Music A Jonas reunion and wedding This is what surprised me last night during the Billboard Music Awards: I was into the Jonas Brothers performance. Hard. I laughed at the fact that Nick and Joe had to remind us that they had successful singles in their own right before joining Kevin for their current song “Sucker” By Lainey • May 02, 2019 11:51 am
Music Madonna and Paula and the holograms Earlier this week, it was reported that Madonna was spending $5 million of her own money on her Billboard Awards performance. As we saw last night, the money was for the tech – several Madonna holograms appeared alongside the “real” Madonna before bursting into digital confetti and…well…that’s Madonna, By Lainey • May 02, 2019 11:06 am
Music The old Taylor is back on the phone Taylor Swift opened the Billboard Music Awards last night with a marching band. You know where this is going – where else could it go? The comparisons were inevitable, non? Like, there is no way no one wouldn’t have picked up on it, especially since we just came off that By Lainey • May 02, 2019 09:58 am
Music Intro for May 2, 2019 Dear Gossips, Jacek was watching the Jays game on his phone while I had the Billboard Music Awards on last night. He took his headphones off for BTS. I never, ever thought that this would be the thing to bring us together: a boy band! Not just any boy band, By Lainey • May 02, 2019 08:34 am
What Else What Else? Excuse me? How… the f-ck… did I miss this? I love Reese’s peanut butter cups. Not as much as I love Oreos, but peanut butter and chocolate has been a lifelong mood. Peanut butter and banana is my Elvis Presley association. I have a peanut butter and banana By Lainey • May 01, 2019 04:23 pm
Game of Thrones Show Your Work: Dark GoT, Chaos Walking, and Sandra Oh The Game of Thrones is full of terrors – only you can’t see them because “The Long Night” was so dark. I’m sure you’ve heard the complaints about how the episode was lit and here’s the article that Duana and I are referring to during our discussion By Lainey • May 01, 2019 01:30 pm
Style Charlize’s Long Shot week I have a friend who hasn’t seen Avengers: Endgame yet. Yesterday I offered to go see it again with her (what?! It will only be my third time!) but there are NO seats in any of the adult-only-you-can-drink-alcohol theatres. For the second weekend! You By Lainey • May 01, 2019 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert Downey Jr: genius, billionaire, husband, philanthropist No, he’s not a billionaire yet. But at this point – or soon – Robert Downey Jr has to be at least halfway there. The Hollywood Reporter published an article earlier this week about the Avengers and their paycheques. Of all the Avengers, RDJ has made the most money – and this By Lainey • May 01, 2019 11:15 am
Maple Leaf Celine is “worth it” Celine Dion is on the cover of the new issue of ELLE. This is a good read and I’m not excerpting anything from the article because it’s a joy from top to bottom and that’s the only way you’re going to get the full experience of By Lainey • May 01, 2019 09:55 am
Music Intro for May 1, 2019 Dear Gossips, The Billboard Music Awards are happening tonight. These awards don’t really matter so, really, if you’re watching, it’s because of the performances. Taylor Swift is opening the show. Madonna is performing with Maluma. God that guy is so f-cking hot I hope he brings By Lainey • May 01, 2019 08:40 am
What Else What Else? Halima Aden is the first ever model to be in Sports Illustrated wearing a burkini and a hijab. She is Somali-American. She is, obviously, gorgeous. The photos are, obviously, gorgeous. And you know what? They’re a lot more interesting than the photos we see in SI featuring bikinis. By Lainey • Apr 30, 2019 04:39 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Baby Sussex: Arthur, Grace, or Jedi? At post time, the heir to House Sussex has still not been born. Any time now though. And in the meantime, everyone’s trying to get creative with their content so that “Meghan hasn’t given birth yet!” isn’t the only headline. PEOPLE just posted a story about possible By Lainey • Apr 30, 2019 10:06 am
Royals An anniversary gift for House Cambridge Yesterday was Prince William and Catherine’s eighth wedding anniversary and the best gift they received came from the Queen herself: Princess Kate was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. It’s the highest rank in the Order and the honour is decided by the Queen herself, By Lainey • Apr 30, 2019 09:44 am
Music Intro for April 30, 2019 Dear Gossips, As we’ve seen, 2019 has been the Year of the Scam™. There may be another scam brewing. Woodstock 50 was (is?) supposed to be happening August 16-18. Yesterday Billboard reported that Dentsu Aegis Network, the festival’s lead investor, has pulled out of the event with By Lainey • Apr 30, 2019 08:54 am
What Else What Else? This is so f-cking cute. Like if you’re these kids, how are you even able to carry on with your performance?! Sigourney Weaver surprised the students of North Bergen High in New Jersey who put together a stage production of Alien for their class play. Watch the video, By Lainey • Apr 29, 2019 04:20 pm
Maple Leaf Jennifer Lawrence and David O Russell: Muse and Director David O Russell was featured at the Tribeca Film Festival Talks Directors series on Saturday in a discussion with Jennifer Lawrence. He’s directed her in three films: Silver Linings Playbook, for which she won the Best Actress Oscar; American Hustle, for which she was nominated for an Oscar; and By Lainey • Apr 29, 2019 02:16 pm
