Top Reads Emma Stone Has An Oscar Hands up if you like Emma Stone – as an actress, not just a cute personality. Keep them up if you think she’s one of the best of her ‘class’. That is, if you think she can hold her own against Michelle Williams, Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman, Anna Kendrick? Yeah, By Duana • Feb 27, 2017 04:40 pm
Top Reads Ben Affleck’s big brother hug Ben Affleck was very emotional last night when Casey Affleck won the Oscar. He kissed and hugged his little brother. He was teary-eyed in the audience during Casey’s acceptance speech. Ben Affleck gives his brother Casey Affleck a big hug and a kiss for winning Best Actor at By Lainey • Feb 27, 2017 04:25 pm
Top Reads Ryan Gosling – Most Oscar Obfuscating It’s hard to remember now, but back in the day, before Hey Girl and then the intense desire to not be Hey Girl, Ryan Gosling kind of sometimes had a sense of humour. An offbeat one for sure, and it didn’t always come out to play, but it By Duana • Feb 27, 2017 12:42 pm
Top Reads The Award for Best Picture Duana: We were done, you know. We were watching the show, of course, but Emma Stone’s win was obvious, and I don’t even think Lainey came all the way out of the bathroom for Damian Chazelle as Best Director, and then of course La La Land won Best By Lainey • Feb 27, 2017 04:22 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Beyoncé: Coachella, Snapchat, LGBTQ, and Celine! Busy day in Beyoncé yesterday. First, it was confirmed, officially, that she will not be performing at Coachella in April. Which… doesn’t really need an explanation. But she provided one anyway: Following the advice of her doctors to keep a less rigorous schedule in the coming months, Beyoncé has By Lainey • Feb 24, 2017 10:14 am
Media Manipulation Angelina on GMA Angelina’s first interview since World War Brange was with the BBC on the weekend from Cambodia where she screened First They Killed My Father. I posted about that yesterday. Today she gave an exclusive US interview to Good Morning America. This is noteworthy because, as you recall, she had By Lainey • Feb 21, 2017 12:09 pm
Top Reads Angelina speaks Angelina Jolie was in Cambodia this week to present First They Killed My Father. As mentioned last week, King Norodom Sihamoni attended the event and met with Angelina and all 6 of her children. Maddox spoke at the screening. And then he introduced his “little sister” Shiloh who said a By Lainey • Feb 20, 2017 03:08 pm
TV Updates Divisive Nicole Nicole Kidman covers The EDIT to promote Big Little Lies. Duana and I discussed Big Little Lies on this week’s Show Your Work podcast. The premiere is on Sunday and as I have already mentioned, I am OBSESSED with it. Having read the book when it came out, maybe By Lainey • Feb 16, 2017 04:25 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Irina and Bradley’s Valentine’s picnic Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper were papped in Venice Beach yesterday with a picnic basket, perhaps enjoying their last Valentine’s Day before becoming parents. They’ve yet to make an official statement on the pregnancy and the engagement but, well, one of those two is pretty obvious. These are By Lainey • Feb 15, 2017 11:39 am
Dumbass Diversity is Karlie Kloss as a geisha The current issue of Vogue is, allegedly, all about diversity. The cover features seven models from different backgrounds meant to celebrate cultural diversity and body diversity. One of those models is Liu Wen, who CNN says is the first Chinese model to appear on the cover of American Vogue. That By Lainey • Feb 15, 2017 10:31 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Clooney Twins 2017: the announcement Vox posted an article yesterday after it was confirmed that Amal and George Clooney are expecting twins comparing Amal’s “announcement” to Beyoncé’s, and how each woman’s pregnancy announcement style reflected their respective approaches to celebrity. Many of you have tweeted or emailed me about how Amal and By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 12:03 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Clooney Twins 2017 – confirmed A few weeks ago, a newspaper in Lebanon, citing Amal Clooney family sources, reported that she and George are expecting twins. As I noted at the time, the report was worth considering…specifically because of where it originated. There have been no confirmations or denials from the Clooneys, until now. By Lainey • Feb 09, 2017 03:59 pm
Amazingness Tom & Taffy Last month my favourite, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, who writes for GQ, was photographed with Tom Hiddleston and when those pictures came out, I posted that I couldn’t wait, couldn’t f-cking wait, to read the article. As always, Taffy delivers. Like I almost don’t want to say By Lainey • Feb 08, 2017 11:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Alicia Vikander, Tomb Raider Check out Alicia Vikander in South Africa on the set of the new Tomb Raider. The movie comes out March 2018. As noted last year when the casting was confirmed, Alicia is following exactly the same path as Angelina Jolie when she took on the role. First an Oscar for By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 04:14 pm
Sports Tom Brady: QB1 is a Snake Tom Brady and the New England Patriots made history last night, coming back from a major deficit in the second half and, in Brady’s case, proving that the word “enough” doesn’t apply to some people. The Patriots win means that no one had to worry about any hot By Lainey • Feb 06, 2017 10:21 am
TV Updates Kristen Stewart is “so gay” When it was announced a few weeks ago that Kristen Stewart would be hosting Saturday Night Live, I wrote that I was excited, excited because I thought she was ready, ready to claim all that’s been said about her over the last decade, and laugh at her public persona, By Lainey • Feb 06, 2017 09:02 am
