Music Beyoncé: The Ruby Jubilee Begins Beyoncé’s 40th birthday is on September 4 and as I wrote the other day, it means we’re approaching the Queen of Culture’s Ruby Jubilee. To kick off the Ruby Jubilee, Beyoncé is releasing Ivy Park Rodeo, a western-themed collection, on August 19th. A promotional video or the By Lainey • Aug 10, 2021 12:40 pm
Top Reads Virginia Roberts Giuffre sues Prince Andrew The biggest story right now about the British royal family should not be about who was or wasn’t invited to a birthday party and what to a birthday party. What it should be about is the second son of the Queen of England being sued for sexual abuse. Prince By Lainey • Aug 10, 2021 10:50 am
Equality Issues Intro for August 10, 2021 Dear Gossips, Last week belonged to the unshowered. This the week the showered among us are stepping forward and crusading for the shower. As I posted yesterday, Jodie Turner-Smith and Dwayne The Rock Johnson planted their flags on the shower side. And now it’s Jason Momoa who’s letting By Lainey • Aug 10, 2021 09:27 am
What Else What Else? Have you seen this outfit on Iggy Azalea? It is, as the Fug Girls say, all about subtlety and restraint. This must be why it was photographed. And photographed perfectly, I might add. Everything is in place. The straps sit so well on her arm that they look like they’ By Lainey • Aug 09, 2021 04:02 pm
Style Jennifer Hudson’s Purple Veil Cynthia Erivo has been nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin in the series Genius: Aretha, and now another Aretha Franklin performance could contend during award season – Jennifer Hudson plays Aretha in Respect, which opens this Friday. Aretha herself wanted Jennifer to play her which is both By Lainey • Aug 09, 2021 02:02 pm
BFFs Bennifer Gossip-tocin and Matt Damon Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s birthday European yacht cruise ended over a week ago, with the two of them leaving separately as Ben went off to Paris to meet up with his daughter Violet and JLo returned to LA a few days later. They were not seen together publicly By Lainey • Aug 09, 2021 12:45 pm
Equality Issues The Rock and Jodie: Celebrities and Showers Just last Friday, in What Else?, I commented on the trend in celebrity shower talk and all these famous people talking about bathing or not bathing their children and/or themselves: Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, and also Jake Gyllenhaal. They’re the anti-shower demo. By Lainey • Aug 09, 2021 11:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gemma Chan: The First Eternal It has already been a Marvel-heavy year, with WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, Black Widow, whatever else I’ve left off this list, and with less than six months to go before the end of 2021, there are still two major Marvel releases yet to come – and By Lainey • Aug 09, 2021 10:42 am
Boy Sh-t Intro for August 9, 2021 Dear Gossips, Kanye West held another listening event last week at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta for the second week in a row to promote his upcoming, highly anticipated album, Donda. Not sure how surprising it is that even though he’s been camping out there for weeks now to By Lainey • Aug 09, 2021 09:13 am
What Else What Else? Jessie J and Nicki Minaj remember the song “Bang Bang” differently and Nicki is making it clear that she clearly doesn’t hold the song as fondly in her memories. You know what I learned from this story though? That “Bang Bang” was a big song, because when I look By Lainey • Aug 06, 2021 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu with wet hair Here’s Keanu Reeves in Berlin yesterday heading out of his hotel on his way to the set of John Wick 4. So can we do a “just like us”? Right out of the shower and straight to work. I mean, with actors that’s kinda just the usual. That’ By Lainey • Aug 06, 2021 01:34 pm
Top Reads Jennifer Aniston reads her comments Earlier this week, I posted about Jennifer Aniston’s cover interview for the September 2021 issue of InStyle. As I said at the time, at this point in her career, after all the gossip that’s been written about her for almost 30 years, Jen knows when to give up By Lainey • Aug 06, 2021 12:56 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for August 6, 2021 Dear Gossips, Right now I’m toggling between this document and the CBC Olympics livestream because Canada is playing Sweden in the women’s soccer gold medal match today in Tokyo. This space was always supposed to be dedicated to the game because originally it was scheduled for last night By Lainey • Aug 06, 2021 09:02 am
What Else What Else? I was just talking about Christopher Meloni’s ass yesterday in this space, and now his whole body is being featured in Men’s Health. Which has now gone viral because, well, the internet has been thirsty for Christopher Meloni all year and there are no signs of that thirst By Lainey • Aug 05, 2021 04:01 pm
Style Lady Gaga: Spandex and Heels Technically what Lady Gaga is wearing here isn’t spandex, I don’t think. But you get my point. And I know the spandex and heels look isn’t new – the Kardashians, for instance, are often out in leggings, sports bras, and stilettos – but Gaga is taking it out the By Lainey • Aug 05, 2021 10:37 am
Relationship Assumption “The JLo Effect” and the Met Gala After a glorious week, Bennifer Summer in Europe is now over and it’s been a few days since Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have been seen, either together or separately. Last I heard, after leaving Italy before JLo, Ben was spotted in Paris with daughter Violet. JLo boarded a By Lainey • Aug 05, 2021 10:10 am
