Media Manipulation Jennifer Aniston on Kimmel: cussing and Oscar modesty You haven’t heard? Jennifer Aniston is campaigning hard for award season. Preferably Oscar but she’ll take a Golden Globe nomination – for Cake, not Horrible Bosses 2 but, you know, I understand why you might be confused. Last night Jen hung out with her friend Jimmy Kimmel. There was By Lainey • Nov 25, 2014 11:11 am
Media Manipulation Angelina Jolie & Jack O’Connell cover Entertainment Weekly Angelina Jolie gets nervous, too. That’s the big takeaway from the upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly, which features both herself and her Unbroken star Jack O’Connell on the cover, in another warm embrace. Inside these new pages, she’s stewing. Not only did Angelina have to claw her By Joanna • Nov 25, 2014 09:53 am
Media Manipulation The “Rachel” came from weed Jennifer Aniston was at two screenings for Cake this weekend. On Friday it was with Variety followed by a cocktail party at the Sunset Tower. She wore pink and Justin Theroux was there. Last night there was another one with cinema prive and PANDORA Jewellery. She wore glasses and leather By Lainey • Nov 24, 2014 04:13 pm
Shoes Nicole’s best reviews In a while… Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were in London last night at the premiere of Paddington. And the reviews I’ve read so far have been very positive. The Mirror called it the “finest family film ever made”. Kids who were at the screenings loved it, even though By Lainey • Nov 24, 2014 03:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zoolander 2 is so hot right now Rumors of a Zoolander sequel have circulated off and on for years, but yesterday sh*t got real when Deadline published a report that Penelope Cruz has signed onto the movie, with Justin Theroux writing the script and Ben Stiller directing. Originally, Deadline said Theroux would direct, but his commitment By Sarah • Nov 21, 2014 12:08 pm
Bad Style Jennifer Aniston, Vegas bride Jennifer Aniston showed up to the LA premiere of Horrible Bosses 2 last night in a white lace bustier. I think it might be one piece, along with the black skirt. Not spending any energy analysing it. Because I can’t stand to look at it. This is a terrible By Lainey • Nov 21, 2014 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Thumbs up, Chris Pratt Chris Pratt was papped today while getting his car serviced looking pretty cute in sweatpants and his backpack. At one point he gave photographers a thumbs-up. And why not? It’s all thumbs-up for Chris Pratt. Chris Hemsworth clearly needed it more than he does so, no, Pratt is not By Lainey • Nov 20, 2014 05:02 pm
Gorgessity Julianne’s two-for-one So while Jennifer Aniston’s trying to avoid a Norbit situation with Horrible Bosses 2 and Cake, Julianne Moore is out there selling The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 while holding the top spot for a Best Actress nomination for her work in Still Alice. Mockingjay is a sure thing. By Lainey • Nov 20, 2014 04:47 pm
Media Manipulation Jen’s two-for-one Jennifer Aniston was at a special screening of Cake hosted by American Cinematheque yesterday in Hollywood. The Q&A was moderated by her Horrible Bosses 2 co-star Jason Bateman. Is it corny here to make a joke about having your cake and eating it too? I understand the strategy By Lainey • Nov 20, 2014 04:31 pm
Amazingness Pitch Perfect 2 – joy and nodes The last time a group of comely young singers came together for a musical movie sequel about a choir; it was Sister Act 2 - a movie which, no joke, has informed my friendships, my wedding, my career. And which, it goes without saying, far surpassed the kick-ass-in-its-own-right original. There By Duana • Nov 20, 2014 03:03 pm
Media Manipulation Reese Witherspoon: white for Wild Reese Witherspoon wore white to the premiere of Wild in Hollywood last night. Both Reese and Laura Dern are considered strong candidates for Oscar nominations – Reese in the Best Actress category and Laura for Supporting. So if we’re looking ahead to the Golden Globes, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, and By Lainey • Nov 20, 2014 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Blake Lively defeats time The Age of Adaline, Blake Lively’s new movie, has its first trailer and it looks like a hybrid of Winter’s Tale and Benjamin Button, with special effects straight from The CW. It’s about Adaline, who defeats time in a car accident and stops aging as a prize, By Sarah • Nov 19, 2014 03:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cinderella doesn’t look terrible The fairytale trend in movies has been more miss than hit, by a pretty wide margin. Maleficent was okay, but if it weren’t for Dame Angelina, it would not have been even half so tolerable, but there hasn’t been a really great—or even just whole-heartedly good—fairytale By Sarah • Nov 19, 2014 12:44 pm
Media Manipulation Give him a rowboat in the rain Benedict Cumberbatch was seen at JFK airport in New York today, heading out after several days of intense Oscar campaigning that included his first official red carpet appearance with fiancée Sophie Hunter – click here for a refresher. Over the last couple of days, Cumberbatch has been on American morning television, By Lainey • Nov 19, 2014 12:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The DUFF trailer…whelms. When I started to write this article I wrote that I had last written about The DUFF in the summer. Turns out I’m wrong – it was only October 8th. It seems like much longer ago. Maybe because I’ve been trying to fight my way through the book since By Duana • Nov 19, 2014 11:34 am
Media Manipulation Bone structure on the cover of Variety Angelina Jolie, Jack O’Connell, and Miyavi cover the new issue of Variety in support of Unbroken. You know how this worked, right? Variety would for sure have been happy with just Jolie. You can’t go wrong with just Jolie. Did Jolie tell them she wanted to be centred By Lainey • Nov 19, 2014 08:46 am
