Media Manipulation The Roadkill The latest Sony leaked emails exposed the manipulative nature of the Amy Pascal and Scott Rudin relationship and gave us some insight into the Angelina Jolie playbook. There were others though who were caught in the crossfire. Sarah has already addressed the Jobs mess – click here for a refresher. Michael By Lainey • Dec 10, 2014 10:04 am
Media Manipulation Amy Pascal & Scott Rudin: a love story After we all huddled in our own corners, frantically consuming the leaked Sony emails, Duana texted me: F-ck Jolie, f-ck Jobs. I want a movie about the Pascal Rudin friendship. It’s true. I know that most of you today are drawn to the Angelina Jolie headline but don’t By Lainey • Dec 10, 2014 09:46 am
Media Manipulation They’re all crazy “Insanity” “Spoiled” “Minimally talented” Just some of the words Scott Rudin used to describe Angelina Jolie to Amy Pascal in those leaked Sony emails. And that’s likely your main focus because she’s ANGELINA JOLIE. So you’re like, OMG, she must be such a f-cking crazy bitch. Yes. By Lainey • Dec 10, 2014 09:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Leaked Sony emails: Jobs is a mess The Sony hack is the gift that keeps on giving. First it was a laundry list of reasons why making Adam Sandler movies was slowly crushing people’s souls, and now it’s a series of email exchanges between Sony co-chief Amy Pascal, producer Scott Rudin, Aaron Sorkin, and some By Sarah • Dec 10, 2014 08:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Dormer’s “resting bitch face” Natalie Dormer covers the December issue of FLARE. Dormer plays Cressida in Mockingjay: Part 1. You also know her as Margaery in Game Of Thrones. And you may have met her as Anne Boleyn in The Tudors. Or maybe you just love her look – she buzzed half her head for By Lainey • Nov 04, 2014 09:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma’s two dates New York premiere of Magic In The Moonlight. Emma Stone showed up with her boyfriend Andrew Garfield. Of course her co-star Colin Firth was there too. Not a bad night, right? Many people thought Emma and Andrew would split as soon as they were done promoting Spider-Man, especially since…SPOILER By Lainey • Jul 18, 2014 01:49 pm
Weddings Porny gets to keep the cheque Jessica Simpson’s deal with Weight Watchers is worth a reported $4 million. They paid her to lose her pregnancy weight. So she commodified her body. That’s why we talk about her body. She wants you to talk about her body. And she wants you to see that her By Lainey • Mar 24, 2014 09:02 am
Media Manipulation No Photos Please (but Likes are Welcome) It’s been almost a month since Alec Baldwin “retired” from public life (click here for a refresher), so you knew he was going to pop up again soon. He can’t help himself. It’s part of his deranged charm. This week, Baldwin’s wife Hilaria posted a photo By Maria • Mar 20, 2014 10:24 am
Media Manipulation What the Fudge Celebrity collaborations and products have saturated the marketplace (perfume, cosmetics, clothing lines, accessories, hair care), but celebrity restaurants are not as prevalent as they used to be. Remember Madres (Jennifer Lopez), Nola (Britney Spears) and Geisha House (Ashton Kutcher and others)? It was very mid-2000s, like Ebola Hilton and Hyde By Maria • Jan 21, 2014 11:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rooting for Thor It was Hiddlemas Eve in Los Angeles last night as the Thor: The Dark World press tour wound to a close with the US premiere of the movie ahead of opening on Friday. The patron saint of Hiddlemas, Saint Tom the Huge Dork, was in attendance, wearing a suit that By Sarah • Nov 05, 2013 09:49 am
Media Manipulation “Product Engineer” is the new “Creative Director” When Justin Timberlake was named “creative director” of Budweiser, I wrote about how “spokesperson” seems to be a bad word now. So what they keep doing is calling it something else even though they’re basically still just taking the money and putting their names on the label. And now, By Lainey • Oct 30, 2013 01:09 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Porny’s cheap sell Jessica Simpson presented her newborn son Ace Knute on the cover of the new US Weekly yesterday. Now Page Six is reporting that she was only paid $100,000 for it. Look, $100,000 is a lot of money for us. It is not a lot of money for someone By Lainey • Aug 29, 2013 11:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews James Franco, artiste, wants your money It started with Veronica Mars, then came Zach Braff, and now the Artiste, James Franco, is on a crowdfunding platform attempting to raise money for a new feature film project. Franco is seeking $500,000 in order to make three films based on his own short stories, to be directed By Sarah • Jun 20, 2013 12:24 pm
Media Manipulation Beyonce for H&M They’re calling it a partnership. When did spokesperson become a bad word? This is Beyonce for H&M. They say she had a hand in the design of the pieces in the campaign, inspired by her “individual style”. Sure. And the advertisements, soon to be staring at you By Lainey • Mar 21, 2013 12:44 pm
Business of Hollywood Chris Pine’s legal throwdown It’s one of my core tenets when it comes to this business: Hollywood is not a team sport. Loyalty is all well and good in its place, but at the end of the day, your business is YOU. “Sentiment is a chemical defect found in the losing side” (name By Sarah • Feb 16, 2012 10:50 am
