Media Manipulation Thor arrives for promotion Chris Hemsworth arrived at LAX yesterday. The reason: the Avengers: Age Of Ultron junket is this weekend. And that leads right into the Hollywood premiere on Monday. All of them are expected. And they’re all supposedly going to be on Good Morning America and Jimmy Kimmel Live in the By Lainey • Apr 10, 2015 10:32 am
Media Manipulation Gwyneth’s Food Bank Challenge How much do you spend on food a week? Not coffee or lunch takeout, but real food. It’s astronomical, right? A trip to the grocery store is expensive, and realistically, it’s often cheaper to eat like crap than to buy fresh. This is why I’ve long thought By Maria • Apr 09, 2015 02:29 pm
Xenu Smut Tom & Suri’s year apart? Yesterday I posted photos of Tom Cruise with son Connor at the NCAA Women’s Final Four Semifinals. Click here for a refresher. Today TMZ reports exclusively that Tom Cruise hasn’t seen daughter Suri in almost a year. Here’s how they wrote up the story: Tom Cruise said By Lainey • Apr 07, 2015 12:00 pm
Photo Assumption Porny’s holiday gropes Jessica Simpson updated Instagram a few hours ago with this shot of her being groped by her baby father Eric Johnson. She’s wearing a headband with bunny ears. So that’s how she spent Easter. And this is what happened on April Fool’s Day: A photo posted by By Lainey • Apr 07, 2015 10:09 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Mimi’s amicable Easter There have been all kinds of reports that Mimi and Nick Cannon are getting ugly with each other about money and their divorce. I posted about it last week – some sketchy report from the Daily Mail about him writing a book exposing her crazy. Click here for a refresher. In By Lainey • Apr 06, 2015 03:46 pm
Media Manipulation The Clooneys $600 selfie Amal and George Clooney will be spending the summer at their home in Lake Como next month and apparently there’s going to be a birthday party and a temporary bylaw has been passed that’s supposed to be to deter paps and gawkers. They’re making it so that By Lainey • Apr 06, 2015 02:11 pm
Media Manipulation The Gwyneth Paltrow Members Club It makes sense. Because she runs in such exclusive company. Like if we were talking about children, hers would be the most exclusive treehouse in the neighbourhood. And every kid within 50 blocks would want to be invited to this treehouse. But only few get the privilege. TMZ reports that By Lainey • Apr 06, 2015 10:49 am
Media Manipulation Michael & Alicia Easter in New York It’s been a while since we’ve had any new pap shots of Michael Fassbender. When he shows up though, he doesn’t disappoint. Here he is in New York on Saturday with Alicia Vikander. They fell in love last year in Australia while shooting The Light Between Oceans. By Lainey • Apr 06, 2015 08:35 am
Break Ups An uncoupling anniversary March 25, 2014. Almost exactly a year ago. Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin post the now infamous “conscious uncoupling” announcement on GOOP. They said it was amicable. They’ve showed us how amicable they can be. And now it looks like they’re celebrating their breakup with a trip, together, By Lainey • Apr 02, 2015 04:21 pm
Media Manipulation Nick to expose Mimi? The Daily Mail is reporting exclusively that Nick Cannon has signed a book deal and will be writing about all the sh-t that went down between him and Mimi… OMG. Do you want to know? Of course you want to f-cking know. But I have some questions. There was a By Lainey • Apr 02, 2015 03:56 pm
Maple Leaf Ryan’s April Fool’s lunch Ryan Gosling stepped out in LA to meet some friends for lunch yesterday. In that outfit, with the facial hair, he looks like he’s been in a dark room for days. Is that a euphemism for dealing with an infant? Ryan’s directorial debut, Lost River, opens in a By Lainey • Apr 02, 2015 10:24 am
Gorgessity Inheriting Chanel Karl Lagerfeld was in New York last night for the presentation of Chanel’s Paris-Salzburg 2014/15 Metiers d’Art collection. Many of Karl’s favourites attended in support, including a long-standing favourite, Vanessa Paradis. With daughter Lily Rose Depp who turns 16 next month. Both, obviously, wore Chanel. So By Lainey • Apr 01, 2015 09:58 am
Weddings Wahlberg Brotherly Love Donnie Wahlberg and Dr. Jenny McCarthy were on the Howard Stern show yesterday, and the headline making the rounds is about Jenny and The View maybe or maybe not unofficially asking her back. Who cares. There’s another clip floating around that is far more interesting, concerning Donnie Wahlberg and By Maria • Mar 31, 2015 12:31 pm
BFFs The allegations against Harvey Weinstein Ambra Battilan is a model who has gone to police in New York alleging that Harvey Weinstein groped her. They met at an event on Thursday. She claims that Weinstein told her to come see him on Friday at 6pm at his office for an “audition”. During the “audition”, she By Lainey • Mar 31, 2015 12:11 pm
BFFs Taylor on Tidal Day As Maria noted in her Tidal post, Taylor Swift was probably THE biggest name not present and accounted for at the Tidal kickoff yesterday. I say THE biggest name because, love her or hate her, you cannot deny Taylor’s chart influence, not only with the latest album 1989 but By Lainey • Mar 31, 2015 11:31 am
BFFs Katy’s friends at Chanel Maria was just wondering in the previous post about the launch of Tidal about the absence of some major recording artists from the announcement, including Katy Perry. The Tidal presser happened in New York yesterday, late afternoon. Katy Perry? She was in New York too. Last night she stepped out By Lainey • Mar 31, 2015 11:09 am