Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan launches his campaign(s) Sebastian Stan has two films out this year, A Different Man and The Apprentice. Both have earned him the highest praise of his career so far, including the Silver Bear for acting at the Berlin International Film Festival for A Different Man. And despite the controversy surrounding it—threats of By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 11:29 am
TV Updates JFK Jr, Carolyn… and Ryan Murphy? If you’ve been visiting this site over the last almost 20 years, you know about my obsession with Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. There have been times when it’s bordered on unhealthy. I’ve read everything, I’ve pored over every photo. I wonder often, too often, about what it By Lainey • Sep 19, 2024 12:19 pm
Sports David Beckham, Emmy Winner The Creative Arts Emmys happened a week before the Emmys broadcast this past Sunday. It was TIFF and Venice and NYFW and NFL Week 1 and US presidential politics all at the same time and some of what happened at the Creative Arts Emmys kinda got buried or didn’t By Lainey • Sep 17, 2024 03:39 pm
Gorgessity Demi Moore up close Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid, opens this weekend. The film first premiered in Cannes back in May, which is when the Oscar buzz for Demi first started. That was early and now that fall festival season has started and other contenders have By Lainey • Sep 17, 2024 01:49 pm
Gorgessity Greta Lee: Emmys Best Dressed (Lainey) As Duana just wrote in her Emmys Best Dressed post about Da’Vine Joy Randolph, it was no surprise that she’d choose the brightest look of the night. And you could say the same for me. It should be no surprise who my best dressed is on multiple counts. By Lainey • Sep 16, 2024 01:16 pm
Break Ups Bennifer… again?! Interrupting our Emmys coverage because this was the biggest gossip story to emerge out of the weekend and by tomorrow, who knows, something else might come up with these two drama queens so we might as well get it out the way now. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were seen By Lainey • Sep 16, 2024 08:22 am
Top Reads Justin Timberlake “could have made a different decision” Justin Timberlake appeared in court in Sag Harbour today to plead guilty to a lesser charge of driving while impaired after making a deal with the prosecutors. He was ordered by the judge to pay a fine of $500; his drivers licence is suspended in New York state for 90 By Lainey • Sep 13, 2024 02:24 pm
Music The Pop Girl Rookies of the VMAs I’m not entirely sure if the MTV VMAs are the cultural force that they used to be. Final numbers haven’t been released yet but early word is that viewership was down by a significant margin. It’s my job to know what happens at the VMAs and I By Lainey • Sep 12, 2024 10:43 am
BFFs The Most Powerful Childless Cat Lady in the World Pretty much immediately after the US presidential debate last night between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Taylor Swift finally entered the chat. She made it clear who she’s voting for, and it’s who most of her fans believed she would vote for given her previous positions By Lainey • Sep 11, 2024 10:59 am
Media Manipulation Blake Lively’s Feelings It Ends With Us opened in theatres a month ago yesterday and has gone on to become Blake Lively’s highest grossing movie. That’s typically an achievement to be celebrated but there really hasn’t been all that much celebration, at least not publicly. Because of the scandal that By Lainey • Sep 10, 2024 01:59 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie, the Movie Star at TIFF George Pimentel is the most well-known celebrity and special events photographer based in Toronto. He’s a fixture at TIFF, and works directly at and for the festival, given special access to roam the red carpet and go backstage at the screenings and premieres, to photograph the biggest stars. His By Lainey • Sep 09, 2024 02:29 pm
Royals Princess Kate: An Impressive Return This year feels like it’s been a decade. And one of the biggest stories of the year, even though it seems so long ago, was the announcement from the British royal family that Princess Kate was going through health issues, and in the weeks that followed, the speculation over By Lainey • Sep 09, 2024 12:45 pm
Break Ups JLo comes back to Toronto The last time Jennifer Lopez was at TIFF it was for Hustlers and on the strength of the strong reaction to the film in Toronto, she was, for a time, in conversation during award season as she was nominated for a Golden Globe. So she has good memories here, and By Lainey • Sep 09, 2024 12:15 pm
BFFs TNT… overshadowed? The NFL schedule is working out for TNT, since Kansas City played on Thursday it left Travis Kelce free to be in New York the whole weekend with Taylor Swift. They were photographed out for dinner, attending Karen Elson’s wedding, and yesterday they were at the US Open being By Lainey • Sep 09, 2024 10:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews JLo: Not About The House Jennifer Lopez is expected in Toronto tonight for the world premiere of Unstoppable. Sarah’s review of this film is coming on Monday and even though JLo is involved, and we all know the noise that accompanies her, especially lately, we should definitely also be talking about Jharrel Jerome. He’ By Lainey • Sep 06, 2024 11:03 am
Music Gaga in Love Lady Gaga covers the October issue of US Vogue, timed for the world premiere of Joker: Folie à Deux in Venice and ahead of its release on October 4. As far as celebrity profiles go, and how hit-or-miss they can be these days, this one is a good read. In By Lainey • Sep 06, 2024 10:11 am
