Newsletter Wednesday, February 14, 2018

[LaineyGossip.com - Calling all smuthounds!] Wednesday, February 14, 2018 [Intro for February 14, 2018]( [Jennifer Garner heads to the gym in LA, February 13, 2018](Dear Gossips, Through last year, whenever I wrote about Ben Affleck, I [often assessed]( whatever gossip situation he was involved with at the time from the perspective of his Chinese zodiac sign. Ben Affleck is a Rat, the quintessential Rat. Go back and read [last year’s Rat profile]( – it exactly foretold Ben Affleck’s 2017 and, remember, that was posted before he and Jennifer Garner formally filed for divorce, before Lindsay Shookus, and before he got embroiled in the Harvey Weinstein mess. Consider this, then, as we look ahead to what a Rat might expect during the Year of the Dog. Just as it was last year, during the Year of the Rooster, Rats are among the four luckiest signs during the Year of the Dog. Two lucky stars are guiding the Rat and these are glory stars – Rats are in for some wins…if they can stay focused. That’s always been the Rat’s challenge: lapses in concentration can undermine even the luckiest streak. When a Rat is focused though, look out. The Rat can really, really get sh-t done. See Jennifer Garner and Dwayne the Rock Johnson, two Rats who know when to play and when to put in the discipline. It is important for Rats to not get overconfident, especially this year. There are 3 shady stars that will cause problems if you’re too arrogant and these stars can come between your friends, create drama over money, and f-ck with your other relationships. Rats are advised to be gracious and to practise empathy and to minimise carelessness or risk injury. 1948 Fire Rats with a weak chin are advised to celebrate a big birthday. This could help prevent you from getting hurt. 1960 Earth Rat – no special notes for you, THIS IS NOT A BAD THING. 1972 Wood Rat – this year could be better than last year but, again, even if there’s good luck coming to you, it means nothing if you don’t have the stability to receive it. Recklessness does not attract good luck. 1984 Metal Rat – you might receive a boost from a benefactor this year and you could get lucky at the lottery or when you’re gambling. 1996 Water Rat – the luckiest of all Rats during the Year of the Dog and, often, that means food. You could be eating well this year, invited to eat with others who want to share their food with you. Food is a big deal in Chinese culture. When it’s plentiful it means you’re running lucky. All Rats should be mindful to avoid confrontation during the Year of the Dog. Maintain peace in your relationships. Female Rats may want to pay close attention to their reproductive health. In February and March, check in with the doctor, get the full service update on your health, including bloodwork. If you have a pre-existing illness, water and metal are your most helpful elements. On March, April, and May, be diligent at work, this is not a time to f-ck around and take your eye off the ball. A small mistake could result in a major problem. Do not pick fights with people. And drive safe. In June and July, extra caution in the car is recommended. Try not to rush around. Rest more, work less, practise self-care and look after your mental health. In August, September, and October, there’s a cheating alert. Resist temptation. In December, manage your partying and maybe don’t stay out too late. Late night hookups could have health implications. Like STIs. (Sometimes ma’s zodiac readings get dramatically specific.) We’re getting closer to Lunar New Year! You have two days to get organised, clean, clear out the old luck and make room for the new luck. Tomorrow: the Pig. Yours in gossip, Lainey [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 2:27 PM [Blake & Emily holding hands]( [Blake Lively and Emily Blunt arrive for the Michael Kors Fashion Show in New York, February 14, 2018](New Hollywood BFF alert! Blake Lively and Emily Blunt attended the Michael Kors NYFW presentation together today. They arrived together in an Uber and held hands heading into the show. Apparently they’re also having [Valentine’s dinner tonight]( because John Krasinski is out of town. Do you know when this happened? Doesn’t matter, I guess. Because people are probably already shipping this friendship. [Blake Lively](, as we know, is also pretty tight with Taylor Swift. So maybe [Emily]( will get to go to Rhode Island for #Taymerica this year… if #Taymerica is even happening anymore. So. Whose outfit do you prefer? Emily’s print clashing stripes and florals or Blake in red PVC? I wonder if that PVC was a pain in the ass. Have you ever worn PVC? It makes so much noise! Those Louboutins though, with the red heart on white patent leather – I wanted these when they came out in 2015 ago but the white was hard to find so I ended up going with light pink on the shoe and dark pink as the heart. But I still think about the white ones all the time and goddamn it, why can’t he just reissue them? On preference though, in terms of the entire outfit, I’m always going to go [Zendaya](. Look at this woman. A track suit. She’s wearing a tracksuit until a trench-duster. F-cking love her style so much. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 8:51 PM [Robsten, reunited?]( [Kristen Stewart and Stella Maxwell leave a spa in LA, February 6, 2018](Here we go. This is when all the delusional Twi-Hard truthers still holding on to the conspiracy theory that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are secretly married and raising two children on a farm in Montana yell “I TOLD YOU SO” at those of us who live in the real world. As if they needed the encouragement. The rumours that Robsten are #unbroken forever have been reignited because [multiple fans]( claim [to have spotted]( RPattz and KStew together at a bar in the Silver Lake neighbourhood of LA on February 11th. It started with this tweet: Wow! Did not expect this response! It wouldn’t have been cool to take a picture of them, they just seemed like two friends hanging out. — Leah Cordova (@LeahVioleta) [February 12, 2018]( Dammit, Leah. If there was any chance of this ridiculous conspiracy going away like those blasphemous theories that Beyoncé was never really pregnant with Blue Ivy or that dude from One Direction is [pretending to raise a fake baby]( OR that Demi Lovato has a twin sister she [locked in a basement her whole life]( (OK, that one is actually hilarious – long live Poot Lovato!), it died with this alleged Robsten meetup. Another fan, Talia, co-signed the sighting and promised that it really did, in fact, happen. It’s true!! It was such a small venu it would have been so rude to take a pic but scouts honor!!! — Talia Davis (@TaliaADavis) [February 12, 2018]( Dammit, Talia. From there, a few more fans claim they saw [Robert Pattinson]( and [Kristen Stewart]( acting like “two friends hanging out a bar.” My favourite things on the Internet today are the frantic replies to these fan sighting tweets. [A sample of the hysterics](: So Kristen and Rob were talking to each other?? They were alone or with friends? Did you see Rob and Kristen together? Laughing together? BUT WERE THEY LAUGHING? I’m dying. First of all, I don’t believe that a bunch of millennials were in a bar watching their “high school Twilight fantasies” play out and didn’t take a single picture. Second, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart haven’t been photographed together since 2012. As far as we can tell, they didn’t stay friends but IF this even really happened, the narrative that they are “just friends” is not going to fly with the Twi-Hard truthers. They’ve probably added another baby and two more secret jam-making businesses to their Robsten Montana fantasy by now. A few alleged fan sightings does not mean this reunion actually happened but the whispers have gotten loud enough that one of their reps is going to have to address these rumours. The Daily Mail says they have already [reached out for comment](. Other outlets will follow suit. What are the Twi-Hard truthers going to say when their beloveds shoot this sh-t down? They’ll probably say that they’re lying just to protect their privacy and the privacy of their imaginary, secret children. OK, if that’s the case, why were they out in public AT A BAR full of people in the first place? WHY? Better question: why am I trying to rationalize with these delusional stans? Finally, our site manager Emily wants to make it very clear that Kristen Stewart was spotted with her “actual lover,” Stella Maxwell, on February 6th. Then, five days later, Robsten reunited in LA and went back to their Montana farm to raise their babies in peace. Sure. Photos of Kristen and Stella are attached below. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 8:11 PM [Maybe not the Tesla we’re looking for]( [Ethan Hawke/Nikola Tesla ](Nikola Tesla is ripe for a biopic. His story has everything: Genius, madness, rags-to-riches-to-rags, world-changing inventions, and a tragic ending. Tesla is one of the smartest people to ever live—if that sounds like exaggeration, x-rays are just some sh*t he discovered on accident and we’re still not even touching the greatest of his inventions and theories—and he was also a real character, as the kids say. He was tall and handsome, a little delicate, VERY well dressed, extremely polite even by Victorian standards, and though he was capable of being a charming pitchman, he sucked at business and kept selling life-changing patents for pennies to keep the lights on in his laboratory. He’s also an immigrant who got sh*t done, coming from Serbia to, oh, just revolutionize the budding electric industry. There is no shortage of cool Tesla stories. There’s a reason David F*cking Bowie played this guy in a movie. And now there shall be a Tesla movie, something for which we are LONG overdue. Besides Bowie portraying him in The Prestige, Nicholas Hoult recently portrayed him in [The Current War](, but these are both supporting roles in someone else’s story. But now, shopping around the European Film Market is a Tesla project to come from filmmaker Michael Almereyda (Marjorie Prime) and [Ethan Hawke](, who is set to star as Tesla. Now, look. Ethan Hawke is a perfectly good actor. I have nothing against Ethan Hawke. But does anyone see Ethan Hawke as Nikola Tesla? I don’t. I got it immediately with Nicholas Hoult. If you told me RDJ was playing Tesla, I would get that, too. Tom Hiddleston, sure. But Ethan Hawke? I am whelmed. But this is what actors do, right? Convince you they are other people! That is the job description, but not every actor is right for every part. Leonardo DiCaprio, for instance, would be a terrible Tesla. (But a GREAT HH Holmes, stop f*cking around and adapt The Devil in the White City, already.) Ethan Hawke will undoubtedly do a perfectly fine job as Tesla, but I don’t want to settle for “perfectly fine” when Tesla himself was so extraordinary. So someone call RDJ and fix this sh*t. And then call Anne Hathaway about a Hedy Lamarr biopic. [Source]( [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 7:41 PM [Smutty Social Media, February 14, 2018]( [Karlie Kloss attends the Calvin Klein Collection during New York Fashion Week at New York Stock Exchange on February 13, 2018 in New York City](How many TV shows can say they created a holiday? Because Galentine’s Day comes from Parks & Rec, which was above all a show about female optimism, ambition and friendship. [A post shared by Rashida Jones (@rashidajones)]( on Feb 13, 2018 at 10:38pm PST The Harris-Burka family goes big for all the holidays. These candy-heart glasses? Come on, they are great. [A post shared by Neil Patrick Harris (@nph)]( on Feb 14, 2018 at 5:30am PST $1 to use a change table seems ridiculous, but many people pointed out that it could be a vending machine for a diaper or wipes. This is some kind of bullsh*t: a changing table you have to PAY TO USE in the men’s bathroom. God forbid a man try to be a good dad. [pic.twitter.com/y8IOq3PNRY]( — Brooklyn Decker (@BrooklynDecker) [February 13, 2018]( How did Cruel Intentions end up between My Little Pony and Despicable Me 3? Maybe it’s considered a “family movie” because it revolves around siblings. [A post shared by Sarah Michelle (@sarahmgellar)]( on Feb 13, 2018 at 8:22am PST Years ago, Chrissy Teigen was fired by Forever 21 for being “[too fat](”. And now every time she drags them it’s like the “You people work on commission, right?” scene from Pretty Woman. It never gets old. 7 hours is 6 hours longer than I lasted on the [@forever21]( set before being fired — christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) [February 14, 2018]( Karlie Kloss and Millie Bobby Brown hung out at the Calvin Klein show. I really like this white leather jacket – but it’s very pricey and almost sold out on [Net-a-Porter](. I don’t really understand Calvin Klein as a brand – you can get it at the most bargain basement department stores (obviously that stuff is licensed) but then there’s the new By Appointment line by Raf Simons which will be very exclusive and customized. It seems like a big disconnect. [A post shared by Karlie Kloss (@karliekloss)]( on Feb 13, 2018 at 6:22pm PST Another week, another rumour that Cardi B. is pregnant, this time from TMZ. (Weren’t they [just wrong about the Spice Girls tour](?) Last week, Cardi responded to the chatter with, “[No bitch I’m just getting fat. Let me fat in peace](” I think that makes for an excellent email signature. [A post shared by Cardi B Official IG (@iamcardib)]( on Feb 14, 2018 at 10:21am PST I’ve been DM’ing this to people all day. If I had to look at it, so do you. Happy Valentine’s Day! [pic.twitter.com/obAqchEsUQ]( — Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) [February 14, 2018]( [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 7:04 PM [The Women of Black Panther, a roundup]( [The women of Black Panther cover Essence Magazine](Sarah saw Black Panther last night. Her first e-mail to me after her screening was, of course, about Okoye. I’ve BEEN telling y’all about Danai Gurira’s Okoye. People are going to lose their sh-t over Okoye. They are going to be demanding a standalone Okoye film. The same can be said for Letitia Wright’s Shuri or Lupita Nyong’o’s Nakia. Angela Bassett as Queen Ramonda snatches your edges in every scene she’s in. QUEEN. RAMONDA. IS. EVERYTHING. The women of Wakanda are not just sidekicks or love interests. They are this film. They steal the spotlight from T’Challa himself. During the Greatest Press Tour of All Time, the women of Black Panther have done the same. I had a very on-brand reaction to the March 2018 cover of Essence. No, YOU'RE crying/ screaming WAKAAANDAAA FORREVERRRR into your phone. [pic.twitter.com/EI4SZ0Axv8]( — Kathleen Newman-Bremang (@KathleenNB) [February 13, 2018]( Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Kaluuya, Forest Whitaker and Michael Bae Jordan also cover Essence’s new issue but it’s the queens who, once again, shine the brightest. Look at them shine! I don’t want this press tour to end. Essence asked [Angela Bassett]( about playing Queen Ramonda, a character she had never heard of before the role was offered to her. "But a queen is a queen is a queen of a Black nation," she says laughing. "Just to have that opportunity to portray that image—me, a little Black girl from the Florida projects." A little black girl from the Florida projects is playing the Queen of Wakanda and Michelle Obama, girl of the South Side of Chicago has her own official portrait, commissioned by The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. In the past 48 hours, when I haven’t been crying over the women of Black Panther, I’ve been reading every essay I can find on Michelle Obama’s stunning portrait. To me, this isn’t off-topic. This is how Brittany Packnett for The Cut broke down the significance of Amy Sherald’s [Michelle Obama portrait](� ): Her portrait is an important reminder: Black girls can pursue our purpose. We have permission to be impractical. We need not always be palatable. We are allowed simply to be — and be excellent in our very own way. The women of Black Panther make me feel the same way. Brittany Packnett is making a specific point about this piece of art but, to me, the Michelle Obama painting and Black Panther exist in the same space, a space which is just for us, the little black girls at heart who now have more relatable, nuanced, powerful aspiration and inspiration to look to than we’ve ever had before. You can read an excerpt from their Essence feature [here](. Please enjoy a roundup of the latest Wakanda Week posts on the women of Black Panther below. [Letitia Wright]( [in Teen Vogue](� ). [Danai Gurira]( [in Glamour](� ). [Lupita Nyong’o]( and Danai Gurira [at SiriusXM](� ). Angela Bassett’s sit down with Jess Cagle [for PEOPLE](� ). [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 6:22 PM [The (early) Anonymous Oscar Voter]( [Oscar statues](Around this time of year, the Hollywood Reporter usually does a feature with an Anonymous Oscar voter to give some sense of how certain Oscar voters might be leaning. THR’s feature usually happens during the voting period though, and not before. Oscar voting doesn’t open until February 20th and runs for a week. [The Daily Beast]( and [IndieWire]( both published theirs yesterday, which some people are taking exception to: Great “original” idea over at IndieWire, ripping off our Brutally Honest Oscar Ballots. Unlike them, we wait until voting has has actually even *begun,* and in fact until it is *over,* to start running them. But I look forward to our royalties! — Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg) [February 13, 2018]( The Anonymous Oscar Voter, no matter who they talk to, whether it’s THR or The Daily Beast or IndieWire, is almost always bonkers. I’m not sure their votes are ever truly an indication of which way the Academy will break where Oscar winners are concerned but it’s always a hilarious and sometimes infuriating read. Because the Anonymous Oscar Voter interviews reliably highlight that now infamous Academy statistic: that it has historically been a membership of old white people who may not be in touch with the now. Can they do some damage though by offering up their thoughts so early? Will their opinions sway the other Oscar voters? Here in Canada, during the last federal election, there was an expression that you could not get away from: strategic voting. I’m going to try to break it down as basically as possible for you: to put it simply, there are 3 major political parties in Canada (Liberals, Conservatives, and New Democrats). Some people hated our former Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Conservative) so much, and he was running against our now Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Liberal), and they usually voted New Democrat, but they were willing to, in that election, vote Liberal instead to make sure that Harper wasn’t re-elected. So they weren’t necessarily voting for the party and the platform they believed in, they were voting against who they wanted in office. That’s strategic voting, simplified. Don’t yell at me. Could this have the same effect at the Oscars? You find out, well in advance, that certain Oscar voters are voting for one thing, and you don’t want that one thing, so you’ll stack its strongest opponent (even though it’s not your fave) to make sure that one thing you hate doesn’t prevail? How much do you care? Do you care at all? In early January, Kayleigh Donaldson, writing for Pajiba, asked to “[cancel the Honest Oscar Voters Ballots, please](” because they can influence us into accepting the status quo (ie oh, whatever, La La Land is just going to win anyway even though Moonlight was the best) instead of interrogating it. But she also made a great point in the end: many of us play Oscar prediction games with people in our own circles. We run one every year on this site with big prize rewards. And these Anonymous Oscar Voters can often take us down the wrong path, f-ck up our ballots, and ruin our chances. How many people accurately predicted Moonlight last year? Do not let some batsh-t Anonymous Oscar Voter ruin your chances. We have a solid giveaway planned this year. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 5:02 PM [Sebastian Stan at Fashion Week]( [Sebastian Stan attends the Calvin Klein Collection during New York Fashion Week at New York Stock Exchange on February 13, 2018 in New York City](In 2011, if I was taking bets on the Captain America star most likely to co-headline an Oscar-nominated film and sit front row at NY Fashion Week while schmoozing with Nicole Kidman, I would have bet on the Sometimes Second Best Chris, Chris Evans. I would not have bet on the guy best known then as Serena van der Woodsen’s ex-boyfriend or Leighton Meester’s real-life ex. Against all odds, Sebastian Stan has become a legit star. Of course, he’s now the beloved Bucky Barnes and he’s talented and attractive (Sarah’s been crushing on him for years) so it wasn’t that much of a stretch that his career would end up where it is now but I’ll probably never get over that he started from Gossip Girl and now he’s here. [Sebastian Stan]( sat front row at the Calvin Klein Collection show yesterday. He sat beside his I, Tonya co-star Margot Robbie with Nicole Kidman and Laura Dern on the other side of Margot. There are a couple of photos of Nicole seemingly laughing hysterically at something Sebastian said, and the two look like old pals. I was confused for a second, then remembered that Sebastien and Nicole just [worked together on Destroyer](. In fact, Sebastien’s new buzz cut was unveiled on Nicole Kidman’s Instagram. [A post shared by Nicole Kidman (@nicolekidman)]( on Feb 2, 2018 at 10:15pm PST Bucky Barnes has never done it for me but now I think it may have just been his bad hair (Lainey once nicknamed him [Bucky With The Bad Hair](.) This, however, is a GOOD look for him. I also love his Calvin Klein fashion week ensemble. The navy trench is a great colour and length. The red shirt is a nice touch. Aside from everyone in the cast of Black Panther, this is the best menswear look I’ve seen all season. Sebastian looked great at the [Tom Ford show last week]( and again at Hugo Boss [a few days after that](. I also never would have bet that Sebastian Stan would be one of the best dressed men of 2018 but here we are. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 4:04 PM [SJP covers PEOPLE]( [Sarah Jessica Parker covers PEOPLE Magazine ](How fortuitous…and at the same time …not? Sarah Jessica Parker covers this week’s issue of [PEOPLE Magazine](. It’s an interview that seems like it would have been scheduled ahead of time. Divorce is on HBO right now. And, as PEOPLE notes, she’s launching a limited-edition children’s collection with the GAP that’s available on March 1. This, then, would have been planned as part of the rollout. Which is why the interview is all about her kids and her marriage and family life. [SJP](, as we know, [has eaten some sh-t this week](. So I guess it’s fortuitous that she has a MiniVan Majority-friendly publication like PEOPLE helping her to smooth over that situation and the drama with [Kim Cattrall](. In the [online version of the interview]( that’s been released so far, there’s no mention of Kim Cattrall, only details from SJP’s life designed to attract the MiniVan’s attention. This can certainly work as a diversion from the gossip that’s gone down about her this week. Remember, SJP’s the one who’s more likely to be in favour with that demographic. Samantha was the aggressive sexpot who paraded around naked and refused to be shamed for loving sex and having it often. She’s not the one the MiniVan Majority would be inclined to identify with. Kim Cattrall accused her of being a pretend “nice girl”. Who are they going to believe? The woman who struts around with sexual confidence or SJP and her children’s clothing line? That said, given that the conversation around SJP over the last week has been specifically related to her ongoing feud with Kim and the suggestion that she’s really just a meangirl who threw a colleague under the bus, the release of this cover story seems a little…weird? If you were the PR team putting this together and lining it up and you saw Kim’s IG post on Saturday lighting SJP on fire, you’d be like, “Oh f-ccccccckkkkkk”, wouldn’t you? Because that’s been the dominant online discussion connected to SJP. Not a children’s clothing line, not her TV show, not her collection of shoes but her very public throwdown with Kim Cattrall. But maybe that’s totally on brand for SJP. Yesterday she Instagrammed for the first time since Kim breathed fire at her. You know, just out for dinner, what’s the noise?, I don’t hear any noise. [A post shared by SJP (@sarahjessicaparker)]( on Feb 12, 2018 at 3:41pm PST Oh and here I am, waiting for the subway, because I’m still regular relatable old me. [A post shared by SJP (@sarahjessicaparker)]( on Feb 12, 2018 at 5:50pm PST And today, Valentine’s Day, sending hearts and love – SJP’s heart is open, you see. And a girl whose heart is open could never be a meangirl. [A post shared by SJP (@sarahjessicaparker)]( on Feb 14, 2018 at 5:05am PST [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 3:21 PM [Tessa Thomspon is going to be fine]( [Tessa Thompson at the LA premiere of Annihilation, February 13, 2018](If you’re worried about Annihilation, you probably should be. Sarah has written extensively about why Annihilation is [most likely]( [going to fail](, despite its promising trailers and stacked cast. When I first heard that Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson and Oscar Isaac (and Natalie Portman, sure) would be starring in a sci-fi fantasy action thriller by Alex Garland, I was excited. I was really f-cking excited to see Gina Rodriquez and Tessa Thompson play badasses who kick alien ass. Well, Annihilation has been staring down bad press for months and my excitement has given way to worry about how its inevitable failure will affect my girls, Gina and Tessa. Gina is going to be fine. Duana is somewhere yelling at me to [quit worrying]( about Gina Rodriguez already. And as for [Tessa Thompson](? She pulled the actor-equivalent of kicking alien ass last night. Yesterday, just hours before Tessa walked the red carpet of the Annihilation premiere, Variety broke the news that she’s going to play infamous jewel thief, [Doris Payne](. Doris is now 87 years old but since the 50s, Doris was knocking over jewelry stores using pretty much only her charm and her wits. Doris had a sh-t ton of different aliases and Social Security numbers. Doris outsmarted jewelry store-clerks around the world to become a notorious thief. Doris was like the black Danny Ocean. I’m obsessed with Doris. The Oceans 11 comparisons are easy buy Variety described the film as “a high-concept action-drama in the vein of Catch Me if You Can and The Thomas Crown Affair”. Yes, please. Tessa is also co-producing the film and already showing her work: After chasing Doris and her story for years— and then keeping this secret for awhile— I’m screaming that this dream is coming true. She is a deeply fascinating woman. So pleased to bring this story to the screen with CodeBlack & Lionsgate. Beyond grateful. — Tessa Thompson (@TessaThompson_x) [February 13, 2018]( So, hours before the Annihilation premiere, news of Tessa’s amazing new role breaks and now the conversation is about that, not about how she’s promoting a movie that’s likely going to be a disappointing flop due to a messy rollout. If Annihilation lives up to its early hype (and some [solid initial reviews]( and is actually a good movie, we’ll just add it to the list of great movies already on Tessa’s resume. If it doesn’t land with audiences and suffers at the box office, Tessa is not going to eat it. Natalie Portman will likely take the hit. Tessa’s already on to the next one. I heard a couple snippets from her red carpet interviews last night and most outlets were asking her about Creed 2 or the Doris Payne biopic. The conversation surrounding Tessa Thompson today is all about Doris Payne. The timing of this news is too good to have been an accident. This was strategy – damn good strategy. When Lainey and I were emailing about this, she said she was impressed with Tessa’s team. This means Tessa and her team are meticulously managing her image and carving out a specific career path. YES. That makes me more excited than Annihilation ever did. [Click here for the rest of the photos.]( Posted at 2:56 PM [Privacy Policy]( - [Unsubscribe](