Music Annie Lennox destroyed the Grammys It’s a good song…although I find it repetitive which is probably why it needed her. Because did she ever take the Church to another level, holy F-CK, Annie Lennox. Holy F-CK. Who could possibly follow that? Is that why I’m listening to No More I Love Yous By Lainey • Feb 09, 2015 09:11 am
Amazingness “No Kanye” After all these years, do you feel differently now about what Kanye West did to Taylor Swift at the VMAs? “Imma let you finish”? It’s still a dick move, yes. But would you change Gossip History and remove it from the Gossip Books? I’m not even sure Taylor By Lainey • Feb 09, 2015 08:49 am
BFFs Taylor Swift: the Julia Roberts of the Grammys Vulture asked a very important question on Twitter last night: Who has more friends, Taylor or Gwyneth? It’s been a year now, right? Since I first started calling Taylor Swift the “Friend Collector”? She’s also, like, the official mascot of music award shows now too. You can always By Lainey • Feb 09, 2015 07:57 am
Grammy Awards 2015 Madonna’s Grammys squatting To me, Madonna looked stiff last night at the Grammys. There was no fluidity in her movements. My friend Iain, the most ardent Madonna fan I know, even he called her performance “cautious”, wishing she would just let go. That’s about as critical as it gets from Iain on By Lainey • Feb 09, 2015 07:21 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 9, 2015 Dear Gossips, Did you know that both Taylor Swift and Kanye West were born in the Year of the Snake? If you’re a Snake too, here’s what my ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken, is advising for the Year of the Goat/Sheep: Might not be the best year By Lainey • Feb 09, 2015 07:01 am
Quiveration I am really attracted to Stephen Colbert I mean, I’m always attracted to Stephen Colbert… But right now, with his glasses off, and his hair longer like that, and you can see his nose and his cheekbones, so defined… Oh My God. Is there even a little Rob Lowe in his face? THERE IS TOTALLY ROB By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 03:30 pm
Amazingness Chris Pratt keeps his promise Chris Pratt and Chris Evans bet on the Super Bowl. Pratt’s West Coast, Evans is East. They were playing for charity. Obviously Evans won. So here’s Chris Pratt today in Boston visiting the kids at Christopher’s House, supporting families with children who have cancer and are being By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 01:31 pm
BFFs Gwyneth’s holiday photos Gwyneth Paltrow was in Mexico a couple of weeks ago for a minibreak. I posted some of her beach shots at the time. Click here to see. Now she’s showing us some of her own pictures on GOOP in a scrapbook clearly intended to promote the resort where they By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 12:11 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Sienna’s white dress and coat SUUUUCH a great white dress on her. And check out the coat. It’s just… a coat. Do you ever have anxiety about a great outfit/dress underneath and having to wear your parka over top and that it’s almost a waste? No waste. Doesn’t matter. Stay warm By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 11:43 am
Baby and Bump Obsession JT & Grammy weekend The 20/20 Experience was not nominated for Grammy Album of the Year in 2014. Here’s how the Associated Press put it this week: “It's still surprising that Justin Timberlake's comeback album, "The 20/20 Experience," didn't earn a nomination for By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 11:30 am
Quiveration My Obsession promoting the rubs Here they come… And I didn’t even mean it that way, I swear. I just went back to read it and realised how it came off. My original point is that Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson are now on the press circuit for Fifty Shades Of Grey. And, as you By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 10:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Fifty Shades of Want vs Need Duana taught me something I repeat often here on my blog. In her case, as a screenwriter, it’s about how the story and the audience relate, and how it’s the writer’s job to: Give them what they need, not what they want. I’ve been thinking a By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 10:28 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 6, 2015 Dear Gossips, Wednesday was the Start of Spring on the Chinese calendar meaning it’s now officially the Year of the Goat/Sheep (even though Chinese New Year is on February 19th). That day I posted a Squawking Chicken (my ma) advisory for those born in the Year of the By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 09:05 am
Music Madonna Maleficent This was released on SnapChat today so I don’t know how long it’ll be before this video gets taken down. I suggest you watch it right away… It’s new Madonna. The song is Living For Love. Not the worst recent song we’ve heard from her. But By Lainey • Feb 05, 2015 05:04 pm
Gorgessity Rihanna: the Harper’s Bazaar shoot She swims with sharks. And the pictures are breathtaking. But of course they are. She is. She’s Rihanna. She is an attitude, all by herself. And, yes, one of the few who, at just 26 years old, can actually be called a legitimate fashion icon. So this shoot… with By Lainey • Feb 05, 2015 03:45 pm
Maple Leaf The Justin Bieber Contrition Tour Week 2 Justin Bieber was on Ellen last week to show you that he’s not a dick anymore. Then he posted another “I’m sorry” video on Instagram calling himself “arrogant and conceited”. Because, as I surmised at the time (click here for a refresher), everybody loves Nick Jonas’s Jealous. By Lainey • Feb 05, 2015 01:02 pm
