Top Reads Intro for September 28, 2018 Dear Gossips, She brought the science yesterday. She was authoritative, she was firm. But she did not drop the science with a fist in the air, accompanied by fire and brimstone, even though she would have certainly been entitled to it, entitled to whatever manifestation of rage and disappointment that By Lainey • Sep 28, 2018 09:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper’s Hollywood premiere A Star is Born is a classic Hollywood story, the kind of story that Hollywood loves about itself: when one star rises, another must fall. I don’t care if you yell at me about this being a spoiler – because it’s not a spoiler, it’s a story as By Lainey • Sep 25, 2018 12:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise at dinner Tom Cruise hasn’t spent a lot of time in LA the last few years. He’s in London a lot, especially when he’s shooting, or in Florida, close to Scientology HQ. Which is why we don’t really associate him with Los Angeles and Hollywood anymore. Not the By Lainey • Sep 24, 2018 01:08 pm
Douchebags Justin Theroux & Peter Noah: two tours through New York The New York Times published profiles this weekend of Peter Noah Kavinsky Centineo and Justin Theroux back to back. I read them back to back on Saturday morning – Justin first, then Noah . It was perfect timing. Because they are, basically, the same. Except, probably, one prefers the comparison more than By Lainey • Sep 24, 2018 12:21 pm
Music Kanye rants The last time we checked in on Kanye West and Drake, Kanye was apologizing, saying sorry for work sh-t like record releases and studio time and whatever part he supposedly played in the Drake/Pusha T beef. Now, it’s personal and Kanye is no longer repentant. Yesterday in By Kathleen • Sep 21, 2018 10:06 am
Dumbass Blake Lively and the “double standard” We have discussed extensively on this site how clothes, style, and fashion are part of the work of Hollywood. Extensively. The Hollywood Reporter now publishes an annual Power Stylists list, featuring celebrities and their stylists, and how they put together looks to promote their projects, highlighting the hard work of By Lainey • Sep 20, 2018 04:15 pm
Royals Royal Meghan with her ma at the book launch Earlier this week, Kensington Palace announced that Meghan Markle has partnered with women who survived the Grenfell fire to release a cookbook in support of the Hub Community Kitchen. She helped come up with the idea and wrote the forward for Together: Our Community Cookbook. It is, as she said, By Lainey • Sep 20, 2018 11:06 am
Maple Leaf Bieber busking for love Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin are in London on their honeymoon. Maybe. When Justin and Hailey took an “emotional” trip to a courthouse in New York last week, they were overheard saying that they were leaving the country. I assumed their trip would be their official destination wedding. Since then, By Kathleen • Sep 19, 2018 01:15 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Victoria celebrates a decade Victoria Beckham presented her first collection at London Fashion Week yesterday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her label. The collection was well-received by critics. And she also had the full support of her family. All four Beckham children were sat front row at the show alongside David Beckham By Lainey • Sep 17, 2018 09:44 am
Media Manipulation Lady Gaga’s “overjoyment” This is a word Lady Gaga uses in her new Vogue cover story released earlier this week. Her “73 Questions” came out yesterday. All this, of course, ahead of the release of A Star is Born on October 5 following its world premiere in Venice and its North American premiere By Lainey • Sep 14, 2018 10:27 am
Music Missy’s “funky white sister” You probably don’t know Mary Halsey by name. You probably have seen the video of her rapping to Missy Elliott’s “Work It.” I’ve tried to do this song at karaoke and it is HARD. Mary doesn’t make it look hard. Mary’s got the funk. Mary’ By Kathleen • Sep 13, 2018 03:18 pm
Top Reads Beyoncé at 37 Beyoncé’s birthday was on Tuesday. For some of us, September 4th is already a day of celebration and blessings because it gave us our Queen but it should be recognized as an international holiday. I shouldn’t have to work on Bey Day. How many signatures do we need By Kathleen • Sep 06, 2018 01:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Gemma Chan brings “Crazy” home Gemma Chan is British. So I imagine it was quite special for her last night to be at the London premiere of Crazy Rich Asians, and after its third straight weekend topping the box office too. Wait. I just checked her Instagram. It was special. Of course it was. A By Lainey • Sep 05, 2018 03:53 pm
Photo Assumption The Beckham issue As expected, the British Vogue issue, celebrating ten years of Victoria Beckham, the designer, has been released online. This after a summer of gossip about the state of the Beckham marriage and the fate of the Beckham brand. Which, really, was put to rest several weeks ago as the Beckhams By Lainey • Sep 04, 2018 11:13 am
Royals Harry sings, Meghan beams Here are more photos of Prince Harry and Royal Meghan at Hamilton in London last night to benefit Sentebale. They met with Lin-Manuel Miranda and his wife Vanessa Nadal before the show and sat with them during the performance. Check them out as they arrived and also taking their By Lainey • Aug 30, 2018 09:59 am
Top Reads Jaden Smith is Batman If there’s one thing we know for sure, it’s that the Smith family gives good interviews. I have never read a feature with any member of the Smiths (that’s Will, Jada, Willow and Jaden – sorry Trey) that I didn’t want to read again immediately after. One By Kathleen • Aug 29, 2018 12:34 pm