Book Review I wrote a book Shameless self-promotion here but this was the deadline I’ve been referring to. I was writing a book. I WROTE A BOOK! The book is called "Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter To Do? A Memoir (Sort Of)”. So now you By Lainey • Nov 12, 2013 03:43 pm
Chinese Squawking Chicken I wrote a book Shameless self-promotion here but this was the deadline I’ve been referring to. I was writing a book. I WROTE A BOOK! The book is called "Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter To Do? A Memoir (Sort Of)”. So now you By Lainey • Nov 12, 2013 03:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 11, 2013 Dear Gossips, The big movie release this month is Catching Fire. There was a time however that November belonged to the Harry Potter movies. The first and second films in the franchise came out in November. Out of the series of 8, a total of 4 of them were November By Lainey • Nov 11, 2013 08:30 am
Books Intro for October 28, 2013 Dear Gossips, Hey generic Canadian readers – Ron Burgundy wants you to know he’s written the book of the year. LET ME OFF AT THE TOP: My Classy Life and Other Musings is due out on November 19. Here’s how the press release reads: “Ron Burgundy has taken the By Lainey • Oct 28, 2013 08:29 am
TV Updates Carrie von Trapp Carrie Underwood was at the TJ Martell Foundation Gala last night in New York. She’s in town because she’s working on The Sound Of Music, the live television production of The Sound Of Music to air on NBC in December. In which she’s playing Maria von Trapp. By Lainey • Oct 23, 2013 01:13 pm
Books Intro for October 22, 2013 Dear Gossips, Today is Allegiant day. I’m anxious. For several reasons. First – word is Veronica Roth is unsparing. So there will be losses. And there should be losses. If losses happen in the wizarding world, they sure as sh-t happen in dystopia. But also...and this is my own By Lainey • Oct 22, 2013 08:58 am
Books Intro for October 8, 2013 Dear Gossips, Have you read Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell? Here’s my only complaint about the book: since I read it on my iPad, I couldn’t properly hug it. Hugging an iPad isn’t the same as hugging a real book. And as corny as it sounds, By Lainey • Oct 08, 2013 08:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Getting to know Newt Scamander J.K. Rowling announced yesterday that she would write the script for Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, a movie set in New York, some 70-odd years before Harry Potter, and starring Newt Scamander. You’ve had 24 hours to process the following information: - Yes, there is wizarding By Duana • Sep 13, 2013 11:45 am
Books Intro for September 3, 2013 Dear Gossips, You ready? The long weekend is over. Summer is over. Gossip high season is before us. NY Fashion Week begins tomorrow. TIFF begins on Thursday. The Emmys are less than 3 weeks away. (Should we live-blog the show?) So the blog will be busy. And we had a By Lainey • Sep 03, 2013 08:30 am
Books Intro for August 28, 2013 Dear Gossips, It’s been 15 years. Since when? Since many of us first met Harry Potter and went to Hogwarts. To celebrate the anniversary, JK Rowling is sharing some of her memories about writing the series and specifically who she misses the most: Dumbledore. The video is below. When By Lainey • Aug 28, 2013 09:01 am
Books Drew’s hearts Drew Barrymore is putting out a book of all hearts photography. Like an entire book of pictures of hearts. Page after page of hearts. Apparently she’s been taking pictures of hearts for 10 years. Now she’s curated her heart collection and wants to share the images with you. By Lainey • Aug 22, 2013 09:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 22, 2013 Dear Gossips, Have you read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak? I referenced The Book Thief exactly 3 years ago here in a post arguing in favour of YA – that it’s underrated, that it’s ignorant to dismiss it on the basis of its classification, because otherwise you’d By Lainey • Aug 22, 2013 08:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 15, 2013 Dear Gossips, Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life, the book I fell in love with earlier this year (click here for a refresher) is becoming a movie. Some books you read them like a movie. Night Film, for example, by Marisha Pessl, my current book infatuation, you totally read like By Lainey • Aug 15, 2013 09:01 am
Books Intro for August 12, 2013 Dear Gossips, Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect. You will understand the significance of these three words when you read Night Film, the new book by Marisha Pessl due out on August 20th. But these three words also apply to Night Film, Pessl’s second novel, the follow-up to her high acclaimed Special By Lainey • Aug 12, 2013 09:04 am
Books Intro for August 7, 2013 Dear Gossips, I’ve been on you about Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians. It’s the read of the summer. Have you? If no, get on it. Crazy Rich Asians has just been acquired by the producers of The Hunger Games. According to THR, the film will be made By Lainey • Aug 07, 2013 08:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl Someone recently suggested Rosamund Pike for a Career Prospectus. Don’t think she needs one anymore, do you? According to The Hollywood Reporter, she’s been offered the role of Amy Dunne in the film adaptation of Gone Girl to be directed by David Fincher and also starring Ben Affleck. By Lainey • Jul 26, 2013 11:15 am
