Music Taylor Swift’s bloat and gloat It was, not surprisingly, a huge weekend for Taylor Swift. The Tortured Poets Department is breaking all kinds of records everywhere. The streaming numbers are massive, even by her standards, and her standards for streaming and consumption are already extraordinary. But also? As Billboard reports, 1.4 million copies were By Lainey • Apr 22, 2024 12:37 pm
Top Reads Beyoncé shows her hair Since Beyoncé launched CÉCRED, her haircare line, there’s been a lot of excitement and praise but also some side-eying and criticism. Most women, most people, have a deep relationship with their hair – it’s mood and identity, it’s expression and it’s presentation. For Black women in particular By Lainey • Apr 22, 2024 10:47 am
Style Intro for April 22, 2024 Dear Gossips, Starting the day, and the week, with some men’s fashion because I was just scrolling through our photo agencies and this is what popped out immediately. Now this is a f-cking serve, Eddie Redmayne. gayle rankin and eddie redmayne have arrived on the red carpet for the By Lainey • Apr 22, 2024 09:31 am
Music Taylor Swift’s “Mad Girl’s Love Song” Poetry professors, sorry. I may have pissed you off by invoking Sylvia Plath in connection with Taylor Swift. But this is one of two poems that came to mind when I was listening to Taylor’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department. “Mad Girl’s Love Song” was Plath calling By Lainey • Apr 19, 2024 11:17 am
What Else What Else? Salma Hayek stepped out in a sequined dress that, frankly, I loathe. This does nothing for me, and part of it is the colour. I don’t f-ck with blue, and this shade of blue is the one that offends me the most. Is it rational? No. It’s just By Lainey • Apr 18, 2024 04:02 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Katie on her 18th Birthday Today is Suri Cruise’s 18th birthday so I’m posting these pictures of her mother, Katie Holmes, in New York yesterday in a really great shirt over an equally great pair of trousers, plus brand new shots of her from today. But, like, can you believe it’s been By Lainey • Apr 18, 2024 01:21 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Rihanna works the carpet It’s kinda old school, the way Rihanna works a carpet at one of her events. So many celebrities these days, whether it’s at movie premieres or product launches, even though it’s to promote their own projects, do the posing but don’t stop to talk to the By Lainey • Apr 18, 2024 11:07 am
Music Intro for April 18, 2024 Dear Gossips, As I mentioned the other day in my post about Taylor Swift, her fans have been trying to piece together clues about the upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department, dropping tonight at midnight, using QR codes and there’s also something going on at Apple Music were a By Lainey • Apr 18, 2024 09:08 am
What Else What Else? Hugh Grant says he doesn’t want tabloid money – and I believe him. What he’s really after is the truth, exposing the truth about the British tabloids and the f-cksh-t and unlawful way they have in the past (and some believe still) go about their business. Ironically he has By Lainey • Apr 17, 2024 04:00 pm
Gorgessity Zendaya: An off-carpet catchup As I said earlier in my first post of today about Zendaya and her stunning appearance at last night’s Hollywood premiere of Challengers, she and Law Roach have been drilling us with so many winners (OK can someone please compliment me on my tennis puns over the last few By Lainey • Apr 17, 2024 02:16 pm
Gorgessity Zendaya’s Final Slam Part 1 Please note that this is the first of two Zendaya fashion posts today. Because I’ve been holding on posting some of her looks from the weekend while waiting for last night’s Challengers premiere in LA to combine it all in one article. But then it was suuuuuuch a By Lainey • Apr 17, 2024 10:59 am
Style Intro for April 17, 2024 Dear Gossips, “Denim on denim on denim on denim” is what Beyoncé is showing us in her latest Instagram post. This, after all, is the dominant fabric of act ii and, given how organised Beyoncé usually is, these fits were probably sourced weeks if not months in advance which, as By Lainey • Apr 17, 2024 09:05 am
What Else What Else? I saw these photos of Jennifer Aniston the other day and I didn’t think they were new. Turns out they are new, from The Morning Show at Paley Fest, but the reason I didn’t clock it is because, well, the outfit didn’t stand out to me. Yes, By Lainey • Apr 16, 2024 04:05 pm
Music Taylor’s Ticking Clock Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department is dropping in two days, technically three, but probably every Swiftie on the planet will be listening to it at exactly midnight when Thursday becomes Friday. Which is why, with just over 48 hours to go, it’s getting to the frenzy point By Lainey • Apr 16, 2024 02:56 pm
TV Updates A new season of Lily Gladstone Lily Gladstone was one of the best parts of the award season that just was. It was the way she met the moment with grace and generosity, how she carried her responsibility with respect but also with joy. And of course her fashion! Now that she’s wrapped up her By Lainey • Apr 16, 2024 12:47 pm
BFFs Meghan’s Montecito Jam It was about a month ago yesterday that Meghan Markle announced she was launching her own brand, American Riviera Orchard, and it was reported then that jams and jellies would be part of the inventory. Now we’re actually seeing the jam. On social media yesterday two of her friends By Lainey • Apr 16, 2024 11:49 am
