Maple Leaf Justin Bieber loves to win Justin Bieber performed on a great looking stage last night. Adele loved it. She mentioned him, I think twice, during one of her many acceptance speeches. Come on. You’re still not ready to admit that you sing along to Love Yourself? And that Sorry makes you happy? JB won By Lainey • Feb 25, 2016 10:41 am
Maple Leaf Rihanna & Drake at the BRITs There was a Page Six report earlier this week speculating that the real reason Rihanna bailed on the Grammys is because she saw the quality of the other performances and decided hers was sh-t and she was too embarrassed. Another Page Six source insists she really did have bronchitis. By Lainey • Feb 25, 2016 09:41 am
Music Adele wins 4 BRITs I posted about Adele partway through the BRIT Awards yesterday – click here if you missed that. At that point she’d won, I think, two awards and publicly supported Kesha. By the end of the night it was four. And she was overcome while collecting the last one, sobbing during By Lainey • Feb 25, 2016 09:23 am
Oscars 2016 Intro for February 25, 2016 Dear Gossips, Chris Rock covers the Oscar week issue of The Hollywood Reporter. The photo shoot happened before the nominations were announced. And the interview was supposed to take place after that. But then #OscarsSoWhite happened and Chris subsequently cancelled all planned press and promotion. Because why kill the anticipation? By Lainey • Feb 25, 2016 08:57 am
Style Breaking: Posh no heels Victoria Beckham’s latest collection at NY Fashion Week was almost universally acclaimed. And generated the most activity on social media. Also, she walked out at the end, not in heels, but in a gorgeously slouchy sweater and trainers: Embed from Getty Images That wasn’t an accident either. In By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 05:13 pm
Music Adele is not in black!!! I may have puked out a few too many exclamation points there but it’s Adele and she’s not wearing black and it was a surprise for me and I thought that, maybe, it might be a surprise for you too and also I’m all jacked up because By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 03:58 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Krysten Ritter’s dark lip and dark hair I don’t actually care what she’s wearing. I mean it’s lovely. But whatever. This entire look is made by that lip and that hair. The shine! Have I mentioned that I have good hair? It’s thick and long and it too shines. But Krysten Ritter just By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 03:12 pm
Business of Hollywood Mindy Kaling: artist and activist Ahead of the Oscars, the New York Times has just published a piece called What It’s Really Like To Work In Hollywood (if you’re not a straight white man) featuring commentary from 27 industry players sharing their experiences in their own words. Queen Latifah is there. Julia Roberts By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 01:48 pm
Oscars 2016 Cracker Barrel Special Reserve Perfect Pairings: Kathryn Bigelow and Barbra Streisand Continuing our awards season “Perfect Pairings” of all time. If you missed the first two, click here to read about Denzel and Halle’s history making wins in 2002 and here for Matt and Ben’s Good Will Hunting win. This time it’s Barbra Streisand and Kathryn Bigelow. In By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 01:24 pm
Break Ups I’m Single, the outfit Earlier this week US Weekly reported that Lea Michele and her boyfriend of 2 years, Matthew Paetz, were no longer together. According to the magazine’s source, he broke up with her because “he had enough” and, afterwards, “she was completely crushed”. Also, “she was completely blindsided” and “he won’ By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 11:03 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Cate’s slick black dress This dress has to be a perfect f-cking fit if it’s going to work, with this material. And, as you can see, it is. Only Cate f-cking Blanchett can make a dress this tight, this body-con, look like it’s suitable for a meeting with the By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 10:03 am
Amazingness Play this forever One of the main features of this blog, and maybe the reason it exists, is to celebrate Mariah Carey and, in particular, the fact that she doesn't walk. I have dedicated probably hundreds of posts to this beautiful truth. All of those articles were uploaded with joy and By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 09:54 am
Equality Issues Danai & Lupita make history After a successful run off-Broadway at the Public Theatre, Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed began previews on Broadway at the Golden Theatre last night. It’s the first time in Broadway history that the cast, director, and writer are all women. Eclipsed is the third play that Danai has written By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 08:58 am
Maple Leaf Intro for February 24, 2016 Dear Gossips, Celine Dion performed for the first time in Vegas last night since the passing of her husband, René Angélil, and she dedicated the show, and the rest of her life and career, really, to his memory. I say this with no snark whatsoever – I feel like Celine feels By Lainey • Feb 24, 2016 08:27 am
Quiveration Nicholas’s birthday gift Burberry show at London Fashion Week. Nicholas Hoult in a leather jacket. That’s a good present, right? God he is SO cute. Anyway, he took his sister, Rosanna. Rosanna is also an actor. She’s 32. And I’m only telling you her age because I’m playing Duana By Lainey • Feb 23, 2016 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan & Octavia Ryan Coogler was honoured by the American Black Film Festival the other night with the Rising Star Award. The award was presented to him by Octavia Spencer who he directed in Fruitvale Station. People keep saying that Ryan is an emerging talent. I feel like he’s kinda arrived now, By Lainey • Feb 23, 2016 03:37 pm
