TV Updates Selena Gomez and Jimmy Butler? Selena Gomez has been in New York recently shooting a Hulu comedy series called Only Murders in the Building with Steve Martin and Martin Short. She’s also an executive producer, alongside Dan Fogelman, Jess Rosenthal who created a little show called This Is Us. It’s about three people By Lainey • Dec 03, 2020 10:52 am
Intro for December 3, 2020 Dear Gossips, What is going on with the Oscars? Earlier this week, Variety reported that the “Oscars in-person telecast will happen”, citing sources who said that site visits had already happened to figure out how they could safely broadcast the event with the stars at the venue without having to By Lainey • Dec 03, 2020 09:33 am
What Else What Else? How many times does a police source ever get to tell the media that “We interrupted a gang bang”? This story seems straight out of Borat – but it’s real life: a homophobic politician got busted at a sex party with 25 other men. The escape attempt is right out By Lainey • Dec 02, 2020 04:05 pm
BFFs Taylor & Ryan’s Excellent Co-Production As we know, Taylor Swift is currently re-recording music from her first six albums to degrade the value of her masters, which she does not own, but she’s tried to own. There is so much anticipation about this project, these projects, because of course Taylor is one of the By Lainey • Dec 02, 2020 01:24 pm
Music Harry Styles: A Man This just in: Variety has named Harry Styles their Hitmaker of the Year. It’s been exactly a week since the Grammy nominations were announced last Wednesday and this cover story was likely timed around that, with the expectation that he would be contending for Album or Song or Record By Lainey • Dec 02, 2020 10:58 am
Models Intro for December 2, 2020 Dear Gossips, Back in October, Apple TV+ announced that they’re working on a new docuseries called The Supermodels featuring four members of the Big Five – Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, and Christy Turlington. Like I said at the time, this is exactly where I live. I am obsessed By Lainey • Dec 02, 2020 09:19 am
What Else What Else? Like Cardi B, Rita Ora was one of those people who decided to gather in a large group when no one is supposed to be gathering in large groups because, guess what, there’s a pandemic that’s deep into its second season. She paid for it, literally. And the By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 05:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer & Leo Don’t Look Up Adam McKay has assembled one of the most high-profile casts for his upcoming dark comedy Don’t Look Up. The film is about two astronauts who are racing to warn the world about the approach of an asteroid. They’re not, like, superstar astronauts though. These are the benchwarmers of By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 05:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zendaya: First Emmy…then Oscar? Months ago when we were talking about the Emmys, even after the nominations, most people considered Zendaya to be an underdog, considering the other women in the Lead Actress Drama category – Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, and more. She was the youngest and Euphoria, for which she was nominated, By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 04:34 pm
Music The BTS iOS This is a post about the artists who’ve just achieved their THIRD #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Which means this is a post that anyone who consumes pop culture should care about – because how many other artists, like in HISTORY, can say they’ve been able to do By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 03:19 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben and Ana: Back on the Dog Walk! During the early part of the pandemic in North America, when lockdown was first imposed in Los Angeles, Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas’s near-daily dog walks became a comforting scene out of Hollywood. There was a lot of reporting on this – not just from me but from many By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 11:27 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Rihanna & Rocky: It’s Official…on their Anniversary? Gossips have been watching this situationship for a year now: Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, who’ve been friends for a long time, first emerged as a romantic possibility in December 2019, six months or so after he’d returned home after being held in a Swedish prison; they showed By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 10:45 am
TV Updates Intro for December 1, 2020 Dear Gossips, Yesterday marked the deadline for this year’s Golden Globe submissions. Although the eligibility period for television runs until December 31 and for film it’s February 28, programs and movies that want to be in contention must have submitted by now. Typically, by now, in a non-pandemic By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 08:58 am
What Else What Else? Chadwick Boseman would have turned 44 yesterday. Marvel posted a tribute to him, as did many others on social media. I just watched Black Panther again – for the 23rd or 24th time – and his vitality, his charisma, his dignity… it’s just so hard to believe that he’s gone. By Lainey • Nov 30, 2020 04:04 pm
Dumbass Cardi B and Celebrity Thanksgiving Thirst Last week on the Show Your Work podcast, Duana and I talked about Cardi B and how she answered those who were dragging her for being named Billboard’s Woman of the Year. At one point during the show, we noted that just because we loved how Cardi clapped back By Lainey • Nov 30, 2020 03:15 pm
TV Updates Netflix’s The Crown “Disclaimer” As you may have heard, the royals and royal supporters and royal reporters have been pearl-clutching over season four of The Crown, which is the season when Lady Diana Spencer joins the story. And it’s basically the most-talked about show on television right now, considering the series’ previous success, By Lainey • Nov 30, 2020 12:41 pm
