Equality Issues Intro for May 21, 2021 Dear Gossips, Bela, Eloise, Lucia, and Mila are known as The Linda Lindas, and yesterday they went viral. If you’ve already seen this video, you know what a fist-pumper it is. And if you haven’t, well, this is the perfect start to the weekend, which happens to be By Lainey • May 21, 2021 09:31 am
What Else What Else? Totally agree with the Fug Girls here and their public service announcement about Alessandra Ambrosio’s footwear and the dangers presented in wearing them. I actually thought, before I clicked on the image, that they were talking about flip-flops. Because flip-flops are a hazard. I know because I broke my By Lainey • May 20, 2021 04:05 pm
Ryan Reynolds Ryan Reynolds: Creating Ownership Content One of these days we’ll need to dedicate an episode of Show Your Work to Ryan Reynolds because… he has been doing a LOT of good work over the last couple of years. Ryan has a LOT going on. Multiple film projects which, alone, could keep him full time By Lainey • May 20, 2021 01:07 pm
BFFs Drake’s week of partying Drake partying for a whole week isn’t an extraordinary occurrence. The artist formerly known as The Boy lives large, rolls deep, and has been on a decade-plus streak that does not seem to be coming to end any time soon. He just invested in a chicken meat substitute that’ By Lainey • May 20, 2021 12:00 pm
TV Updates Friends…in Canada Yesterday in What Else?, I wrote that in Canada there wasn’t word yet on whether or not we’d be getting the Friends reunion. Today, super fresh, Crave has confirmed it: the Friends reunion will stream exclusively day and date a week from today on Thursday May 27th. Friends By Lainey • May 20, 2021 11:09 am
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
