Top Reads The new Beyoncé “interview”?!? I came across this headline on the weekend: “For the First Time in Six Years, Beyoncé Has Done an Interview” People online were talking about it too. You can imagine the reaction. WHAT?! It’s well-known by now that Beyoncé doesn’t give interviews anymore. When she has something By Lainey • Jun 18, 2019 09:46 am
Equality Issues Intro for June 18, 2019 Dear Gossips, Surviving R Kelly won Best Documentary at the MTV Movie & TV Awards broadcast last night. Survivors Asante McGee, Faith Rodgers, Lisa Van Allen, and Lizette Martinez were part of the team that took the stage to accept. R Kelly has been abusing women without consequence for over By Lainey • Jun 18, 2019 09:12 am
What Else What Else? For those of you still pining for a Jackson Maine and Ally real life romance – I have no updates. Lady Gaga is, however, kissing someone else and everybody’s talking about it, even though, here too, there’s nothing to talk about. Through it all though…why are we NOT By Lainey • Jun 17, 2019 04:27 pm
Maple Leaf Drake’s championship weekend I’m writing this during the Raptors championship parade in Toronto. Right now the players are making their way on buses through the city, headed for City Hall, where a rally will take place. Doesn’t feel like anyone is working today here. Construction workers are hanging off scaffolds. Thousands By Lainey • Jun 17, 2019 12:34 pm
Royals House Cambridge and a new angle to the Rose problem Last Friday, after weeks of media avoidance on the issue, the Sun in the UK published a sympathetic profile of Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, about how she’s been struggling with all the rumours and speculation, about how she’s kind of been abandoned by friends and maybe By Lainey • Jun 17, 2019 11:37 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Prince Harry’s first Father’s Day House Sussex – Meghan Markle, really – continues to flex on social media, grammar aside. For Father’s Day yesterday, it was another major exclusive: a new shot of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor in the arms of his sire, Prince Harry. This is the best look we’ve had of his face By Lainey • Jun 17, 2019 10:41 am
BFFs Taylor’s very gay video It’s Pride month – and Taylor Swift has just released the video to her latest single, “You Need To Calm Down”. As she promised on Instagram this weekend, a LOT of celebrities show up. A lot LGBTQ+ celebrities. Like Laverne Cox, and Ellen DeGeneres, getting a tattoo from Adam Lambert, By Lainey • Jun 17, 2019 09:32 am
Sports Intro for June 17, 2019 Dear Gossips, We are celebrating today in Toronto. Today is our championship parade. The Toronto Raptors are coming home with the NBA’s championship trophy. According to the latest estimates, as many as 2 million people will be downtown to cheer the Raptors’ historic win. In The Athletic, there’s By Lainey • Jun 17, 2019 09:02 am
What Else What Else? People are doing forensics of what Prince Harry may have said to Meghan Markle on the balcony last week at Trooping the Colour. Meghan haters (the Daily Mail and half the people on Twitter) think that he was basically telling her to turn the f-ck around you goddamn bitch, By Lainey • Jun 14, 2019 04:04 pm
Style Tessa Thompson: so many Outfits of the Week Tessa Thompson was the Outfit of the Week last week . And she claimed the title early, like I think it was Monday. Because there was no way in my mind that anyone was going to top that – or if anyone was going to top her, it would be her. What By Lainey • Jun 14, 2019 03:36 pm
Equality Issues Issa Rae: all she does is win If you haven’t seen this yet, your Friday is about to get better. At the Women in Film gala the other night, Issa Rae was presented with the inaugural Emerging Entrepreneur award. During her acceptance speech, instead of being humble, she was … I don’t want to say “not By Lainey • Jun 14, 2019 01:03 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s Lover Yesterday was June 13, 2019, the day the North with remember forever. #WeTheNorth The number 13, however, as we all know, is Taylor Swift’s favourite. So she made some announcements yesterday. It is now confirmed that her new album is titled Lover. It comes out August 23 (8+2+ By Lainey • Jun 14, 2019 11:23 am
Royals House Cambridge and the Rose they can’t shake House Cambridge has been looking good lately. Princess Kate’s garden was a big hit. They put on a good show at Trooping the Colour last weekend. Prince William threw down some “soft politics” in Cumbria earlier this week, demonstrating his statesman skills, giving us a sign of the kind By Lainey • Jun 14, 2019 10:31 am
Intro for June 14, 2019 Dear Gossips, #WeTheNorth! No, but seriously, we are. This blog is based in Canada. I was born and raised in Toronto. And in case you haven’t heard, the Toronto Raptors made history last night winning the NBA Championship for the first time in franchise history, which means, obviously, that By Lainey • Jun 14, 2019 09:54 am
What Else What Else? What’s old is always new again – will the teen in your life be wearing velour this summer? Because Baby Phat is back, updated for 2019. I wasn’t ever into Baby Phat the first time. I also never owned anything Juicy Couture. I did, however, succumb to the Lululemon By Lainey • Jun 13, 2019 04:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Leonardo DiCaprio: new poster and cellphones Here’s Leonardo DiCaprio out for dinner last night with friends in LA. He was also seen earlier this week out for dinner with his current bonafide Camila Morrone. It’s Camila’s birthday on Sunday, she’s turning 22 years old. So still safe. Like three years safe. A By Lainey • Jun 13, 2019 02:46 pm
