Newsletter Tuesday, March 29, 2016

[LaineyGossip.com - Calling all smuthounds!] Tuesday, March 29, 2016 [Intro for March 29, 2016] [Prince William and Catherine on their wedding day] Dear Gossips, William and Catherine Cambridge will celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary exactly a month from now on April 29th. To celebrate the occasion Reelz is apparently airing a four part documentary series about their relationship. FOUR PARTS? I’m not sure if it’s four parts at an hour each or half an hour each but it doesn’t matter, two hours or four hours, that’s still a lot of hours to fill on these two. And it’s not like there would be any new photos or video you haven’t seen, or information you don’t know. Unless, of course, they’re going to tell us about how Kate used to (or might still) smoke. But that’s a detail that everybody’s buried. The details they prefer you to know about Kate now relate to how she gets teased about talking too much on walkabouts. And that she made chutney for the Queen. At this point, I’d settle for an answer to the question: Who’s your favourite Spice Girl? Yours in gossip, Lainey [Source] [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 1:41 PM [Smutty Social Media, March 29, 2016] [Leonardo DiCaprio on Instagram ] What an amazing array of body shapes chosen to model Jessica Alba’s new denim collaboration. [#JAxDL #sneakpeek @dl1961denim #dl1961 cute booty🙌🏽🍑👍🏽] A video posted by Jessica Alba (@jessicaalba) on Mar 29, 2016 at 8:31am PDT “Watch TV every day” is the wrong direction – that’s rich coming from a guy who made his career on TV. [I thought this was kind of interesting] A photo posted by Derek Hough (@derekhough) on Mar 28, 2016 at 12:20pm PDT Have you read Luckiest Girl Alive? [I loved the book] – and this Lenny Letter is an absolute must read. For 17 years I was too ashamed to share this. Today I am not ashamed. Proud to tell [#WhatIKnow] [ — Jessica Knoll (@JessMKnoll) [March 29, 2016] All the d-listers who make a living off Instagram sponsorship (or get validation from likes) are absolutely freaking out about the new algorithm and asking followers to turn on “push” notification. It’s embarrassing. I'd let a family member get swallowed by a dragon before I'd allow Instagram push notifications to come to my phone — Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) [March 28, 2016] That elephant is going where only 22-year-olds have gone before. [The lowland #rainforest of the Leuser Ecosystem are considered the world’s best remaining habitat for the critically endangered Sumatran #elephant. In these forests, ancient elephant migratory paths are still used by some of the last #wild herds of Sumatran elephants. But the expansion of Palm Oil plantations is fragmenting the #forest and cutting off key elephant migratory corridors, making it more difficult for elephant families to find adequate sources of food and water. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation is supporting local partners to establish a mega-fauna sanctuary in the Leuser Ecosystem, last place on Earth where Sumatran orangutans, tigers, rhinos and elephants coexist in the wild. Click the link in the bio to stand with @haka_sumatra as they fight to protect the Leuser Ecosystem. #SaveLeuserEcosystem #Indonesia] A photo posted by Leonardo DiCaprio (@leonardodicaprio) on Mar 28, 2016 at 6:22pm PDT It’s hard to believe that Twilight introduced us to both Anna Kendrick and Kellan Lutz. Hi, Anna, What kind of a knife do you have? 😎 [ — Kellan Lutz (@kellanlutz) [March 28, 2016] Kate Hudson, Mayim Bialik, and Malin Akerman gave Chelsea parenting tips – I will watch this. [Thanks to a fun dinner filmed with @katehudson @therealmalinakerman @mayimbialik hot parenting tips. #chelseashow #may11th #netflix] A photo posted by Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) on Mar 28, 2016 at 11:03pm PDT John Mayer on demand for Allison Williams. [Meanwhile, on 👻 awilly88...(Not an ad) (Also...to answer your questions, not my boyfriend. Cause I'm very much married. To one of his besties 👰🏼)] A video posted by Allison Williams (@aw) on Mar 28, 2016 at 8:56pm PDT [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 7:56 PM [Gwyneth on tour] [Gwyneth Paltrow and her children arrive in Buenos Aires, March 29, 2016] Coldplay kicks off the A Head Full Of Dreams tour in Buenos Aires on Thursday. The band has been there the last few days and bandmembers, with the exception of [Chris Martin], have been seen sightseeing around the area. Also seen sightseeing, on her own – [Annabelle Wallis]. You’ll recall, she was also with Chris at the Super Bowl. They’ve been dating (that we know of) since August. And, you’ll also recall, he’s so into her that he’s danced down the streets and kissed her in Paris for the paps with her. [Click here] for a refresher. Look who’s also arrived in Buenos Aires. [Gwyneth Paltrow] and the kids were photographed at the airport today. You think they’ll all be sitting together at the show? You think Annabelle’s been welcomed into G’s crew? Annabelle’s more likely than Jennifer Lawrence. But then again…for how long? Annabelle’s been cast in Tom Cruise’s The Mummy reboot. So if she’s taking those kinds of projects, she’s positioning for a certain kind of career. And if her name gets any bigger, I’m not sure it’s G who’ll have a problem with it. Will Chris Martin start booking it down the street to avoid being seen with her? [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 7:39 PM [Tom Hiddleston making the rounds] [Tom Hiddleston visits 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' in NYC, March 28, 2016] [Tom Hiddleston]’s new movie, I Saw the Light, opened last weekend but hardly anyone noticed amidst the bat-noise of Superhero Face Punch. But Hiddleston did his duty and promoted the movie, making several talk show appearances and being visible. As I noted [before], this is not the same Tom we fell into Freebie Five with back when his fame was shiny and new. This ostensibly is a more grown up and reserved Tom, one who has to be “cajoled” into singing along with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. Once upon a time, Hiddles would have leapt at the chance to sing, and maybe even dance, but now he’s going to front like he doesn’t want to. (Lainey: unless you [ask him about Bond].) It’s a busy month for Totally Normal Not At All Dorky Tom. Besides I Saw the Light, he has Ben Wheatley’s High Rise premiering on demand at the end of the month, plus The Night Manager begins airing in the US on April 19. And then, of course, this summer he’ll be filming Thor: Ragnarok, returning to the Marvel fold which birthed him. A lot of Hiddleston’s early enthusiasm seemed to stem from a place of legit appreciation for the enormous career boost that was the Thor/Avengers double-whammy. Some of the Marvel cast had to warm up to being part of that pop culture wave (ahem, Chris Evans), but Hiddleston seemed to understand right away what a huge opportunity it was, and made the most of it. But he’s been out of it for three years—by the time he’s promoting Ragnarok next year, it will be a solid four. And I can’t help but wonder how Totally Normal Not At All Dorky Tom handles Marvel press. Previously, Saint Tom the Huge Dork was the fun one, while Chris Hemsworth was the promotional straight man. Now they’re both straight men. And they will, of course, be accompanied by The Incomparable Cate Blanchett, who is guaranteed to pull a lot of focus. Chris Hemsworth has always been happy to sit back and let someone else do the heavy lifting on these press tours. But how will it be for Tom Hiddleston 2.0 to not be the center of attention on a Marvel press tour? [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 7:15 PM [Rihanna’s green tracksuit] [Rihanna leaving an office building in New York City, New York on March 28, 2016] A certain person in a certain outfit… Picture my ma, for instance, a Chinese lady wearing a visor, like this: In this green Gucci tracksuit. That’s one way of doing it. But that also means I would probably never do it. I couldn’t do it. [Rihanna] though… She can. She did. And it’s definitely, definitely not the same flavour you’d see if it was my ma wearing it. Or, probably, anyone else. Like few people could do this outfit head to toe. Maybe the jacket and the pants as separates but all the way together… who else? Rihanna and [Drake]’s Work is now #1 for the 6th straight week. So far no drama on the tour. In other words, there’s been no meltdown. But there is what the New York Times called her “humanity”. This, as I’ve been writing, essential to Rihanna’s brand. There have been artists described as “manufactured”. Some of them seem impenetrable. Many operate like a machine. To me, Rihanna’s not high on the list of those who belong on that list. [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 5:04 PM [A Boy Named Kiefer] [Kiefer Sutherland in Not Enough Whiskey music video] What do Johnny Depp, Rita Wilson, Russell Crowe, Kevin Bacon, Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Kevin Costner, Scarlett Johansson and [Kiefer Sutherland] have in common? The music, man. Kiefer is the latest to join the “Um, Why?” club with his new country music single and video, Not Enough Whiskey. Now, I don’t know about you, but when I see “Kiefer Sutherland” and “video” in a headline, I will click on it, because I’m always up for a viewing of this: I live for that video. Not Enough Whiskey is (sadly) not Kiefer knocking over a Christmas tree while agreeing that yes, he is indeed a pirate. Not Enough Whiskey is an honest-to-goodness earnest attempt at country, which, to my untrained eye, looks like an outtake from Nashville (the TV show, not the city). I pulled out my trusty country cliché checklist and here’s what I found. Boot cut jeans? Check. “Dive” setting (in this case, motel)? Check. Cowboy boots and hat? Double check. Multiple references to booze, smokes and missing a little lady? Triple check. And in terms of living that stereotypical life of a country music man – well, he’s a boozehound. This is well documented in the occasionally “shirtless Kiefer wasted in a bar” photo that pops up on the internet, and the fact that he’s had 4 DUIs (one which landed him jail time when 24 was at its peak). He headbutted one-half of Proenza Schouler in a (one can only assume) drunken attempt at defending Brooke Shields’s honour. So, he’s had trouble with the law and all. And he knows it, everyone knows it. Even PEOPLE, the friendliest magazine of them all, once wondered if he would be able to [quit the drink]. Judging by the video and album, he has not. Maybe the prop bottle is ice tea, and at the end there seems to be some attempt at redemption for country Kiefer, but I don’t think this is exactly a cry for help. His self-described “problem drinking” doesn’t seem to be that much of a problem here – it’s more of a quaint storyline. Maybe Kiefer is trying to work out his demons, or maybe he’s trying to indulge them. But here’s the thing: at least he’s not precious about any of it – drinking, fame, performing. He’s not trying to be a Sunset Strip legend with a young blonde wife and more wallet chains than good sense. In an interview with Rolling Stone, he acknowledges that, yes, many actors have tried the rock star thing, but many also shy away from promotion, and he is willing to put his face out there. He talks about working with a writing partner, self-financing, and not hiding behind a band. He talks about liking the texture of his singing voice (they all – Gwyneth, Jeremy Renner, Zooey Deschanel – really love their own voice). Music has been a hobby since Kiefer made a f-ckton of money doing 24. He has owned a record label for several years, and filmed a documentary, I Trust You To Kill Me, about being a tour manager for one of his acts. Now he wants to play really small venues and tell the audience about how he used to get drunk in that exact bar with Emilio Estevez. That’s the thing with Kiefer: he’s game. He loves a good anecdote. He’s going on a short tour to support his album and in his interviews with morning radio and local affiliates, I don’t think he will get pissy if someone asks him about 24. (Lainey: will he be sober on morning radio?) I don’t even think he would get pissy if you asked him, in a roundabout way, if any of his songs are about Julia Roberts. It’s country music, so heartbreak is par for the course. And to get your heart broken by America’s Sweetheart – well that seems worth a country ditty or two. Now once more, with feeling. [Source] [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 3:47 PM [Mila & Ashton at Kimmel] [Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are seen at 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on March 28, 2016 in Los Angeles, California] No Strings Attached was on one of the movie channels the other night. I can’t not watch it. [Ashton Kutcher] is a terrible actor. And he’s terrible in this movie. Like when he tells Natalie Portman at the end that this is it and she can’t be f-cking around with his feelings anymore, I’m into it, the way you’re into romantic comedies and you feel compelled to want the knots in your stomach to release for a happy ending, but at the same time, I am dying for the art of acting, watching him kill the craft. Still… I must be the problem because I won’t change the channel. Here’s another reason why I’m the problem: Ashton Kutcher is insufferable. INSUFFERABLE. But I can’t say he’s not hot in that movie. I hate myself. Anyway, here he is at Kimmel yesterday to promote his new show The Ranch. It’s been a while since he’s been in our faces. And it’s helped. Like, he’ll never be my favourite but there are other people to be annoyed with. Since I don’t ever want to give his dumbass credit for anything, I will attribute the decrease in his douche factor to [Mila Kunis]. Because I can totally hear her telling him to not be such a stupid f-ck and think through a complete thought before he tweets his stupidity. Mila Kunis was with him at Kimmel. They’ve been pretty quiet the last year or so with the baby. Now that he’s back on publicity duty, naturally, the discussion topic is the baby. Every article I’ve read is about baby Wyatt’s Easter. This is not interesting to me, I’m sorry. But hey, by all means, insist on being entitled to privacy while broadcasting your parenting decisions (whether or not to feed the baby sugar, whether or not to tell the baby about the Easter bunny) on national television. Can we talk about her clothes now? That’s a beautiful coat and I love the zigzag cut on her shoes – it’s subtle but it’s such a big design difference and totally makes up for the platform. [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 3:22 PM [Beyoncé + Black-ish] [Beyoncé ] The Obamas hosted their last Easter Egg Roll at the White House yesterday. [Beyoncé] and [Jay Z] were there with Blue Ivy Carter who decided she would dress the part, the part being that she’s the only child of the Beysus. God help me, I don’t know what her mother is wearing though. And I don’t know what will happen to me now that I’ve just written that, publicly: [pic.twitter.com/gvygFwzZxp] — BEYONCÉ LEGION (@Bey_Legion) [March 28, 2016] OK, but does a photo of Beyoncé with Monica – and ma Tina – make up for that dress? Beyoncé & Ms. Tina with Monica today. [#EasterEggRoll] [pic.twitter.com/qEH6IendAh] — BEYONCÉ LEGION (@Bey_Legion) [March 28, 2016] How about Beyoncé + Black-ish? I love Diane! Beyoncé & Jay Z with Marsai Martin. [#EasterEggRoll] [#Blackish] [pic.twitter.com/0TIR5GY01c] — BEYONCÉ LEGION (@Bey_Legion) [March 28, 2016] More Black-ish because Miles Brown was there too: Beyoncé with Kiana Rae & Miles Brown today. [#EasterEggRoll] [#Blackish] [pic.twitter.com/ZrOgDwrCoq] — BEYONCÉ LEGION (@Bey_Legion) [March 28, 2016] And my new [style star] [Yara Shahidi]: Beyoncé & Jay Z with Yara Shahidi today. [#EasterEggRoll] [#Blackish] [pic.twitter.com/4M5uzoK7uc] — BEYONCÉ LEGION (@Bey_Legion) [March 28, 2016] But back to the Blue in motion, here’s video of the BIC moving around the crowd: Easter🐰🌸✨ [@Bey_Legion] [pic.twitter.com/JZOcomUSfc] — . (@pettyyonceh) [March 28, 2016] Did you hear about the riot that went down at an Easter Egg Hunt the other day? Apparently some parents got too aggressive and turned it into a cage match. [Click here] if you missed it. What would have happened if that had happened in the presence of Beyoncé and Blue? Or Big G Cambridge? That is the staredown I want to see some day. At one end of the field, Royal George. At the other end, Princess Blue. And all the eggs in the world between them. [Click here] for more photos of Beyoncé and Blue from the Easter Egg Roll. [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 2:20 PM [Privacy Policy] - [Unsubscribe]