Movie Reviews and Previews Jenna’s last day Fresh off her first Emmy nomination, Jenna Ortega was filming a scene for Beetlejuice 2 this week in Vermont (in the same town where the original film was made in 1987). She’s playing Lydia Deetz’s daughter, and she’s been working all summer along with Tim Burton, Winona By Sarah • Jul 14, 2023 10:21 am
Top Reads It’s a double strike Seventy-two days after the writers’ strike began, the actors are on strike, too. It’s the first time in fifty-three years both guilds have been on strike at the same time. We’ve been watching the increasingly frantic pace of the Barbie and Oppenheimer press tours over the last couple By Sarah • Jul 13, 2023 03:50 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Barbie’s Last Carpet The European premiere of Barbie happened last night in London followed by a photo call at the London Eye – and this just may be one of the last promotional events we’ll be seeing in a while, because SAG-AFTRA is about to vote on a strike and that’s looking By Lainey • Jul 13, 2023 10:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise’s Impossible Mission I was in New York last Thursday and Friday for the Oppenheimer junket. More on that in the coming days because I can’t actually remember if there’s an embargo; I can tell you, however, that Cillian Murphy will probably be nominated for an Oscar for his performance, he’ By Lainey • Jul 11, 2023 12:41 pm
Sports Shakira at Silverstone In my post about Shakira on Friday about her at Paris Fashion Week, I wondered whether or not she’d pop over to London from Paris for the British Grand Prix. And indeed she did – Shakira was in the paddock on Sunday and watched as Lewis finished on the podium By Lainey • Jul 10, 2023 03:45 pm
Quiveration Jungkook’s “Seven” Thirst Traps BTS’s Golden Maknae, Jungkook, will release his new single, “Seven”, next Friday and while it’s not his first solo effort – his song “Dreamers” for example was part of the World Cup soundtrack last year – most people see this as his official solo debut because “Seven” is not associated By Lainey • Jul 07, 2023 11:27 am
Style Margot Robbie: Another Week of Barbie Perfection Because of the holiday in Canada and the United States this week, we’ve missed a few of Margot Robbie’s Barbie looks as she continues to promote the movie, getting ever closer to what’s expected to be the big ass premiere in Hollywood this coming Sunday. Last week By Lainey • Jul 07, 2023 10:06 am
Gorgessity At Valentino: The Returns of Kaia and Son Ye-jin It was Valentino’s turn yesterday at Paris Fashion Week and Pierpaolo Piccioli chose for his latest presentation the Château de Chantilly, a stunning setting for a stunning collection. Look at this runway: As the sun set over a symphony of looks at Valentino “Un Château," the seamstresses joined By Lainey • Jul 06, 2023 10:53 am
Gossip Genie Bennifer, Brady, and Emily As mentioned in today’s open, seemed like everyone was at Michael Rubin’s Fourth of July party this weekend. Before that though Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were in the city with their kids, and on Saturday they were seen on Broadway for one of the final performances of By Lainey • Jul 05, 2023 01:49 pm
Shoes Taylor’s tour dates and shoes At the beginning of June Taylor Swift announced that The Eras tour would be travelling to Latin America. Last week she added even more dates across Europe, Asia, and also Australia. And just yesterday, nine additional shows were updated on the schedule. Another 9 #TSTheErasTour shows go up in lights By Lainey • Jun 28, 2023 01:06 pm
Music Tom and Zendaya: “Love on Top” Before we get to the title subjects, just a word on the life of Beyoncé because yesterday, Tuesday, she was photographed in Lake Como with Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey. On Tuesday night, though, she performed on tour in Warsaw. Standard practice for artists on tour is to arrive at the By Lainey • Jun 28, 2023 10:13 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina’s New Essay Trigger warning for domestic violence Angelina Jolie spent several years advocating for the reauthorisation of the Women Against Violence Act (WAVA) that was eventually signed by President Joe Biden in March 2022. A couple of months before the reauthorisation, Angelina spoke during a virtual rally in support of the act By Lainey • Jun 27, 2023 10:53 am
Music Elton’s Farewell with Rina Elton John’s retirement tour is wrapping up soon. He just completed ten shows at the O2 in London and headlined at Glastonbury this weekend which marked his final performance in the UK. Ahead of the show there was all kinds of speculation about who’d join him on stage By Lainey • Jun 26, 2023 12:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Everyone famous in Asteroid City Wes Anderson is a filmmaker who has long been interested in dysfunctional families, fathers and sons, grief, love, and a sense of style so precise he’s his own sub-genre of cinema. His latest, Asteroid City, embraces all of Anderson’s usual quirks and pursuits, with an added dash of By Sarah • Jun 23, 2023 12:42 pm
Royals Prince Harry’s Podcast Pitches Ever since it was announced last week that Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and Spotify ended their partnership, people have been trying to get more details about what happened behind the scenes, especially after Bill Simmons decided to inflame the story even more by calling Harry and Meghan “f-cking grifters” on By Lainey • Jun 23, 2023 11:28 am
Top Reads Is Rihanna a wife? The last time there was marriage speculation about Rihanna and A$AP Rocky it was after the Met Gala - she wore a white Valentino design which was giving bridal, and then she posted on Instagram referencing the “bridal party”. And before that people were wondering whether or not a By Lainey • Jun 22, 2023 11:46 am
