Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney and The Notebook George Clooney’s next film, which he directed, called The Midnight Sky, will be available on Netflix in December. He did a virtual talk this weekend at the BFI London Film Festival about his career and his thoughts on the upcoming US election and about shooting the movie. Originally the By Lainey • Oct 19, 2020 10:56 am
TV Updates Sterling K Brown and The West Wing trailer Yesterday’s open was about the West Wing reunion happening on HBO Max on October 15 in support of When We All Vote. Americans, it’s less than a month now. And, well, I’m sure you know what the situation is. And to those of you who want to By Lainey • Oct 09, 2020 11:43 am
Gossip Nostalgia Lenny & Lisa’s Love Story We kicked off the day with nostalgia. Should we keep it going? Lenny Kravitz has a memoir out called Let Love Rule which… obviously. That album, and the follow-up, Mama Said, ruled my life at the end of high school and through university. Still now, when I hear the first By Lainey • Oct 07, 2020 10:54 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Two Quiet Couples: An Update I had to shake my head and adjust my eyes just now because…can you believe Leighton Meester and Adam Brody have been married now for over six years?! Seriously, in my mind Blair Waldorf juuuuuust graduated university. In real life, however, Leighton and Adam recently welcomed their second child, By Lainey • Sep 24, 2020 04:25 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Brad and Jen: Fast Times and Flirty So the Fast Times at Ridgemont High celebrity table-read for charity was streamed last night. Let’s not pretend that people were interested in anything other than Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston reuniting, sort of. The roles that the stars would be reading was not released ahead of time. As By Lainey • Sep 18, 2020 10:16 am
BFFs Patti LaBelle & Gladys Knight reinvent Verzuz It is not an exaggeration to say that Sunday night’s Verzuz featuring Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight was a reinvention of the form, in a way that, on paper, shouldn’t have worked. That is, the idea of a ‘battle’ was entirely gone last night (and to a certain By Duana • Sep 14, 2020 02:38 pm
TV Updates Fresh Prince 2020 There’s been a lot of hype about the Friends reunion coming …eventually… on HBO Max. I don’t know that I’m all that excited about it, like excited enough to get a subscription. I am, however, very excited about the Fresh Prince of Bel -Air reunion. Yesterday marked By Lainey • Sep 11, 2020 11:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Soleil Moon Frye’s KID90 Because I spend an inordinate amount of time online ‘researching’, I’m pretty good at sleuthing stuff that might have been a fever dream – it’s become a party trick for our friends on our group chat, and I’m not gonna lie, it’s a skill I enjoy – but By Duana • Aug 26, 2020 12:48 pm
Relationship Assumption Rob, Nina, Shaun: Weekend Scenes at the Beach Nina Dobrev and Shaun White were first seen on a bike ride together at the start of pandemic lockdown the second half of March. Since then, while they haven’t been doing pap walks every day, they do show up from time to time on Instagram on both accounts so By Lainey • Aug 24, 2020 03:34 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Brad and Jen: the New Brad and Linda? It was announced last week that Dane Cook (I don’t get it either) has organised a charity live reading of Fast Times at Ridgemont High in support of Sean Penn’s CORE, a COVID-19 relief program, and the prison REFORM Alliance, and sponsored by Snack Pop. It was previously By Lainey • Aug 18, 2020 10:43 am
Gossip Nostalgia Angelina Jolie “isn’t trying to delay this process” Earlier this week there was an update on the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie divorce situation as court papers filed in Los Angeles revealed that Angelina’s lawyer has asked to disqualify the private judge presiding over their case. According to Angelina’s legal team, Brad’s legal team works By Lainey • Aug 13, 2020 09:39 am
Music 1D’s 10th Anniversary and the Secret Envelope As Lainey mentioned in her post about Taylor Swift, yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the day One Direction was formed. TEN YEARS! A WHOLE DECADE AGO! As we’ve seen the last couple of years and especially now, nostalgia isn’t a trend anymore, it’s a state of By Prem • Jul 24, 2020 01:21 pm
Books Is Eminem scared of Mariah Carey? Alexa, play “Obsessed.” If you don’t already know, The Elusive Chanteuse is about to become The Elusive Author with the release of her memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, out September 29th. This week Us Weekly published a report claiming that Eminem is prepared to be put on blast By Cody • Jul 24, 2020 10:34 am
Relationship Assumption Chris & Lily: Ice Cream in the Park We received a (possible) New Hollywood Romance alert earlier this week when Chris Evans and Lily James were seen in London leaving a private members’ club and heading back to his hotel. After that, I posted about the timeline of their situation considering quarantine requirements for overseas travel. That situation By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 12:13 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Megan & Brian: Old School Tit for Tat? Brian Austin Green confirmed a few weeks ago that he and Megan Fox have separated. She, as you know, is with Machine Gun Kelly although they’ve tried to be coy about their relationship status. The other day, Brian was papped hanging out with Courtney Stodden. I don’t know By Lainey • Jun 17, 2020 10:26 am
Xenu Smut 15 Years Later: Tom Cruise and The Beige Couch I’ve never been to the Smithsonian but sometimes I will read about an exhibit piece from pop culture, like Dorothy’s red shoes or the hazmat suits from Breaking Bad. You know what belongs in the Smithsonian of my mind? Oprah’s couch circa 2005, the year Tom Cruise By Maria • May 28, 2020 10:57 am
