Top Reads The Only Fox News After taking over Hollywood for a couple of weeks, Julia Fox was back home in New York yesterday for her son’s first birthday. She and her ex, Peter Artemiev, were papped in Manhattan, having resumed amicable relations after she cussed him out on Instagram just before Christmas for being By Lainey • Jan 18, 2022 11:06 am
TV Updates Joss Whedon takes himself to the woodshed There is a longform profile of Joss Whedon in New York Magazine titled “The Undoing of Joss Whedon” and it is a masterclass in interviewing someone and letting them take themselves out back to the woodshed. The piece is from writer Lila Shapiro, and it could also be titled “Joss By Sarah • Jan 18, 2022 09:29 am
Top Reads Prince Andrew, Ghislaine Maxwell, and the Bears Like I said last week when it was confirmed that Prince Andrew has been stripped of his titles and no longer an HRH, the royal family doesn’t get flowers for finally doing the right thing. It was the only thing – they had no other choice. That’s why they By Lainey • Jan 17, 2022 11:28 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Prince Harry’s Security Leak Another example of royal media hygiene and the importance of media literacy and hygiene, period, because there’s the version that the UK tabloids are spinning with this story, and the facts of the situation. The problem here is that, well, so much of what’s out there has been By Lainey • Jan 17, 2022 10:07 am
Top Reads Julia: Still Julia Six months ago, in July 2021, which means well before her situation with Kanye West, Julia Fox was profiled by Naomi Fry in The New Yorker’s “Talk of the Town” section. It was right around the release of Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move, in which she had a By Lainey • Jan 14, 2022 09:43 am
Royals Prince Andrew: No more titles Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled yesterday that Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s lawsuit against Prince Andrew, in which she alleges he raped her after being sex-trafficked to him by the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and the convicted sex criminal Ghislaine Maxwell, can proceed. Andrew’s legal team was pushing to have By Lainey • Jan 13, 2022 02:44 pm
Top Reads Kristen Stewart: Stepping Out After the Snub As Sarah covered yesterday, the Screen Actors Guild announced their nominations yesterday and one of the biggest shocks was that Kristen Stewart was NOT nominated for Best Actress. It’s considered the most major snub of the field – Kristen’s performance as Princess Diana is widely acclaimed, and I’m By Lainey • Jan 13, 2022 12:47 pm
Break Ups The End of Lisa and Jason We started the day with the latest in the Celebrity Couple-Off and Drake’s spicy contraceptive, two romantic comedies to lighten the mood before we get to the romantic tragedy – Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa announced their breakup last night. Were there signs? Lisa didn’t join Jason at any By Lainey • Jan 13, 2022 11:35 am
Famewhores The Celebrity Couple-Off of 2022: Leather Pants Edition On Tuesday night, Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson went out for pizza. You can see the photos at Page Six. The details here are important – because they went to a super casual place where the pizza is less than $20 and for dessert they hit up a Rite Aid, LOL. By Lainey • Jan 13, 2022 09:26 am
BFFs Ben Affleck and Matt Damon chew the fat Ben Affleck is still on the combined promotional trail for The Tender Bar and campaign trail for that movie and/or The Last Duel, neither of which have serious hopes of major awards nominations. He follows his LA Times interview with a new Entertainment Weekly cover story, with an interview By Sarah • Jan 12, 2022 12:21 pm
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
