Movie Reviews and Previews Anne is Verity Let’s talk about a Colleen Hoover book-to-film adaptation. Not THAT one, for a change, but the next project that is now in production: Verity. As you probably know, Colleen Hoover is probably COVID’s most successful author. She was self-publishing before 2020 and her books were By Lainey • Feb 28, 2025 10:17 am
Award Season Campaigning The Nominees Dinner The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – aka the Oscar Academy – typically hosts an Oscar Nominees Luncheon every year to celebrate everyone a few weeks before the big night. This is where they also remind potential winners about keeping their speeches tight and right and gently ask them not By Lainey • Feb 26, 2025 12:30 pm
TV Updates The Oscars: Five Updates for the Five Day Countdown The Oscars are happening on Sunday, finally. With five days to go, updates are happening one on top of another. The biggest one being that Karla Sofía Gascón will be there, with the support of Netflix. If for whatever reason you need a refresher about the Karla chaos, please go By Lainey • Feb 25, 2025 12:13 pm
Hook Ups Red Dresses and Andrew Garfield I don’t usually love a red dress, but there have been a lot of really good red dresses on the award circuit this season and a couple of outstanding red dresses last night at the SAGs. At first I thought Anna Sawai in custom Armani Privé would be the By Lainey • Feb 24, 2025 01:09 pm
Award Season Campaigning The Youngest and the Youngest: We Have a Race! Coming into the SAG Awards, we thought that the most competitive acting race left would be Best Actress, between Demi Moore and Mikey Madison. We’ll get to that in another post, but we’re focusing on the lead actors here because Adrien Brody has won almost everything. Still, remember, By Lainey • Feb 24, 2025 10:16 am
Style Rihanna and Rocky: Tailored to Trial Courtroom fashion is not a recent preoccupation. For starters, it’s about presentation and respect for the court. Even regular degulars are told by their lawyers to be mindful of what they wear for trial. Conversations, then, about courtroom fashion aren’t new. They were happening in all the mob By Lainey • Feb 21, 2025 11:54 am
Style Wicked in Japan Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jon M Chu were in Japan yesterday to promote Wicked. The movie opens there on March 7 and this was the last possible week that they could have travelled there because of course it’s been non-stop and now they pretty much have to By Lainey • Feb 21, 2025 10:53 am
Top Reads As Ever: The Tig… 3.0? I had a whole piece written and at 6:30pm last night as I was enjoying my turkey curry (Bridget Jones coded), Lainey sent me an As Ever post. My first thought was that Meghan Markle dropped a new photo but, no. It’s a post from a brand. Called By Maria • Feb 19, 2025 10:55 am
Music Jessica Simpson’s… Craving Jessica Simpson has long been teasing new music. She’s now single, she’s motivated, and the new EP, Nashville Canyon: Part 1, is coming March 21. The first single from the EP, “Use My Heart Against Me” drops this Friday. She posted a preview last week. And today, an By Lainey • Feb 19, 2025 10:21 am
TV Updates A Roundup of Couples and Non-Couples Starting with Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively whose appearance on Sunday night at the SNL50 was not announced ahead of time. Both have hosted before, but not since 2009, although you’ll recall, Blake was supposed to be the first host this season until she backed out when all the By Lainey • Feb 18, 2025 01:51 pm
Style Jeremy Strong cares about everything Jeremy Strong is now an Oscar nominee. He earned the first Oscar nomination of his career for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Apprentice. Kieran Culkin is the favourite in that category and this has been one of the internet’s favourite Oscar storylines – the Brothers Roy going By Lainey • Feb 13, 2025 01:15 pm
Music Vogueing, Popping, and Punning with Sabrina Carpenter Sabrina Carpenter covers the new issue of Vogue, not a surprise. She’s had a massive year, and just won two Grammys, has leaned in hard to a certain look – and Vogue is all about looks. This look, however, is familiar but also fresh. Sabrina is the pinup for the By Lainey • Feb 12, 2025 02:06 pm
Award Season Campaigning Timmy had to pee Let me just say, again, because I haven’t said it yet this week so it’s only been three days since you’ve read it from me, that I consider Timothée Chalamet’s current Oscar campaign-non-campaign as one of the best, if not the best, of all By Lainey • Feb 12, 2025 10:46 am
Royals Princess Kate and the Unnecessary Nothingburger Unnecessary and nothingburger are redundant but take that for emphasis. Exactly a year ago at this time, the internet was popping over Princess Kate’s whereabouts. She’d cancelled all public appearances and was dealing with health issues. The palace was not forthcoming with details. In the absence of information, By Lainey • Feb 11, 2025 01:25 pm
Top Reads TNT: The Boos, the Bros, and (perhaps) a Proper Holiday Before we get into the TNT of it, a minute first on Taylor Swift getting booed at the Super Bowl. If you haven’t already, I recommend Stephanie McNeal’s piece for Glamour. Stephanie was at the game, and has excellent insight on that booing moment and why it’s By Lainey • Feb 11, 2025 11:41 am
Amazingness Kendrick Lamar: A Halftime of Hate Before we get into Kendrick Lamar’s set at the Super Bowl last night, a word on Jay-Z and his involvement in the halftime show. The initial partnership between him and the NFL was for five years, valued at $25 million. That deal was renewed back in October but By Lainey • Feb 10, 2025 01:19 pm
