Newsletter Wednesday, September 27, 2017

[LaineyGossip.com - Calling all smuthounds!] Wednesday, September 27, 2017 [Intro for September 27, 2017]( [Conan O'Brien and Tom Cruise go for a drive]( Dear Gossips, Tom Cruise has a film coming out on Friday. It’s called American Made. And, at post time, it’s currently sitting at 90% fresh on [Rotten Tomatoes](. Critics aren’t calling it the movie of the year or anything but most seem to agree that it’s an enjoyable couple of hours and that it’s fun to see Tom putting his frenetic energy not into a hero but into a complicated charming bullsh-tter character like Barry Seal. So…where is Tom Cruise? Is it weird that we’re 48 hours from the release of his movie and we’ve barely seen him? Is it because of the injury he recently sustained [while shooting M:I6]( Is it because of the legal problems? The producers of American Made [are being sued]( by the families of two pilots who were killed and another who was seriously injured during production. The lawsuit alleges that while neither Doug Limon, the director, or Tom are named as defendants, their negligence contributed to the tragedies because they kept wanting to take more risks with the shots, which contributed to longer hours on set and more dangerous maneuvers. That may be why Tom’s been keeping a lower profile than he normally would when there’s a movie to promote. I mean, I’ve read a random interview here and there that he probably did on a junket, but by his standards, this is really quiet. So far, it’s just been Conan. Conan flew to London to shoot a taped bit with Tom that was just released yesterday and that they’re obviously hoping will go viral. The premise is that Conan’s invited Tom to drive around in a car with him, and Tom thinks it’s going to be like Carpool Karaoke or the thing that Jerry Seinfeld does in cars with coffee. Only Conan has other plans. More specifically, Conan has no plans. And it’s funny. It goes on for too long, but the bit is funny. It’s funny as a parody on Conan’s part and it’s also a great showcase for Tom’s acting, his timing, his overall appeal. I watched it last night with Jacek and for a while there, Jacek wasn’t convinced that Tom was in on it. He kept asking me, “Does he know this is a joke?” The joke, of course, is not only that Conan has trapped Tom in a car but also that Tom isn’t doing ANYTHING. And, if you know Tom Cruise, he is always doing SOMETHING. Even the fact that it’s not Tom driving himself is remarkable. Because, of course, he’s always the one behind the wheel, he’s always the one on the bike, he’s always the one in the cockpit. Until the end, when there’s a stunt – it’s Tom Cruise, there always has to be a stunt – and then it becomes obvious that, for once, he can’t be the one doing the stunt. But again, so far, with two days to go before American Made opens, there’s been very little of Tom Cruise. How many people know about this movie? Who’s going to go see this movie? Is it possible that this movie can still open big without the patented Tom Cruise push? American Made is the second Tom Cruise release of 2017. The Mummy underperformed and underwhelmed at the box office earlier this summer. He’s not desperate for a win. But Monday morning headlines like “Tom Cruise bombs at the box office” don’t help either. Yours in gossip, Lainey [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 12:59 PM [The Engagement of Kit & Rose]( It’s their names. They’re the kind of names that just sound really great with a “The X” in front of them. Anyway, it was rumoured a couple of days ago that [Kit Harington]( and [Rose Leslie]( are engaged. That engagement [was confirmed]( with an announcement in The Times: Two people from Something-shire are getting married! The loves from Beyond The Wall are getting married! This tradition of announcements has always fascinated me. Because it doesn’t happen in my culture. If it does, none of the Chinese people who raised me ever knew about it. Back in my ma’s village, if someone was getting married, they’d just holler the message over from one mahjong table to the other. As for Kit and Rose, this is wonderful, sweet news, of course. But it’s also not a big surprise. He’s talked about [moving in with her](. They’ve been much more open about their relationship over the last year or so, and publicly too. And I wonder…because there was a time when there were rumours. Rumours that Kit was acting very single in Montreal when he was on location. Was it an official break? During which time he figured out that – cheese alert – she was his only rose? Also attached - Kit out in London yesterday and at the Gunpowder premiere the day before. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 7:59 PM [JLO: the anniversary]( [Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez out in New York, September 26, 2017]( [Jennifer Lopez]( stepped out in NYC yesterday with [Alex Rodriguez]( and her kids. Question for you: last year, on The Social’s Gossip Year in Review episode, we were asked, as we do every season, to make a gossip prediction. We shot that show back in December 2016. My prediction: “JLO will get engaged again. It’s been too long since she’s been engaged.” Two months later we found out about JRod. And we’ve had to look at it all year. Don’t lie. They’re wearing you down. I can tell by your emails and I am SO DISAPPOINTED IN YOU. Do I sound like your mother? Anyway, the question is: can I claim to have been right with my prediction? They’re not “officially” engaged. But he’s more than just a “boyfriend” at this point, isn’t he? From the beginning, I’ve always said that JLO with ARod reminded me of JLO when she was with Ben Affleck. Guess what? Yesterday was my birthday. But it was also, apparently, [the 15th anniversary]( of the Jenny From The Block video. I’m a birthday narcissist and dictator so it surprises me that I actually never knew that that video came out on my birthday because I try to associate everything with my birthday. It’s not like I would have missed it either. HOW COULD I HAVE MISSED IT? How could any gossip have missed it? I lived for it. Lived on it. For weeks. That video remains on the list of most gossip-worthy music videos of the last 20 years, it’s probably #1 or #2 – no disrespect to Taylor Swift’s #LWYMMD but… please. Here. Because now we all just have to watch it again. And we all have to observe at the same time that, after 15 years, how does she look exactly the same if not even better? In other JLO news, much more important news, she announced this week that she’s making a $1 million donation in support of hurricane relief in Puerto Rico. Today she and Marc Anthony… “…[announced the creation]( of Somos Una Voz (We're Once Voice) on Wednesday, a humanitarian relief initiative and alliance which includes some of the biggest names in Hollywood, the world of sports and the arts. Together they have over 1 billion social media followers to help raise awareness of the critical situation and also raise donations for those in need. The Somos Una Voz alliance is working together to rush food, shelter, medicine, power, and communications to those in need that were affected by recent natural disasters. Alliance members include Alejandro Fernandez, Alejandro Sanz, Alex Rodriguez, Alex Sensation, Bruno Mars, Camila, Chayanne, Daddy Yankee, Ed Sheeran, Edward Norton, Enrique Santos, Fat Joe, Fonseca, Gente de Zona, J Balvin, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jessy&Joy, Jimmy Smits, John Leguizamo, Juan Luis Guerra, Kany Garcia, Lin Manuel Miranda, Luis Fonsi, Maluma, Magic!, Mario Domm, Mottif, Nacho, Narciso Rdoriguez, Nicky Jam, Paul Simon, Pitbull, Prince Royce, Ricky Martin, Romeo Santos, Vin Diesel, and Yandel.” Please [click here]( for 10 things you can do for Hurricane Maria victims in Puerto Rico. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 7:39 PM [Judi Dench in Victoria and Abdul]( [Victoria and Abdul movie poster]( Set in the waning days of Queen Victoria’s reign, Victoria and Abdul depicts the end-of-life friendship Queen Victoria struck up with Abdul Karim, a servant sent from India during her golden jubilee. Abdul is a low-level clerk in a prison in India, who is chosen—because he is tall—to go to England to present Victoria, by then Empress of India, with a ceremonial coin. Played by Bollywood star Ali Fazal, Abdul is likeable enough, but Abdul’s impossibly cheerful and simple persona is baffling for an era of colonization and oppression. There’s nothing wrong with taking dramatic license, but something about Victoria rings so false it’s discomfiting and makes losing yourself in the story impossible. And that thing is: WHY is Abdul so immediately fond of Victoria? Abdul is accompanied to England by a second chosen jubilee-servant, Mohammed (Adeel Akhtar, The Big Sick), who voices this very concern, but Abdul’s only answer is a shrug and blank smile. The movie, directed by Stephen Frears, doesn’t ignore our modern view of Colonial Britain. Upon arriving in England, an English officer exclaims, “Civilization!” as a couple of Dickensian beggars approach Mohammed and Abdul, asking for money. There are other touches like this, where snobbish English assumptions about India and, basically, anywhere Not England, are shown to be backward and small-minded. But what the movie totally skips over is Abdul’s own real-life complexity. The movie prefers him to be a simple, smiling, inexplicably happy chap who just loves to serve Queen Victoria out of the goodness of his heart, even though her regime has crushed his people into colonial submission. Victoria takes to him because he is handsome and fawning, and he takes to her because…she’s old? It is NEVER CLEAR why Abdul likes Victoria, especially in the face of tense Indian/Muslim-English relations. Mohammed is like, “What are you EVEN DOING?” and Abdul just smiles and is all, “She’s so nice!” What the movie is leaving out is that the real Abdul Karim extracted from Victoria a great deal of personal benefit. Money, land, cushy government jobs for his family in India—and his own rise from servant to “Munshi”, being Victoria’s teacher in the ways of India, from learning Urdu to history to Muslim custom. The movie presents all of this as an unlikely friendship that strikes up between a lonely old widow and a displaced man who are both outcasts, in a way, and so find common ground. That’s fine, except that by cutting out Abdul’s own gain from their relationship, Victoria and Abdul creates that gaping black hole in the center of Abdul’s motivation that makes him seem so simple as a character. Certainly, he was unpopular with Victoria’s courtiers. The Prince of Wales (Eddie Izzard) is embarrassed, everyone hates Abdul, and there are threats to challenge Victoria’s mental competency over her sudden Indian infatuation. Victoria, rightly, calls out all this racist and bigoted behavior, and Judi Dench is terrific in those scenes when Victoria’s sense of right is awoken and she leaps to the defense of her “dear Munshi”. (This is the second time Dench has played Queen Victoria, following Mrs. Brown—another film about Victoria’s unlikely friendships—and she has this character down pat.) But two things can be true at once. Abdul can be an object of scorn and bigotry, but he can also be benefitting from a lonely old lady. One doesn’t rule out the other. But Victoria and Abdul isn’t trying to be a film with complicated undertones, it’s a happy little period piece about friendship overcoming loneliness. For that to work, though, Abdul needs SOME motivation to like Victoria, to want to spend time with her and put up with the despicable treatment he receives from everyone else. But there is NOTHING. There is no reason for him to go through any of this, which is why he comes off simple to the point of stupid. That failure in characterization also makes the movie bizarrely pro-colonial and Imperialistic, which is completely tone deaf in the twenty-first century. Victoria and Abdul will work for some people—a woman down the row from me at the screening wept at the ending—but it only works because it reduces a complicated real-life figure to a way oversimplified stereotype. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 7:18 PM [Smutty Social Media, September 27, 2017]( [Madonna promotes her skin care line at Barneys in New York, September 26, 2017]( Don’t start none won’t be none. [#ClapBackSeason: Earlier we told y'all how people were dragging #MakeUpForever for a post they made regarding their 40 shades of foundation & #Rihanna just joined in on the drag fest 😩😩😩 #FentyBeauty]( A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) on Sep 26, 2017 at 2:35pm PDT Can you imagine an ad like this running now? The Spoiler Police would shut it down. 📺’You've been guessing long enough!' -- September 26, 1986 [pic.twitter.com/6nJFUiSwHD]( — RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) [September 27, 2017]( If you were at the Comedy Cellar last night I need to know, how was [Madonna](? I don’t expect her to do a set or anything (because stand-up comedy is not something you take up on a whim) but how did she seem? Was she loose? [And the next minute i was tagging along with @amyschumer at @nyccomedycellar 😂😂😂 Making my stand up debut!🤡♥️💯 What a thrill. Finally busted my cherry🍒🍒🍒thank you Amy! 🎉🌈🙏🏻]( A post shared by Madonna (@madonna) on Sep 26, 2017 at 11:48pm PDT I love [Sophia](’s jeans – they are Moussy (you can find them [here](. But at close to $500, not cheap. I just bought a pair of straight-leg Levi’s for a quarter of that price and I love them. ["Do a good turn daily." #ScoutsHonor #OnceACampCounselor #AlwaysACampCounselor #NewOrleans • PS. If anyone knows where I can find a fire engine red set of binos for this little bag of mine hit a sister uuuuuup! (tap for deets 💋)]( A post shared by Sophia Bush (@sophiabush) on Sep 27, 2017 at 6:41am PDT Newfoundland is very hot right now. Roughing it in Newfoundland [pic.twitter.com/MLiQSbkLaN]( — Anthony Bourdain (@Bourdain) [September 27, 2017]( A story in two parts. ([Nicki](’s tweet is from 2012… Dameka responded yesterday). When I was about 11 I snapped @ a slumber party n startin beatin da shit out this girl who was pickin on me! Lmao. Her name was Dameka — NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) [March 31, 2012]( Bitch you proud of that shit? You ruined the party for everyone and i still got the scars on my leg from when you stabbed me with a fork. — Dameka Williams (@DrunkOnCircus) [September 27, 2017]( Someone sarcastically asked what [Gabrielle Union]( would be doing without Twitter. She had 20+ years of work experience to answer with. Shoot my TV show, mk movies, create jobs, hairline, clothing line, watches, wine oh & write books all while fighting racism & oppression son — Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) [September 26, 2017]( Bucky with the bad hair (aka [Sebastian Stan]() posted a meme, then he posted a justification of the joke not being meant to minimize current events. I had a feeling he would delete so I screenshot it. Take a look. Does this make you like Sebastian Stan more or less? [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 6:48 PM [Courtney & Frances: mother-daughter twinning at PFW]( [Courtney Love and Frances Bean Cobain go shopping at Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, September 26, 2017]( The mother-daughter combination that most people have been talking about at the recent fashion weeks has been [Cindy Crawford + Kaia Gerber](. But how about [Courtney Love]( and [Frances Bean Cobain](? It’s been so nice to see that, over the last couple of years, after a period of estrangement, they seem to be close again, right? As mentioned, many times, I’m all about Elvis Presley. Which means that I’m obsessed with Lisa Marie Presley. I wonder if this is how Kurt Cobain fans feel about Frances Bean. Elvis and Kurt, obviously, have very different brands. And fans. Elvis fans are unapologetically cheesy in their devotion, just like Elvis. Kurt was not cheesy, well, not in the way Elvis was. Kurt’s counterculture was antithesis if what Elvis represents. But does that mean his fans aren’t super into Frances Bean as, perhaps, the living vessel of his spirit? Can they help themselves? Courtney Love has always been popular in the front row at fashion events. We saw Frances join her a couple of seasons ago. They attended the MET Gala together earlier this year with Marc Jacobs: And they’re at Paris Fashion Week together. Twinning. Here they are yesterday at the Saint Laurent show: And earlier in the day, it wasn’t an exactly match, but the colours were definitely coordinated. Which makes sense since they’re wearing the same designer from the same collection. Normally I hate that sh-t. But with Courtney and Frances Bean, I dunno, I think it’s cute. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 5:13 PM [Natalie Portman and sci-fi soap bubbles]( Yesterday we saw the [first image]( from [Natalie Portman](’s upcoming film, Annihilation. It’s from Alex Garland, the filmmaker behind Ex Machina, and the first look features an albino alligator. Well we now have a teaser trailer, and it does not include the albino alligator. But it does have deer with branches for antlers, burning trees, people who were turned into plants or plant-people, depending on how you look at it, and a splat that looks like an entrance to the Upside Down. There is also a giant sci-fi soap bubble that maybe is the boundary of the mysterious “Area X”? Natalie Portman walks through the soap bubble and everything is weird. Way into it. On twitter, Kat [popped up]( to tell me about Jeff VanderMeer’s books—there are three, apparently. She said they’re “bonkers” and there are “glow in the dark slime monsters”. Kat, stop sweet-talking me. She also said there are wormholes, and I wonder if that’s what the soap bubble is—an interdimensional portal? Like, “Area X” isn’t really on Earth, which is why everything is strange? Also, they turn into plants? There are the plant-people, but also Tessa Thompson seems to have a plant-rash. Is this a secret Groot prequel? Like is this how Groots are made? I have so many questions (the book just made it to the top of my to-read list). This is how you know this trailer is incredibly effective—when you have a lot of questions only watching the movie can answer. Or reading the book, but we’re talking about the trailer, don’t ruin it. Here's Natalie out for lunch in LA yesterday. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 4:19 PM [Blade Runner builds momentum]( [Harrison Ford is seen outside Good Morning America on September 26, 2017 in New York City]( [Harrison Ford]( and [Ryan Gosling](, [who’s recycling his sweaters]( on this press tour now, were in London recently, continuing to promote Blade Runner 2049. The junket was this past weekend. A couple of my colleagues came back with major, major praise. The word Oscar was thrown around. And that seems to be the consensus so far after advance screenings. Critics are calling Blade Runner 2049 a “[masterpiece](” and some are even saying it’s better than the original. I guess I need to finish the original. As mentioned [last week]( I paused the original recently after the “love scene” made me so uncomfortable. Thank you for all your messages with your thoughts on that scene. Some of you wrote essays! I will never be mad at an essay. What was most interesting to me was the fact that most of the people who wrote essays are Blade Runner experts who’ve watched the film many, many, many times. Who’ve read the books. Who are seriously attached to the story. And even among these experts, men and women, there is no agreement as to whether or not that scene was problematic. I’ll finish it this weekend. Because Blade Runner 2049 opens next weekend. Given the anticipation and now the early acclaim, it might be one we should get to on the first weekend. Everybody is talking about Roger Deakins’s cinematography. Sarah has [shouted out]( Roger Deakins several times [in her reviews](. He’s been nominated 12 times for Oscar with no wins. Will it be for Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049? They’re already saying he’s a lock for a nomination and that the film should also be contender for Best Picture. I wonder too, if all of this hype holds up, if Harrison Ford might be in there for Best Supporting Actor consideration, if they’re willing to put him into that category. It would be a very sentimental vote. And it wouldn’t hurt the Oscars in terms of wide appeal. As we’ve seen year after year, the films nominated for Best Picture aren’t box office players. If Blade Runner 2049 is going to be a factor at the Oscars, it could be one of the few films in the conversation that the general public has actually seen. Which could draw in a bigger audience for the Oscar telecast. And bring up those ratings that they’re always angsting about the morning after. Here's Harrison Ford at Good Morning America yesterday and at the Blade Runner 2049 press conference in LA with Ryan Gosling a couple of days ago. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 3:43 PM [Taylor sends Cardi flowers]( [Cardi B attends Airbnb's New York City Experiences Launch Event on September 26, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City]( As mentioned the other day in [What Else](, with Bodak Yellow, [Cardi B]( became the first female solo rapper to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 18 years, taking down [Taylor Swift](’s Look What You Made Me Do. And it’s worth a conversation because, obviously, Cardi B does not have the industry power of Taylor Swift. Cardi B does not have all the advantages that Taylor Swift enjoys. So the success of her single is testament to the strength of the song and to Cardi’s emergence as a new star with an entirely different brand in comparison. As influential as Taylor Swift’s social media imprint is, she still does represent the establishment side of the music – with the most label support an artist can receive and all kinds of visibility on other corporate platforms, including UPS, DirecTV, Target, and Apple. And #1 dominance means a lot to Taylor. She cares about chart performance, maybe more than other artists are willing to admit. She likes to see her name at the top. She likes tangible proof of her success. Everyone’s talking today about how Taylor sent Cardi flowers to congratulate her on her achievement. Cardi thanked Taylor on Instagram: [Sooo beautiful and lovely .Thank you @taylorswift for the flowers 💐❤️❤️....and I freaking love your music 🎶]( A post shared by Cardi B Official IG (@iamcardib) on Sep 26, 2017 at 3:26pm PDT Does it seem to you like every time Taylor sends someone flowers, we somehow find out about it? As you would expect, many of the headlines are about how gracious Taylor is to have done this since it was her own (inferior) song, Look What You Made Me Do, that Cardi took out to get to #1. Right. But let’s also talk about how Taylor released two behind-the-scenes LWYMMD videos last week hoping for a surge in sales. Also they lowered the price for LWYMMD when it was looking close, a common play to push track sales. Taylor Swift discounts her single "Look What You Made Me Do" amidst chart battle for #1 with Cardi B. [pic.twitter.com/8V5crtWfLT]( — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) [September 22, 2017]( Needless to say, it didn’t work. Bodak Yellow came out on top, followed by Post Malone and 21 Savage’s Rockstar. Taylor’s Look What You Made Me Do finished the week in 3rd. If you’re a Taylor hater, you’re cackling about this. If you’re a Taylor stan, you’re all about how she’s still a champion because she’s showing her alleged strength of character. If you are neither, you are loving what all this means on so many levels. I don’t hate Taylor’s obsession with being #1 on the charts. I like that she can admit to coveting symbols of success. It speaks her to ambition, the attribute I wish she’d stop selectively skirting and camouflaging. Taylor’s ambition makes her competitive. And, as we’ve often said on this blog, there is nothing wrong with competition at work among women. This is the competition we were hoping for between Taylor and Katy Perry. We wanted Katy to f-cking bring it. We wanted Taylor to f-cking bring it. We wanted the battle to be over the work. Katy did not deliver, however, with Witness. So we didn’t get what we want. Instead, we got what we need: A competition between Taylor Swift and Cardi B and everything that they represent. Taylor’s the giant in the industry. Cardi’s the upstart. It’s a classic clash between big vs small, old vs new, the Empire vs the Rebellion. Consider too who they are, the differences between them. Taylor Swift came from princess fairytale beginnings. Cardi B was a stripper. Taylor Swift is safe. As safe as it gets. As apolitical as it gets. Cardi B? Cardi B got up on stage at the VMAs – and this was A MONTH AGO – on a night where she was nominated for Best New Artist, with her entire career in front of her, at a time when taking risks can have long consequences, and shouted out Colin Kaepernick, telling him that “as long as you kneel with us, we’re gonna be standing for you”. True, that’s been Cardi’s message from the beginning. She might be fresh to the top but on her way there, she’s always been outspoken about social issues, about inequality. About her abortions. About her plastic surgery. The honesty about her purchases seems to confirm her authenticity. Taylor Swift’s Look What You Made Me Do addresses the conundrum of her authenticity, performed or otherwise. These two models of authenticity went head to head. And on this week (so far), Cardi B’s prevailed. Overall? Taylor Swift, of course, is still the megaforce. But that doesn’t mean there can’t be challengers. Challenges make people better. Competition makes us better. Right now, pop is being ruled by competitive women. That doesn’t suck either. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 2:39 PM [Taylor Kitsch steps]( [Waco trailer stills]( We’ve been a little worried about [Taylor Kitsch]( around the LaineyGossip offices. I wonder [what the hell]( he’s doing in cut-rate action movies, and Kathleen wonders if, like Samson, [his hair]( is the secret to his power. We’re all a little bummed True Detective season 2 didn’t work out for him. With more established careers, Rachel McAdams and Colin Farrell are fine, but Kitsch still needs to prove himself outside Friday Night Lights. Maybe we can stop worrying now? Because the teaser trailer for Waco, that miniseries about the Branch Davidians, was released yesterday and HOLY SH*T. Riggins is back, y’all. (Lainey: he had to go back to Texas, that’s why! [Texas Forever!]( Or rather, Riggins is nowhere to be seen. With obvious weight loss, those creepy glasses—when does the hero ever wear glasses like that?—and a shaggy mullet, Kitsch isn’t unrecognizable, but he’s distinctly Not Himself starring as David Koresh. And his voice! Not an exact mimic of Koresh, but definitely in [that register](. This is the most convincing character work Kitsch has done since FNL, and it’s for a Peak TV prestige project. It could always fall apart like True Detective, but at least from this first look, it’s a good step in the right direction. And this teaser is squarely focused on Kitsch. [Michael Shannon](, who stars as the FBI negotiator who dealt with Koresh, is relegated to the background while Kitsch sermonizes as Koresh. The showrunners, John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle, talked to [The Hollywood Reporter]( about Kitsch’s devotion to the role, including the weight loss and holing up in a house by himself, so this is his “[I was really cold for six months](” moment. It’s also a moment for true crime. There is a slew of true crime on TV right now—not to mention the podcasts—including the recent Manhunt miniseries about the Unabomber (my review: It’s okay), and a series each about the Menendez brothers and the Versace murder coming up. (And you should totally check out true crime parody American Vandal on Netflix, it’s SPECTACULAR.) Waco, though, isn’t just true crime, it also gets into cult stuff, a fascinating sub-genre of true crime. Cult stories are endlessly fascinating for why people get involved, and how it all falls apart. Which makes me wonder, how long before someone tackles one of the scariest cults of the twentieth century? How long before there’s a Jonestown? [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 2:14 PM [Angelina’s supermarket photo shoot]( [Angelina Jolie]( [Angelina Jolie]( has been widely acknowledged to be excellent at the game, at the fame game, and they all play the game, it’s just that some are better at it than most. Angelina is one of the best. Usually. But this… have you seen this? On Sunday, Angelina and her longtime friend, Loung Ung, with whom she collaborated on First They Killed My Father, were photographed at the grocery store. Here are some of the shots: Angelina Jolie even makes grocery shopping look incredibly glamorous! [pic.twitter.com/dQOaO3Bd1I]( — EntertainmentTonight (@etnow) [September 25, 2017]( 🆕 Angelina was spotted with Loung Ung in a grocery store on Sunday 24/9 - Los Feliz. ✨😍 [pic.twitter.com/nH5oyWkkZT]( — Angelina Jolie (@ajolieweb) [September 25, 2017]( And you can see more photos at the [Daily Mail](. They’re ridiculous. They’re ridiculous because they’re so obvious. Her hair is blown out. Note the quality of these images too. And how the photographers were able to get INSIDE the store. Angelina travels constantly with security. So her bodyguards were totally OK with photographers following her into the market, and getting right up to her while she tucks a copy of National Geographic – Jane Goodall on the cover – into her paper bag?! But Lainey, maybe she didn’t have bodyguards with her that day? Right so on the one day that a paparazzo figures out that she’s going grocery shopping, her bodyguards just happened to have taken the day off? Also, these shots are exclusive. One photographer. Not a horde of them hanging out at Gelson’s hoping to get a hit. One pap on his or her luckiest day who was allowed to follow Angelina pushing her shopping cart up and down the aisles. This is not new. Celebrities do it all the time. B List or lower celebrities, typically. Not one of the most famous women in the world, if not the most famous woman in the world, whose strategy is, usually, much more sophisticated. What the f-ck is happening here? Why is the work of Angelina Jolie so amateur hour? [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 1:32 PM [September 27, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs]( [Kaia Gerber walks the Saint Laurent runway during Paris Fashion Week, September 26, 2017 (For Sewze)]( Sewze! Sharon wants to give you some shine for “teaching us all to grab the horns with impunity”. She’s so proud to be your friend. Have a great time at PFW! Hope you have a Cindy + Kaia moment! [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 1:19 PM [Privacy Policy]( - [Unsubscribe](