Douchebags Katherine Heigl’s contrition Katherine Heigl was on Howard Stern yesterday. Howard asked her about all the sh-t she talked about Knocked Up and Grey’s Anatomy. Remember she once said she removed herself from Emmy consideration because the writing for her on Grey’s was sh-t and after Knocked Up made her a By Lainey • Apr 21, 2016 02:24 pm
Media Manipulation George Clooney, character actor Money Monster is coming out next month. It’ll be screened at the Cannes Film Festival. George Clooney is now starting to promote it with his 9th Esquire cover. And at the beginning of this interview, he’s actually credited with the magazine’s resurgence for the first time he By Lainey • Apr 21, 2016 11:40 am
Music Taylor Swift’s 73 Questions As you know, Taylor Swift covers the May 2016 issue of VOGUE ahead of the MET Gala in a couple of weeks. She also participated in the magazine’s online 73 Questions feature. As we’ve seen from previous participants, this is highly rehearsed. They have time to figure out By Lainey • Apr 19, 2016 11:36 am
Douchebags The Artist vs the Critic A new interview with The Artist, James Franco, with Jerry Saltz, for New York Magazine. Interesting because Jerry and his wife have sh-t on The Artist’s work before, once writing that “at this point George W Bush is actually a better artist than James Franco”. So the piece that By Lainey • Apr 18, 2016 02:07 pm
Media Manipulation Hashtag Twinning For Smutty Social Media, I scour as many Instagram accounts as I can, and this means not just actors/musicians but also models, nightclub owners, hair stylists, magazines, assistants, friends-of-celebs, and brands. More often than not a really big celeb – like say George Clooney – obviously won’t be found on By Maria • Apr 14, 2016 12:15 pm
Style Taylor’s VOGUE Last week I wrote about Scarlett Johansson on the cover of the new Cosmopolitan. And it surprised me, because Scarjo is big enough for one of the top level fashion magazines and, well, Cosmo just isn’t there. Yet. Maria is arguing that Cosmo’s making some big moves to By Lainey • Apr 14, 2016 10:17 am
Maple Leaf Rachel undercover We got a glimpse of Rachel McAdams in Sarah’s Doctor Strange post just before this one. It was big news when she was cast in the movie, with all kinds of speculation about her character, etc. Totally another Hollywood Sliding Doors situation too. Because there were rumours years ago By Lainey • Apr 13, 2016 12:29 pm
Famewhores Lindsay Lohan’s Fake Engagement For a few hours yesterday, the Internet thought Lindsay Lohan was engaged. In those hours, people pretended to care about Lindsay Lohan. We talked about her again. Her name was trending. She was the top story on TMZ. Then, her rep released a statement shooting down the engagement rumours, saying By Kathleen • Apr 13, 2016 10:44 am
Media Manipulation The unpopular Team Iron Man Last month I posted an article about how much I appreciate the Captain America: Civil War marketing strategy. They want you to take sides. We are all inclined to take sides. As I mentioned then (click here for a refresher), it’s either Jolie or Aniston. In this case it’ By Lainey • Apr 13, 2016 10:27 am
Media Manipulation A new Amy Adams? Megan Fox’s pregnancy buzz will steal all the headlines today, but Amy Adams was at CinemaCon too. The two even posed together, and Amy’s just as worthy of the gossip spotlight. She’s a five-time Oscar nominee, sure, but she’s also giving her career a much-needed reboot By Joanna • Apr 12, 2016 10:55 am
Media Manipulation Gwyneth’s book birthday Gwyneth Paltrow’s It’s All Easy cookbook comes out today. She flew to New York yesterday for a few interviews. I LOVE these white pants on her. And this sweater, a recycle, has always been one of my favourites. It’s Celine, from a few years ago. Click here By Lainey • Apr 12, 2016 10:00 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Melissa McCarthy will return to Gilmore Girls Or Stars Hollow… is that what it’s called? I can hear Duana making sounds from wherever she is, getting ready to puff up and school me. Because, no, I haven’t started watching it yet, OK? I’m sorry. I was supposed to over the Christmas holidays but Making By Lainey • Apr 08, 2016 10:40 am
BFFs The Perfect Interview starring Jennifer Lawrence Earlier this week I was preoccupied by how Beyoncé has redefined what an “interview” with her really means. An “exclusive” interview with Beyoncé (for ELLE) means that the writer, a family friend, is given the opportunity to observe Beyoncé at a photo shoot. And then present her with a series By Lainey • Apr 07, 2016 11:15 am
Media Manipulation Ben’s next climb Ben Affleck stepped out yesterday. Some photo agencies are saying he was leaving the therapist’s. Gives me a great excuse to write about how he’s going to heal his latest cycle of shame. Sarah posted in the previous article about Warner Bros’ plans and that there’s been By Lainey • Apr 06, 2016 03:49 pm
Media Manipulation And so the Warner Bros. shuffle begins After the antipathetic public reaction to Superhero Face Punch, it seemed inevitable that Warner Brothers would have to make some changes to their plans for the DC Extended Universe, which is what they’re calling their cinematic universe. But they stuck with Zack Snyder as the director of The Justice By Sarah • Apr 06, 2016 03:06 pm
Media Manipulation Macaulay Culkin seems to be fine Macaulay Culkin, one of the most famous child actors of all time, keeps a low profile. There are only nine posts on LaineyGossip pertaining to him, even from back in the Mila days. He doesn’t create many opportunities for coverage, and beyond that, a lot of people go out By Sarah • Apr 06, 2016 12:26 pm
