Royals House Sussex and the Love Shield aftershocks It’s been 48 hours since Prince Harry launched Love Shield 2019 and announced that Meghan of House Sussex was suing the Daily Mail. They dropped the bomb just 24 hours before the end of their southern Africa tour, while on tour with some of the reporters Harry was dragging By Lainey • Oct 03, 2019 10:10 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for October 3, 2019 Dear Gossips, You know what award season is good for? Contrasts. People are campaigning, everyone has their own campaign strategy. So from October to the Oscars, we get to see these plans play out, side by side, in real time – an off-screen performance that supports the onscreen performance. Joker is By Lainey • Oct 03, 2019 09:19 am
What Else What Else? I know I said I’d write about Prince Harry and Meghan of House Sussex and the Love Shield 2019 today but I’m still waiting on a few things so that post is coming tomorrow. In the meantime, the Daily Mail is going to fight the lawsuit. At least By Lainey • Oct 02, 2019 04:42 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: No, Seriously – Now or Never Hi Duana, I am a week past my due date with baby #2, sex unknown. My husband has taken a sudden interest in names and their meanings (better late than never I guess, but really dude, now??) and thrown a new favorite into the ring. For a boy we are By Duana • Oct 02, 2019 03:40 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben Affleck’s billionaire date? Ben Affleck went out for dinner at Giorgio Baldi last night in LA and the paps say he was joined by a “mystery blonde”. They were there for three hours. So… who’s this “mystery blonde”? I don’t know for sure. But here’s a theory: Unless I am By Lainey • Oct 02, 2019 03:12 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 2, 2019 No one is more committed to making the square-toe sandal trend happen than Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. But with fall here and winter around the corner, is this an investment worth making? It might be a trend that is put on pause until next summer, just because of weather logistics. View this By Maria • Oct 02, 2019 01:15 pm
Dumbass Todd Phillips thinks we’re too woke By far the most insufferable part of the Joker press tour has been its director, Todd Phillips, who will not stop blaming “wokeness” for the current state of comedy. His latest comments are included in Joaquin Phoenix’s Vanity Fair profile, and they’re as insightful and thoughtful as you’ By Sarah • Oct 02, 2019 12:33 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Joaquin Phoenix covers Vanity Fair That title in and of itself is newsworthy considering who we’re talking about: Joaquin Phoenix, one of the most press-averse actors in the business, willingly participating in an interview with Vanity Fair that covers his work life, his love life, his family life, including mentions of his late brother, By Lainey • Oct 02, 2019 12:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Joker is not dangerous, daring, or provocative If ever there was a movie that does not live up to its hype, it is Todd Phillips’ much debated Joker. A stripped down, deconstructed comic book movie, Joker is supposedly the most inflammatory, dangerous, provocative film of the year—of the era!—a movie that is maybe causing a By Sarah • Oct 02, 2019 11:13 am
BFFs Timothee Chalamet: Robin and all his friends The King premiered in New York last night and the film’s king, Timothee Chalamet, showed up in a beautifully cut black suit over a yellow mock turtleneck. Like, stop it. STOP. He’s so f-cking pretty, I can’t stand it. Timmy was there with the film’s cast By Lainey • Oct 02, 2019 10:28 am
Music Intro for October 2, 2019 Dear Gossips, BTS covers the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter and while this was met with initial excitement before the feature came out, some fans are now unhappy with the final product. There are several reasons for this – one of them being that the writer, Seth Abramovitch, admits in By Lainey • Oct 02, 2019 09:33 am
What Else What Else? I don’t have children so I don’t get to go to kids’ soccer or hockey or other sports activities and I’m starting to think that maybe that’s the one downside of not being a parent because, apparently, it’s exactly my kind of environment! People are By Lainey • Oct 01, 2019 04:24 pm
Royals Prince Harry launches another Love Shield Another one! Sorry, all I keep hearing in my head right now is DJ Khaled. “Another one!” Three years ago this coming November, in November 2016, Prince Harry launched what I called a Love Shield, a written defence of his then-girlfriend Meghan Markle, admonishing certain British media outlets for their By Lainey • Oct 01, 2019 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Get ready for the 6 Underground Challenge Netflix has gotten in the habit of betting big in December, creating an at-home offer to counter the usual blockbuster cinematic treat (this year: The Last Jedi). Last year it was Bird Box, the year before that: Bright. This year the Netflix holiday bet is a Michael Bay movie starring By Sarah • Oct 01, 2019 03:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews How Harley Quinn got her groove back I have two wishes for pop culture in 2020. One is that Dev Patel becomes the next James Bond. The other is that we take Birds of Prey as seriously as we’re taking Joker. I want a full Harley Quinn Discourse. I want us to discuss the emotional, romantic, By Sarah • Oct 01, 2019 03:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, October 1, 2019 As Lainey mentioned this morning in her intro, there’s a stream of Bieber wedding shots being posted on social media. In terms of a specific wedding-day accessory, this leather jacket is too tasteful to be seared into our collective memory like the “Pimp” and “Maids” tracksuits once were. I By Maria • Oct 01, 2019 01:21 pm
