Maple Leaf “The actor from Ontario” I interviewed Josh Brolin for Gangster Squad a couple of years ago. Half our interview was about Ryan Gosling’s balls…which wasn’t actually what I was asking. All I did was throw Josh a question about Ryan, what's he like to work with, their chemistry, etc. By Lainey • Sep 23, 2015 12:35 pm
Maple Leaf Nina at home Nina Dobrev was home in Toronto over the weekend to celebrate the TIFF premiere of her horror satire, The Final Girls, at Midnight Madness. The movie (and movie within a movie) is a really fun romp, and after a day of press, she celebrated with her co-stars Malin Akerman and By Joanna • Sep 22, 2015 03:33 pm
Maple Leaf Tatiana Maslany’s Emmy Suit What would happen if I didn’t evangelize at all in this article? What if you told me that you probably already know what I’m going to say, and we just talked about her suit? Let’s try. I loved that suit, but I think it’s emblematic of By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 09:17 am
Douchebags Boy Sh-t: Justin Bieber & Shawn Mendes edition Girl Sh-t Is The Best Sh-t. And Boy Sh-t Is The Best Sh-t too. When it’s baby boy sh-t though, it’s even more hilarious. As you know, Justin Bieber is trying to age. We’re seeing him move into the next stage of his career. No more mall By Lainey • Sep 16, 2015 03:49 pm
Maple Leaf Rachel’s home Spotlight Sarah’s review for Spotlight will follow this post. Here we are focusing on Toronto’s own Rachel McAdams. But I begin with an article in the Globe & Mail, Canada’s newspaper of record, published yesterday about how Hollywood has affected the festival, specifically how the Hollywood marketing and By Lainey • Sep 15, 2015 09:11 am
Maple Leaf Evan Rachel Wood and Ellen Page’s plus ones Evan Rachel Wood and Ellen Page play sisters in Into the Forest and spent the weekend in Toronto. Ellen, Evan and I are the same age. I've watched their careers closely and admire them both for speaking their mind, and standing up for women in Hollywood. Since Ellen By Joanna • Sep 14, 2015 01:52 pm
Maple Leaf Platinum Bieber Justin Bieber performed today on The Today Show. With some new hair. 99% of you are probably rolling your eyes. I'm in my own corner, digging the sh-t out of it. But I have a thing for platinum blonde hair, cut short on the sides, floppy on top. By Lainey • Sep 10, 2015 03:50 pm
Maple Leaf Rachel in Telluride Rachel McAdams was at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend promoting Spotlight. Spotlight is receiving solid reviews coming out of Telluride and Venice and will screen at TIFF this weekend, continuing to build momentum for an Oscar run. And if it holds up, that’ll be the second ensemble in By Lainey • Sep 08, 2015 12:03 pm
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber: twang and drum There’s been a lot of talk about Justin Bieber’s management not letting him do any live interviews to promote his new song What Do You Mean because they don’t want him to f-ck up all the gains he’s made the last 6 months during his tour By Lainey • Sep 03, 2015 11:00 am
Break Ups Chavril: it’s over! Last year, almost exactly around this time, there were reports that Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger were done. Click here for a refresher. They tried to deny it. But it didn’t seem like they were together all that often. And then she got sick. Avril is better now, which By Lainey • Sep 02, 2015 03:48 pm
Maple Leaf The Weeknd: Best VMAs performance According to Kanye West and those of us who represent Scarborough, Ontario, The Weeknd delivered the best performance last night at the VMAs. Kanye was really feeling it. The Weeknd brought out the Taylor Swift in Kanye West: This is what you're missing if you're not By Lainey • Aug 31, 2015 09:14 am
Maple Leaf What Do You Mean, Justin Bieber? His new song, What Do You Mean, came out today. He’ll be performing it at the VMAs on Sunday. And the video will be released right after the show. Here’s a teaser for it that he just posted on Instagram: you got the song and the lyric video. By Lainey • Aug 28, 2015 03:03 pm
Maple Leaf Taylor at Staples: night 3 Natalie Maines. Ellen DeGeneres. And Alanis. Alanis! Here’s how Taylor Swift introduced her: “She defined the music of her decade. She inspired a generation of confessional female singer-songwriters who all of a sudden felt like you could actually say these raw feelings that you had. You could actually sing By Lainey • Aug 25, 2015 10:04 am
Hook Ups Serena’s victory kiss Serena Williams won the Cincinnati Masters yesterday which is the last warmup before the US Open. She lost last week in Toronto so it was a nice comeback to build momentum heading to New York. No jinx. No jinx. NO JINX. But first… a little time to celebrate before turning By Lainey • Aug 24, 2015 12:45 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Carly Rae’s super cute two-piece Or maybe it’s a romper. Whatever it is, it’s adorable. From the Peter Pan collar to the cuffed sleeves to the pattern, I’m all over it. And I feel like you could wear it well into fall with a pair of dark tights and booties. By Lainey • Aug 21, 2015 12:07 pm
Maple Leaf Emma & Ryan on a date Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are working on Damien Chazelle’s La La Land. I think these are the first shots we’ve gotten of them in the same frame, so I’m attaching for you to look at, even though there’s nothing new to say. It’s a By Lainey • Aug 20, 2015 02:08 pm
