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
Relationship Assumption Zendaya and Jacob Elordi: is this Instagram official? Rumours about Zendaya dating her Euphoria co-star Jacob Elordi started back in August when he was seen on holiday with her in Greece, along with her family. Since then, they’ve avoided the spotlight but there have been a few sightings here and there of the two of them out By Lainey • Dec 02, 2019 10:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for December 2, 2019 Dear Gossips, Healthy Thanksgiving weekend box office this weekend with both Knives Out and Queen & Slim exceeding box office projections. Sarah and I have been high on Knives Out since we screened it at TIFF back in September but I don’t know that anyone was predicting that it By Lainey • Dec 02, 2019 09:27 am
What Else What Else? I was about to say that the next headline after this already bonkers headline about Johnny Depp producing a musical about Michael Jackson’s glove was going to be that Johnny Depp himself would be playing the glove but then I remembered, would Johnny Depp actually have the discipline for By Lainey • Nov 29, 2019 03:39 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Those You Forgot You Already Loved Dear Duana, I am expecting my first child in February, a girl. Every name I used to love now seems lackluster at best. The current front runner is Zoe, but the Social Security Administration reports it is one of the most popular names of the 2010s. I don't By Duana • Nov 29, 2019 02:32 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, November 29, 2019 Nothing says Thanksgiving gratitude quite like a photo from Lea Michele’s wedding rehearsal dinner. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lea Michele (@leamichele) on Nov 28, 2019 at 8:37pm PST Twitter mayor and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen has spoken. (And she agrees that turkey sucks By Maria • Nov 29, 2019 01:49 pm
Style Outfit of the Week: Lizzo No other look was as special this week as the one Lizzo wore to the American Music Awards. I can’t stop thinking about it - and not just because of the tiny bag and its viral moment. First of all, the colour is spectacular. And it never looked the By Lainey • Nov 29, 2019 01:00 pm
