BFFs What is your Friend Style? Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Lily Tomlin… That’s it. I could just end the post right there and it would be enough. These four women, together, all that’s required is for us to stop and appreciate all they’ve given us. It’s more than enough – but By Lainey • Jan 16, 2023 01:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Critics Cast Their Votes The Critics’ Choice Awards came and went last night with more of a whimper than a bang—it was a boring show and I say this as someone who gets to vote for those awards—but it is also the last big moment before Oscar nominations close on Tuesday. So, By Sarah • Jan 16, 2023 11:12 am
Music Taylor Swift: First Time and a Flex Taylor Swift was quiet over the holidays. She’s much quieter these days than she was in her 20s, although Midnights was a big deal album release in 2022 and continues to be a force in the industry this year. Taylor has started rehearsing for The Eras tour and she By Lainey • Jan 13, 2023 01:32 pm
Relationship Assumption Lori and Damson: Instagram Official Late last fall, rumours started circulating about Lori Harvey and Damson Idris. Just before Christmas they were photographed leaving dinner but not side-by-side. Cut to last night and here’s what Damson posted on IG stories: Needless to say, since social media is obsessed with Lori – and rightly so – she By Lainey • Jan 13, 2023 12:09 pm
Royals Late Night Prince Harry When it was announced last week that Prince Harry would appear on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, I wrote that I was curious to see how he would perform in that format. We’ve seen him in a docuseries, we’ve seen him interviews with Oprah and on ITV By Lainey • Jan 11, 2023 11:33 am
Top Reads Jerrod went there I am not at all surprised Jerrod Carmichael turned out to be a good host for the Golden Globes, I have insisted all along he is too good for this show. What did surprise me is just how HARD he went at EVERYTHING. I expected his monologue to focus on By Sarah • Jan 11, 2023 09:03 am
Amazingness Ben at the Drive-Thru It’s not unusual to see Ben Affleck at a drive-thru and it’s not unusual to see Ben at Dunkin’ Donuts…but typically he’s the customer, and not the customer service representative. Here he is, though, at a Dunkin’ in Massachusetts, with the headset on, taking orders at By Lainey • Jan 10, 2023 12:21 pm
Music Rihanna: Halftime and the Globes Just under five weeks to go now until Rihanna’s 12-minute concert. She posted a video on Sunday to start the countdown and, hilariously, didn’t put much into it. Because she doesn’t need to. It’s not like the anticipation isn’t already high. It’s been a By Lainey • Jan 10, 2023 10:21 am
Royals The Prince Harry Media Bonanza All the details coming out of Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, are creating a content bonanza for the media. The last I checked, Page Six had at least a dozen articles related to the revelations in the book; over at the Daily Mail, it feels like Spare has basically taken By Lainey • Jan 06, 2023 10:41 am
Royals Harry’s Spare: The First Reveal For a long time now there have been rumours that Prince William has a very bad temper and perhaps some anger issues. It’s been reported that he blows up in rage, yelling at his father to the point where Camilla, allegedly, once told close friends and family that she By Lainey • Jan 05, 2023 10:44 am
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt’s Holiday Photos I posted yesterday about PEOPLE’s exclusive report that Brad Pitt spent New Year’s in Cabo San Lucas with Ines de Ramon. PEOPLE had no photos though – and they still don’t – but they were able to get the jump on the story without them. In fact, they had By Lainey • Jan 04, 2023 10:04 am
Amazingness Leonardo DiCaprio 2023… but no Gigi? Same time last year, the start of 2022, Leonardo DiCaprio was dating Camila Morrone. She was 24 at the time. Six months later, in June, she turned 25 and a few weeks after that it was confirmed that they’d split, resulting in Leo getting widely mocked for the aging By Lainey • Jan 03, 2023 01:20 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Brad Pitt’s Romantic Deflection Early last year, as we approached award season and contenders emerged one after another, critics always left room for Babylon, understandably. For the last decade Damien Chazelle has been regarded as Hollywood’s wunderkind filmmaker, with the Oscar Academy making him in the youngest ever to win the Best Director By Lainey • Jan 03, 2023 11:33 am
Royals Prince Harry: One week to Spare In one of my last Prince Harry posts of 2022, I wrote about promotion for the release of his upcoming memoir, Spare, and the publisher’s presumed expectation for him to go out and drive sales. A book deal is a business deal. They paid him a lot of money, By Lainey • Jan 03, 2023 10:02 am
Royals Report: King Charles to pay for Andrew’s security Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been telling people for years that they are at risk from attack by white supremacists who’ve been encouraged by the tabloids spreading disinformation about them. Neil Basu, the former head of counter terrorism for the Met Police, recently confirmed that those threats were By Lainey • Dec 20, 2022 10:22 am
Douchebags The Sun and Jeremy Clarkson prove the point of Harry & Meghan The British tabloid media is the main villain in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s docuseries, and while there are definitely parts of the show that aren’t as strong as others, they do a great job of establishing how closely the British Monarchy is tied to colonialism and the By Lainey • Dec 19, 2022 11:18 am
