TV Updates The Snapchat Network and Taylor Swift The Black List is “an annual survey of [300] Hollywood executives’ favourite unproduced screenplays". According to Deadline, “since its inception by feature development executive Franklin Leonard the survey has yielded north of 400 Black List scripts. Of that batch, those produced continued on to earn $26B+ at the global By Lainey • Mar 11, 2019 12:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Us World Premiere at SXSW, and all that hype When Jordan Peele introduced Lupita Nyong’o at the world premiere of Us in Austin at SXSW on Friday night, she leapt from her seat and started punching the air to cheer for her film and hype up the crowd. She was PUMPED because she knew what we were about By Joanna • Mar 11, 2019 11:30 am
Douchebags Kevin Tsujihara’s sexting mess What is it with CEOs and sexting scandals? On the heels of Jeff Bezos comes Warner Brothers’ boss Kevin Tsujihara, who landed in hot water after The Hollywood Reporter published a story last week about an affair and text messages exchanged between Tsujihara and actress Charlotte Kirk. Is it gross? By Sarah • Mar 11, 2019 11:22 am
Girly Throw Downs JLo, ARod, and Jose Canseco I read a few headlines this weekend about Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez’s “surprise” engagement. I’m sorry, excuse me, how was this a surprise? Gossip has been waiting for them to get engaged since the day we found out they were dating. Anyway, let’s talk about this By Lainey • Mar 11, 2019 10:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Captain Marvel lit up the box office Despite diaper babies crying all over the internet and doing their best to convince themselves that everyone else hates Captain Marvel as much as they do, Captain Marvel had a big debut weekend, racking up an estimated $153 million in its North American debut. It turns out, the only people By Sarah • Mar 11, 2019 10:22 am
Royals Meghan Markle overperforms On Friday, International Women’s Day, Meghan Markle participated in a panel discussion organised by The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, of which she is now Vice President, to talk about challenges to gender equality and how to create more opportunity for women and girls around the world. At one point By Lainey • Mar 11, 2019 09:35 am
LaineyGossip site update: New Mobile Site Launch UPDATE: Scroll to the bottom for updates to new issues/questions some of you have raised We’re excited to launch a new version of our mobile site this morning. If you’re reading this on a mobile device, you’re probably already aware of that. The new site is By Jacek Szenowicz • Mar 11, 2019 09:17 am
Style Intro for March 11, 2019 Dear Gossips, Captain Marvel exceeded expectations this weekend with a big take at the box office. Sarah will have the analysis coming up later. I saw it again on Sunday and I liked it even more on second viewing. And, as usually happens with me on repeats with these movies, By Lainey • Mar 11, 2019 08:33 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: New Names, No Secrets Hi Duana, My husband and I are expecting our second, a boy, in mid-March. As is to be expected since I’m writing to you, we are having a very hard time with the name. We landed on Rowan for our daughter fairly quickly (although much to my chagrin it By Duana • Mar 08, 2019 04:31 pm
What Else What Else? Another brawl over crab legs at the buffet!? What is it with crab legs? As you know, I know about a buffet. I love a buffet. My family used to own a Chinese buffet. My birthday party last year was at a Chinese buffet. So I get it, there are By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 03:22 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Fitness your way A long-time childhood friend visited me this weekend and in a span of 3 days we managed 3 hikes, an ocean side 10km walk and an ocean kayak. She said it was the most exercise she has done in months (part of the job of being my friend I guess) By Hayley • Mar 08, 2019 03:12 pm
Gorgessity Brie & Gemma: Outfits of the Week Of course the Outfit of the Week is going to be Captain Marvel related today. Outfits, plural though! Because I can’t decide between Brie Larson in this blue suit with red trim which… what are the colours you see here? Get ready to marvel. See Marvel Studios’ #CaptainMarvel in By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 02:50 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Yara’s fluffy sweater and polka dot pants Yara Shahidi’s outfits often come with a high degree of difficulty. Not everyone can wear the sh-t she does. This is a classic Yara ensemble…but is more accessible? To some, perhaps. Like there are people who can handle fluffy, furry sweaters. I cannot. They make me itchy. And By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 02:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Netflix’s rom-com revival continues Last year, Netflix ushered in the rom-com revival with their “summer of love”. This year, they’re keeping the love train running with a new romantic comedy, Someone Great. It stars Gina Rodriguez and LaKeith Stanfield as a twenty-something couple splitting up on the eve of their thirties. But as By Sarah • Mar 08, 2019 02:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews It’s almost time for Once Upon a Time Earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter speculated about which films could be screened in Cannes. We are now just two months away from the festival and, since Cannes has always welcomed Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a strong possibility. The film opens wide at the end By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 01:57 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, March 8, 2019 Justin and Hailey Bieber are not super active on social media when it comes to posting, but they do keep up with the conversation about them. (That is how Hailey ended up accidentally following a Selena Gomez fan account.) I’m not knocking them creeping on social media– everyone does By Maria • Mar 08, 2019 01:16 pm
