Media Manipulation Gwyneth’s book birthday Gwyneth Paltrow’s It’s All Easy cookbook comes out today. She flew to New York yesterday for a few interviews. I LOVE these white pants on her. And this sweater, a recycle, has always been one of my favourites. It’s Celine, from a few years ago. Click here By Lainey • Apr 12, 2016 10:00 am
Top Reads Beyoncé’s ELLE takeover: the interview The exclusive ELLE interview with Beyoncé was released digitally today – have you read it yet? I did this morning. As I wrote yesterday, Beyoncé was supposedly “in conversation” with Tamar Gottesman, presumably the daughter of billionaire hedge fund manager Noam Gottesman – the Carters are tight with him. Click here for By Lainey • Apr 05, 2016 04:09 pm
Quiveration Climb On Board I don’t have many words for this post. But do know that while I looked through these pictures, I was trying not to fondle myself at work. It’s Zayn. It’s Gigi. In VOGUE. In Italy. And the word they use to describe this photo shoot: Wanton. That’ By Lainey • Apr 05, 2016 01:48 pm
Break Ups Drew Barrymore’s separation Last Wednesday I wrote about divorce lawyer Laura Wasser’s client list, and the heads up she gave us about celebrity splits in March. I noted that with the approach of April Fools’ on a Friday, that might be a strategic dump day for a separation. Click here for a By Lainey • Apr 04, 2016 11:52 am
Top Reads Idris’s 5 minutes on Bond Idris Elba is tired of talking about being James Bond. I’m tired of writing about it. But he covers the new issue if UK Esquire and, well, they talk about Bond. And he’s willing to. Sort of. The question comes up because he wants to know from the By Lainey • Apr 01, 2016 10:27 am
Media Manipulation Beyoncé speaks for Ivy Park Beyoncé on the cover of both ELLE USA and ELLE UK. It’s the long-awaited athleisure line. It’s called Ivy Park. The album? Not sure. Maybe tomorrow? But you can see now that it’s all converging. The album is coming. The tour is coming. Ivy Park goes on By Lainey • Mar 31, 2016 12:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Still a knucklehead? Buzzfeed’s Anne Helen Petersen wrote a great piece about How Jennifer Garner Went Full MiniVan Majority tracking her career from Alias to Miracles From Heaven. Thank you, Anne, for the LaineyGossip mentions in the article. I came up with that expression almost 10 years ago and, at the time, By Lainey • Mar 31, 2016 11:37 am
Media Manipulation The softer side of Charlize Theron Don’t get it twisted. She’s not cuddly all of a sudden. But this is one of the few profiles of Charlize Theron that I’ve ever read that shows her at her most vulnerable. And while it doesn’t make me any less terrified of her (when she’ By Lainey • Mar 29, 2016 04:54 pm
Music Gwyneth on tour Coldplay kicks off the A Head Full Of Dreams tour in Buenos Aires on Thursday. The band has been there the last few days and bandmembers, with the exception of Chris Martin, have been seen sightseeing around the area. Also seen sightseeing, on her own – Annabelle Wallis. You’ll recall, By Lainey • Mar 29, 2016 03:39 pm
Photo Assumption Kristen Stewart thumbsucked Kristen Stewart and her girlfriend Soko were in LA for Easter Weekend. They’ve been papped consistently the last couple of weeks and definitely not running for cover in the presence of photographers. In fact, this is the most open Kristen’s been in a relationship. When she was with By Lainey • Mar 28, 2016 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Stone’s quiet work La La Land, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, was recently pushed back to December, making it a possible awards season contender. By the time it comes out then, it’ll have been 18 months since we’ve seen Emma Stone in theatres. It’s been 6 months now that By Lainey • Mar 28, 2016 10:02 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Gwyneth’s famous dedications Gwyneth Paltrow’s third cookbook will be released April 12th. It’s called It’s All Easy. And the target market is the working parent. Which is apparently why she’s dedicated to the book to children. Her own children, Apple and Moses. And other famous children. Famous children of By Lainey • Mar 24, 2016 12:21 pm
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber feels too much It’s been exactly a year since Justin Bieber said sorry over and over again. It’s also been almost exactly a year since Where Are U Now was released, kicking off a major career restart that transitioned him from teen boy singing boy crush songs to young punk singing By Lainey • Mar 23, 2016 09:49 am
Smutty Surgery Ben Affleck’s changing tattoo Countdown to Batman vs Superman. It doesn’t have much competition this weekend either. Or the week after that. So it’s free to dominate the box office for at least two or three weeks. Which is great for Warner Bros. Because, as Sarah has noted several times already, BvS By Lainey • Mar 21, 2016 09:29 am
BFFs Taylor & Karlie at the gym It’s been a while since Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss have been papped together. And some people were noticing that they weren’t posting many shots of each other on social media which led to speculation that maybe they weren’t as tight anymore and why and was it By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 01:07 pm
Break Ups Gwen’s “juicy” story…and her Misery Gwen Stefani’s new album, This Is What The Truth Feels Like, is out on March 18th. She’s been promoting it all over the place, including the New York Times. In a new interview with the publication, she talks about the experience of writing new music during her separation, By Lainey • Mar 11, 2016 03:12 pm