Music Taylor’s snake Taylor Swift and the eclipse are indeed connected. As you know, Taylor’s socials have been blacked out all weekend…until about an hour ago – because this just appeared on all her accounts: A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) onAug 21, 2017 at 8:00am PDT It’s a By Lainey • Aug 21, 2017 11:57 am
Media Manipulation Vanity Fair Claps Back At Angelina Jolie “You come at the King, you best not miss.” Omar’s signature line from The Wire was my first thought after reading Vanity Fair’s published retort to Angelina Jolie. If you challenge Vanity Fair, you better be sure you’re right… and, it would seem, she wasn’t. The By Duana • Aug 04, 2017 10:42 am
Media Manipulation Jennifer Garner, producer Jennifer Garner hasn’t done much producing. She produced a few episodes of Alias way back. And a film called Butter a few years ago. But nothing since. At least not professionally. But Jennifer Garner’s been “producing” her brand for a long, long, long time. And she’s one By Lainey • Aug 02, 2017 11:11 am
Break Ups Angelina Jolie is “not normal” As mentioned in today’s open, Angelina Jolie is back in the game, with two films confirmed at TIFF and, though it’s not official yet, she’s expected in Telluride with First They Killed My Father. Now look at the timing – 24 hours after TIFF’s announcement, Vanity Fair By Lainey • Jul 26, 2017 04:44 pm
Media Manipulation Taylor & Joe in New York Taylor Swift was finally seen in New York on Friday – the photos aren’t great but it’s clearly her. You’ll recall, last week a photo agency claimed that Taylor was hiding in suitcases while leaving her NY apartment so as to avoid being photographed. That agency subsequently had By Lainey • Jul 25, 2017 11:19 am
Cheating Loins Ben & Lindsay try to counter What’s most fascinating, at least to me, about this situation, is how certain media outlets are covering the Ben Affleck-Lindsay Shookus-Jennifer Garner story. As you know, PEOPLE’s been all over the cheating angle, going into their files from a few years ago to report that Ben and Lindsay By Lainey • Jul 12, 2017 11:48 am
Jock Smut Taylor Swift sends a message Taylor Swift has kept a very low profile over the last few months. Which is how I’ve started almost every post about Taylor Swift over the last few months. At this point it’s become part of her brand. When we do get news about Taylor, more often than By Lainey • Jun 27, 2017 11:47 am
Dumbass Jennifer Garner vs PEOPLE Yesterday I posted about the new issue of PEOPLE Magazine featuring Jennifer Garner. At the time, I noted the story had the feel of an exclusive but that it wasn’t exactly an “official” Jennifer Garner interview. Still, there were “insiders” and “sources” presumably from Jennifer’s camp talking about By Lainey • Jun 01, 2017 04:13 pm
Media Manipulation How Taylor hid Joe Now that we know that Taylor Swift has been dating Joe Alwyn undercover for the last few months, we’re getting more details about how they’ve been hiding. Because all these Taylor sources managed to keep her sh-t tight all this time…and suddenly they’re willing to go By Lainey • May 18, 2017 09:59 am
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt: good angles, baggy pants, and big questions Brad Pitt’s appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night wasn’t an interview. It was closer to what he was doing with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show – although it wasn’t pre-taped and happened in front of a live audience. Does that still mean that By Lainey • May 17, 2017 11:55 am
Media Manipulation Late Night Brad Pitt Brad Pitt is promoting War Machine on Netflix premiering next Friday May 26th, in time for Memorial Day in the United States. He’s already covered GQ and talked about his “self-inflicted” drama while making matcha green tea. He wants us to know that he’s working out his emotions By Lainey • May 16, 2017 11:41 am
Media Manipulation Angelina Jolie spends time with Jon Voight E! News reports that Angelina Jolie and four of the children had dinner with Jon Voight this week. Follow that link to see photos. A daughter and a father having dinner is not newsworthy. What makes this newsworthy, of course, is that the relationship between Angelina and Jon has always By Lainey • May 12, 2017 01:10 pm
Music Miley in Malibu Duana and I currently have Miley Cyrus on the rundown for the next Show Your Work podcast that we’re recording tomorrow night. We’ve been waiting for the new song to come out, to hear the new sound, this departure from the “twerk era” Miley that we’ve known By Lainey • May 11, 2017 04:24 pm
Music The Disappearance of Taylor Swift New issue of US Weekly, Taylor Swift is on the cover. As you know, Taylor’s been very, very undercover this entire year. Does she still have bangs? Does she still wear red lipstick? We haven’t seen her in months. Maybe she shaved her head? How do you know By Lainey • May 10, 2017 02:03 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé is not hiding Beyoncé and Jay Z were photographed leaving Nobu in Malibu on Sunday. Subsequently, TMZ posted a story claiming that Bey went to great lengths to hide her baby bump from the paparazzi: Beyoncé and Jay-Z have a carefully orchestrated escape plan to hide her baby bump whenever they're By Kathleen • Apr 25, 2017 12:02 pm
Media Manipulation The Rock’s next move, best move, smart move Late last night, TMZ reported that The Rock and Vin Diesel have “squashed” their boy sh-t and will be signing on for Fast Furious 9. As you’ve probably heard, F8 just set a worldwide box office record. So, obviously, the studio wants in for another one. According to TMZ, By Lainey • Apr 18, 2017 12:18 pm
