Break Ups “Inadequate” Ben Affleck Although PEOPLE’s cover story about the Ben Affleck Jennifer Garner divorce focuses primarily on how Jen’s dealing with the “ultimate betrayal”, the magazine does try to offer a rationale for Ben’s attitude about the end of his marriage. As you know, Team Affleck has repeatedly denied the By Lainey • Aug 06, 2015 12:04 pm
Style Gwyneth goes to Washington Gwyneth Paltrow and her mother, Blythe Danner, were in Washington, DC yesterday to support the Just Label It coalition opposing the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act. Basically they want GMOs to be listed on your food label. “I’m not here as an expert. I’m here as a By Lainey • Aug 06, 2015 10:15 am
Break Ups Jennifer Garner: Diary of the Best Mom The cover of the new issue of PEOPLE Magazine features Jennifer Garner’s “heartbreak” with an inset of a crusty-looking Ben Affleck and the word “nanny” just below his face. How can the MiniVan Majority resist that? While the magazine makes a point of reiterating that Ben has denied By Lainey • Aug 05, 2015 10:59 am
Dumbass Eavesdropping on the nanny STAR Magazine has creeper shots of Christine Ouzounian at the Hotel Bel Air that were taken on Sunday. They call it an “ultra-exclusive” property. And it’s not cheap either. Just wanted to set the setting. Anyway, as you can see, most of the shots were taken on an By Lainey • Aug 04, 2015 10:09 am
Break Ups Gwen & Gavin over Before we begin, let’s agree on one fundamental about Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale: Between the two of them, Gwen is the bigger deal. That’s not up for dispute. Like, back in the 90s, Gavin Rossdale might have had a moment, but come on now, Gwen Stefani is By Lainey • Aug 04, 2015 09:27 am
Dumbass Ben Affleck’s nanny problems Today is the last day of July. It’s been a great month in gossip. Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, and Katy Perry gave us Girl Sh-t. Drake and Meek Mill are giving us Boy Sh-t. Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton gave us Country Sh-t. But the smuttiest By Lainey • Jul 31, 2015 09:30 am
Cheating Loins The nanny loves Ben Affleck US Weekly published an exclusive yesterday about Ben Affleck’s affair with former nanny Christine Ouzounian, scooping PEOPLE Magazine. PEOPLE followed shortly after with a strong denial from Ben Affleck; his rep claimed that they were considering legal options. Sure. But in that same post, PEOPLE goes on to reiterate By Lainey • Jul 30, 2015 11:14 am
Cheating Loins Ben’s denials and the tabloid competition US Weekly’s cover story about Ben Affleck dating the nanny is a major get for the magazine, especially over PEOPLE. His publicist has been working hard to get out the denial, telling Gossip Cop that: “People’s lives are at stake, and they chose to try to sell more By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 11:48 am
Amazingness Tom Cruise waited As mentioned the other day, I interviewed Tom Cruise at the Toronto premiere of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation on Monday night for etalk. Am breaking up the analysis of the interview into different parts because there’s so much to say. For this post in particular, following the Cara Delevingne By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 11:24 am
Break Ups Ben Affleck and the nanny US Weekly has the exclusive – Ben Affleck is dating a woman who used to be the nanny. Her name is Christine Ouzounian, 28 years old. Supposedly she and Ben started dating during Ben and Jennifer Garner’s secret 10 month trial separation. Whatever. We’ve already analysed the legitimacy of By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 09:05 am
Girly Throw Downs Katy comes from the side Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift got into it on Twitter the other day. Click here for my analysis on the situation. And for those of you who insist that Nicki was targeting Taylor, click here for Buzzfeed’s solid case in defence of Nicki, and how she was consistent with By Lainey • Jul 23, 2015 10:59 am
Break Ups Miranda Lambert’s “long time affair” The Blake Shelton/Miranda Lambert divorce covers the new issues of PEOPLE and US Weekly. Some sources are saying it was because he wanted kids and she didn’t. Some sources are saying that she didn’t love the Hollywood life that he was getting used to on The Voice. By Lainey • Jul 22, 2015 04:17 pm
Girly Throw Downs Nicki Taylor (but not the model) And she was rolling along so smoothly. Taylor Swift. Friend of Everyone. Protector of Artists against Apple. It was world domination. And then…a MAJOR stumble. So the MTV VMA nominations came down yesterday. As expected, the Bad Blood video led the way with 9 nominations. Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda, By Lainey • Jul 22, 2015 09:35 am
Media Manipulation Gwyneth Paltrow is not Angie Tempura Angie Tempura was a recurring character on SNL’s Weeknd Update played by Michaela Watkins. Angie ran a blog called Bitch Pleeeze. She always wore pyjamas, always had Starbucks, and was always congested. That’s how a lot of people perceived bloggers. That’s still how a lot of people By Lainey • Jul 20, 2015 04:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicole covers VOGUE and golfs Nicole Kidman covers the August issue of VOGUE. She’s covered a LOT of VOGUE. Anna Wintour loves her. We’ll get to the photo in a minute, let’s start with the article. Part of the interview takes place on a golf course. Nicole’s just getting into it. By Lainey • Jul 20, 2015 10:17 am
Quiveration Friday Hunnam It’s Friday. And normally on Fridays Guy Ritchie posts a photo of Charlie Hunnam on Instagram to make our weekend but he’s wrapped on Knights Of The Round Table so that probably won’t be happening so much anymore. Happily though, Charlie delivered for us instead. He went By Lainey • Jul 17, 2015 11:24 am