TV Updates Intro for October 28, 2022 Dear Gossips, I’ve been listening to Rihanna’s new song, “Lift Me Up”, from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack all morning. Like driving to work, crying. Does it hit this hard only because I’ve seen the movie? Or does it work the same even if you haven’ By Lainey • Oct 28, 2022 09:22 am
What Else What Else? I love this dress on Gwen Stefani and I also enjoy how she’s styling it because I don’t think a lot of people would have worn it with gold booties but for her aesthetic, it’s perfect. My note here is really just about the hair. Not necessarily By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 04:09 pm
Style Wakanda Forever, the premiere I saw Black Panther: Wakanda Forever this morning and while official reviews are still embargoed, reactions are allowed. Here’s my reaction: I SOBBED. Hard. And I don’t cry a lot but I cried a lot during this movie. Also laughed a lot. And did that corny thing were By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 03:19 pm
Douchebags Don’t Come for Keanu Matthew Perry’s memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, has been making headlines the last week or so because of his candid revelations about addiction and mental health. It is making headlines today because of Keanu Reeves: “Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 10:58 am
Royals SPARE Prince Harry Penguin Random House issued a press release earlier today. I got the email at 634am ET which means it was still morning in the UK – basically ensuring that this news would be a top story both in North America and in England. And the news is that Prince Harry’s By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 09:58 am
Music Intro for October 27, 2022 Dear Gossips, The big event on the calendar last night in Hollywood was the premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Earlier this week both Marvel and Rihanna officially confirmed that she’s contributed to the soundtrack with “Lift Me Up”, her first song in six years, dropping on Friday. But By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 09:15 am
What Else What Else? Our site manager Emily has been sending me the videos of Emmanuel the emu for months – and they’re hysterical, I love them so much, I watch them over and over and over again. But all good things must come to an end, I guess, because people are now saying By Lainey • Oct 26, 2022 05:12 pm
Music “Lift Me Up”, Rihanna People have been waiting a long, long time for new music from Rihanna. It was rumoured a couple of weeks ago that she’d be part of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack. And yesterday Marvel seemed to confirm it with this tweet: 👀 #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/EPjcFGbzSH — Marvel Entertainment By Lainey • Oct 26, 2022 03:13 pm
Style Gwyneth and Gal drink the champagne There was a Veuve Clicquot event and Gwyneth Paltrow and Gal Gadot were among the celebrities in attendance, both in black and white. Gwyneth’s dress is pretty special, I’m trying to figure out how it goes on. Side zip for a step-in? I love a step-in By Lainey • Oct 26, 2022 01:34 pm
Douchebags Intro for October 26, 2022 Dear Gossips, When I last wrote about Kanye West’s antisemitism it was about how his hateful messages were being amplified, even though he had ostensibly been deplatformed from social media. Traditional media coverage of Ye continued – and even though it wasn’t supportive of him, it still ended up By Lainey • Oct 26, 2022 10:47 am
Top Reads James Corden apologises on camera James Corden told the New York Times last week that he would address his “behaving-badly-at-a-restaurant” scandal on his show on Monday. As noted on Friday, he seemed defensive and deflective in that NYT interview but, as we know, people change on camera. Hosting a talk show By Lainey • Oct 25, 2022 03:47 pm
Music The Taylor Swift Video Game Taylor Swift's Midnights is the biggest selling album of the year. It has already crossed the one million units sold mark and she briefly crashed Spotify. There are very few artists who can do that consistently, especially in these turbulent content-consuming times, so some of the big By Lainey • Oct 25, 2022 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Annie’s Epic Romance If you’ve been visiting this site regularly over the years, you’re probably aware that I read a lot of horny books, unapologetically. In 2018 or so, I started getting emails from people recommending a book called The Idea of You by Robinne Lee. Those emails picked up again By Lainey • Oct 25, 2022 10:29 am
What Else What Else? There was a Chanel event the other day and everyone showed up in Chanel and I already talked about Andra Day earlier from the Wearable Art Gala and she looks just as good in gold Chanel as she did with the sheer cape. But Chloé Zhao really surprised me! I By Lainey • Oct 24, 2022 04:40 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Olivia Wilde keeps wearing the merch Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis’s former nanny has been talking a lot of sh-t about both of them via the Daily Mail, and was likely paid for it. So as I said last week about this situation, nobody looks good here. The nanny and the Daily Mail seem By Lainey • Oct 24, 2022 03:52 pm
Gorgessity Headpieces, Feathers, and Drama at the Wearable Art Gala Beyoncé was at the WACO Theatre Wearable Art Gala on Saturday and she was the main event, as she always is. She is selective about her appearances, as we know. And her connection to this party, of course, is her mother, Miss Tina. And together they have made the Wearable By Lainey • Oct 24, 2022 12:18 pm
