Dumbass Will Smith could have been Django, is a moron Will Smith’s career strategy is not a mystery. He’s spoken in the past about choosing roles because they would be blockbusters, about deliberately deciding not to pursue the kind of interesting and diverse roles like he did back in the Six Degrees of Separation days because he valued By Sarah • Mar 26, 2013 11:11 am
Baby and Bump Obsession The Affectionate Afflecks and the perfect family weekend Last week some tabloid reported that Jennifer Garner was givin’ it to Ben Affleck after the Oscars for saying their marriage was “work”. As IF Mrs Affleck would ever, ever let them see anything less than family perfection, and especially on a night like the Oscars. Check out the affectionate By Lainey • Mar 25, 2013 11:08 am
Media Manipulation Searching for Patrick Dempsey Remember Outbreak? Patrick Dempsey and his monkey? Brad Pitt is looking for him. This was my first thought seeing the new trailer for World War Z. Brad is Dustin Hoffman. Is he looking for Patient Zero? Does he have a multipurpose assistant like Cuba Gooding Jr? How was he a By Lainey • Mar 25, 2013 10:40 am
Media Manipulation Beyonce for H&M They’re calling it a partnership. When did spokesperson become a bad word? This is Beyonce for H&M. They say she had a hand in the design of the pieces in the campaign, inspired by her “individual style”. Sure. And the advertisements, soon to be staring at you By Lainey • Mar 21, 2013 12:44 pm
Famewhores Gwyneth’s sad smut ...for sale? Gwyneth Paltrow covers the new issue of SELF looking really great in a blue and green patterned dress. She is currently promoting her new cookbook It’s All Good, about how to eliminate all the pleasure out of your diet, or something. In the interview G acknowledges that she wasn’ By Lainey • Mar 18, 2013 09:57 am
Parent Pimps The “chic and healthy” mom reads the WSJ It’s only lunch. Try not to roll your eyes so hard you have to go home. Here’s Jessica Alba on the morning show circuit in New York. She’s promoting her new book The Honest Life, evidently a companion to her company, The Honest Company -- green for By Lainey • Mar 12, 2013 12:44 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Weekends with the kids Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck took the kids arts and crafts shopping on Saturday, 8 days since his last papped outing with the children, during which he held a boot up to the camera and claimed it was for demonstration purposes only. He was spoken to at home, no doubt. By Lainey • Mar 11, 2013 12:43 pm
Girly Throw Downs Protecting Jessica Chastain? Another great example of the “Business of Hollywood” and all the manipulation and strong-arming that characterises the industry. Deadline’s Nikki Finke posted a delicious item yesterday about how Vanity Fair curiously pulled down an article about Jessica Chastain during the Academy’s Oscar voting period. Written by Bruce Handy, By Lainey • Mar 04, 2013 01:37 pm
Media Manipulation Ben shaves his playoff beard I’m telling you, that’s why the Patriots lost in the Super Bowl to the Giants the first time, in Phoenix. They were undefeated that season. And...Tom Brady CUT HIS HAIR for the only game that mattered! Ben Affleck wasn’t so stupid. He kept a playoff beard By Lainey • Feb 26, 2013 12:58 pm
Media Manipulation Oscar Week and The Girl On Fire Jennifer Lawrence is considered one of the favourites for Best Actress on Sunday (even though more and more momentum seems to be shifting to Emmanuelle Riva). Taking advantage of her profile going into the weekend, promotional images from two separate campaigns not related to Silver Linings Playbook have been released. By Lainey • Feb 22, 2013 03:53 pm
Hook Ups Taylor & Tom Well I guess this is how it works with Taylor Swift -- any time she shows up somewhere with a new guy, they must be dating. This new guy is called Tom Odell, a British musician. They met at the BRIT Awards earlier this week. Last night they hit up By Lainey • Feb 22, 2013 03:24 pm
Media Manipulation Gina & Henry Oscar Week As I’ve been saying, LA is where you need to be for your career this weekend, if you can manage it. And with the release of Man Of Steel approaching, Henry Cavill needs the face time. Since his girlfriend is the most interesting thing about him -- to me, By Lainey • Feb 22, 2013 12:06 pm
Assy Style Katie's jumpsuit start What did I say yesterday?!? In my last post on Thursday I noted that Katie Holmes was out of New York, presumably to do some work on the Oscar circuit as the ex Mrs Tom Cruise, pleading specifically for her NOT to show up wearing her own sh-t. Check out By Lainey • Feb 22, 2013 10:45 am
Media Manipulation Katie’s hitting the circuit Most celebrities, if not already in LA, are en route to LA. Especially this weekend. LA is where some work will be done -- at the parties, on the carpets -- for those who are nominated for Oscars and those not nominated for Oscars. This is where you hint at By Lainey • Feb 21, 2013 06:13 pm
Girly Throw Downs Calling Clive Davis A Liar Kelly Clarkson posted this on WhoSay yesterday. Guaranteed she didn’t take a long time to write it. Not because it’s bad, or anything like that. On the contrary, it is straightforward and passionate – she maybe had one person read it over and then threw it up, shaking a By Duana • Feb 20, 2013 01:43 pm
Cheese Why wasn’t this a Super Bowl commercial? Let’s talk about Leonardo DiCaprio’s commercial for Jim Beam, Asian styles. By North American standards, this is pure cheese, right? That’s why it’s only for Japan. So far, at least. Leo snaps his fingers and the ice earth explodes. And a sexy look to camera. Followed By Lainey • Feb 19, 2013 05:01 pm
