Movie Reviews and Previews KJ Apa in The Hate U Give Last year, Lainey and I yelled at you many times to read The Hate U Give. I’m not going to yell at you again because by now, I expect that you’ve done your homework. If you haven’t, you have until the film adaptation hits theatres to get By Kathleen • Apr 04, 2018 02:56 pm
Dumbass Intro for March 28, 2018 Dear Gossips, “There is pride to be had where the prejudicial is practiced with precision in the trenchant triage of tactile terminations.” Remind me, if I ever forget, to never alliterate again. That sentence, if you want to call it a sentence, is from Sean Penn’s new book Bob By Lainey • Mar 28, 2018 08:56 am
Douchebags Sean Penn does not collaborate Sean Penn is promoting his book, Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff. It’s a stupid-ass title. I can’t tell you if it’s a stupid-ass book but I don’t think it’s winning any awards and it’s because Sean Penn is a dick…but By Lainey • Mar 27, 2018 04:43 pm
Books Intro for March 21, 2018 Dear Gossips, Last night I hosted the first #AudibleBookClub in Canada featuring Rachael Allen’s book A Taxonomy Of Love. Rachael came in from Atlanta to join us and one of the biggest highlights of the night, for me, was introducing Rachael to Sahara, 16, a big fan of young By Lainey • Mar 21, 2018 09:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita’s new ABP role Every actor in Black Panther (except for maybe living legends Angela Bassett and Forest Whitaker) can look at their careers in two parts: BBP and ABP, as in Before Black Panther and After Black Panther. Sure, Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya and my man Michael B. By Kathleen • Feb 23, 2018 01:24 pm
Books Intro for December 1, 2017 Dear Gossips, The NY Film Critics Circle announced their selections for the best of 2017 yesterday. And guess who just stomped into the awards race? TIFFANY HADDISH! Tiffany was named Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Girls Trip even though the NYFCC was big on Lady Bird. Lady Bird By Lainey • Dec 01, 2017 08:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Alamak! CRA covers EW! I cried a little when I saw this on Instagram yesterday – the cover of the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, featuring Constance Wu and Henry Golding, the stars of Crazy Rich Asians, based on the first book in Kevin Kwan’s bestselling series. You know, the one I’ve been By Lainey • Nov 03, 2017 01:23 pm
Break Ups Selena & Justin this time It hasn’t even been a week yet since we found out that Justin Bieber was over at Selena Gomez’s house – with some other friends – kicking off a series of meetups that culminated in the news yesterday that she and The Weeknd are no longer together. Is anyone broken By Lainey • Oct 31, 2017 11:19 am
Gorgessity Gabrielle at 45 Gabrielle Union turned 45 yesterday. She looks the exact same as she did at 25. It’s ridiculous. As her husband Dwyane Wade said, it’s unfair. It feels like we have this conversation every year. Gabrielle Union is getting older but her face is frozen in time. Seriously, I By Kathleen • Oct 30, 2017 03:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A Million Years Later A common complaint about movies is that there are no new ideas, it’s all superheroes and remakes, reboots and spin-offs. But what about a story from 2003 that was supposed to be a movie but never got made? A work that was once so hot, Brad Pitt and By Maria • Oct 25, 2017 02:39 pm
Books Kate, the Red Carpet Staple Last night, Lainey emailed me to tell me there were some new photos of Kate Hudson at an event. So I went online to find them and I realized there are always new photos of Kate at an event. In fact this weekend she was at the amfAR Gala on By Maria • Oct 16, 2017 03:53 pm
Books Intro for October 10, 2017 Dear Gossips, A few years ago, Stanford University published a study that found the “hidden benefits of gossip”. The research “showed that gossip and ostracism can have very positive effects. They are tools by which groups reform bullies, thwart exploitation of ‘nice people’ and encourage cooperation”. When you think of By Lainey • Oct 10, 2017 09:00 am
Models Kaia opens Chanel Kaia Gerber has been the undisputed star of this season’s fashion weeks, beginning in New York, then on to London and Milan, and ending in Paris, where she opened Chanel’s presentation, the first down the runway, in what’s being called the “pinnacle” of her debut on the By Lainey • Oct 03, 2017 01:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 24, 2017 Dear Gossips, Back in March I read a book and even though we weren’t even at quarter of the way through 2017, I called it the Book of the Year. That would be Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give, which made it to the top of the NY By Lainey • Aug 24, 2017 09:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 18, 2017 Dear Gossips, Yesterday on The Social we talked about story that was published at the NY Post this week, Millennials Don’t Really Care About Classic Movies. One millennial member of our team admitted at the morning meeting that he only knows the “Carrie Underwood version” of The Sound Of By Lainey • Aug 18, 2017 09:38 am
TV Updates Blessed be the (Passion)fruit I’m SORRY. I HAD TO. I couldn’t stop myself. And you’ve just groaned. And I don’t blame you. But… it was too corny not to! We’re about a week away from the Emmy Award nominations. The Handmaid’s Tale is expected to be a major By Lainey • Jul 06, 2017 10:09 am
