Gorgessity Charlize Theron: Golden Globes Best Dressed (Duana) All right… let’s do this. I even cracked my knuckles in anticipation. Webster’s Dictionary defines ‘best dressed’ as… Yeah, yeah, okay. Tired joke. But, knowing that I was gonna choose this look, and also knowing how many people already hate it, I wanted to actually try to do By Duana • Jan 06, 2020 03:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bombshell doesn’t quite work Bombshell tells the story of Roger Ailes’ ouster at Fox News amid a sexual harassment scandal. In hindsight, it’s a proto-#MeToo story about a predator felled when enough people listened to enough women recount horror stories of harassment and abuse, and it happened at one of the most By Sarah • Dec 20, 2019 12:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews SAG’s Triple Bombshell The cast of Bombshell, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie, attended a special screening for the film last night in LA, just before the Screen Actors Guild nominations this morning. Bombshell came up big, with all three women earning nominations – Charlize in the leading category and both Nicole and By Lainey • Dec 11, 2019 01:26 pm
Style Rihanna, Zendaya, Olivia, Charlize, and Celine This is a straight up fashion post – four looks from last night that are really, really good, that could have been contenders, but not as good as Celine Dion’s Outfit of the Week that I posted yesterday and, besides, we’ve retired Zendaya in all consideration for “Best” because By Lainey • Nov 15, 2019 01:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Can Charlize Pull Off A Double? We are about a month away from the Golden Globe nominations. The Globes don’t often align with the Oscars but they can set the tone for Oscar nominations a month later as the Globes happen during the Oscar nomination voting period. As we’ve been reporting, races look pretty By Lainey • Nov 06, 2019 12:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Addams Family doesn’t understand Wednesday The latest cinematic outing for the first family of weird is the animated The Addams Family, an attempt to rebrand the Addamses for the new millennium, or possibly just an exercise in brand management, as the whole thing feels like it exists solely to renew an IP license. The Addams By Sarah • Oct 16, 2019 03:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bombshell is coming for Oscar…and is MBJ coming for Charlize? Last week at LaineyGossip, we played “Leave Room For” in the Oscar race. Sarah wrote that award season has to leave room for 1917 and in my post about leaving room for Queen & Slim, I mentioned that we also have to leave room for Bombshell. Bombshell comes out December By Lainey • Oct 15, 2019 12:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Charlize Theron: great hair, great pants, trailer coming? Charlize Theron, who did not date Brad Pitt, has been in New York this week doing some press. She was at Good Morning America yesterday and was seen last night out for dinner. GMA hasn’t yet aired the interview so, presumably, they’re banking it, which is why most By Lainey • Sep 25, 2019 11:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Other Bombshell Recently, the title “Bombshell” has been most affiliated with Hedy Lamarr, who has been relaunched into public awareness largely thanks to a documentary called Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. However, there is a new Bombshell on the block, and it’s the story of Roger Ailes’ downfall starring Nicole Kidman, By Sarah • Aug 21, 2019 01:44 pm
BFFs Charlize at Wimbledon As Sarah posted last week, Charlize Theron is back for Fast 9 and they’re shooting in London. She’s been there for the last few weeks, seen here and there with her kids. Yesterday she was at Wimbledon for the epic men’s final between Roger Federer and Novak By Lainey • Jul 15, 2019 01:34 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Fast 9: Will the women get to stand up this time? Fast 9, the latest entry in the most improbable franchise in cinema, is currently filming in the UK. Vin Diesel took to Instagram to drop some casting news, confirming that Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren are returning for this installment. Theron was the villain in F8te of the Furious—still By Sarah • Jul 09, 2019 09:50 am
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Can Constance Wu Take a Lesson From the Fug Girls? I wish you could hear how excited I am to tell you this… But we got Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, aka the FUG Girls, on Show Your Work!!! Let’s start at the beginning of the episode though because, as promised, on this episode, we begin by unpacking the By Lainey • May 15, 2019 12:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron in Long Shot The movie that took Seth Rogen from ensemble player in Judd Apatow projects to leading man (in Judd Apatow projects) is Knocked Up. Knocked Up is also a movie that has not aged particularly well, in the way it portrays ambitious, career-oriented women. Long Shot, a romantic comedy produced by By Sarah • May 03, 2019 10:36 am
Style Charlize’s Long Shot week I have a friend who hasn’t seen Avengers: Endgame yet. Yesterday I offered to go see it again with her (what?! It will only be my third time!) but there are NO seats in any of the adult-only-you-can-drink-alcohol theatres. For the second weekend! You know, if you had any By Lainey • May 01, 2019 11:59 am
Douchebags Harry Styles goes for a run Harry Styles is who I was talking about in my previous post about Charlize Theron. She’s “shockingly available:”. He’s dated older women before. Don’t tell me he wouldn’t. The only question is whether or not she would. I think she might. Maybe not forever but definitely By Lainey • Apr 05, 2019 12:39 pm
Maple Leaf Charlize Theron: “shockingly available” Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen were in Vegas for CinemaCon yesterday to promote Long Shot and they were presented with the Comedy Stars of the Year Award. Long Shot was well-received at SXSW last month, Charlize and Seth’s chemistry is reportedly really strong, and as we saw last year, By Lainey • Apr 05, 2019 12:09 pm
