Top Reads Kanye and His (New) Cinderella: Celebrity Couple-Off 2022 As I wrote yesterday, gossip is giving us a couple-off to kick off 2022 and now Kanye West and Julia Fox have answered Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian’s trip to the Bahamas. To recap: Kanye and Julia spent NYE together in Miami, then went out for a second date By Lainey • Jan 07, 2022 10:13 am
Shout-Outs January 7, 2022 – Shout-Outs This is for Sarah from Angie and also for Lexi, a Very Good Dog, who was loyal to the whole family, who was there for everyone and for all of it. I’m sorry to hear that she’s gone, that it was her time, even though the timing is By Lainey • Jan 07, 2022 09:47 am
What Else What Else? Shonda Rhimes covers Variety and OH, WOW, she looks amazing in this dress, I love it so much. She is the highest paid showrunner in Hollywood. You got that? That’s her title. And, well, when you have that title, you are BUSY. Shonda is busy with so much – and By Lainey • Jan 06, 2022 04:07 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 6, 2022 Near the end of last year, Grinch green seemed to be everywhere. Would you consider this to be Grinch green on Tracee Ellis Ross? Depends on the light, I say. It’s an amazing colour on her though. And I really, really like it against a green background too. The By Lainey • Jan 06, 2022 03:36 pm
Relationship Assumption Harry Styles prepares a roast? Harry Styles was photographed leaving the butcher’s yesterday in London. Is he making a roast? I’m assuming he and whoever he’s with is making the food because, in theory, if you’re going to get your own meat, you’re also cooking your own meat…right? Otherwise, By Lainey • Jan 06, 2022 01:28 pm
Top Reads Jessica Simpson’s Business Cover Story Typically these days, when a celebrity covers a business magazine, it’s all about their entrepreneurial wins. Ryan Reynolds’s Maximum Effort comes to mind – and he and his agency deserve it. Yes, what ended up happening with Chris Noth and Peloton f-cked up what was a really great marketing By Lainey • Jan 06, 2022 12:38 pm
Gossip Nostalgia A Celebrity Couple-Off and Gossip Nostalgia Kanye West is making major celebrity headlines this week after going on multiple dates with Julia Fox, a new gossip star in the making. Yesterday afternoon PEOPLE.com did one of those “everything to know about” posts and she showed up in similar fashion across the internet and social media. By Lainey • Jan 06, 2022 11:09 am
Top Reads Prince Andrew: An Advance Settlement Spin? US Judge Lewis Kaplan is currently deciding whether or not to dismiss Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s civil suit against Prince Andrew, after his legal team argued that he should be protected under a 2009 settlement between Virginia and Andrew’s friend, the dead rapist pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Interesting who Prince By Lainey • Jan 06, 2022 10:01 am
Music Intro for January 6, 2022 Dear Gossips, Sometimes history really does repeat itself. A year ago, in this space, I posted about the Grammys being postponed. It’s now 2022 and today’s intro is about the Grammys being postponed, indefinitely. Which is the difference from 2021 because last year when the Recording Academy confirmed By Lainey • Jan 06, 2022 09:05 am
What Else What Else? The Golden Globes were supposed to not be happening and, well, they’re still not happening. They tried though – apparently they still wanted celebrities to participate and were declined. So they’re having a non-event or something on Sunday. The Critics’ Choice Awards were originally scheduled to be on Sunday By Lainey • Jan 05, 2022 04:01 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, January 5, 2022 “A Black teenage girl…discovers she has identical powers to Superman” – that’s Ava DuVernay’s description of NAOMI, the new comic book superhero series premiering next week. Naomi will be played by Kaci Walfall. Can you imagine what the year ahead is going to be like for Kaci? She By Lainey • Jan 05, 2022 03:24 pm
Maple Leaf The New Old Weeknd Major music news this week – The Weeknd has confirmed that his new album, dawn FM, is dropping Friday. On Monday he announced the title. Yesterday he shared the album cover. Today was the tracklist and the artists he’ll be collaborating with: Lil Wayne, Tyler, the Creator, Quincy Jones, and… By Lainey • Jan 05, 2022 02:02 pm
Gorgessity Hoyeon covers Vogue! Hoyeon Jung, the breakout star of Squid Game, covers the February issue of Vogue. This is a surprise but not a surprise… Not a surprise because Hoyeon started her career as a model, and worked in New York for a few years, right up until she had her last callback By Lainey • Jan 05, 2022 01:09 pm
Style Katie’s 2022 Coat and Sweater Game It was a quiet second half of 2021 for Katie Holmes, right? She and Emilio Vitolo Jr broke up in the spring and she spent the next several months working on Rare Objects, a film she’s directing from a script she co-wrote based on the book of the same By Lainey • Jan 05, 2022 11:11 am
Relationship Assumption Kanye West and the Julia Fox Era Last year – so, like, a week ago – you knew Julia Fox from Uncut Gems, or maybe the more recently released No Sudden Move, directed by Steven Soderbergh and featuring an ensemble cast led by Don Cheadle and Benicio Del Toro. So she’s worked with the Safdie Brothers and Soderbergh By Lainey • Jan 05, 2022 10:28 am
Legal issues Intro for January 5, 2022 Dear Gossips, Prince Andrew’s lawyers argued in court yesterday that Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s lawsuit against him should be dismissed because of a 2009 settlement between her and Jeffrey Epstein that was unsealed this week. They were trying to make the case that a provision in the settlement releasing By Lainey • Jan 05, 2022 08:55 am