Top Reads Lizzo stays winning Washed-up comedian Aries Spears must be enjoying all the spotlight he received over the weekend after making disparaging comments about superstar Lizzo. Last night, Lizzo, nominated for four VMAs including Artist of the Year, shook the red carpet of the VMAs in a dark blue Jean Paul Gaultier dress that By Stephanie • Aug 29, 2022 12:13 pm
Royals Meghan & Harry: Salt & Pepper We have long been fans here of Allison P Davis; as I’ve said before I will read anything she writes because she is one of the best culture writers and one of the best celebrity profile writers in the business. Her latest profile, for The Cut, is on Meghan By Lainey • Aug 29, 2022 09:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Shia brought receipts Just yesterday, Lainey wrote about Olivia Wilde’s dishy cover profile with Variety, promoting Don’t Worry Darling. In that interview, Wilde talked about many things, including firing Shia LaBeouf from the lead male role now played by Harry Styles: “I say this as someone who is such an admirer By Sarah • Aug 26, 2022 03:17 pm
Relationship Assumption Bennifer: The Honeymooners As mentioned the other day, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are on their honeymoon in Italy. They were seen earlier this week in Lake Como, reportedly staying at George Clooney’s house. Now they’re in Milan, and were photographed shopping and walking around town giving big honeymooner energy. There By Lainey • Aug 26, 2022 01:17 pm
Music BLACKPINK: VMA Weekend and That Rumour It’s been a week since BLACKPINK’s new song, “Pink Venom”, was released. This is the first track off their upcoming album, Born Pink, due September 16. Already “Pink Venom” is a smash hit, setting records on YouTube and Spotify: .@BLACKPINK's stunning "Pink Venom" visual By Lainey • Aug 26, 2022 11:05 am
Quiveration Glen Powell’s Big Summer Now that so many of us have seen Top Gun: Maverick, perhaps multiple times, how thirsty are you for Glen Powell? Let’s come back to the thirst in a minute because I don’t think we’ve spent enough time this summer on how Glen Powell even got to By Lainey • Aug 26, 2022 10:17 am
Top Reads Olivia Wilde Gives Gold Olivia Wilde covers the new issue of Variety ahead of the Venice Film Festival premiere of her film Don’t Worry Darling. “She’s So Golden” is what it says on the cover, and I see you Variety cover artists because “Golden” is the title of a Harry Styles song By Lainey • Aug 25, 2022 12:58 pm
Gorgessity JLo’s Three Dresses I’ve been wondering all week about Jennifer Lopez’s wedding coverage and now we have our answer – her THREE dresses have been featured in both Vogue and On The JLo. Which is… kind of a flex? Vogue is calling it an exclusive, and it is, but it’s a By Lainey • Aug 24, 2022 12:20 pm
Weddings On The JLo …after all? Page Six had all kinds of details about the Bennifer weekend wedding reception in Savannah leading up to the event, including the fact that Jennifer Lopez would be wearing Ralph Lauren and that Jay Shetty would be officiating. They also reported that Vogue would be covering it… Vogue has yet By Lainey • Aug 23, 2022 12:49 pm
BFFs Meghan & Mimi, Meghan & Serena Meghan Markle’s podcast, Archetypes, just debuted today on Spotify with her first guests, Serena Williams and Professor Laura Kray from UC Berkeley. The discussion topic is ambition and how it relates to gender. Meghan and Prince Harry signed their deal with Spotify two years ago for a multi-year partnership. By Lainey • Aug 23, 2022 10:33 am
Coincidence or conspiracy A Bennifer Wedding, 20 Years Later As I mentioned earlier in the Bennifer wedding guest post, I’ve been checking all morning to see if Vogue has posted any shots from Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s wedding reception weekend – nothing as of 11am ET. And there isn’t anything in my inbox from ON THE By Lainey • Aug 22, 2022 12:49 pm
Weddings Bennifer’s Weekend Wedding When we last checked on Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, they were in New York, having spent part of the weekend there before packing up for Georgia, which is where they are now. It’s their wedding reception weekend. It was leaked a few weeks ago, following their marriage in By Lainey • Aug 19, 2022 01:33 pm
Top Reads Brad Pitt gets away Brad Pitt has been making headlines all week – and even with the assist from major entertainment outlets, they’re not the kind of headlines he and his PR team would be happy with. Let’s start with Make It Right, Brad’s foundation. Make It Right made Brad Pitt look By Lainey • Aug 19, 2022 11:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Harry and Olivia’s New York premiere Harry Styles played two shows in Toronto earlier this week, and it was kind of a spectacle – and I’m not talking about the concerts (although, of course his performances were amazing), but about the city’s reaction to him being in town. Downtown was buzzing and they were doing By Lainey • Aug 19, 2022 10:00 am
Break Ups Brad Pitt: Media and PR connections As I wrote in my previous post today about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt , it’s been interesting following the media coverage and specifically how Brad Pitt’s position is being presented. On that note, this is what Omid Scobie, who was working at Wenner Media’s Us Weekly when By Lainey • Aug 18, 2022 02:29 pm
Media Manipulation Himpathy for Brad Pitt Over the last few days, since Puck News reported an update on the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed anonymously by Jane Doe (aka Angelina Jolie) against the FBI, I’ve been wondering how the mainstream media and major entertainment outlets would handle the situation. Both Angelina and Brad Pitt By Lainey • Aug 18, 2022 11:53 am
