Met Gala 2024 Wendi Deng and Lauren Sanchez: A tale of two billionaire plus ones I’m coming in hot with this because WOW: in doing my research for Wendi Deng, I read this nugget in USA Today: “Murdoch's office, on Thursday, told the New York Times, who first reported the news, that Murdoch started dating Zhukova, a retired molecular biologist in the By Maria • May 07, 2024 07:51 am
Met Gala 2019 Wendi Deng: Camp Defined and Defied I’ve spent the better part of the last two days reading about Camp, and the more I try to nail down a definition, the harder it is to understand. Prem broke it down wonderfully in his writing: “we can roughly categorize Camp as the appreciation and delight of frivolity, By Maria • May 07, 2019 03:40 am
Met Gala 2018 The Olsens & Wendi Deng: Met Billionaires Where do I start – Wendi Deng or the Olsens? For the Olsens, it will be quick and easy as my point from last year still stands – the Olsens have a specific aesthetic and an innate sense of style, and they don’t bend the knee to anyone (including Anna Wintour) By Maria • May 08, 2018 04:16 am
BFFs Is Wendi Deng a political operative? Wendi Deng refers to herself as Wendi Murdoch on Instagram. I have always found this interesting. Because Wendi is Chinese. And in Chinese culture, we don’t take our husbands’ last names. Before you get too excited, this wasn’t an example of advance feminism on our part. The tradition By Lainey • Jan 16, 2018 12:25 pm
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for June 21, 2017 Dear Gossips, Last year my ma told me about a Chinese movie called Mistress Dispeller. Like “expelliarmus” but for the other woman. Mistress Dispeller is a rom-com. Mistress dispelling is also a legitimate career in China. At first when ma told me this I was like, whatever, no seriously? Seriously. By Lainey • Jun 21, 2017 09:47 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, March 23, 2017 Shade, unintentional gaffe, or inside joke? Judging by Nancy’s response (first time had typos, second time is just a correction), I think it’s the third option. Unless Nancy is operating at a high petty level and is scorching Kristi with social media kindness. But that’s wishful thinking. By Maria • Mar 23, 2017 04:49 pm
BFFs All roads lead to Wendi Deng Leonardo DiCaprio met with Donald and Ivanka Trump this week to discuss green jobs. But why, seriously, when Donald and Ivanka wanted to talk about the environment, did they call in Leo? The meeting may have been facilitated by former Vice President Al Gore, but it could also be the By Maria • Dec 09, 2016 11:44 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, November 16, 2016 As some of you may have noticed, I am very interested in the way celebs wish each other Happy Birthday on social media. Take Karlie Kloss and Lily Aldridge. They are both supermodels, there are probably dozens (hundreds?) of photos of them together. And this is the one Karlie chose By Maria • Nov 16, 2016 05:00 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, October 13, 2016 Derek Blasberg is in Nashville and he’s already hung out with Reese, Lily Aldridge and Holly Williams (Hank Williams granddaughter). How does he coordinate his social calendar, by Q Score? 🇺🇸 RED, WHITE & BLONDE 🇺🇸 @reesewitherspoon A photo posted by Derek Blasberg (@derekblasberg) onOct 12, 2016 at 2:40pm PDT By Maria • Oct 13, 2016 02:11 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 26, 2016 Shawn Mendes gave an interview to Billboard and is claiming he was misquoted about his fans not knowing him. I want to shake these young popstars and tell them not to pander to their fandoms. It’s OK if they don’t “know” you. You can love and appreciate your By Maria • Aug 26, 2016 03:38 pm
Wendi Deng Intro for July 26, 2016 Dear Gossips, Have you read the new VOGUE profile of Wendi Deng Murdoch yet? I saved it for last night after Jezebel made a list yesterday of all the famous art and business and celebrity and sport world names that are checked in the piece. The last time I posted By Lainey • Jul 26, 2016 09:59 am
Hook Ups Wendi & Vlad?!? Best new couple EVER… if it’s true. And I totally, totally believe it. US Weekly is reporting that Wendi Deng and Vladimir Putin are in a serious relationship. Wendi Deng and the greatest bear-wrestler the world has ever seen, f-ck off Leonardo DiCaprio?!?!? The details are not important. I By Lainey • Mar 31, 2016 04:46 pm
