Movie Reviews and Previews Scorsese’s Avengers Martin Scorsese’s long-gestating mob opus, The Irishman, is finally coming out later this year, thanks to Netflix. It stars Robert De Niro as Frank Sheeran, a mob hitman who claimed on his deathbed to have killed Jimmy Hoffa. Al Pacino stars in The Irishman as Hoffa, and Harvey Keitel By Sarah • Jul 31, 2019 01:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scorsese, De Niro, and Leo together again Deadline reported yesterday that Robert De Niro is negotiating to be in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, also starring Leonardo DiCaprio. People are excited. Scorsese and De Niro are a legendary team. Scorsese and Leo have a thing too. Now he’s working again with two of By Lainey • Jul 31, 2019 12:50 pm
Royals Prince Harry and “unconscious bias” Meghan Markle’s guest-edited issue of Vogue features an interview between Prince Harry and Dr Jane Goodall that’s generating a lot of reaction over in England, in particular Harry’s comments about “unconscious bias”. To put it in context, Harry first asks Dr Goodall about focusing on children and By Lainey • Jul 31, 2019 11:39 am
Quiveration Brad Pitt never looks awkward Quentin Tarantino and the cast of Once Upon a Time …in Hollywood were in London last night for the UK premiere. The film opened strong this weekend, QT’s best ever box office. That f-cking ellipsis though. I wrote about this a few weeks ago, about the inconsistency in the By Lainey • Jul 31, 2019 10:26 am
Models A Secret Worth Keeping? Back in May, it was announced that the Victoria’s Secret fashion show would no longer be airing on network TV and there was some talk that it would move to a streaming service. According to model Shanina Shaik, the whole thing is cancelled, for this year at least. At By Maria • Jul 31, 2019 09:06 am
Sebastian Stan Intro for July 31. 2019 Dear Gossips, I would like to talk about snacks. I consider myself an expert on snacks. If you visit this site often, you may be familiar with my passion for Oreos and Cheetos. I have found so many creative ways to incorporate Cheetos and Cheeto dust into my food that By Lainey • Jul 31, 2019 08:41 am
What Else What Else? As we enter the second half of 2019, the Year of the Scam, is it fitting that Woodstock 50 might end up being free? They tried to make it a new generational event. Not unlike how Fyre Fest was supposed to be an event to remember forever. And, in a By Lainey • Jul 30, 2019 04:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews They’re fixing Lord of the Flies Luca Guadagnino continues to not make that Call Me By Your Name sequel as he is in talks to direct an adaptation of Lord of the Flies. This is not the gender-bent version previously announced, but a more traditional take on William Golding’s book. GOOD. A female-led version is By Sarah • Jul 30, 2019 04:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews RBatz is a crusty lighthouse keeper One of the outliers in this year’s Oscar race is The Lighthouse, the sophomore feature film from Robert Eggers. His previous film, The Witch, is a near-masterpiece, but Eggers, like Ari Aster, makes films in the horror tradition, so the Academy blows them off. This year, Eggers’ destined-to-be-ignored film By Sarah • Jul 30, 2019 04:04 pm
Douchebags Antoine Fuqua is the one who’s married Last week, we saw a messy cheating scandal unfold. Paparazzi caught Nicole Murphy kissing director Antoine Fuqua, husband to actress Lela Rochon, in Italy. We are thirsty in these Black gossip and Twitter streets so we immediately judged the kiss as romantic, and just as quickly as Nicole put out By Melayna • Jul 30, 2019 03:33 pm
TV Updates Kevin Hart is also joining Quibi Earlier, Prem wrote about Sasha Velour’s upcoming show on Quibi, the “bite-sized” streaming platform designed for quick hit entertainment. Whenever Quibi comes up in my social media, there’s a real air of condescension and thinly veiled contempt for it surrounding the news releases. But as Prem pointed out, By Sarah • Jul 30, 2019 02:59 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 30, 2019 Goop’s trying to tangle with Dr. Jen Gunter, again, but this time it’s through Chief Content Officer Elise Loehnen. In a new interview, Loehnen says that they are “on the same side,” a classic white feminism WOMEN SUPPORTING WOMEN tactic. Dr. Jen Gunter vigorously disputes the same side-ism By Maria • Jul 30, 2019 02:09 pm
Relationship Assumption Shawn and Camila in the water I wrote yesterday about Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello and how they clearly have no f-cks to give right now about what a heatscore they are together. They’ve been inseparable, she’s joined him on tour, the fans keep finding them, they don’t hide. And now they’re By Lainey • Jul 30, 2019 12:05 pm
TV Updates Sasha Velour’s Nightgowns to Appear on Quibi I love me some provocative, gender-bending art, and someone who consistently delivers that is Sasha Velour, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9. Yesterday, when Deadline announced that Sasha would executive produce an eight episode series on Quibi based on her insanely popular Brooklyn revue, Nightgowns, I was beyond By Prem • Jul 30, 2019 11:08 am
Royals Meghan Markle gets the Michelle Obama treatment British Vogue confirmed yesterday that Meghan Markle is the first ever to guest-edit the magazine’s September issue. They released the cover featuring the 15 women who are “Forces for Change” and Royal Meghan’s interview with Michelle Obama. One of the women featured on the Vogue cover is Sinéad By Lainey • Jul 30, 2019 10:43 am
Music Intro for July 30, 2019 Dear Gossips, It’s official: Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” has set the record for the most weeks at #1 on the Billboard charts, surpassing Mimi’s “One Sweet Day” and “Despacito” by Luis Fonzi and Daddy Yankee. This is history – and it’s fitting. When I first By Lainey • Jul 30, 2019 09:03 am
