Movie Reviews and Previews Is Eurovision the Right Movie for 2019 Audiences? I first learned about Eurovision two years ago while working in England for the summer. Not many people are familiar with Eurovision on this side of the Atlantic, and so for those who don’t know, the Eurovision Song Contest is an annual, international music competition where artists from various By Prem • Aug 09, 2019 11:21 am
Maple Leaf Shawn’s birthday kiss Camila Cabello was in LA for at least a couple of days earlier this week for the Variety Power of Young Hollywood event. As soon as she wrapped that up, she was seen heading out of town – and back to Shawn Mendes. It was his 21st birthday yesterday. They were By Lainey • Aug 09, 2019 10:22 am
Music Taylor’s “borrowed and blue” Vogue released the cover of its September issue yesterday featuring Taylor Swift whose new album, Lover, drops in a couple of weeks. During the interview, Taylor allowed writer Abby Aguirre to listen to a few new tracks, including the title song, “Lover”, with the lyrics: My heart’s been borrowed By Lainey • Aug 09, 2019 09:57 am
BFFs Jake & Jeanne: red carpet official…sort of Last night was the Broadway opening of Sea Wall/A Life starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge. Jake and Tom posed together on the red carpet and his MCU friends, Sebastian Stan and Tom Hiddleston, also showed up to support. He wore a grey suit over a t-shirt, no By Lainey • Aug 09, 2019 09:13 am
Sports Intro for August 9, 2019 Dear Gossips, Figure skating champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are so good at their jobs that they’ve become the Bella and Edward of their sport. Only, unlike Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, there was never a romantic relationship off the ice. Like Kristen and Robert though, there’s By Lainey • Aug 09, 2019 08:42 am
What Else What Else? Shia LaBeouf wrote a movie about his life and his experience with his dad. It’s called Honey Boy. He plays his dad. This is the first trailer. Here’s what I just wrote to Sarah after watching it: “I wanted to go into it like… does this make it By Lainey • Aug 08, 2019 05:20 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Captain Big G at sea! The Cambridges spent the day on the water today participating in The King’s Cup inaugural regatta to raise money for eight of their patronages. Here’s more on the purpose behind today’s royal involvement: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kensington Palace (@kensingtonroyal) on Aug By Lainey • Aug 08, 2019 04:42 pm
Music Taylor Swift: Daisy Jones Vogue Maria asked the other day if the “haircut” was still happening. Taylor Swift’s wearing it on the cover of September Vogue… so…yes? We’ll come back to the hair in a minute. Let’s talk about the overall styling of this cover. I love it. I love both By Lainey • Aug 08, 2019 01:26 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s Vogue September issue In my post the other day about Angelina Jolie covering the September issue of ELLE, I wondered about the American Vogue September issue and who would be on the cover. Taylor Swift was my first guess, even though she’d already covered ELLE a few months ago. If Anna Wintour By Lainey • Aug 08, 2019 12:20 pm
TV Updates Happy Endings Might Be Coming Back There are just some shows that are ahead of their time and end up getting cancelled before they can really make a splash. Starz’s Party Down comes to mind as an example, and I bet Sarah could come up with so many more. Another show like that was Happy By Prem • Aug 08, 2019 11:18 am
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 8, 2019 Yesterday I mentioned the Home Alone reboot. What if it’s just Kevin living in his parents' basement? This is what an updated Home Alone would actually look like. pic.twitter.com/sGj86933LA— Macaulay Culkin (@IncredibleCulk) August 7, 2019 I love reading advice columns and this Ask Polly is By Maria • Aug 08, 2019 10:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Happy Anniversary, Spoiler Alert Marking movie anniversaries has become A Thing, and I’m not sure entirely what the point is except to make people feel old. Most movies aren’t actually worth lionizing in that way, but sometimes there is a movie milestone worth noticing (for example: it’s been 20 years since By Sarah • Aug 08, 2019 09:43 am
Maple Leaf Intro for August 8, 2019 Dear Gossips, It was announced yesterday that the Emmys, to be broadcast on September 22 on FOX, will not have a host this year. This is not exactly the same as the Oscars but it may be an “inspired by” situation. The Oscars were supposed to be hosted by Kevin By Lainey • Aug 08, 2019 08:56 am
What Else What Else? Did you watch the documentary The Clinton Affair last year? If not, I highly recommend. It was unfair what happened to Monica Lewinsky. It was unfair how people treated her – and not just the president, but the culture in general. As a participant in that culture, growing up in that By Lainey • Aug 07, 2019 04:08 pm
Amazingness Viral Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage is a great actor with DEEPLY WEIRD TASTE, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that he has gone viral recently for giving a bonkers performance in a direct-to-video gem called Never on Tuesday (for the young’uns, like Prem, who have probably never seen a By Sarah • Aug 07, 2019 03:47 pm
TV Updates Beverly Hills, 90210 Arrives … It’s tonight. Tonight, the show-within-a-show revival of 90210 drops – I had known a few months ago that indeed it would be a birthday present for me, but I forgot that it was happening, so this was a treat. For other shows, obviously the play might be By Duana • Aug 07, 2019 03:01 pm
