Newsletter Thursday, August 11, 2016

[LaineyGossip.com - Calling all smuthounds!] Thursday, August 11, 2016 [Intro for August 11, 2016] [Austin Wilkerson] Dear Gossips, You’ve met [Brock Turner]. Now meet Austin Wilkerson. Austin was a student at the University of Colorado. In 2014, on St Patrick’s Day, Austin raped an unconscious woman, just like Brock Turner did. And, also like Brock Turner, Austin [received a lenient sentence] from a judge after being found guilty. Austin, you see, was [popular on campus]. And the woman that he raped, his victim, well he called her a “f-cking bitch” because he made “repeated advances on the victim, but that she [rebuffed him each time]”. So when he saw that she’d had too much to drink, he promised her friends that he would take care of her and his version of taking care of her while she was passed out was to stick his fingers inside of her and then jerk off all over her stomach. At the trial though, Austin’s story changed as [his legal team argued] that the victim wasn’t drunk, that she gave consent, and that she was only lying about it now because her grades sucked after they hooked up. After he was found guilty, and before being sentenced, Austin presented yet another version of the situation to the court, admitting that “I sexually assaulted (the victim) … No words I can say could ever take away the pain and fear that I have caused. Nothing I say can make it better, but I am so sorry.” Does it count when you’re sorry if you’re only sorry because you don’t want to go to jail? Brock Turner’s mother told the court that she wakes up every day [asking WHY HIM]? because it’s just so unfair what’s happened to him. Brock Turner’s dad [told the court] that excessive drinking was to blame, and campus party culture, and that Brock was so sad he couldn’t enjoy a good steak anymore, and shouldn’t be punished for just “20 minutes of action”. Similarly, Austin Wilkerson’s friends and family described the rape as a “traumatic incident” FOR HIM. FOR HIM. “They asked the judge [to consider (Austin’s) future], and said he “will go far in this world if not defined by this one incident.” If you deliberately take an intoxicated woman away from the safety of her friends and then, while she’s unconscious, rape her and, after you’re caught, accuse her of lying about it, SHOULDN’T YOU BE DEFINED BY THIS ONE INCIDENT??? People can change, of course. For the better, of course. Austin Wilkerson could totally change for the better…by being defined by this one incident. But if a person can’t acknowledge WHY he needs to change, if he hasn’t accepted that ONE INCIDENT is evidence of his need to change, will he actually change? Well, Brock Turner and Austin Wilkerson have shown us that there are judges out there who believe they will change. If they didn’t look the way they do though, would it have turned out the same way? Austin Wilkerson’s victim, in her impact statement, asked the court to “have as much mercy for the rapist as he did for me that night.” So the judge gave him 2 years of “work service” and 20 years probation, explaining his decision like this: “I’ve struggled, to be quite frank, with the idea of, ‘Do I put him in prison?’ I don’t know that there is any great result for anybody. Mr. Wilkerson deserves to be punished, but I think we all need to find out whether he truly can or cannot be rehabilitated.” Pretty sure that wasn’t the kind of mercy the victim had in mind. So now she has to live with the fact that her rapist showed her no mercy but gets so much of it in return. Mercy, then, is a privilege. And men like Brock Turner and Austin Wilkerson are the ones who get to enjoy it the most. You know Brock Turner. Now you know Austin Wilkerson. Yours in gossip, Lainey [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 2:02 PM [Smutty Tingles] Lady Gaga might get engaged again ([Dlisted]) Gigi for Versace ([Just Jared]) Why Christie Brinkley and John Mellencamp broke up ([Cele|bitchy]) Melanie still has love for Antonio ([TooFab]) A Cookie spinoff would suffice without Lucious ([Celeb Dirty Laundry]) Chris Pine looks good in these high-waisted pants ([Pop Sugar]) Another Lindsay Lohan comeback attempt? ([The Superficial]) This is a promotional photo for a movie called Mechanic: Resurrection ([Popoholic]) Thomas Gibson kicks a writer over “creative differences”, WTF?! ([TMZ]) [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 7:30 PM [Mimi & the Secretary-General] [UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moo and Mariah Carey attend the special event for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted by Brett Ratner and David Raymond at Hilhaven Lodge on August 10, 2016 in Los Angeles, California] RatPac Entertainment is a production company run by [Brett Ratner] and financed by James Packer, also known as Mimi’s fiancée. RatPac hosted an event in LA last night for Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations. Mimi showed up to support. In all leather, with the jacket zipped down to reveal her lace bra barely containing her elusive breasts. I mean, she’s [Mariah Carey]. It doesn’t matter who she’s meeting. Because when she’s SUPER SKINNY, what’s most important is that her clothes send that message. Like if she loses any more weight and she had to meet the Pope, she’d probably show up in a bikini. When Mimi is feeling EXTRA SKINNY, and she evidently was last night, she sometimes poses with people with one of her legs hitched up, like she’s thinking about straddling them, just so that they can tell her how light she feels, because she’s SO SKINNY. Like this: Unfortunately for humanity, she did not attempt to do this with the Secretary-General. We are all poorer for it. She, however, is not poor at all. Paupers like us are lucky if we can get his and hers, or hers and hers or his and his, bathrooms and/or closets. Mimi? Life for Mimi is his and hers yachts. When she and James were in the Mediterranean this summer? He had his boat and she had a separate one. His boat, remember, is a f-cking giant floating estate. But a butterfly needs a space of her own to glitter and flutter. Mimi’s old school like that. When she’s on her own yacht, she can keep up the mystery. And also keep his hands away. Remember, Mimi [probably rations his gropes]. [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 7:15 PM [Leslie Jones in Rio] [Leslie Jones] [Leslie Jones] has arrived in Rio. She [started posting] as soon as she got there this morning. NBC invited her earlier this week after she became an Olympic gold medallist tweeter at the start of the Games. As I noted a couple of days ago, we need [let Leslie to be Leslie].The question is whether or not NBC will let Leslie be Leslie. Like, will Leslie be allowed to yell – quite rightly – and the dumbass NBC commentators calling the events? Or Bob Costas? She yelled at Bob Costas a couple of days ago: I need to be there now dammit!!! [pic.twitter.com/u77rKYEZYU] — Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) [August 10, 2016] smh [pic.twitter.com/ZSzjlcgHvG] — Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) [August 10, 2016] Bob Costas is the lead anchor of NBC’s primetime Olympic coverage. And there’s Leslie Jones, who is also on the NBC payroll, shouting at him on TV about his dumbass questions…!!!!!!! And this was AFTER NBC made plans for her to go there! So, now that she’s there, can she shout at him in person? [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 6:40 PM [Smutty Social Media, August 11, 2016] [Rachel Bloom arrives at CBS, CW, Showtime Summer TCA Party at Pacific Design Center on August 10, 2016 in West Hollywood, California] “Petite or thin”, what’s the difference? I love how no one just says “skinny” anymore. They want the lead to be skinny. Note the adjectives: pretty, sexy, attractive. So I’m sensing they are going for a look here. [I'm still on the email list for casting notices from Backstage. Here's a little taste of what it's like to be an actress searching for your next job.] A photo posted by Rachel Bloom (@racheldoesstuff) on Aug 10, 2016 at 5:40am PDT Want to feel old? Rocco Ritchie is 16. [Once my baby always my baby. Happy Sweet 16! 🙏🏻🎉🎉🎉🎂😘😘😘💐💐🦁] A photo posted by Madonna (@madonna) on Aug 11, 2016 at 7:54am PDT Well I wouldn’t exactly say you are twins, Judd. (Matthew Rhys looks hot with a beard. And I typically find him more handsome than hot.) [Keep a look out for me as the evil twin on The Americans next season.] A photo posted by Judd Apatow (@juddapatow) on Aug 10, 2016 at 10:04pm PDT If you told me Drake brings a stuffy with him to bed I would believe you. [After show recovery with my @ntrecovery aka the life saver. Ted in the cut with me faded off Virginia Black. 🤘🏼] A photo posted by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Aug 10, 2016 at 10:30pm PDT Kendall gets the September issue of Vogue. That’s two covers for The First Family of Taylor’s Receipts. [@KendallJenner is the cover star of our September issue! Click the link in our bio for the full story and get your copy before it hits newsstands at Vogue.com/Amazon. Photographed by @mertalas and @macpiggott, styled by @tonnegood.] A photo posted by Vogue (@voguemagazine) on Aug 11, 2016 at 6:01am PDT Yesterday I was at the rec center with my demon children (seriously, when will summer end?!) and there was a geriatric aerobics class happening and I thought, “I’d like to join that. That is right at my speed.” America Ferrera is training for a triathlon and usually I hate fitness posts but a triathlon is impressive. Especially to someone who wants to do a step class with septuagenarians. [Today was one of those days when I felt like a sloth and couldn't even imagine feeling like an energized motivated human being ever again. But I did my swim anyway and feel a million times better now. A good reminder that feelings can be real and not true at the same time. #getunstuck #triathlon #justoneofthosedays] A photo posted by America Ferrera (@americaferrera) on Aug 10, 2016 at 9:02pm PDT Sarah posted an excellent [review of Sausage Party], which makes me really want to see it. And I love how all these goobers (Michael Cera, Nick Kroll, Danny McBride, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen) are drooling over Salma, a 49-year-old woman who could buy and sell them. That’s not hyperbole, she is so f-cking rich. [Taking a selfie w/ my best friend @salmahayek and some annoying fans at the #sausagepartymovie premier last night.] A photo posted by Nick Kroll (@nickkroll) on Aug 10, 2016 at 10:27am PDT [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 5:48 PM [Justin Bieber and Sofia Richie] [Sofia Richie and Justin Bieber hiking together in LA, August 10, 2016] [Justin Bieber] and [Sofia Richie] have been spending a lot of time together. They were [seen holding hands] last week. And on Tuesday she was seen in pyjamas [leaving his place] in the morning. And yesterday they went for a hike and then flew out on a private jet together [reportedly headed for Japan]. Sofia is a model. She’s 17, turns 18 in a couple of weeks. Her dad is Lionel Richie. In June she was seen [holding hands with Samir Nasri], 28, a French soccer player. I think she looks a little like Selena Gomez, do you? [Bartoli] A photo posted by Sofia Richie (@sofiarichie) on Aug 5, 2016 at 12:03pm PDT Anyway, the question now is whether or not she and JB are dating. Or whether or not she is his new Hailey {NAME}, taking over from her on his Instagram. So far Sofia hasn’t showed up on JB’s Insta but he did post several videos of himself playing hockey yesterday before getting on his flight. [Came up that's all me] A video posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on Aug 10, 2016 at 4:54pm PDT [A video posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber)] on Aug 10, 2016 at 4:52pm PDT Watching guys play hockey is a thing for me. Maybe because I was born and raised in Canada. Jacek played hockey all through his youth. And he was really good. When we were first together, one of the biggest turn-ons was seeing him skate. He is a beautiful skater. He has a really sexy stride. He also has a nice gait. I’ve written about gait a lot on this blog. How Brad Pitt has a great gait. How Leonardo DiCaprio has a terrible gait. Leo is not a hot walker. And neither is Justin Bieber. Does a hot gait pre-determine a hot skate? I will research. [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 5:11 PM [Boy Sh-t on Instagram] [The Rock/Vin Diesel] [The Rock] called out [Vin Diesel] on Instagram [earlier this week]. Then they had a man summit on the set of Fast 8. Apparently nothing was resolved. And now both of them are trying to get their versions of the story out there so that we can all take sides. [PEOPLE cites a source] who says that it’s actually The Rock who was holding up production by being late all the time. However [Page Six sources] claim that Vin has a reputation in the industry for being lazy and difficult. And members of the Fast 8 crew [are telling TMZ] that they’ve had to tolerate Vin’s bullsh-t for a long time, that even when he was expected on set at 7am, he’d make everyone wait three hours until he was good and ready to wake up. The crew also alleges to TMZ that Vin was criticising The Rock’s acting, swinging his producer dick around for kicks. Apparently the crew loves The Rock because he always shows up ready. Yesterday I posted about the anonymous tip I received about Vin Diesel on xXx, how he was allegedly partying all the time and [behaving like a spoiled king]. At the time I hadn’t been able to double or triple source the information. Since then I’ve heard from several people, all of whom have corroborated that Vin Diesel does indeed f-ck around a lot during production, causing delays and major rescheduling issues because he either doesn’t bother with actual call times or is too precious to show up for stunts. None of these sources had anything substantially negative to say about The Rock. Some just hadn’t heard anything one way or another, some insist he’s the best, and some say that while The Rock isn’t perfect, that he does indeed have an enormous ego, they’re actors, they all have enormous egos and he’s nowhere near the top of the list of impossible actors. Vin Diesel, on the other hand, well it sounds like he is. But what’s also interesting about Vin is that even though he’s supposedly an entitled prick, I’m also told that he and his people go out of their way to present the opposite, especially on social media. Three separate sources gave me examples of times when he would hold up production while his assistants were busy putting together pictures of him being magnanimous and generous with extras, assistants, fans and posting them on Instagram or Facebook, giving the impression that he was all about teamwork and togetherness. So it’s a popularity contest. Because the “team” message is what The Rock put out there in his latest Instagram post to mark his final day on Fast 8: [My FINAL WEEK of shooting #FastAndFurious. There's no greatness ever achieved alone.. it's always a team effort. We promised an epic prison break out for you guys and we delivered. HUGE THANK YOU to my ohana (family) stunt coordinator JJ Perry and his bad ass fearless stunt team - as well as my cousin and incredible stunt double @samoanstuntman. Thank you team for the willingness to "die hard" and drop your blood & sweat daily for our movie. #MyStuntBrothers #Loco4Life You guys reading this know how much I believe in the idea of TEAM EFFORT. That means respecting every person, their time and their value when they step on to my set or partner with our production company. And like with any team - that's a family - there's gonna be conflict. Family is gonna have differences of opinion and fundamental core beliefs. To me, conflict can be a good thing, when its followed by great resolution. I was raised on healthy conflict and welcome it. And like any family, we get better from it. At the end of the day me and #F8 co-stars all agree on the most important thing: Delivering an incredible movie to the world. #Fast8 #IcemanCometh #FamilyGrowth] A video posted by therock (@therock) on Aug 10, 2016 at 2:43pm PDT And how did Vin answer? He answered with the classic “I’m a good dad” response. Check out this video of him opening with a story about his baby daughter learning a new word, “happy”. How could a man who loves his little girl so much be a dick at work, right?!? And then he promises the gossip. “I will tell you everything.” DIRTY. That is f-cking dirty. Isn’t it dirty? Here, let me hide behind the love I have for my baby. And then I’ll blow open The Rock’s secrets. But don’t forget, I love my baby. [So much has gone on this year. I can't believe I wrapped two back to back pictures I both starred in and produced. Now I get to return to my family, my life... To me.] A video posted by Vin Diesel (@vindiesel) on Aug 10, 2016 at 10:27pm PDT [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 4:43 PM [George & Amal’s summer fundraiser] [George and Amal Clooney attend Darfur fundraiser in Italy, August 10, 2016] The Clooneys spent their summer at their estate in Lake Como. This week they hosted a Darfur fundraiser at a nearby villa. John Prendergast, George’s friend and philanthropic partner, and his wife Sia Sanneh were also there. [As mentioned last year], Sia is also an esteemed lawyer specialising in human rights. And John was one of the most eligible bachelors in the world before meeting and falling in love with her. It’s relationship twinning. [George] has been on an extended break for several months. His next project is supposed to be Suburbicon, which he will direct from a script written by the Coen Brothers, starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, and Woody Harrelson. But, [as reported yesterday], Oceans 8, with Sandra Bullock apparently playing his character’s sister, will start shooting in New York in October. Cameo? There has to be a cameo, right? [Click here for more photos] of George and Amal last night. [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 4:24 PM [RDJ loves Loki] [Robert Downey. Jr] Remember what I said yesterday about [Robert Downey Jr] being that [dick of an older brother] who relentless mocks his siblings whatever chance he gets? Well. After his first post welcoming [Tom Hiddleston] to Instagram, he followed up yesterday with this: [A photo posted by Robert Downey Jr. (@robertdowneyjr)] on Aug 10, 2016 at 3:29pm PDT The question is: does Tom Hiddleston deserve it? Or is this the equivalent of locker room peer pressure, the jock who shames one of his buddies just because he sent his girlfriend a Valentine? Why so serious? RDJ is a joker. He’s laughing at what we were all laughing at. True, very true. There are some men, however, who can’t handle the heat. [Jake Gyllenhaal] cut and run on Taylor Swift after taking her home to meet his sister and her family for Thanksgiving. He didn’t exactly look like he was being handcuffed in those now-infamous [“maple latte” photos]. So let’s not pretend he was being forced at gunpoint to participate in that pap stroll. How then will Tom respond to the leader of the Avengers (Team Iron Man for life!) trolling him about his relationship? I’d like to believe that Tom is built differently. That instead of bailing from the attention he moves towards it, with open arms. That the Kardashian in him is delighting in whatever attention someone like RDJ is giving him, no matter how it’s intended. That he is to Taylor Swift what Justin Theroux is to Jennifer Aniston. I’d like to believe. Do you believe? [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 3:51 PM [JLo and The Godmother] [Jennifer Lopez] Have you watched Cocaine Cowboys? It is one of those documentaries you have to watch twice because the first time some jerk (like me) keeps saying things like “it was how much money?” or “they hid how much cocaine?”. The numbers are so ginormous it is mind boggling, especially when it comes to The Godmother, Griselda Blanco. In researching this, it’s hard to discern what is legend, what is true, and what really happened in her 69 years. Did she really commit her first murder (a kidnapping ransom gone unfulfilled) at 11? Was she a prostitute in her teens? Heavy cocaine user? Obsessed with strippers and sex? What we do know is that she was ruthless, powerful, and vengeful. Some try to call her the Black Widow because three of her husbands died (two definitely by murder) but she’s so much more than a woman who killed her husbands. She killed everyone. Quite literally everyone. Bystanders, women, children. When discussing how many deaths she’s responsible for, the number ranges from 40 to 400. At one point, she was making $80 million a month as the head of the cartel. Griselda lived until 69. Seriously, what drug lord lives that long, especially one with a hit list as long as hers? And the details of her life are scattered from Medellin to Queens to Miami to Irvine and back to Colombia. She had henchmen and lovers, she did time in prison, she plotted to kidnap JFK Jr., she was, depending on who you believe, a mentor/sworn enemy/lover of Pablo Escobar. She lost 3 out of her 4 sons to murder. Only one is alive today, his name is Michael Corleone. Do we even need to call in our resident [Name Therapist Duana] to analyze this? So why have most of us never heard of her? Well, we have, but usually she’s wrapped up in another character like Scarface (what would every Dudebro with a Tony Montana poster hanging on his wall think of this?) or Salma Hayek as Elena in Savages – Oliver Stone has talked about her influence on how he writes about the war on drugs. And now, [Jennifer Lopez] wants to take her on for HBO. She will be an executive producer through her company Nuyorican Productions, along with her manager Benny Medina, Julie and Rick Yorn, and Alex Pettyfer (no word on whether or not he will have a role, but it honestly doesn’t matter. Men are disposable in Griselda’s world). It’s a great move for her. What actress wouldn’t want to play this role? It’s cinematic and it’s gruesome. It’s a Greek tragedy (but with more cocaine). Griselda didn’t just shape the drug culture, she shaped the nightlife culture of major cities like Miami and New York. She invented motorcycle drive-by shootings (which is, ironically, how she was killed). Mostly, I’m thrilled a Latina actress is taking control of this project. There’s been a film in production for what feels like forever with Catherine Zeta-Jones attached. I’m sure she’d be good, but this is such a rare role for an actress in Hollywood and even rarer for an actress who isn’t white. Griselda was Colombian in her bones and any film that doesn’t understand that simply won’t work. To really capture Griselda, JLo will need to be something we haven’t really seen from her – ugly to the core. This is a woman who (allegedly) bragged about killing a toddler in a hit. Details like this make anti-hero biopics hard to get just right. Too sympathetic and they aren’t worth fearing, too evil and the backstory won’t matter. It’s dicey territory, particularly when a film expects the audience to cheer for the asshole (ahem, Wolf of Wall Street). One of the things I enjoy about Narcos is that Pablo is mostly quiet. There are spurts of shocking violence, yes, but watching someone kill people for hours on end gets tiresome. I’d rather watch him play soccer with his son then go and order 10 hits. The moments that work are the ones that illuminate not why someone like Griselda or Pablo are drawn to the drug trade ($80 million a month, duh), but what happens when a drug lord becomes too big to be a drug dealer. The isolation, the paranoia, the decadence that follows. Even after people like Griselda and Pablo have made enough money to live 100 lives, they don’t quit. Typically, women don’t get to play the ferocious, angry and psychopathic characters like Tony Montana or Tommy in Goodfellas. They can be cunning (Ginger in Casino) and despicable, but for the most part operatic violence is left to quotable bad guys. The woman is the girlfriend or wife of The Man and through that relationship she gains power and is led astray by “the life.” Griselda wasn’t thrust into a chaotic world of crime, she created it and secured her power through violence and intimidation. Male criminals are glorified because they don’t succumb to the rules of society or law and are applauded for their machismo “take what’s mine” attitude. Griselda certainly took what she wanted, and if JLo pushes this character far enough she will challenge the audience to rethink film and TV’s depiction of feminized power (secured through manipulation or marriage) and the idea that women can be evil, but they can’t swing a club quite like a man. Can JLo as a coked up, sex crazy mass murderer win our affection? In 20 years, will there be posters of JLo as Griselda hanging on dorm walls? [Source] [Click here for the rest of the photos.] Posted at 3:08 PM [Privacy Policy] - [Unsubscribe]