Business of Hollywood Intro for August 19, 2025 Dear Gossips, There were some interesting numbers in the Puck newsletter on Monday for someone who loves numbers and her fans: Taylor Swift. This is related to her appearance on Jason and Travis Kelce’s podcast, New Heights, last week. And the ratings are in. Per Puck: “The NFL brothers’ By Lainey • Aug 19, 2025 09:24 am
Jock Smut Jimmy Butler's emo phase Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is the star of Fall Out Boy’s newest music video for their 2023 album’s title track, “So Much for Stardust”, playing the role of an emo cowboy. If you’re struggling to make the connection between a Black basketball player and the latest By Stephanie • Feb 29, 2024 11:21 am
TV Updates Strike cleanup As we wait for the WGA to ratify their tentative new mutual bargaining agreement, here are some housekeeping notes as the writers’ strike winds down. First, while scripted shows, and films, will be slower to come back, with production delays likely to continue for at least another month as the By Sarah • Sep 26, 2023 01:49 pm
Douchebags Jimmy Fallon is the latest talk show jerk Jimmy Fallon has issued an apology to his staffers. The apology came on the heels of a Rolling Stone article that revealed findings of an investigation in which two current and more than a dozen former staffers alleged Jimmy’s erratic behaviour and high turnover of showrunners made the work By Stephanie • Sep 08, 2023 11:44 am
Music Ariana, Meg, and... Jimmy? ‘Tis the season for Christmas songs, and today’s edition of holiday music features a trio I don’t think any of us saw coming. Here’s “It Was A… (Masked Christmas)” with Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion, and Jimmy Fallon. The song and music video were released earlier this By Anastasia • Dec 07, 2021 01:03 pm
Equality Issues The Tonight Show TikTok Dance Controversy In my piece on Addison Rae last week, I wrote about how disappointing it was to see her perform TikTok dances without any recognition of the original dance creators, many of those creators being Black. This perpetuates the problematic patterns of BIPOC creatives not getting the credit they deserve. Thanks By Anastasia • Apr 07, 2021 03:30 pm
TV Updates Intro for July 14, 2020 Dear Gossips, Jimmy Fallon returned to the studio for The Tonight Show last night. They made a point of showing the audience the safety precautions they were taking to make this happen. Everyone first tested negative for COVID-19 and temperature checks were administered upon entering the building, office spaces have By Lainey • Jul 14, 2020 09:22 am
Stephen Colbert Lady Gaga Unites Late Night Jimmy Fallon called Lady Gaga last week but she wasn’t ready to make her announcement, promising that they’d be ready to roll with it today. She’s curating a television special, in collaboration with Global Citizen and the World Health Organisation “to celebrate and encourage the power of By Lainey • Apr 07, 2020 01:05 pm
Music Lady Gaga and Jimmy Fallon’s FaceTime Snafu Everyone is supposed to be physically distancing – even people in Florida now – so we’re seeing broadcasters get creative with their programming. They’re trying to do concerts, some more successfully than others. The iHeart Living Room Concert felt way too edited, didn’t it? James Corden’s Homefest was By Lainey • Apr 02, 2020 12:56 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Rebranding “Harry and Meghan” Today is the first day of House Sussex V 2.0. And since they no longer can have “royal” in the names of their accounts, and we happen to have Duana, The Name Therapist here, we discuss on this new episode of Show Your Work what naming possibilities are available By Lainey • Apr 01, 2020 03:04 pm
TV Updates Will Ferrell and the Cow Bell Will Ferrell is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend with musical guest King Princess. I can’t figure out what he’s promoting, if he’s promoting anything, or maybe he’s just cruising by for a visit for old times, to do Lorne a favour. Is it Succession? For By Lainey • Nov 22, 2019 12:01 pm
Top Reads Justin Timberlake’s book of Me Justin Timberlake’s book, Hindsight, came out this week. It’s being called a memoir. I don’t know who was asking for this. Was Justin ever a mystery to you? Some artists are enigmas, sure, and getting a glimpse into their minds would certainly be interesting. He is not By Lainey • Nov 02, 2018 09:48 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Cardi Week Let's talk about Cardi B's body. Well, let’s talk about Cardi B’s profile in GQ, written by Caity Weaver, which has now become a conversation about Cardi B’s body. We’re big fans of Caity Weaver at this site. Lainey has written extensively By Kathleen • Apr 10, 2018 10:31 am
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Brie Larson, the non-It “It Girl”, and when people-pleasing leads to damage control What’s your hype song? Duana’s hype song, like on days when you cannot get yourself out the f-cking song, is Kylie Minogue’s Love At First Sight. I went with Spice Girls. And then I actually sang it. So I hope you don’t stop listening when you By Lainey • May 22, 2017 03:22 pm
TV Updates Late Night Boy Sh*t As we are so fond of saying around here, boy sh*t is the best sh*t and today we’ve been given a helping of late night talk show host boy sh*t. If you haven’t heard, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been steadily gaining ground By Sarah • Mar 08, 2017 11:58 am
Child Stars Jimmy Fallon hosts the Golden Globes Do you prefer safe? Or did you miss the bite? The bite of Ricky Gervais, the sharp snark of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Safe was Jimmy Fallon who, after the opening musical number, kinda disappeared. I was actually expecting more charades, or some kind of lip sync, a game By Lainey • Jan 09, 2017 01:40 am
