Newsletter Wednesday, August 02, 2017

[LaineyGossip.com - Calling all smuthounds!] Wednesday, August 02, 2017 [Intro for August 2, 2017]( [Steven Soderbergh]( Dear Gossips, While obsessively hitting refresh this morning to read GQ Style’s new cover feature on Aziz Ansari (at 7am ET it had yet to be uploaded), I ended up reading the magazine’s feature on Steven Soderbergh and how he’s “[back to destroy Hollywood](”. There’s a lot of Show Your Work happening here, specifically in the way Steven himself likes telling stories about work itself. That’s essentially what Ocean’s Eleven is – a movie about people who do their job well and also, as the writer of the piece, Zach Baron, describes, “one of the best movies ever made about celebrity—about the weird unique camaraderie that beautiful people who perform for others have, and how fun that camaraderie can be to experience, vicariously, for the rest of us”. Yes. YES. Exactly. That’s also why those “clubhouse” scenes, as Sarah calls them, in The Avengers are so critical to the franchise – we get off on seeing celebrities “perform” friendship. And we are critical when they don’t perform it convincingly. Or, you know, when the friends are women. But that’s a different conversation. Steven’s new film is Logan Lucky, starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Hilary Swank, Riley Keough, Sebastian Stan, Katie Holmes, and many more. It will be released August 18th and it was made by disrupting the standard Hollywood studio financing formula by getting the money upfront for foreign distribution and selling the replay rights (to Netflix, HBO, etc) before production so that by the time the film comes out, the creatives can collect directly from theatres without having to pass through the studio, bypassing the increasingly exorbitant marketing costs. In his mind, this could be the future model for adulted-oriented projects and stories, leaving the studios with the tentpoles and the epics, which is what they seem to be singularly focused on anyway. That’s certainly a different approach to the system than, say, the way some of the other brand name directors prefer to work. Given that, so far, there seems to be no consensus on the issue, I wonder whether or not we’ll see directors like Steven Soderbergh actively appealing to their peers in favour of their own crusades. Christopher Nolan has recently taken it upon himself to [join the Netflix criticism]( and he was [openly challenged]( by Ava DuVernay. It’s not necessarily the same argument. But it’s part of the larger conversation about the future of film and how audiences should be consuming it. As for Logan Lucky, what doesn’t come up in Steven Soderbergh’s interview with GQ is … who wrote it? And that might be the most interesting thing about the movie right now: there’s a mystery. Did you hear about this? Last week, [The Hollywood Reporter]( reported that while Logan Lucky is getting terrific reviews, there’s been all kinds of speculation about the screenwriter, Rebecca Blunt. Multiple sources are telling THR that this person doesn’t exist leading to speculation that Rebecca could just be Steven himself (he often goes by made-up names) or perhaps even his wife, Jules Asner. JULES ASNER! Come on. We all watched Jules Asner on E! right? After all the rumouring about Rebecca Blunt, Steven released a statement to [Entertainment Weekly]( about her identity: “Well, that’s going to be news to Rebecca Blunt. When people make a statement like that they should be very careful, especially when it’s a woman screenwriter who is having her first screenplay produced.” He goes on to insist that: “She’s interviewed in the press kit. I happen to know that she’s working on something and that she’s on a deadline. She doesn’t want to do any press until after the movie opens. Isn’t she allowed to do that?” Duana and I were considering this for Show Your Work last week because, obviously, this is fascinating on so many levels. As mentioned, Logan Lucky is receiving some really, really great reviews and much of it has to do with the story. Everyone is going to want to work with Rebecca Blunt now that her first screenplay is getting so much acclaim. But, so far, does Rebecca Blunt not want the credit? Or is she being super strategic about when she claims her credit? Also… why is it so hard to believe that a woman’s first screenplay could be so good? Is this really a case of hidden identity or is it simple, classic sexism? No woman could ever write a movie this good on her first try. So it must be a fake-out! [Click here]( to read Steven Soderbergh’s interview with GQ. And we’ll come back to the Aziz Ansari cover story when it comes out. Yours in gossip, Lainey [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 1:08 PM [Kristen Stewart in millennial pink]( [Kristen Stewart covers Harper's Bazaar]( Millennial pink has been having a loooong moment. I read [an article this week]( about the origins of millennial pink. Did you know that “millennial pink” is the most searched back-to-school phrase on Pinterest? Everyone will be wearing millennial pink when they go back to school in September. So here’s [Kristen Stewart](, covering the September issue of UK Harper’s Bazaar, and the theme of the editorial appears to be millennial pink. She looks amazing in millennial pink. But, then again, with her hair so short now, and her face on full display like this, it’s hard to make her look bad. Kristen Stewart is one of those people, one of those people with That Face. Like Winona Ryder years before her. Winona has That Face. And Lupita Nyong’o has That Face. Faces that you almost need the hair to get out of the way because they’re so spectacular on their own. Kristen is featured in the magazine to rep Chanel. She’s been affiliated with the label for a few years now. But she’s now the face of the new Chanel fragrance, Gabrielle. Beauty and style ambassadorship is a peculiar thing, especially for women and especially for fragrance. Fragrance is 100% connected to mood. And attitude. It’s more than just a scent, it’s who you want to be when you put on the scent. It’s who you are when you’re wearing the scent. Fragrances are marketed to personality. So, often, the personalities selling the fragrances have to get personal. Over the last few years, we have seen Kristen Stewart getting more and more personal, getting more and more comfortable sharing more of herself. It happened when she started dating Alicia Cargile and she herself has acknowledged that that change in her personal life had a direct impact on her public life, because while she certainly doesn’t want to give everything away, she knew how important it would be for someone with her profile to not have to hide how she loves. As she tells Harper’s Bazaar, she loves hard: "I've been deeply in love with everyone I've dated. Did you think I was faking it? I've always really embraced a duality. And really, truly, believed in it and never felt confused or struggling. I just didn't like getting made fun of." That’s a secret message for her secret husband, Robert Pattinson, did you get it? For the rest of us, it’s Kristen addressing her bisexuality. She goes on to clarify, when asked if she would ever date another man: "Yeah, totally. Definitely… Some people aren't like that. Some people know that they like grilled cheese and they'll eat it every day for the rest of their lives. I want to try everything. If I have grilled cheese once I'm like, 'That was cool, what's next?'" I LOVE this quote. For the gossip. I love it because while she seems to be saying that she’s open to falling in love again with another guy, you could also apply that same “what’s next?” and “grilled cheese” approach to her love life over the last year. Grilled cheese doesn’t have to mean men. Or women. Grilled cheese might actually mean whoever’s right now. Remember Kristen broke temporarily with Alicia Cargile for a month or so and was all up in Soko. After Soko it was back to Alicia. But then two months later she was with St Vincent. Two months after that, and still now, it’s been Stella Maxwell. All of that happened in the space of 8 months or so. So the “grilled cheese, what’s next” might not just be about her bisexuality, it could be about her sexuality, period. [Click here]( to read more about Kristen Stewart at UK Harper’s Bazaar. [Exclusive: Kristen Stewart is our September cover star, photographed by @tomcraig inside Coco Chanel's apartment in Paris, styled by @leithclark. Make-up by @christophedanchaud_, hair by @kenorourke1, manicure by @charlenecoquard. With thanks to @justinepicardie @tommacklin @rachellouisebrown1 @avrilmair @jogoodby. Kristen wears @chanelofficial on the newsstand cover #BazaarLoves #KristenStewart #Chanel #SeptemberIssue #Bazaar150]( A post shared by Harper's Bazaar UK (@bazaaruk) on Aug 1, 2017 at 1:05am PDT [Kristen Stewart was photographed inside Coco Chanel's iconic Rue Cambon apartment in Paris for our September issue - out 4 August. Read an exclusive preview of the interview via the link in bio (📷 Kristen wears @chanelofficial, photographed by @tomcraig) #SeptemberIssue #KristenStewart #Bazaar150]( A post shared by Harper's Bazaar UK (@bazaaruk) on Aug 2, 2017 at 5:07am PDT [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 7:48 PM [Smutty Social Media, August 2, 2017]( [Mandy Moore on the set of This Is Us in Los Angeles, July 26, 2017]( The sitcom Kevin Can Wait, starring Kevin James (because that is still happening), recently made headlines because Leah Remini was hired and the lead female Erinn Hayes was let go. I can’t speak to the decision because I’ve never seen the show, and obviously Leah has the experience (both with Kevin and without) to secure her spot. But you know what’s telling? Erinn Hayes tweeted out her firing June 3 and outlets just started picking up on it this week because CBS said [her character would be killed off](. Her tweet went virtually unnoticed by entertainment journalists for months. Ouch. True, I've been let go from the show. Very sad, I had a great experience season 1. Thank you for all the support from our wonderful fans. — erinn hayes (@hayeslady) [June 3, 2017]( I’m completely caught up on Insecure and I noticed in the last episode that Frieda (played by Lisa Joyce) looks like Beyoncé’s assistant, Sam Greenberg. Sam’s Instagram is private (obviously) so I don’t know [if she is still working for Beyoncé](. I want to know things about Sam Greenberg, all relating to what she does for Beyoncé. Beyoncé has entrusted her nipples to Sam, so you know that [she was not junior assistant](. [Raise your hand if you want to be Sam. 🙋🏽 #beyonce#samgreenberg#parkwood]( A post shared by Beyoncé Knowles- Carter (@beylove49) on Jan 5, 2016 at 10:13am PST This Is Us season 2 premiere is slated for September 26. Huge expectations, right? Sophomore years are notoriously tricky even for great shows and This Is Us has set up a certain formula of reveals and emotional surprises for the audience. Do they stick with that, or move in a different storytelling direction? [Happiest Birthday to one of my favorite people and supremely talented actor, director and producer-extraordinaire, Mr. #KenOlin. I feel so lucky to be on the #thisisus journey together and can't wait for all that is ahead....]( A post shared by Mandy Moore (@mandymooremm) on Jul 30, 2017 at 11:41am PDT “[Aaron Paul]( looking confused at a fashion show” is the meme of the day. [I heard there was a Reddit battle today trying to understand my confusion at a fashion show. Here's one of the great memes that was created during the battle. My god I love Hal. And I think the guy playing him is alright as well. Love you Cranston.]( A post shared by Aaron Paul (@glassofwhiskey) on Aug 1, 2017 at 3:11pm PDT [These two are my favorite. There is more here: @daviddabo55]( A post shared by Aaron Paul (@aaron_paulfan) on Aug 2, 2017 at 1:51am PDT This is British Vogue’s last cover under their old leadership team of Alexandra Shulman and Lucinda Chambers, who I [briefly wrote about here](. It’s the September issue, typically fashion magazines’ biggest and most important cover of the year. And this, the flat hair, the sparkles, the cutouts, it certainly does feel like Fall. And more tragically, it doesn’t feel fresh. Could be a Kardashian selfie. They’ve gone out with a whimper, not a bang. [THANK YOU LUCINDA AND ALEX FOR THESE WONDERFUL YEARS AT @BRITISHVOGUE. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW VENTURES. GRACIAS LUCINDA Y ALEX POR ESTOS PROYECTOS AÑOS EN #BRITISHVOGUE. BUENA SUERTE CON SUS NUEVOS EMPRENDIMIENTOS. @AlexandraShulman #LucindaChambers @KateMossAgency @NoraAttal @EdieBCampbell #StellaTennant @Jean_Campbell @SamMcKnight1 @theValGarland @LorraineVGriffin @MichaelHowells100]( A post shared by MARIO TESTINO (@mariotestino) on Aug 2, 2017 at 1:48am PDT Do you think Josh Gad could have booked a VIP tour and decided to do it the regular way? That is insanity to me -- who would choose this over no lines and crowds? If you can fast-track at Disneyland, why wait in line for 2 hours?! Anytime I can pay for expediency I will because I don’t think waiting in lines is virtuous if you don’t need to do it. In fact, I think it’s wasteful and unnecessarily stressful. Pre-booking is not the same as budging to the front of the line, or pulling a “do you know who I am”; I think of it as being organized and economical with time. One day his daughter will be a teenager and look back at this and realize that her Dad put her through a character-building experience and if she is as petty as I am, she will be SO PISSED. [One day she'll understand it was worth being trampled on, having three selfie sticks jabbed in her face, smelling BO I didn't even know existed, and sweating more than after marathon. Today, she's just pissed.]( A post shared by Josh Gad (@joshgad) on Jul 31, 2017 at 7:31am PDT Fine, it’s a clever caption but all I can look at is [Ryan Reynold](’s face. It’s super hazy in Vancouver right now, is that contributing to the lighting? Because his skin is luminous. And I don’t use that word lightly. [Enjoyed running into Rob Delaney at the 1956 Saskatchewan Men's Conference. #deadpool2]( A post shared by Ryan Reynolds (@vancityreynolds) on Aug 1, 2017 at 6:09pm PDT [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 6:31 PM [Why did Valerian flop?]( [Cara Delevingne at LAX, July 29, 2017]( In its second week in theaters, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets [dropped 60%](. Tent pole films tend to be front-loaded, but that’s a bad drop, especially since the opening weekend was also sour. Valerian is not launching a new space-fantasy franchise—unless China can save it—and it will just go down as another failed attempt, like Jupiter Ascending (a movie with which it has a lot in common). Over the weekend Emily Yoshida asked “[Why Didn’t Valerian…Find Its Audience?](", and posits that while the success of comic book movies, particularly Marvel, makes it look like nerd culture is in control, really these are calculated efforts to make nerd sh*t appeal to a mainstream that is still afraid of REAL nerd sh*t, like Valerian. That, lacking Marvel-style self-referential jokes, Valerian doesn’t appeal outside the hardcore nerd bubble. It’s an interesting point, but it doesn’t account for the winning sincerity of Wonder Woman and Spider-Man: Homecoming, or the success of Avatar. But Yoshida points to a second element I do think is a HUGE problem—casting. [Dane DeHaan]( and [Cara Delevingne]( headline Valerian, and while they are both perfectly fine actors, they are WAY out of their depth. DeHaan plays the titular Valerian, a space cop who is trying to stop a space colony—formed from the International Space Station, pushed into deep space—from being exploded by an unknown evil. Or something. Plot’s a little blurry. What does stand out in sharp relief is that Dane DeHaan is entirely the wrong person to sell “smirking space rogue”. This is a Han Solo-ish character who is, it is immediately established, a big time space-player. He loves his partner, Laureline (Delevingne), but she doesn’t trust his sincerity because she’s seen him love-and-leave scores of space-dwellers. DeHaan doesn’t have the swagger or the smirk to pull this off, and the only time he really locks in as Valerian is when he argues for following protocol, even if it’s unpleasant, because he is a soldier. Delevingne doesn’t fare much better, as Laureline is barely a character in her own right. In The Fifth Element, Leeloo is a fascinating oddity from the moment she appears on screen, a mix of deadly capability and childlike wonder, whose feelings are quickly evoked and whose intelligence can’t be quantified. In contrast, Laureline is…tough? Yeah, I guess she’s kind of tough, mainly because Delevingne has a proud tomboy’s strut and that’s about as much room as she’s given to work with. In comic book form, Laureline inspired Princess Leia, but in movie form she inspires nothing except wardrobe envy for a series of fantastic space swimsuits. Delevingne is TRYING—she actually does have the swagger and the smirk for this kind of stuff—but the picture just isn’t there for her. Without engaging leads to anchor it, Valerian needs a strong story to support it, but that doesn’t exist either. Luc Besson is a great world-builder, and like the Wachowskis and Jupiter Ascending—or his efforts on The Fifth Element—Besson throws himself into establishing the world of Valerian. Textually, he’s successful. The opening scene setting up the “city of a thousand planets” is TERRIFIC, and there’s a fun bit with a market that exists in another dimension. There are a lot of fun ideas in Valerian, but the central story revolves around the destruction of a race of androgynous blue aliens, which smacks of Avatar. I’m not sure that audiences are afraid of sincere geekery so much as, in 2017, Besson’s vision is much less unique than it was in 1997, when nothing else in cinema looked like The Fifth Element. Valerian didn’t fail for any one reason. Not having engaging leads is a problem, not having a clear and compelling story is a problem, and at this point, it looks a little too much like a hodgepodge of other sci-fi/fantasy movies. I’m not wholly convinced by Yoshida’s argument that audiences are actually afraid of the real geek sh*t, but they do keep rejecting these original sci-fi/fantasy concepts—or lesser-known, in Valerian’s case, as it’s based on a French comic book. The right actor in the right role at the right time could probably launch a successful, original sci-fi/fantasy story, but we’re never going to know unless we keep trying. Given their repeated failure, though, one wonders how long producers will keep trying. Here's Cara at LAX the other day. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 5:54 PM [Mindy Kaling loves a good print]( [Mindy Kaling on the set of The Mindy Project in LA, August 1, 2017]( She does, doesn’t she? And colour. And she looks great in both. Here she is in a printed dress with bold colours on the set of The Mindy Project yesterday. Fashion, however, is not hot topic where [Mindy]( is concerned these days. She’s pregnant. And Oprah told us last week [that she was 5 months along]( at D23. And so people have been wondering Who Is The Father. Duana and I talked about Mindy’s pregnancy a couple of weeks ago on [Show Your Work](. Our focus, at the time, was how Mindy’s pregnancy was announced, with an immediate pivot to the fact that it will not be an impact on production, that her work will not be affected by the fact that she’s going to have a baby. It’s an assurance that women have to make much more often than men. What we didn’t press during that conversation, but certainly alluded to, was Mindy’s “decision” to have a child. And so, to unpack that more thoroughly, does that decision HAVE to include someone else? The speculation about Who Is The Father is interesting, not just because Kathleen [wants it to be Chris Pine]( but also because immediately the assumption is that there has to be one. I mean, obviously, biologically, there is one. But women like Mindy, with resources, have many more options these days. Certainly a wealthy single woman like Mindy, who is 38 years old, would know about those options. I feel like that’s as likely a possibility as a secret lover? [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 5:17 PM [Jessica Williams in The Incredible Jessica James]( [Jessica Williams in The Incredible Jessica James]( There is only one romantic comedy on Netflix (Canada) that I have yet to watch. It’s called Christian Mingle. I’ve been relegated to my couch with a busted-up Achilles and a bad mood lately so binge-watching is at an all-time high. I’ve found myself in the bowels of Netflix scrounging for a solid rom-com to make me smile, laugh and swoon and as a result, I’ve watched way too many sh-tty B-movies starring Hilary Duff’s sister or Jason Sudeikis but I refuse to stoop as low as Christian Mingle, [starring Gretchen Wieners](. A girl’s gotta have standards. Thankfully, last weekend, The Incredible Jessica James filled my craving for a sweet, funny, darling romantic comedy. The Incredible Jessica James is not a sh-tty B-movie. It is a quintessential indie rom-com you’ve probably seen iterations of before but that’s OK. What separates this indie from its contemporaries is its star. With this movie, [Jessica Williams]( proves to be just that: a STAR. [In a piece for Buzzfeed]( posted this week, one of our faves Bim Adewunmi wrote about why The Incredible Jessica James is so special. As Bim points out, in these indie rom-coms we’ve come to know, the lead is always white. The manic pixie dream girl living in Brooklyn searching for love in a hopeless place is never a black girl. Aspiring playwright Jessica James is more Jenny Slate than she is Zoey Deschanel but she fits in with the rom-com trope of the twenty-something girl whose life is a bit of mess, trying to get her sh-t together at work and in her love life. While Jessica James is black, her race does not inform the narrative. There is no particular pleasure in noting that Jessica James stands apart by virtue of her race — not least because this is not a film about her blackness. Her race is not at the center of the movie. Indeed, it is never explicitly referred to at any point. But the story is structured around this tall and interesting black woman, and that's something that is rare and wonderful. Jessica James is tall, interesting, sarcastic, cynical, hilarious and – in her own words—“freaking dope.” She just happens to be a black woman. It’s refreshing and long overdue. In fact, as much as I’m a firm believer in people of colour telling their own stories, I was pleasantly surprised to read that when director Jim Strouse wrote this role for Jessica Williams, he said some of his own experiences informed the character. It’s an anecdote that is a nice contrast to the usual “but I can’t speak to the black experience” excuse white directors and writers usually use for not including characters of colour. No, white writers don’t know the black experience better than actual black people but that doesn’t mean that characters of colour can’t exist in their writing. The Incredible Jessica James proves that black people can have lives on screen that have nothing to do with stereotypical black pain or civil rights. Heartbreak is pain and Jessica James is going through it – hard. We find Jessica right in the midst of excruciating, post-breakup sadness as the movie opens with a Tinder date she orchestrated just so she’ll run into her ex Damon, played by Lakeith Stanfield. I LOVE Lakeith in everything he’s done lately but he doesn’t normally do it for me, you know, sexually. Until now. Hellooo Damon. But Damon is not the man wooing Jessica James in this film. That would be Chris O’Dowd being as dorky and adorable as ever as Boone, a dude going through his own heartbreak. Jessica Williams and Chris O’Dowd are goddamn delightful together but the movie’s strongest scenes are between Jessica James and one of the students of the community theatre school where she teaches. Shandra is a smart black girl brimming with potential. Again, the precocious kid in these movies is rarely black. And the sassy best friend? She usually is. In this case, the best friend role goes to Master of None’s Noel Wells who pulls off multiple vibrator jokes like a pro. The Incredible Jessica James’ only weakness is that it feels like a really solid pilot for your new favourite series, instead of a fully-fleshed out film. I watched it twice in 24 hours mainly because of my busted foot and the fact that I have way too much time on my hands but also because the movie left me wanting MORE. I can’t decide if that’s a bad thing. The Incredible Jessica James is now streaming on Netflix. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 3:42 PM [Jennifer Garner, producer]( [Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's mom spend the day together in LA, August 1, 2017]( [Jennifer Garner]( hasn’t done much producing. She produced a few episodes of Alias way back. And a film called Butter a few years ago. But nothing since. At least not professionally. But Jennifer Garner’s been “producing” her brand for a long, long, long time. And she’s one of the best at it. In [the previous article]( about [Ben Affleck]( that I posted a few minutes ago, I wrote about Ben Affleck, how he’s doing a sh-tty job of “producing” the rollout of his new (but probably not that new) relationship with Lindsay Shookus. Ben, who is in recovery, and Lindsay were seen twice at a liquor store in Maine earlier this week. They were out together last night in LA, Ben looking like a schlub, as usual. While that was happening… Jennifer Garner? Well, Jennifer Garner was hanging out with his mom. It was a beautiful, sunny California day. Like most California days. And look, Jen and Chris are happily walking down the block, enjoying the weather but mostly the company. Jen takes her sunglasses off and hands them to her former mother-in-law, the grandmother of her children. They share a laugh. They put their arms around each other. They lean their heads into one another. They smile. Oh and the paps are there, totally by accident, of course, to give us an update on America’s Sweetheart, America’s Favourite Mom, who spent a decade with a f-ckup, who’s so loveable that even his mom can’t quit her. Which brings us, naturally, to the next question: how could he quit her? Well produced, Jennifer Garner. Well produced. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 3:11 PM [Be a producer, Ben Affleck]( [Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus out for dinner together in LA, August 1, 2017]( [Ben Affleck]( and Lindsay Shookus were in Maine last weekend where they were [sighted at a liquor store](. Not a good look. They’re now back, together, in LA and last night Ben joined Lindsay at a comedy show where she was supposedly scouting talent. After that they went out to dinner. Needless to say, when Ben and Lindsay go out, especially in LA, they’re not hard to find. They’re not hard for the paps to find. There’s almost a defiance to it, non? It’s not like he wouldn’t know what people are saying, what with the curious timeline of their relationship and all the cheating rumours, and still, it feels like he’s taking a “f-ck it” approach. If Brad Pitt can do it, I can do it too. OK. But he’s not Brad Pitt. And she’s not Angelina Jolie. There is certainly an argument to be made for familiarity, in addition to the “we have nothing to hide” approach. If we get used to it then we will be used to it. And maybe he hopes that at that point, he and Lindsay won’t be a story anymore. What Ben can never see, though, is that he’s always a story. Almost always because he makes himself the story. Still, if that’s his strategy? Then work the f-cking strategy. Produce the sh-t out of the strategy. He is a producer, after all. A good one. And what’s always so frustrating is that Ben seems incapable of applying those skills to this kind of situation. If you want to “produce” the public acceptance of your new relationship? The first step is to make it look good. Like on the outside. When you produce an appearance, part of that production is the actual appearance. What are my characters wearing in that scene and why? What do they look like in that moment? Ben’s version of that is to step out with Lindsay [wearing stains all over his shirt](. Or walking out of a restaurant with a cigarette dangling out of his mouth. I used to smoke. God knows I love a cigarette. There will never be a day that I won’t wish that smoking could be good for you. So I’m not here to judge someone for smoking being that I did it for so long myself. But there is an undeniable stigma that’s associated with smoking. This is why Jacqueline Kennedy, who was a chain smoker, assiduously avoided being photographed while smoking. It’s why Princess Kate went to great lengths to hide her smoking. And neither of them have ever been seen to be sloppy. Every time we’ve seen Ben Affleck with Lindsay Shookus he looks like a slob. His clothes are slobby, he’s tired in the eyes, and, when you add the cigarette hanging out of his mouth, there’s nothing here that suggests any freshness. If it were a scene in a movie where you’re trying to tell the audience that a character has been renewed, and is happy, and is “focused” (the word his sources keep using to describe him) and fulfilled and looking forward to the next chapter, you’d never present them the way Ben presents himself. You’d never produce it that way. You know who’s very good at producing a scene though? Jennifer Garner. Post on her coming up next. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 2:14 PM [August 2, 2017 – Smutty Shout-Outs]( [Rosebud]( Heather! That’s great news about Rosebud! I have to tell you, again, that Rosebud really is the perfect name for her. By request, here are Millie, Tom Hardy, and our Barnard and Elvis. 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