Lainey Blind Item
Girl sh-t is the best sh-t, right? It's even worse in Hollywood, especially when so many of them are fighting for everything: headlines, attention, and ultimately the work.
This is about the work. And the power plays they pull to get the work over their competitors.
Bitch #1 has been backstabbing for a while starting a few years ago when she was vying over a then-coveted role in a major blockbuster with lucrative potential. They'd narrowed it down to two and the studio had pretty much decided on the better actress. The contract was about to be signed but when B1 found out, she had her agent and her publicist publicly release confirmation that SHE landed the part, and even though it was an outright lie, it embarrassed her competitor so badly that her team pulled her back from accepting the offer leaving the film's producers with only one remaining choice.
Now she has a new opponent. And a more formidable one. The two were both in talks for a prestige project, a tug of war battle going back and forth. Bitch #2 launched the first offensive. She started circulating that B1 was struggling with her acting coach and had already fired two of them, studying with a third. When B1 found out she retaliated by circulating rumours that B2's assets were surgically enhanced and that she was a terror to work with, making crews miserable on a regular basis.
B2 has now struck back with the lowest blow yet. At a business lunch the other day, she made sure to drop details about B1's relationship: that it's in trouble, that's she's an emotional wreck and is prone to self harming and is trying to save her love by getting pregnant.
It's getting uglier and uglier and B1 is out for blood. Stay tuned...
45 comments:
oooh juicy. I love Lainey's blinds, she really puts it all out there!
after what gwynneth did to winona ryder with the shakespeare in love part, i think g.p. has to be B1.
And it ain't...
Megan Fox for B1, Lindsay for B2, or America Ferrar for either.
eva mendes and rosario dawson.
or Jlo...no clue.
Ooh, Molly, Gwyn might be a good one for B1. It does say it started a "few years ago"....
I'm guessing jessica alba and scarjo
Molly,
What did GP do to Winona?
thnx, elsie.
montanamarriott, winona was letting gp stay at her place, she found the script for shakespeare in love that winona had gotten because they wanted her to play the part, gp contacted harvey weinstein and said she wanted the part and for some reason (cough, cough), harvey always gives gwynnie what she wants. she stole the part in other words.
EEEWWWWWWW I never liked her but now I REALLY hate her skanky @$$
yea, and i don't really hate gp, but that's the story that's been going around for years, so i can see her as bitch #1.
lainey would never say anything bad about gwyneth, she worships her.
I much prefer Winona Ryder to Gwyneth, but since when is Winona the better actress? (per the blind. They selected "better actress" but bitch 1 publicized it first.)
Sam Raimi wanted Alicia Witt to play Mary Jane in the first Spider-Man film, but it went to Kiki Dunst instead.
Just food for thought....
dn, i don't think winona is part of the blind, just g.p. i told the story but i'm not saying it's the same thing lainey is referencing.
erica, i think you can like a person and still think they're a bitch. i like g.p., but i think she's got the bitch thing down.
Molly's summary of the GP/WR falling out is good, and GP does fit for #1.
Prestige project makes me think it could be her too and there have been rumors about problems between her and Chris Martin for a while.
Lainey love Gwyneth Paltrow and would probably be impressed by her bitch skills. I don't know who #2 would be.
I can't stand GP and don't feel she is that good of an actress.
Lainey love Gwyneth Paltrow and would probably be impressed by her bitch skills.
lmao!! too true. i don't read lainey that often but she can get her bitch on.
Molly, this is how Lainey describes Gwyneth: "The true star of this column and the bestest actress and the snobbiest snot and the most condescending bitch and she would never, ever want to be my friend and this is why I love her."
I'm 99,9% sure this blind is not about her.
erica, thnx for the quote. now isn't this weird? i think the quote sounds even more like it might be her and you think the opposite.
i guess i still think lainey can think those things and still write a blind item about her. you don't think so erica?
it could be if the blind item didn't especifically said the producers chose the best actress but the other got the part by being a bitch and releasing false information to the media.
lainey absolutely adores gwyneth and truly thinks she is the best actress ever.
erica- i really don't think Lainey thinks she's the best actress ever. She just loves how snobby and bitchy she is, and how no matter what she does, she seems to think she's better than everyone else b/c of her upbringing & fam. Lainey just finds her air entertaining.
Somehow I think Rose McGowan must be part of this....
i am SO over Lainey.
I'd noticed that, Jax, LOL!
Lainey has posted negative things about Gwyneth, while saying that she still loves her anyway, but I don't think she quite fits this. You can argue whether she deserved the Oscar or not (I'm Team Cate!!!), but I don't think she's a bad enough actress that anyone would believe she was dependent on a coach.
And LOL at the idea that having fake body parts would keep someone from getting a part in Hollywood.
I agree..I don't care much for Lainey either...her snark grates on me..
I can't imagine Lainey putting Gwynnie in a blind. She worships her to the annoyingly extreme.
Who on earth can love Gwenyth? She's about as warm and cuddly looking as her bff Madonna.
I want to think the words "prestige project" is a reference to Scar Jo, whose acting skills are fairly questionable. But then again she has Woody Allen wrapped around her finger, so I don't think she needs to be competing for parts.
Scar Jo was in the movie "The Prestige" and she's got some substantial "assets" so I think Bitch 2 is her.
I think #1 is Alba (in blockbuster a few years back, definitely in need of an acting coach, in a rocky relationship/not married).
This 'war' between bitches one and two is lame as hell. Ooh, her breasts are fake! OMG, their relationship is falling apart! Umm...and? Get better ammo, ladies.
Now, what I am really appalled at is the first scenario. How did a false announcement embarrass the "better" actress? WTF? If I had been the better actress I would have accepted the role anyway and left B1 as the one looking stupid for putting out that lie only to have it proven to be not true.
Again, I need these people to do damn better than this. This is weak sauce.
the two jessicas: Alba and Biel.
Lainey hates both of them.
Maybe #1 is Jessica Alba in Fantastic Four...
I'm not on a Lainey-level Gwyneth-worshipping plane, but I can't really see her stealing scrips from Winona Ryder's apartment. And why wouldn't she just stay at some swanky-ass hotel instead of someone's guest room? And why have I never seen pictures of Gwyneth and Winona together? That whole story sounds kind of suspect. G's always been pretty sought-after by directors, anyway; I don't think she's ever been desperate enough to yank someone's role like that. Julia Roberts was actually offered the SiL role and turned it down -- Gwyneth was a second choice. I'm not sure Winona was even in the running for that role, or that she and G were ever really that friendly to begin with.
Whatever. My main point: I agree with a lot of you in that I can't really see Lainey talking this kind of shit about Gwyn -- or, if she did, I think she'd drop some hints that allude to her total and unsubstatiated GP-worship.
I definitely think that B2 is ScarJo, but I don't think that B1 is Alba, because what the hell kind of prestige project has she EVER been in? ScarJo has landed the bigger, more critically-lauded roles, but she's pretty monotone and she blows as an actress. Or, at least, I (and a lot of other people, thanks) think so. Woody Allen is a perv, and his critical opinion doesn't count.
Could B1 be Jessica Biel? Maybe ScarJo was supposed to be in Easy Virtue? I was sort of shocked to see that JB was acting alongside Kristin Scott Thomas, personally. She tends to do the same type of movies as Jessica A. I don't know if Easy Virtue looks like an Oscar winner, but a period piece DOES seem out of character for JB.
Anyway, I'm pretty certain that B2 is ScarJo, but I can't get a clear picture of the other person. Maybe the mistake is assuming the other woman is also around the same age?
Im thinking Alba for B1 - she was recently photographed going to visit her acting coach.
ScarJo has had at least a nose job - photographic evidence again. So its not too much of a stretch to think other things have been enhanced. She is famous for her 'natural' assets, and if people started truly believing she was plastic, her reputation with the movie going public might decline (or so B1 might have thought - either that or was jealous). Probably a stretch, but thats all ive got :)
Ernestine -
LOL! That's stealing "SCRIPTS", not "SCRIPS" - Big big difference, young lady.
However, if she was at Winona's place, I'd imagine there probably was a scrip or two stolen.
LMAO. Ernestine, that typo was priceless.
Brenda, it's probably a more accurate scenario, at the very least!
Were any other actresses up for ScarJo's Mary Queen of Scots role, or did they just hand it to her? What about Keira? I wonder how often they compete for the same roles?
My 1st thought was Keira Knightley for Pirates. No idea why. Nothing to back this up. Was anyone else up for the role of Elizabeth Swann?
Love the Alba/Biel guesses. Don't love Biel but think she's a better actress than Alba. Perhpas Alba is B1 (stole Biel's role in Fantastic 4) and ScarJo is B2? Alba did just have a baby.
Scarlett J and Natalie Portman. Despite the movie together, they compete for roles. There have been murmurs of Scarlett being a monster/diva on set floating this year. Both go for "prestige projects". B1's blockbuster franchise with lucrative potential: "Star Wars". Etc.
Yeah, they worked together and did press together for the Boylen movie, but it they were both probably going for Oscar nominations.
Ernistine, GP & WR were best friends back in the day. Inseparable. Of course, they haven't spoken since GP snatched the Shakespeare role from WR. This story got a lot of play when it happened and GP offered up some lame excuse at the time.
In response to Ernestine, back in the day, Winona and Gwyneth were BFF for like two seconds. This was back when Gywn was dating Ben Affleck, and Winona was dating Matt Damon. Then, seemingly inexplicably, their friendship fizzled. Most just assumed it was because Winona's relationship with Matt was over, but the script stealing certainly seems plausible, and would be a great reason as to why they suddenly stopped being friends.
I honestly don't see Kiera as either bitch (I am biased, because I love her). If she had to be one, my guess would be B2 since B1 is supposed to be the crappy actress (After Pride & Prejudice, Kiera's acting skills are pretty admired I think).
I like Alba for B1. The word bitch seems to fit her to a T. Only thing is the "trying to save her love by getting pregnant" doesn't really fit, since she just had her baby.
Scar Jo could definitely fit for B 2.
I think Scarlett and Jessica Alba.
Scarlett being the formidable opponent with alleged fake titties. Jessica Alba has new fix=relationship baby, crappy relationship and is frankly, a terrible actress. Blockbuster=Fantastic Four?
Kira -- "This was back when Gywn was dating Ben Affleck, and Winona was dating Matt Damon."
I had TOTALLY forgotten about Matt and Winona! DAMN. She has slept with a LOT of people. Damn. Anyway, this gives the story more plausibility, but I absolutely can't picture W. in that role, so I don't really care and I'm happy things worked out the way they did.
Either way, I don't think these women are the subjects of this blind. And I happen to like Kiera, too. :-)
Speaking of Kiera, I wouldn't say that she and Scarlett really compete for parts. If there's some sort of prestige role for a dewy actress of a certain age, it seems as if they nearly always offer it to K first, anyway. I mean, she's ALWAYS in something. I must admit that I'm sick of seeing her in gargantuan dresses and fancy wigs. Ugh. Enough with the freaking period pieces.
I also think that Natalie P. is regarded by many as THE best serious young actress in Hollywood; unless she's competing with ScarJo for a busty sex bomb role, she doesn't really have to worry about losing parts to her.
I think it's Biel and ScarJo. Alba just had a baby; she doesn't fit for number 1. Alba and Biel are about equally talented, but not as "skilled" as ScarJo. Maybe Jess is trying to get knocked up to secure Justin once and for all? Scarlett just had her woodland wedding to RyRy. I can see that burning Jessica a little -- especially since Scarlett ALSO slept with Justin. Wait. Jessica slept with Ryan, too. Ew.
I don't know. Lainey revealed it's not Rihanna and Beyonce, to which I reply: no shit. I'm just glad I don't know these bitches or anyone like them, really.
B1 is Jessica Biel. Lainey just wrote about her: "...insatiable appetite for fame and the increasingly embarrassing, not to mention ruthless, ways she's trying to achieve it."
On IMDB, it says Biel replaced Liv Tyler in The Illusionist at the last minute.
Of course, I still have no idea who B2 is, but maybe a positive ID of B1 will help narrow it down.
Well, Laney just posted this.
" Salma Hayek is not B1. Kate Beckinsale is not B2. Hilarious that Kate Beckinsale is suggested for almost every blind item. You must think she really is full of sh-t. And she is." Funny
I am 234345% percent positive that B1 is Jessica Biel and B2 is ScarJo. Absolutely.
Jessica Alba for number 1 (Rachel Mcadam was a 'casualty' - alba "beat" her out for the role in Fantastic Four)....
Rose mCgowan for number 2 (they're up for the role of Barbarella or something equally stupid)
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