Music Kelly Clarkson’s Meaning of Life Kelly Clarkson’s new album Meaning of Life drops on Friday. During her promo tour, she stopped at The Social. Lainey wrote about Kelly’s decency here – how she opens doors and is a nice, considerate human being. That’s noteworthy because so many of them aren’t. I produced By Kathleen • Oct 24, 2017 10:18 am
Top Reads Gab and Lena get real Lena Dunham makes a point to let us know that she and Gabrielle Union are close enough that she calls her “Gab” in a new piece for Lenny Letter. I can’t decide if this tidbit is annoying or charming. That’s how I feel about Lena Dunham most days. By Kathleen • Oct 24, 2017 08:59 am
Maple Leaf Bieber’s tattooed torso I would like to send my condolences to all the Beliebers who have been in mourning since Saturday when Justin Bieber debuted an onslaught of new tattoos that cover his entire torso. The abs that launched a billion screams are no longer visible. Those screams have turned into muffled sobs By Kathleen • Oct 23, 2017 09:50 am
Amazingness Pink vs. Christina Aguilera Ah, the early 2000s. They gave us so much, like the Britney/Justin denim on denim moment that will live forever in infamy; “I don’t know her,” and this. Revisiting ‘00s celebrity drama is my favourite. Today’s moment in Gossip Nostalgia is brought to you by 2001’s By Kathleen • Oct 20, 2017 02:39 pm
TV Updates The dating life of Cheryl Blossom If you’ve watched the season two premiere of Riverdale, you know that Madelaine Petsch came into every scene like a f-cking wrecking ball, bulldozed over anyone in her path and elevated a character that could’ve easily been an over-the-top, laughable caricature into a nuanced, riveting, three-dimensional powerhouse. I By Kathleen • Oct 17, 2017 03:28 pm
Maple Leaf Taylor Kitsch is bad at football “Taylor Kitsch sucks at football,“ is the exact wording my friend Jen used in a text she sent me last night with a video of Taylor on Ellen, playing a game for charity that required him to throw footballs at targets. Taylor Kitsch didn’t hit a single target. The By Kathleen • Oct 17, 2017 12:25 pm
Weddings Sansa said yes I found out about the Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas engagement news through this tweet: apologies to everyone in the five boroughs who just heard me yell “wait, WHAT” pic.twitter.com/nzB2dCCGYr— karen h. (@karenyhan) October 15, 2017 The accuracy. Sure, celebrity engagements happen all the time. This news By Kathleen • Oct 16, 2017 12:09 pm
Break Ups Robert Pattinson and FKA twigs call off engagement Jenna Wortham, a culture writer for The New York Times and host of the podcast Still Processing, recently tweeted asking her followers for their favourite conspiracy theory. She got responses ranging from Katy Perry is actually JonBenet Ramsey to Stevie Wonder is not actually blind. Those are both hilarious but By Kathleen • Oct 12, 2017 12:25 pm
Music Eminem, unleashed Eminem's song White America turned 15 this year. It's fitting that the track is celebrating a milestone in 2017, a year in which the power and influence of white Americans has been debated, dissected, underestimated, and over-reported. White Americans made Donald Trump the most powerful man By Kathleen • Oct 11, 2017 03:28 pm
TV Updates Bughead IRL A refresher for the uninitiated: Bughead is the couple name for Riverdale characters Betty and Jughead. In real life, Betty and Jughead are played by Lili Reinhart and my obsession Cole Sprouse. Cole and Lili are supposedly dating. The rumours have been around for a while and neither of them By Kathleen • Oct 10, 2017 04:47 pm
Top Reads Danielle Brooks takes on Dove “Did Dove Just Call Me Dirty?” That’s the title of Danielle Brooks’ piece for Lenny Letter, posted yesterday, about a Dove ad that went viral this weekend. By now, you’ve probably seen the ad. In the images circulating online, a black woman wearing a t-shirt the same colour By Kathleen • Oct 10, 2017 03:58 pm
Samuel L Jackson #LemonPepperKickback Samuel L. Jackson was photographed heading through LAX, presumably coming from Atlanta where he’s currently filming Avengers 4. Since I’m not up on the MCU shooting schedule, I only know Samuel L. Jackson was in Atlanta this weekend because of Yvonne Orji’s and Issa Rae’s Instagram By Kathleen • Oct 10, 2017 11:54 am
Scandal Kerry Washington’s Scandal farewell tour The final season of Scandal premieres tonight, thank Shonda. Listen, I love Scandal as much as the next Gladiator but it’s time. Just like it was time for Grey’s Anatomy to end about 5 seasons ago. I still watch Grey’s. I will continue to watch Grey’s By Kathleen • Oct 05, 2017 03:28 pm
Sam Smith Sam and Brandon kissing Sam Smith and Brandon Flynn from 13 Reasons Why are a thing. I use “a thing” instead of dating or in a relationship because so far, all we’ve got are photos of the two making out on the side of the street in NYC. TMZ suggests that the PDA By Kathleen • Oct 04, 2017 03:14 pm
Top Reads Yara and Zendaya On November 10th, 2016, I wrote about Zendaya. I wrote that she gave me hope on a day the world was reeling from the election of a racist, bigoted shriveled up sweet potato masquerading as a human being. Zendaya is never afraid to use her voice and at 21 years By Kathleen • Oct 03, 2017 11:26 am
TV Updates Jay-Z on SNL Jay-Z was the musical guest on SNL on Saturday night. He performed two songs from 4:44 and made quiet but powerful statements with both. First, Damien Marley joined Jay on stage for their song Bam, not my favourite track on 4:44 but I liked the vibe of the By Kathleen • Oct 02, 2017 11:04 am
