Movie Reviews and Previews Team Bond is working hard I have not been super enthusiastic for the latest James Bond movie, No Time to Die, which is partly because the Bond movies of the Daniel Craig era are not dependably good, but also because I did not care for the serialization offered by Spectre—why does everything have to By Sarah • Jan 22, 2020 03:06 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 22, 2020 Whoever wrote this non-story does not have a long gossip memory, because everyone knows that Aspen is the Hawn/Russell/Hudson happy place. They’ve been going there for years (with Melanie Griffith and family). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Oliver Hudson (@theoliverhudson) on Jan 21, By Maria • Jan 22, 2020 02:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sundance Preview 2020: 10 to Watch Sundance kicks off on Thursday, and this year’s slate is VERY stacked with promising entries. I sat down to make up a list of ten interesting titles and immediately had almost thirty films singled out. I had to make some tough calls to whittle the list down to ten By Sarah • Jan 22, 2020 01:03 pm
Media Manipulation The Business of Brad and Jen The pictures of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston greeting each other warmly backstage at the SAG Awards on Sunday pretty much broke the internet and gave the celebrity industrial complex a major infusion. The entire ecosystem benefitted from their moment, including other celebrities themselves who tweeted like fangirls and boys By Lainey • Jan 22, 2020 11:09 am
Royals Prince Charles’s private jet to Davos Prince Charles is in Davos today to address the delegation and speak about climate change, urging world leaders and billionaires to get serious about saving the planet. On the Clarence House Instagram page, it says that Charles travelled by electric Jaguar after landing in Switzerland: View this post on Instagram By Lainey • Jan 22, 2020 10:20 am
Royals Kate’s eight years of Early Years Big launch for Catherine of House Cambridge today. Kate’s top priority has been early childhood development and she’s on a 24-hour tour of the UK, visiting with parents and childcare workers to get their thoughts on how best to raise the next generation, and understand and hopefully confront By Lainey • Jan 22, 2020 09:47 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for January 22, 2020 Dear Gossips, Saturday is Lunar New Year. If you’ve been visiting this website over the years, you may be familiar with our annual Lunar New Year tradition: my ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken, passes on to me to pass on to you astrological readings for each of the twelve By Lainey • Jan 22, 2020 08:50 am
What Else What Else? Courteney Cox’s social media activity is being monitored even more closely than usual because of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s moment at the SAGs the other night. It appears that Courteney has been liking posts on Instagram from people who are Gossip Genie-ing a Brad and Jen reunion. By Lainey • Jan 21, 2020 04:17 pm
Relationship Assumption Rihanna: Drake or Rocky? It was reported late last week that after three years, Rihanna and Hassan Jameel had broken up. Rihanna spent time with Hassan and his family. She spent time with him in London. She mentioned him in interviews – not extensively but she did acknowledge that she had a “boyfriend” and seemed By Lainey • Jan 21, 2020 03:55 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 21, 2020 Bringing this quote up again because it is so Gwyneth to forget she starred in Country Strong. There was a whole soundtrack and she performed at the CMAs! I’m not even going to get into Mordecai. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Harper's BAZAAR By Maria • Jan 21, 2020 03:12 pm
Music Taylor Swift: The Sundance Poster Star The Sundance Film Festival kicks off on Thursday. Sundance is always a clusterf-ck, at least in the years I used to cover it, as celebrities, their entourages, publicists, marketers, party planners, sponsors, filmmakers, and the attendant media jam themselves into Park City for a few days – and this year, since By Lainey • Jan 21, 2020 01:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Smith and Martin Lawrence: Bad Boys is revived Seventeen years after Bad Boys II, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return for Bad Boys for Life, which is equal parts sequel and soft reboot. If you’re thinking that a “seventeen years later” Bad Boys movie will be full of dad jokes and aging references, you will be right. By Sarah • Jan 21, 2020 11:56 am
Royals House Cambridge’s first party Prince William and Catherine hosted their first reception for the UK-Africa Summit at Buckingham Palace last night on behalf of the Queen. Her Majesty’s schedule is typically lighter in January and Prince Charles is preparing for a tour. So she decided that it was time for House Cambridge to By Lainey • Jan 21, 2020 11:06 am
Royals Diana in Harry’s words Prince Harry left England yesterday after what many are calling his final royal engagement and was seen arriving in Canada last night to rejoin Meghan Markle and their son Archie in Victoria, British Columbia now that Sussexit is a done deal. We’ll get to some of the other updates By Lainey • Jan 21, 2020 09:47 am
Jennifer Aniston Intro for January 21, 2020 Dear Gossips, All of the talk about Jennifer Aniston following the Screen Actors Guild awards the other night was related to Brad Pitt. I get that. Whether they actually get back together or not, they’re Hollywood’s Prom King and Queen, both going home with trophies recognising their work. By Lainey • Jan 21, 2020 09:19 am
What Else What Else? I really liked what Phoebe Waller-Bridge wore at the SAGs last night. Because I like that she tried it. That she was open to it. Some of her looks, to me, have been on the conservative side – and if you’ve watched Fleabag, you know this is not exactly a By Lainey • Jan 20, 2020 05:02 pm