Amazingness Nicki Minaj, Achievement Boosts, and ‘Whataboutism’ Around 4 PM yesterday I opened Twitter for the first time. And saw this tweet: Uh, Nicki Minaj is offering to pay tuition for dozens of her followers on Twitter right now, as long as they have good grades. pic.twitter.com/dVdnGsGj8C— Jack Smith IV (@JackSmithIV) May 7, 2017 By Duana • May 08, 2017 09:52 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: When You Can Go Anywhere…Go Where? Hi Duana, After a long period of losing hope, it was a big surprise to know that we are finally expecting our first baby in May 2017. I am lao/vietnamese background and my husband is german/ukrainian/hungarian/lebanese background. It will be one really mixed kid! We believe By Duana • May 05, 2017 03:23 pm
MET Gala 2017 Halle Berry: MET Worst Dressed 2017 (Duana) I had to think about this one. I knew Halle Berry was right at the bottom of the list, but it took me a minute to figure out why. You probably got there before me, right? This look is, on its own, not bad. It’s not avant-garde or on-theme, By Duana • May 02, 2017 01:53 pm
Style Solange: MET Best Dressed 2017 (Duana) Well. I mean, of course it’s not surprising that Solange is Best Dressed. In fact, she’s been using the MET Gala as her personal runway for years—a place where she is, in a different way than Rihanna, expected to reign. But man, I didn’t know it By Duana • May 02, 2017 01:17 pm
MET Gala 2017 CELINE DION: Best MET Rookie Lainey and Lorella and I talk about Celine a fair bit. Mostly we talk about Celine and Rene. How bananas it all was. How much she loved him. She grieved more than anyone will ever grieve. She mourned! Wearing black lace! It’s like an opera taking place in real By Duana • May 02, 2017 12:44 pm
MET Gala 2017 Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds: MET Obligation You know I have opinions. And we’ll get to those in just a moment. But first I find myself having to say something… if not in Blake Lively’s defense, then on her behalf: We stay up all night to write, and it’s inevitable that sometimes I forget By Duana • May 02, 2017 12:00 pm
Style Janelle Monae & Chrissy Teigen: Best MET Feather Bombs Officially, my assignment sheet also includes John Legend, but can we acknowledge what we know? JL, you look great, it’s not about you, we gotta go. Okay. These dresses are kin to one another—not yin and yang, more like Big and Little Sis. But they’re both about By Duana • May 02, 2017 11:19 am
MET Gala 2017 Kerry Washington vs. Lily Collins: MET Dueling Bobs No, of course it doesn’t have to be a competition. But when two women both wear a distinctive hairstyle that’s nothing like their own (and is very obviously a tribute to Rei Kawakubo) you tend to wind up putting their attempts beside one another. One of the reasons By Duana • May 02, 2017 10:46 am
MET Gala 2017 Katy Perry: MET Costume You’re lucky, Katy Perry. You’re the co-chair of the event, which is also called the Costume Institute Gala, and that article about you in Vogue inspired a super-ranty episode of Show Your Work where we complimented you for being interested in learning more and being more. You’ve By Duana • May 02, 2017 09:49 am
MET Gala 2017 Matthew Rhys & Keri Russell: Best MET Story When we divide up the people we’re going to write about at LaineyGossip, some are for fighting over—wait for that later today—and some are just givens. Nobody would even have to blink before handing me Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys but you know what? I’m gonna By Duana • May 02, 2017 08:51 am
MET Gala 2017 Katie Holmes: MET Fudge I hesitated on that title. But I couldn’t think of another way to describe what Katie Holmes is doing in this outfit. You know when you try to get away with something? When you know what you’ve worked on isn’t exactly the answer to the question, but By Duana • May 02, 2017 08:30 am
MET Gala 2017 METLeisure: Riley Keough Do you want to know a terrible secret about me? I’m one of those people who likes to buy leggings and athleisure wear, but I don’t go to the gym enough to justify the purchases. I am basically the worst. I don’t always wear it everywhere, which By Duana • May 02, 2017 07:17 am
MET Gala 2017 MET Gala ‘Angelica’: Allison Williams “So So So… so this is what it feels like to match wits with someone at your level, what the hell is the catch?” Look, it’s not like I’m above throwing a Hamilton quote on the top of a piece for no reason—but in this case it’ By Duana • May 02, 2017 06:24 am
MET Gala 2017 Diddy Did the Met Gala Stairs Why no, it is not about the men, even more than usual. That is, Jaden Smith—but he’s, like, doing Performance Haircuts, and even the most adventurous dudes basically come in the same thing, except Rami Malek, who looks like he shops at the same clothing store as Curious By Duana • May 02, 2017 06:04 am
MET Gala 2017 Mandy Moore, Cold Comfort at the MET No matter what, there is Mandy Moore. In good times and in bad, certainly as long as I’ve been staying up late to write about stuff and long before that, there has been Mandy Moore. Yet I was almost perversely proud when the shots came out and people started By Duana • May 02, 2017 02:10 am
MET Gala 2017 How Elizabeth Banks Met Galas To Whom It May Concern: Please excuse Elizabeth from dressing on the Comme Des Garcons/Rei Kuwakabo theme tonight, as she has been dressing that way for the past several years due to her ongoing engagement as Effie Trinket. As such, her mesmerizing body-con sequined Rorschach painting and banana-coloured hair By Duana • May 02, 2017 01:20 am
