Relationship Assumption Is Tom Hiddleston Lesson #16? Taylor Swift’s American ELLE cover was released earlier this week featuring her essay about the 30 lessons she’s learning before turning 30. It was a full-bodied piece about empowerment and growth, about reflection and self-interrogation in search of improvement AND it came with gossip bonuses, not unlike the By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 12:46 pm
TV Updates LMM on B99 On yesterday’s episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Lin-Manuel Miranda guest starred as Amy Santiago’s brother. If you recall, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was cancelled this summer and then saved in 31 hours, partly thanks to the swell of support from celebrities including LMM. I guess his guest appearance is a way By Prem • Mar 08, 2019 12:22 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Meghan Markle’s feminist bump Ahead of her appearance today at The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust panel celebrating International Women’s Day to discuss obstacles to equality and opportunity, it was announced that Meghan Markle is now Vice President of The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust working alongside Prince Harry who is the President. It is By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 11:24 am
BFFs Captain Marvel’s International Women’s Weekend Today is International Women’s Day intentionally chosen to be the American opening day of Captain Marvel. Obviously they’re hoping for a big box office this weekend. Projections range anywhere from $80 million to $120 million. She was off to a good start last night with Deadline estimating a By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Captain Marvel punches the patriarchy Captain Marvel is an oddity by way of being the first solo-led superheroine movie produced by Marvel Studios. Eleven years and twenty movies on from Iron Man, they finally entrust a story entirely to a woman, and the result is, much like Black Panther, special by virtue of being different. By Sarah • Mar 08, 2019 09:32 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 8, 2019 Dear Gossips, Two weeks ago this Sunday, Selma Blair showed up at the Vanity Fair Oscar party and took over the red carpet. I’ve been saving these pictures ever since, saving them for today, International Women’s Day. It was Selma’s first public appearance since revealing her MS By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 08:41 am
What Else What Else? Is this the second time this week that I’ve mentioned The Hills in this space? I’ve only just now realised that they’re promoting the new series. And I’ve only just now remembered that Mischa Barton is in it. All these years later, what’s changed? Well. By Lainey • Mar 07, 2019 02:57 pm
Music The Vindication of “The Butt Song” This post is a cheat: I could link to it in What Else? but I want to give it its own space. It deserves its own space but also…it’s so perfect all by itself – the choices, the writing, the layout, all of it – that it doesn’t need By Lainey • Mar 07, 2019 02:30 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, March 7, 2019 We can’t get enough of scams right now, but there’s one that hasn’t gotten the same amount of media attention as the showstoppers like Fyre Festival and Anna in New York. This one is about a couple who conspired with a homeless man to create a feel-good By Maria • Mar 07, 2019 01:34 pm
BFFs Work romance in Late Night Mindy Kaling’s late night talk show comedy, Late Night, premiered at Sundance and now we have a trailer to assess the fuss and decide if it’s worth it. Going by this trailer, I think the Sundance audience maybe undersold it, because I Am Charmed. Late Night stars Emma By Sarah • Mar 07, 2019 11:55 am
Media Manipulation Kate Beckinsale is paying attention Kate Beckinsale was with Pete Davidson in New York last weekend. I’m sure you’ve all seen the photos of them kissing at the hockey game. I was going to write about that on Monday but we were having tech issues on the site and I never got around By Lainey • Mar 07, 2019 11:25 am
Angelina Jolie Maleficent 2 gets a real title The last time we heard anything from Maleficent 2, it was a tease of Michelle Pfeiffer’s role as “Queen Ingrith”, but yesterday Disney dropped a new poster on Twitter, along with an official title: Maleficent 2: Mistress of Evil, and also a new release date - in October. I’ By Sarah • Mar 07, 2019 10:20 am
BFFs Hanging out with Brie and Sam Sarah’s review of Captain Marvel will go up tomorrow. I saw it a couple of weeks ago. Quick reaction: I had a good time as soon as Brie Larson and Samuel L Jackson started hanging out. They are GREAT together. They’re the superhero BFFs I never expected. Maybe By Lainey • Mar 07, 2019 09:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Idris Elba replaces Will Smith DC Films is going ahead with a Suicide Squad sequel which will be written, and probably directed, by James Gunn. Though it is currently referred to as Suicide Squad 2, it sounds less like a sequel and more like a soft reboot, as has been the case with DC movies By Sarah • Mar 07, 2019 08:59 am
Media Manipulation Intro for March 7, 2019 Dear Gossips, Last year, after Jennifer Lawrence interviewed Emma Stone for ELLE and Beyoncé interviewed herself for Vogue, Jon Caramanica asked in The New York Times whether or not the celebrity profile was dead. And then in November Allison P Davis took up the mantle with her outstanding piece on By Lainey • Mar 07, 2019 08:30 am
What Else What Else? In my post today about Andrew Garfield and Rita Ora, I suggested who could be next for Rita, someone who could match her thirst. Zac Efron initially came to mind but he apparently has a new girlfriend, Danish swimmer Sarah Bro. He probably loves that her last name is his By Lainey • Mar 06, 2019 04:40 pm
