Oscars 2022 Predicting the Chaoscars This awards season has been 1) INTERMINABLE, and 2) CHAOTIC. Dramatic momentum shifts, wild nominations at precursor award shows, races too close to call—these Oscars are so chaotic, they should be called the Chaoscars . Predicting Oscar wins is tougher than usual for a number of reasons, ranging from the By Sarah • Mar 25, 2022 03:02 pm
TV Updates Simone Ashley: The New Bridgerton Breakout Hello are you there? Or are you mainlining Bridgerton? I know season two just dropped today on Netflix but in some parts of the world, today is over halfway over and it’s eight episodes, eight hours, it’s very possible that some of you are done. I say this By Lainey • Mar 25, 2022 12:38 pm
Top Reads Will and Kate: At Least Stick the Dismount? Prince William and Kate Cambridge’s tour of Belize, Jamaica, and The Bahamas was supposed to be a “charm offensive”, the term used to describe these trips when British royals go abroad and hypnotise the people with their big smiles and good manners. And for over a decade, that’s By Lainey • Mar 25, 2022 11:45 am
Relationship Assumption Bennifer: Dropoff and Pickup Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were out yesterday, first dropping off his son, Samuel, at a lesson, running some errands in between, and then picking his son up again. Samuel, you’ll recall, was with Ben and JLo’s daughter, Emme, at the iHeartRadio Music Awards the other night when By Lainey • Mar 25, 2022 10:42 am
Royals Will and Kate: The Improv Tour Yesterday, Wednesday, was the midpoint of Prince William and Catherine Cambridge’s tour of Belize, Jamaica, and The Bahamas. As we have seen, it is not going the way they imagined – not in their wildest imaginations, clearly, did they think it would go down this way. At this point, the By Lainey • Mar 24, 2022 12:52 pm
Royals Meghan Markle’s Archetypes Well this is interesting timing… Prince Harry and Meghan Markle signed a multi-year deal with Spotify through their company Archewell last year to produce podcasts on the service. Last week Page Six reported that Meghan’s first pod would be coming this summer and today they made the announcement – the By Lainey • Mar 24, 2022 10:29 am
Business of Hollywood Disney’s troubles aren’t over It has been a bad month for Disney. Their employees are in open revolt over the company’s lackluster response to Florida’s “don’t say gay” law, and now they have stars of high-profile projects taking them out like the trash on the red carpet, too. But wait, there’ By Sarah • Mar 23, 2022 03:03 pm
Top Reads Will and Kate’s Tour: A Royal Mess Prince William and Catherine Cambridge’s tour of Belize, Jamaica, and The Bahamas is not going the way they and the royal team had hoped. The hope, of course, was that this would be all sunshine and smiles and cute photo opportunities, and some good outfits. Definitely no controversy. Well, By Lainey • Mar 23, 2022 11:29 am
Music Jennifer Lopez: Icon There’s no debate here, right? Jennifer Lopez has been at this for 30 years – like non-f-cking-stop. Of course she’s an icon. Based on one moment alone (the fact that Google image search was created because of her) she’d be an icon but, of course, there are SO By Lainey • Mar 23, 2022 09:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sandra Bullock: A Two Dress Night Sandra Bullock at the premiere of The Lost City last night. The movie opens on Friday and currently has an 88% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Sarah’s review will be posted later this week but I’m optimistic because she texted me after the screening to say it was By Lainey • Mar 22, 2022 11:14 am
Top Reads Hoyeon Jung: a twin? Squid Game was represented at the Producers Guild Awards this weekend by showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk, producer Kim Ji-yeon, and star Hoyeon Jung. Since the series has been such a massive success, Netflix wants a second season, but Hwang said at the event that he hasn’t even started writing. Well By Lainey • Mar 21, 2022 01:28 pm
Relationship Assumption Jake & Jeanne on the red carpet Jake Gyllenhaal and Jeanne Cadieu have been dating since at least 2018. In that time, she’s attended red carpet events with him but not WITH him, posing separately and avoiding being photographed together. That changed last September when Jeanne showed up with Jake in support of Maggie at the By Lainey • Mar 21, 2022 11:49 am
Top Reads Will and Kate’s Caribbean Tour: Protests and Dancing Prince William and Catherine of House Cambridge left the UK on Saturday for their week-long tour of Belize, Jamaica, and The Bahamas. They’re representing the Queen during the year of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee and ostensibly strengthening the relationship between England the Commonwealth countries they are visiting. And By Lainey • Mar 21, 2022 10:25 am
Famewhores King Mathew? It was announced yesterday that Mathew Knowles, father of Beyoncé and Solange, has sold his entertainment company to APX Capital Group and will be taking on a management role to produce movies and TV shows, including a biopic about himself. Per Deadline: “One of the first projects that is set By Lainey • Mar 18, 2022 11:52 am
Top Reads Lady Gaga: A Speech for all the Awards Lady Gaga was named the New York Film Critics Circle Best Actress back in December for her performance as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci. She’s also been nominated for almost everything else from the SAGs to the BAFTAs and more…but not the Oscar. Many consider this to By Lainey • Mar 17, 2022 01:29 pm
Top Reads Angelina and Zahara’s Presidential Namecheck Angelina Jolie was in Washington DC yesterday for President Joe Biden’s signing of the reauthorisation of the Violence Against Women Act. She’s been part of the lobbying effort for this legislation for a long time, has been to DC time and again to meet with activists, alongside daughter By Lainey • Mar 17, 2022 12:04 pm
