Top Reads Julia Roberts: Interview with a Movie Star David Marchese has come up often both on this site and on the Show Your Work podcast because he belongs to the Top Gun class of interviewers – every David Marchese interview is a banger. And this latest with Julia Roberts for the New York Times is no exception. Julia is By Lainey • Apr 19, 2022 12:24 pm
Relationship Assumption Rihanna, Rocky, and the Rumours I don’t think you missed it but just in case, social media exploded last Thursday when a fashion influencer tweeted that Rihanna broke up with A$AP Rocky because he cheated on her with shoe designer Amina Muaddi who has worked with Rihanna on her Fenty line. Amina has By Lainey • Apr 19, 2022 10:38 am
Top Reads Big Sussex Weekend, Big Sussex Energy As expected, a lot of attention this weekend was on The Invictus Games as the Sussexes, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, made their first international appearance together since their move to the United States. But before that it was confirmed that during a pitstop to England before heading to The By Lainey • Apr 18, 2022 11:24 am
Top Reads Bennifer: An Engagement Tour Since confirming their engagement last Friday night Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have been photographed together several times by the paparazzi. I’m not mad at this – and thank you to those who’ve been emailing sharing your thoughts on their second chance romance. Some of us are living for By Lainey • Apr 14, 2022 11:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Slap has cursed Hollywood (Thandiwe vs Channing edition) Yesterday afternoon, news broke that Thandiwe Newton was exiting Magic Mike’s Last Dance, filming now in Britain, for “personal reasons” and that Salma Hayek would replace her. The official statement released by Warner Brothers, the studio bankrolling Last Dance, said that Newton “made the difficult decision to step away By Sarah • Apr 14, 2022 09:51 am
Relationship Assumption Bennifer: ON THE JLO & Halftime The thrill I experience when I get a new ON THE JLO in my inbox! ON THE JLO (which, if you don’t know, is Jennifer Lopez’s community newsletter – and where have you been???) is like JLo’s own TMZ! She’s creating her own gossip universe! Last night, By Lainey • Apr 13, 2022 11:59 am
Top Reads Sussex at the Games The Invictus Games begin on Saturday in The Hague. Prince Harry was of course always planning to be there as the founder but the big question mark was whether or not Meghan Markle would join him – and it was confirmed yesterday that she will indeed be there at the start. By Lainey • Apr 12, 2022 01:38 pm
Top Reads Bennifer: Engaged and House Hunting In my post yesterday about the new Bennifer engagement, I wrote about the green diamond engagement ring, and how it’ll be a thing now, the way the pink diamond engagement ring was 20 years ago. This is ego not just for JLo but for Ben Affleck too. Pink and By Lainey • Apr 12, 2022 12:13 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Rihanna. Baby. Vogue. For the May issue of Vogue, with May being the month of the Met Gala, it’s not unusual for us to see one of the Met Gala co-chairs on the cover. But then again, if we’re talking about the Met Gala, there is a Queen, and her name By Lainey • Apr 12, 2022 10:20 am
Weddings The Beckhams 2.0: When new money meets young love Why should I pretend I am anything but fascinated by Brooklyn Beckham’s wedding? He was at his parents’ wedding (I have committed many of the photos to memory) and now he’s had his own blowout, just as over-the-top but still as genuinely-in-love earnest as his parents were at By Maria • Apr 11, 2022 02:19 pm
Top Reads The (Second) Bennifer Engagement: Keep it On The JLO If you visited this site on Friday, any time after 1130am ET, you may have read the post I wrote about Jennifer Lopez’s new ring, which then became an analysis – and unpaid promotion, LOL – of her community newsletter, ON THE JLO. If you had subscribed, as I was hinting By Lainey • Apr 11, 2022 10:49 am
Equality Issues The Final Slap After moving up their meeting regarding Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars which feels like 14 years ago, the Academy leadership (“leadership”) has taken the step of banning Smith, who has already resigned his membership from the Academy, from the Oscars and all Academy events for By Sarah • Apr 11, 2022 09:37 am
Relationship Assumption Jennifer Lopez: A Big New Ring? Jennifer Lopez stepped out earlier this week with her daughter Emme. The first set of shots that was released wasn’t all that remarkable – she looks great in a summer dress, classic JLo sunglasses, the hair is pretty undone, by her standards… nothing much to say, which is why I By Lainey • Apr 08, 2022 11:28 am
Top Reads Lewis in Green F1 is back this weekend after a one-week break, not that it made a difference for the Mercedes cars because both were sh-t again today in practice at the Australian Grand Prix, and while Lewis Hamilton, being who he is, can still contend for the championship as it’s still By Lainey • Apr 08, 2022 09:50 am
Top Reads Oscar Isaac Is Your Daddy Oscar Isaac, a universally beloved celebrity, the internet’s crush, a Twitter favourite, is still on promotion for Moon Knight just a couple of weeks after getting everyone horny in his kilts. Last night he was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, talking about Dune, his cock sock, Star By Lainey • Apr 07, 2022 12:22 pm
Royals Prince Charles: Another Bad Headline The Prince and the Pedophile. No, not that one. The other one. You mean there’s more than one prince and one pedophile? You mean we now have to get specific when talking about British princes and their connections to pedophiles? That’s what the Buckingham Palace is dealing with By Lainey • Apr 06, 2022 11:20 am
