Media Manipulation Drew’s Flower Power If in 2013, when Drew Barrymore was talking about Flower Beauty all over the place, you told me that it would be a runaway hit and bestselling product line, I might have believed you, but I might have shrugged. There is something about Drew that makes her easy to underestimate By Maria • Jan 21, 2016 09:57 am
Media Manipulation Chris Rock plays it close There have been reports that Chris Rock is under a lot of pressure to maybe not host the Oscars this year because of the lack of diversity in the nominations. There are other reports that there’s no way he’s not hosting and that he’s working on a By Lainey • Jan 20, 2016 04:45 pm
Media Manipulation Leo’s victory tour Still 5 weeks to go before Leonardo DiCaprio collects his first Oscar for his performance in The Revenant. He’s been in Europe this week promoting the film. It’s kinda like an advance victory tour. Leo was honoured in Davos yesterday at the Annual Crystal Awards to open the By Lainey • Jan 20, 2016 01:45 pm
Assy Style Zac Efron is sorry in leather pants I opened yesterday’s blog with Zac Efron. Zac decided to celebrate Martin Luther King Day by connecting the holiday to having amassed 10 million followers. And he threw in some emoji blackface just for sh-ts and giggles. Zac has since removed the post. But the internet is forever. So By Lainey • Jan 20, 2016 09:22 am
Media Manipulation Miley’s ring As you know, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth were together for New Year’s, seen making out in Australia at a music festival. She was just photographed in New York and everyone’s talking about this ring, whether or not it’s the engagement ring Liam gave her. Looks very, By Lainey • Jan 18, 2016 01:40 pm
Media Manipulation Christian Bale makes out and drops out Christian Bale called it a “make out” last night during the Critics’ Choice Awards when he was named Best Actor in a Comedy and kissed Adam McKay and other producers at the table on the mouth before getting up on stage to collect his trophy. He also looked great in By Lainey • Jan 18, 2016 12:09 pm
TV Updates Half of Tracee Ellis Ross Do you watch black-ish? It’s one of the shows I have on auto-record on my PVR. And I will always watch black-ish on a plane. There have been times while watching black-ish on a plane that I’ve embarrassed myself and guffawed out loud. I think it was the By Lainey • Jan 18, 2016 10:51 am
Media Manipulation Tom Hardy winks Yes. I am a click-whore and I just lured you with a few shots of Tom Hardy winking last night after The Revenant premiere in London. He was hanging out with Leonardo DiCaprio. They were both nominated for Oscars yesterday. Mad Max: Fury Road, starring Tom, was also well recognised By Lainey • Jan 15, 2016 01:18 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Leo & the baby dangle It has been so satisfying to watch Leonardo DiCaprio go for this Oscar. Because Leo wasn’t supposed to be the one with so much Try. Leo wasn’t supposed to be the one who was desperate for it. Leo was the one who just worked for the work, you By Lainey • Jan 13, 2016 10:48 am
Media Manipulation Blame it on the X-x-x-x-Xenu Can you believe it’s been almost 10 years since Tom Cruise presented Katie Holmes, ahem Kate Holmes, in Rome? It was April, springtime. Love bloomed. Contracts were signed, allegedly. Then there was the summer of 2012, when Katie pulled off one of the greatest surprises in gossip history. Not By Maria • Jan 07, 2016 10:45 am
Media Manipulation Matt Damon is coming for Leo That might be a little wishful thinking from Sarah and me. But… well… you decide. Matt Damon was in New York last night to accept the Best Actor Award from the National Board of Review. Earlier today, I posted about how he credited Sly Stallone for his career – click here By Lainey • Jan 06, 2016 04:54 pm
Media Manipulation Kristen Stewart is (finally) plotting In 2014, Kristen Stewart was featured in ELLE. I wrote at the time that the interview was frustrating. Click here for a full refresher, but this was the quote I was referring to: “Never at any point have I sat down and plotted how I should proceed from here on. By Lainey • Jan 06, 2016 10:21 am
Hook Ups #jailey I have a new New Year’s Resolution: that that will be the first and last time I call them #jailey on my blog. It’s a terrible moniker. But that’s what’s been blowing up on social media since last night when Justin Bieber posted this shot of By Lainey • Jan 04, 2016 08:40 am
Media Manipulation Ben Affleck and Sienna, the moll Production on Ben Affleck’s Live By Night has moved to Los Angeles, or at least it was there yesterday. Ben and Sienna Miller were both photographed on set in costume yesterday with Sienna going full moll. Since it was announced that Sienna was cast in the film, we’ve By Lainey • Dec 08, 2015 01:00 pm
Media Manipulation The difference between Tom & Leo Tom Hardy and Leonardo DiCaprio were in London together yesterday at a BAFTA screening for The Revenant. All we hear from The Revenant is about Leo’s performance. And even though many experts are predicting that Tom will be recognised for his work with a Best Supporting Actor nomination, Leo’ By Lainey • Dec 07, 2015 10:47 am
Media Manipulation Harvey’s hopes for Rooney & Jake Harvey Weinstein wrote a piece for The Hollywood Reporter that was published yesterday about award season, specifically about his concerns about award season and how the only films considered are the ones that are released in the fall, ignoring quality features that opened earlier in the year. After complimenting other By Lainey • Dec 04, 2015 10:52 am
