Relationship Assumption Be a producer, Ben Affleck Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus were in Maine last weekend where they were sighted at a liquor store. Not a good look. They’re now back, together, in LA and last night Ben joined Lindsay at a comedy show where she was supposedly scouting talent. After that they went out By Lainey • Aug 02, 2017 10:14 am
Break Ups Angelina Jolie is “not normal” As mentioned in today’s open, Angelina Jolie is back in the game, with two films confirmed at TIFF and, though it’s not official yet, she’s expected in Telluride with First They Killed My Father. Now look at the timing – 24 hours after TIFF’s announcement, Vanity Fair By Lainey • Jul 26, 2017 04:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kate Hudson shaves her head Kate Hudson is shooting a new film called Sister, written by Sia who is also directing. Not much is known about the project other than the fact that it’s based on a short story that Sia wrote about 10 years ago and that, like most of Sia’s work, By Lainey • Jul 26, 2017 12:00 pm
Music Justin Bieber’s “unforeseen circumstances” TMZ broke the story yesterday that Justin Bieber was cancelling the remainder of his tour dates (14 shows) because, as they put it, he was “over it”. TMZ followed up on their exclusive a few hours later with another exclusive – video of JB in Santa Monica explaining why he was By Lainey • Jul 25, 2017 12:37 pm
Maple Leaf Kristen Stewart, wedding crasher Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, and Diane Kruger are currently in Winnipeg, MB, Canada shooting JT Leroy. Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote about my obsession with the JT Leroy story and the Jeff Feuerzeig documentary about how Laura Albert pulled off the scam. Back then it was a major By Lainey • Jul 25, 2017 09:53 am
Top Reads Gwyneth matches with her ma It’s been a week since Gwyneth Paltrow’s goop published an open letter in defence of their wellness recommendations with commentary from their doctors. Both Maria and Sarah addressed goop’s mansplainey clapback last Friday. Goop took issue with Dr Jen Gunter, MD, FRCS(C), FACOG, DABPM, ABPM (pain) By Lainey • Jul 21, 2017 12:05 pm
Relationship Assumption Celine’s heart goes on? That title is corny as f-ck. But you know what? She would love it. Celine Dion would love it. And I do it all for her. So, as Kathleen would say, don’t @ me. If you’re @-ing me, you don’t understand the Feeling. A new Feeling is By Lainey • Jul 20, 2017 12:00 pm
Maple Leaf Celine Dion: grinding in couture Drop everything. Because, right now, there’s nothing else you need to care about. VOGUE just posted 6 new short videos on its Instagram account, all featuring our Queen of Feelings, Celine Dion, from the couture shoot she did with them a couple of weeks ago in Paris. It’s By Lainey • Jul 20, 2017 11:03 am
Relationship Assumption Ben Affleck gets an award Ben Affleck was in Minnesota on Sunday to receive an award from the Starkey Hearing Foundation recognising his humanitarian work with the Eastern Congo Initiative. He spoke to PEOPLE at the event. Needless to say, the questions were focused specifically on his philanthropy. But, of course, the article about his By Lainey • Jul 18, 2017 11:50 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé allows us to meet the Twins I mean we heard that they were born. And we even heard about their names. But it’s not official until Beyoncé says it’s official, right? Last night, Beyoncé finally made it official. Because she wanted us to have a good weekend. A #blessed weekend. Sir Carter and Rumi By Lainey • Jul 14, 2017 11:47 am
Baby and Bump Obsession The Brange twins are 9 Vivienne and Knox Jolie-Pitt turned 9 years old yesterday. To celebrate, Angelina Jolie took them to Disneyland with their older brothers and sisters. I like that shot of Knox and Maddox seated at the front of the roller coaster. You can see Pax is two rows behind. Later on, By Lainey • Jul 13, 2017 10:15 am
Cheating Loins Ben & Lindsay try to counter What’s most fascinating, at least to me, about this situation, is how certain media outlets are covering the Ben Affleck-Lindsay Shookus-Jennifer Garner story. As you know, PEOPLE’s been all over the cheating angle, going into their files from a few years ago to report that Ben By Lainey • Jul 12, 2017 11:48 am
Music Jay Z and friends talk love and infidelity Jay Z’s 4:44 is an album that requires dissection. It’s a striking, emotional and vulnerable piece of art that is deserving of all the praise and analysis it has received. It’s got layers on layers of sh-t to process. I’ve listened to it multiple By Kathleen • Jul 11, 2017 03:35 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben & Lindsay: smiling and not hiding When Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus were first photographed together last Thursday, confirming that they’re together, he looked pretty easy with it but she seemed kind of overwhelmed. The paps also shot her at LAX the next day, heading out of town, and she wasn’t all that comfortable By Lainey • Jul 11, 2017 11:21 am
Cheating Loins Ben Affleck’s suspicious girlfriend timeline Last Thursday, Ben Affleck went out for dinner in LA with his girlfriend Lindsay Shookus. As I mentioned at the time, even though the paps were there, Ben didn’t look particularly bothered by the fact that the public would now be aware that he’s dating again after he By Lainey • Jul 10, 2017 12:18 pm
Royals Hot Harry’s festival weekend Prince Harry was in London this weekend, photographed at the British Summer Time Festival on Saturday night during The Killers show. As an aside, did you know that Mr Brightside has charted in the UK every year since its release in 2004? Every single year for 13 years. Most songs By Lainey • Jul 10, 2017 10:46 am