What Else What Else? I had to read this headline twice: Ghislaine Maxwell wants to be released into gen-pop? Here’s someone who has spent all of her life in the most exclusive circles with access to the most exclusive rooms. Which is, in part, why she and Jeffrey Epstein were able to allegedly By Lainey • Aug 12, 2020 04:02 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Consonants, in Triplicate Dear Duana, I’m having triplets. Help me God, triplets. There will be two boys and a girl here at the beginning of September. We’ve had the boys’ names picked out for awhile- Casper and Everett. I love them, and my husband loves them. Only problem is he’s By Duana • Aug 12, 2020 03:30 pm
Music Retro BTS is still the future BTS’s new English language single, “Dynamite”, is coming on August 21. While more and more artists are doing surprise drops, BTS’s style has always been advance notice. They’ll not only tell you that they’re on the way, along the way they’ll leave all kinds of By Lainey • Aug 12, 2020 02:08 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 12, 2020 Rocco Richie is 20 years old. Excuse me?! How is this allowed? I remember his christening, which happened the same week as his mom and dad’s wedding. Sting sang Ave Maria. We are still waiting for the Vogue September issue reveal but there’s been a steady roll-out from By Maria • Aug 12, 2020 01:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hamilton is the closest thing to a blockbuster hit streaming offers An incidental comment I make a lot when writing about streaming, especially Netflix, is that any reporting on “the numbers” must be taken with a grain of salt because there is no real transparency regarding how many people are actually watching streaming shows and movies. With traditional theatrical release, there By Sarah • Aug 12, 2020 12:09 pm
Music BLACKPINK x Selena Gomez BLACKPINK is preparing to drop their first full length album in October. The first single, “How You Like That”, is already a smash hit with the video generating hundreds of millions of YouTube views. The group has been teasing the follow-up single for weeks. It’ll be released on August By Lainey • Aug 12, 2020 11:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews She Dies Tomorrow is a quarantine fever dream Some films try to be defining, of the moment works, and some films stumble into cultural relevance due to happenstance and timing. In a normal year, She Dies Tomorrow would be a lyrical, interesting experiment from writer/director Amy Seimetz (Sun Don’t Shine), but in the year 2020, She By Sarah • Aug 12, 2020 10:35 am
Media Manipulation “There’s been love” for Ellen DeGeneres The Hollywood Reporter published an interview with the chief of WarnerMedia, Jason Kilar, a few days ago. He was asked about The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The response: “There’s nothing new there. Ellen’s doing what she does best right now. We’re fully supportive of her. Aside from what’ By Lainey • Aug 12, 2020 10:02 am
TV Updates Intro for August 12, 2020 Dear Gossips, When Joe Biden announced that Kamala Harris would be his running mate yesterday Maya Rudolph was in the middle of an Emmy campaign Zoom call with Entertainment Weekly and other nominees. Maya’s been nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of Kamala By Lainey • Aug 12, 2020 09:02 am
What Else What Else? First up, thanks to those of you who’ve emailed me to share that you are not okay after the series finale of It’s Okay to Not Be Okay. I am not okay either – because my weekends are now so much less sweet and angsty and beautiful without them. By Lainey • Aug 11, 2020 04:05 pm
TV Updates Keke Palmer: Recreating The View for Millennials? Yesterday Keke Palmer put out a call on Twitter that was quickly met with thousands of responses: “If I were to create a millennial “The View”, who would you want to be my co-hosts?” Now, I don’t want to brag (I kind of do) but I may have predicted By Cody • Aug 11, 2020 02:28 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 11, 2020 Justin Hartley hopped aboard the Thirsty Express: first stop social media, where he and his new girlfriend Sofia Pernas became Insta official with matching posts (but not a cutesy couple photo). Next stop: PEOPLE Magazine, where “sources” have been planting breadcrumbs of information about the new couple since June. This By Lainey • Aug 11, 2020 01:56 pm
Top Reads Brange’s new divorce drama For quite some time now, even though Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are single but not technically divorced, they’ve managed to keep their sh-t locked down and reportedly have been getting along better, at least according to tabloids that have been friendly to the Brad side of the situation. By Lainey • Aug 11, 2020 12:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews What Jared Leto will ruin next First he came for the Joker, then he came for Blade Runner, now Jared Leto has his sights set on ruining Tron as the long-gestating Tron 3 sees a little development happening. The latest news is that Lion director Garth Davis is on board to direct the feature, which won’ By Sarah • Aug 11, 2020 10:59 am
Top Reads Ghislaine Maxwell bragged about George Clooney Court documents from the Ghislaine Maxwell and Virginia Roberts Giuffre defamation lawsuit were recently released, including a manuscript from a book that Virginia wrote about how she was allegedly abused by Ghislaine and Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew’s dead rapist pedophile friend. In the book, Virginia recalls that Ghislaine used By Lainey • Aug 11, 2020 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben and Ana kiss at the photo shoot Ana de Armas was at a photo shoot in Malibu yesterday and Ben Affleck was seen visiting her on set. At one point they were on a balcony together and kissed. They left together later on, I guess to save money for the production so they didn’t have to By Lainey • Aug 11, 2020 10:05 am
