Top Reads A Gossip Wish: The Magic Mike Oscars During the Winter Television Critics Association virtual press tour yesterday, Craig Erwich, the president of ABC, which is the network that airs the Oscars, confirmed that this year’s show will have a host, after going host-less for the last three. The Oscars this year are happening later, at the By Lainey • Jan 12, 2022 10:10 am
Top Reads Angelina Jolie goes for sparkling First sighting of Angelina Jolie in 2022 – and it’s at the grocery store. Of course, this isn’t the first time she’s made headlines this year. With the release of The Weeknd’s new album, dawn FM, and the lyrics on some of his songs, there’s been By Lainey • Jan 12, 2022 09:41 am
Relationship Assumption Bennifer: An Unplanned Reunion Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were seen out for lunch yesterday in West Hollywood, officially the first time they’ve been papped together in the new year. She looks really cute in that poncho, and it’s weather-appropriate since it’s chilly in LA right now, like for LA. Where By Lainey • Jan 11, 2022 10:55 am
Amazingness Julia Fox: Time for LA Julia Fox, gossip’s newest superstar, is now in Hollywood, the headquarters of gossip. It’s now been ten days since Julia energised the gossip landscape, after being seen with Kanye West in Miami and then hooking up again with him in New York last week. With this trip to By Lainey • Jan 11, 2022 09:43 am
Relationship Assumption The Weeknd: Angelina’s “Starry Eyes”? From what I’ve seen and read, The Weeknd’s new album, dawn FM, which dropped on Friday, is well-received by critics, and deservedly so. When I wrote about it the other day, in connection to all the speculation that lyrics in the song “Here We Go …Again” might be By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 03:06 pm
Award Season Campaigning Ben Affleck pre-50 George Clooney’s The Tender Bar started streaming on Prime last Friday, which is why Ben Affleck was featured in the LA Times this weekend. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in the film (he didn’t win) and he does have a shot at an By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 01:27 pm
Top Reads Kate’s 40th Birthday Portraits Three new portraits of Catherine of House Cambridge were released yesterday to commemorate her 40th birthday. Kate was feted in the British press all week last week leading up the milestone – and being that she’s the wife of the future king and the mother of the king after that, By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 09:55 am
Music Did The Weeknd confirm Abelina? Earlier this week, The Weeknd announced the release of his new album, dawn FM, which is available now. The album would have already been trending, given how successful The Weeknd is, one of the top artists in the business right now. But there’s even more intrigue on top of By Lainey • Jan 07, 2022 01:02 pm
Top Reads Kanye and His (New) Cinderella: Celebrity Couple-Off 2022 As I wrote yesterday, gossip is giving us a couple-off to kick off 2022 and now Kanye West and Julia Fox have answered Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian’s trip to the Bahamas. To recap: Kanye and Julia spent NYE together in Miami, then went out for a second date By Lainey • Jan 07, 2022 10:13 am
Top Reads Jessica Simpson’s Business Cover Story Typically these days, when a celebrity covers a business magazine, it’s all about their entrepreneurial wins. Ryan Reynolds’s Maximum Effort comes to mind – and he and his agency deserve it. Yes, what ended up happening with Chris Noth and Peloton f-cked up what was a really great marketing By Lainey • Jan 06, 2022 12:38 pm
Top Reads Prince Andrew: An Advance Settlement Spin? US Judge Lewis Kaplan is currently deciding whether or not to dismiss Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s civil suit against Prince Andrew, after his legal team argued that he should be protected under a 2009 settlement between Virginia and Andrew’s friend, the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Interesting who Prince By Lainey • Jan 06, 2022 10:01 am
Gorgessity Hoyeon covers Vogue! Hoyeon Jung, the breakout star of Squid Game, covers the February issue of Vogue. This is a surprise but not a surprise… Not a surprise because Hoyeon started her career as a model, and worked in New York for a few years, right up until she had her last callback By Lainey • Jan 05, 2022 01:09 pm
Relationship Assumption Kanye West and the Julia Fox Era Last year – so, like, a week ago – you knew Julia Fox from Uncut Gems, or maybe the more recently released No Sudden Move, directed by Steven Soderbergh and featuring an ensemble cast led by Don Cheadle and Benicio Del Toro. So she’s worked with the Safdie Brothers and Soderbergh By Lainey • Jan 05, 2022 10:28 am
TV Updates Miley’s First NYE Miley Cyrus’s New Year’s Eve special on NBC was about building a new annual institution with a performer who will likely be an entertainment institution. Miley is almost 30 years old now, which is a trip in and of itself, and like so many other female popstars before By Lainey • Jan 04, 2022 10:15 am
Top Reads The Rock shuts down Vin: Boy Sh-t to End the Year Back in November, Sarah posted about Vin Diesel’s public appeal on Instagram to get Dwayne The Rock Johnson back for Fast 10. Vin called The Rock “my little brother Dwayne” (LOL forever) and brought his kids and the late Paul Walker into it. Now The Rock has responded, closing By Lainey • Dec 30, 2021 11:34 am
Top Reads Bennifer 2021: One Last Gift Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez kept their love pretty quiet during the Christmas break – no sightings, no appearances on social – but they’re sending us into 2022 with a final 2021 update, at least on this site. It’s still possible that we’ll get more Bennifer content tomorrow for By Lainey • Dec 30, 2021 10:49 am
