Quiveration Maluma’s VMA Drive-in I’ve never been to a drive-in movie. I really want to. And probably it will happen since COVID-19 has made the drive-in experience a thing again. Last night Maluma delivered a live drive-in performance during the MTV VMAs that was one of the best of the night, not only By Lainey • Aug 31, 2020 02:08 pm
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt’s Champagne Diversion This is such a bonkers gossip story, I’m having a hard time believing that Brad Pitt, one of the world’s biggest movie stars, is at the center of it. And while it shouldn’t be funny, there’s a dark, twisted humour to it – that the current gossip By Lainey • Aug 31, 2020 12:25 pm
Music Lady Gaga’s Masked VMAs Typically at an award show, we talk about fashion. And there was a carpet last night at the VMAs but obviously it wasn’t much of a display, not at all really. The only fashion story worth talking about then is probably Lady Gaga. There was a LOT of Lady By Lainey • Aug 31, 2020 11:29 am
Music Keke Palmer and the MTV VMAs When Cody wrote a few weeks ago about Keke Palmer being named host of the MTV VMAs he mentioned that Keke “always commits to a bit”, which is exactly what she gave us last night. Was every bit funny? No. Did every joke work? No. But what matters is that By Lainey • Aug 31, 2020 10:39 am
Chadwick Boseman Intro for August 31, 2020 Dear Gossips, Like so many of you, I watched Black Panther again this weekend – a few times. And it’s not like I haven’t seen it multiple times already. Now though, of course, the film pulses with even more resonance, revealing even more layers to what was already a By Lainey • Aug 31, 2020 09:28 am
What Else What Else? I’ve never seen a full episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians so I wasn’t aware that this is a Kris Jenner catchphrase. And… I don’t hear it a lot in my bubbles. I’m the minority though because it’s a thing – and it’s enough By Lainey • Aug 28, 2020 04:10 pm
TV Updates BLACKPINK x Selena serve ALL the looks Sasha texted me this morning after watching the video for BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez’s new song “Ice Cream” writing… “This is a JAM”. It is indeed a jam. A suggestive jam, not super overtly suggestive, but it’s pretty clear what they’re getting at with these lyrics off By Lainey • Aug 28, 2020 12:49 pm
Chris Pine Chris Pine: Tarantino’s Best Chris I did not know that Quentin Tarantino weighed in on the Best Chris debate earlier this year. Per The Hollywood Reporter in an article published yesterday, “Quentin Tarantino called Chris Pine "hands down, my favorite" actor of his generation, lobbing the compliment during an appearance on The Ringer’ By Lainey • Aug 28, 2020 11:07 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt: More Gossip Timing You know what detail I missed out this week when photos emerged of Brad Pitt in France with his girlfriend Nicole Poturalski? It’s a detail that’s crucial to gossip: the timing. This is the last week of August. Somehow the paps were able to get shots of Brad By Lainey • Aug 28, 2020 10:11 am
Royals Prince William and Prince Harry together again… next year Kensington Palace sent out a release today, an update on the statue of Diana, Princess of Wales. Prince William and Prince Harry commissioned the statue back in 2017, the 20th anniversary of her death. July 1, 2021 would have been her 60th birthday and that will be the day the By Lainey • Aug 28, 2020 09:26 am
Music Intro for August 28, 2020 Dear Gossips, A lot of new music today. And the gossip timing of some of these releases! As you may have heard, BLACKPINK dropped “Ice Cream” featuring Selena Gomez last night, the second single off the first full-length album of their career, coming in October. We’ll get to “Ice By Lainey • Aug 28, 2020 08:59 am
What Else What Else? Demi Moore’s famous Vanity Fair cover, you know the one, came out 29 years ago. I know these days looking at this image, it’s nothing controversial. But let me tell you, back then, it was a big f-cking deal. I remember it had to be wrapped at the By Lainey • Aug 27, 2020 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kelly Marie Tran: Historic Princess Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon is due for release on March 12, 2021. It has already made history – because Kelly Marie Tran is now the “first actress of Southeast Asian descent to lead a Disney animated movie” and the movie is also the first Disney film to be By Lainey • Aug 27, 2020 03:12 pm
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt: Instagram Boyfriend? As posted yesterday Brad Pitt was photographed this week arriving in France and heading to Chateau Miraval with his presumed new girlfriend model Nicole Poturalski. Now everyone wants to know about Nicole. She’s 27 years old. Brad is 56. She has a son. She currently covers the September issue By Lainey • Aug 27, 2020 11:02 am
Top Reads Gabrielle, Uzo, Keke, and Marsai: Their Hair Story It’s no surprise that Gabrielle Union has voiced her support of the NBA players and other athletes’ striking – she’s never not used her voice, even when it’s been a risk, especially when it’s been a risk. Black women are almost always the ones taking on the By Lainey • Aug 27, 2020 10:36 am
Sports Intro for August 27, 2020 Dear Gossips, It was an “unprecedented day in sports history”. The Milwaukee Bucks stayed in the dressing room last night, ultimately deciding to not play in last night’s NBA playoff game against Orlando to protest police officer Rusten Sheskey shooting and subsequently paralysing Jacob Blake. They were supported by By Lainey • Aug 27, 2020 08:52 am
