Music Rihanna: reluctant “role model” In the previous post, Kathleen mentioned the Black Girls Rock event that aired last night. Rihanna was presented with the Rock Star Award. During her acceptance speech, she made a sassy comment about how “You know, role model is not the… title they like to give me, you know”. And, By Lainey • Apr 06, 2016 11:06 am
Girlcrushes Kerry Washington’s Brand Strategy Kerry Washington is handling the sh-t out of her image right now. Personally, I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have a major hard-on for Kerry but then again, I surround myself with smart, kickass human beings who recognize flawlessness when they see it. My point: Everybody loves Kerry. By Kathleen • Apr 05, 2016 11:46 am
Media Manipulation Beyoncé Park: Perfectionism and Purpose ELLE Magazine has released more images from the Beyoncé ELLE worldwide takeover to promote Ivy Park. Excerpts from the “interview” have also been published, with the full piece going digital tomorrow. The magazine is calling it a “rare in-depth interview”. And we know this is remarkable because Beyoncé doesn’t By Lainey • Apr 04, 2016 04:27 pm
Music Taylor falls Yesterday Beyoncé gave us a shot of herself running on the treadmill, in WEDGE HEELS. That’s the Beyoncé brand. Of course she runs and works out in wedge heels. Practically it makes sense, since when she’s on stage, she’s handling choreography in heels all the time. Non-practically By Lainey • Apr 01, 2016 01:08 pm
Media Manipulation Beyoncé speaks for Ivy Park Beyoncé on the cover of both ELLE USA and ELLE UK. It’s the long-awaited athleisure line. It’s called Ivy Park. The album? Not sure. Maybe tomorrow? But you can see now that it’s all converging. The album is coming. The tour is coming. Ivy Park goes on By Lainey • Mar 31, 2016 12:57 pm
Media Manipulation Reese Witherspoon bails, Kristen Wiig jumps in Before she was a lifestyle guru—or whatever the hell she’s doing with Draper James—before she was a Minivan maven, and before she was Elle Woods, Reese Witherspoon was Tracy Flick. For some, despite the popularity of Elle and the romance of Annette in Cruel Intentions, this is By Sarah • Mar 30, 2016 11:16 am
Media Manipulation The softer side of Charlize Theron Don’t get it twisted. She’s not cuddly all of a sudden. But this is one of the few profiles of Charlize Theron that I’ve ever read that shows her at her most vulnerable. And while it doesn’t make me any less terrified of her (when she’ By Lainey • Mar 29, 2016 04:54 pm
Media Manipulation Tom Hiddleston making the rounds Tom Hiddleston’s new movie, I Saw the Light, opened last weekend but hardly anyone noticed amidst the bat-noise of Superhero Face Punch. But Hiddleston did his duty and promoted the movie, making several talk show appearances and being visible. As I noted before, this is not the same Tom By Sarah • Mar 29, 2016 03:15 pm
Media Manipulation Tom Hiddleston and James Bond I’m going to follow up this post with one about Jake Gyllenhaal so please note that a comparison is coming. As we’ve seen, when Tom Hiddleston is promoting a movie, invited on talk shows, he’s the eager beaver… He becomes an exclamation point. Which I don’t By Lainey • Mar 23, 2016 04:14 pm
Media Manipulation Intro for March 21, 2016 Dear Gossips, Jennifer Garner hustled all last week to promote Miracles From Heaven. Click here to read Sarah’s review of the movie. As Sarah noted, Jennifer is the highlight of the film. And the film did well this weekend at the box office, finishing in third for a 5 By Lainey • Mar 21, 2016 08:28 am
Royals Royals can hear As mentioned several times over the last few weeks, there’s been a lot of noise in the British press about Prince William and Catherine, and whether or not they’re lazy. They ignored it for a while, as those at their class are accustomed to doing. We will not By Lainey • Mar 18, 2016 11:55 am
Gorgessity Jennifer Garner is feeling herself I interviewed Jennifer Garner a few years ago for a movie called The Odd Life Of Timothy Green. Going into that interview, she wasn’t my favourite. But I could find nothing to criticise about the experience. She was there to do her job. So she was warm. She was By Lainey • Mar 17, 2016 05:30 pm
Music Nicki in Nylon Nicki Minaj is the cover feature in the new issue of Nylon. I read the article this morning. It’s not the most insightful celebrity profile I’ve ever read, but there are some notable quotes. Nicki is promoting Barbershop: The Next Cut. She’s also been working on a By Lainey • Mar 17, 2016 01:08 pm
Assy Style Gwyneth and the Stylists The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Power Stylists issue is out. Three years ago, in this very issue, it was Zoe Saldana who gave us a quote that I use often, especially when actresses complain about #AskHerMore and having to talk about their clothes on a red carpet: “(My stylist Petra By Lainey • Mar 16, 2016 09:59 am
Media Manipulation Team Iron Man Last week Sarah wrote about the latest trailer for Captain America: Civil War. It was posted, however, with Iron Man as the feature photo. Click here for a refresher. Sarah did not appreciate this. Because I am Team Iron Man. I was told on Twitter that I’m on the By Lainey • Mar 15, 2016 04:57 pm
Royals Will & Kate try to quiet the noise There has been a lot of noise lately about the Cambridges – how little they work in comparison to their old grandparents, what exactly Will’s commitment is to his day job flying air ambulances, Will’s approach to the media, and how much access he’s agreed to or not By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 03:28 pm
