Oscars 2015 Idris Elba: Best Oscars Voice My best friend Fiona texted me during the Oscars last night. “Do they have a sexiest voice category? If so, Idris gets my vote!” Fiona isn’t an exclamation points kind of person. Or a celebrity kind of person. We are opposites. I am flighty and superficial. She is grounded By Lainey • Feb 23, 2015 05:25 am
Smutty Roundup Smutty Roundup: DJ Idris, David is gracious, and Oscar’s Star Wars Idris Elba was in Berlin yesterday at the Jaguar presentation. Isn’t that a Bond car? Or a villain car? Aston Martin is the Bond car, right? Whatever. I needed to make a Bond connection there. And he says he’s not Bond…yet: “It’s really just a rumor— By Lainey • Jan 28, 2015 05:13 pm
Quiveration Courtside Idris The NBA was in the UK last night. The Milwaukee Bucks played the New York Knicks. Even though the Royal Foundation has a partnership with the league, Prince Harry already met with Carmelo Anthony the day before – click here to revisit those pictures – so I guess that was enough to By Lainey • Jan 16, 2015 11:36 am
Music New music from Idris Lorella texted me this morning and asked me if I’d heard Idris Elba’s new song. I told her I hadn’t and that I didn’t want to. Because…well… You’ve seen his Private Garden before, right? Look. I’d love a situation in which my private By Lainey • Nov 28, 2014 10:07 am
Quiveration Thanksgiving Quiveration He was the breakout star at the Emmy Awards… Cary Fukunaga won Best Direction for True Detective and the whole world was like, um, helloooo, I want that. Remember? Today, Page Six told me that he’s talking about a new film in Man Of The World magazine. So then By Lainey • Nov 27, 2014 03:59 pm
Sexiest Man Alive 2014 Idris Elba Arguments for: -Have you looked at the man? -The accent -He’s badass. He definitely has the dude vote. -There has only ever been one non-white Sexiest Man Alive: Denzel Washington 1996. It’s time. Arguments against: -There has only ever been one non-white Sexiest Man Alive: Denzel Washington 1996. By Lainey • Nov 07, 2014 11:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Idris Elba just blew one of the Avengers best secrets There are a lot of cameos in Avengers: Age of Ultron. I don’t want to get yelled at for spoilers, so I’m not enumerating them here, but if you peruse nerd sites you can easily find out which ones have already been spoiled, and now you can add By Sarah • Nov 03, 2014 01:57 pm
Royals Idris & Harry The Invictus Games are now underway in England. Prince Harry has been passionately promoting the event for over a year. He attended the opening ceremony last night with Prince Charles, Camilla, and Prince William. Idris Elba was also there. He arrived in a Land Rover and read from the Invictus By Lainey • Sep 11, 2014 11:33 am
Quiveration All in agreement In the previous post, we discussed our different flavour preferences. Cumberbatch or The Riot Club. Robert Pattinson or Liam Hemsworth. The only way to move forward is to agree to disagree. But isn’t there someone we can ALL agree on? Who is the Universal? The undeniable. Pan. You know By Lainey • Sep 03, 2014 11:06 am
Emmy Awards 2014 Not enough Idris I don’t know if it was because of the Monday traffic or the fact that people are stupid and I hate them, but I can only find, like, 5 shots of Idris Elba at the Emmys. Kaley Cuoco? No problem. She probably got there at noon. Idris Elba? Who By Lainey • Aug 26, 2014 07:17 am
Quiveration Idris Elba covers DETAILS You know what? I thought about breaking down this article for you but…why? You’re not paying attention. You’re looking at these photos. You’re watching the video below. And you can’t process anything. I understand. It took me a while too. Because this man, Idris Elba, By Lainey • Aug 13, 2014 05:05 pm
Quiveration Idris Elba’s open shirt Someone emailed me this morning asking for some Friday “man candy” in the form of Idris Elba. Not going to lie and I don’t mean to hurt feelings…but I hate this expression. Then these new shots showed up on the agency database and I thought, well, I guess By Lainey • Aug 08, 2014 11:55 am
Harry Potter Idris Elba: Slytherin House Nelson Mandela would have been in Gryffindor, for sure. But Luther? Luther is TOTALLY Slytherin. Like me! Check out Idris Elba wearing Slytherin colours at Leavesden Studios the other day with his daughter. His daughter Isan is Hufflepuff. You know who’s Hufflepuff? Duana. It’s one of the great By Lainey • Jul 03, 2014 01:03 pm
Quiveration The new dad Idris Elba announced on Twitter that his son Winston had arrived last week. Thursday, I think. He attached a photo: Yesterday Elba was in London, seen here making an appearance on The One Show. He probably hasn’t slept much but still, yes, he looks HOT. Elba is apparently confirmed By Lainey • Apr 24, 2014 10:26 am
Golden Globes 2014 Idris Elba & Naiyana Garth: Globes Best Couple So…I mentioned they were expecting a child together back in November, right? Click here for a refresher. She’s carrying his baby. She is his bonafide. That’s how you confirm your bonafide when you’re a celebrity: an awards show red carpet. Check out Idris Elba with Naiyana By Lainey • Jan 13, 2014 12:17 pm
Royals Farewell Mandela The timing…. It has been confirmed that Nelson Mandela has passed away. Tonight is the UK premiere of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Prince William and Princess Catherine were in attendance. Mandela was 95 years old. The film has the endorsement of his family and Idris Elba’s performance was By Lainey • Dec 05, 2013 05:42 pm
