tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879798459664615872024-03-05T04:46:51.845-05:00Blind Items ExposedJoin four sisters as we read gossip columns and guess who the subject of blind items may be.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger847125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-35243903428525646802016-08-16T13:01:00.002-04:002016-08-16T13:01:25.187-04:00Lainey - Step Down<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #252525; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum are still together 10 years later. It doesn’t always end up that way.</div>
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This superstar is single and she’s been feeling herself lately. Boys, unfortunately, have always been a blind spot. On a recent project, a 19 year old dancer caught her eye. So she went for it. They hooked up. Which was great. Until he told everyone – the crew, the other dancers. When she found out she was mortified. She freaked. Mega drama. She couldn’t look at him anymore. She didn’t want to see his face again, ever. Insisted on drastic changes so that he would no longer have the privilege of being associated with her and she would no longer have to be reminded of him. That’s not the official reason, of course. Creative differences are always the official reason. But, behind the scenes, from people who were there, this is what everyone is talking about. </div>
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Updates:</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-90753616726329808622016-06-28T15:18:00.001-04:002016-06-28T15:18:57.082-04:00Lainey - A bag for silenceLainey riddle from June 23 -<br />
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<b>A bag for silence</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A known randy man, celebrated lothario, international party animal, and
now an actor who’s supposed to be in a serious relationship …but before
that happened he got a lot of action. The right thing to do when you
have herpes is to disclose the information before the sex happens.
Which, credit to him, he did in one case that I know of. But when you’re
a celebrity you have to make sure your former partners keep your
secrets. So he generously sends her a designer bag (Chanel is preferred)
every month keep it locked down.</span></blockquote>
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Top suspects: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-759897530960230932016-05-04T12:36:00.001-04:002016-05-04T12:37:03.193-04:00Lainey - That New York rumourNew Lainey riddle today -<br />
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<b>That New York rumour</b> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I first heard this rumour a few weeks ago. Now two more people have
told me the same rumour, all circulating among people in New York…about a
hot actor and a married woman with a famous husband.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">It’s been a while since he’s made a relationship stick. Because he’s so
devoted to his work. One relationship apparently fell apart because of
his work. We love him because he’s great at his job and so personable,
handsome and cute at the same time. And stays out of trouble, off the
party circuit, never attached to any drug-doing smut. Maybe the trouble
he gets into has to do with who he hooks up with?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">According to gossips in New York, he had an affair with the wife of a
wealthy celebrity. Because of her marriage, she’s well-connected and has
her own famous friendship circle that overlaps with his friendship
circle. And while she doesn’t seem like his recent types, you don’t have
to go back too far to find similarities with a previous type. This
happened a while ago and ended not dramatically. Word is it took him a
while to get over – not the emotion of it but the guilt. And he beat
himself up pretty badly over what he considers a major mistake.</span></blockquote>
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Top suspects: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-11329140411789804152016-04-22T22:37:00.001-04:002016-04-22T22:40:54.775-04:00Lainey - Warning signsI know, we missed this from a week ago. There has been a lot going on! Here is Lainey's riddle from April 15 -<br />
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<b>Warning signs</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">They hooked up real fast. And everything has been at top speed ever
since. From initial attraction to exclusivity to super, super serious,
they’ve been inseparable, and she’s totally in love and he’s definitely
into her too but he’s also really, really into partying. They were both
recently at a private event. Everyone was happy, everyone was
celebrating, and then he starts making out with another guy. He was also
totally f-cked up when it happened. He gets f-cked up a lot. It’s
definitely a problem – one that he won’t acknowledge and that she
doesn’t want to see because she’s too blissed out. Eventually though
it’ll catch up with him and them. For years there have been warning
signs with this guy. And it’s affected all of his past relationships.
She can’t seem to avoid the dark ones.</span></blockquote>
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Top suspects: <b>Katy Perry</b> and <b>Orlando Bloom</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-56391796154040233452016-03-23T14:31:00.001-04:002016-03-23T14:32:12.361-04:00Lainey - She may have moved onNew riddle from Lainey yesterday -<br />
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<b>She may have moved on</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It’s the hookup everyone wants. On paper, it’s ideal. Sweetheart loves
home, in more ways than one. Indeed, a couple of months ago, she was
supposedly still hanging out at his place. But around the same time she
was also seen in a foreign country, sightseeing…and seeing someone else?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Her close friends are saying she’s actually not dating the guy you want
her to be dating. Their answer about her love life involves a man with a
sexy accent who happens to live in the aforementioned foreign country.
And her trip there was to see him, spend time with him. And they
definitely hung out during award season. Which is why she doesn’t mind
that you think she’s with someone else. Because then she can hide what’s
really going on for a lot longer.</span></blockquote>
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Updates: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-19239833888327922012016-03-18T16:56:00.002-04:002016-03-23T14:33:28.163-04:00Lainey - Two Men and their arrangementsNew riddle from Lainey yesterday, March 17 -<br />
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<b>Two Men and their arrangements</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This is about two different men. Their stories are not connected. But I wonder if they might want to find each other.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Many of the first man’s secrets and shortcomings have been widely
publicised. The juicy sh-t however remains undercover. He had an affair
with a very good, very famous friend, also male. And they get all sporty
together. There has been speculation about them for years. At first I
found it hard to believe. But recently two very good sources have
confirmed it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The other man has a very beautiful girlfriend. And it’s been a while
since he’s had a very young boyfriend. Getting wild with young, ripped
men has been a compulsion for him. But since she came around, he’s been
able to deny those desires and has committed to straight living. It
helps that there’s a payment plan. Multiple independent sources have
told me over the last week that the story going up and down her circle
is that on the 15th of every month she receives a direct deposit
amounting to almost a million dollars. So I suppose he sees it like an
investment?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">These two are actually perfect for each other. And they’re not that far removed. Surely someone can make it happen.</span></blockquote>
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<b>Top suspects</b>: #1 (still too many); #2 <b>Bradley Cooper</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-76845034312127043992016-03-08T15:31:00.001-05:002016-03-18T17:02:41.063-04:00Lainey - Shrooms to shareNew riddle from Lainey -<br />
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<b>Shrooms to share</b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;">A fun, quick little blind that went down after the Oscars…</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">It happened at one of the best annual after-after parties, where the
top tier ends up after Vanity Fair. She decided to celebrate on shrooms.
And she wasn’t selfish with her shrooms. She wanted to share her
shrooms. She wanted to share her shrooms with the girl who claims to be
all about sharing. So, hilariously, with shrooms in hand, she walks up
to her potential new shroom partner and offered up her shrooms. I want
you to picture this. The perfect crew standing around being tall and
skinny and flawless, interrupted by a hippy with a trophy and a handful
of caps. Now imagine their faces when they declined. She floated away,
uninjured, already high from her night anyway.</span></blockquote>
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Top suspects: <b>Alicia Vikander or Brie Larsen with Taylor Swift</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-1566473409658819412016-02-12T15:40:00.004-05:002016-02-12T15:40:55.779-05:00Reese Witherspoon's blind item... And while reading Lainey I was also tipped off to this, written Feb 4 - apparently we have a blind item given to us by Reese Witherspoon herself. So what was the crappy movie and who are the two stars?<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reese Witherspoon's blind riddle</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">
As previously mentioned in the Kerry Washington post, Reese Witherspoon
is featured in Entertainment Weekly’s Beyond Beautiful article and
drops a blind riddle about opportunities for women in Hollywood:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>“About four years ago I got sent an awful, terrible script. And
this male star was starring in it, and there was a girlfriend part. And
I thought, “You’ve got to be kidding me. No, I’m not interested.” They
said, “Well this actress is chasing it, that actress is chasing it:
three Oscar winners and two huge box office leading ladies.” And I
thought, “Oh, that’s where we’re at? You’re fighting to be the
girlfriend in a dumb comedy? For what?” And by the way, two Oscar
winners did it.”</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;">
Which is partly why she started producing. Anyway, the internet seems to think it’s either <em>A Million Ways To Die In The West</em> or <em>The Dilemma</em> or <em>No Strings Attached</em>
– all movies with maybe one Oscar winner but definitely not two. And
let me tell you something about celebrities: they ALL know who’s won an
Oscar and who hasn’t. They know it well. They have that sh-t memorised.
Especially Reese Witherspoon. She’d never make that mistake of thinking
someone’s won an Oscar when they haven’t. I think she’s talking about
those Garry Marshall movies like <em>New Year’s Eve</em> (Halle Berry, Hilary Swank, Robert DeNiro) and <em>Valentine’s Day</em> (Julia Roberts, Jamie Foxx, Shirley MacLaine). And she’s right. They were terrible.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;">
Let’s not pretend, though, that Halle Berry and Reese Witherspoon have
the same opportunities. Halle’s going to take that movie because that
might be her only option for a year. You know what else is weird to me?
Reese Witherspoon is managed by Rick Yorn. Very, very powerful. Her
agent is Bryan Lourd …who is the CO-CHAIRMAN of CAA. She’s married to
Jim Toth, one of the top agents at CAA. He reps Robert Downey Jr, just
to give an idea of his influence. And even her people are sending her
bullsh-t scripts?</span><br />
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Thoughts on this? Might be either of those comedies Lainey mentioned but might not... <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-80177744061115239442016-02-12T15:34:00.003-05:002016-02-12T15:34:29.380-05:00Liam Neeson's secret girlfriend?I am catching up on gossip and just read this on Lainey from Feb 9:<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Liam Neeson's secret famous girlfriend</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;">
Liam Neeson recently spoke with The Irish Independent. He was asked
about his Valentine’s Day plans. And then he decided to give us a blind
riddle. Part of me thinks he’s trolling us. But I like this game.
Apparently he has a girlfriend:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>“I’d embarrass her if I said her name, she’s incredibly famous.
I’ll have to do my best for her. It’s amazing how far a simple bunch of
freshly picked flowers will go in a lady’s life, I find.”</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
Incredibly famous?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
Hilariously, Jezebel
is jokingly (I think) suggesting that it might be Kristen Stewart,
because on January 5th, they were both in New York, and photographed
separately at a restaurant.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
You know the name that first popped into my mind though? For some
reason, as soon as I pictured Liam Neeson with anyone, it was Nigella
Lawson.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
This is based on nothing. Zero evidence. Haven’t heard anything that
would suggest they’d be together. Except that I think they might be
great together. I mean at this point it’s basically a guessing game,
right? Your turn. Come up with one.</span></blockquote>
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Then here's Lainey's update On Feb 10:<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Liam Neeson dating game</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;">
Liam Neeson blind riddling
himself generated more response yesterday – at least on my site – than
Tom Hardy’s dick. What a great, unintentional, accidental publicity
stunt. You think Rita Ora’s calling Liam now?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
Who is Liam Neeson’s “incredibly famous” secret girlfriend?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
My guess, based on nothing, was Nigella Lawson. I’m pretty proud of this.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
Other guesses, based on nothing, have ranged from Susan Sarandon to
Madonna to Charlize Theron. Would Madonna date a man in his 60s? Would
Demi Moore? Because that’s been thrown out there too which I like almost
as much as I like my Nigella, and she was out at an event last night
and I want to use these photos. But I can’t see those lifestyles
merging, can you?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
Liam and Diane Lane?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
They’re supposed to start working on a movie together and, well,
they’re actually kinda perfect for each other, aren't they? And Liam’s a
great f-ck you to Josh Brolin, isn’t he?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
Kristen Stewart though? Definitely not. Jezebel initially “reported” it….as a JOKE, obviously, non? But Gossip Cop
still had to make sure we know that Kristen and Liam aren’t a thing,
with a quote from his rep saying that the suggestion is “stupid”. Liam’s
rep is Alan Neirob, a veteran publicist with some pretty major clients:
Denzel Washington, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Pratt, Caitlyn Jenner.
You’ll note then that while he shot down the Kristen Stewart suggestion,
he did not do anything about the spontaneous group Tinder that Liam
just started for himself. Because it’s the best kind of PR. If I had the
money I’d invest in the creation of a dating app called Liam Neeson.</span></blockquote>
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Thoughts? Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-41164913279107927562015-12-21T11:39:00.002-05:002016-01-12T18:06:56.375-05:00Lainey - Tighten up and regretFrom Dec 18 -<br />
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<b>Tighten up and regret</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">What are some reasons a celebrity might go quiet for a couple of weeks or so on social media? Maybe they’re gearing up for a major announcement trying to create anticipation. Maybe they’re just bored of themselves? Hardly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Once in a while they disappear for an old-fashioned reason: plastic surgery. She wanted to tighten up, trim down, even though, supposedly she’s fit as f-ck. And is selling the gear to prove it. Sure. So that’s why there was no activity for a while on social. It was an extensive procedure. And no one was allowed to come to the house during her recovery because she couldn’t go upstairs. The healing time was terrible. And an infection had set in. So it took even longer than expected. Which is why she has some regret now. That’ll pass. It always does when another area needs work. </span><br />
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Top suspect: <b>Jessica Simpson </b></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-90915388331399603952015-12-21T11:37:00.002-05:002016-01-12T18:08:20.423-05:00Lainey - sidepiece on the sidejob<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
New from Lainey today -<br />
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<b>Sidepiece on the sidejob</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">She’s the more famous one in her relationship but for some reason, I always thought he’d be one who stepped out. When she followed him on location a while back, the assumption was that she went along because his co-star was so attractive. But he’s actually not the one who’s been cheating.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;">She’s the one who found a new kind of work and picked up a sidepiece. They can’t help themselves on set. Another art imitation of life situation as they creep around and so far it hasn’t gotten back to her bonafide yet but the cast and crew are aware and the guy she’s hooking up with is married. Right now it’s “just” an affair. Like they’re not pretending they’re in love yet. But if (when?) both these couples don’t end up working out, look back to this as a sign.</span></blockquote>
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Top suspect:<b> Lady Gaga</b> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-83882220844155928062015-12-09T07:09:00.001-05:002015-12-11T22:19:04.710-05:00Lainey - Who's having unsafe sex?From Lainey last week - love that she is a blind item sleuth herself here.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Detroit Free Press published a fascinating report yesterday. (Thanks Sarah!) I’m quoting:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>An anonymously filed lawsuit involving a much-talked-about disease has surfaced in federal court in Detroit, where an unnamed woman is suing an unnamed celebrity from California for allegedly giving her genital herpes while having sex with her multiple times in Royal Oak last summer.</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Why the secrecy?</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>"This complaint is brought anonymously due to the social stigma attached to the damages as well as the celebrity of the defendant," according to the lawsuit, which seeks at least $75,000 in damages.<br />The lawsuit does not say whether the celebrity is an actor, musician, athlete or politician — only that he is a citizen of California, and that he had a residence of some sort in Royal Oak in July.</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>The plaintiff, who is a Michigan resident but currently is in New York, claims the unnamed celebrity has permanently scarred her physically, emotionally and psychologically by failing to warn her that he was infected with genital herpes, and "by failing to altogether avoid sexual contact" with her. Her lawsuit also alleges that the defendant "knew or should have known" that he was infected with Herpes Simplex Virus 2.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff had repeated sexual encounters with the defendant in July, primarily at his residence in Royal Oak, and "did not and has not had any sexual relations with anyone other than" him since then.</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">In addition to sports events, there were a few productions happening this past summer in Detroit. There was a MAJOR production doing reshoots in Detroit. You should know it without me naming it. An epic battle? Sound familiar? Most locals are immediately picking up on that one and not really considering the non-film and tv options.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">And two obvious names from that project come to mind. And one more obvious than the other. Because he had a summer full of scandal. So it makes sense why some would think he'd have yet another scandal added to his 2015 scandal list.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Thing is though, the herpes rumours? The OTHER name is the one who's been rumoured to have herpes. He has a new young girlfriend. And when they first hooked up, he apparently disclosed it to her. (It’s a blind within a blind!) Then again, he's not a resident of California.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Or you know what?</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">It's very, very possible though that it's neither of them. That they have nothing to do with it. That it's not an actor celebrity but an athlete celebrity?</span></div>
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Update:</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-26553375986074493622015-12-08T17:30:00.003-05:002015-12-11T22:39:03.191-05:00Lainey- Hipsters Cheat Too Lainey riddle<br /><br />
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<b>Hipsters Cheat Too</b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> He’s a hipster musician, in one of those acclaimed bands that shows up on Saturday Night Live once a year, or at least that’s how it feels like to me, who sometimes gets into Twitter fights with actual musical legends. Of course he’s smug, and he talks a lot of trash. Also, he steps out on his wife.<br /><br /> Let’s back up though. Because his first marriage ended ugly too. Two years later he proposed to his second wife, who has many celebrity friends in her own right, and it was a big hipster wedding with designer flourishes and they were happy, teasing each other in magazines. That’s over now too. He’s been cheating on her with a songwriter who was everywhere 15 years ago, although at the time a lot of us couldn’t tell her apart from another girl on a piano. She divorced earlier this year. Now his wife has filed for divorce because she found out about their affair. Can’t wait to see what excuse he comes up for it this time.</span></blockquote>
<br /><br />Top suspects: <b>Patrick Carney </b>and<b> Michelle Branch</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-16483038833321978102015-11-25T13:02:00.001-05:002015-11-25T13:02:13.034-05:00Lainey - All's not perfectNew riddle from Lainey yesterday -<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>All's not perfect</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;">Right now it seems like nothing can go wrong for him, at least not
professionally. He's in a groove. Personally things seemed to be going
great too. He's happy with his partner. They're loving parents, they are
supportive of each other, they are both kind and sweet people. But
she's been upset about not being able to get pregnant and now she's in
denial about a serious problem. It's starting to affect her career. She
shows up drunk to events, embarrassingly drunk. To the point where
reporters speaking to her don't even feel comfortable using what she's
said, even though these are press opportunities for promotion. And they
are really concerned about it at work. She drinks at work and it's
making the situation difficult for cast and crew because they have to
keep reshooting over her mistakes and the retakes are piling up. Her
boss has had extensive experience with a big star disrupting the set and
is just trying to get through as much as they can, keep production
going, because no one wants the staff to be out of pay if everything is
suspended. Recently though, it’s come to the point where they had to
hold an intervention for her. It happened on set. Right now she's not in
rehab but the hope is that they can keep her functioning until there's a
long enough break for her when she's ready for treatment.</span></blockquote>
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Top suspect: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-73141944334938861122015-10-19T11:40:00.000-04:002015-10-19T14:23:55.270-04:00Lainey - I guess she's into skeeves?New Lainey riddle -<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>I guess she's into skeeves?</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Last time we blinded about her, she’d had an affair on set with a married actor with a skeevy character vibe. His marriage is still intact. Another marriage, however, has ended. And she was, again, involved. Once again it started as a working situation. Of the two of them, she’s definitely more well-known. But even if you don’t know him by name, he books steady jobs, and his face should be familiar to you. He too is good at playing assholes.</span></div>
</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
<span style="font-size: small;">When they met, she had a boyfriend and he was about to celebrate a milestone with his wife. Stage life and real life soon blurred, they were hooking up in and out of character, and she was texting him explicitly. They couldn’t let it go after wrapping up production. Which is why he’s not married anymore. He left his wife for her. According to their inner circle, they were so into each other that she followed him while he was on anniversary holiday in Europe with his wife. He would make up excuses during that trip to slip away and spend time with her. Eventually her boyfriend busted her and they broke up. He ended up filing for divorce in August and they insist they’re just friends, that nothing shady went down, that no one knows the real story. But those who saw all of it go down say they’re totally together now but are trying to put enough distance between the end of the marriage and their coming out so that people won’t suspect how they started, if that is, they last that long.</span></blockquote>
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Top suspects: </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-68173194468765265912015-09-15T18:14:00.000-04:002015-10-19T14:24:47.623-04:00Lainey - He sprays tooNew riddle from Lainey from Friday<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>He sprays too</b><br />
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<blockquote>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">A short and quick blind that gives some added insight into a high profile relationship:</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">It’s not just John Travolta who uses spray to fill in his hair. But this guy fronts like he’s way cooler. So they have more than just letters in common. And he's pretty worried about the hair loss. Right now then he’s using the spray, so much that it stains the sheets, the pillowcases, hard to get out.</span></div>
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<blockquote>
<span style="font-size: small;">So while his vibe is all chill, supposedly, he's just as concerned about aesthetics as his wife, which, I guess, is pretty obvious when you consider his signature style - another sign that this is finally the perfect partnership.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: 15.0015px;">Top suspect: <b>Justin Theroux</b> </span></div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-55520403741549008882015-08-19T23:40:00.003-04:002015-08-20T16:05:53.743-04:00Lainey - Too "upper class" for talkNew Lainey riddle - <br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>Too "upper class" for talk</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">For a year now she’s been pitching a panel-style talk show about love and marriage, similar to <i>The View</i> or<i> The Talk,</i> partnering with popular parent and women’s lifestyle websites. Because of her high profile, she wasn’t
expected to show up every day but often enough, like a few times a
month, so that the audience would know that it was hers – the Barbara
Walters of the group, you could say. The other women included a
newlywed, a model-actress-mom in her 40s, a single, divorced woman in
her 40s, and a woman in her early 60s.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Would you believe, though, that even with her popularity with the
MiniVan Majority, no one was interested. The show was rejected,
repeatedly, while other similar shows, featuring other personalities,
got picked up, like Tyra Banks’s<i> FABLife</i>. The reason? Too “upper class”.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Interestingly enough, this happened before everything blew up. And now
that it’s all blown up, and she has everyone’s sympathy, the show still
isn’t getting any play…even though she could be an expert at talking
about love and marriage right now. But is she willing to go there? It
might change if she’s willing to talk about it. Would she talk about it?
On camera? Probably not. Not for the sake of the children. But that
doesn’t mean it’s not leverage – not only from a business perspective
but when dealing with that idiot too.</span></blockquote>
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Top suspect: <b>Jennifer Garner</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-89915257115408370392015-07-22T20:12:00.002-04:002015-07-22T20:14:46.129-04:00Lainey - Her Cheating HeartNew riddle from Lainey<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<br />
<b>Her Cheating Heart</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The easy assumption is that their marriage is over because he cheated.
He may have. But I’ve spoken to over a dozen impeccable sources, the
best sources, sources I’ve worked with for many, many years. And while
none of them can verify whether or not he stepped out, they can all
confirm that she did.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">They work in a small town. It’s a protective community. The community
insulates their own. Even if artists f-ck up, the community generally
keeps their sh-t contained, honouring a country code. So, even though a
lot of people had a lot to say about her for a long time, out of respect
for the business and for her husband, the community locked down her
secrets. Also, they were afraid. Because, as two sources told me, “She’s
crazy as f-ck. She’s the one who doesn’t just threaten to burn down
your house, she would totally burn down your house. No one wants to mess
with her”.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This is why no one could challenge her when she took a song from
another artist, written by the other artist, without any notice, and
went on to great acclaim for it. In public they all pretended like it
was agreed upon and civil, but that’s not how it went down. She ripped
off the piece from an emerging young talent and you saw it on that
girl’s face – she was helpless at the time.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This is why no one wanted to expose her when she threw herself at
another major superstar just before she got married. She offered herself
to him repeatedly. While they were working together she presented
herself to him one night only to have him push her out the door. So
she’d start calling his wife, telling the wife that she was going to
take her man, telling the wife that she wouldn’t be able to do anything
about it. And she started texting him, begging him to tell her what she
had to do to get him to leave his wife and be with her. She promised
him, over text, that if he was with her they would be country royalty.
When he refused to hook up with her, he and his label received a cease
and desist from her people, telling him that he would have to reset his
album because she and her now-husband would no longer allow him to use
any of the music they’d written together. This is how and why they all
ended up professional rivals. But, again, at the time, because she had a
reputation for being so unpredictable, with mercurial mood swings, and
because she was so popular (to the public) and powerful, no one wanted to take her down. Until now.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The town is turning against her because her husband just cut her loose.
He finally cut her loose because she was caught, very recently,
cheating on him with a member of her tour team (he’s not talent but he
has a prominent position) – and there’s a family involved. She tried, but there was no way she could deny it. The
evidence was irrefutable. It was flagrant. And this is why people are
breaking the code. They see this as the ultimate disrespect. The way she
went about it, so carelessly, they see it like a willful humiliation of
her husband, who is very well liked. This, on top of the fact that
people have been waiting for years for her to get what’s coming, is why
so many people in that community are ready to sell her out.</span></blockquote>
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Top suspects: <b>Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton</b> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-26022318049115027142015-07-07T13:46:00.001-04:002015-07-07T16:26:53.672-04:00Lainey - His biggest problemNew Lainey riddle:<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>His biggest problem </b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">There were a lot of women. Oklahoma was a few years ago. But Oklahoma
was certainly not the one who was the most recent, although the most
recent, professional turned personal, that I know of at least, is also
not that recognisable, for now. She’s waiting for her moment.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Still, these affairs were not the biggest problem. The biggest problem
is one he developed on the set of his most recent project. It started
with pills and an injury a few years ago. Somehow he was able to
function through that. Recently though he was shooting on location. He
was a mess. He would go missing overnight. Not the prescription pills
now but a hard drug. A very dangerous one. Not the party kind but the
kind that brings you down, often alone, to escape. One that not too long
ago took the life of a major, major talent. So it’s not the lovers that
made him unsuitable for home. This is why she didn’t trust him at home.
This is why she had to shake him up. But it’s not like he can get help
openly. Not now, when so much is riding on him, with so much coming up.
And that’s always been how Hollywood works. Your health is not the
priority when there’s a multi-million dollar marketing strategy in place
and so many stories to tell. So, sure, he has a support system, a lot
of people out there looking out for him. But… is that the right
objective?</span></blockquote>
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Top suspect: <b>Ben Affleck</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-41157712327980943412015-06-30T20:18:00.002-04:002015-08-20T16:07:20.519-04:00Lainey - She pays for friendsSorry for the delay. There was a new Lainey riddle June 17 -<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<br />
<b>She pays for friends</b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;">
Since this is coming off a Taylor Swift post, let me clarify off the
top now: this is not about Taylor Swift. Or anyone who hangs out with
Taylor Swift – at least not yet. You need to go more down market.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;">
At the beginning of her<span style="color: #009900;"> <span style="color: black;">career</span></span>,
this one did have friends. They’d room together, audition together. And
then, one by one, all the friends slowly, carefully stepped away from
the crazy. And the sabotage. Once, before a meeting, she told a friend
of hers that she was happy for her that she was reading for a part,
because it meant that the producers were looking for someone “plain” and
that she totally deserved that opportunity to shine. You remember the
gossip urban legend about Gwyneth Paltrow seeing the script for <i>Shakespeare In Love </i>on
Winona Ryder’s coffee table? Well, this is real life. This one would
obsessively stay on top of all the jobs her friends were up for and ride
along too. Then, if the opportunity came up, she’d backstab the
friends’ skills, talent, commitment, even on occasions when she wasn’t
even right for the role. For her, it was unthinkable that anyone else
make it before she did. When she did finally make it, although she
wasn’t the first choice for her now-hit show, the paranoia about what
she’d done to others took over. She accused them of talking sh-t about
her and demanded to see their emails. She’d invite them to parties but
then piss on them in the bathroom for using her to get face time with
industry executives. She’s spread rumours about the prettiest of her
friends – they were on drugs, they were unclean – to make sure that
they’d never overshadow her. So it’s no surprise that there are none
left. The only constant in her life is her partner who she keeps from
everyone else because she doesn’t want them moving in on her territory.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;">
But lately she’s been noticing that the gossip media focuses on
friendships – not just Taylor Swift but Gwyneth and Reese and Jennifer
Aniston and the family<span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook1p"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook1w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #009900; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;"></span></span>
that Kanye West married into …everyone in Hollywood has their own club.
She wants to be part of a club. No one wants her to be in their club.
She had to buy her club. She’s paid 3 or 4 women, none of them with her
level of recognition, to start hanging out with her. So when you see her
at dinner, surrounded by women as she’s leaving the restaurant? If they
show up on Instagram and Twitter? Those people are literally employees.
Until of course they become too popular.</span></blockquote>
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Top suspect:<b>Kaley Cuoco</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-9073941771460171132015-05-29T23:07:00.002-04:002015-06-30T21:00:31.223-04:00Lainey - Has She Had Enough Yet?New Lainey riddle today... <b><br /></b><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>Has She Had Enough Yet?</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">You remember when he turned up in a small, out-of-the-way-of-Hollywood
town not too long ago, for no apparent reason? He was trying to go
undercover. Because it turns out, he was there with a woman…a very
attractive woman… who is not his wife. They were seen holding hands at
the hotel. But can you ever really hide? No. Not even out of the
country. Not even by the sea. He ended up getting busted by fans and the
local media got a hold of it. And the thing is, he told his wife that
he was somewhere else. He and his companion have been having an affair
for some time.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Again?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Of <span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook0p"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook0w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #009900; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;">course</span></span>
it’s not the first time. He thought it wouldn’t get back to her that
time in Oklahoma and that didn’t work out for him either. His wife
forgave him then, as she always does, patiently supporting him as he
works through his issues and compulsions. But he can’t help himself.
When things are going well, he will always find a way to f-ck himself
up. And now, finally, she may have had enough. Has she had enough yet?
It isn’t instant forgiveness. Then again, he’s not exactly working hard
to put it back together either. The temptations are too hard to resist.
Last time he set his reputation on fire though, it was easier to
forgive. And she helped him rehabilitate his image. Could he come back
from betraying the perfect wife, walking out on a perfect home, and
breaking up the perfect family?</span></blockquote>
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Update: Revealed to be <b>Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner </b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-63240264151191976632015-03-23T13:16:00.004-04:002015-05-29T23:10:47.292-04:00Lainey- Actor vs. Director<div style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">
Lainey riddle -<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<br />
<b>Actor vs. Director</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">An acclaimed actor. And an acclaimed director. A director with a huge ego, recently made even bigger, and his acclaimed friends are pricks too, so it’s not like there’s anyone around to check his behaviour... until he took it a step too far with someone who has some experience with knocking around douchebags on set.</span></blockquote>
</div>
<blockquote>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">So it’s been a long shoot. And this is a technically particular director. His exacting demands have made it so that production is taking a long, long time. He berates and belittles the crew, he’s impatient, and he’s often cruel, even unethical in his pursuit to get the “perfect shot”. With the hardware now, he feels even more justified in being as unkind as he wants to be, because in his mind, art is often not compatible with compassion. Compassion was the problem when one of his leads, due to a physical ailment, relied on wardrobe to come up with a solution that would alleviate some of his pain. It was a relief to the actor and, for the most part, it wasn’t a big deal aesthetically, until a long shot was required, at which point the director noticed that an adjustment had been made to help with the actor’s discomfort.</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">The director went ballistic. He got right up in the actor’s face. They start screaming at each other. They decide to take their argument somewhere private, where they continue to yell at each other. It’s LOUD. It’s ugly. It’s level 15 on intensity. The director won’t forgive, the actor won’t apologise. Everyone can hear. And then…</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Silence.</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">The actor exits. On his own.</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">The director?</span></div>
</blockquote>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">
<blockquote>
<span style="font-size: small;">Is found by the crew moments later. On the ground in his tent. One punch.</span><br />
</blockquote>
Top suspects: </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-7665002586015803672015-03-09T13:40:00.002-04:002015-03-09T13:41:50.036-04:00Lainey - Skeeve in real life tooNew Lainey riddle:<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>Skeeve in real life too</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Theirs is known as one of the most solid show business marriages. Both
of them are talented. Both of them work steadily. Both are
well-respected. Both can be rather high-brow though they’ve tried at
blockbusters and secretly aspire to big <span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook0p"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook0w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #009900; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;">movie</span></span>
status without the big movie star lifestyle though, seeing as they do
try to live under the radar. Which works for him because he steps out on
her all the time. Sometimes it’s with civilians. One time it was with a
young actress with mesmerising eyes and the hair of an angel. It was
dirty and undercover, just like their subject matter.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">So when you see him in <span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook1p"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook1w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #009900; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;">movies</span></span>, and he always plays the skeevy older creep? It’s not exactly a stretch.</span></blockquote>
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Top suspects: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-41501688766138505352015-03-03T20:40:00.001-05:002015-03-06T18:23:17.352-05:00Lainey - The parent at the party with strangersAnother new Lainey riddle today!<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>The parent at the party with strangers </b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I’m trying to bank some goodwill with you so here’s the second blind in two days. You’ll understand tomorrow.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Motherhood hasn’t slowed her down. Not professionally and definitely
not when she parties. I mean, some people can use recreationally and it
doesn’t become a problem. Maybe that’s why she feels she can do it so
openly. For her, she doesn’t act like it’s something she has to hide.
Because she was recently hanging out in a hotel, with some friends and a
few strangers, and she snorted a few lines, no paranoia, no worries
about the fact that while these people certainly knew her, she
definitely didn’t know them. This surprised me because she’s never been
that girl who’s had drug culture association through her career. She’s
not a fixture on the standard party circuit. She doesn’t roll with an LA
crowd of club rats. But see? The Celebrity Ecosystem can still f-ck up
your sh-t. Anyway, the kid is still small so we’ll give her the benefit
of the doubt that she’s not breastfeeding anymore? That’s where it gets
kinda sketchy.</span></blockquote>
<br />
Current top suspects: <b>Penelope Cruz, Miranda Kerr, Sienna Miller, Scarlett Johannson </b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087979845966461587.post-42993450676635904512015-03-02T13:50:00.001-05:002015-03-06T17:47:52.383-05:00Lainey - Why he's sleeping on the couchNew Lainey riddle today, March 2 - <br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>Why he's sleeping on the couch</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Before it happened, his friends were begging him not to do it. Begging
him not to make it permanent. But he was in too deep, and a little
wounded too after his most recent professional setback. So it happened.
Despite all the warnings, he went ahead and made it official.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">But the happily ever after wore off really quickly. It wore off a long
time ago. Which is why while he’s working, he’s also hiding. Of course
he could stay in luxe accommodations all to himself. Instead of sleeping
in a hotel suite that they most certainly have the budget for though,
he’s on his buddy’s couch. His best buddy. The one you’d think would
approve of his relationship. But even his best friend thinks his girl is
crazy. And understands why he’s decided to hide out, where it’s not so
easy for her to find him. Which, apparently, happens all the time. She’s
obsessive about calling around, looking for him, haranguing anyone she
can to ask where he is, what he’s doing, why he hasn’t texted her back.
Two sources confirmed to me that she’s been delayed on set a few times
because she’s been shouting down the phone at someone in her trailer,
demanding they track him down for her. And so, at a time when they’re
supposed to be celebrating, he’s far away, enjoying his freedom for a
few weeks. Is this what it’s going to be for a lifetime?</span></blockquote>
<br />
Top suspects:<b>Johnny Depp</b> and <b>Amber Heard. </b>(Best Buddy: <b>Marilyn Manson</b>)<b><br /></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com32