Media Manipulation Shopping & Business Duana, Michelle, and I went to Paris for 4 days on a work trip. After that it was off to London. We always write to each other, notes through the day, like – remember when we went to Paris and London? Slumber parties in hotel rooms, eating too much, drinking always, By Lainey • Feb 09, 2011 06:57 am
Break Ups Movie Star > Princess Olivia Wilde is 26. She’s been married for 8 years. She won’t be married for much longer. It was announced today that Wilde and her husband Tao Ruspoli, some kind of Italian prince, have separated. I mean… in these times… young marriages, they’re not long for this By Lainey • Feb 08, 2011 08:14 am
Media Manipulation Oscar campaigns gone wild Written by Sarah Last week during the liveblog someone asked if I knew of any examples of when Oscar campaigning has backfired. I couldn’t think of any off the top of my head (Deadline includes a list in the article sourced below), but now we have a contemporary example. By Lainey • Feb 08, 2011 03:16 am
Royals Well played Chelsy, well played Two weeks ago I posted this article about Chelsy Davy hanging out with date rape-y looking rich boys in Zimbabwe with pap photos taken from curiously close distance, positing that she’d either been sold out by her mates or that she certainly didn’t mind seeing these pictures published By Lainey • Feb 07, 2011 05:33 am
Hook Ups Justin & Mila for fun AND publicity? The other day following the SAGs, I noted that Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis were awfully close at the afterparty – click here for a refresher – like all cozy together on a couch and sh-t. People.com is corroborating that account. According to their eyewitness, Pips and Mila were “pretty inseparable” By Lainey • Feb 03, 2011 06:44 am
Media Manipulation Oscar campaigning Pt 4: Personal Appearances Written by Sarah This is a final part of a four part series. Click here for part one. Click here for part two. Click here for part three The subtlest and grossest aspect of the Oscar campaign is personal appearances and the sort of f*ckery stars on the campaign By Lainey • Jan 24, 2011 03:43 am
Media Manipulation The PGAs, Justin, and a jinx? The Social Network, as you know, has been winning everything. And most believed they would win the Producers’ Guild Award too. It’s not often that Hollywood folks are surprised at these events. But it was a surprise to most when the unstoppable TSN was passed over on Saturday night By Lainey • Jan 24, 2011 02:14 am
Girly Throw Downs Scarjo & Sandy meet up Sandra Bullock told Al Roker at the Globes on Sunday that: “I think there will be a collective sigh amongst women across the United States when I say (Ryan Reynolds is) not my lover. He’s just an amazing friend that I’ve had for 10 years… but I don’ By Lainey • Jan 18, 2011 05:41 am
Twilight Investing in Taylor Lautner Written by Sarah Every day it seems Twilight’s Taylor Lautner is signing onto a new project and his salary just keeps escalating. Last year he signed on to a live-action Stretch Armstrong movie for a reported $7.5 million and this year he’s signed on to two more By Lainey • Jan 13, 2011 03:06 am
Media Manipulation Robo Jackie: the trailer Now that the History Channel has pulled The Kennedys from their line-up (click here if you missed yesterday’s article), producers have quickly moved to release a trailer while they negotiate distribution with another network. It’s obvious, obviously, why Caroline Kennedy was so offended. At the same time though, By Lainey • Jan 11, 2011 03:01 am
Media Manipulation Oscar Campaigning Part 2: For Your Consideration Written by Sarah Click here. The first step in an Oscar campaign also happens to be the legal one. The “For Your Consideration” is the level playing field in Oscar campaigning; it’s the one aspect in which all films are equal. Everyone is allowed to run a For Your By Lainey • Jan 11, 2011 02:49 am
Media Manipulation Very available It’s like throwing a handful of slop against a wall, hoping that one clump will stick – this is Blake Lively’s strategic Hollywood dating strategy: available to anyone on the A List. Takers? Page Six reports that Blake was at Jeremy Renner’s 40th birthday party in Hollywood on By Lainey • Jan 11, 2011 02:30 am
Media Manipulation Television and Politics Last Friday, History Channel announced that it was pulling the Kennedy Family miniseries from its schedule. You know, the one where Katie Holmes is playing Jacqueline Kennedy? But as much as you want to drop a Ha Ha Ha onto Robo’s lap, this actually has nothing to do with By Lainey • Jan 10, 2011 04:19 am
Media Manipulation TSN on DVD What a smart move. It is the leader going into awards season. It will likely fight it out at the Oscars with The King’s Speech. It will probably win. But first, to sustain its momentum, the DVD will be released on January 11th. That’ll give The Social Network By Lainey • Jan 07, 2011 02:52 am
Hook Ups New Year, new douche Was it the leather pants in France? Is this what finally convinced Jennifer Aniston to give Adrien Brody a chance? Please. You must remember this from Cannes 2010. Adrien Brody in a brown baggy suit, all animal, yacht hopping during the festival like he’s the one who’s been By Lainey • Jan 03, 2011 06:30 am
Media Manipulation JLo must WORK! Radar Online is reporting that earlier this year Marc Anthony allegedly owed back taxes amounting to almost $3.5 million. He previously had tax problems in 2007 when he was fined $2.5 million for not paying taxes for four years after he claimed he’d been frauded out by By Lainey • Dec 30, 2010 04:53 am
