Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Lawrence’s mother! middle finger As you may have heard, Darren Aronofsky’s mother! was given an F Cinemascore after it opened last weekend. Worse, though, it only brought in $7.5 million at the box office. Paramount, however, is hoping that mother! will gain ground as Megan Colligan, the studio’s head of distribution, By Lainey • Sep 22, 2017 08:54 am
Top Reads Gwyneth Paltrow: the “target” Gwyneth Paltrow just opened goop Lab, the flagship goop shoppe, located at Brentwood Country Mart. The first issue of goop, the publication, in partnership with Conde Nast, was also just released on newsstands. So G is doing some interviews, most recently with The Hollywood Reporter. G speaks now like a By Lainey • Sep 21, 2017 11:15 am
Relationship Assumption Intro for September 21, 2017 Dear Gossips, I mean, I had it marked on the calendar and everything, not that it needed to be. Because it’s a day that will live in gossip infamy – on September 20, 2016 at 1030am ET… do you remember what happened? I do! I did! I will forever! And By Lainey • Sep 21, 2017 09:17 am
Sports Serena’s master class in classy clapbacks Serena Williams has been a role model since she was 15 years old. She was a role model to me through my most formative years. There have been many times in my life when just looking at Serena Williams—a black woman, the Greatest Of All Time, the smart, stunning, By Kathleen • Sep 20, 2017 09:32 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Ben Affleck is so considerate, OK? Ben Affleck, as you know, was Lindsay Shookus’s plus-one at the Emmys, sitting several rows back with her instead of in the front row where brand name big name celebrities are usually installed. As I wrote yesterday in my post-Emmys article about Ben’s appearance at the By Lainey • Sep 19, 2017 05:14 pm
Sit DOWN Shailene Woodley: The Emmy “reader” Imagine that you are lucky enough to be involved in the biggest project of the year, at your work, say. Imagine too that you are plucked to be among much more experienced, celebrated, talented people who have been working juuuust about as long as you’ve been alive. Imagine having By Duana • Sep 18, 2017 11:40 am
Top Reads Nicole Kidman: Emmys Best (and most controversial?) Acceptance Speech As Kathleen just wrote in her post about Alexander Skarsgard and the on-the-mouth kiss he shared with Nicole Kidman in front of Keith Urban when he was heading up to stage to accept his award, everybody calm down. In North America, we are too f-cking pearl-clutchy By Lainey • Sep 18, 2017 10:19 am
Top Reads I’m more disappointed in myself than Louis C.K. In 2012 rumors began with a Gawker blind item that identified a “beloved comedian” who, allegedly, jerked off in front of women, citing an incident at a comedy festival involving two female comedians. It was widely believed to be Louis C.K. (Gawker would eventually explicitly name C.K.) Those By Sarah • Sep 18, 2017 09:21 am
Top Reads Gwyneth tries to rescue retail and print The first issue of goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s quarterly “wellness”-themed magazine in partnership with Conde Nast, was released this week. She’s on the cover, lying in mud, probably high quality organic mud. (Is that redundant?) G is also featured in the new issue of Architectural Digest ahead of By Lainey • Sep 15, 2017 08:57 am
Top Reads Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant The major headline this morning is Selena Gomez’s major revelation: she had a kidney transplant. Her friend Francia Raisa was the donor. It happened earlier this summer. Apparently Selena’s fans have been wondering why she was “laying low” at the time and it’s because, well, she was By Lainey • Sep 14, 2017 02:34 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Jolie Monday There have been some big names at TIFF this year. George Clooney. Nicole Kidman. Drake. As soon as Angelina Jolie arrived in town though, she’s been the main event. And there have been several events. As mentioned yesterday, she was at The Breadwinner premiere on Sunday night followed by By Lainey • Sep 12, 2017 10:40 am
Top Reads Reese attempts to check her privilege Reese Witherspoon wrote an essay for Glamour’s October issue about ambition and women in Hollywood. In it, she addresses the gender pay gap, her production company’s goal to create female-driven projects and reveals a conversation she had with Mindy Kaling about women of colour in Hollywood that By Kathleen • Sep 08, 2017 02:04 pm
Girly Throw Downs Stop, Maria I was so relieved last week when Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the US Open. It was legitimate anxiety every time she advanced. For me, and perhaps for many of you, it’s more than just sports stanning. Celebrity is more than just who’s f-cking who and By Lainey • Sep 08, 2017 11:17 am
Royals Prince Harry’s tears Prince Harry is in Northern Ireland for his first official visit today. As usual, he was great with the crowds, at one point joking with school children that they should have been in class instead of waiting around for him. While Harry’s at work over in the UK, production By Lainey • Sep 07, 2017 11:44 am
Xenu Katie & Jamie for the first time Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx have been together undercover since 2013. He’s tried to deny though that they’re dating. And they’ve managed to avoid the paps …until now? Click here to see Katie and Jamie holding hands on the beach in Malibu on the weekend. Malibu! Like By Lainey • Sep 06, 2017 09:25 am
Music Taylor Swift knocks out Taylor Swift Well. This is getting meta upon meta. Let’s start with Look What You Made Me Do, Taylor Swift’s first single off of the upcoming album, reputation – also, by the way, like mother!, styled in all lower case. Because it’s already not hard enough to avoid typos. LWYMMD By Lainey • Sep 05, 2017 05:08 pm
