Music Intro for October 18, 2021 Dear Gossips, So how many times did you listen to Adele’s “Easy On Me” this weekend? Pretty sure some of you, at the very least, because it’s broken all kinds of streaming records which was inevitable…even if Adele didn’t think so. Remember what she said in By Lainey • Oct 18, 2021 09:03 am
Music Adele: “Easy On Me” Well, we expected a ballad and we got a ballad. Adele’s new single, “Easy On Me”, her first song in six years and the lead track off her upcoming album 30, due out November 19, dropped last night – and as she revealed in her double Vogue interviews, she’s By Lainey • Oct 15, 2021 12:10 pm
Gorgessity Game over: Marion Cotillard’s outrageous outfit has won Cannes Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, and Brad Pitt may have brought the throwback glamour to Cannes, but it’s Marion Cotillard who completely stole the show and the festival in my eyes. The photos and background reactions of her in a midriff-baring Balmain look at the premiere of Xavier Dolan’s By Joanna • May 23, 2019 02:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bad Times at the El Royale: a kitschy Lynchian dream Bad Times at the El Royale, Drew Goddard’s follow-up to The Cabin in the Woods is at once completely like that movie and nothing like that movie. Getting into the specifics of how El Royale works would spoil it, but one important thing to know is that despite the By Sarah • Oct 18, 2018 03:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews First look at Xavier Dolan's John F Donovan is conspicuously timed... but very exciting With the Cannes Film Festival a week away, we finally get our first official photos from the set of Xavier Dolan's highly-anticipated The Death and Life of John F. Donovan. The film is not screening in Cannes because they’re not finished shooting but it does look fantastic By Joanna • May 12, 2017 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Xavier Dolan deserves a break I have a ton of respect and admiration for Xavier Dolan. It’s hard not to, right? He’s 27. Every profile or review of his work mentions his age. He’s had movie after movie at Cannes, so much acclaim, directed Adele’s Hello video, has an LV campaign By Joanna • Sep 13, 2016 04:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cannes Preview 2016 It’s that time of year again, with the Cannes Film Festival kicking off on Wednesday amidst unprecedented security measures. Usually the pre-Cannes stories are all about yachts, parties, prostitutes, and producers (the 3 Ps), but this year it’s all about the crazy security in place. That’s a By Sarah • May 10, 2016 10:40 am
Maple Leaf Jessica Chastain & Xavier Dolan: MET Muse Rest assured: when you invite Jessica Chastain to a party, there will be dancing. ... lots and lots of dancing. This year, she danced in peacock blue Prada and finally broke out of her Jessica Rabbit Givenchy rut that Lainey finds herself begrudgingly writing about all too often. Her partner-in-crime? Her By Joanna • May 03, 2016 02:45 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, Thursday November 5, 2015 Leo’s boys have been posting photos all over Asia, so I can only assume that they have joined him in India, where he met with environmentalist and activist Sunita Narain. He rarely posts photos of himself on Instagram so you know he’s being serious. It’s nice to By Maria • Nov 05, 2015 05:34 pm
Music Adele, actor Adele. Hello. It’s blowing up all our phones. And we’re now 3 weeks out from hearing the entire album on November 20th. Like I said last week, it’s going to be the soundtrack of my holiday when Jacek and I leave on November 21. To promote the By Lainey • Oct 28, 2015 03:35 pm
Music Intro for October 23, 2015 Dear Gossips, Hello from the other side… My first order of business today was to buy Adele’s Hello. Then watch the video. It’s the theme song to the weekend. Last weekend I was predicting a Brange takeover. Turns out there has been a takeover…but it belongs to By Lainey • Oct 23, 2015 10:16 am
Quiveration James McAvoy on his bike There are have been a lot of posts about assholes today. But we started the day on someone who’s not an asshole (Cary Fukunaga) so let’s end the day the same way. Also I want us to be in a good mood in preparation for tomorrow. You know By Lainey • Oct 22, 2015 05:41 pm
Media Manipulation Intro for April 22, 2015 Dear Gossips, Yesterday, the Cannes Film Festival announced its full jury for this year. And many are calling it the most physically attractive jury ever which I’m sure will go over well with the jury members. Still, it’s not like you can’t see it, right? Jury co-presidents By Lainey • Apr 22, 2015 09:35 am
Maple Leaf Xavier Dolan in Elephant Song: TIFF Review Xavier Dolan's duelling enfant terrible and wunderkind personas have become his trademark, often overshadowing his immense talent. Remember, this 25-year-old won the Cannes Jury Prize for his fifth film, Mommy, in May, but barely eight months earlier, he bit back at an unflattering review in The Hollywood Reporter, By Joanna • Sep 11, 2014 03:07 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for May 23, 2014 Dear Gossips "For me, it's not about a country or a province or old dilemmas or wars — that, my generation doesn't associate with or relate with anymore, by the way. It would just be an extraordinary message to the people my age and to my By Lainey • May 23, 2014 10:20 am
Maple Leaf Intro for May 22, 2014 Dear Gossips, On April 17, when the Cannes Film Festival lineup was announced, here’s what I wrote on the blog intro that day: “Xavier Dolan. Jesus. He’s only 25 years old. And it seems like every year Dolan has a film for the festival. So incredibly productive. Dolan’ By Lainey • May 22, 2014 09:02 am
