BFFs Julia & Cate: Mr Armani’s favourites As mentioned earlier in the Tom Cruise post, Giorgio Armani was honoured last night with the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Fashion Awards in London and, in addition to Tom, he had his two favourites with him. Cate Blanchett is the first global beauty ambassador for Armani and she was By Lainey • Dec 03, 2019 12:30 pm
Style Janet steps out for Rihanna Rihanna’s fashion house, Fenty, isn’t even six months old yet. And already it’s winning awards. Last night Rihanna accepted the Urban Luxe Award for Fenty at the Fashion Awards in London. She wore her own label, of course, and she received the honour from a legend, Janet By Lainey • Dec 03, 2019 11:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Widow on her own At long last, and more than five years overdue, Black Widow has her own movie. The teaser for Black Widow was released this morning, and it looks…fine. If this was coming out sometime between 2012 and 2015, when fans were most loudly clamoring for a Black Widow standalone movie, By Sarah • Dec 03, 2019 11:15 am
Douchebags Prince Andrew’s curious email The Virginia Roberts Giuffre interview aired last night on BBC Panorama and, even though she repeated the claims she’s been making consistently for years now, being that this was her first broadcast interview in the UK, home of Prince Andrew, she made headlines – as she should. Finally. According to By Lainey • Dec 03, 2019 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise at the Fashion Awards Not the face you expected at the Fashion Awards in London, right? It’s not really Tom Cruise’s usual environment. But he was there, presumably, because Giorgio Armani was honoured with the Outstanding Achievement Award. We’ll get to Mr Armani later. Tom has been wearing Mr Armani’s By Lainey • Dec 03, 2019 10:04 am
Shout-Outs December 3, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs Today is #GivingTuesday, a day dedicated to giving to your community. If everyone in Canada donated the price of a $5 latte today, we could raise almost $190 million for charities across the country. Please visit CanadaHelps.org if you are able to make a donation to any charity in By Lainey • Dec 03, 2019 09:41 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 3, 2019 Dear Gossips, Awkwafina! Awkwafina won the Best Actress for her performance in The Farewell at the Gotham Awards last night in New York. As Variety notes, the Gothams, “hosted by the Independent Filmmakers Project, resembles the Iowa caucus as the first stop on the long and tangled road of awards By Lainey • Dec 03, 2019 09:22 am
What Else What Else? The British royal family is bracing tight for Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s interview on BBC Panorama tonight. It’s her first UK interview, sharing what she’s been sharing for years about Prince Andrew – that she was sex trafficked to him by his friend, the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. By Lainey • Dec 02, 2019 04:45 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Getting Right In The Middle Of It Hello Duana, After five years of trying naturally and eventually moving on to IVF, my husband and I have finally gotten pregnant! Over the years, the process of trying to conceive has given us a lot of time to consider names. We’re beyond ecstatic about the pregnancy, but we By Duana • Dec 02, 2019 04:17 pm
BFFs John’s love letter to Oscar As Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker gets ever closer and closer, we’re seeing some creative marketing at play. Not that the movie needs marketing, really. I mean, they’re going to make a f-ckload of money. The point, I guess, is to make ALL the money. So, yes, By Lainey • Dec 02, 2019 03:34 pm
TV Updates Watchmen: Big Blue Surprise Spoilers As we approach the end of Watchmen, we’re getting into serious spoiler territory, so tap out now if you’re not caught up. Okay? If you don’t want to be spoiled, now is the time to get gone. Throughout Watchmen’s run, I’ve been wondering what By Sarah • Dec 02, 2019 03:07 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, December 2, 2019 Our favourite Instagram thirst-trapper and dirtbag DJ is the focus of a new profile in The Cut. Diplo is plant-based, he works through lunch so he can go to the pumpkin patch with his kids, he doesn’t believe in monogamy (shocker), he gets distracted by Instagram and he goes By Maria • Dec 02, 2019 02:41 pm
Business of Hollywood Angelina Jolie switches agencies Angelina Jolie very famously has a small team. She still doesn’t have an official publicist. I think I wrote about this a few years ago when I was assigned to the Maleficent junket, that she personally reviews her junket roster, a responsibility typically assigned to a star’s personal By Lainey • Dec 02, 2019 02:08 pm
Miranda July An Instagram play in three acts One of the pitfalls of being an Extremely Online Person™ is that you can’t go around saying “you love to see it” or “sorry to that man” without sounding like an (OK) Boomer. A very funny joke online doesn’t necessarily translate to real life. There’s a common By Maria • Dec 02, 2019 01:17 pm
Style Taylor Swift covers British Vogue Taylor Swift has a big birthday coming: she turns 30 on December 13. She’ll be entering a new decade as we all enter a new decade. Who will Taylor be in her 30s? It remains to be seen whether or not she has something big planned for the day, By Lainey • Dec 02, 2019 11:55 am
Style JLo keeps hustling The National Board of Review will announce its best films, directors, and performers of the year tomorrow. The New York Film Critics Circle will make their announcements on Wednesday. Golden Globe nominations are coming a week today on Monday, December 9. How many times will Jennifer Lopez’s name come By Lainey • Dec 02, 2019 11:17 am
