Gorgessity Zendaya: For Tom Production on Kristoffer Borgli’s film, The Drama, starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, began in Boston this week. So Zendaya is working. But she did find time last night to be in New York for the launch of Tom Holland’s non-alcoholic line of beverages, BERO. And not just that, By Lainey • Oct 25, 2024 01:47 pm
Top Reads Gwyneth Paltrow: Brand Bumps, quietly Last week at this time we were talking about photos of Gwyneth Paltrow on the set of Marty Supreme, making out with Timothée Chalamet. This week the photos of Gwyneth have been all Goop-based as she’s been seen on a couple of occasions shooting ads for her brand – a By Lainey • Oct 25, 2024 11:15 am
Top Reads Beyoncé at the rally? Back in August ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepting her party’s nomination for the presidency, social media exploded with speculation about whether or not Beyoncé would show up to either introduce VP Harris or perform on the final day of the Democratic National Convention. Those rumours ended By Lainey • Oct 24, 2024 01:09 pm
Top Reads Leave Keanu’s beard alone and Eva Longoria is John Wick’s fairy godmother Keanu Reeves was at the 2024 London Literature Festival yesterday to promote his novel, The Book of Elsewhere. As you can see, he is bearded. He’s been bearded for at least a decade – I can’t recall seeing him barefaced in at least ten years. I’m talking about By Lainey • Oct 23, 2024 02:13 pm
BFFs Blake and the Gaines I can’t remember watching a single episode of any home improvement show and if I did watch one it was for work. But I understand the impact of this genre of programming. December marks the 30th anniversary of HGTV and over the last three decades, the network has become By Lainey • Oct 23, 2024 10:16 am
Top Reads Gwyneth comes back to the middle One of the more surprising casting announcements of the last few months has been Gwyneth Paltrow joining the cast of Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, starring Timothée Chalamet. It’s her first non-MCU film role in a decade. And every time she’s been asked about acting she’s been By Lainey • Oct 18, 2024 09:51 am
Top Reads Anna supporting Victoria The Vogue Forces of Fashion event happened yesterday – it’s a fashion conference where industry players are invited to Vogue to talk about their experiences and how they’ll either help shape the future of the industry and/or what they hope to see out of it. This year Victoria By Lainey • Oct 17, 2024 01:33 pm
TV Updates Simu the Dragon: A Lesson in Bubble Tea Social media blew up this weekend over a pitch on CBC’s Dragon’s Den where Simu Liu is guest dragon this season. If you haven’t been aware of the controversy, here’s the clip and since my post is specifically about how Simu handled it, it’s worth By Lainey • Oct 15, 2024 11:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita’s very good year Lupita Nyong’o is having a very good year, what with A Quiet Place: Day One being a respectable mid-budget hit this summer, and now The Wild Robot putting together an impressive run for a non-Pixar, non-Illumination animated film. Next year, she will star as Viola in Free Shakespeare in By Sarah • Oct 11, 2024 01:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Andrew Garfield’s Heart Keeps Cracking Andrew Garfield is currently promoting We Live in Time which opens in limited release this week and wide next week. The film’s world premiere happened last month here in Toronto at TIFF (you can read Sarah’s review here), it’s about a couple, played by Andrew and Florence By Lainey • Oct 10, 2024 10:50 am
Break Ups JLo: “I’m not Teflon” I laughed when I read this quote from Jennifer Lopez this morning in the new issue of Interview Magazine. Then I screencapped it, circled “I’m not Teflon” in orange, her favourite colour, and sent it to Duana. Because, of course, it was Duana on our Show Your Work podcast By Lainey • Oct 09, 2024 11:25 am
Music Rocky by RiRi A$AP Rocky is featured on the new issue of W Magazine, photographed by none other than Rihanna. Obviously an automatic yes for the publication. Rihanna in any shape or form is already a huge get but then to have her step behind the camera for the first time, officially, By Lainey • Oct 08, 2024 02:44 pm
Music Billie on her own Billie Eilish covers the November issue of Vogue, not a surprising choice. “Birds of a Feather” has been a huge hit this year; the album Hit Me Hard and Soft, her third studio album, is probably her strongest work to date, I love it; and even at my house, and By Lainey • Oct 08, 2024 11:50 am
Sports Taylor Swift: Plaid and Sparkles Taylor Swift hasn’t been to a football game in a few weeks so maybe she put something extra into her look last night when Kansas City hosted New Orleans in KC, showing up in plaid Vivienne Westwood and sparkle freckles. If plaid had a season, it would be fall. By Lainey • Oct 08, 2024 11:18 am
TV Updates New parents and new haircuts at the polo The Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic took place in LA this weekend for the first time in three years, which surprised me because I feel like this is a regular event that pops up in our photo agencies and it is, it just happens in other locations. As usual, though, when By Lainey • Oct 07, 2024 01:10 pm
Music Free Kesha After a decade locked in a battle for her music and her very self, Kesha is finally free. Her onerous contract with Dr. Luke was fulfilled with 2023’s Gag Order, the last lawsuit with Dr. Luke was settled that same year. Now, Kesha is coming back with a new By Sarah • Oct 04, 2024 12:30 pm
