Movie Reviews and Previews This is not a romantic movie Lainey emailed me yesterday after she clicked on something that said, “Florence Pugh breakup movie”, only it turned out to be the new trailer for Midsommar, Ari Aster’s follow-up to Hereditary. Lainey does not handle horror well, so I think she might be scarred for life now. The first By Sarah • May 15, 2019 01:22 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Can Constance Wu Take a Lesson From the Fug Girls? I wish you could hear how excited I am to tell you this… But we got Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, aka the FUG Girls, on Show Your Work!!! Let’s start at the beginning of the episode though because, as promised, on this episode, we begin by unpacking the By Lainey • May 15, 2019 12:20 pm
Ellen Degeneres Taylor Swift drinks white wine Taylor Swift is on The Ellen Show today, her first interview in two years or so. The clips are all over the place – you can find them all here. As we’ve seen, this is accessible Taylor, and it’s supposed to feel like a sharp pivot from reputation Taylor By Lainey • May 15, 2019 11:10 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Master Archie receives the Cambridges Prince William and Catherine visited Prince Harry and Meghan Markle yesterday at Frogmore Cottage for their first visit with Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. That’s all we know. The only statement released by the royals about it was that “it was a private visit”. Obviously this isn’t going to shut By Lainey • May 15, 2019 10:37 am
Style Intro for May 15, 2019 Dear Gossips, It was great to see Selena Gomez on the Cannes red carpet last night, on opening night, as a member of the cast of The Dead Don’t Die, by Jim Jarmusch. Selena, as we know, has pulled back from the public eye over the last year to By Lainey • May 15, 2019 09:41 am
What Else What Else? Let me put on my Duana hat here for a minute to talk about this Game of Thrones name thing: Khaleesi and/or Daenerys, and people giving these names to their children, and whether or not there’s regret since, you know, the Mother of Dragons did what she did. By Lainey • May 14, 2019 04:25 pm
TV Updates The Veep series finale On Sunday night, Veep went deep and dark for a finale that we all deserved. It has always been a brilliant show that made me feel smart for being in on the jokes and scandal. Most importantly, it stands in a unique spot amongst the elite of political television shows By Melayna • May 14, 2019 03:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 3 - the Best John Wick of them all In the midst of superhero dominance at the cinema, Keanu Reeves and his stunt pals Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, along with screenwriter Derek Kolstad, launched an original action franchise based on a simple premise: Watching Keanu Reeves fight people is cool, we’ll do that for two hours. John By Sarah • May 14, 2019 03:18 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, May 14, 2019 I paused at this caption because I didn’t get it. What does “It’s been Venice here” mean? Then I forgot about it, until I saw it again on Twitter. People are guessing she meant it as “v. nice,” which would be a shortened version of “very nice.” This By Maria • May 14, 2019 02:09 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Master Archie’s first week Prince Harry was in Oxford today, visiting Oxford Children’s Hospital, spending time with parents and kids with cancer and also the OXSRAD Disability Sports and Leisure Centre. Prince Harry at the @OxChildrensHosp in Oxford this morning. Upon arrival he chatted to staff and Young parents. “[He said] he’s By Lainey • May 14, 2019 01:35 pm
TV Updates Beverly Hills, 90210 trailer birthday! Oh you beautiful dolls! First reaction – pure, giddy tween joy. Second reaction – am I being an uncritical stan? See for yourself: Maybe we should talk about the art of trailers on Show Your Work, because they can be very good or very bad, but when they’re good, they’re By Duana • May 14, 2019 12:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cannes Preview 2019: Elle Fanning Fashion Parade Elle Fanning is on the jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off tomorrow, so all you really need to know is that this is a red alert, ELLE FANNING FASHION PARADE moment. She wore one of my all-time favorite red carpet dresses at Cannes in 2017. By Sarah • May 14, 2019 11:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina’s perfect witch cackle Angelina Jolie has recently rebranded herself as the First Lady of Disney, a path lit up by the live-action remake of Maleficent that came out a few years ago. It’s an okay movie, it has some interesting revisionist ideas—something lacking in the other live-action remakes (except for Pete’ By Sarah • May 14, 2019 10:25 am
TV Updates Mr. Ratburn from PBS’s Arthur is Gay and Married When I was younger (yes Sarah, I used to be EVEN younger), my favourite show on TV was Arthur. I was obsessed, and I could (and still can) sing the entire theme song from memory. Watching Arthur was my after-school ritual because it was a great show. The premise was By Prem • May 14, 2019 09:58 am
Books Intro for May 14, 2019 Dear Gossips, Ziya Tong (pronounced ZYE-AH) is “one of the world’s most engaging science journalists”. She is vice chair of WWF Canada, an award-winning broadcaster who anchored Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet for 10 years, and former correspondent on PBS’s Nova ScienceNOW. Oh yeah, and she’s the By Lainey • May 14, 2019 09:29 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Chew On This Dear Duana, A very good friend of mine is due to give birth to baby #3 next week. She massively struggles with names (this is the text she sent me earlier today: "Why is naming a human soooo difficult???"), but she and her partner did an exceptional job By Duana • May 13, 2019 04:20 pm
