Gorgessity Angelina Jolie: Queen Bee Today is World Bee Day, meant to “raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they face, and their contribution to sustainable development” as designated by the United Nations. As we all know, Angelina Jolie has long been associated with the UN and a special portrait of her, surrounded By Lainey • May 20, 2021 09:40 am
Ben Affleck Intro for May 20, 2021 Dear Gossips, If there was any doubt about how much of a pop cultural impact Bennifer has been from back in the day and in their current form, whatever that may be… well… here’s what the Boston Red Sox did this week: @redsox Miss you, J-Lo ❤️ #redsox #neverforgetyou #jlo By Lainey • May 20, 2021 09:12 am
What Else What Else? The big news yesterday was that Naomi Campbell is a mother now and nobody knew – but now suddenly the tabloids in the UK are all over it with new information about a “secret boyfriend” with whom she’s living in New York. (Dlisted) Pink wore what the Fug Girls are By Lainey • May 19, 2021 04:50 pm
Style Swoon! Rocky loves Rihanna Disney and fairytale romance conditioning is strong. Like I wonder if I’ll ever be fully rid of it. Not that A$AP Rocky and Rihanna are anything resembling a conventional fairytale but this declaration, this trope of the player who falls in love and finds the one… it’s By Lainey • May 19, 2021 01:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Stone: Movie Star at a Movie Premiere! Movie Stars at movie premieres were a regular daily occurrence, often a multiple daily occurrence, up until 15 months ago. Which is when Movie Stars stopped going to movie premieres because everything stopped. Over the last year, there have been occasional movie premieres, but in Hollywood, those premieres did not By Lainey • May 19, 2021 10:32 am
Sinead O'Connor Intro for May 19, 2021 Dear Gossips, The first thing I read this morning was the New York Times profile on Sinead O’Connor. Her memoir, Rememberings, is due out next month and she finally tells the story about Prince that she’s been promising for a while now, alleging that he “terrorised” her one By Lainey • May 19, 2021 09:12 am
What Else What Else? Here in Canada we are still working to get more of our population vaccinated with their first shot. I had mine a few weeks ago and as a member of Gen X, I was ready for that AZ. And the side effects. Jacek and I actually got our shots on By Lainey • May 18, 2021 04:03 pm
Music BTS Will “Butter” Everything BTS is about to drop their new song, “Butter”, in just three days. For their ARMY, that means non-stop promotional photos and other small sips over the last few weeks leading up to the release. And for everyone else it means …get ready, even if you’re not on the By Lainey • May 18, 2021 03:06 pm
Music JLo’s “sexy summer fun” Didn’t have a chance yesterday to catch up on the best celebrity gossip story of the year so far: Bennifer 2021. They haven’t been seen together again but there are a few interesting angles to pursue. Let’s start with Page Six’s story from the weekend with By Lainey • May 18, 2021 11:26 am
Intro for May 18, 2021 Dear Gossips, Exactly two years ago in this space, I posted about a film I’d just seen, The Grizzlies, “based on the inspiring true story of the youth of Kugluktuk, Nunavut - who were transformed by the power of sport, family, tradition, and community, and in turn, transformed their By Lainey • May 18, 2021 08:49 am
What Else What Else? Loooooove what Yvonne Orji wore to the MTV Movie and TV Awards. This dress was designed by Mimi Plange and it’s perfect for this event – fun and fresh and whimsical and it really comes alive when she moves, with all those tassels swinging around, revealing pops of green underneath. By Lainey • May 17, 2021 06:21 pm
Royals Prince Harry on Armchair Expert Thanks for all your emails last week about Prince Harry’s appearance on Dax Shepard and Monica Padman’s podcast Armchair Expert. It was over an hour and a half so I banked it for the weekend and probably it was the same for others, so now that people have By Lainey • May 17, 2021 02:17 pm
TV Updates Elizabeth & Kathryn: The Witches Win Big The MTV Movie and TV Awards are kinda like the People’s Choice Awards – if you show up, it means you’re winning something. And Marvel won almost everything last night, with Anthony Mackie taking home Best Hero and Best Onscreen Duo (with Sebastian Stan, who wasn’t there). During By Lainey • May 17, 2021 12:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scarjo Gets Slimed Scarlett Johansson received the Generation Award at the MTV Movie and TV Awards last night. She was not in attendance which means while things are definitely getting back to normal, whatever that means, we’re not quite there yet. And also, Scarjo is based in New York and she obviously By Lainey • May 17, 2021 10:55 am
Relationship Assumption Taika and Rita get papped It’s been a few weeks since it became known that Taika Waititi and Rita Ora are dating. Rita has been in Australia for months working on The Voice and she posted a photo with Taika on Instagram, included among other photos in a carousel, which is when people really By Lainey • May 17, 2021 09:29 am
Equality Issues Intro for May 17, 2021 Dear Gossips, The MTV Movie and TV Awards happened last night. And the winner for Best Movie… To All The Boys: Always and Forever. This is important. This is a movie about an Asian American young woman starring an Asian American young woman, which sounds redundant because why wouldn’t By Lainey • May 17, 2021 08:52 am
