Movie Reviews and Previews Amy Schumer’s SXSW breakout Last month we saw the first trailer for Trainwreck, which is written by and stars comedian Amy Schumer, who also makes the super funny Inside Amy Schumer on Comedy Central. The trailer is promising and according to the excitement pouring out of SXSW, where Trainwreck premiered, the movie delivers. The By Sarah • Mar 17, 2015 12:52 pm
Equality Issues Emma Watson Shouting Brilliance In The Wind One of my favourite Twitter feeds is “Probably A Feminist”, devoted to retweeting people who say things like “I’m not a feminist but women should get equal pay for equal work.” Or “I’m not a feminist but I believe in all the generally agreed-upon goals of feminism. By Duana • Mar 11, 2015 10:08 am
Gorgessity Robin Wright on her “arrival” Do you watch House Of Cards? I’ve not started the new season yet – don’t spoil! I’ve also not started Kimmy Schmidt. There’s so much goddamn TV! So much GREAT goddamn TV! You know how people loved to watch Sue Sylvester on Glee for about 9 episodes By Lainey • Mar 10, 2015 12:14 pm
BFFs G’s International Women’s Day Gwyneth Paltrow posted this photo on Instagram to celebrate International Women’s Day. Shouldn't everyday be all of us equally day? I guess we're #notthere #internationalwomensday @iwd2015 @clintonfoundation A video posted by Gwyneth Paltrow (@gwynethpaltrow) onMar 8, 2015 at 8:09pm PDT Oh come on. Don’ By Lainey • Mar 09, 2015 04:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Professor Clooney’s New York weekend Amal and George Clooney were out for dinner in New York this weekend. As you know, they’re in town because he’s shooting a movie there with Jodie Foster. Or you could say they’re in town because she’s now a visiting lecturer at Columbia’s Human Rights By Lainey • Mar 09, 2015 12:55 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession What we learn from Blake & Cindy Did I mention I got another job? I’m still blogging here, of course. And working as a reporter for etalk and one of the hosts of The Social. Now though I’m also a monthly columnist for FLARE Magazine. My first column is featured in the new issue and By Lainey • Feb 13, 2015 10:08 am
Faux Gossip Angelina Jolie Pitt smiles in London As posted yesterday (click here for a refresher), it’s Angelina Jolie Pitt now, official. Here are some shots of her in London on Tuesday arriving at a meeting with William Hague, all business following the announcement of the launch of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the By Lainey • Feb 11, 2015 11:22 am
Hook Ups Taylor Swift: Hozier & Style There’s a new male artist that everyone’s talking about. Surprise. He’s now been linked to Taylor Swift. Taylor and Hozier were both at Sam Smith’s Grammys after-party on Sunday night. According to E! News, they were hanging out a lot. And flirty. And laughing. And By Lainey • Feb 10, 2015 04:01 pm
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 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 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 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 By Lainey • Dec 16, 2014 11:12 am
