Media Manipulation Jennifer Garner’s video is a Huge Move When we watched the Oscars the other night there were a few times—maybe more than a few—where Lainey and I and our friends rolled our eyes at a moment or mocked a technical bobble, and then immediately said “oh, but we’re cynical TV assholes”. There is a By Duana • Mar 02, 2016 02:48 pm
Media Manipulation Michael Keaton goes for 3 in a row Spotlight won Best Picture on Sunday at the Oscars. It was one of my top films coming out of TIFF. Yes for Spotlight. Last year Birdman was Best Picture. So that's two in a row for Michael Keaton. Will it be three? Michael's next major role By Lainey • Mar 02, 2016 01:18 pm
Music The best/worst gossip dilemma Rihanna’s been quiet since the BRIT Awards last week. Which is good. Because the tour starts in 10 days. And they had to build in an extra two weeks for her to be able to have enough time to rehearse. Presumably, then, that’s what she’s doing. But By Lainey • Mar 02, 2016 09:59 am
Smutty Surgery Ben Affleck’s Oscar face Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were both at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday night. Multiple outlets are reporting that they spoke briefly and that everything seemed fine. Notable because, of course, just two days before that, her Vanity Fair profile had come out. And, well, we all know By Lainey • Mar 01, 2016 10:56 am
Maple Leaf Intro for March 1, 2016 Dear Gossips, Thanks for all your emails and tweets and messages in response to our Oscar posts yesterday. Duana and I got yelled at a lot. You were mad at her about Naomi Watts (click here for a refresher) and you were mad at me about Olivias Munn and Wilde By Lainey • Mar 01, 2016 10:03 am
Smutty Surgery Olivia Munn: the Oscar discussion I don’t want to have I don’t want to talk about this. But where Olivia Munn is concerned, everyone is talking about this. SHE is talking about this. About her face. And why it looks different. Apparently people started commenting about her looking different and then she went on Instagram and listed four reasons By Lainey • Feb 29, 2016 08:11 am
Girly Throw Downs Taylor donates to Kesha Taylor Swift announced this weekend that New Romantics will be the next single off 1989. I’ve written several times about New Romantics. It’s a really good song. Taylor, however, as we all know, has already won Album of the Year for 1989 which, as we also all know, By Lainey • Feb 22, 2016 09:44 am
Music Beyoncé & Kendrick: Courtside statements Saturday night at Staples Centre. Golden State vs the Clippers. Beyoncé, Jay Z, and Kendrick Lamar all seated courtside, together. Two weeks prior, Beyoncé stomped the Super Bowl fists up with Formation, showcasing the power of #blackgirlmagic on a field that celebrates the privilege of the male. One week after By Lainey • Feb 22, 2016 09:11 am
Media Manipulation Katie Holmes & Ryan Reynolds: Together Again... Again.... There’s something to be said for talk show chemistry. Katie Holmes believes Joshua Jackson was a better kisser than James Van Der Beek, but we wouldn’t know this if not for Ryan Reynolds. Katie and Ryan were both on The Late Late Show with James Corden last night, By Joanna • Feb 18, 2016 10:55 am
Royals Princess Blogger Princess Catherine is guest-editing The Huffington Post UK today in support of Young Minds Matter to raise awareness of the importance of mental health awareness in children and to encourage programs and initiatives that address the challenges facing young people with mental health concerns. Click here to read her first By Lainey • Feb 17, 2016 09:33 am
Girly Throw Downs Taylor Swift lays up Unlike Leo and the Oscars, Taylor Swift has never pretended to not want to win Grammys. She wanted Album of the Year for Red. And when that didn’t happen, she wrote the “sonically cohesive” 1989 and she spent time with the Recording Academy – click here for a refresher - By Lainey • Feb 16, 2016 10:02 am
Music Katy Perry’s Grammy party Katy Perry will not be attending the Grammy Awards tonight. She did, however, host her own pre-Grammys party on Saturday and hopes to make the event an ongoing Grammys tradition, telling the New York Times that she wanted to create an event for the “creators” only – not managers, not publicists, By Lainey • Feb 15, 2016 08:47 am
Media Manipulation Leo kisses Maggie Last night at the BAFTAs – Leonardo DiCaprio was named Best Actor, Alejandro G Inarritu took Best Director, and The Revenant won Best Picture. So, just in case you’ve been missing the last several weeks, there is no way Leo’s losing the Oscar. Maybe not even if he marries By Lainey • Feb 15, 2016 07:58 am
Xenu Smut Tom Cruise in Malta Tom Cruise was seen in Malta today, scouting locations for The Mummy. The movie is scheduled for release in June 2017. He’s also supposed to go into production for Mission: Impossible 6 this summer, at least that’s what he said last summer. If that’s still the plan, By Lainey • Feb 12, 2016 04:28 pm
Faux Gossip Josh & Diane together Late last year, Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus were reportedly all over each other at a bar in New York while Joshua Jackson was travelling the world. Click here for a refresher. They both denied that they were hooking up. Here’s Diane with Joshua at the Smart People opening By Lainey • Feb 12, 2016 03:05 pm
Maple Leaf JB, Elvis, GQ, and Caity It’s going to be a big weekend for Justin Bieber. Remember a few years ago how pissy he and Scooter Braun were about not being nominated for a Grammy? Well, JB’s performing at the Grammys. And he’s nominated for a Grammy. Maybe more. There are so many By Lainey • Feb 11, 2016 01:23 pm
