Douchebags John Mayer’s performative contrition John Mayer has a new album coming out. It’s called The Search For Everything. And it’s his return to, as he calls it, “blockbuster” music. Basically he says he was on a self-imposed exile from big pop because he hated himself after being a douchebag so he went By Lainey • Mar 24, 2017 11:16 am
TV Updates Ava DuVernay, the great leader Ava DuVernay has been working on A Wrinkle In Time. The film’s budget is at least $100 million making her the first black woman to direct a movie of that size. She posted on Instagram the other day that principle photography is now complete and now they’re in By Lainey • Mar 23, 2017 11:14 am
Top Reads Meghan Markle and colorism Meghan Markle is featured in Allure’s April issue which celebrates beauty and diversity. The magazine interviewed 41 women of colour about their skin. After the Allure story was released, PEOPLE published a piece with the headline: Meghan Markle Gets Real About Beauty: 'My Pet Peeve Is When My By Kathleen • Mar 22, 2017 03:19 pm
Top Reads Charlie goes hiking That’s basically the whole article. I don’t have much more to say other than Charlie Hunnam went hiking yesterday. And he looks hot hiking. Hottest? Not quite the hottest. If he had a dog with him that would make it hotter, non? Why doesn’t Charlie Hunnam have By Lainey • Mar 21, 2017 04:54 pm
Top Reads Jake Gyllenhaal closes down This morning I read two Jake Gyllenhaal interviews – the first, a testy one with The Guardian, during which Jake bristles at the personal questions and the second with Esquire UK which turns out to be a very similar article, without the bristling but also without anything at all that really By Lainey • Mar 21, 2017 02:57 pm
Relationship Assumption Jennifer Lawrence – conjured! Am I a conjurer? Yesterday I opened the blog with a post about how Jennifer Lawrence has kept a very low profile for several months. And then late yesterday, new photos of her out in New York with Darren Aronofsky were released. They went to see Beauty And The Beast. By Lainey • Mar 21, 2017 12:01 pm
Maple Leaf Love at the Aquarium Selena Gomez joined The Weeknd in Toronto last week. He booked out an entire theatre so that they could watch Get Out. They also had brunch and went shopping. On Friday she was seen in New York for a photo shoot. But it looks like she returned to Toronto as By Lainey • Mar 20, 2017 12:19 pm
Relationship Assumption JLO & ARod: the height factor Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are currently in Miami together. They’ve been going to the gym together. And last night they stepped out for dinner together, making sure not to be photographed in the same frame. JLO knows better. She knows to wait for the perfect time before giving By Lainey • Mar 17, 2017 12:24 pm
Child Stars Selena’s first VOGUE Selena Gomez is featured in the April 2017 issue of VOGUE. It’s her first time on the cover of American VOGUE. People say often that Selena looks eternally girlish. It’s her baby face. I love her baby face. That Anna Wintour decided that she was ready for VOGUE By Lainey • Mar 16, 2017 10:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans is “surrendering” That’s what he was reading when he spoke to Esquire for their new issue to promote the upcoming Gifted – The Surrender Experiment. Have you read it? It was a book people were talking about a couple of years ago, in short about letting life lead you. I got through By Lainey • Mar 15, 2017 03:50 pm
Hollywood Drugs Ben Affleck was in treatment Ben Affleck revealed on Facebook late yesterday that he was in treatment for alcohol addiction. You may have known about this already, that he’s been making good decisions. And this was the best decision, made undoubtedly with the support of Jennifer Garner, the person who’s always been a By Lainey • Mar 15, 2017 01:02 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina’s first lecture Angelina Jolie arrived in London the other day ahead of her first lecture at the London School of Economics today. What do you think the absentee rate was for students? I’m going to say pretty low. “Angelina Jolie spoke to a class of students taking the postgraduate course ‘Women, By Lainey • Mar 14, 2017 03:54 pm
Royals Harry & Meghan at the wedding Pippa Middleton is getting married soon. And there’s been all kinds of talk about whether or not Prince Harry will take Meghan Markle and if Pippa’s pissed because she doesn’t want Meghan stealing her shine. Which is rich. Because Pippa’s ass was the shine at her By Lainey • Mar 14, 2017 12:09 pm
Quiveration Roxane Gay on Charlie Hunnam What a gift on a Friday. If you’re a regular visitor here at LaineyGossip, you know how we all feel about Roxane Gay. We learn from her. She makes us think. We read every word she writes. And now… she’s writing about Charlie Hunnam for InStyle. Charlie is By Lainey • Mar 10, 2017 03:37 pm
Music Nicki finally responds Remy Ma’s shETHER was released almost two weeks ago, on the last Saturday in February. Five days after that, she came out with a follow-up and then went on Wendy Williams dressed for a funeral. At the time, I posted that even though Nicki was at Paris Fashion Week, By Lainey • Mar 10, 2017 10:41 am
Quiveration Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s modern masculinity Aaron Taylor-Johnson, half my obsession, is featured in Mr Porter this month ahead of the release of his next film The Wall. I LOVE this interview. I LOVE how he speaks. But let me give you some background before I explain why. My husband, Jacek, and I run LaineyGossip together, By Lainey • Mar 09, 2017 04:08 pm
