Movie Reviews and Previews Blake Lively in The Shallows Here’s something I did not expect to say: The Shallows is pretty good. I know, right? I was surprised I like it, too. But The Shallows, aka Blake Lively vs. A Shark, is a solid B-movie. It’s effectively scary and sort of stylish, and Blake Lively isn’t By Sarah • Jul 04, 2016 12:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley & Irina in Paris Bradley Cooper was on a roll for a while there professionally. Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, Guardians Of The Galaxy, and (the overrated) American Sniper, back to back to back to back over three years. And since then…kind of a slump. There was no excitement for Serena. Aloha was By Lainey • Jul 04, 2016 11:36 am
Break Ups Today in Gossip History: Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner Exactly one year ago today, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner announced their separation. It’s also their 11 year wedding anniversary. And since they haven’t actually filed paperwork to begin divorce proceedings, it is indeed an anniversary. A double anniversary? This is the day we started a life together. By Lainey • Jun 30, 2016 11:11 am
Relationship Assumption Independence Day Swoki? After an inseparable three weeks or so, Swoki might not be breathing each other’s air right now. According Taylor Swift fans who track her private jet (I KNOW – and thanks RA!), her plane left Rome, made a stop in London, and then flew to Rhode Island. Tom Hiddleston was By Lainey • Jun 30, 2016 10:26 am
Douchebags Johnny isn’t asked Johnny Depp and his band, The Hollywood Vampires, stopped by 95.5 KLOS in LA yesterday. Before we get into what he talked about, or didn’t talk about, please enjoy this photo: Does he remind you of Sloth from The Goonies? Did you ever think that it was possible By Lainey • Jun 29, 2016 03:54 pm
Top Reads Styling Leslie Jones Leslie Jones is one of the four new Ghostbusters. The new Ghostbusters movie is one of the most highly anticipated movies of the summer. We’ve been talking about it for over a year. Ghostbusters is a major motion picture release. So…why can’t Leslie Jones find anything to By Lainey • Jun 29, 2016 10:15 am
BFFs Winona in the time of Johnny Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp, probably the couple that evokes to most 90s nostalgia. Or at least one of them. As predicted a couple of weeks ago, Winona's on a press tour to promote her new Netflix show Stranger Things and she’s being asked about Johnny Depp By Lainey • Jun 28, 2016 01:06 pm
Relationship Assumption The Swoki World Tour As mentioned yesterday, Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston took off for Rome after visiting with his family in London and after visiting with her family in Nashville. That’s three countries and counting in less than three weeks, like Will and Kate after they got married – they’re touring their By Lainey • Jun 28, 2016 11:45 am
Relationship Assumption The Swoki lobsters The (debatably unfair) perspective on Taylor Swift has always been that she’s the girl who falls in love in five minutes and the next thing you know she’s ordering her lover’s initials on her stationery and planning the wedding. If you want to believe that about her By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 01:42 pm
Dumbass Justin Timberlake was #Inspired by Jesse Williams As Lainey already discussed, Jesse Williams gave the wokest speech in the history of speeches at the BET Awards last night. It was a speech that made me cry, shout, cheer and throw sh-t at my television. It induced urgency, frustration and a call to arms. It was soaked in By Kathleen • Jun 27, 2016 12:16 pm
Amazingness The Real Magic of Jesse Williams Jesse Williams was honoured last night with the Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards for his work with the Black Lives Matter movement. And then Justin Timberlake tried to make it about himself. And got slapped for it. That post is coming up in a minute. For now, we spotlight By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 11:31 am
Music Beyoncé & Kendrick’s opening Freedom Beyoncé was not announced to perform at the BET Awards last night. As we’ve seen, surprise is her thing. And the song she chose to surprise with to open the show was Freedom. If you’ve been to the Formation tour, you know this performance. It comes near the By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 10:04 am
Media Manipulation Swoki: handkissing at dinner Before we get to the glorious gossip gift (alliteration is so earnestly Swoki, non?) that is Swoki Love, let’s take a moment to acknowledge the loser with four names. These comments showed up on Instagram yesterday: (Source: ONTD) Clayton Hawkin’s rep has apparently denied that that was really By Lainey • Jun 24, 2016 11:54 am
Faux Gossip Swoki obliges When I wrote about Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston at Selena Gomez’s show the other day, I asked for some updated photos of them that I could use. And they obliged. That night they were papped leaving the venue, holding hands, in the same frame. Last night Taylor and By Lainey • Jun 23, 2016 03:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck’s “wife” As mentioned in the previous post, Ben Affleck actually sounded pretty lucid during his appearance on Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons before Tom Brady came up in conversation and he felt the need to go full Perry Mason in support of his friend with the potentially shady cell phone. By Lainey • Jun 23, 2016 11:40 am
Sports Ben Affleck rants Ben Affleck was on Bill Simmons’s Any Given Wednesday last night. Everyone’s talking about one particular clip during which he goes OFF on the NFL in defence of Tom Brady. Tom, of course, plays for the New England Patriots and Ben is from Boston. Tom Brady is their By Lainey • Jun 23, 2016 10:43 am
