Royals Intro for December 19, 2019 Dear Gossips, Prince Andrew was at the Queen’s Christmas lunch yesterday at Buckingham Palace. It’s a private event for extended family so it makes sense he was there, especially as it’s been made clear that even though he has stepped away from public duty, he still has By Lainey • Dec 19, 2019 09:23 am
What Else What Else? I know it’s Christmas in a week but here’s my daily Scrooge and Grinch moment because I read this headline and immediately did not feel festive at all. Mimi where are you, please help? Can she help? How do you feel knowing that the highest paid person on By Lainey • Dec 18, 2019 05:27 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Let Them Both Be Your Star(s) Hi Duana, My partner and I had a name locked down in a minute. And now that her due date has been bumped up (just four weeks from now), I'm second guessing...her middle name of all things. Originally, we had two middle names - Alexandra Marie - By Duana • Dec 18, 2019 05:10 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Scarlett Johansson’s most iconic role On the last episode of Show Your Work , Duana had a conspiracy theory about Scarlett Johansson hosting Saturday Night Live. So on this episode we’re doing a report card on that conspiracy theory and get into Scarjo’s work overall – because Duana has taken a position: that Scarjo does By Lainey • Dec 18, 2019 04:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Star Wars concludes (for now) in The Rise of Skywalker To follow a much-debated middle installment in a trilogy is a big task, and to wrap up a nine-film saga is a big task, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is better at one of those things than the other. As a conclusion to the “Skywalker Saga”, it is By Sarah • Dec 18, 2019 04:26 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 18, 2019 Turns out all the speculation about Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson (including mine) was off-base; Cara wished Ashley a Happy Birthday and got her a very special, exclusive, priceless present – not one Olsen, but two! The twin set! A personalized video courtesy of Mary-Kate and Ashley who have not even By Maria • Dec 18, 2019 02:27 pm
Adam Driver Adam Driver walks out on radio interview When I posted about Adam Driver yesterday, I wrote about his aversion to press and how he blew past reporters on two red carpets at TIFF this year, even though his The Report co-star Annette Bening was stopping for practically every outlet on one of them. Shortly after, The Daily By Lainey • Dec 18, 2019 01:13 pm
Royals The Body Language of Will and Kate For a couple of days now people have been talking about a moment that happened during A Berry Royal Christmas that aired in the UK on Monday. Let’s start with today though. Prince William and Catherine of House Cambridge cover the new issue of PEOPLE, the issue that will By Lainey • Dec 18, 2019 11:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bill & Ted back in the booth The movie I am most looking forward to in 2020 is Bill & Ted Face the Music. I was reluctant to believe this movie was really happening, after almost thirty years of teasing it, but it is happening, it has happened, it will always happen. They filmed Bill & Ted By Sarah • Dec 18, 2019 10:05 am
Award Season Campaigning Brad Pitt’s pre-birthday Q&A Today is Brad Pitt’s birthday. It’s also Katie Holmes’s birthday and I’ve been trying to Gossip Genie these two for months now. Probably won’t happen. Because he’s getting back together with Jennifer Aniston??? More on that in a minute. Brad spent the night before By Lainey • Dec 18, 2019 09:44 am
Shout-Outs December 18, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs Rebekah! Happy Birthday! Wishing you many lunges today – because if we can do lunges, it means we are strong, like Celine, our Queen of All Feelings and Lunges. Good luck on your novel, wishing you consistent writing in 2020. And remember what Duana always tells me: “you can’t fix By Lainey • Dec 18, 2019 09:13 am
Intro for December 18, 2019 Dear Gossips, Back in August, I linked in this space to a piece in The Cut about Zitomer, the “Upper East Side pharmacy-slash-department store” in New York and several of its customers. The Zitomer ladies became an online obsession and so, just in time for the holidays, The Strategist is By Lainey • Dec 18, 2019 08:55 am
What Else What Else? It’s a week before Christmas… and it’s not all love. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are still working out their divorce. And now he has a new new girlfriend – Gabriella Brooks, an Australian model. Miley has been with two people since she and Liam split. Liam too is By Lainey • Dec 17, 2019 06:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Sandler still has a shot Back in September, Joanna wrote about the premiere of Adam Sandler’s Oscar hopeful, Uncut Gems. Well, Uncut Gems is now in theaters, and Adam Sandler’s Oscar hopes still exist. Reviews remained strong even after the festival buzz faded, an Uncut Gems hive has materialized online—led by Vulture’ By Sarah • Dec 17, 2019 04:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Moviegoers didn’t show up for Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell Richard Jewell did not perform well at the box office this weekend. It’s Clint Eastwood’s “worst opening in four decades”. The film is about Richard Jewell, the man wrongfully accused of the Centennial Park bombing during the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, and the latest white male hero trumpeted By Sarah • Dec 17, 2019 03:19 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 17, 2019 Have you seen the wrapping paper hack making the rounds on social media? It involves angling the present. I don’t know if that is a hack or an act of desperation: I suck at wrapping presents, even though I want them to look like they are in the window By Maria • Dec 17, 2019 02:37 pm
