Movie Reviews and Previews Garrett Hedlund will not be Christian Grey He’s the right age. He’s the right build. He’s hot. But he’s also not interested. US Weekly reports that Garrett Hedlund has passed on becoming Christian Grey for the film adaptation of Fifty Shades Of Grey because he didn’t want to be locked into a By Lainey • Jul 26, 2013 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Flowers In The Attic I read an article this morning where a woman wrote that consuming Sex And The City as a teenager set up her and her friends for unrealistic expectations where sex was concerned. That in turn made them receptive and hungry when Girls came to present a different view. This makes By Duana • Jul 25, 2013 12:07 pm
Bitch please James Franco on a plane Have you seen Spring Breakers yet? I put it on my iPad for my flight from Vancouver to Toronto the other day. Not really the best idea. Watching it on one of the plane’s personal seat viewers is one thing. But viewing it from your iPad, with much better By Lainey • Jul 24, 2013 03:01 pm
Books Bridget Jones joins the Motherhood Industrial Complex The title of Helen Fielding’s new Bridget Jones novel Mad About The Boy was revealed in May – click here for a refresher. They’ve just released the book jacket. As you can see, along with a pair of stilettos, Bridge is surrounded by a toy giraffe, dinosaur, and a By Lainey • Jul 24, 2013 10:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tris & Four at Comic-Con Dauntless at Comic-Con. It was a big day for Divergent at Comic-Con to kick off this year’s Dork Storm, as Sarah calls it. Look how many outfits Shailene Woodley had to wear. Woodley of course is the new would-be Kristen Stewart/Jennifer Lawrence, headlining the film adaptation of Veronica By Lainey • Jul 19, 2013 02:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck: lying, cheating husband gets punked? Fact or fiction? Fiction, OF COURSE it’s fiction. Ben Affleck met with David Fincher the other day. Click here to see the photos. At the time I asked if it was a directors’ lunch or whether or not it was an actor meeting with a director and it turns By Lainey • Jul 12, 2013 01:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ian Somerhalder auditioning everywhere There was a rumour circulating earlier this week that they’d be announcing who will play Christian Grey in the movie adaptation of Fifty Shades Of Grey at Comic-Con. What the f-ck in the sh-t? WHY would Fifty Shades Of Grey be at Comic-Con? For what it’s worth, it’ By Lainey • Jul 03, 2013 04:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Am I one of them? A hypocrite, I mean. I really don’t want to be. But I can feel it closing in. Is it nobler to admit it, or to feign that it’s not happening? The truth is always the way, right? Here’s what I’m saying: after whining about how people By Duana • Jun 19, 2013 12:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Four and his hair The first image of Theo James as Four in Divergent was released the other day. As you know, Veronica Roth’s series about Tris Prior has been my jam for a couple of years now, ever since I ripped through a copy of it while sunburning my ass in Barbados By Lainey • Jun 11, 2013 01:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Timothy Olyphant’s longer hair This one’s for Sarah, Marisela, and all you fans of Justified -- first look at Timothy Olyphant shooting This Is Where I Leave You, the film adaptation of Jonathan Tropper’s wonderfully hilarious book. Please read this. Maybe after you read his How To Talk To A Widower which By Lainey • Jun 04, 2013 10:04 am
Books Someday, Someday Maybe – A Novel Each summer has historically been a wasteland for Parenthood fans who juuuust got off the anxiousness of wondering whether their show has returned. But this year, there was Monica Potter being delightfully real in yesterday’s Hollywood Reporter Roundtable (click here for a refresher), plus the promise or the actual By Duana • May 31, 2013 01:30 pm
Books Intro for May 28, 2013 Dear Gossips, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy. The title of the third Bridget book by Helen Fielding was just confirmed today. It will be released in October. And what is Bridget up to now? The publisher’s notes only revealed the following: “The novel is set in present-day London; By Lainey • May 28, 2013 10:21 am
Book Review Dr Affleck Ben Affleck was in Rhode Island for the weekend where he received an honourary doctorate in Fine Arts from Brown University. He’s Dr Affleck now. Would you change all your business cards and signature block on your email? I totally would. I might not insist that people call me By Lainey • May 27, 2013 11:29 am
Books Dr Affleck Ben Affleck was in Rhode Island for the weekend where he received an honourary doctorate in Fine Arts from Brown University. He’s Dr Affleck now. Would you change all your business cards and signature block on your email? I totally would. I might not insist that people call me By Lainey • May 27, 2013 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tiger Eyes First call up the memory. The dusty book with the library smell and the girl from the book-modelling place (where do they find those people)? The utter unfamiliarity of New Mexico for most of her readers, who were conditioned to believe that all Judy Blume books would happen a train By Duana • Apr 26, 2013 02:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lack of Diverse Imagination I don’t like feeling duped… Last night I got all screechy hysterical on Twitter over what was promised to be a “sneak peek” of Divergent. Basically I was one step away from calling Lainey to hold my hand while we watched. Bah. This single photo is not a sneak By Duana • Apr 24, 2013 03:23 pm