What Else What Else? Just in case you were thinking of adding Aunt Jemima to your grocery list, there are so many other good syrup options. Since I’m Canadian, I recommend a Canadian maple syrup. By now you’ve probably heard about why Quaker Oats is making headlines – because all the racists in By Lainey • Jun 17, 2020 04:05 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Racism and the Barriers to Creativity After last week’s episode about workplace inequality pegged to Lea Michele and her behaviour on Glee (and on other projects), we received an email from a listener called Ashley who wondered whether or not, on top of the fact that Hollywood, like most industries, prioritises earnings above everything else, By Lainey • Jun 17, 2020 01:02 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Megan & Brian: Old School Tit for Tat? Brian Austin Green confirmed a few weeks ago that he and Megan Fox have separated. She, as you know, is with Machine Gun Kelly although they’ve tried to be coy about their relationship status. The other day, Brian was papped hanging out with Courtney Stodden. I don’t know By Lainey • Jun 17, 2020 10:26 am
Keanu Reeves Intro for June 17, 2020 Dear Gossips, I mentioned yesterday in What Else? that a Zoom call with Jeremy Piven is available to you for the bargain price of $15K and it appears that he pockets that money. Or if you have all that cash kicking around… You could have a Zoom date with Keanu By Lainey • Jun 17, 2020 09:11 am
What Else What Else? Well, not everyone is BTS. As we know, COVID-19 has really f-cked up the economy, especially the celebrity economy. While BTS is out here innovating, others who are lower on the celebrity hierarchy pole need to get creative. Jeremy Piven, whose career wasn’t exactly on fire before By Lainey • Jun 16, 2020 04:12 pm
Music BTS’s Lockdown Innovation COVID-19 has disrupted every industry and where the entertainment industry is concerned, even though musicians are in a better position to release new content than those in television and film, it’s the live experience that artists are still trying to figure out and how to make technology work By Lainey • Jun 16, 2020 02:45 pm
Royals Prince Andrew wants an “olive branch” It’s now been over six months since Prince Andrew stepped down from public duty. Word is they’ve permanently retired him now because he’s such an embarrassment to the British royal family. If you need a reminder, the reason for this is friendship with the dead rapist pedophile By Lainey • Jun 16, 2020 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben and Ana’s family getaway Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas were photographed the other day with his kids boarding a private jet, heading away for a few days. They’ve since returned to LA and as you can see from these photos, his mother was with them, along with a couple of dogs. The By Lainey • Jun 16, 2020 10:08 am
Music Intro for June 16, 2020 Dear Gossips, The other day in What Else? I linked to a story about the band Lady Antebellum and their name change to Lady A. At the time, I said it was a good explanation, considering that the country music audience is so white and they would be alienating their By Lainey • Jun 16, 2020 08:35 am
What Else What Else? Today is Chris Evans’s birthday and the FUG Girls are celebrating it with a photo retrospective. First takeaway: holy sh-t, he and Jessica Biel showed up on a lot of red carpets together. Second takeaway: men’s pants in the 2000s were really, really bad. (Go Fug Yourself) By Lainey • Jun 15, 2020 03:53 pm
Equality Issues What Happened to Sasha Exeter On Friday, Kathleen wrote a piece at Refinery29 about what Sasha Exeter shared on Instagram last Wednesday and how certain media outlets have covered the story. Many of them, from Vanity Fair to The Telegraph to the Canadian Press, have been characterising Jessica Mulroney leaning into her white privilege against By Lainey • Jun 15, 2020 10:43 am
Intro for June 15, 2020 Dear Gossips, Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead yesterday in Mumbai. He was 34 years old. It’s a major loss for the Bollywood community and so many millions of fans still heartbroken after the death of Irrfan Khan just a few weeks ago. It has been reported that Sushant By Lainey • Jun 15, 2020 09:02 am
What Else What Else? If you’ve been visiting this site over the years, you know we’re light on Bachelor content. I think the first post we ever did about it was by Kathleen when Rachel Kathleen wrote a bit about Rachel Lindsay was confirmed as the Bachelorette. Today it was announced that By Lainey • Jun 12, 2020 04:13 pm
Angelina Jolie Angelina by Knox Angelina Jolie is rarely interviewed these days. So this is big news! But also… since we’ve been in pandemic lockdown… photo shoots can’t happen. Or at least they can’t happen the way they used to. Which is why for this interview for Harper’s Bazaar, she’s By Lainey • Jun 12, 2020 11:02 am
Shout-Outs June 12, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs Elaine! You have been such a wonderful support to Aleksandra – I imagine for both of you it’s been a lot of listening and laughing and crying and talking and caring. That’s how friends hold each other up. I’m so moved that while it’s Aleksandra who’s By Lainey • Jun 12, 2020 09:39 am
Equality Issues Intro for June 12, 2020 Dear Gossips, Since last Friday, alongside my colleagues at CTV, I’ve been working on CHANGE & ACTION: RACISM IN CANADA, a 90 minute special that will air on CTV tomorrow, Saturday June 13, at 8pm. This has been rewarding and challenging work for our entire team as we’ve By Lainey • Jun 12, 2020 09:03 am
