Janet Jackson Justin Timberlake’s Apology In the days since the release of the NYT documentary Framing Britney Spears, and as we’re all confronting and meditating on our complicity (the media, the public, everyone) with how Britney was treated, one name has come up more often than others: Justin Timberlake. He only shows up for By Lainey • Feb 12, 2021 02:10 pm
Timothee Chalamet Sarah and Timmy’s Masks Here are some photos of Sarah Paulson and Timothee Chalamet. She’s in LA, seen here leaving the hair salon and he’s in Boston, heading to work on Don’t Look Up. And they appear to be wearing similar masks. Or at least that’s how I’m segueing By Lainey • Feb 12, 2021 11:41 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 12, 2021 Dear Gossips, GUNG HAY FAT CHOY! The Year of the Ox has arrived! If you’ve been a regular visitor here over the years, you may remember that my ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken, provided annual Chinese Zodiac advisories for each of the 12 signs leading up to Lunar New By Lainey • Feb 12, 2021 10:06 am
What Else What Else? Yesterday when I posted about Jennifer Lopez’s pixie hairstyle on the cover of Allure, and that it’s not my favourite on her, I mentioned several other celebrities who can totally rock a pixie. Sharon Stone was not one of them, but she should have been. Here’s a By Lainey • Feb 11, 2021 04:22 pm
Royals Happy New Lunar from… Sarah Ferguson Of all the Lunar New Year well-wishes from celebrities and other notables I thought I might see when browsing social media, I did not expect this. I did not expect that it would be Sarah Ferguson celebrating Lunar New Year. Fergie! Have you looked at this yet? If not, well, By Lainey • Feb 11, 2021 03:57 pm
Royals Meghan Wins A decision has been made in Meghan Markle’s lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, the parent company that publishes the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail. She and her legal team made the case that her privacy and copyright had been violated when the Mail published contents of a letter By Lainey • Feb 11, 2021 03:03 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s Version Taylor Swift’s fans starting making noise on Twitter last night when Good Morning America announced that she’d be appearing on today’s show – and when it comes to a star as big as Taylor, it’s never going to be a small thing. Immediately there was speculation that By Lainey • Feb 11, 2021 10:52 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 11, 2021 Dear Gossips, BTS has been pretty quiet the last few weeks. Not entirely off the grid, and still releasing treats for their fans, but in terms of major announcements that get circulated beyond ARMY awareness, it’s been pretty low-key. This week though, ahead of Lunar New Year, there is By Lainey • Feb 11, 2021 08:56 am
What Else What Else? The Oscars happened a year ago today. A year ago today Duana and I were running on 48 hours without sleep and a 15,000 word count…and exhilarated. And it’s not like we didn’t make the most of it, we always do, but if we could have By Lainey • Feb 10, 2021 04:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews JLo Felt the Sting Jennifer Lopez covers the new issue of Allure and I’m surprised at the cover look they chose for this issue for their 30th anniversary. Maybe that was the point – to surprise. Because even though JLo changes her hair all the time, it’s usually a familiar rotation: topknot, voluminous By Lainey • Feb 10, 2021 02:32 pm
Maple Leaf Keanu Goes For Ride An early Lunar New Year present – here’s Keanu Reeves, who is part Asian, in LA out for a ride, all smiles and pleasant, as usual, while talking to some friends. I don’t have much more to say. All I wanted to do with this post is to share By Lainey • Feb 10, 2021 11:48 am
Top Reads Lori Celebrates MBJ’s Birthday At the end of the previous post about Jennifer Aniston and the interminable speculation and Gossip Genie-ing for her to get back together with Brad Pitt, I said that gossip needs more super-couples. New super-couples. Well, here’s one: Michael B Jordan and Lori Harvey. When it was Lori’s By Lainey • Feb 10, 2021 11:14 am
Top Reads Jennifer Aniston: Brad and Boyfriend Rumours Here are Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in LA working on the second season of The Morning Show. Jen was seen in a grey suit for one scene and a camel coat for another – very Alex Levy. Both at one point are wearing face shields. Have we talked about the By Lainey • Feb 10, 2021 10:35 am
Shout-Outs February 10, 2021 – Smutty Shout-Outs There was a fire in La Peche, Quebec on the weekend. At the time, there were four people inside the home – the two adults survived, but the two children, Kiersten and Brooklyn, age 6 and 4, were killed. Their mother, Ashley, is in hospital, unconscious, and family members have not By Lainey • Feb 10, 2021 09:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for February 10, 2021 Dear Gossips, Sarah posted her review of Minari yesterday, the film I consider to be the best of 2020, well deserving of its multiple SAG nominations last week (including Best Ensemble, the SAG equivalent of Best Picture) and it should be a contender at the Oscars. Minari’s writer-director Lee By Lainey • Feb 10, 2021 09:35 am
What Else What Else? Princess Anne’s furniture is as Princess Anne has presented herself, which is unfussy. I mean, it’s not to my taste. But I think I might prefer it to whatever mason jar and candle sh-t that’s trending on Pinterest. Like it looks like you’d actually want to By Lainey • Feb 09, 2021 04:04 pm
