Award Season Campaigning Zendaya Has Entered The Race One paragraph stood out to me in Nate Jones’s always informative and most recent Oscar Futures column for Vulture. This is the feature where Nate gauges momentum for Oscar contenders and, right now, with Pieces of a Woman streaming on Netflix, Vanessa Kirby, after being named Best Actress at By Lainey • Jan 11, 2021 03:29 pm
BFFs A Matt Damon Ring Update Last week I posted about Matt Damon, as he was photographed after a visit to Ben Affleck’s, and he wasn’t wearing his wedding band. Like I said in that original post, my gossip radar isn’t usually dialed into ring-watch or bump-watch, for that matter, because they’re By Lainey • Jan 11, 2021 01:42 pm
Top Reads Lori Harvey and the Sexiest Man Alive In almost every way, 2021 has been as trash as 2020. In terms of celebrity gossip though, well, there’s already been a lot of good gossip. And a lot of gossip about the gossip – see Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles, and Jason Sudeikis. We’re not even two weeks into By Lainey • Jan 11, 2021 10:36 am
Cheating Loins Jason Disputes Olivia and Harry’s Timeline A week ago today, after attending a wedding together in Montecito where they were photographed holding hands, Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles were the biggest story in celebrity gossip…which Zoe Kravitz probably didn’t mind since her split from Karl Glusman was the top celebrity headline before Olivia and By Lainey • Jan 11, 2021 09:51 am
Shout-Outs January 11, 2021 – Smutty Shout-Outs “Yinnie! Happy Birthday in the weirdest, wildest time. You are an amazing friend, incredibly sharp, very (Y)insightful, fun AND funny and absolutely gorgeous inside and out. I hope this year gets better (it has to, right?) but am so happy that no matter what happens, you finally live just By Lainey • Jan 11, 2021 09:11 am
Anna Wintour Intro for January 11, 2021 Dear Gossips, Kamala Harris, Vice President-Elect of the United States, the first Black and South Asian person and woman to take that position, covers the February 2021 issue of Vogue in a profile by Alexis Okeowo, photographed by Tyler Mitchell. The cover was leaked on Saturday and immediately there was By Lainey • Jan 11, 2021 08:49 am
What Else What Else? That Kanye West and Jeffree Star rumour… is wild. But it says a lot about where we are with gossip and gossip investigations and how crazy sh-t can take off – and who benefits from it initially and then who benefits from it in the aftermath. Because I don’t think By Lainey • Jan 08, 2021 04:11 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Outfits of the Week : Britney & Justin, 20 Years Later You cannot call yourself a pop culture enthusiast if you don’t know this photo, I’m sorry. Britney Spears is a popstar beyond borders, famous around the world, no matter the culture. And her relationship with Justin Timberlake is known around the world, no matter the culture. There would By Lainey • Jan 08, 2021 01:34 pm
Top Reads Taylor Swift’s Bonus Beefs It was confirmed earlier this week that Taylor Swift’s album, folklore, was the #1 album of 2020 based on a combination of sales and streaming data. It was also one of the most critically well-received albums of the year, which is why she’s contending for all kinds of By Lainey • Jan 08, 2021 12:43 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Kit Harington’s Grey Run Do you know anyone who has binged Game of Thrones during the pandemic? I’m not asking to be a dick about the series, I’m asking because as we’ve heard over the last year, there are certain shows that experienced a resurgence in popularity or were rediscovered as By Lainey • Jan 08, 2021 11:43 am
TV Updates Intro for January 8, 2021 Dear Gossips, What are you binge-watching this weekend? For me it’s going to be Martin Scorsese’s Pretend It’s A City, which follows Fran Lebowitz around her beloved New York City, a docuseries companion to Public Speaking, which just marked its tenth anniversary in November. Last April, just By Lainey • Jan 08, 2021 09:47 am
What Else What Else? We’re a week into the new year and I haven’t mentioned Celine Dion, our Queen of All Feelings, yet and that is a problem because… SO MANY FEELINGS. The Fug Girls are giving us the Celine content today – a throwback from 17 years ago when she was honoured By Lainey • Jan 07, 2021 04:00 pm
Relationship Assumption Olivia, Harry, and their friends The gossip week started with the news that Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles are dating after they were photographed holding hands at a wedding on the weekend and sources have since confirmed that it’s been “a few weeks” after they started working together on Don’t Worry Darling. New By Lainey • Jan 07, 2021 02:22 pm
Royals Harry & Meghan: One Year Later Today is the one year anniversary of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s visit to Canada House in London. They’d spent several weeks at the end of 2019 on Vancouver Island and upon their return to England, they wanted to thank Canadians for their hospitality during their stay. Here By Lainey • Jan 07, 2021 11:16 am
Intro for January 7, 2021 Dear Gossips, Like many of you with friends and family, Duana and I were exchanging texts last night, horrified by what was happening in Washington, DC. This is one of Duana’s messages to me: “It was seeing the news crews’ equipment destroyed that really got me. Those clamshells and By Lainey • Jan 07, 2021 10:23 am
What Else What Else? Justin Bieber has made a statement about his affiliation, or lack thereof, with Pastor Carl Lentz and Hillsong Church. Remember when Pastor Carl’s scandal was one of the biggest gossip stories of 2020? Anyway, since then, a couple of other pastors have left. Does the church have a crisis By Lainey • Jan 06, 2021 04:04 pm