Newsletter Thursday, March 09, 2017

[LaineyGossip.com - Calling all smuthounds!] Thursday, March 09, 2017 [Intro for March 9, 2017]( [Ma, the Squawking Chicken]( Dear Gossips, Thank you for all your messages yesterday over email or on Twitter or Instagram about International Women’s Day and A Day Without Women. And for visiting our site during your day, whether you were striking or not. Today for me is kind of an extension of International Women’s Day. It’s the Squawking Chicken’s birthday! Ma is and will always be the most important woman in my life. And if you asked her what feminism is, she’d ask you if you want to play mah-jong. Ma has no idea about feminism. But somehow, with no education, and after a lifetime of bullsh-t, including sexual abuse and parental neglect, somehow she raised a feminist. Three years ago when I was promoting my book about her, [Listen To The Squawking Chicken](, [I was asked once]( if my ma would consider herself a feminist. “Ma taught me not to be quiet, to know the best and worst parts of myself, to work on the parts of myself that were lacking, and to be my own critic. She believed that if I could find that honesty, even if it hurt, I would always be able to save and protect myself and make choices that were right for me. I don’t know any other way to exist. So while she might not understand “feminism,” her encouragement is the reason I call myself a feminist.” Sometimes it enrages me that my ma was born when she was, that she came too early, that she could have been so much more had the world been ready for her then. The same is true for so many of the women in your lives who weren’t given enough space in their time, and who will never be afforded the space they still deserve. I hope that’s one of the reasons why we extend our strides, whether it’s at a march or at our jobs, pushing forward for them and ourselves. Here’s a shot of ma at dinner last night. She kept asking Jacek, my husband, “Am I still looks good?” And then she made me take this picture of her, but not before telling other people in the restaurant not to walk into her shot. This is who we need when Justin Timberlake’s around – the Squawking Chicken squawking at that asshole, “Get the f-ck out of my shot”. Happy Birthday Squawking Chicken! Yours in gossip, Lainey [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 2:01 PM [Brie Larson meant it]( [Brie Larson at the Los Angeles premiere of Kong: Skull Island, March 8, 2017]( So… I’ve never been big on [Brie Larson](. Not that I hated her. But I just … didn’t worship her? Now though? I think Brie Larson owns me. Brie Larson is currently promoting Kong: Skull Island. And I was worried about whether or not we should worry about her on the press tour being asked about [Casey Affleck](, and not clapping for Casey Affleck, and [making a face]( about Casey Affleck both at the Golden Globes and the Oscars. Because if Casey Affleck can go an entire Oscar season without really being asked about the allegations against him, why should Brie Larson have to? But… she was. And did. She would have known, of course. What we’ve been saying, what we’ve been reading into her reaction to Casey Affleck. And there was no denial. There was no attempt to say, “Oh, the internet blows things out of proportion and I didn’t mean to mean anything”, which is what so many other celebrities would have done. Instead, when asked about Casey Affleck and the Oscars [by Vanity Fair last night]( at the Kong: Skull Island premiere, this was her response: “I think that whatever it was that I did onstage kind of spoke for itself. I’ve said all that I need to say about that topic.” In other words, what you thought that night? What we thought that night? That she wasn’t there for Casey Affleck? That she wasn’t down for Casey Affleck winning? EXACTLY. That’s EXACTLY what she was trying to communicate. And she’s not apologising for it, she’s not trying to minimise it, she’s just… leaving it there, for what it is. Which is a rejection, a rejection of what Casey Affleck represents, and a confirmation of what she, herself, represents. Here’s Brie at the LA premiere of Kong: Skull Island last night. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 8:17 PM [Smutty Social Media, March 9, 2017]( [Anne Hathaway speaks during 'Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030' at 2017 International Women's Day at United Nations Headquarters on March 8, 2017 in New York City]( Choupette lives better than all of us. But I’m not sure how useful cat travel trips (on a private plane!) are. I guess that’s not the point. The point is to point out our peasant-ness. [Time to get Choupette's bests travel tips. Read her exclusive interview by clicking the link in the bio 👆🏻 #KARLLAGERFELD]( A post shared by KARL LAGERFELD (@karllagerfeld) on Mar 9, 2017 at 9:02am PST Alex Pettyfer took his girlfriend to Hogwarts. [Happy birthday @marloeshorst 🔫💋💕🎥❤️😵😋😇🦉😘🤡 Had the best day #family #bigkids #hogwartsschoolofwitchcraftandwizardry]( A post shared by Alex Pettyfer (@alexpettyfer) on Mar 8, 2017 at 9:24pm PST Is this Anne Hathaway’s son? I completely forgot she had a kid, but those are his initials. I’m quite sure I’ve never seen a picture of him anywhere. [JRS watching Mommy give her speech at the UN yesterday #forourboys #forourgirls #forthefuture #loveislove #parentsareparents #paidparental #iwd #ppl @unwomen]( A post shared by Anne Hathaway (@annehathaway) on Mar 9, 2017 at 7:43am PST Oh Lord I hope they aren’t discussing a new Entourage movie. (Doug Elin is responsible for writing and directing it. Name and shame.) [Great night]( A post shared by Doug Ellin (@mrdougellin) on Mar 9, 2017 at 5:59am PST Season 3 of UnREAL. Should I even get my hopes up? We’ve talked about this – season 2 was terrible. My only hope is that they completely abandon all of those storylines and act like that whole season didn’t happen. [TEAM 📽 #directing #unrealtv]( A post shared by Shiri Appleby (@shiriappleby) on Mar 8, 2017 at 4:24pm PST The Joe Bros do dinner in London. [Brothers Take London]( A post shared by J O E J O N A S (@joejonas) on Mar 8, 2017 at 2:17pm PST I absolutely love this dress on Kate Bosworth. Better than what she wore to the Vanity Fair Oscar party. [This HAPPY to be in a room with the most extraordinary and inspiring women! Rainbow-sequin-dream dress by the incomparable @dvf who is also here tonight ❤️💛💚💙💜❤️💛💚💙]( A post shared by Kate Bosworth (@katebosworth) on Mar 8, 2017 at 4:45pm PST [💘 VANITY FAIR 💘 Thank you @hungvanngo @bridgetbragerhair @jensulkess xx I LOVE YOU & sincerely appreciate your work and friendship. It's always a mad evening and you guys rock it! Dress: @j_mendel Jewels: @piaget Shoes: @louboutinworld]( A post shared by Kate Bosworth (@katebosworth) on Feb 27, 2017 at 8:20pm PST How Lorde’s friends appreciate her work. Do you think Taylor sends her drunk Snapchats? I bet Ed Sheeran does. i have definitely never gotten this many drunken snapchats from friends singing a song of mine before that's for sure — Lorde (@lorde) [March 5, 2017]( [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 7:58 PM [Twin Work Horses]( [Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen leave their NYC office, March 7, 2017]( We are never going to get a lot from [Mary-Kate]( and [Ashley Olsen](, at least in interviews. We may catch the [occasional double date]( or argue about them [at the Met Gala]( (they are consistently my favourites, fight me) or see them [launching a product on social media]( (but only for a day), but there’s never a flood of Olsen information. They keep it tight, like when Fuller House was announced and people actually thought the Olsens would appear ([WHY would they do that](), even when John Stamos was [making a big deal out of it]( they kept quiet because you get the feeling that whole extended family is just that – an extended family that comes with its rogue relatives and annoying uncles. Their new interview in [The Edit]( is making headlines because Mary-Kate mentions cooking on the weekends, her two step-children (that is the extent of it, she mentions she has two step-children) and riding horses. These crumbs are all we get from them, few and far between. I don’t think Ashley and Mary-Kate will ever reveal their inner life, and they deserve to have that privacy after literally spending their entire childhood mugging for the camera. But the way their child star DNA morphed into something different is interesting. They shunned the fame gene, but held onto the work ethic. Both speak about being working hard, constantly. That’s all they do. They plan their days down to the minute. Vacations are difficult because they can’t shut down. And the reasons the Olsens give the interview to The Edit is because they’ve recently taken back the licensing and production of Elizabeth and James (The Row, their luxury label, has always been done in-house). They are allowing some press because this is a huge moment for their company, both financially and creatively. The Edit piece is quite glowing (as you’d expect, Net-a-Porter sells the clothes), but last month there was a more nuts-and-bolts piece in [WWD](. Did you know that their perfume is the best fragrance launch Sephora [has had in 5 years](? That they are opening a bricks-and-mortar shop in The Grove for Elizabeth and James (to add to the one they have on Melrose for The Row). They are talking about athleisurewear and makeup. And then there’s the quotes from high-level execs at Neiman’s, Bloomindales, and Net-a-Porter, all raves for the quality and craftsmanship and price point. This is not about their celebrity because retail is fierce; it doesn’t matter whose name is on the label - if it doesn’t sell, it’s dropped. The Olsens are an usual celebrity case because they didn’t change their narrative (child stars, health issues, drug rumours), they ignored it. They never pandered – not in their Met Gala outfits, not in their branding, not in their interviews. In a time when social media has given so many fans (and celebrities) a false sense of connection, they literally and figuratively unplugged. So Mary-Kate might tell us, once every five years, that she cooks dinner, but you won’t see her recipe on Pinterest. That’s their power. They know what to give away, and they know when to stop. The Olsens are a self-contained unit – they choose what to show, and they keep the rest. So few have that discipline. [Source]( Here are Mary-Kate and Ashley out in New York on Tuesday. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 6:24 PM [Gwyneth at the “forefront”]( [Gwyneth Paltrow covers Women's Health]( Charlie Hunnam covers the [new issue of Men’s Health]( and [Gwyneth Paltrow]( covers the new issue of Women’s Health. She looks great. Which is part of the reason why she’s been trying to give you advice on how to look and feel as great as she does. But, as you know, some of that advice is… well… it has involved steaming your vagina, and other health recommendations that scientists and doctors raged against. How does G deal with that criticism? Well, basically, by calling herself a pioneer. Basically by saying that people haven’t caught up to her yet: Women’s Health: How do you trust that your readers and customers will go where you go—cupping, vagina steaming—without judgment? They're not without judgment. When you're at the forefront of something that's new, people can get really reactive: "This is crazy! Why are you doing this?" Then, five years later, everyone's fine with it. So I have a bit of pattern recognition in hand at this point—which is helpful. Also, when someone doesn't like something you do, or doesn't share your interest in something, that doesn't have anything to do with you. One of the best things someone ever said to me was that the only time criticism hurts is if you have a judgment about yourself about that very thing. If someone's like, "You dick, you have red hair!" and you've got brown hair, it doesn't bother you. It's a blessing to be liberated from the chains of other people's perceptions of you. It's part of wellness, working at that. I've gotten to a point where I like myself. I do my best as a person. I also have nothing to hide. Let’s get to Gwyneth in a minute. I want to start by calling out Women’s Health. Because you’re WOMEN’S HEALTH. In that article? Online? They actually have a LINK – a LINK! – to a previous article they published called [4 Things You Should Never, Ever Do To Your Vagina!]( Look! So how do you not ask a follow-up? Ask her the question about the judgment she receives, sure. But then, then – because your are WOMEN’S HEALTH MAGAZINE FOR F-CKS SAKE! – ask her another one with quotes from medical professionals who have vehemently disagreed with Gwyneth’s recommendations. You know, they’re only people who have studied and researched for years the human body. Don’t you think it might be worthwhile to at least present that position since it’s exactly the opposite of her position? Actually, no. Not this time. Because the article seems to be written by someone who, in the first paragraph of the piece calls Gwyneth Paltrow her “current boss”. Right. Later on, G starts talking about vitamins. Apparently goop is putting out vitamins now. Because, as she explains, “I think women in modern society don't feel very well. The number one thing women say is "I'm exhausted and I don't know why!" I want to get to the bottom of why that is”. Vitamins, apparently, are the answer. And not, oh, say, like …gender equality? Women work harder for less. Women are also expected to do more – especially in the home. Maybe not in her home, or in the homes of the women she’s talking to, but for most women in “modern society” who are “exhausted” and “don’t feel well”, I wonder if vitamins are going to fix the fatigue. [Click here]( for more from Gwyneth in Women’s Health. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 5:18 PM [Tom Hiddleston may have a knock-off Bond franchise]( [Tom Hiddleston at the LA premiere of Kong: Skull Island at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, March 8, 2017]( According to very vague statements, The Night Manager, [Tom Hiddleston](’s humanitarian effort to [cheer up aid workers in Africa](, is maybe possibly being explored to potentially develop a second season. The companies behind the transporting experience that Tom Hiddleston graciously provided, AMC, BBC, and The Ink Factory, released a joint statement that they are in the “early stages” of development and “nothing is definite yet” and they have “nothing to announce”. So basically, they released a statement saying they had an idea. Revisiting The Night Manager well is an obvious go because it racked up a bunch of awards and nominations and performed well for both the BBC and AMC. But there is a huge stumbling block in the way of a potential second season, and that is source author John le Carré, who is pretty strict about adaptations and doesn’t like characters going “off book”. The Night Manager has an ambiguous ending—as Hugh Laurie says, “You don’t see me die!”—but that’s not uncommon with le Carré and The Night Manager is a stand-alone novel, not part of a series. So to create a second season is to continue a story le Carré himself chose not to continue. So how do they do it? How do they capitalize on the success of the mini-series, and still stay in le Carré’s good graces? It helps that the production company behind the show, The Ink Factory, is owned by le Carré’s sons. If ever there was a project where le Carré was likeliest to bend and let someone else use his characters in a wholly original way, this is probably it. But it still seems a long way off, and that brings up Hiddleston’s long-term availability. He’s busy and only getting busier. Even if they get a script together and get the blessing of le Carré and pull together the financing, they might still have to wait on Hiddleston to become available. So basically, there could maybe potentially be a second season of The Night Manager, but even if there is, we are a long way off from actually seeing it. (Lainey: Tom can still TALK about it though. And, as we know, he’s so good at the talking.) [Source]( Attached - Tom at the LA premiere of Kong: Skull Island last night. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 4:44 PM [JLO & ARod]( [Jennifer Lopez/Alex Rodriguez]( Which, I guess, makes J-Rod. But I think I like A-Lo better because A-Lo reminds me of Asshole. And [Alex Rodriguez]( is one. Which totally makes sense. [Jennifer Lopez]( is drawn to them. So it was widely reported last night, from a variety of different outlets, that [JLO and ARod are dating](. Apparently it’s been a “few months” and they were together in LA last weekend and he’s been at her show in Vegas recently too. Maria emailed me last night about this, wondering why it had never occurred to anyone before that this was possible and she’s right. Like it totally makes sense. I mean, she’s JLO. So obviously he’d be attracted. But it’s also JLO. So obviously she would be attracted. Because she is always attracted. To the WORST. On paper, I guess, it’s an improvement over buying your backup dancer lover bear a truck for his birthday and building his career for him by making him the creative head of your tour. I guess. But, then again, I also don’t know if I ever want to see JLO doing this: [AROD-EATS-IT] It’s not that a woman shouldn’t feed a man. It’s THAT man. A man who sleeps beneath a portrait of [himself as a centaur](. And while we never saw JLO, say, feeding Ben Affleck, she did endure a similar kind of bro-f-ckery when they were together, sitting beside him wordlessly while he played poker, the embarrassment of him going to a peeler bar during their engagement and there was some of that in Marc Anthony too as there have long been [reports that he was controlling of her]( when they were married. I remember watching them on the red carpet one year at the Oscars while she was being interviewed. Marc was standing beside her, stone-faced, and becoming more and more so as the interview went on. So… again… OF COURSE she’s with ARod. Of course she is. How’s that going to look now with a retired athlete who has a monster ego? JLO will never not be a bigger name than ARod …ever. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 4:13 PM [Charlie Hunnam “makes love as often as (he) can”]( Well there’s a headline. [Charlie Hunnam]( is featured in the new issue of [Men’s Health]( discussing his training regimen over the course of shooting his last three movies. Basically he had to gain muscle, lose it all, and then regain it back to back to back. So he ate well or didn’t eat, and smoked a lot of cigarettes. He also, however, reveals that he’s quit smoking weed. Which was a major change considering he used to go through an ounce a week. There were stories about him on the set of Sons Of Anarchy all the time, baked constantly on set. That’s over though and now he’s an “avid cook” and is learning how to speak Spanish and wants to earn a black belt in Brazilian jujitsu. Fitness is important to him. That’s where the sex comes in: "I'm interested in having a high fitness level across the board," he says. "Running, swimming, jumping rope, hiking, jiu-jitsu—I try to do it all. I also try to make love as often as I can. That's an important part of fitness. There's no reason you can't be active at 70. I want to run up mountains at that age." How do you feel about the expression “make love”? I get squicked by it. Even when he says it. Like, to me, it would be way hotter if he’d been like, “I also try to f-ck as often as I can”. But I get it. Some of you probably think that sound crude, like the f-cking is meaningless. But "make love" is just sooooo....tender?! Ew! Another squicky word, non? Anyway whatever, Charlie Hunnam burns calories by sex. And the sex, presumably, is with his longtime girlfriend Morgana McNelis who comes up a few times during the interview - once when he talks about how he [released that statement]( last year when his fans were attacking her online because fans can be the worst, and again when he talks about shooting The Lost City Of Z and how he ghosted her for 4 months. [Remember that](? At the time some of you were like, nah, he probably only meant like a couple of weeks. Um. No. FOUR MONTHS. Because method acting can be the worst. But you don't want to be mad at a guy who looks like this in a henly. GOD. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 2:50 PM [New Wave Thor]( [The cast of Thor: Ragnarok covers Entertainment Weekly ]( [Entertainment Weekly]( has the first look at Thor: Ragnarok on its cover this week, and it is an Eighties-fantastic explosion of COLOR and LIGHT and HAIR. Thor’s got an entirely new look, including a new haircut—which I am way into—and a suspiciously missing hammer. I have never been a huge fan of Thor’s armor, the weakest link in otherwise consistently beautiful costume design from that franchise, but for outing #3 he’s been reimagined without those dumb silver discs all over his torso. I’m digging the leather and face paint and undercut. Loving this New Wave Thor. BUT THERE’S MORE. Because there are also photos of [Cate Blanchett]( as Hela, looking like the love child of Loki and the Grudge ghost—or [American Doll Posse]([-era Tori Amos](— [Tessa Thompson]( as Valkyrie, Loki 3.0—a fan of umbrella drinks, who knew?—and hold onto your butts because that is [JEFF GOLDBLUM]( decked out in rad space garb and blue eyeliner. He was cast because of Earth Girls Are Easy and you will not convince me otherwise. There’s also a shot of Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, but nothing of the new version of the Hulk. Saving that for the trailer, no doubt. Look at how colorful and bright this is. These images pop so hard they’re starting a dance battle. It puts the world of Thor more in line with the colorful space worlds we’ve seen in Guardians of the Galaxy—especially that shot of Valkyrie sitting in a bar surrounded by off-brand Power Rangers—but even more it evokes 1980s sci-fi, specifically the kind of stuff you’d catch on Saturday morning TV, like Space Mutiny, with a dash of Willow for fantasy flavor. Thor: Ragnarok really does look like the descendent of those old B-movie sword and sorcery flicks. We also get our first sense of what is going on in this movie. After a fight with Hela, Thor gets dumped on Sakaar, a trash planet where beings from all over the universe engage in Mortal Kombat, basically. There, he meets the Hulk. And here is a strong hook for the story: Thor isn’t an exceptional fighter on Sakaar. Thor has that Superman problem of being so strong that he could conceivably end every fight just by hitting everyone. Two Avengers movies dealt with this largely by ignoring him, but Taika Waititi’s approach is to put him in a context where his strength isn’t special and his weapons are just neat toys. This is a real character moment—a fully empowered Thor still confronted by shortcomings, having to solve problems without relying on brute strength. I’m willing to see where they take that. And they paired him with the Hulk, despite RDJ campaigning for his Science Bro to be in Captain America: Civil War. They’re cannibalizing a popular Hulk storyline—Planet Hulk—but this is also a sign of confidence in Taika Waititi, who came into Marvel with a clear vision and a strong pitch and won everyone over on a concept that more or less reboots Thor AND Hulk, mainline Avengers already well established with audiences. Marvel isn’t known for being filmmaker friendly, but everything we’re now seeing is from Waititi’s very specific vision of a Thor movie inspired by retro sci-fi and fantasy. And everything I’ve heard about this movie is that where Taika led, everyone followed, and they had FUN doing it. Why am I excited for Thor: Ragnarok? Because Taika Waititi talked Marvel into overhauling an entire franchise, AND THEY LET HIM. Come for Thor’s new haircut. Stay for Taika’s Wild Ride. [Click here]( to see more photos of the cast. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 2:21 PM [Privacy Policy]( - [Unsubscribe](