Media Manipulation Preserve taps out Last week, I wrote about Stephen Colbert’s take on lifestyle, and his mock introduction of his own brand, Covetton House. Afterwards, a very astute reader called Janel had to correct me on the difference between Preserve’s real product and the fake product that Stephen had made up for By Maria • Sep 30, 2015 02:26 pm
Dumbass Matt Damon’s career in 8 minutes Matt Damon was on The Late Late Show with James Corden last night acting out his career in 8 minutes. They opened with Good Will Hunting which, I mean, I understand, you want to open strong. But I would have moved Bourne up to the top and maybe ended with By Lainey • Sep 30, 2015 11:16 am
Media Manipulation Leo’s campaign is coming Leonardo DiCaprio spoke at the 2015 Global Citizen Festival on Saturday in New York. These are probably the best pictures we’ve seen of him in, well, in years. This is the version of Leo we’ll be seeing for the next several months as he campaigns toward his first By Lainey • Sep 28, 2015 10:14 am
Assy Style Johnny & Amber give back Johnny Depp and the Hollywood Vampires performed in Rio last night. He wore a lot of eyeliner, several necklaces and scarves, red ink on his neck, and thought he looked cool with the cig in his mouth. Doesn’t he though? Isn’t he? The legendary coolness? Amber Heard joined By Lainey • Sep 25, 2015 11:32 am
Weddings Justin talks about his wedding Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston got married last month. Guess what? He’s doing press now for season 2 of The Leftovers, premiering on HBO and HBO Canada on October 4. Convenient! As expected, he’s being asked about the wedding and the honeymoon and their friends joining them in By Lainey • Sep 24, 2015 01:54 pm
Media Manipulation It should be DDL Something to cleanse your palate after I made you look at those photos of Johnny Depp. Check out Daniel Day-Lewis in New York this week. It’s been a quite few years for DDL since he won the Oscar for Lincoln. In fact, he actually hasn’t committed to anything By Lainey • Sep 24, 2015 12:15 pm
Media Manipulation The smooth, calculated Michael B. Jordan Michael B. Jordan is one of three cover profiles in October’s GQ, alongside Ryan Reynolds and Rob Lowe. The interview itself is a good read, especially as Jordan has maintained a pretty low profile on his way up these past few years. It’s possible to know him as By Sarah • Sep 23, 2015 03:45 pm
Break Ups The Amicable Afflecks Last Thursday, before I hit pause on the blog for Marcus, I was checking out whether or not I could afford to buy new shots of Chrissy O at LAX. It was the first time she’d been papped in almost 3 weeks. She was too expensive for me. Was By Lainey • Sep 22, 2015 11:37 am
Break Ups Alicia & Michael are over…but not over US Weekly reported exclusively late yesterday that Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender had broken up. Their sources however had no information about when it happened or why. The two haven’t been photographed together in a few months. This morning though, an exclusive from Gossip Cop with a totally different By Lainey • Sep 17, 2015 10:23 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyonce’s boat life Beyonce and Jay Z are still on holiday in the Mediterranean with the Blue Ivy Carter and their friends. The other day they were kissing in coordinated outfits in Sardinia. Click here to see. To me it looked they were being photographed in that moment – not just by the paps By Lainey • Sep 16, 2015 01:09 pm
Media Manipulation Ben Affleck: looking up PEOPLE posted an exclusive on Ben Affleck last night. This was the first line of the article: Things are starting to look up for Ben Affleck. Basically the entire article is about how Ben looks happier because his family makes him happy. A source tells PEOPLE that: "His family By Lainey • Sep 15, 2015 09:54 am
Maple Leaf Rachel’s home Spotlight Sarah’s review for Spotlight will follow this post. Here we are focusing on Toronto’s own Rachel McAdams. But I begin with an article in the Globe & Mail, Canada’s newspaper of record, published yesterday about how Hollywood has affected the festival, specifically how the Hollywood marketing and By Lainey • Sep 15, 2015 09:11 am
Media Manipulation Jake & Dakota in Toronto Jake Gyllenhaal opened TIFF on Thursday. On Friday he was in New York participating in the Cantor Fitzgerald annual charity day. Last night however he was back in Toronto, hanging out at the Shangri-La lobby with his brother-in-law, Peter Sarsgaard, and Joel Edgerton who are here for Black Mass. Then By Lainey • Sep 14, 2015 10:47 am
Media Manipulation Gwyneth and Jennifer Garner My favourite photo from the weekend… Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Garner, bonded by Ben Affleck, and the inevitable disappointment that results from loving Ben Affleck, were both at the Think It Up event on Friday in LA. Does this picture happen if we never met Chrissy O? Does it happen By Lainey • Sep 14, 2015 08:51 am
Media Manipulation George loves his tequila George Clooney showed up to support Our Brand Is Crisis (Sarah’s review will follow) on Friday, arriving at the carpet early to hang out with fans and to work as much of the press line as he could. That’s standard Chairman behaviour and we see it every time By Lainey • Sep 14, 2015 07:58 am
Media Manipulation But of course she crafts Yesterday, I wrote about Sarah Michelle Gellar’s new baking accessories line, Foodstirs. Click here for a refresher. And I mentioned that I wanted to see Jennifer Garner go into this sector – crafting/baking/enhanced homemaking. Well a reader named Kim (thanks Kim!) sent me a link to this – Jen By Maria • Sep 11, 2015 12:39 pm
