Equality Issues Chloe Zhao in the Lead Chloe Zhao made history last night at the Golden Globes. She’s now only the second woman to win Best Director after Barbra Streisand did it in 1983 – which means it’s been, do the math, 38 years between women – and the first woman of Asian descent to be given By Lainey • Mar 01, 2021 09:39 am
Golden Globes 2021 The Crown: A Royal Sweep Not the best night for the actual British royals was it? Before the Golden Globes started, CBS dropped their first teaser for Oprah’s exclusive with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle which is all they’re talking about in the media in England today, and then during the Globes, The By Lainey • Mar 01, 2021 08:14 am
Golden Globes 2021 The Golden Globes About the Golden Globes This is how Golden Globes weekend usually works – party after party leading up to the event, and excitement about who will show up and who they’ll be sitting with, or not sitting with, and what the red carpet will look like, and basically all kinds of distractions and hype. By Lainey • Mar 01, 2021 05:51 am
Golden Globes 2021 Intro for March 1, 2021 Dear Gossips, Ordinarily in this space on Golden Globe Monday, we’d be leading with a note about the Globes to kick off our Globes package. That… is not what’s happening today. And it’s not just because the Globes were virtual-ish. After all, we had a whole Emmys By Lainey • Mar 01, 2021 05:00 am
What Else What Else? I hadn’t heard of this story until today – and despite the fact that it’s a really unfortunate tattoo considering all that’s happened, and I totally understand why she’s mortified now, she’s handling it the only way to handle it: laughing. I mean who could have By Lainey • Feb 26, 2021 04:08 pm
Equality Issues BTS and Anti-Asian Racism Over the last few weeks, there has been a louder – not loud enough, in my opinion – but at least louder conversation about anti-Asian racism and the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. This is in part due to Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu raising awareness about the attack on a By Lainey • Feb 26, 2021 01:47 pm
Amazingness Prince Harry’s Carpool Karaoke Thirst Trap What a major score for CBS and the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle exclusives. Their Oprah Winfrey special with the Sussexes airs on March 7 and they also air James Corden, which means Carpool Karaoke is theirs too. Before we get to the Harry specifics though, let me just get By Lainey • Feb 26, 2021 09:58 am
Shout-Outs February 26, 2021 – Smutty Shout-Outs This one’s for Nigel and Megan… who is missing Nigel so much. It’s been a year, and a f-ck of a year at that. I know you miss him, you will always miss him. That said, I do love how you remember him: haughty and judgy, with SUCH By Lainey • Feb 26, 2021 09:20 am
Intro for February 26, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Golden Globes are happening on Sunday – and these may be the first Golden Globes of Instagram. Of course while the show is still airing on conventional broadcast, the fashion moments will mostly happen on social media, and mostly Instagram, as nominees have been encouraged to stay home By Lainey • Feb 26, 2021 08:55 am
What Else What Else? These wax works are terrible, I agree. And I hate that I’ve seen them because now I worry that whenever I see the real people, I’m just going to think of what they look like in wax. Jon Hamm’s, in particular, is extra troubling. Does one have By Lainey • Feb 25, 2021 04:08 pm
Celebrity Social Media Lady Gaga’s Dog Abduction! Earlier today I was planning on posting these shots of Lady Gaga in Rome wearing a really great dress (yesterday before the news), in town to work on her next film, but then decided I would save them for tomorrow’s Outfit of the Week. But then… I heard about By Lainey • Feb 25, 2021 02:00 pm
Brad Pitt Brad Pitt’s Low Pony…But His Forearm! Brad Pitt was photographed yesterday in Beverly Hills leaving an office building after a long meeting or shoot. It’s unclear what he was doing but he is still in production for Bullet Train, which started shooting in November. Director David Leitch has been sharing some photos from set – here’ By Lainey • Feb 25, 2021 11:00 am
Child Stars Intro for February 25, 2021 Dear Gossips, Has Emma Watson retired from acting? She’s trending on my timeline this morning because of a vague-ish report in the Daily Mail from a few days ago that seems to be just picking up now. The Mail quotes her agent who says that her career is “dormant” By Lainey • Feb 25, 2021 08:57 am
What Else What Else? Sacha Baron Cohen says he will not make another Borat movie and that he’s done with the disguises because it’s just too dangerous. And it IS dangerous. So this is the best decision. But it’s also a reminder to people about the risks he’s taken in By Lainey • Feb 24, 2021 04:08 pm
Relationship Assumption Jennie & G-Dragon This is major celebrity news out of South Korea and it should be major celebrity news period because BLACKPINK has been in our area for a while now and G-Dragon has been called the “King of K-pop” for years. He is one of the most influential entertainers in the Far By Lainey • Feb 24, 2021 03:06 pm
Music BTS Unplugged As anticipated in yesterday’s open, ahead of, during, and after BTS’s MTV Unplugged, the band and its fans took over social media. BTS or BTS-related hashtags and buzzwords, even the names of the bandmembers themselves, were trending in all the top spots. And then, not that they needed By Lainey • Feb 24, 2021 12:24 pm
