Music Taylor’s folklore timing Wanted to put this in a separate post so that we could focus properly on the speculative drama. As mentioned earlier, Taylor Swift announced this morning that she’s surprise-dropping a new album tonight. Timing is always a factor where gossip is concerned, especially now that we’re living in By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 11:47 am
Relationship Assumption Demi Lovato is Engaged Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich were first confirmed to be dating in March, right after pandemic happened in North America. It was definitely a case of Fast Flames™: celebrity romances are often accelerated because they don’t have the mundane, logistical barriers that civilians have when it comes to pursuing By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 11:12 am
Music Taylor Swift is coming Taylor Swift just made a surprise announcement on Instagram. Like so many other people, she’s been super quiet for months during the pandemic. And it turns out she wrote and recorded an entire album that’s dropping tonight called folklore. This is her eighth album, coming less than a By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 10:29 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Ana … finally I think at this point it’s been over two weeks since Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have been papped together on a dog walk or a donut/coffee run in LA. Their outings had become a COVID-19 gossip routine for us and while they did seem to have By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 09:51 am
Music Intro for July 23, 2020 Dear Gossips, BLACKPINK in your area! When BLACKPINK released their latest smash hit “How You Like That” at the end of June, it set the YouTube record for the most views in 24 hours with 86.3 million. The video currently has over 300 million views. And remember, there’s By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 09:12 am
What Else What Else? Did you hear how Donald Trump answered a question about Ghislaine Maxwell? I mean…. there are some people who are like, ugh, how dare he wish her well or as IF he doesn’t know more about the situation and others who actually thought he was being “brave” by wishing By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 04:35 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: The “Jung”-ian Art of the Celebrity Profile On this episode of Show Your Work, Duana and I celebrate the work of E Alex Jung whose celebrity profiles we have discussed multiple times on our podcast and who I have gushed over consistently. Two of EAJ’s profiles have gotten a lot of attention recently: his piece on By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 03:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alicia and Michael’s quiet three years Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender were married almost three years ago this coming October in Ibiza. They were photographed in Ibiza this week on holiday with friends – noteworthy because they keep a pretty low profile and apparently moved to Portugal a couple of years ago. Michael also stepped back from By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 03:23 pm
Music BTS and the iHeartRadio Music Festival The iHeartRadio Music Festival happens every year over two nights in September in Las Vegas. This is the tenth anniversary and due the pandemic, live music events aren’t an option anymore. Variety confirmed yesterday however that plans are now in place to continue with the festival virtually, Ryan Seacrest By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 02:39 pm
Amazingness Martha Stewart: Thirst Trap Living One of the keys to a great social media moment is the element of surprise. Millions of thirst traps happen every day on Instagram. These days, people are so parched, it’s hard for one thirst trap to truly distinguish itself and when it does, it’s because it’s By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 11:03 am
Shout-Outs July 22, 2020 – Smutty Shout-Outs Michele! Happy Birthday with love from Staci who is also wishing you GOOD LUCK on the upcoming interviews. By request, here are some photos of Jason Momoa. Borrow some of his chill vibe through the tense moments and you’ll be good, I believe it. By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 09:41 am
Royals Intro for July 22, 2020 Dear Gossips, Today is Big G’s seventh birthday. To celebrate the occasion, Kensington Palace has released two new photos of G that were taken, as usual, by his mother Kate – and he’s colour coordinated! Here’s Big G in dark olive green in the first portrait: And another By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 09:11 am
What Else What Else? Keanu Reeves is currently in Berlin working on The Matrix 4. His girlfriend, Alexandra Grant, is with him and while, for the most part, they’re probably enjoying themselves, they do have a concern: her stalker. There’s a woman who clearly refuses to accept that Keanu and Alexandra are By Lainey • Jul 21, 2020 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert and Suki go for a walk You know, I used to say during the first year of their relationship that Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse were really good about updating us on their status – unintentionally, of course. And for the most part, they’ve kept up with this consideration. Today in particular I am extra appreciative By Lainey • Jul 21, 2020 03:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Colin Farrell: tank top, masks, and books We don’t talk about Colin Farrell now as much as we used to. There was a time, like 15 years ago, when he was a lot more of a headliner, and that seemed to match his professional focus: back then there was a push to make him an action By Lainey • Jul 21, 2020 02:08 pm
Royals Team Andrew didn’t see it coming By now you know about Prince Andrew’s interview with Emily Maitlis for BBC Newsnight. It was a disaster. In the moment though, Andrew and his aides had no idea. The British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) will be announced virtually on July 31 and Newsnight’s Prince Andrew interview has By Lainey • Jul 21, 2020 10:12 am
