Break Ups Brad Pitt on hold Angelina Jolie filed for divorce on Monday citing last Thursday, September 15 as the date of separation, one day after Brad Pitt allegedly was a mess on a private plane. On Tuesday of this week, news broke that she was asking for sole physical custody of the children. At the By Lainey • Sep 22, 2016 04:03 pm
Top Reads The Brad Pitt investigation As mentioned earlier, the LAPD denied that they were investigating Brad Pitt for an incident on a private plane last week during which he was allegedly drunk and verbally abusive. And then the reaction was, oh look, she’s a f-cking liar. But PEOPLE also corroborated the report. And PEOPLE By Lainey • Sep 22, 2016 03:33 pm
Top Reads The allegations against Brad Pitt TMZ posted a story last night about Brad Pitt’s alleged behaviour on a private plane with Angelina Jolie and their kids that supposedly went down last week. He was allegedly “wasted” and was shouting and getting “physical”. TMZ says it happened last Wednesday, at 8pm, the night before the By Lainey • Sep 22, 2016 12:54 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Marion Cotillard is not the one Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet have a child called Marcel. Marion is in a movie about married spies with Brad Pitt called Allied due out in November. Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt. Marion is pregnant. The easy gossip here was to assume that Marion came between By Lainey • Sep 22, 2016 10:19 am
Break Ups Jennifer Aniston’s happiest day I mean, the cover of the NY Post today: Today's cover: Jennifer Aniston knew Brangelina would end one day https://t.co/JvMlGzXP0A pic.twitter.com/uwVam0Glr1— New York Post (@nypost) September 21, 2016 I laughed. It’s funny. It’s so f-cking bitchy which is probably why By Lainey • Sep 21, 2016 12:59 pm
Break Ups Brange’s performative parenting I was asked last night why I thought Brange was so once in a lifetime, beyond the obvious: their looks, their matched mega-fame as individuals, the scandal that marked the inception of their relationship, and the internet. Also their family. The children. The Brange children were introduced to the world By Lainey • Sep 21, 2016 11:48 am
Break Ups Brad Pitt’s PR As I reported yesterday, Angelina Jolie got the jump on Brad Pitt. She filed for divorce. Laura Wasser is repping her. And her side of the story about Brad Pitt’s alleged drinking and “anger issues” was posted on TMZ first, before noon ET, which meant that Brad had to By Lainey • Sep 21, 2016 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews A Conversation with Gabrielle Union Yesterday, Gabrielle Union tweeted out what she called, “One of [her] favorite interviews of [her] career.” She sat down with Zon D’Amour of xoNecole.com to talk about white privilege, sexuality, consent, The Birth of a Nation and her op-ed on the controversy surrounding her co-star alleged rapist Nate By Kathleen • Sep 21, 2016 09:42 am
Media Manipulation Capitalising on the end of Brange As you know, Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard star in Allied, due out November 23. That’s around US Thanksgiving. That’s a favourable movie release date. It means they have some hopes for it at the box office and, perhaps, for awards consideration. Allied is about two spies who By Lainey • Sep 21, 2016 09:13 am
Break Ups Brange’s bad stretch So it’s been bad for a while, well before my post in June. Brange have always maintained a sexy kind of tension between them. It was a passionate relationship. They fought, they made up. All these years my sources have never worried that that was a problem, because it By Lainey • Sep 20, 2016 03:53 pm
Break Ups Brange over Brad’s anger? Angelina Jolie is being represented by Laura Wasser. When Laura Wasser was handling Johnny Depp, it seemed like TMZ had minute-by-minute updates on the situation from Johnny’s perspective. So far this morning, they are also coming hard with exclusives about the Brange split. The latest is a quote from By Lainey • Sep 20, 2016 02:17 pm
Faux Gossip Marion, Guillaume, and Brange Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet were photographed with their son and some friends last week in France. Fortuitous that these photos were released just yesterday. Because now that Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt there will be a lot of speculation about whether or not Marion had By Lainey • Sep 20, 2016 12:01 pm
Break Ups Brange. Done. This is Angelina Jolie telling Taylor Swift and Kanye West’s wife that their pathetic excuse for Gossip Christmas was BARELY Gossip Christmas. So, in case you haven’t heard, TMZ broke the news that Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt. Her lawyer is Laura Wasser – and By Lainey • Sep 20, 2016 11:18 am
Top Reads John Travolta & Kelly Preston: the Osmonds at the Emmys For real, I looked at these pictures of John Travolta and Kelly Preston at the Emmy last night and thought to myself, “Oh, what are Donny and Marie Osmond doing there?” Right? Once you know it, now that I’ve put it into your mind, you can’t un-know it. By Lainey • Sep 19, 2016 01:15 pm
TV Updates Miley at 23 Miley Cyrus’s new ELLE cover feature was released this week ahead of her debut as a judge on the upcoming season of The Voice, beginning on Monday and her new Amazon series Crisis Is Six Scenes beginning September 30. The premiere was last night in New York. Most of By Lainey • Sep 16, 2016 01:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita Nyong’o covers Vogue There’s a quote in Lupita Nyong’o’s new Vogue feature I love so much I want to tattoo it on my body. Her roots are strong, which is why she flies. Lupita’s roots are in Kenya, where Vogue travelled with the star to shoot their October cover. By Kathleen • Sep 15, 2016 05:07 pm