Award Season Campaigning The Hollywood Film Awards: Family, Friends, and Mentors The Hollywood Film Awards don’t really mean anything in that even though they happen during award season – and we are firmly in award season now – they don’t predict real awards. Winning a Hollywood Film Awards doesn’t increase your chances at an Oscar. Showing up at the Hollywood By Lainey • Nov 04, 2019 03:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Timothee Chalamet in The King What is the point of Shakespeare without Shakespeare? This question is central to David Michôd’s The King, which tells the story of Henry V of England, a story canonized in English literature by Shakespeare’s Henry Cycle of plays. There are other great warrior-kings of England that Shakespeare did By Sarah • Nov 04, 2019 02:43 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, November 4, 2019 Mariah Carey is loving Billy on the Street and she would be an amazing guest. Legendary! The only issue is that part of being a guest involves running alongside Billy as he accosts people on the street. Running is a key part of the comedy, and we know Mimi doesn’ By Maria • Nov 04, 2019 01:57 pm
TV Updates Watchmen piles it on There are many unanswered questions and mysterious premises in Watchmen, but one thing we can say for certain about this show is that it is super into Doctor Manhattan’s big blue dick. Last episode it was Adrian Veidt making his clone-slave hang dong in his play about Manhattan, and By Sarah • Nov 04, 2019 01:12 pm
Relationship Assumption Anna Wintour and …Bill Nighy? It was Anna Wintour’s 70th birthday yesterday. Page Six did a whole thing on what an enigma she still is and whether or not she really is as mean as she’s reputed to be and what her life is really like. Someone said she’s “Machiavellian”. Someone else By Lainey • Nov 04, 2019 12:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Valentine’s Day with Issa and LaKeith The Photograph, starring Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield, directed by Stella Meghie, comes out on Valentine’s Day. I will be seeing it on Valentine’s Day, not with my husband but probably with Kathleen, because this is the kind of movie you want to go to with someone who By Lainey • Nov 04, 2019 11:47 am
Sports Prince Harry in the locker room Prince Harry was in Tokyo for the Rugby World Cup 2019 Final this weekend between England and South Africa. There was also time on his schedule for him to meet with local schoolchildren. This moment of him interacting with a group of girls who told him he was handsome has By Lainey • Nov 04, 2019 10:13 am
Royals Prince Andrew loses an aide Prince Andrew spent the weekend at the ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, promoting his Pitch@Palace initiative. Here he is posing with Mr Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Prime Minister of Vietnam. I’m including it because it reminds me of an email I got last week from a reader called Deborah who By Lainey • Nov 04, 2019 09:22 am
Jane Fonda Intro for November 4, 2019 Dear Gossips, Jane Fonda was arrested again on Friday, the fourth week in a row. As we’ve seen in previous weeks, she was joined by guest stars – this time Catherine Keener and Rosanna Arquette. In a new interview with Jessica Goldstein for Vulture, Jane confirms that she has more By Lainey • Nov 04, 2019 08:52 am
What Else What Else? Ten years ago, Heidi Klum used to be the Halloween authority. She goes all out for Halloween – elaborate costumes, hours of makeup, requiring weeks and weeks of planning. That was before Instagram. With Instagram, any and all celebrities are balls to the wall for Halloween, basically going to the same By Lainey • Nov 01, 2019 04:03 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Poker; or, Confessions of A Name Hoarder Hi Duana, My husband and I are expecting twins this month and I'm so tired this pregnancy that I cannot find the brain power to choose names I like. Or rather, to choose names both my husband and I agree on, or to convince him of the best By Duana • Nov 01, 2019 03:31 pm
TV Updates Watchmen: Who ARE these people? Watchmen, like Game of Thrones, invites theorizing. We’re two episodes in and this is already a richly detailed world, with big plot setups and seemingly minor background information that may or may not end up being relevant. Unlike Game of Thrones, however, book readers don’t really have an By Sarah • Nov 01, 2019 03:10 pm
Style Outfit of the Week: Olivia Wilde I love this dress on Olivia Wilde so much that I’ve been worried the last couple of days that another great look would come along and then I’d have to choose. As it turns out, this week, there is in my opinion no outfit better than what Olivia By Lainey • Nov 01, 2019 01:55 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, November 1, 2019 Challenging myself to not throw up any Halloween pictures today, because some celebrities turned out multiple costumes and it is out of control. Unless it’s Beyoncé, do we need to see more? Beyond the costumes, there’s also multiple behind-the-scenes videos cataloguing hair and makeup and fittings – this isn’ By Maria • Nov 01, 2019 01:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Linda Hamilton returns in Terminator: Dark Fate The Terminator franchise gets back on track with Terminator: Dark Fate, which brings back original star Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor, and sees James Cameron return as a producer. Terminator: Dark Fate is a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and just by continuing the story of Sarah Connor, By Sarah • Nov 01, 2019 12:08 pm
TV Updates Henry Cavill is unsexy in The Witcher Netflix’s attempt at creating their own Game of Thrones is the Henry Cavill fantasy drama, The Witcher. The first trailer left me a little cold, because while the visuals are good, Cavill is not the most engaging presence and they barely let him, the main character, speak. Now we By Sarah • Nov 01, 2019 10:47 am
