Media Manipulation Brad Pitt on Damage Control On Tuesday this week, the New York Times’s coverage of Angelina Jolie’s cross-complaint detailed explosive allegations against Brad Pitt about how he abused her and their six children on that private flight in September 2016 that preceded her filing for divorce. Since then, Brad and his representatives have By Lainey • Oct 07, 2022 11:09 am
Royals The Wales Cocktail-Off needs a DJ British royals behind a bar – it’s a thing. A common photo op whenever they’re in Ireland, and typically it involves them pulling a pint which at this point has been overdone. So now we have an update on this regular royal move as Prince William and Kate are By Lainey • Oct 06, 2022 12:08 pm
Break Ups Tom and Gisele: is this the end(zone)? There are four marriage stories dominating pop culture this fall: Brad and Angelina (sad and dark), The Try Guys (emotional), Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo (embarrassing but expected), and Tom and Gisele, which I think is the most nuanced split we’ve seen in a long time. Tom Brady and By Maria • Oct 05, 2022 02:06 pm
Douchebags Angelina Jolie: The Counterclaim Angelina Jolie filed a counterclaim against Brad Pitt yesterday that included details about how Brad Pitt allegedly abused her and their children on that private plane in 2016. Breaking News: A new court filing by Angelina Jolie details allegations that Brad Pitt abused her and their children on a plane By Lainey • Oct 05, 2022 12:52 pm
Gorgessity Jennie and Kristen at Chanel The Chanel show at Paris Fashion Week today and the arrival that elicited the most screaming… BLACKPINK’s Jennie who’s been a Chanel brand ambassador for the last five years and shutting down a Chanel presentation isn’t new – as Vogue documented last March, she did it for the By Lainey • Oct 04, 2022 11:35 am
Top Reads A Beckham Détente The Beckham family fracture has been in the gossip spotlight for months now, ever since Brooklyn married Nicola Peltz, who wore Valentino and not Victoria at the wedding, and they’ve all been frosty with each other over social media and didn’t even spend any time on holiday together By Lainey • Oct 03, 2022 12:30 pm
Top Reads Angelina Jolie stands with the women of Iran On September 13, Mahsa Amini was visiting Tehran when she was arrested by the morality police who took issue with her not wearing her hijab properly. She collapsed at a detention centre and was in a coma for three days before dying. Mahsa was 22 years old. The morality police By Lainey • Sep 29, 2022 12:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney: The Movie Star Wife Guy Today’s open was about Wife Guys and Scaachi Koul’s piece for Buzzfeed about the recent fall of Wife Guys. One of the most famous celebrity Wife Guys used to be Hollywood’s most high-profile bachelor-playboy, a man who’d declared he’d never get married and have kids… By Lainey • Sep 29, 2022 09:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Stop worrying, darlings (for now) Now that Don’t Worry Darling is (finally) in theaters, it’s time to lay all the worrying to rest, darlings. And it seems with the film’s release, comes a loosening of lips of those who worked on the film. Certain rumors have been floating awhile on different social By Sarah • Sep 26, 2022 02:20 pm
TV Updates The Crown is done mourning It’s been exactly a week since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral which means that the additional seven days of mourning observed by the British royal family has concluded. That was the Crown’s schedule, at least. But it was not The Crown’s schedule. The Crown is one of By Lainey • Sep 26, 2022 12:05 pm
Music Shine Bright Like a Diamond…at the Super Bowl Rihanna hasn’t been hiding, but she has been really quiet since giving birth in May. Of course we’ve seen her but we haven’t heard from her – up until yesterday she hadn’t posted on social media since she and A$AP Rocky welcomed their child. What a By Lainey • Sep 26, 2022 10:27 am
Top Reads Brad Pitt: Not Original but More Expensive Earlier this week Brad Pitt launched his new skincare line, Le Domaine, which uses ingredients from Chateau Miraval, the property he and Angelina Jolie purchased together and which has now become a major point of contention between them. In support of his new business venture, as I posted yesterday, Brad By Lainey • Sep 23, 2022 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jacob Elordi: Just Before Elvis I’ve been waiting for new photos of Jacob Elordi for a couple of weeks now – here he is in LA yesterday – because we need to talk about Jacob and Elvis Presley. It was announced this month that Sofia Coppola's next film, titled Priscilla, will be based on By Lainey • Sep 23, 2022 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ana de Armas sets her narrative Blonde, the quasi-biopic of Marilyn Monroe starring Ana de Armas, is in limited theatrical release now, but it hits Netflix next week, which is when Blonde-mania will crest. It’s also when Ana de Armas will launch into the forefront of the Best Actress Oscar race, as she will get By Sarah • Sep 22, 2022 12:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia Wilde takes the stand Pretty sure I don’t have to recap for you how messy the Don’t Worry Darling promotional tour has been. It was messy even before the tour started, with online speculation building over months about whether or not Florence Pugh was over Olivia Wilde, Darling, and refusing to support By Lainey • Sep 22, 2022 11:25 am
Top Reads The Tiffany Haddish lawsuit is already over A few weeks ago, we learned of a lawsuit filed against Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears by a pair of anonymous siblings accusing them of, among other things, grooming and sexual abuse. A couple days ago, the suit was dismissed with prejudice—meaning the plaintiffs can’t refile—on behalf By Sarah • Sep 22, 2022 10:02 am
