Media Manipulation Jamie Dornan isn’t finished It’s too bad. Because if you’ve seen Fifty Shades Of Grey, you know he needs more finish. I’ll say it again: more come face, give us more come face! Four or five sex scenes and no climax? How is this allowed?!? So anyway, about those rumours this By Lainey • Feb 25, 2015 11:27 am
Xenu Smut Mission: Impossible 5 may or may not be having issues Depending on who you talk to. Last week, The Hollywood Reporter stated that production on Mission: Impossible 5 shut down for a week while a mysterious unnamed writer worked over the finale to provide the film with a better ending. But, on the same day as THR’s report, M: By Sarah • Feb 24, 2015 11:06 am
BFFs Oscar pairings I read an article at Variety the other day about Taryn Hurd, the talent producer for the Oscars. She’s the one who comes up with the presenter pairings, deciding who comes out with who to announce what. BEST F-CKING JOB EVER. So she’s the one who we need By Lainey • Feb 20, 2015 03:46 pm
Dumbass “Brutally honest” Oscar ballots reveal that Oscar voters are as dumb as you think In the run-up to the Oscars The Hollywood Reporter has started doing this thing where they get select members of the Academy to fill out their Oscar ballot and explain why they’re voting the way they’re voting. So far they have three this year, which you can read By Sarah • Feb 20, 2015 12:24 pm
Dumbass Fifty Shades author wants to whip sequel into submission Whatever we may think of it, Fifty Shades of Grey is an unqualified hit, with $300 million at the worldwide box office and counting. In some respects, that’s a good thing: A movie by women, about women, for women is a monster success. Every time we clock a win By Sarah • Feb 20, 2015 10:53 am
Xenu Smut A “timely intervention” After screening at Sundance, HBO has released the first trailer for Going Clear, the documentary about Scientology. There are no faces. Just voices. And reviews from major media outlets. And images of… machinery. Machines for minds. Machines for brainwashing? And words like the ones in the title. “A timely intervention. By Lainey • Feb 20, 2015 10:25 am
Media Manipulation Ewan McGregor realizes the dream, becomes own boss The film adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel American Pastoral has undergone some upheaval during its development. First Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly were going to star as the central couple, then Bettany dropped out and was replaced by Ewan McGregor—but Connelly stuck around (does that make for weird By Sarah • Feb 19, 2015 11:17 am
TV Updates Norm Macdonald’s SNL Story Time Lainey emailed me last night and said I needed to go look at Norm Macdonald’s Twitter. So I did and it turns out that Macdonald, who appeared on SNL40 over the weekend, was having an SNL-themed story time about the week running up to the anniversary special. The big By Sarah • Feb 19, 2015 10:39 am
Media Manipulation Another Beygency crisis? The internet was even more obsessed with Beyonce yesterday when several unretouched images of her were leaked online. By civilian standards, they’re fine. Pictures of a lovely looking person. But Beyonce is not a civilian. And being called a “lovely looking person” is not the message, not on brand. By Lainey • Feb 19, 2015 09:26 am
Hook Ups Rihanna & Leo or Rihanna & Richie? Those Rihanna and Leonardo DiCaprio hookup rumours have been happening for weeks now, ever since New Year’s. And on Valentine’s Day they were at the same club together in New York. Supposedly some people say they were getting close inside. Then they left at around 4:30am separately By Lainey • Feb 18, 2015 11:46 am
BFFs Taylor & Kanye have dinner Last night in New York. At The Spotted Pig. Taylor Swift and Kanye West were both there, papped leaving within minutes of each other after meeting for dinner supposedly to discuss their upcoming collaboration. This shouldn’t be a surprise as he told Ryan Seacrest last week: “Yeah, she wants By Lainey • Feb 18, 2015 10:31 am
Maple Leaf Roast for ego A promo for Justin Bieber's upcoming roast on Comedy Central has just been released. Like I said before, I don't know why people were initially so happy about this like they actually thought he'd be embarrassed. About what? He gets to take his shirt By Lainey • Feb 17, 2015 03:55 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Will Scarjo walk? Scarlett Johansson hasn’t been at the Oscars since 2011. This year, the Academy has invited her to present. It’s a good selection. Because, as previously mentioned, with the exception of Reese Witherspoon and Bradley Cooper, this year’s nominees aren’t marquee names for the MiniVan Majority. And By Lainey • Feb 17, 2015 11:51 am
Media Manipulation Gwyneth will be there Yes! Yasssss! Gwyneth Paltrow tweeted this today: Dear @TheAcademy I humbly accept your offer to present at this year’s #Oscars #WhereMySpanxat— Gwyneth Paltrow (@GwynethPaltrow) February 13, 2015 Now. After you finish rolling your eyes, can you admit that this makes the Oscars more fun? To know that she' By Lainey • Feb 13, 2015 04:13 pm
Media Manipulation Michael Keaton’s last minute push This Best Actor race is the tightest category face-off in years. Like Lainey wrote yesterday, it might be too close to call. But since Oscar voting ends on Tuesday, the top three contenders — Eddie Redmayne, Michael Keaton and Bradley Cooper — are now in the final phase of campaigning, which means By Joanna • Feb 13, 2015 11:44 am
Baby and Bump Obsession What we learn from Blake & Cindy Did I mention I got another job? I’m still blogging here, of course. And working as a reporter for etalk and one of the hosts of The Social. Now though I’m also a monthly columnist for FLARE Magazine. My first column is featured in the new issue and By Lainey • Feb 13, 2015 10:08 am
