Media Manipulation Nicole Kidman’s long game I used to love Nicole Kidman, so much. In high school, my girl crushes were 1) Gwyneth Paltrow, 2) Nicole Kidman, 3) Lucy Liu (only Liu still merits a girl crush). Remember Moulin Rouge? Who didn’t love Kidman around Moulin Rouge? And then she was liberated from Xenu-captivity and By Sarah • Oct 18, 2012 12:27 pm
Media Manipulation Poor Demi > Jennifer Aniston? Check out the cover of this week’s issue of PEOPLE. A depressed Demi Moore is front and centre, and Jennifer Aniston is shoved in the corner, even though the magazine claims they “talked to Jen and would likely have some MiniVan Majority friendly details about her engagement and that By Lainey • Oct 17, 2012 11:54 am
Weddings Countdown to Blake’s wedding reveal Blake Lively has no movie projects lined up, nothing on her work schedule after wrapping the final season of Gossip Girl. But the way they’re managing the release of her wedding spread in Martha Stewart Weddings, it may as well be a premiere. And it’s working. I can’ By Lainey • Oct 16, 2012 04:34 pm
Media Manipulation What, no double date? Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were in Paris last night promoting Argo. Ben took his wife out for dinner after as they continue to put their romance on display in service of his Oscar campaign. Mrs. A is great at this job, a perfect politician’s wife. Also in Paris, By Lainey • Oct 16, 2012 01:01 pm
Media Manipulation The Afflecks are playing to win Ben Affleck’s Argo opened pretty strong this weekend. The word of mouth is even stronger which means it’ll likely hold. Which of course means that it’s enough to satisfy the Academy, not that the Academy wasn’t already impressed. Argo is going to the ex-Kodak now-Dolby. There’ By Lainey • Oct 15, 2012 03:18 pm
Maple Leaf Celebrity Strategery: f-cking with your fans So about this potential Justin Bieber scandal with the stolen laptop and the threat of a bombshell release -- Gawker posits that it’s a publicity stunt, and I’m always on board for a famewhore theory so, assuming that it does end up being a hoax to elicit maximum By Lainey • Oct 12, 2012 11:47 am
Media Manipulation The Foolproof Guide To Getting Your Own TV Show Via Tumblr Today’s lesson will be illustrated with the popular #hollywoodassistants tumblr. If you don’t know it, go study up. You’ll be all “oh I get what this is” and then you’ll click on one more page for fun and be sucked in for hours, but don’t By Duana • Oct 11, 2012 01:32 pm
Famewhores Jennifer Aniston’s hair investment and retrospective Oh... Well now it’s all coming together. Last Saturday in Sante Fe, New Mexico, Jennifer Aniston was photographed with Justin Theroux for the first time wearing her massive engagement ring. The shots were a set-up and they were released on Monday. Yesterday Aniston announced that she’s joined Living By Lainey • Oct 11, 2012 11:58 am
Media Manipulation Ben Affleck: don’t peak too soon Argo opens this weekend. Ben Affleck has been selling it for weeks, and very, very well. He’s smiling for the paps, he’s taking his daughters out, he’s hitting parked cars and leaving considerate notes for the owner, and he covers the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter. By Lainey • Oct 10, 2012 04:12 pm
Media Manipulation Kristen Stewart Goes Live Kristen Stewart’s warming up for the last leg of her Twilight tour – and this is a brilliant way to do it. After botching her initial response to the cheating debacle, she’s executed a series of stronger, savvier plays (and she needs to if she wants to not be By Maria • Oct 10, 2012 10:28 am
Girly Throw Downs Mimi & Dem Babies vs Nicki Minaj As I wrote last week, Nicki Minaj is getting seriously outplayed by Mimi on American Idol. You can’t take down the Mother of Dem Babies, an experienced Bitch, with a Twitter rant even if you do have more followers. And especially not when you signed a contract with the By Lainey • Oct 08, 2012 11:05 am
Style Shelfy is the first With a couple of weeks to go before the wedding, Jessica Biel spent the weekend in Paris for a photo shoot. Today she stepped out to go shopping on Avenue Montaigne. As you can see, she’s wearing those leather studded Isabel Marant pants which juuuuust appeared on the runway By Lainey • Oct 08, 2012 10:07 am
Media Manipulation George borrows Brange’s move George Clooney took Stacy Kiebler to the Argo premiere last night. Earlier this week there were rumours that he was done with her. Unlike last time when the same rumours were circulating and he had his publicist issue a denial, George chose instead not to release a statement since a By Lainey • Oct 05, 2012 12:08 pm
Girly Throw Downs Nicki Minaj is trying to hurt Dem Babies I wrote yesterday that Nicki Minaj needs a Bitch Coach. Because Mimi is seriously outplaying her; she has a lot more experience. Oh ignorant youth... Think about it -- while Nicki’s trying to take down a Bitch legend on Twitter (obviously unsuccessfully), Mimi hasn’t even STOOD UP yet. By Lainey • Oct 05, 2012 10:53 am
BFFs Ben, Jen, and George Ben Affleck let us see him kiss his wife on a red carpet last night. It must be Oscar time. And they say he’s good for several nominations. With a lot of studio money behind him, at this point it’s almost a guarantee. I mean, Ben would have By Lainey • Oct 05, 2012 10:33 am
Faux Gossip The Problem with Being the Girl Next Door Jessica Simpson has just come off her major Weight Watchers push – it’s still too early to tell whether it was a successful endorsement for either brand, but that’s just one deal. Simpson is a lifestyle juggernaut. And her entire empire is predicated on one idea: Jessica’s fans By Maria • Oct 04, 2012 10:01 am
