Music Intro for June 11, 2021 Dear Gossips, BTS’s “Butter” is the current #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, its second week at the top of the chart. Tracking for this past week has ended, will be interesting to see if they can go three in a row, which would be a new milestone By Lainey • Jun 11, 2021 09:42 am
What Else What Else? Look at this picture of Simone Biles on the cover of Health! She looks amazing. And properly lit! And you know what else? I bet you achieving this perfect pose was… easy. Because, really, what is jumping up in the air, quite simply, to Simone Biles? She can jump up By Lainey • Jun 10, 2021 04:00 pm
Relationship Assumption Kanye & Irina back in New York Yesterday was officially day one of a new era of Kanye West’s love life because while there had been rumours for a few weeks that he and Irina Shayk are a thing, TMZ broke it open quite loudly that they spent his birthday together in Provence along with some By Lainey • Jun 10, 2021 01:31 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession The Still Never-ending Royal Baby Name Drama Can you believe that there’s been such a stink about the name of a beautiful, innocent six-day-old baby?! As I posted yesterday, the British tabloids and royal courtiers can’t seem to stop bitching about whether or not Prince Harry and Meghan Markle properly informed the Queen about naming By Lainey • Jun 10, 2021 10:10 am
TV Updates Intro for June 10, 2021 Dear Gossips, A trailer for the Gossip Girl reboot, premiering on Crave in Canada and HBO Max on July 8, was released yesterday. Is it just me or does the voice off the top sound like Serena Van Der Woodsen, played of course by Blake Lively? It’s not her, By Lainey • Jun 10, 2021 09:18 am
What Else What Else? Would you go on a Friends-themed cruise? Would you go on a cruise, period? Is cruising going to come back as strong as it was before COVID? And is Friends enough to get you there? I can already tell how annoying I would find it to be on a cruise By Lainey • Jun 09, 2021 04:10 pm
Hook Ups Kanye and Irina Maria addressed this in Celebrity Social Media a few weeks ago. As she noted, at the time, the rumours about Kanye West and Irina Shayk came from DeuxMoi and started circulating from there; she also wrote that she would be “massively into this story if there’s proof”. Well. Here By Lainey • Jun 09, 2021 02:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Rock’s matching dinner outfits Dwayne The Rock Johnson and his wife, Lauren Hashian went out for dinner last night in LA. The Rock doesn’t get papped super often. It might not seem that way because he’s quite active on social media, but I don’t see weekly shots of him on the By Lainey • Jun 09, 2021 01:35 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession The Never-ending Royal Baby Name Drama Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born last Friday, June 4, 2021. She was named after her great-grandmother, the Queen of England, who was called by the nickname when she was young, and her late grandmother Princess Diana. We have been told by her parents, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, that she By Lainey • Jun 09, 2021 11:14 am
Shout-Outs June 9, 2021 – Shout-Outs Rebecca! How has it been seven years?! How badly do we all wish we could do gossip events again?! Thrilled to hear about your plans, and also jealous. LONDON! Where I want to live too! Congratulations on your upcoming move to the UK and especially on your post-graduate studies. I By Lainey • Jun 09, 2021 09:39 am
Bad Shoes Intro for June 9, 2021 Dear Gossips, I logged onto the etalk morning call today a bit late so I missed our host Danielle Graham’s pitch…which was about a fashion item that I wasn’t aware of until this meeting. And typically I like to know as much about fashion items as possible. By Lainey • Jun 09, 2021 09:20 am
What Else What Else? Food culture has traditionally been dominated by whiteness but the truth is, western food has been heavily influenced by Black culture and much of the food that’s considered “North American” has been shaped by people from the contributions of Black people, they’ve just been erased from the conversation. By Lainey • Jun 08, 2021 04:15 pm
Style Zoey Deutch: Instagram Lies and Rainbow Fleece I was originally just going to post these shots of Zoey Deutch’s fleece because this is how social media trends become fashion trends. But we’ll get to that in a minute since it’s just been announced that she’s signed onto a new project and I really By Lainey • Jun 08, 2021 02:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bennifer is “telling their friends” Over the weekend, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were seen arriving and leaving each other’s homes on a couple of occasions. There have also been some sightings of Ben and his assistant flying private so, as of yesterday, he could be out of town, and rumours are that he By Lainey • Jun 08, 2021 01:25 pm
Intro for June 8, 2021 Dear Gossips, Canada is making international headlines once again, from The New York Times to the BBC – and once again it’s because of a tragedy, an act of terror. In a country that for a long time allowed ourselves to believe that we are kinder and gentler. Our history By Lainey • Jun 08, 2021 10:05 am
What Else What Else? Jodie Turner-Smith and her stylist decided to give us some looks. And they are spectacular looks. This is happening to promote Anne Boleyn, the series that premiered in the UK last week. And while I would have loved to see this on a carpet, as you can see, style teams By Lainey • Jun 07, 2021 04:01 pm