Break Ups Ben Affleck on the pain of divorce Ben Affleck’s candid interview with The New York Times came out yesterday and today the first part of his interview with Diane Sawyer aired on Good Morning America and he’s equally as forthcoming about alcoholism and dealing with the breakdown of his marriage. Can we do a little By Lainey • Feb 20, 2020 03:15 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 20, 2020 Gwyneth Paltrow held a “makeup free” party for Goop because expensive skin care is the new makeup. (Because it’s obvious and many people in the comments were pointing it out, yes Rachel Zoe said in her story that she is wearing eye and lip makeup and it was hard By Maria • Feb 20, 2020 01:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews THE Suicide Squad suited up James Gunn’s not-a-reboot-but-not-really-a-sequel-either Suicide Squad movie is filming in Panama, which means set photos are emerging that show characters old and new suited up for their do-over. There are blurry shots of Margot Robbie sporting a new look as Harley By Sarah • Feb 20, 2020 11:36 am
Royals Sussexit Countdown Did you know it was Prince Andrew’s birthday yesterday? The palace social media accounts posted birthday messages to celebrate the occasion, with a caption reminding people that he’s “the first child born to a reigning monarch for 103 years”. Like somehow that’s supposed to replace the thing By Lainey • Feb 20, 2020 11:03 am
TV Updates Are you obsessed with McMillions? I am OBSESSED with McMillions. I loved it two years ago when it was a dramatic long read on The Daily Beast, and now that it is a documentary series I adore it even more. In case you’ve been under a rock for the last few weeks, McMillions is By Sarah • Feb 20, 2020 10:11 am
Equality Issues Intro for February 20, 2020 Dear Gossips, It was great seeing Sinead Burke sitting front row at the Gucci show in Milan yesterday and wearing Gucci, obviously. Sinead was also all over London Fashion Week last week. Here she is hanging out with Victoria Beckham: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sinéad By Lainey • Feb 20, 2020 09:35 am
What Else What Else? I have questions. How is “stunt porn” different from regular porn? Isn’t all porn… stunty? Like all porn is made to be watched and accessed, to elicit a reaction, right? Why I am I dedicating valuable brain time thinking about this? This would be the “stunt porn” that happened By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 05:14 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Embrace The Clonk Dear Duana, Before finding out we were having a girl, we had two very solid boy names selected which, although I am very excited to be having a girl, am a little bummed I will not be using these names I love so much. The first is Jack Wallace (Jack By Duana • Feb 19, 2020 04:17 pm
BFFs Lizzo & Harry Styles: The Internet’s New Favourite The BRIT Awards happened in London last night and I’m not talking about anyone else’s fashion other than Lizzo because… LIZZO. Everything Lizzo. All the outfits. But especially when she decided she was a snack. THE snack. Levels, as they say in England. Levels. Lizzo owns all the By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 03:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Downhill Poor Downhill. If ever there was an example of the dangers of remaking a nearly perfect foreign-language film into English, it is the case of Downhill. Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure is a pitch-black comedy that is almost pure drama, about a family that crumbles when faced with By Sarah • Feb 19, 2020 02:55 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, February 19, 2020 The read of the day is Vulture’s Anonymous in Hollywood, tales from assistants in NYC and LA. All of the players work in entertainment (film, TV, news) and some of the stories (assistants lasting no longer than 3 months) sound typically nightmarish, but even more diabolical is the boss By Maria • Feb 19, 2020 01:27 pm
Maple Leaf House Sussex: royal or not? Since Sussexit was confirmed last month, much speculation has focused on whether or not Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would be able to keep “Sussex Royal” as their brand. Prince Harry will always be a prince. House Sussex, which includes Harry, Meghan, and Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor, will always be By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 01:03 pm
Amazingness Matt Damon’s mullet As noted in the previous post, Ben Affleck is currently promoting The Way Back. When that’s done, he’ll likely return to production on The Last Duel, alongside Matt Damon. It’s scheduled to be released at Christmas which is ambitious. Because Christmas movies are either for the box By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 11:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck comes back with a comeback movie Ben Affleck’s new film, The Way Back, comes out in a month. He plays a former high school basketball player who’s lost everything to addiction and is finding his “way back” by coaching the team from his alma mater. Obviously he knows something about his character, Jack Cunningham. By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 10:09 am
Intro for February 19, 2020 Dear Gossips, One of the unexpected stars to emerge from this recent award season was not, technically, a star at all. But she definitely is now. Award season is over but we are still obsessed with Sharon Choi, right? Not surprisingly, after Parasite’s successful Oscar run, everyone wanted to By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 09:07 am
What Else What Else? Another day, another celebrity face tattoo – and this one is matching, as in it’s the other half of a couple, girlfriend and boyfriend. Twenty years ago it was Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee getting their ring fingers tattooed. Now it’s faces. What will it be in another twenty By Lainey • Feb 18, 2020 04:17 pm
