Books Intro for April 9, 2013 Dear Gossips, Back in October, I mentioned that I was engrossed in a book called Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter. It was recommended to me at TIFF by the National Post’s Shinan Govani. I remember he very specifically said to me at a party late one night, while we By Lainey • Apr 09, 2013 09:50 am
Style A month of Gwyneth Exactly four weeks to go. In four weeks, Pepper Potts will be in theatres. Oh, of course, and Iron Man too. Iron Man 3 comes out on May 3. Sarah from Cinesnark has been calling it her favourite movie of the year. And most movie fans share her enthusiasm. Iron By Lainey • Apr 04, 2013 01:25 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Chris & Coldplay support GOOP Gwyneth Paltrow’s second cookbook It’s All Good was released this week. People are praising it and trashing it all over the place. Many of you have linked me to this Washington Post article that both praises and trashes her. Which, to me, as you’d know if you’ By Lainey • Apr 03, 2013 03:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Before I Go To Sleep with Nicole Kidman Here she is in London yesterday shooting what I presume is the film adaptation of S J Watson’s book? Have you read it? If we’re talking literary thrillers, I preferred Before I Go To Sleep over Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl. Sleep is the creepy version of Drew By Lainey • Apr 03, 2013 01:09 pm
Book Review Shailene Woodley and The Fault In Our Stars I apologise in advance. For many of you, The Fault In Our Stars by John Green was one of the best books of 2012. I liked it ok. But I didn’t love it. I didn’t cry. I tried to cry, I did. But it just wasn’t there By Lainey • Mar 20, 2013 03:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Shailene Woodley and The Fault In Our Stars I apologise in advance. For many of you, The Fault In Our Stars by John Green was one of the best books of 2012. I liked it ok. But I didn’t love it. I didn’t cry. I tried to cry, I did. But it just wasn’t there By Lainey • Mar 20, 2013 03:19 pm
Books Intro for March 20, 2013 Dear Gossips, It finally happened. After a two year drought, it’s finally happened. I’ve fallen in love... with a book! The last time was Emma Forrest’s Your Voice In My Head and I worried she’d ruined me forever. I tried everything. I went against type. I By Lainey • Mar 20, 2013 08:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews This is your Four Remember when some silly random rumour went around about Alex Pettyfer confirming the coveted part of Four in Divergent? It will not be Alex Pettyfer. It will be Theo James. You may know him as Mr Pamuk from Season 1 of Downton Abbey whose body they had to drag down By Lainey • Mar 15, 2013 02:44 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Gwyneth’s Hunger Games (Lainey: as promised, there will be a lot of G on the site today. Previously we heard from Dean. Here’s Maria’s take on Gwyneth’s new cookbook.) It’s a wonderful time for gossip when Gwyneth is promoting something because raging on her is practically a national pastime. By Maria • Mar 14, 2013 03:24 pm
Books It’s Not Her, It’s You: Gwyneth (UPDATED) (Lainey: get ready. There will be multiple Gwyneth posts for you today, because your cuticles need trimming. Here's Dean's take first.) There’s no denying that LaineyGossip is a pro-Gwyneth organization. It’s a Paltrow Safe Zone. We love her (BECAUSE she’s a dick most By Dean • Mar 14, 2013 03:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emily Blunt to play Emma Forrest Emma Forrest’s Your Voice In My Head, my favourite book of 2011 -- click here for the review -- ruined books for me in 2012. And still. I’ve not loved a book that much since. Emma Watson was supposed to play Forrest in the film adaptation of Your By Lainey • Mar 12, 2013 11:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Is this Tris? Click here to read my review of Divergent and here for Insurgent. I am obsessed with the story. They started on the screenplay last year. Now I guess they must be closer because Deadline is reporting that Shailene Woodley is the frontrunner to play Tris. Deadline is as about as By Lainey • Oct 19, 2012 12:08 pm
Book Review Here’s your Christian Grey Who? If you don’t know, congratulations. Because you obviously haven’t made the mistake of reading Fifty Shades of Grey. I envy you. I want to UN-read it. Can you imagine if un-reading was possible? I could UN-read Ethan Hawke’s books. And read Harry Potter again for the By Lainey • Jun 20, 2012 02:06 pm
Dumbass Here’s your Christian Grey Who? If you don’t know, congratulations. Because you obviously haven’t made the mistake of reading Fifty Shades of Grey. I envy you. I want to UN-read it. Can you imagine if un-reading was possible? I could UN-read Ethan Hawke’s books. And read Harry Potter again for the By Lainey • Jun 20, 2012 01:52 pm
Book Review Book Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth For a refresher on Divergent, click here to revisit my review from last year. There are spoilers ahead. And, well, there’s some sh-t you probably don’t want spoiled, especially with this story, so you may want to click away and come back after you’ve burned through the By Lainey • Apr 30, 2012 04:02 pm
Books Insurgent Book Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth For a refresher on Divergent, click here to revisit my review from last year. There are spoilers ahead. And, well, there’s some sh-t you probably don’t want spoiled, especially with this story, so you may want to click away and come back By Lainey • Apr 30, 2012 03:58 pm