Relationship Assumption A Week without Ben and Ana I mentioned last Friday in What Else? that it’s been a week since we’ve seen Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas stepped out together after weeks of stepping out together – walking dogs, getting donuts, spending time with his kids. Everything OK? Of course it is. I wondered in By Lainey • Jul 13, 2020 12:57 pm
Break Ups Hammer Solo Does it seem like during this pandemic, gossip has gone so old school? For decades, one of the most well-known moves in celebrity PR was the Friday Dump. The idea is that you bury a story on a Friday afternoon, when people are checking out, in the hopes that people By Lainey • Jul 13, 2020 11:14 am
Hook Ups Will and Jada talk about her “entanglement” That was definitely the gossip word of the weekend: “entanglement” is how Jada Pinkett Smith characterised her relationship with August Alsina. This all started a couple of weeks ago when August confirmed in an interview with Angela Yee that he and Jada were indeed dating and that Will Smith gave By Lainey • Jul 13, 2020 10:05 am
Just Andrew Intro for July 13, 2020 Dear Gossips, Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers have requested that she be released on US$5 million bail, because of COVID-19. Her legal team is promising that she would turn over her passports and be GPS-monitored while staying in New York at a private residence. They insist that she is not By Lainey • Jul 13, 2020 08:51 am
What Else What Else? I don’t know if this is the love feud you wanted but it’s the one you’re getting: Brian Austin Green hung out with Courtney Stodden. Then she shared a video of them in the hot tub together and he performed disappointment. Now she’s countering with her By Lainey • Jul 10, 2020 04:04 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 10, 2020 As mentioned yesterday, Maria is currently taking some time off. She’ll be back on Monday. In the meantime, you’re stuck with me and, well, I warned you yesterday so you should expect it today. I’m taking advantage of this opportunity to hit you with some BTS. This By Lainey • Jul 10, 2020 02:58 pm
Books Intro for July 10, 2020 Dear Gossips, What is The Meaning of Mariah Carey? That’s what Mimi’s calling her memoir and she announced this week that it’s coming out September 29. You can read it or you can listen to it because there will also be an audiobook and, obviously, Mimi’s By Lainey • Jul 10, 2020 09:16 am
What Else What Else? I’m going to pitch this to Duana for Show Your Work because this is WORK! Zendaya wanted to work during quarantine. So she made a call. And then they made it happen, by observing quarantine rules and getting creative with the space and the lighting and even the air By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 04:07 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, July 9, 2020 Maria is away for the rest of the week so I’m filling for her in this space until she’s back. I will use this time to ensure that BTS is properly represented since, you know, they don’t show up on Twitter at all, LOL. But let’s By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 03:18 pm
Douchebags Lady Antebellum sues Lady A A few weeks ago, as protests were happening around the world in support of Black Lives Matter after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many more, Lady Antebellum announced that it was changing its band name to Lady A because they no longer wanted to By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 01:41 pm
Relationship Assumption Chris & Lily: Ice Cream in the Park We received a (possible) New Hollywood Romance alert earlier this week when Chris Evans and Lily James were seen in London leaving a private members’ club and heading back to his hotel. After that, I posted about the timeline of their situation considering quarantine requirements for overseas travel. That situation By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 12:13 pm
Sports Intro for July 9, 2020 Dear Gossips, Yesterday, July 8, 2020, marked the tenth anniversary of The Decision, when LeBron James announced that he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. The NBA’s best player was “exercising his right to free agency”. In the decade since then, LeBron has won multiple titles, By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 10:14 am
What Else What Else? Oh well maybe Us Weekly’s Jennifer Aniston story from earlier today makes more sense now because PEOPLE has their own exclusive about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Apparently they’re getting along much better now after a lot of family therapy. Brad was even seen leaving Angie’s home By Lainey • Jul 08, 2020 04:08 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: About Your Work As promised last week, this new episode of Show Your Work is all about YOUR work. As we’ve seen from Hollywood work, many work issues are relatable across industries, whether you’re a production manager on a film or a project manager for the launch of a new product By Lainey • Jul 08, 2020 02:55 pm
Music V is #1 Earlier this week in the site intro, I wrote about BTS’s latest record. Their song “Black Swan” hit #1 on iTunes in its 103rd country, the most of any song in history, breaking Adele’s five year record with “Hello”. Since then, “Black Swan” added another country to its By Lainey • Jul 08, 2020 01:23 pm
Relationship Assumption Timmy and Eiza at the Oscars? Apologies for beginning this post with some gushing. I don’t say this enough to the people who visit this site and reach out to me with insights, recommendations, or just to yell because I’m an asshole. I love how smart and resourceful and well gossip-researched you are. I By Lainey • Jul 08, 2020 12:16 pm
