Top Reads Beyoncé and Black Lives Matter Black lives matter. It’s a simple sentiment. In 2016, those three words should just be a fact, period. Instead, Black Lives Matter is rally cry, a three word sentiment that holds more cultural significance and political importance than any other three words at the moment. In the past 5 By Kathleen • Jul 11, 2016 11:00 am
Dumbass Justin Timberlake was #Inspired by Jesse Williams As Lainey already discussed, Jesse Williams gave the wokest speech in the history of speeches at the BET Awards last night. It was a speech that made me cry, shout, cheer and throw sh-t at my television. It induced urgency, frustration and a call to arms. It was soaked in By Kathleen • Jun 27, 2016 12:16 pm
TV Updates To Be Awkward, Insecure and Black If you don't know Issa Rae's name, you should. If you don't know her name, you probably will this fall when Issa's first TV show Insecure debuts on HBO. For fans of actress, writer and my imaginary BFF Issa Rae, the show By Kathleen • Jun 24, 2016 11:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Smith’s career low Will Smith has revealed what he thinks his career low point is. No, it’s not After Earth. It’s not even The Legend of Bagger Vance. According to Will, his worst movie is Wild Wild West. How dare he. While at a Cannes Lions event, THR reports that Will By Kathleen • Jun 22, 2016 11:12 am
Drama Never delete your account, Demi Lovato Demi Lovato is really good at inserting herself into celebrity social media drama. Correction: Demi Lovato is really good at creating social media drama. Bless her heart. Late Thursday night, when Mariah Carey was probably pouring herself a bubble bath of champagne and butterflies and when Jennifer Lopez was going By Kathleen • Jun 20, 2016 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tupac biopic – first look Yesterday would have been Tupac Shakur’s 45th birthday. To mark the occasion, the teaser trailer for the upcoming biopic All Eyez on Me was released. When Lainey and I saw Straight Outta Compton for the first time in theatres, we couldn’t get over how much the dude playing By Kathleen • Jun 17, 2016 02:52 pm
Zoe Saldana Zoe Saldana drops no mics in Allure My problem with Zoe Saldana is that she is so goddamn likeable. She’s on the cover of Allure for a story with the headline, Star Trek's Zoe Saldana Drops the Mic and for the first half of the piece, she comes across as an authentic human being, By Kathleen • Jun 17, 2016 12:51 pm
Girly Throw Downs Kanye West’s Wife vs Taylor Swift (Lainey: it’s our policy here at LaineyGossip.com to not post about Kanye West’s wife and her family. It is, however, our policy to post about Taylor Swift whenever and however we can. So, what happens when a story involving Taylor Swift is brought to us by Kanye By Kathleen • Jun 17, 2016 11:55 am
Break Ups #IDumpedTaylorSwiftBecause On Friday, the hashtag #IDumpedTaylorSwiftBecause was a global trending topic. People were weighing in on her breakup with Calvin Harris by tweeting stupidity like this: #IDumpedTaylorSwiftBecause she wears granny panties— Marshall (@MarshallSbar) June 3, 2016 I was expecting the sexist backlash that would inevitably come after this breakup. I was By Kathleen • Jun 06, 2016 01:12 pm
Break Ups Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris break up Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris, her longest boyfriend of record, have broken up after 15 months of blissful social media PDA. According to PEOPLE’s multiple sources, "There was no drama. Things just don't work out sometimes." Things Just Don’t Work Out Sometimes is the By Kathleen • Jun 02, 2016 11:25 am
TV Updates Snoop Dogg vs Roots We don’t usually look to Snoop Dogg for important social commentary. Comedic relief? Sure. Blunt rolling techniques? Absolutely. But if you were to tell me last week that we’d be talking about Snoop and slavery in the same sentence, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. Well, on By Kathleen • Jun 01, 2016 01:02 pm
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber’s Purpose Tour: Review Justin Bieber played two shows in Toronto this week. I was at the first show on Wednesday. Whatever issues I’ve had with Bieber in the past, I can’t deny how great of an album Purpose is. I loved Purpose. Love Yourself is my jam. I was excited to By Kathleen • May 20, 2016 12:44 pm
Blake Lively Sir Mix-a-Lot Weighs in on Blake’s “Oakland Booty” Yesterday, I was pretty clear on where I stand on the whole Blake Lively booty controversy. I think she did a dumb thing and she deserves the backlash. To recap, Blake posted an Instagram photo of her ass with the caption “L.A. face with an Oakland Booty.” That caption By Kathleen • May 20, 2016 10:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Panther So Lit #BlackPantherSoLIT is the hashtag that has been dominating Black Twitter since news broke that Michael B Jordan is reuniting with Creed director Ryan Coogler and joining the cast of Marvel’s upcoming Black Panther. The MBJ news plus the rumours that Lupita-freaking-Nyong’o is also in talks to star in By Kathleen • May 19, 2016 12:58 pm
Douchebags Blake Lively’s Oakland Booty Blake Lively is the epitome of a Becky. She’s white, tall, blonde and has long straight hair. When you listen to Sir Mix-A-lot’s Baby Got Back and you hear the line, “Oh my god, Becky, look at her butt,” Blake Lively is pretty much who you picture in By Kathleen • May 19, 2016 10:05 am
Music Where is Justin Timberlake’s Sexy? Last week, Lainey wrote about how Justin Timberlake is trolling for an Oscar with his new song Can’t Stop The Feeling. Well, the video came out last night and they really aren’t being subtle about ripping off Happy now, are they? The song is catchy as hell and By Kathleen • May 17, 2016 01:22 pm
