TV Updates Intro for October 28, 2022 Dear Gossips, I’ve been listening to Rihanna’s new song, “Lift Me Up”, from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack all morning. Like driving to work, crying. Does it hit this hard only because I’ve seen the movie? Or does it work the same even if you haven’ By Lainey • Oct 28, 2022 09:22 am
TV Updates Taffy conquers TV As Lainey has said, we here at LaineyGossip are Taffy fans. As in, fans of writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Whether it’s one of her masterclass celebrity profiles or her first novel, Taffy is a must-read. That novel, Fleishman Is In Trouble, is now also a limited series starring By Sarah • Oct 27, 2022 12:12 pm
Douchebags Don’t Come for Keanu Matthew Perry’s memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, has been making headlines the last week or so because of his candid revelations about addiction and mental health. It is making headlines today because of Keanu Reeves: “Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 10:58 am
Royals SPARE Prince Harry Penguin Random House issued a press release earlier today. I got the email at 634am ET which means it was still morning in the UK – basically ensuring that this news would be a top story both in North America and in England. And the news is that Prince Harry’s By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Annie’s Epic Romance If you’ve been visiting this site regularly over the years, you’re probably aware that I read a lot of horny books, unapologetically. In 2018 or so, I started getting emails from people recommending a book called The Idea of You by Robinne Lee. Those emails picked up again By Lainey • Oct 25, 2022 10:29 am
Break Ups Tia and Tamera's separate ways Yesterday was a big day for Tia and Tamera Mowry. For Tamera, it was the official release of her memoir, You Should Sit Down For This. And for Tia, it was news of her decision to file for divorce from her husband of 14 years, Cory Hardrict. Publishing a memoir By Stephanie • Oct 05, 2022 11:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jacob Elordi: Just Before Elvis I’ve been waiting for new photos of Jacob Elordi for a couple of weeks now – here he is in LA yesterday – because we need to talk about Jacob and Elvis Presley. It was announced this month that Sofia Coppola's next film, titled Priscilla, will be based on By Lainey • Sep 23, 2022 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 16, 2022 Dear Gossips, It’s a Friday mystery! Henry Cavill has a new spy movie coming out—no, not James Bond, sorry—called Argylle. It’s coming from Apple TV+ sometime in 2023. It’s directed by Matthew Vaughn and adapted for the screen by Jason Fuchs (who has a story By Sarah • Sep 16, 2022 09:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Can Adam Driver help save Netflix? Netflix has had a rough year, but maybe a strong awards season run can turn things around. Wall Street doesn’t seem to be buying streamers’ bullsh-t anymore about the promise of endless money at the end of the rainbow, but maybe a strong slate of must-see films By Sarah • Aug 26, 2022 11:39 am
TV Updates Brie Larson suits up as a scientist Here’s Brie Larson on the set of the Apple series Lessons In Chemistry, based on the novel by Bonnie Garmus. I read Lessons In Chemistry back in the spring – and LOVED it so much. It’s about science, social science, and food science, the ways in which science and By Lainey • Aug 11, 2022 01:01 pm
Books Constance Wu comes back Trigger warning, sensitive content to follow. Constance Wu has not been on social media for a few years. Not that she hasn’t been working, during her social media absence, Constance has worked steadily and currently stars in The Terminal List with a couple of film projects in post-production. By Lainey • Jul 18, 2022 11:22 am
Books A (second) Bridgerton prequel book is coming A Bridgerton prequel series has been in the works for the last year, centering on the romance between a young Queen Charlotte and King George, but now there is, in true synergistic style, a tie-in prequel book coming from Bridgerton author Julia Quinn and showrunner Shonda Rhimes. The queen By Sarah • Jul 08, 2022 03:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Some good Angelina news The recent news about Angelina Jolie has been troubling—at best—as it involves her never-ending split from Brad Pitt and their winery-estate, Miraval, and her share of the wine business that she sold, legitimately and above board, to a liquor company. Well! Enough of that! How about By Sarah • Jun 10, 2022 10:27 am
Maple Leaf Simu Liu: acting, singing, hosting, dancing, writing I’m travelling this week so I wasn’t able to watch Simu Liu host the Juno Awards from Toronto on Sunday. I have however watched online clips of his opening monologue and one part where he sings. Let’s start with the monologue which starts with a sketch before By Lainey • May 17, 2022 01:10 pm
Books Intro for March 8, 2022 Dear Gossips, The Academy of Country Music Awards happened last night in Las Vegas, co-hosted by the legend Dolly Parton who joked during her opening monologue that a disco ball fell on top of her. That was just the first of several outfit changes and appearances, including performances. Dolly By Lainey • Mar 08, 2022 09:05 am
Books Ryan Atwood is a journalist now (sort of) Because we are living in not only the darkest timeline, but also the dumbest, Ben McKenzie, always and forever known as The OC’s Ryan Atwood, is co-writing a book about cryptocurrency with journalist Jacob Silverman. The pair have written articles for Slate about crypto, and are appearing at By Sarah • Feb 25, 2022 01:13 pm
