Top Reads Harry and Meghan’s “New Era” Buckingham Palace released a statement on behalf of the Queen yesterday addressing (inadequately) what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle told Oprah Winfrey about their mental health struggles and the racism they experienced as senior members of the British royal family. Basically they’re claiming they didn’t know how serious By Lainey • Mar 10, 2021 10:12 am
Child Stars Intro for March 10, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Directors Guild of America and the BAFTAs announced their nominations yesterday. Chloe Zhao, widely considered to be the frontrunner this season, and possibly a lock for Oscar, is now the first woman of colour to be nominated by the DGA. The name that really jumped out for By Lainey • Mar 10, 2021 09:08 am
What Else What Else? No surprise, Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas, is issuing ultimatums to her and Harry about them reaching out to him and his relationship with the press. I wonder if anyone in those newsrooms ever considers not taking his call? (Cele|bitchy) I’m going to have nightmares about this. Imagine By Lainey • Mar 09, 2021 04:59 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Harry, Meghan, and Oprah’s Master Class What else were we going to talk about on this week’s episode? And this is also why we’ve done a quick edit, recording last night and turning it around to upload earlier than we normally do. I’ve been posting about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s interview By Lainey • Mar 09, 2021 04:23 pm
Royals The Queen Responds to Harry and Meghan As I noted in my previous post about Prince Charles, there was word that Buckingham Palace could be coming out with a statement by EOD addressing what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle said during their interview with Oprah Winfrey. Shortly after that article went live, a statement on behalf of By Lainey • Mar 09, 2021 03:11 pm
Top Reads Prince Charles: After the Television Event of the Year It’s been two days since the Television Event of the Year, hosted by Oprah and starring Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Prince Charles stepped out today in London to visit a vaccine clinic and was reportedly in good spirits. And the photo op was…interesting: You guys, Prince Charles By Lainey • Mar 09, 2021 12:49 pm
TV Updates Intro for March 9, 2021 Dear Gossips, There’s still more to stay about Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, aka the Television Event of the Year, and check here if you missed my last post of yesterday on how Harry turned his cameo into a leading role, but for now, By Lainey • Mar 09, 2021 09:43 am
What Else What Else? I don’t think I’ve ever been in a phase of any relationship where I dressed like the other person. Unless a grey hoodie counts? I don’t know if it counts. Because a grey hoodie is a wardrobe staple and a thing you just throw on. Which has By Lainey • Mar 08, 2021 04:00 pm
Royals Prince Harry’s non-Cameo: A British Monarchy 101 That was… a very clever and deliberate misdirect, wasn’t? In the days leading up to Oprah’s special with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, most people, probably everyone, thought this was going to be Meghan going in hard on the British royals, that this would mostly be about Meghan, By Lainey • Mar 08, 2021 01:36 pm
Royals Harry, Meghan, and Royal Racism Going into the broadcast, most of us were expecting a certain kind of tea, right? Maybe some sh-t about Prince William and his relationship with Harry, and yes, by extension Kate would come up too. She did come up. But as I mentioned, she came up EARLY. And I think By Lainey • Mar 08, 2021 10:26 am
Royals Meghan Markle, Mental Health, and the British Royal Institution This post may be triggering for those suffering with mental health issues. One of the most disturbing revelations that came out of Oprah’s interview with Meghan Markle was that Meghan’s mental health was so fragile during her pregnancy that she “didn’t want to be alive anymore” and By Lainey • Mar 08, 2021 08:08 am
Royals Intro for March 8, 2021 Dear Gossips, Last week, I kept calling it the Television Event of the Year. And, well, that wasn’t an exaggeration, was it? Now that we’ve finally seen Oprah’s two-hour special with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, it was clear from the very first block that it would By Lainey • Mar 08, 2021 07:38 am
What Else What Else? Jason Sudeikis was papped leaving Keeley Hazell’s place the other day in London. But supposedly it’s not serious. Which is code for… you know. Or it’s code for – Olivia did me dirty with Harry Styles and I stand by that narrative. Sure. Apparently he also zoomed from By Lainey • Mar 05, 2021 04:11 pm
Top Reads Oprah Asks Meghan: Why Now Is The Right Time? Are you ready for the television event of the year on Sunday? I was talking to someone yesterday who isn’t even into royal sh-t and she was like, I need to watch this interview, and I don’t have cable, I have to figure out how I can make By Lainey • Mar 05, 2021 01:36 pm
Award Season Campaigning Minari’s Oscar Campaign Features the Star of Award Season Oscar nomination voting begins today and runs until March 10. The nominations will be announced March 15. Right now, if there’s a frontrunner, it’s probably Nomadland, off the strength of director Chloe Zhao’s lead in the director race and its universal acclaim. Heading into the Globes, Nomadland’ By Lainey • Mar 05, 2021 11:45 am
Gorgessity Outfit of the Week: Kelly Marie Tran Disney’s Raya and The Last Dragon is now available to stream on Disney+. Read Sarah’s review of the film here – spoiler alert: it’s GOOD. I loved it. I loved the story, I love the actors, I laughed, I cried more than I expected to, and it looks By Lainey • Mar 05, 2021 10:24 am
