Books The Book of Drew Drew Barrymore just turned 40 and has announced she’s going to write a collection of autobiographical essays. This is usually that point at which I’d piss and moan about celebrities who slip into any profession on a whim, but, um, I love a personal essay. And I think By Maria • Feb 26, 2015 12:35 pm
Dumbass Fifty Shades author wants to whip sequel into submission Whatever we may think of it, Fifty Shades of Grey is an unqualified hit, with $300 million at the worldwide box office and counting. In some respects, that’s a good thing: A movie by women, about women, for women is a monster success. Every time we clock a win By Sarah • Feb 20, 2015 10:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Carey Mulligan is Just.So.Good. We studied Thomas Hardy for a few weeks in one of my elective Fem-Lit university classes one year. I was not great with attendance at the time. There was a casino that had just opened two hours away. My parents were out of the country. For several months, I made By Lainey • Feb 19, 2015 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Fifty Shades of Want vs Need Duana taught me something I repeat often here on my blog. In her case, as a screenwriter, it’s about how the story and the audience relate, and how it’s the writer’s job to: Give them what they need, not what they want. I’ve been thinking a By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 10:28 am
Media Manipulation Is Bey Going Goop On Us? Have you read, I’ll Have What She’s Having? The author, Rebecca Harrington, experiments with different celebrity diets, from Marilyn Monroe (eggs whipped in milk) to Madonna’s arduous and seemingly impossible macrobiotic diet. It’s funny, yes, but also an illuminating look at what it takes to maintain By Maria • Feb 02, 2015 04:40 pm
Books Intro for January 28, 2015 Dear Gossips, As mentioned last week, I will be defending Raziel Reid’s When Everything Feels Like The Movies on Canada Reads in March. The book was inspired by the true story of a 15 year old boy called Larry who was bullied at school for wearing makeup and heels. By Lainey • Jan 28, 2015 08:58 am
Books Intro for January 22, 2015 Dear Gossips, Have you read The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins yet? Are you reading The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins? It’s the hot book of the season. It’s the most disciplined I’ve had to be about a book in a long time. By Lainey • Jan 22, 2015 08:59 am
Media Manipulation Beige is the New Grey Dakota Johnson covers the new issue of VOGUE in anticipation of Fifty Shades Of Grey’s February release. It will be one of many interviews and photos we see of her, but this is certainly a showpiece of her promotional push. I mean, it’s VOGUE, right? Before we get By Maria • Jan 21, 2015 10:11 am
Media Manipulation We get it, you’re not showing your dick I feel like it’s one of Jamie Dornan’s key messages: you will not see his dick in Fifty Shades Of Grey. Dornan covers the latest issue of Variety in advance of the film’s February 13 release. Just 3 weeks away now. And, as I’ve been telling By Lainey • Jan 21, 2015 09:46 am
Books Intro for January 21, 2015 Dear Gossips, Canada Reads announced its 2015 book and debate panel list yesterday… Canada Reads is an annual Book Battle. Five books and their respective champions go head to head over the course of a week. A book is eliminated at the end of each day’s debate until one By Lainey • Jan 21, 2015 09:25 am
Quiveration Courtside Idris The NBA was in the UK last night. The Milwaukee Bucks played the New York Knicks. Even though the Royal Foundation has a partnership with the league, Prince Harry already met with Carmelo Anthony the day before – click here to revisit those pictures – so I guess that was enough to By Lainey • Jan 16, 2015 11:36 am
Books Intro for December 16, 2014 Dear Gossips, Thank you for all your emails and tweets about my chicken pox paranoia because I’ve never had it. Here’s what you all are telling me: -Adult chicken pox is the worst -Shingles sucks more than chicken pox -You can get chicken pox again – many of you By Lainey • Dec 16, 2014 09:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney Gladiator Check out George Clooney in costume on the set of Hail Caesar in LA yesterday. It’s a Coen Brothers movie. It’s about old Hollywood and a guy who did a lot of the dirty work back then to protect the stars when they f-cked up. I wonder if By Lainey • Dec 05, 2014 10:39 am
Media Manipulation Reese’s Big Little Lies but no Spirit In addition to Benedict Cumberbatch, Reese Witherspoon was also one of the surprise names left off the list of Independent Spirit Award nominees. Reese is considered to be in the second position, after Julianne Moore, for Best Actress Oscar nominee for her performance in Wild. And if we’re working By Lainey • Nov 26, 2014 04:04 pm
Music Intro for November 26, 2014 Dear Gossips, This fall I read Sheila Weller’s new book The News Sorority about Christiane Amanpour, Diane Sawyer, and Katie Couric. SO good. Empowering and dishy at the same time – like good gossip? A debate for another day. The News Sorority is Weller’s follow-up to Girls Like Us, By Lainey • Nov 26, 2014 08:30 am
Books Scarjo & her twin I always forget that Scarlett Johansson is a twin. Here she is with her twin brother Hunter Johansson last night at a Hurricane Sandy benefit in New York. Do you have twin fascination? Duana is really, really into twins. Twins are one of (two of?) the most intriguing human occurrences, By Lainey • Nov 19, 2014 04:11 pm
