Shout-Outs February 5, 2021 – Smutty Shout-Outs For Ampy – Happy Birthday Weekend! I am receiving your well-wishes all the way from Singapore and sending mine back to you from Canada. Along with BTS…and Jimin! Here he is, all style and grace, barefoot and dancing: https://twitter.com/parkjiminpics/status/1357412455975063552?s=20 May your year be By Lainey • Feb 05, 2021 09:13 am
Rihanna Intro for February 5, 2021 Dear Gossips, Of all the celebrities on Twitter this week, it’s been Rihanna’s account that’s generated the most activity and conversation. I wonder… does she expect it? Before she hits the post button, do you think she braces for the reaction? Or do you think she does By Lainey • Feb 05, 2021 08:58 am
What Else What Else? When you picture Julianne Moore, what is she wearing? When I think of Julianne Moore, she is always in green. I f-cking love her in green. Look at her in green in this gallery…and then every other colour just doesn’t compare, does it? (Go Fug Yourself) A few By Lainey • Feb 04, 2021 04:00 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Passing and Perceived Hotness It was announced yesterday that Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut film, Passing, which premiered at Sundance, has been acquired by Netflix for more than $15 million. Reviews have been solid, and this for sure is a major accomplishment for a first-time filmmaker. Passing is based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 By Lainey • Feb 04, 2021 03:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake is (fake) grey Here are Jake Gyllenhaal and Eiza Gonzalez on the LA set of Ambulance, directed by Michael Bay. Because this is a Michael Bay movie, I am surprised that Eiza, who may be playing a paramedic, is not dressed in a bikini. But maybe Michael Bay is doing better by women By Lainey • Feb 04, 2021 03:00 pm
Music TJ Osborne Comes Out Every November, apart from last year, Jacek and I go on holiday to the same resort in the Dominican Republic to celebrate our wedding anniversary. And we always watch the Country Music Association Awards. Or I watch, and he’s on the laptop streaming a soccer game. One year ago By Lainey • Feb 04, 2021 11:38 am
TV Updates Intro for February 4, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Screen Actors Guild will announce their nominations later today and while there may be a couple of surprises, it will not be the giant bowl of f-cksh-t that the Golden Globes served up yesterday. Like, I’m pretty sure we won’t be hearing Jared Leto’s By Lainey • Feb 04, 2021 08:59 am
What Else What Else? Remember when Dominic West looked like he cheated on his wife Catherine FitzGerald in Rome and then came home and they did a weird ass photo shoot and pinned a note to the bushes for the media? Well now they’re on holiday in Kenya to celebrate their marriage. Great. By Lainey • Feb 03, 2021 05:15 pm
Quiveration Michael B Jordan is Alexa I lost interest in the NFL a long time ago. The only reasons I care about the Super Bowl are non-football related: The Weeknd’s halftime show and the commercials. Every year, celebrities are booked to star in Super Bowl commercials and it’s become a bucket list item for By Lainey • Feb 03, 2021 03:48 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie: “a bit more boring” That’s how Angelina Jolie describes herself in the March 2021 issue of British Vogue during an interview with editor-in-chief Edward Enninful. When asked what people would be surprised to know about her, she said: “Somebody said the surprise about me is that I’m a closet foreign policy wonk. By Lainey • Feb 03, 2021 10:03 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for February 3, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Golden Globe nominations will be announced this morning and we’ll have more on which films and series and performers the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is recognising this year. Because it’s the HFPA though… expect some randomness and maybe (probably?) a little foolery. Like if Michaela By Lainey • Feb 03, 2021 08:57 am
What Else What Else? So… have you heard about “Courtside Karen”? LeBron James came up with the name, not me. She’s posted a video in response to getting thrown out of the game – for pulling down her mask DURING A PANDEMIC (not gonna lie, still uncomfortable with having fans at sports events right By Lainey • Feb 02, 2021 04:19 pm
Royals The Royal Name Change Drama …continued Meghan Markle’s given names were removed from Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor’s birth certificate a few weeks after he was born. The Sun reported on the change a few days ago, suggesting that Meghan made it happen because she wanted to be petty, or something. Meghan has since issued a By Lainey • Feb 02, 2021 11:20 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 2, 2021 Dear Gossips, Lunar New Year is ten days from now, on Friday, February 12. It will be the Year of the Ox. My ma has some thoughts on this in the days to come but since so many of us are in lockdown and some things require more planning and By Lainey • Feb 02, 2021 09:37 am
What Else What Else? I was around in the 90s. Which means, like many people of that generation, Reality Bites will always be a thing for me. Winona Ryder will always be a thing for me. F-cking Troy f-cking Dyer will always be my definition of the original f-ckboy. So here’s a throwback By Lainey • Feb 01, 2021 04:42 pm
Douchebags The Royal Name Change F-ckup This weekend, the Sun, which is one of the British tabloids that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are suing, published an article about the change on Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor’s birth certificate. There’s been a lot of controversy about this so let’s break it down. Archie was born By Lainey • Feb 01, 2021 02:20 pm