Media Manipulation Brad Pitt’s Holiday Photos I posted yesterday about PEOPLE’s exclusive report that Brad Pitt spent New Year’s in Cabo San Lucas with Ines de Ramon. PEOPLE had no photos though – and they still don’t – but they were able to get the jump on the story without them. In fact, they had By Lainey • Jan 04, 2023 10:04 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Brad Pitt’s Romantic Deflection Early last year, as we approached award season and contenders emerged one after another, critics always left room for Babylon, understandably. For the last decade Damien Chazelle has been regarded as Hollywood’s wunderkind filmmaker, with the Oscar Academy making him in the youngest ever to win the Best Director By Lainey • Jan 03, 2023 11:33 am
Music More Trophies for Taylor Taylor Swift was in Dusseldorf last night for the MTV EMAs and won several awards, including the award for Best Artist which… was obvious from the moment she arrived; Taylor Swift is too big to not win the big ones if she bothers to show up. Taylor, after all, has By Lainey • Nov 14, 2022 01:51 pm
Douchebags Brad Pitt: The Artist in his favourite playsuit You want more examples of how cunning Brad Pitt is with his public image? He is suing his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, for lawfully selling her share of Chateau Miraval, compelling her to reveal in a cross-complaint how he cockblocked her for years over the property and how he tried to By Lainey • Oct 12, 2022 09:59 am
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt on Damage Control On Tuesday this week, the New York Times’s coverage of Angelina Jolie’s cross-complaint detailed explosive allegations against Brad Pitt about how he abused her and their six children on that private flight in September 2016 that preceded her filing for divorce. Since then, Brad and his representatives have By Lainey • Oct 07, 2022 11:09 am
Media Manipulation Are Gigi and Leo a thing? Are Gigi Hadid and Leonardo DiCaprio really a thing? I posted about the new rumours yesterday and PEOPLE’s story about them “getting to know each other” and the update today is that there are now photos of them talking closely at a party – Daily Mail has the exclusive. So By Lainey • Sep 14, 2022 12:21 pm
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt: Cunning in Venice Brad Pitt was not expected in Venice. They’re saying he made a surprise appearance in support of Andrew Dominik’s Blonde, starring Ana de Armas, in his role as one of the producers. Which, of course, makes him look real good – that he’s backing what might be another By Lainey • Sep 09, 2022 11:42 am
Douchebags Redemption arc: complete Last week, we observed the mess of Olivia Wilde and Shia LaBeouf and his, er, departure from Don’t Worry Darling in which released texts and email transcripts, and video to show he was not fired, as Wilde was heavily implying in the press. Since then, Shia has been busy. By Sarah • Sep 01, 2022 10:25 am
Break Ups Brad Pitt: Media and PR connections As I wrote in my previous post today about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt , it’s been interesting following the media coverage and specifically how Brad Pitt’s position is being presented. On that note, this is what Omid Scobie, who was working at Wenner Media’s Us Weekly when By Lainey • Aug 18, 2022 02:29 pm
Media Manipulation Himpathy for Brad Pitt Over the last few days, since Puck News reported an update on the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed anonymously by Jane Doe (aka Angelina Jolie) against the FBI, I’ve been wondering how the mainstream media and major entertainment outlets would handle the situation. Both Angelina and Brad Pitt By Lainey • Aug 18, 2022 11:53 am
Music Adele Explains Adele covers the September issue of ELLE, which is a big get for the magazine. And for Adele, the timing is perfect…because Adele is on a reset right now having recently announced her new Las Vegas residency dates so we’re watching a superstar do the work of turning By Lainey • Aug 15, 2022 11:14 am
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt’s Fluffy Headlines Here’s a good example of media distortion, shocking by the Daily Mail. They’ve posted a story about Brad Pitt today with this headline: The article clearly claims that Brad is “seeing someone”, suggesting that he’s dating a specific person. When you read the article though, the information By Lainey • Jul 27, 2022 11:57 am
Style Brad Pitt’s Pastel Phase Brad Pitt is currently promoting Bullet Train and the press tour is in Europe right now. On the weekend he showed up in Paris in a peach coloured pantsuit. Today he’s in Berlin and he’s wearing pink. He does look good. He’s cut his hair a bit, By Lainey • Jul 19, 2022 01:16 pm
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt: Strategic Gossip Nostalgia Brad Pitt’s f-cksh-t on Angelina Jolie has been the reason he’s been making headlines lately – and that f-cksh-t has been going on for a long time. While at this point most people understand that most celebrities manipulate the media to their advantage, the culture holds this against women By Lainey • Jun 15, 2022 10:58 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Why was Stormi at the BBMAs? Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott rarely make appearances together, and then at last night’s Billboard Music Awards they walked the carpet as a family, with 4-year-old daughter, Stormi Webster tagging along. As cute as she was in her high-top sneakers, it felt like a moment fabricated by the Kardashian By Cody • May 16, 2022 10:24 am
Royals Harry and Meghan Go For Dinner Prince Harry took his cousin, Princess Eugenie, to his first Super Bowl a couple of weeks ago. Before they were seen there, no one had any idea that Eugenie, her husband Jack Brooksbank, and very likely their baby August were in California. And for several days after that there were By Lainey • Feb 23, 2022 10:23 am
