Top Reads Bennifer’s First 2022 Red Carpet I’d been wondering about it for weeks – would Ben Affleck show up on the Marry Me red carpet with Jennifer Lopez the way she showed up for him on The Last Duel and The Tender Bar red carpets? The answer is yes. He didn’t just show up, they By Lainey • Feb 09, 2022 11:10 am
Music Adele: Comeback and a Ring Over the last few weeks, Adele’s been in the headlines for whatever it is that led to the postponement (and possible cancellation) of her Las Vegas residency. The rumours have ranged from COVID outbreaks to production setbacks to creative disputes behind the scenes to romantic drama compromising Adele’s By Lainey • Feb 09, 2022 09:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Best Actress Nominations Sarah will be posting an overview of this morning’s Oscar nominations later but we’ll start with what’s trending: Lady Gaga. Because she was not nominated for her performance as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci. This is considered a snub because Gaga has so far this award By Lainey • Feb 08, 2022 10:30 am
Royals The Queen Crowns Camilla Yesterday marked 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II began her reign. To commemorate the occasion, she released a statement expressing her commitment to serve – and you’ll note that that’s the first thought in the letter: ✍️ On the eve of the 70th anniversary of her Accession to the throne, By Lainey • Feb 07, 2022 12:39 pm
Top Reads Awkwafina doesn’t apologise Nora Lum, aka Awkwafina, for years has been criticised for appropriating AAVE (African American Vernacular English) and using what’s called a blaccent, and specifically speaking with a blaccent as part of her comedic persona and in her comedic roles, only to take it off for her dramatic roles, which By Lainey • Feb 07, 2022 11:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Friday Keanu It was Lunar New Year this week, and the tiger is already a LOT. This week has been one million years long and the snow gods sh-t on a lot of us, which is exhausting on top of everything else, so here is some Keanu to carry you into the By Sarah • Feb 04, 2022 10:23 am
Top Reads Rihanna confirms her confirmation On Monday January 31, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky set up a pap stroll to tell us they’re expecting their first child together. As mentioned in my first post about her pregnancy, the photos were taken by paparazzo Miles Diggs, who has developed solid relationships with celebrities for their By Lainey • Feb 03, 2022 10:13 am
Music Adele Humours the Rumours It’s been almost two weeks since Adele announced that her Vegas residency would not be starting on schedule just one day before she was set to kick it off. Since then, practically every day, there have reports in both the American and British media about what led to the By Lainey • Feb 02, 2022 10:27 am
Top Reads Jennifer Lopez Promotes Love Jennifer Lopez’s new movie, Marry Me, co-starring Owen Wilson, comes out February 11. It’s about a global popstar who’s supposed to marry another big star (played by Maluma) until she finds he’s been cheating on her and she picks a guy holding a sign (Owen) in By Lainey • Feb 01, 2022 10:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney: On Ben, Brad, and Julia When George Clooney returned to LA a couple of weeks ago after the COVID situation in Australia shut down production on his latest film, Ticket to Paradise, I wrote that it could be an opportunity to campaign behind the scenes for Ben Affleck’s performance in The Tender Bar. Indeed By Lainey • Jan 31, 2022 01:23 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Rihanna is Pregnant Rihanna and A$AP Rocky announced this morning that they are expecting their first child together. In the most throwback and modern way possible – the pap set-up shot! You can see the photos at Page Six. Nothing about this is accidental, obviously. She is styled for the confirmation with that By Lainey • Jan 31, 2022 11:28 am
Top Reads Prince Andrew faces “uncomfortable” but not “combative” deposition Virginia Roberts Giuffre is suing the non-HRH Prince Andrew, second son of the Queen of England, in US court, alleging that he raped her when she was 17-years-old after she was introduced to him as part of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking operation. Andrew has tried to get By Lainey • Jan 31, 2022 10:37 am
Top Reads Brad Pitt, Lykke Li, and Mary-Kate Olsen?! Yesterday, I posted about the rumour that Brad Pitt is dating Lykke Li, a story that’s been percolating since last summer since it was mentioned on a Swedish podcast and someone sent in that tip to DeuxMoi. The Sun got it going again this week and then PEOPLE had By Lainey • Jan 28, 2022 10:17 am
Top Reads Rihanna’s Big Pledge Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation announced a $15 million pledge yesterday in support of climate justice organisations in the Caribbean and the United States. Rihanna and Clara Lionel Foundation here are making it clear that climate justice is social justice, because climate change disproportionately affects marginalised communities. As Rihanna said By Lainey • Jan 26, 2022 10:57 am
Dumbass Taylor Swift and The Man Taylor Swift has a song called “The Man” with the following lyrics: “’Cause if I was a man, then I’d be the man I’d be the man I’d be the man They’d say I hustled, put in the work They wouldn’t shake their heads and By Lainey • Jan 25, 2022 01:02 pm
Award Season Campaigning Kristen Stewart’s Hole-in-One Like I said in the previous post about Lady Gaga, Oscar nomination voting begins this Thursday so this is the time for contenders, especially the ones on the bubble, to get out there and make their case. Kristen Stewart, a few weeks ago, was not thought to be on the By Lainey • Jan 25, 2022 11:57 am
