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An Education opens wide this Friday October 23rd and when you see it, please do see it, you will fall in love with Carey Mulligan, just like everyone else has. She is a revelation. And she at the top of each critic’s list for a nomination for Best Actress this year. In her first leading feature. Full Story
You ready? 30 Rock is back. Tonight. Tina was at Letterman last night to promote the season premiere, charming and adorable as usual. But not as popular as she should be. I’m sure you’ve heard about the Forbes List? The top earners on prime time TV? Tyra Banks came in 1st. Tina Fey came in 7th. Full Story
Tina Fey on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar. A much more worthy beauty ideal than so many others. Most others. Including Granny Freeze Nicole Kidman. Speaking of Nicole Kidman, in the magazine, Tina discusses Botox... Full Story
At the NY premiere of An Education last night, Maggie Gyllenhaal accompanied husband Peter Sarsgaard on the carpet in a black strapless jumpsuit. Not even my Maggie. It's Michelle's nightmare: talent showing lumps from the light. So she outlaws it when she's producing. At the Oscars for instance, she won’t allow it on camera. Full Story
This is Emily Blunt in New York today with Matt Damon shooting The Adjustment Bureau. No need to be worried about having your girlcrush destroyed here… Scott & Claudio, longtime readers with whom I’ve been having a love affair over email for years, were fortunate to meet Emily at TIFF when she was at the festival promoting The Young Victoria. Full Story
Oscar is still over 5 months away but the buzz for Carey Mulligan has been building since Sundance in January. An Education finally premiered in LA last night officially kicking off Carey’s campaign. So far, every prediction list and website has cited her as a virtual lock for a nomination with critic after critic gushing about her performance. Full Story
It’s an easy prediction. Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut opens on Friday and, without significant competition, riding the wave of positive buzz, calling on the “Girl Power” collective, Whip It should win at the box office this weekend. I’ve not seen it yet. I did however note the remarks of my colleagues back at TIFF... Full Story
The Jessicas… No doubt they both would have been desperate for this – The Adjustment Bureau with Matt Damon who gets the pick of the scripts – but they were up against Emily Blunt. Please. If Emily wants it, why bother letting them read for it? Here’s Emily on set in New York yesterday. Full Story
Thompson. It’s my birthday tomorrow and it’s a gift to see Emma Thompson. She was at the UK premiere last night of Morris: A Life With Bells on in London looking, as always, like she’s the life of the party. She is! In the very best way. In a way that Filthy Scab could never be. Have you ever watched Emma Thompson at an awards show? Kills me. Full Story
Emily won’t go to Lick with me for my birthday because she has a family event but still I’m giving her some Emma Stone on a long ass Thursday morning. My mother taught me how to guilt trip and I’m very good at it. But it’s not hard to promote Emma Stone. I love Emma Stone. Emma Stone is one of the reasons Lindsay Lohan’s only job opportunities these days involve hosting parties in Singapore. Full Story
Please. I nearly fainted. Look at this front row in London at Burberry last night. My Gwyneth sandwiched between my Emma and Mario Testino, and Liv Tyler on the other side, then Daisy Lowe, then Mary-Kate Olsen, and publicly loved up Freida Pinto and Dev Patel. In another section, Victoria Beckham was also seated front row…but she wasn’t invited to the girl party. Full Story
There’s Shelfy…and then there’s Natalie. Jessica Biel has always referred to the “Top Tier”, a club to which she does not belong that, of course, includes Natalie Portman on a short list of young actors constantly presented with the most prestigious parts. Biel has blamed her exclusion from the “Top Tier” on her good looks, lamenting that it’s her beauty that has held her back... Full Story
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee premiered at TIFF last night. I was assigned to the cover the carpet for etalk and when Rebecca Miller arrived, it was like Robert Pattinson for me. No one but Rebecca Miller could wear what she wore. I know you think it’s weird, I know you think it’s not something Jennifer Aniston would wear and therefore not acceptable. Full Story
Many of you have been eager for news about Drew Barrymore and Whip It at TIFF. Drew and the cast attended the press conference yesterday and her reception here in Toronto has been rock star-like, surprising to many of us who had no idea, even though Drew is most definitely an A+ name, that she inspired that kind of … frenzy. Full Story
One of the coveted seats at New York Fashion Week was for Alexander Wang. And our girl Rachel McAdams not only sat in the front row, she sat in the front row next to The Anna. Anna Wintour actually took her sunglasses off and smiled too. These are not coincidental gestures. In the world of fashion, these seating assignments always mean something… And some are already speculating... Full Story
Gwen Stefani at NY Fashion Week. Last night Anna Wintour attended a party in her honour. Today it was the runway. Want the jacket, want the bag, want the shoes, want the pants. Also want how she wears the pants. Why can’t I wear my pants like that? Duana bought a L.A.M.B. bag in LA last year and she has pretty much used it exclusively since. Full Story
Emily Blunt at LAX yesterday out of Los Angeles and you can see the engagement ring presented to her by, of course, her fiancé (because it sounds so much better when someone else says that word) John Krasinski. Love her travel style. Cute sweater. Emily has been back and forth between New York and LA working with Matt Damon in NYC, flying back to LA for down time while Damon’s in Europe promoting The Informant! Her film The Young Victoria is closing TIFF so she’ll also be in Toronto at the end of the festival though it’s doubtful that John will come with. Full Story
Now here’s a woman who hasn’t invited Ebola Hilton onto her show for a guest appearance. Tina Fey once called Ebola a “piece of sh-t”. Tina is everything to be admired and respected in a woman in entertainment. If Tina Fey publicly called that disease a piece of sh-t, it IS a piece of sh-t. Full Story
As an onscreen couple. I wrote the other day that I found it hard to imagine. Here are some photos to help with that – shooting Letters to Juliet in Soho today. There is something very endearing about the fact that I can see her panty line. I love that she’s not straddling a string in costume. Full Story
For Cate Blanchett. And worship. Cate and her husband Andrew Upton attended an Audi event today in Sydney. She is, as usual, f-cking perfect. Love everything. Including the fact that she’s a working mother of 3, balancing a hot Hollywood career, codirecting a theatre company, and doesn’t martyr herself in every magazine article about being Superwoman. Full Story
