Media Manipulation Searching for Brad and Charlize As I mentioned yesterday, the Brad Pitt-Charlize Theron dating story originated from a pretty sketchy source – the Sun in the UK. But everyone wants it to be true, so much so that of course other outlets are trying to make the story true. My favourite is E!’s attempt and By Lainey • Jan 22, 2019 03:23 pm
Media Manipulation Kit Harington’s hair distraction Last week, a Russian model claimed on social media that she had an affair with Kit Harington while he was engaged to Rose Leslie. She said they were introduced by one of his reps at an event and she even posted photos of a naked man passed out in bed By Lainey • Nov 26, 2018 12:31 pm
Media Manipulation “With BEYONCÉ KNOWLES-CARTER” As Sarah wrote in the previous post about the new The Lion King teaser, Beyoncé is credited as: It kinda became a thing on Twitter. Sarah said she has Questions about the double-barrel name. Since B doesn’t answer questions anymore, we have to speculate. As Sarah posited, this may By Lainey • Nov 23, 2018 11:11 am
Media Manipulation Called it: Jennifer Garner steps out with John Miller For far too long, we underestimated Jennifer Garner’s fame game. There are other Hollywood stars who are media masters but most of them are flashy about their media strategy, few of them are as good at it and, at the same time, as stealthy about it as Jennifer Garner. By Lainey • Nov 13, 2018 10:50 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Harry & Meghan’s celebrity timing Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are now in Australia ahead of the Invictus Games. You remember what happened last year at the Invictus Games in Toronto? This: It was their public debut. We knew they were dating. But they’d yet to step out together in any official capacity. That By Lainey • Oct 15, 2018 09:03 am
Quiveration “Thirst architect” Noah Centineo Internet crushes are fickle. When we were first introduced to Peter Kavinsky and the world declared Noah Centineo the latest ‘Internet Boyfriend", I listed the slew of actors who had previously been given this designation. The Internet, as a collective, moved on from each of these hot actors to By Kathleen • Sep 17, 2018 03:31 pm
Media Manipulation Lady Gaga’s “overjoyment” This is a word Lady Gaga uses in her new Vogue cover story released earlier this week. Her “73 Questions” came out yesterday. All this, of course, ahead of the release of A Star is Born on October 5 following its world premiere in Venice and its North American premiere By Lainey • Sep 14, 2018 10:27 am
Photo Assumption The Beckham issue As expected, the British Vogue issue, celebrating ten years of Victoria Beckham, the designer, has been released online. This after a summer of gossip about the state of the Beckham marriage and the fate of the Beckham brand. Which, really, was put to rest several weeks ago as the Beckhams By Lainey • Sep 04, 2018 11:13 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina in sneakers Angelina Jolie spent Labour Day with the kids, seen hiking. I like this move. You know why? Because …when’s the last time you saw her in sneakers?!? As many of you have pointed out, when we see Angelina out with the children, and we see her often with the By Lainey • Sep 04, 2018 09:29 am
Quiveration Shipping Lana and Noah We’re going through all the stages of teen obsession. First, we watched To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before as many times as humanly possible (I’m off today and I’m literally watching it again right now, my brand is strong). Then, we did a deep dive By Kathleen • Aug 28, 2018 02:46 pm
Break Ups World War Brange: bring down the “saint” Over the last few months, as we’ve seen, in the escalation of World War Brange, it’s been clear which side is favouring which media outlet. TMZ and Page Six have been undeniably pro-Pitt. Page Six’s approach has been most interesting, starting when they pulled the story about By Lainey • Aug 27, 2018 10:02 am
Media Manipulation Angelina and the girls Angelina Jolie took daughters Zahara and Shiloh shopping at Kitson yesterday. KITSON. Is it 2005? How long has it been since we’ve mentioned Kitson?! As you can see, from these photos, there’s nothing to suggest that World War Brange has been happening for weeks now. Which, of course, By Lainey • Aug 22, 2018 01:27 pm
Music Taylor Swift: the necklace and the new song Let’s recap: Last Friday, Taylor was papped leaving her New York City apartment, like old times, with Gigi Hadid and other members of her squad. It’s been a while since we’ve seen this – there was a sleepover the night before, then they hit up her hometown, and By Lainey • Jul 18, 2018 03:35 pm
Media Manipulation Taylor’s missing necklace We last checked in with Taylor Swift on Friday, back with Gigi Hadid and several other regular “squad” members. They’d all spent the night at Taylor’s before hanging out in Reading, PA to visit the home where she grew up. They then attended Taylor’s first show in By Lainey • Jul 16, 2018 04:54 pm
Music Taylor Swift: Interview with the Muse Taylor Swift covers the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar. And the work here is pretty interesting. As we saw with the release of reputation, Taylor changed her media strategy. You might say she borrowed a little from Beyoncé in that she scaled wayyyyyy back on traditional promotion. There were By Lainey • Jul 10, 2018 12:09 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Taylor & Joe’s Fourth on the beach Yesterday in What Else I shared some Gossip Nostalgia about #Taymerica. It’s been two years since the last #Taymerica starring Tom Hiddleston and, for now, Taylor Swift has boarded up the annual tradition, to be resurrected in due time, when the time is right. The reason we celebrate(d) By Lainey • Jul 06, 2018 10:15 am
