Style Gugu and Keira’s Misbehaviour Misbehaviour is a film based on the true story of the Miss World 1970 beauty pageant that took place in London. At the time, the event was the highest rated television programme in the UK and that year’s competition was extra dramatic because of the Women’s Liberation protest By Lainey • Mar 10, 2020 01:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jungle Cruise: The African Queen for kids? The first trailer for Jungle Cruise left me merely whelmed. It came across as a knock-off of The Mummy (the good one), and I was not sold on the chemistry of Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson, or the lack of jokes in the trailer. This morning, however, we have a By Sarah • Mar 10, 2020 11:39 am
Royals The Commonwealth Day Royal Procession Drama Yesterday was the day we all had marked on our calendars for weeks: Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey, expected to be the last engagement for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as senior royals. They all know we’d be paying attention, watching and analysing the interactions. And you’d By Lainey • Mar 10, 2020 10:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for March 10, 2020 Dear Gossips, I was in LA this past weekend covering the Mulan junket for etalk. Not sure if I can properly explain what that meant to me, to be on that particular assignment for this film in particular. We celebrated my ma’s 70th birthday the night before I left. By Lainey • Mar 10, 2020 09:20 am
What Else What Else? Jared Leto nearly died while rock climbing and is showing people video from the time he nearly died while rock climbing. It’s good that he’s safe and that nothing bad happened. But I think if I were him, I wouldn’t have thought to take out my phone By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 04:35 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Statistical Analysis, Superbly Annotated Dear Duana, I have eagerly devoured every one of your columns for years now, despite steadfastly professing (to anyone who dared ask) that I would never have children! But after stubbornly holding out for over a decade, fate stepped in and dealt us a sweet hand; two big fat X By Duana • Mar 09, 2020 04:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Widow is still on track With the coronavirus wreaking havoc around the film industry, one of the biggest lingering questions is what happens to the film release calendar this year. (Again, acknowledging that this is not the most important part of this global story, just the part most relevant to what we cover on this By Sarah • Mar 09, 2020 03:55 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, March 9, 2020 Goop is doing a lot of no-makeup celebrations, but it’s all promo for their goop Glow skin care products. This is extremely on-brand for them; empowerment with a price tag. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gwyneth Paltrow (@gwynethpaltrow) on Feb 19, 2020 at 9:43pm By Maria • Mar 09, 2020 03:03 pm
Royals Commonwealth Day Colours Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey is underway. I’ll likely post again about it later but since the first photos are coming in, we’ll get started with early observations. Before Sussexit was announced, Meghan Markle was mostly in neutral colours. Over the last week, as House Sussex returned By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 01:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the film industry Look, I know this is not the most important part of the coronavirus story. Let’s just acknowledge that now and then talk about the myriad ways the coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the film industry, because it is having an unprecedented effect on the business right now. It wasn’ By Sarah • Mar 09, 2020 11:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben and Ana extend their holiday I posted about Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas in Cuba on Friday. Some Show Your Work details on this: I led with the article that morning because no English entertainment outlets were on it yet that day and, afterwards, as PEOPLE and E! and others started picking it up, By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 10:08 am
Royals Prince Andrew’s big time legal team While The Return of the (Mac) Sussexes was dominating headlines last week, another curious royal story got out there under the radar about Prince Andrew, who was friends with the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. According to the Telegraph: “The Duke of York has hired Britain’s most respected extradition By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 09:47 am
Royals House Sussex: “Show ‘em what they’re missing” Many media outlets have referred to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s current trip to England and their final engagements as senior members of the British royal family as their “farewell tour”. It’s not really, of course, but I get it, I get that it sounds better as a By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 09:19 am
Maple Leaf Intro for March 9. 2020 Dear Gossips, Let’s start the week where we ended the last – with Celine Dion who wrapped up a week of shows in New York last night and it’s not like all she did was perform on stage while she was there. She also served all kinds of looks By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 08:24 am
What Else What Else? Thank you for your patience while we sorted out the winner of our Annual Red Carpet Contest. The winner BY TIEBREAK was Megan S of Calgary who correctly predicted 23/24 categories and sent her ballot in earliest. CONGRATULATIONS Megan and thanks to all those who entered! Bailey Warren did By Lainey • Mar 06, 2020 04:15 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: My Sister Insists Hi Duana, I've written before, as I'm on my third. I have an older daughter Hazel and a boy, Jack. I'm working on a strong name for my third, a girl. The ONLY name my husband and I can agree on so far is By Duana • Mar 06, 2020 04:04 pm