Music Official: Beyoncé in The Lion King For months it was rumoured that Beyoncé would be in Jon Favreau’s live-action The Lion King. It had been previously confirmed that Donald Glover and James Earl Jones would star as Simba and Mufasa. Chiwetel Ejiofor is playing Scar. (My word processor does not spell-check Chiwetel Ejiofor! No red By Lainey • Nov 02, 2017 02:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tyrese vs. The Rock Fast Furious frontmen Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson have been involved in a generally entertaining maybe-feud for a while. But recently, there is a new challenger in the midst, competing for The Rock’s attention, and that is Tyrese Gibson. He’s super upset that the Jason Statham/Dwayne Johnson By Sarah • Nov 02, 2017 09:54 am
Douchebags Brett Ratner’s reckoning A month ago, it was announced that Brett Ratner would direct a biopic of Hugh Hefner, with Jared Leto to star as Hef. I said that was a bad idea, partly because of Leto but mostly because of Ratner: “Honestly, Jared Leto playing Hef is an afterthought, mostly just good By Sarah • Nov 02, 2017 08:52 am
Quiveration Taika Waititi is perfect As soon as I found out I would be producing a segment with Taika Waititi on The Social, I emailed Sarah, our resident Taika stan. The first time Sarah wrote about Taika was two years ago. She’s been yelling at us for two years to pay attention to the By Kathleen • Nov 01, 2017 04:47 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Julia at 50! (is a soccer mom) Duana’s the one who’s been waiting for “Julia is 50!” all year here at LaineyGossip. She’s been sick this week so this “Julia at 50!” story might help. Ahead of the release of her new film, Wonder, Julia covers the December 2017 issue of InStyle and, yes, By Lainey • Nov 01, 2017 12:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 1, 2017 Dear Gossips, It was announced yesterday that Crazy Rich Asians, the movie, will be released next summer, on August 17, 2018. The movie is based on the first book in Kevin Kwan’s series. Constance Wu leads an all-Asian cast in a story about obscenely wealthy Asians and their petty By Lainey • Nov 01, 2017 08:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Trick or Treat: I saw Jigaw And it was not a treat. I do not enjoy the Saw movies, or torture porn in general, and while Jigsaw will probably work for fans of the Saw series, I cannot imagine casual viewers being drawn into the franchise by this movie. Or any movie. There are EIGHT of By Sarah • Oct 31, 2017 04:29 pm
Girlcrushes Tessa’s time Tessa Thompson is on the cover of the December issue of ELLE Canada, looking flawless as usual. LOVE the slicked, wet hair look, LOVE the earrings, the dress and the makeup. I’m just generally obsessed with everything about her. The cover is timed with the release of Thor: Ragnorak. By Kathleen • Oct 31, 2017 10:00 am
BFFs JLO’s Friday lighting Maria posted about Second Act last week, the new movie starring Jennifer Lopez and her best friend Leah Remini. They started shooting pretty much the minute the project was announced. All week JLO and Leah have been papped in New York. This morning she was photographed shooting a running scene. By Lainey • Oct 27, 2017 12:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina’s two screenings Angelina Jolie and Loung Ung stepped out together yesterday to screen First They Killed My Father at the Girls Academic Leadership Academy in LA and then last night at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. The film has been generally warmly received by critics and also very well By Lainey • Oct 27, 2017 11:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 27, 2017 Dear Gossips, You know what tomorrow is? In Duana doing Oprah’s voice, tomorrow … JULIA IS 50! Her new film, Wonder, is due out November 17th. It was originally supposed to be released back in April. But after audiences went bananas over it at early test screenings, the studio pushed By Lainey • Oct 27, 2017 08:31 am
Music Gorgeous in Atlanta Joel Edgerton is directing a movie in Atlanta called Boy Erased. What ISN’T shooting in Atlanta right now? Lucas Hedges, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar last year for his work in Manchester By The Sea, is one of the stars. And also, Joe Alwyn. AKA Taylor By Lainey • Oct 26, 2017 01:23 pm
Quiveration Chadwick Boseman on the never-ending Avenger shoot Chadwick Boseman was spotted on set in Atlanta (Hollywood Peach) working on Avengers 4: Title TBD. Marshall opened a couple weeks ago and hasn’t set the world on fire, but that’s okay because Boseman is just a few months away from total domination when Black Panther comes out. By Sarah • Oct 26, 2017 10:16 am
Hook Ups Emma & Dave, not Cary Here are some photos of Emma Stone in New York on the set of Ronald, formerly titled Maniac, with director Cary Fukunaga. I was hoping to post these before I got sick, for wishful thinking, a Gossip Genie possibility. That said, three weeks ago, at the beginning of October, I By Lainey • Oct 26, 2017 09:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews A Million Years Later A common complaint about movies is that there are no new ideas, it’s all superheroes and remakes, reboots and spin-offs. But what about a story from 2003 that was supposed to be a movie but never got made? A work that was once so hot, Brad Pitt and Jennifer By Maria • Oct 25, 2017 02:39 pm
Douchebags Miles Teller cares He wants to make that very clear. He cares what people think of him… just not “the public.” Or “people outside of the business.” In a new interview with Vulture, it’s very clear that Miles Teller is still wounded by that infamous Esquire profile that pegged him as “kind By Kathleen • Oct 25, 2017 02:22 pm
