Squawking Chicken Intro for August 8, 2014 Dear Gossips, It’s the luckiest day of the year on the Chinese calendar: August 8. 8-8. So what are you doing? Are you going to a wedding? Naturally, I’m having dinner with my ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken. Speaking of the Squawking Chicken… My book, Listen To The By Lainey • Aug 08, 2014 09:52 am
Style Emma & Andrew’s New York finale Here are Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield at the big New York premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 last night, likely the last major carpet they’ll walk together in support of this movie, and maybe this franchise? I haven’t seen it. But, you know, you know what they By Lainey • Apr 25, 2014 01:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Detach Now that I'm moving to Toronto, I'll be able to take my ma to the movies. The process of taking the Chinese Squawking Chicken to the movies is, I imagine, kinda like taking a child to the movies in that your selection has to be very By Lainey • Jul 24, 2013 12:48 pm
LifestyleArticle Carpets & Candids: Rihanna’s accessories overload There is a LOT going on here. Maybe she felt like she had to overcompensate because she was just wearing sporty shorts. Or at least they look like sporty shorts. If these turn out to be Lanvins for, like $800 a pair, I’ll be hahaha-ing at New Balance because, By Lainey • Jul 15, 2013 05:23 pm
Jock Smut Tiger’s good luck charm My ma always says -- some people bring you good luck, and other people will suck away all your luck. Chinese astrology has a lot to do with it. Every sign has its opposing sign. I, for example, am an ox. It would be terrible if I had married someone By Lainey • May 21, 2013 03:00 pm
Squawking Chicken Intro for August 14, 2012 Dear Gossips, Duana showed me a video a couple of years ago. It’s the only time I’ve ever related to John Mayer, regardless of whether or not it was staged. Mayer’s on the phone, trying to walk his father through a computer issue. He grows increasingly frustrated, By Lainey • Aug 14, 2012 10:02 am
Squawking Chicken Intro for January 20, 2012 Dear Gossips, The Year Of The Dragon: 1928, 1940, 1952, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012. (If your birthday is between late January and mid-February though, check your exact birthday here to see if you fell in between the lunar phases that particular year and may be a different sign.) If you By Lainey • Jan 20, 2012 09:16 am
Squawking Chicken Scarjo’s rough patch My ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken, as you know if you’ve been reading my blog long enough, is all about feng shui and energy and protecting yourself against the bad sh-t. One time we looked at house on the market that turned out to be “dirty”, and for weeks By Lainey • Dec 13, 2011 04:00 pm
Girlcrushes Awesome Let this be awesome. I feel like it could be SO awesome. And I am so exciting* for it I might have to punch myself in the face. Here are Annette Bening and Kristen Wiig on the set of Imogene. Described as a “dark comedy”, Imogene features Kristen’s character By Lainey • Aug 18, 2011 10:00 am
Dumbass From the book of Jesse James Only the Brange can get away with this kind of PDA. And even if we disagree on everything, I think we can all agree that Kelsey Grammer is not Brad Pitt. But here he is the other day in New York, strolling down the street like it’s a photo By Lainey • Jan 21, 2011 04:34 am