Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 13, 2020 US Weekly has story about Brad and Jen “laughing” about people’s thirst for them to get back together. I think it’s a nothing story but over the years there have been thousands of nothing stories about them, anything to get their name together and an excuse to run By Maria • Feb 13, 2020 02:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taika, the Winner There were three joyous things about this awards season: 1) it was short. I know this was hard on the nominees/participants, but for everyone else the brevity was a bonus; 2) Bong Joon-ho and Parasite are the feel-good entertainment story of the year. It’s so fun and wonderful By Sarah • Feb 13, 2020 01:11 pm
Top Reads Natalie Portman responds to criticism We’ve been talking about Natalie Portman’s Oscar dress for four days now, and not necessarily in the way she intended it to be talked about. Duana wrote about it on Monday after the Oscars and appreciated the effort. Maria mentioned the controversy yesterday in Celebrity Social Media as By Lainey • Feb 13, 2020 12:36 pm
Douchebags Tipsy Taylor and Joe in London You wouldn’t think the NME Awards would be an awards show where Taylor Swift would show up but since she spends so much time in London now, she made a surprise appearance last night to receive the Best Solo Act award and Joe Alwyn was with her. The NME By Lainey • Feb 13, 2020 11:36 am
Pete Davidson Pete Davidson’s million-dollar, antique joke Pete Davidson makes audiences at his stand-up shows sign an NDA with a one million dollar penalty if they reveal his jokes to the public. Pete Davidson’s jokes are among the best protected jokes in the world, precious, rare joke-gems that can only be viewed at select times and By Sarah • Feb 13, 2020 09:58 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for February 13, 2020 Dear Gossips, Janet Jackson this week announced a new album, Black Diamond, and a new world tour kicking off in June in Miami. Tickets go on sale today. To promote the album and the tour, she made a surprise appearance on The View to invite Whoopi Goldberg to the show By Lainey • Feb 13, 2020 09:23 am
What Else What Else? Have you seen the video of Brad Pitt in the press room backstage at the Oscars after he was asked about Maddox’s review of Once Upon a Time in …Hollywood? Anyway, we’re still talking about Brad and he’s on the cover of the new issue of PEOPLE By Lainey • Feb 12, 2020 05:23 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: The Almost-Updates, And Updates-Plus! Welcome back to another round of name updates – I love how excited you guys have been to read these, and I especially want to thank people who have sent their own updates after seeing some of last week’s columns! One glorious thing that happens in the writing of this By Duana • Feb 12, 2020 04:14 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Negotiating the Oscars On this week’s bonus, special episode of Show Your Work, we take you BTS – and I don’t mean the band, but behind the scenes of our Oscar coverage and how Duana and I negotiated and bargained with each other through the process of selecting which celebrities to write By Lainey • Feb 12, 2020 03:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Return to Wes Anderson’s Land of Impossible Twee Wes Anderson’s latest film, The French Dispatch, is set for a summer release and is expected to premiere at Cannes. If it does, it will bring a collection of stars to the Croisette unlike any other ensemble that could be assembled. Few directors can attract such high-wattage stars to By Sarah • Feb 12, 2020 02:17 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 12, 2020 New York Fashion Week is on, and it’s a strange one. The shine has considerably dimmed; Vogue Business points to the decline of New York City as a fashion and design hub. I think it became a magnet for hanger-on brands positioning themselves around the big shows (but not By Maria • Feb 12, 2020 01:54 pm
BFFs Jen talks to Sandy A couple of years ago in The New York Times, Jon Caramanica wrote an obituary for the celebrity profile, declaring it dead after a series of celebrity magazine interviews in which the subjects either interviewed themselves or were interviewed by their friends. We talked about that a lot, about whether By Lainey • Feb 12, 2020 12:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews PSISLY: Are you ready to get your heart broken and put back together? As of this writing, it’s 1030am EST, so not all that deep in the day. And To All The Boys: PS I Still Love You, which dropped today on Netflix, is already trending in the #2 position. It would be #1 not for the biggest band in the world By Lainey • Feb 12, 2020 11:17 am
Child Stars Macaulay Culkin still has It Macaulay Culkin is not someone I gossip about, but every once in a while, he sticks his head above the waterline and it’s worth observing, like Punxsutawney Phil checking for his shadow. The last time we heard from Mack was almost exactly a year ago. He and Devon Sawa By Sarah • Feb 12, 2020 10:13 am
Beyoncé Intro for February 12, 2020 Dear Gossips, You know that photo of Adele at Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Oscar party, which has become the Oscar party that everyone most wants to get into? It was posted to Instagram by a Polish television host called Kinga Rusin who, in addition to sharing her picture with Adele By Lainey • Feb 12, 2020 09:00 am
What Else What Else? I have read this several times and, maybe it’s because I’m fried right now but I still have no idea what Tyra Banks’s Modelland is. So it’s not a fashion runway theme park? Is it a modelling school? Is it a photo studio? Like basically a By Lainey • Feb 11, 2020 04:18 pm
