Media Manipulation Angelina Jolie Pitt, official I posted new shots of Angelina Jolie yesterday with Vivs and Knox – click here for a refresher. She was heading to London. And today, this press release came out from the London School of Economics. Angelina and William Hague were there to launch the Centre on Women, Peace, and Security, By Lainey • Feb 10, 2015 11:24 am
Media Manipulation Amy Pascal steps down at Sony Throughout December as we covered the fallout of the Sony Hack, I often wondered how Amy Pascal, co-chair of the studio and head of its Motion Picture Group, could possibly continue on, given how damaging some of the leaked information was to interpersonal working relationships. How effective can you be By Sarah • Feb 05, 2015 02:50 pm
Media Manipulation Miley on fashion paps and feminism New Miley Cyrus interview with The Kit. She’s promoting MAC’s 2015 Viva Glam campaign. Turns out she was the one who approached MAC to create her own lipstick and gloss to raise money for AIDS awareness and support those living with the disease. “People stopped talking about it By Lainey • Feb 05, 2015 10:18 am
TV Updates All the funny ladies, sort of The 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live is this month—there’s a big special starring Justin Timberlake airing later this month—and as part of the celebration Glamour brought together some of the prominent women from the show’s long history. The photos teach us two things: 1) Tina By Sarah • Feb 03, 2015 01:16 pm
BFFs Ryan & Russell: the new BFFs Russell Crowe presented at the AACTA Awards via satellite since he’s working on The Nice Guys in LA with Ryan Gosling. Gosling decided to “crash” and the two ended up teasing each other. Russell called Ryan out for being a shirtless plush toy. Ryan gave it to Russell about By Lainey • Jan 29, 2015 04:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Joss Whedon wants out of the superhero boys’ club After The Avengers became the third-highest grossing film in modern cinema in 2012, Marvel handed him a bag of money and the gig directing the sequel, Avengers: Age of Ultron. Now, approaching the release of Ultron and probably also the end of his tenure at Marvel, Whedon sounds more than By Sarah • Jan 29, 2015 02:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lily and Jane: The original Tina and Amy Many of us noticed during the Golden Globes that Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are not only awesome ladies on their own, but they’re especially awesome together. Longtime friends and sometimes collaborators, they’re like the proto-version of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Well they’re at Sundance this By Sarah • Jan 28, 2015 11:50 am
Douchebags Aaron Sorkin on the gender “degree of difficulty” The alarm went off this morning. I dropped my eyes. I picked up my phone. There was a text from Duana: “Can we just have a weekly column called f-ck off Aaron Sorkin?!?” Then I opened my browser. And there it was. Aaron Sorkin’s latest f-ck off moment, this By Lainey • Dec 16, 2014 11:12 am
Media Manipulation Angelina and the directors The Hollywood Reporter has posted their Director Roundtable video. It’s 2 weeks to Christmas. It’s a Friday afternoon. So, you know, if you have time to f-ck around before you hit the weekend, this is worth your time. Mike Leigh, Angelina Jolie, Richard Linklater, Bennett Miller, Christopher Nolan, By Lainey • Dec 12, 2014 03:43 pm
Media Manipulation Gwyneth the First Remember that rumoured Vanity Fair “takedown” of Gwyneth we were all waiting for? It never materialized, obviously, with Graydon and Gwyneth making nice over a phone call and a jab at his weight. But it hasn’t been a stellar 2014 for Gwyneth, considering the conscious uncoupling and the disclosure By Maria • Nov 18, 2014 02:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina Jolie holds the room I read a book earlier this year called The Confidence Code: The Science And Art Of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman. If you haven’t already, you should definitely pick it up. Not because I want you to agree, or disagree, but because it By Lainey • Nov 18, 2014 11:31 am
Dumbass Taylor Swift + Lorde vs Katy Perry You know the bad blood between Taylor Swift and Katy Perry, right? Taylor even wrote a song about it. Girl Sh-t Is The Best Sh-t, but some Girl Sh-t is embarrassing…because, God, this is over John Mayer. What a waste. Katy is now dating Diplo. And yesterday, Diplo, seemingly By Lainey • Nov 13, 2014 12:30 pm
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
Media Manipulation Reese Witherspoon and the McConaughey model First a reminder: Reese Witherspoon’s husband, Jim Toth, is Matthew McConaughey’s agent. Together, he and McConaughey engineered what’s now known as the McConaissance. Perhaps the same game plan is now in place for Reese. Like McConaughey, what Reese is offering is supposed to be a lot more By Lainey • Nov 03, 2014 03:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Keira Knightley’s prom Keira Knightley gave an interview to Variety recently during which she talked about her prom, or whatever they call prom in England. Back then, there was a law in Great Britain meant to discourage being gay. Keira showed up at prom with her best friend, a girl, Emily. To me, By Lainey • Oct 28, 2014 10:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Demi and her girls It’s nice to see Demi Moore stepping out with her daughters so much lately. They were said to be estranged when Demi fell apart after Ashton Kutcher cheated on her and their marriage ended. Last night she seemed healthy and happy at a fashion event with Rumer and Tallulah By Lainey • Oct 24, 2014 11:44 am
