make headlines – by being ignorant. I don’t want to show you the tweet though because it’ By Lainey • Sep 03, 2020 09:39 am
What Else What Else? So Andy Cohen claims he was “bored” and Anderson Cooper is apparently “mad” because we’ve all looked at two photos of him shirtless. So now I wonder if Sasha will post a really well-lit shot of me when she’s “bored” and I look forward to being “mad” at By Lainey • Sep 02, 2020 04:12 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Nickelodeon ruined my name - a 90s story of embarrassment Hey Duana - Long time reader, first time writer. We are welcoming our second child in September and are still not clear on names. We have a nearly 2 year old named Fiona Lisette - Fiona for my Irish heritage and Lisette for my aunt Lisa and various Elizabeths in By Duana • Sep 02, 2020 03:54 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 2, 2020 An incredibly fresh and vibrant look for Gabrielle Union for Women’s Health (read the caption – it’s the first time she’s been photographed by a Black woman and worn her natural hair for a cover). Netflix dropped a trailer for Emily in Paris starring Lily Collins and it By Maria • Sep 02, 2020 02:50 pm
Top Reads John Boyega GQ John Boyega covers the October issue of British GQ this month, talking about his impassioned speech at a London Black Lives Matter rally earlier this summer and his experience with Star Wars, now that he’s free and clear of the franchise and has had some time to reflect. Of By Sarah • Sep 02, 2020 01:37 pm
Royals The Sussexes + Netflix The New York Times reported today that Netflix has signed a multiyear deal with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newly formed but as yet unnamed production company. No financials have been released but… I’m guessing this will take care of the new mortgage? As part of the deal, By Lainey • Sep 02, 2020 01:15 pm
Music BTS: A Map of 7 Bosses As mentioned earlier this week, BTS’s “Dynamite” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, a historic accomplishment. RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook are now the first all-Korean artists to claim the title – and it happened on Jungkook’s birthday so it’s been a balls-out celebration By Lainey • Sep 02, 2020 12:31 pm
