Break Ups Romain stands by Scarjo Less than a month ago, Scarlett Johansson and Romain Dauriac were hissing at each other publicly over custody of their daughter. After she filed for divorce and residential custody, he had his lawyer go from one entertainment outlet to the next talking about he was the primary parent and suggesting By Lainey • Apr 06, 2017 11:01 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Kate Hudson’s family beach time Kate Hudson is dating Danny Fujikawa. That’s been the main Kate Hudson headline for the last couple of weeks. Prior to that, the big Kate Hudson headline was about how her ex-husband, Chris Robinson, had filed a request with the court to review the custody agreement for their son By Lainey • Apr 05, 2017 12:31 pm
Media Manipulation This week in Brad Pitt I posted the other day about that corny Daily Mail story on Brad Pitt and his sad songs and sad art. Right after that PEOPLE followed with a similar – though maybe less “sad”-focused story – about Brad’s “new hobby – sculpture!” The next day, Wednesday, PEOPLE then reported exclusively that By Lainey • Mar 23, 2017 11:58 am
Media Manipulation Sad Brad, sad songs, sad art The Daily Mail posted an exclusive story today about Brad Pitt with exclusive photos of him at an art studio in LA where he’s been spending most of his days working on a sculpture. A “source” tells the Daily Mail that Brad works up to 15 hours a day By Lainey • Mar 21, 2017 10:32 am
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber’s chance encounter Justin Bieber has been on tour in Australia and will be heading soon to New Zealand. Yesterday he stepped out for lunch and was surrounded by fans and passersby… and juuuuust happened to bump into Bronte Blampied. Bronte is a model and she and Justin were seen together last year By Lainey • Mar 17, 2017 11:14 am
Media Manipulation Selena & The Weeknd: close by clothes The Weeknd is currently touring the UK. Selena Gomez is back in LA. Was with friends for yoga yesterday. And, you know the way things work these days, if two celebrities aren’t up in each other’s faces, and aren’t papped together at least every week, it means By Lainey • Mar 15, 2017 01:23 pm
Media Manipulation Tom Hiddleston and the Taylor Swift questions Tom Hiddleston was on The Today Show this morning to promote Kong: Skull Island. Savannah Guthrie asked him about Taylor Swift, the GQ article, and he basically says he’s entitled to a private life even though he works in the public domain. We’ll get back to his rationale By Lainey • Mar 07, 2017 01:30 pm
Media Manipulation Angelina on GMA Angelina’s first interview since World War Brange was with the BBC on the weekend from Cambodia where she screened First They Killed My Father. I posted about that yesterday. Today she gave an exclusive US interview to Good Morning America. This is noteworthy because, as you recall, she had By Lainey • Feb 21, 2017 12:09 pm
Music Selena & The Weeknd are social media official It’s not love until the love is validated on social media. Selena Gomez and The Weeknd spent the weekend in Florence. They’ve been photographed holding hands, hugging, and kissing while visiting museums and having dinner. Click here and here to see the shots. As expected, many are comparing By Lainey • Jan 31, 2017 11:03 am
Media Manipulation Vin Diesel’s hype train I said in my xXx: Return of Xander Cage review that Vin Diesel is “extremely good at self-promotion” and here is an example of what I am talking about. While promoting Xander Cage, Diesel did an interview with MTV in which he talks up a potential Groot spin-off with Marvel. By Sarah • Jan 27, 2017 12:06 pm
Media Manipulation Angelina’s fragrance Guerlain announced yesterday that Angelina Jolie will be the global “icon” of their new fragrance for women, Mon Guerlain. It’s her first beauty campaign in almost a decade – a deal with Shiseido for ads that ran only in Asia. The partnership with Guerlain started when she was directing First By Lainey • Jan 24, 2017 11:42 am
Media Manipulation Not commenting…but commenting Yesterday I posted about Justin Bieber not commenting when asked by paparazzi about Selena Gomez and The Weeknd. Then, like right after, he no-commented commented, through TMZ: Justin Bieber can spot an opportunist from a mile away ... at least now he can, and the opportunist is Selena Gomez. Our Bieber By Lainey • Jan 17, 2017 12:25 pm
Music Taylor Swift in February People lost their minds last night because Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik released a song. Kathleen made me laugh earlier when I texted her to tell her that I had to admit that I liked it. She wrote back that “Omg I tried so hard to hate it. I can’ By Lainey • Dec 09, 2016 03:50 pm
Media Manipulation Brad’s lonely island Just before US Thanksgiving PEOPLE reported that Brad Pitt would not be seeing his children over the holiday and that he was, understandably, very sad about it. But that was also the point. That you would be sad that he was sad and then not look too far for someone By Lainey • Nov 29, 2016 05:17 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Ben & Jen for Live By Night Live By Night has started screening for industry. The film will open in limited release in December to qualify for Oscar consideration before going wide in January. And while Warner Bros is trying to seem like they’re playing it low key for a campaign, the scheduling makes it obvious By Lainey • Nov 21, 2016 02:00 pm
BFFs Drake showed up for Apple The AMAs cutaways consisted mostly of Fifth Harmony or random seat fillers (or Instagram stars? I have no idea) so I was surprised when Drake showed up. He was nominated for a record 13 AMAs but he wasn’t a performer and he wasn’t presenting so he didn’t By Kathleen • Nov 21, 2016 10:25 am
