Music Were Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun at Ed Sheeran’s wedding? Taylor Swift was in Paris last night for her “City of Lover” show continuing to promote Lover, her sixth consecutive #1 album. She’s been hinting that she might not tour Lover the way she toured reputation and 1989, that she might want to scale it back, perform in more By Lainey • Sep 10, 2019 10:08 am
TIFF 2019 Coverage Timothee Chalamet: The Fanboy comes back to TIFF Even if you're an entertainment reporter deep in the trenches at TIFF, you've seen the super steamy photos of Timothee Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp making out on a yacht in Capri last week. The memes are next level. Their film The King premiered in Venice, thereby By Joanna • Sep 10, 2019 09:42 am
TIFF 2019 Coverage Intro for September 10, 2019 Dear Gossips, It was great to see Yalitza Aparicio last night at the first ever TIFF Tribute Gala. The event will now happen every year and, since TIFF is where Oscar campaigns begin, The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg called it “the first awards ceremony of the long awards season” By Lainey • Sep 10, 2019 08:40 am
What Else What Else? Last year Roma won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and went on to be a major contender during award season. Alfonso Cuaron won Best Director at the Oscars but Roma came up short for Best Picture because of Netflix and Green Book. This year the Golden Lion By Lainey • Sep 09, 2019 05:16 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: He’s The Next In Line*, But… Hi Duana, I am a huge fan of your column and of The Name Therapist (link to book). As a Jennifer who grew up in the 80s, I especially enjoyed your interviews with the "Jennifers." I am expecting my second boy (our first is Alec James) on September By Duana • Sep 09, 2019 05:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Report: Adam Driver needs a scene partner Longtime Steven Soderbergh collaborator Scott Z. Burns writes and directs The Report, an extremely thorough and incredibly dry movie about the controversial Senate report on the US’s use of torture in the post-9/11 era. This film relies heavily on Adam Driver, particularly his ability to emote repressed passion By Sarah • Sep 09, 2019 04:38 pm
TIFF 2019 Coverage Kristen Stewart: Dance parties, Hooters, and Taika Waititi Kristen Stewart is kind of a TIFF regular. I interviewed her here last year for JT LeRoy. She was here for Certain Women in 2016 and Equals in 2015 and On the Road in 2012. There are probably more but you get the point – she knows the festival and she’ By Lainey • Sep 09, 2019 04:04 pm
TIFF 2019 Coverage Robert Pattinson: TIFF Party MVP Robert Pattinson was one of the MVPs of the TIFF party circuit this weekend. He was among the people everybody wanted to get some face time with, and then did, and appeared to be in really great spirits the whole time…although, when you're schmoozing with Taika Waititi By Joanna • Sep 09, 2019 02:41 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, September 9, 2019 The Sacklers are the dirtiest name in society, and it’s interesting that they would offer Courtney Love money to attend a fashion show. Courtney is one of the only celebrities who truly doesn’t give a f-ck about playing nice and she already has a front row seat at By Maria • Sep 09, 2019 01:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Personal History of David Copperfield or Dev Patel can play any role Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield is a breezy, fun, surprisingly straightforward take on the classic. Iannucci co-wrote the script with his frequent collaborator Simon Blackwell, but if you’re expecting a Veep or Death of Stalin-style satire—as I was—don’t hold your breath. Iannucci By Sarah • Sep 09, 2019 12:46 pm
Maple Leaf Shawn and Camila on his home-stage Shawn Mendes concluded the North American leg of his tour with a show at home in Toronto on Friday night. And it was an emotional night. He played Rogers Centre. It’s a stadium, where the Blue Jays play, it’s where we won our back to back World Series By Lainey • Sep 09, 2019 11:53 am
BFFs Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan: the new bromance Endings, Beginnings was always going to have a star-studded world premiere at TIFF. The cast is stacked: Sebastian Stan, Jamie Dornan, Shailene Woodley, Shamier Anderson… and with the film being on the market, they came ready to play and sell Drake Doremus’ latest improv-based “romantic” breakup drama. But the real By Joanna • Sep 09, 2019 11:28 am
BFFs Meghan Markle at the US Open Meghan Markle was in New York this weekend to cheer on Serena Williams in the US Open finals. Serena lost, it was her fourth grand slam loss since coming back after pregnancy as she’s still looking for that closing magic. Afterwards Serena said she was upset with herself because By Lainey • Sep 09, 2019 10:54 am
Royals Prince Andrew’s “verbal dispute” Meghan Markle was in New York on Saturday for the US Open women’s final, supporting her friend Serena Williams. There’s been a LOT of coverage of Meghan’s trip, and a lot of controversial reaction to Meghan’s trip in the British media, which we’ll get to By Lainey • Sep 09, 2019 09:57 am
Sports Intro for September 9, 2019 Dear Gossips, I love technology. Maybe, one day, I along with all humankind will regret loving technology, but this weekend technology made me so happy. I was locked in on TIFF red carpets during both finals at the US Open this weekend and while waiting for the arrivals, I was By Lainey • Sep 09, 2019 08:59 am
What Else What Else? Rich white people decided a long time ago that it’s poor etiquette to talk about money, probably because they didn’t want poor people to know that they were hoarding all of it. Here’s the thing though – even when people claim they’re uncomfortable talking about money, we By Lainey • Sep 06, 2019 05:40 pm
