Books Intro for April 5, 2016 Dear Gossips, Today is the day! It’s Duana’s BOOK BIRTHDAY! Her first book, The Name Therapist, is now available. Click here to order. And why? Because Duana’s book is for everyone. Because we all have feelings about our names. Some people love their names. If you love By Lainey • Apr 05, 2016 09:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Still a knucklehead? Buzzfeed’s Anne Helen Petersen wrote a great piece about How Jennifer Garner Went Full MiniVan Majority tracking her career from Alias to Miracles From Heaven. Thank you, Anne, for the LaineyGossip mentions in the article. I came up with that expression almost 10 years ago and, at the time, By Lainey • Mar 31, 2016 11:37 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Gwyneth’s famous dedications Gwyneth Paltrow’s third cookbook will be released April 12th. It’s called It’s All Easy. And the target market is the working parent. Which is apparently why she’s dedicated to the book to children. Her own children, Apple and Moses. And other famous children. Famous children of By Lainey • Mar 24, 2016 12:21 pm
Xenu Intro for March 17, 2016 Dear Gossips, What’s your answer to the question: Who is Tom Cruise’s best friend? Probably David Miscavige, right? David Miscavige’s father, Ron, is coming out with a book called Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me. It’s due in May. And father and son do By Lainey • Mar 17, 2016 09:29 am
Maple Leaf Your move, BB-8 Many people thought Jacob Tremblay deserved an Oscar nomination for his performance in Room. Brie Larson won the Best Actress Oscar for Room. And what she gave us in that film could not have happened without the other person in that room – Jacob. Jacob was named Best Actor (over Christopher By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 04:39 pm
TV Updates The CSA Message Dress The Book Of Negroes is of the most important literary works to come out of Canada. It’s about a woman called Aminata, born in West Africa, kidnapped and sold to slavery in America – a difficult but necessary read. The story was turned into a miniseries airing in Canada on By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 09:51 am
Harry Potter JK Rowling is opening the Wizarding World to everyone The first excerpt from JK Rowling’s History of Magic in North America was posted yesterday, and it focused on Native American wizards. As a half-Oglala Lakota kid who grew up searching for any signs of my culture that wasn’t a mascot, I almost cried reading it. The world By Sarah • Mar 09, 2016 10:51 am
Harry Potter Intro for March 8, 2016 Dear Gossips, I can’t wait until tonight. JK Rowling’s giving us a bedtime story tonight. By the time you read this, it will be past 2pm GMT and the first installment of the History of Magic in North America – basically a study guide ahead of the November release By Lainey • Mar 08, 2016 09:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey win The Dark Tower lottery Stephen King’s Gunslinger series—which spans books, short stories, and comic books—is finally coming to the big screen after a long and convoluted development process that saw it pass through JJ Abrams and Ron Howard, who wanted to do a film franchise/TV series combo to tell the By Sarah • Mar 01, 2016 03:06 pm
Style Kate Hudson doesn’t mind the question Kate Hudson has been on press tour since the year started. First for Kung Fu Panda 3 and now for her book, Pretty Happy. Click here for my previous post about that. This week Kate’s in New York, making the talk show rounds. On Tuesday on CBS This Morning, By Lainey • Feb 18, 2016 01:06 pm
Harry Potter Intro for February 11, 2016 Dear Gossips, It was announced yesterday that on July 31st, which is JK Rowling’s birthday and also Harry Potter’s birthday, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Parts I & II will be published, immediately following the stage production. Relief. Because when the announcement first came out last October, By Lainey • Feb 11, 2016 09:31 am
Books Kate Hudson’s Pretty Happy Gwyneth did it. Cameron did it. So, naturally, it’s Kate Hudson’s turn. To write a book, giving you advice on how to love your body. Were you waiting for this? Before you answer, please consider the synopsis from the publisher: “I didn’t just wake up one day By Lainey • Feb 02, 2016 11:20 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Cameron’s first anniversary I can’t find any photos of Cameron Diaz on a red carpet in 2015. The last I remember her being on a red carpet was to promote Annie in December 2014. Two weeks after that she got married. And then Cam, one of the most well paid actresses in By Lainey • Jan 28, 2016 05:07 pm
TV Updates Shonda Rhimes deserves it After 10 days of #OscarsSoWhite, Shonda Rhimes accepted the Norman Lear Award for Achievement in Television on Saturday night from the Producers Guild Association. Have you read her book Year Of Yes yet? WHY NOT!?! We reviewed Year Of Yes on The Social last week. During the segment, I read By Lainey • Jan 25, 2016 09:42 am
TV Updates Nicole Kidman is Celeste Nicole Kidman attended the UNICEF Ball in Beverly Hills last night. If she’d been at the Globes on Sunday wearing this? It would have been my Best Dressed. Spectacular. Nicole’s in LA right now working on the HBO adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies. You read By Lainey • Jan 13, 2016 10:08 am
Book Review The Year Of Yes Released Shonda Rhimes’ first book, The Year of Yes, comes out today. I wrote earlier this year that I thought the press related to the book would be delicious. Some of the juiciest bits are from this NPR interview and include: - Shonda pointing out that of course she has help By Duana • Nov 10, 2015 01:03 pm
