Top Reads Rose McGowan calls out Ben Affleck Ben Affleck released a statement yesterday about the Harvey Weinstein situation. And then Rose McGowan called him a liar: @benaffleck “GODDAMNIT! I TOLD HIM TO STOP DOING THAT” you said that to my face. The press conf I was made to go to after assault. You lie.— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) By Lainey • Oct 11, 2017 11:18 am
Douchebags Harvey Weinstein, The New Yorker, Gwyneth, and Angelina It’s relentless now, the volume of reporting that’s accumulating about Harvey Weinstein’s three-decade-long predation. As mentioned earlier, Ronan Farrow’s piece for The New Yorker was published today – and the details are horrific. There were lives that were ruined. Asia Argento has never been the By Lainey • Oct 10, 2017 04:20 pm
Top Reads Harvey Weinstein & the Hollywood Hierarchy Harvey Weinstein was fired by The Weinstein Company, his own company, on Sunday. Before his termination, he sent a letter to other powerful Hollywood executives, asking for their support. According to The Hollywood Reporter the recipients of his memo included David Zaslav, Discovery Networks CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Ron Meyer, the By Lainey • Oct 10, 2017 10:07 am
Music Justin Timberlake: #neverforget… but they do I told you. You might want to leave because this post will involve a lot of “I told you”. I told you, way back in February, when Justin Timberlake appeared in an ad during the Super Bowl, that this would happen. That it was only a matter of time, a By Lainey • Sep 28, 2017 10:21 am
Music Taylor sends Cardi flowers As mentioned the other day in What Else, with Bodak Yellow, Cardi B became the first female solo rapper to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 18 years, taking down Taylor Swift’s Look What You Made Me Do. And it’s worth a conversation because, obviously, Cardi By Lainey • Sep 27, 2017 10:39 am
Douchebags Ryan Phillippe claims he’s innocent Ryan Phillippe’s ex-girlfriend, Elsie Hewitt, is suing him for allegedly attacking her. Now Ryan is planning to countersue her for defamation. According to TMZ, the voice of celebrity men’s rights movement, Ryan is claiming he’s innocent and that Elsie is bitter about their breakup and has By Lainey • Sep 20, 2017 12:43 pm
Top Reads Gwyneth tries to rescue retail and print The first issue of goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s quarterly “wellness”-themed magazine in partnership with Conde Nast, was released this week. She’s on the cover, lying in mud, probably high quality organic mud. (Is that redundant?) G is also featured in the new issue of Architectural Digest ahead of By Lainey • Sep 15, 2017 08:57 am
Douchebags Amber Tamblyn’s ‘Scorched Earth’ for James Woods On Tuesday, after James Woods dismissed Amber Tamblyn’s claim that he tried to pick her up as ‘a lie’, this is how she responded on Twitter: Calling me liar, James? This is now far from over. That I can promise.— Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) September 12, 2017 24 hours later, By Duana • Sep 14, 2017 02:06 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Big G’s first day at school Today is Prince George’s first day at Thomas’s Battersea, his first day at big boy school. Big G was dropped off by his dad, Prince William, and met by the head of the lower school. People keep talking about how nervous he seemed. He only seems nervous because By Lainey • Sep 07, 2017 10:22 am
Dumbass Mean Girls is getting an unwanted remake Today in Did You Even Read That Book news, filmmaking duo Scott McGehee and David Siegel, the directors behind What Maisie Knew and The Deep End, have closed a deal to write and direct an adaptation of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies but with a TWIST!, and the By Sarah • Aug 31, 2017 11:55 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Pink: VMAs best speech The last time I wrote about Pink, I made it very clear that I didn’t think she deserved to win MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award, especially when music video visionary Missy Elliott has yet to receive this honour. Even though our site manager Emily (she stans for By Kathleen • Aug 28, 2017 10:35 am
Douchebags Sit DOWN, James Cameron James Cameron famously invented the Strong Female Character when he made Terminator, and there has never been another Strong Female Character since Sarah Connor. As the leading expert on Strong Female Characters and the only person in the world whose opinion matters on the topic of women in action cinema, By Sarah • Aug 25, 2017 12:09 pm
Equality Issues Amy Schumer asks for more In a depressing and thorough review of the state of equal pay in the film and television industry, Variety includes an anecdote that Amy Schumer, after seeing the headline-making deals that comedians Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle got from Netflix, went to the streaming company and asked for increased By Sarah • Aug 23, 2017 02:18 pm
Business of Hollywood Marky Mark is #1 Forbes has released its annual list of highest paid actors. Coming in at #1 for the first time in his career: Mark Wahlberg, who made $68 million over the last 12 months. This is mostly due to his earnings from Transformers: The Last Knight and Deepwater Horizon which both underperformed By Lainey • Aug 23, 2017 10:27 am
Cheating Loins The Joss Whedon problem Being a feminist is part of the Joss Whedon brand. He’s been outspoken about Hollywood sexism, urging Hollywood to do better and create more opportunities for women. But he’s also been criticised for certain portrayals of women, and now he’s being criticised by his ex-wife, Kai By Lainey • Aug 21, 2017 01:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Patty Jenkins gets PAID A lingering question in the wake of Wonder Woman’s success— biggest movie of the summer, first film directed by a woman to cross $400 million domestically—is when Patty Jenkins would be announced as the director of Wonder Woman 2. She didn’t have a multi-picture deal with By Sarah • Aug 18, 2017 01:16 pm
