What Else What Else? The Queen has an online store. And she’s selling condiments. Like ketchup and steak sauce, LOL. What happened to all that talk about the British royals not operating like garden-variety influencers? This is exactly what influencers do! Artisanal ketchup is peak influencer! But if it’s “not royal” to By Lainey • Jan 31, 2022 04:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney: On Ben, Brad, and Julia When George Clooney returned to LA a couple of weeks ago after the COVID situation in Australia shut down production on his latest film, Ticket to Paradise, I wrote that it could be an opportunity to campaign behind the scenes for Ben Affleck’s performance in The Tender Bar. Indeed By Lainey • Jan 31, 2022 01:23 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Rihanna is Pregnant Rihanna and A$AP Rocky announced this morning that they are expecting their first child together. In the most throwback and modern way possible – the pap set-up shot! You can see the photos at Page Six. Nothing about this is accidental, obviously. She is styled for the confirmation with that By Lainey • Jan 31, 2022 11:28 am
Top Reads Prince Andrew faces “uncomfortable” but not “combative” deposition Virginia Roberts Giuffre is suing the non-HRH Prince Andrew, second son of the Queen of England, in US court, alleging that he raped her when she was 17-years-old after she was introduced to him as part of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking operation. Andrew has tried to get By Lainey • Jan 31, 2022 10:37 am
Shout-Outs January 31, 2022 – Shout-Outs For Aleksandra “Ola” with all the love from Elaine, your “person”. What a beautiful thing, to have someone in our life who is part of your soul. You’ve been through it together, and also apart, and I hope this year, finally, you’ll be able to see each other, By Lainey • Jan 31, 2022 09:20 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for January 31, 2022 Dear Gossips, It’s Lunar New Year’s Eve! At my house, and my parents’, we’ve been prepping for Lunar New Year for a couple of weeks. We’ve been cleaning for days. I spent a few hours yesterday packing up several boxes to either throw out or give By Lainey • Jan 31, 2022 08:59 am
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 28, 2022 Me again, subbing in for Maria here. She’ll be back on Monday. But today is Friday and regularly on Fridays, between March and December-ish, we get a Lewis Hamilton moment. The F1 season is on hiatus right now, though, but look, here are some new shots of Lewis in By Lainey • Jan 28, 2022 12:40 pm
Top Reads Brad Pitt, Lykke Li, and Mary-Kate Olsen?! Yesterday, I posted about the rumour that Brad Pitt is dating Lykke Li, a story that’s been percolating since last summer since it was mentioned on a Swedish podcast and someone sent in that tip to DeuxMoi. The Sun got it going again this week and then PEOPLE had By Lainey • Jan 28, 2022 10:17 am
Orlando Bloom Rihanna and Katy in New York Rihanna and Katy Perry were both in New York last night and out for dinner with their partners but not together. RiRi and A$AP Rocky went to Pastis and Katy and Orlando Bloom were at Carbone and seeing their photos at the agency, in the same city, doing the By Lainey • Jan 28, 2022 09:36 am
What Else What Else? If you watch Yellowjackets, then no doubt you are crushing hard on Christina Ricci and her performance as Misty. Love this essay by Kaleigh Donaldson, “The Long-Awaited Return of Christina Ricci”. (Pajiba) I like weird ass fashion as much as the next person but I’m not sure I can By Lainey • Jan 27, 2022 04:31 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 27, 2022 Taking over here temporarily from Maria for the next couple of days… Of the two famous Affleck brothers, it’s Ben who has the reputation for PDA and especially over the last two years with Ana de Armas and Jennifer Lopez. But he’s not doing love declarations on social By Lainey • Jan 27, 2022 03:36 pm
Camila Morrone Vintage and Malibu Leo Here are Leonardo DiCaprio and Camila Morrone yesterday at his new place in Malibu. He bought the place last September for over $13 million dollars, and it’s an upgrade from another place that he then sold in November for $10.3 million which he’d owned for over 20 By Lainey • Jan 27, 2022 03:06 pm
Royals Prince Andrew Performs Innocence Prince Andrew’s legal team yesterday formally filed an eleven page document in response to Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s lawsuit against him. Virginia is suing him in US civil court, alleging that the Queen of England’s second son raped her when she was a teenager, after they were introduced By Lainey • Jan 27, 2022 12:53 pm
Olivia Rodrigo Olivia Rodrigo’s 90s Dinner In the previous post about Brad Pitt I mentioned Mother Wolf, the new celebrity hotspot in LA. And Olivia Rodrigo was there with close friend Conan Gray last night for dinner, repping 90s nostalgia, which is dominating the culture right now; the 90s are everywhere, from television (Yellowjackets, Euphoria) to By Lainey • Jan 27, 2022 11:02 am
Hook Ups Brad Pitt & Lykke Li: More Smoke Just over six months ago, back in June 2021, some on a Swedish podcast said that Brad Pitt was dating Lykke Li. Lykke is from Sweden but based in LA. The tip about the podcast was sent to DeuxMoi and there hadn’t been any significant new developments since, until By Lainey • Jan 27, 2022 10:01 am
Shout-Outs January 27, 2022 – Shout-Outs A Room of Your Own book club is a Canadian non-profit for at-risk teen girls founded by Tanya Marie Lee. Each book club participant received a book a month and they have the opportunity to meet the author and discuss what they’ve read. In 2019, they met Michelle Obama. By Lainey • Jan 27, 2022 09:46 am
