Newsletter Wednesday, January 31, 2018

[LaineyGossip.com - Calling all smuthounds!] Wednesday, January 31, 2018 [Intro for January 31, 2018]( [Marci Ien - In Their Own Words](Dear Gossips, It’s Bell Let’s Talk Day in Canada. On television, I work for Bell Media so, yes, I’m here to tell you about it to be a team player. But I’m also telling you about it because we do need to talk more about mental health. We do need to better understand mental illness. We do need to find more ways to support those living with mental illness. And we need to hear their stories. My story is that I’m still learning and I wish I had started earlier. I wish I’d had the language for it when I was growing up. Because my ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken, has been through some sh-t. Oftentimes I’d find her crying on her own, unable to get out of bed for the entire day. I understand now that she had depression and, in the years that followed, the stress of not having the awareness, and therefore no resources and tools to deal with the depression, would lead to other illnesses – Berger’s disease followed by kidney failure and now POEMS, which includes multiple myeloma. Her body’s breakdown has resulted in periods of intense anxiety and while she has only recently started to learn about mental health, I wish I could go back and change it, make it so that she didn’t have to feel so alone for so many years. But traditionally, in our culture, mental health isn’t prioritised. And there are still so many misconceptions about who suffers from mental illness. There is still stigma about those who have mental illness and this stigma can delay access to treatment and care. Mental illness, as we know, as we’ve seen, affects everyone. My colleague Marci Ien travelled across Canada this past December to talk to Canadians about their mental health experiences, telling their stories of struggle and survival. These are your loved ones and your friends, your coworkers and your neighbours. They are not strangers. They are people you know and recognise. They are members of our communities. And if more of us can start to see that, we can all talk more openly about mental illness and work together to find ways to help and to offer hope. Hear real stories from Canadians living with mental health issues. Journalist [@MarciIen]( hosts In Their Own Words: A [#BellLetsTalk]( Day Special Wednesday at 7et/mt. cc: [@Bell_LetsTalk]( [pic.twitter.com/4dVSDqMjjd]( — CTV (@CTV_Television) [January 25, 2018]( Bell will donate 5 cents for every tweet and retweet today using the hashtag #BellLetsTalk to programs in support of mental health. Bell will also donate 5 cents for every text message sent on the Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, and Bell MTS network. Remember to turn off iMessage! Yours in gossip, Lainey [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 2:00 PM [What Else?]( the new episode of [Sasha Answers](, I compare Justin Timberlake to an appendix, and other gnarly details. But also, what if your boyfriend is a sexist asshole? And what if your mother-in-law is a freeloader? Dakota Johnson was sitting at Angelina Jolie’s table at the Golden Globes and people played Photo Assumption with that shot of her maybe sort of side-eying Angelina at one point when Jennifer Aniston was on stage. Because we are all gossips. THEY are all gossips. Come on. Dakota Johnson and Melanie Griffith and Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn all hang out. You don’t think they gossip?! Anyway, [now she’s saying there was no gossip there](. OK. (Dlisted) YES. All of this outfit is YES. And I didn’t think it would like it as soon as the coat came off because OMGGGG this coat is the sh-t. But then. Then the dress underneath. With the collar and all that metallic and a pair of antique shoes to finish it all off – [yes to everything, right](? It’s an entire vibe, a mood, and no detail has been spared and isn’t that what style should be? Fun and different and funky and awesome? (Go Fug Yourself) Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus are at the stage of their relationship where they can walk together on red carpets now because we’ve all gotten used to the fact that she and Pacey aren’t together anymore and no one seemed mad that she may or may not have cheated on him with Norman which is fine but… [maybe pump the brakes on the soulmate thing](? That seems unfair of me to say. I’m sorry. What is it about Norman that makes me feel like he can’t be trusted though? (Cele|bitchy) A quiz is all I ever need. [But this is a quiz that combines Harry Potter with food](. That’s basically where I live. And now my streak is alive. Every Harry Potter sorting quiz I’ve ever done has always put me in the same house. The BEST house. Which is Slytherin, obviously! Anyway, now you try. (Buzzfeed) Are you into leopard print? Do you consider it a neutral? I don’t think I’ve ever thought of it as a neutral but stripes and florals are neutrals now so why not leopard print? Here’s what else I haven’t thought of – [doubling up leopard print](. Since it’s a neutral after all. My eyes had to get used to this look but once they did, I’m in. Super super in. (The Cut) Do you fantasise about quitting your job? Is there a go-to daydream? How do you do it? Do you have an outfit in mind? Would you ever order a special cake? Or label a bottle of whiskey to make the announcement? Use a restaurant receipt? [That one KILLED me](. (OMG Blog) [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 8:33 PM [Kerry Washington’s birthday]( [Kerry Washington at the ABC studios for her appearance on Kimmel, January 30, 2018](Today is Kerry Washington’s 41st birthday. I’m always bragging about January babies. It’s not about star signs. I’m a Capricorn and Kerry is an Aquarius. I just have this theory that the best people happen to be born in the same month I was (Justin Timberlake excluded.) Oprah is a January baby. Michelle Obama is a January baby. Obviously, Martin Luther King Jr. was a January baby. Mohammed Ali, Mary J. Blige, Sade, Ellen DeGeneres, Dolly Parton, I COULD GO ON. Being born in January even makes you a better athlete, according to [Malcolm Gladwell](. There is research that shows more CEOs are born [earlier in the year](. This is all very scientific and totally accurate. My point: Kerry Washington is the best and she was also born in January, which makes her even better. Happy Birthday Kerry Washington, my imaginary best friend and fellow best month baby. The day before her birthday, Kerry visited Jimmy Kimmel Live to talk about directing her first episode of Scandal and the crossover with How to Get Away with Murder. I’m not caught up on Scandal so don’t tell me if Quinn’s alive (she is right? RIGHT?). I’m also a full season behind on HTGAWM because even The Great Viola Davis can’t save that show from its serious narrative flaws and the cast of deplorable, unlikeable characters that surround her. Still, I will stan for this crossover episode (episodes? Kerry makes it sound like there will be a crossover ep on each series.) When Viola Davis was on [Kimmel]( she called the crossover, “black girl magic on steroids.” YES, PLEASE. Black Girl Magic on Steroids is basically all I want from my television content. Give me a full season of Annalise Keating and Olivia Pope striding through hallways with the confidence of 10,000 mediocre white men. [Kerry Washington]( is gearing up for the end of [Scandal and her directorial debut]( comes at the perfect time. The last time [I wrote about Kerry](, I mentioned that she’s producing a series called Five Points about high school students in Chicago told from five different perspectives. She has made it clear she wants to produce and direct more in her post-Scandal future. Yes, Kerry! Build that empire! She did go to the school of Shonda and she’s a January baby so I have no doubt she can handle it. I almost forgot to mention that SHONDA RHIMES is also a January baby. #Science. Watch Kerry charm the sh-t out of Jimmy Kimmel below and obsess over these photos of her in the most perfect varsity bomber jacket ever made. GIMME. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 8:03 PM [Smutty Social Media, January 31, 2018]( [David Beckham leaving his hotel in Miami, January 30, 2018](I have so many questions about this insult. First off, what about Oliver Hudson inspires such passion in this person? Second, what is the “worst version” of Bradley Cooper – the one in Wedding Crashers or the one in Aloha? Third, Oliver has three movie stars in his immediate family – wouldn’t that be the obvious insult? Maybe this guy was a Nashville superfan. [A post shared by Oliver Hudson (@theoliverhudson)]( on Jan 29, 2018 at 1:40pm PST David Beckham has been trying to bring an MLS team to Miami and it has finally happened. Victoria said the Beckhams will be spending more time in Miami as a family. I hope so. Miami nightlife [makes me nervous](. [A post shared by David Beckham (@davidbeckham)]( on Jan 29, 2018 at 9:04pm PST Calvin Harris wants you to know he was nominated for Producer of the Year. [A post shared by Calvin Harris (@calvinharris)]( on Jan 30, 2018 at 4:03pm PST Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Juliette Lewis have posted photos from the set of A Million Little Pieces. I’m not sure who Juliette is playing, but when I went on IMDb to check, I noticed that Charlie Hunnam is part of the cast. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Charlie Hunnam in the same movie and likely doing a press tour together. [A post shared by Aaron Taylor-Johnson (@aarontaylorjohnson)]( on Jan 30, 2018 at 5:53pm PST [A post shared by Juliette Lewis (@juliettelewis)]( on Jan 30, 2018 at 6:06pm PST Zach Braff is promoting his new show (see how he specifies in the caption, “my new show”). I think the show is about startups. Michael Imperioli looks like he wants to die. [A post shared by Zach Braff (@zachbraff)]( on Jan 20, 2018 at 10:56am PST [A post shared by Alex Inc (@alexinc_abc)]( on Jan 9, 2018 at 11:10am PST Have you seen the commercials for 9-1-1, a new show starring Connie Britton, Peter Krause and Angela Bassett? All three are fantastic, but the premise seems flimsy. For a Ryan Murphy/Brad Falchuk production, it doesn’t look that different than any of existing “Chicago Rescue” procedurals (that’s what I call all of them). [A post shared by connie britton (@conniebritton)]( on Jan 23, 2018 at 1:07pm PST Mary is getting the celebration she deserves. [A post shared by Diddy (@diddy)]( on Jan 31, 2018 at 9:32am PST A Tom Hardy fan on Facebook posted a photo of him and on his bicep is a tattoo that reads, “Leo knows all.” That would be Leonardo DiCaprio. Apparently this has to do with a bet regarding Tom being nominated [for an Oscar for The Revenant](. (I don’t know why Tom would take this bet, the Academy loves his kind of actor and that kind of movie.) And if he didn’t get nominated, what would Leo have to do? Date someone born in the 80s? [A post shared by Tom Hardy (@tomhardy)]( on Jan 31, 2018 at 6:01am PST [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 7:15 PM [Chadwick + MBJ]( [Michael B. Jordan and Chadwick Boseman attend the Marvel Studios' BLACK PANTHER Global Junket Press Conference on January 30, 2018 at Montage Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, California](After the [royal premiere of]([Black Panther]( on Monday night, the cast came together once again for the global press conference on Tuesday in LA. Have you read any of the reactions from the screening? So far, according to early reaction, Black Panther has lived up to the hype. People are BIG on the movie. They want to see it over and over again. Kathleen is seeing it tomorrow. She’s seeing it again on opening night. And again 48 hours after that. That’s three scheduled viewings already. If there are more Kathleens out there, and there should be, this box office could be pretty special. Black Panther, obviously, is about Black Panther and T’Challa and [Chadwick Boseman](. But in many of the reactions I’ve read, the entire cast is doing great work here, and several critics singled out [Michael B Jordan](. He’s the villain. As Sarah has written many times before, it’s hard to get the villain right in these films. It would seem then that Ryan Coogler has given us a Black Panther villain who is dimensional and complicated and perhaps even sympathetic. Which makes total sense, not only because we’ve seen how gifted Ryan is but also because MBJ is his muse. He’s not asking his muse to be in this movie to give him material that isn’t worthy of his talent. And also, that’s how you service a proper hero. What’s the point of Black Panther if his adversary isn’t someone who truly must be reckoned with? The best rivalries are as evenly matched as possible. When that happens, the story wins, we all win. And we are definitely all winning right now seeing Chadwick and MBJ together, side by side. It’s almost too much. Like, are they matching on purpose? How is this fair? How do you even answer the “him or him” question? Right now, even though MBJ is FINE forever, I might have to give it to Chadwick, if only because I’m obsessed with this thing he does in the trailer. That move that T’Challa makes when he’s greeting someone, you know when he crosses his arms over his chest? He does this at the 45 second mark below. And, Jesus, every time I see it, it’s like the sexiest f-cking dance move. I need someone to make this a GIF for me. Go ahead. That 45 second mark – if he came at you doing that, how would you be able to stand upright? [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 6:20 PM [John Krasinski’s Jack Ryan show goes Super Bowl]( [John Krasinski at LAX, January 29, 2018](The[first trailer]( for [John Krasinski](’s new Amazon show, Jack Ryan, did not get me excited the series. As much as I like Krasinski, I don’t think we need an “American abroad fighting terrorists” show right now. It looks like 24 except without the catchy gimmick. Well there’s a new trailer tagged to the Super Bowl that shows us more of Krasinski running around with a gun, making Serious Jim Face, and stuff blowing up in dusty brown lands, populated by dusty brown people, pretty much the only view Americans get on the rest of the world these days (Wakanda come and save us). There seems to be some kind of refugee situation? And Jack Ryan is maybe helping with that? An American operative helping refugees is certainly a political statement these days, probably one the show did not intend to make, but here we are. It looks very well produced but also generic as hell and again, do we even need this right now? Oddly, the release date is August. That’s a long way off, and before you ask, yes, the show is done filming. Done completely, in fact. From the release of the first trailer to the premiere on Amazon, it will be almost a year. Why the delay? Well, Amazon has been in free-fall since their studio chief, Roy Price, was [ousted]( during the Hollywood Predator Advent Calendar’s countdown (still ongoing). (And just before that mess broke came a story that they [don’t get along with talent]( all that well.) In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein accusations, they [cancelled]( a still-developing series from The Weinstein Company and David O. Russell, which was less about Harvey and more about the tens of millions they’d spent with no result (they continued with Matthew Weiner’s Romanoffs limited series, but dropped TWC from the credits). So things at Amazon are in flux. They don’t have a clear direction and the search for a new studio boss is ongoing. The delay on Jack Ryan could be down to the chaos at Amazon Studios HQ. But other shows are debuting in the meantime, so I am terribly curious about why it’s taking them a year to get this one out. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 4:22 PM [Kate & Meghan share a cover]( [Princess Catherine and Meghan Markle cover PEOPLE Magazine](The [new issue of PEOPLE]( features both Princess Catherine and Meghan Markle on the cover and it’s all about their new friendship. Which… isn’t much. Not the friendship, the details. There’s not really anything here. Basically Kate will do everything she can to help Meghan. And Meghan is hardworking and funny and compassionate and she’ll be a good friend to Kate too. That’s about it. But I get it. I get that this is the story we want to hear. About their nascent sisterhood, about how they’ll bond, about their squad of 2, a new BFF-ship for the ages…unless the brother egos get in the way? Last week I posted about how both William and Harry, with Meghan, were scheduled for public appearances on the same day and the rumours that Will [was frustrated]( by the split in focus – and then he cut his hair. Will and [Kate]( are currently on a four day tour of Sweden and Norway. Tomorrow night, Harry and [Meghan]( will attend the Endeavour Fund Awards. That’s an evening event. Their first formal event. Which means evening attire. Which means a lot of us will be paying attention. I’m sure that won’t bother [Prince William]( at all. Pettiness is for commoners only. Here are Will and Kate at various events in Sweden last night and today. She wore a surprising Erdem for dinner at the British Ambassador’s residence – I like it a lot, probably the best gala dress she’s worn in a while. That chartreuse is great and I’m always here for a high collar. And while a satin finish is never my favourite, print on satin is exactly how you mute the way the light hits the fabric, reducing the unflattering shine effect that this material can create. Great look on her. I wish she’d consider wearing more styles like this. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 3:38 PM [Ant-Man and the Wasp team up, okay, I guess]( [Ant-Man and the Wasp trailer stills](Riding the high of the Black Panther premiere, Marvel has released the first trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp, and it lands with a resounding, “Sure, that’s a movie.” Ant-Man got by on [Paul Rudd](’s charm and a sweet family-friendly vibe, but no one is going to argue it’s Marvel’s best movie. The sequel promotes [Evangeline Lilly](’s Hope Van Dyne, now known as the Wasp, to title partnership, but the movie doesn’t look any extra bit special for the upgrade. In fact, I’m not even really sure WHAT this looks like. So it’s clear that in the wake of Civil War, Scott Lang is in trouble again, apparently under house arrest. And he’s brought the government down on Hank Pym and Hope, forcing them on the run—Hank shrinking his building to a rolling suitcase is cute. But then, what else? Who is the bad guy? Nerds, I know you can tell me but if you’re a casual moviegoer, do you have any idea? Laurence Fishburne? Maybe? Or that weird grey thing? (That’s The Ghost, thanks for NO CONTEXT, trailer.) If you’re a casual moviegoer who doesn’t track Marvel minutiae on the internet, how would you ever know? From this trailer, you wouldn’t. All you get from this trailer is that Scott Lang is still a f*ck-up and girls can be superheroes, too. (No sh*t.) It’s not a great trailer, is what I’m saying. The [Avengers: Infinity War trailer]( doesn’t give anything away, but 1) you know who the villain is, and 2) it’s full of cool sh*t. There is nothing in this Ant-Man and the Wasp trailer that tops the briefcase fight from the first movie, so the cool factor is, let’s say, flat. And it doesn’t have to be! Ant-Man and the Wasp has a STACKED cast. The most interesting thing about it is that heavy-hitting cast, which adds not only Fishburne, but also Randall Park, Walton Goggins, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Where are Goggins and Pfeiffer in this trailer? You want to sit on Pfeiffer for a while, save that reveal? Okay. But Goggins would go a long way to clearing up that villain confusion. And Randall Park is playing a fan-favorite from the comics, Agent Jimmy Woo. Add a little Woo to this trailer and get nerds like me on board. But really, all this first trailer needed to be is Michael Peña doing his fast-talking bit and telling us what he thinks the movie is about, end scene. That’s it, and that’s a GREAT teaser. That would at least have some flavor. The actual trailer has no flavor. But hey, at least we got one. Solo comes out in four months and still no trailer. At this rate, we’ll get a Solo trailer the day before the movie opens. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 3:12 PM [Rose McGowan, Ben Affleck, and Harvey Weinstein]( [Rose McGowan promotes her new book, Brave, on The View and Good Morning America in New York, January 30, 2018](Rose McGowan’s book, Brave, came out yesterday. She’s also promoting her E! docuseries Citizen Rose. As you know, Rose alleges that Harvey Weinstein raped her in 1997 at Sundance and she was one of the first women to challenge Harvey, both publicly and behind the scenes, one of the loudest silence breakers who continues to call out systemic corruption and abuse in Hollywood. Rose made headlines yesterday after interviews with various media outlets, talking about how she tried to cope with what happened and reiterating that there were many people who knew, and did nothing, including her then-manager Jill Messick and Ben Affleck. According to Rose, she told Jill and Ben about what Harvey did to her the next day. And Ben’s response was to say, “Goddamnit! I told him to stop doing that!” [Harvey Weinstein]( has been in seclusion but, periodically, he releases a statement through his spokesperson or his attorney to address a new allegation. You’ll recall, after Lupita Nyong’o shared her experience with him in [The New York Times](, Harvey seemingly singled her out for response, like there’s some sort of selection process in who he chooses to strike back against. And, of course, [Rose]( is at the top of that list. Harvey, through his lawyer, calls Rose’s account a “[bold lie](” and a “performance”. He contends that she’s trying to “smear” him. Like his reputation is worth something. Please. Harvey also released emails from Jill Messick and [Ben Affleck]( that he received in July that supposedly discredits Rose’s claims. This is what Ben supposedly wrote to Harvey – in July: “She never told me nor did I ever infer that she was attacked by anyone. Any accounts to the contrary are false. I have no knowledge about anything Rose did or claimed to have done.” So three months before the New York Times and the New Yorker exposed Harvey Weinstein’s 30 years of sexual predation, Ben Affleck emails Harvey to let Harvey know that he did not know that Harvey raped Rose. What does that prove? Well, it proves everything. As Ronan Farrow reported in [The New Yorker](, Harvey Weinstein was privately investigating Rose, spying on her, paying counter intelligence specialists to follow her, find out what she had on him and what she was doing about it. He was also reaching out to all his associates and allies, making sure he could count on them to be onside, no doubt doing what he always did, which was to isolate his victims, intimidate them with his power and resources, and shoring up support for himself as a shield. Would Ben Affleck have ever emailed Harvey out of the blue to be like, oh hey, I was just sitting around my house today and it occurred me that I should send you a message about Rose McGowan?! Of course not. He had to have been prompted. Harvey had likely reached out to him first – and he’s not going to show us what that email looked like is he? F-cker. Back in July, Harvey Weinstein had not yet been disgraced. He still held a considerable amount of power. He was obviously still using that power to try to shut down Rose McGowan. Ben Affleck’s response to Harvey doesn’t exonerate Harvey. What it does is illustrate, once again, is how power is manipulated and amplified in favour of those who have it, and circulated consistently among the those who want to keep it. At the time, Ben Affleck couldn’t afford to piss off Harvey Weinstein – and he didn’t want to. Harvey was holding Ben in line. Harvey Weinstein has a lot of sh-t on a lot of people and he’s been in hiding, not to get better, but to figure out how he can use those bullets in a way that best benefits him. So all this tells us, once again, is what Rose McGowan was up against. And what she’s still up against. Even after all this, even after 6 months of predator reveals day after day, even now that they’ve all ostensibly admitted and accepted that Harvey was a monster, he still out here trying to discredit her. He still has the audacity to try. He still thinks he can. This is not a man who’s been humbled. This is a man who was powerful for so long, he can still operate off the power vapours that linger. Here’s what Rose McGowan has to say about that: Fuck you you fucking douche bag loser from hell. You will burn. You will be an empty suit coffin. You go fall off the planet you fuck. [#RoseArmy]( BREATHE FIRE let motherfucker but — rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) [January 31, 2018]( Brave by Rose McGowan is available now. And you can watch Citizen Rose on E! [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 2:41 PM [Privacy Policy]( - [Unsubscribe](