Movie Reviews and Previews Angela Bassett finally gets her man Little gold man, that is. After going viral earlier this year when Jamie Lee Curtis won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Angela Bassett will at last get her Oscar. Bassett, who was previously nominated for Best Actress in 1994 for playing Tina Turner in What’s Love Got By Sarah • Jun 27, 2023 10:00 am
Oscars 2023 Intro for March 17, 2023 Dear Gossips, Despite fears that The Last of Us’s show-stopper finale could cannibalize a portion of the Oscars’ audience, both shows ended up doing just fine. TLOU reported a season-high viewership of 8.2 million, while the Oscars also trended up, gaining 13% on last year’s audience for By Sarah • Mar 17, 2023 08:58 am
Equality Issues Intro for March 16, 2023 Dear Gossips, Ke Huy Quan covers the new issue of Variety, fresh off his Oscar win for Best Supporting Actor in Everything Everywhere All At Once. His award show run – during which he won at the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice, the SAGs, and finally the Oscars – has been one By Lainey • Mar 16, 2023 08:57 am
Style Tems took up space Tems is responding to the divide she caused on the internet over her Oscars dress. On Sunday, she made history by becoming the first Nigerian to ever be nominated for an Oscar for her work on “Lift Me Up”. She certainly dressed the part, wearing a bold white Lever Couture By Stephanie • Mar 15, 2023 12:18 pm
Style Benito in the Car and Oscar Couples Roundup Got some messages yesterday about Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum on Oscar weekend and whether or not they’re still together so here’s a roundup of some other celebrity couples that we haven’t yet had a chance to update from the Oscar parties. Channing Tatum was at the By Lainey • Mar 15, 2023 10:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for March 15, 2023 Dear Gossips, Jimmy Kimmel did a round of press last week ahead of the Oscars. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Jimmy confirmed that Tom Cruise would be there and that was pretty much what everyone else was expecting, to the point where Jimmy’s monologue involved several Tom By Lainey • Mar 15, 2023 09:18 am
Quiveration Party Partners, Pedro and Bradley Pedro Pascal is having a great 2023. The Last of Us is the buzziest show of the year. He’d already developed a cult following after Game of Thrones when he played Oberyn Martell. And of course there’s The Mandalorian. But The Last of Us has taken him to By Lainey • Mar 14, 2023 12:43 pm
Models Leo and Gigi’s Oscar Weekend Almost everyone was in LA this weekend for the Oscars, even if they had nothing to do with the Oscars. It’s a working weekend for some – they’re networking, they’re setting up meetings, they’re there for the gossip, and they’re there to be seen. After all, By Lainey • Mar 14, 2023 11:02 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for March 14, 2023 Dear Gossips, As I mentioned yesterday, this year’s Oscars were a return to the Oscars as we always knew them which applies to the event itself and the spectacle of the red carpet but also the entire Oscars weekend – the party circuit was back on full blast. As The By Lainey • Mar 14, 2023 09:42 am
Oscars 2023 Duana’s Best Dressed: Rihanna The worst thing Lainey and I ever did where our analyses of awards show fashion year-over-year is concerned was to introduce the concept of lifetime achievement/ retirement. Because once we did it for Zendaya – a decision we stand behind – it became obvious that we would run into the same problems, By Duana • Mar 13, 2023 04:56 pm
Oscars 2023 Lainey’s Best Dressed: Lady Gaga It was reported last week that Lady Gaga would not be performing “Hold My Hand”, her Oscar nominated song from Top Gun: Maverick, at the Oscars. No word at the time on whether or not she would attend. Then, curiously, on Saturday, a day before the Oscars, there was word By Lainey • Mar 13, 2023 04:32 pm
Oscars 2023 Sarah’s Best Dressed: Cara Delevingne I’m not going to get into the full breadth and depth of my hatred for the arrivals setup of the Oscars, suffice to say, I hated it with the fire of ten thousand suns and it did everyone who wore white/ neutrals/ pastels dirty. Literally! That carpet was dirty! By Sarah • Mar 13, 2023 04:13 pm
Style All the Oscar Silver-Whites There were a lot of white dresses, or white-silver dresses, on the Oscar carpet last night. My favourite was Michelle Williams, who’s now gone back to her pixie cut, after keeping her hair chin length-ish for a while now. It’s perfect with this sheer caped Chanel, the silk By Lainey • Mar 13, 2023 03:49 pm
Top Reads Michelle and Halle: History and History You know what Sarah wrote earlier about Angela Bassett wanting the Oscar and being disappointed about not winning the Oscar? And not hiding the fact that she was disappointed, which is her right? Well Michelle Yeoh wanted it too and she wasn’t hiding it either. Moments before the Best By Lainey • Mar 13, 2023 03:01 pm
Oscars 2023 One Woman, Still Talking It is amazing to me how many people were thrilled by Sarah Polley’s win last night. And the most disparate people, who to my knowledge would have no particular connection – I mean, not that they need one, any more than I do to, like, Nicole Kidman’s wardrobe, but By Duana • Mar 13, 2023 12:30 pm
Oscars 2023 Janelle and Salma: Two Orange Oscar looks If we were just going by their outfits on a hanger, I would have preferred Janelle Monae’s Oscar look to Salma Hayek’s, no question. I may not even have noticed Salma Hayek’s dress on a hanger because on a hanger it’s just another sequin – among a By Lainey • Mar 13, 2023 12:01 pm
