Music Intro for June 26, 2020 Dear Gossips, “BLACKPINK in your area!” It’s the day Blinks have been waiting for – BLACKPINK summer has officially begun! Stage one of the comeback has kicked off. For those of you still getting familiar with K-pop after fan activism has made mainstream headlines for disrupting white supremacist attempts at By Lainey • Jun 26, 2020 08:51 am
What Else What Else? Maria has mentioned Britney Spears a couple of times this week in Celebrity Social Media, writing that at least on Instagram, Britney is “thriving in quarantine”, pointing to her recent post honouring Pride and her LGBTQ+ fans. But now the Beyhive is mad at her. There is no way Britney By Lainey • Jun 25, 2020 04:00 pm
TV Updates Sandra & Sharon fangirl each other One of the unexpected stars to emerge from this past award season which culminated with Parasite’s win for Best Picture at the Oscars was Sharon Choi, Director Bong Joon-ho’s interpreter. We all fell in love with her. And she was on stage with the Parasite team multiple times By Lainey • Jun 25, 2020 02:59 pm
TV Updates Savannah Guthrie’s Hair and Makeup Even though restrictions are lifting after months of pandemic lockdown – and many would say they shouldn’t be lifting at all considering the outbreaks and surges and an anticipated second wave – many people are still working from home, including broadcasters. I’m still working from home and there are no By Lainey • Jun 25, 2020 10:05 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for June 25, 2020 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week, Netflix released the first trailer for a new animated film called Over The Moon. The film is inspired by Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival or Harvest Moon Festival or what I like to call Chinese Thanksgiving. Many of our cultural holidays originate from mythology. The myth closely By Lainey • Jun 25, 2020 09:22 am
What Else What Else? Rolling Stone talked to several musicians about the industry and coronavirus. Here in Toronto we are slowly relaxing restrictions but everybody’s talking about the second wave. And in the US, even though things are reopening, there are spikes and surges happening everywhere. One musician, however, is willing to put By Lainey • Jun 24, 2020 04:13 pm
BFFs Leo & Camila 24/7 Camila Morrone celebrated her 23rd birthday last week and as Maria covered in Celebrity Social Media yesterday, Leonardo DiCaprio spent the day with her and their friends on the water. We’re now two years ago from the infamous Leo cutoff. No rush, right? We’re in the middle of By Lainey • Jun 24, 2020 12:32 pm
Hook Ups Timmy and Eiza: the new hot couple People were sending me this all night, my friends, you gossips, and on social media, and I know that because Timothee Chalamet is an Internet Boyfriend, and I exist online, he’s obviously a big deal in my bubble but I wonder, beyond that online popularity (which for many feels By Lainey • Jun 24, 2020 10:13 am
Jimmy Kimmel Intro for June 24, 2020 Dear Gossips, Cody wrote yesterday about the current Jimmy Kimmel controversy and I posted about Tina Fey and 30 Rock pulling four Blackface episodes. Last week, Howard Stern went on the air to address his past use of Blackface and the n-word. This was in response to Donald Trump Jr By Lainey • Jun 24, 2020 09:02 am
What Else What Else? Maybe you already know that Novak Djokovic has coronavirus and that early on during the pandemic he made some controversial statements about how to protect people from it. But that’s not why you should read this article. You should read it for the opening paragraph which is delightful, especially By Lainey • Jun 23, 2020 04:23 pm
Lili Reinhart The Accusations against the cast of Riverdale Last Friday, Ansel Elgort was accused of sexual assault by a girl called Gabby. He has denied the allegations claiming that he had a “consensual relationship” with her. The next day accusations against Justin Bieber were posted on social media. And then accusations against four members of the Riverdale cast, By Lainey • Jun 23, 2020 12:21 pm
Selena Gomez Justin Bieber accused of sexual assault If you are reading this post, please be aware there is triggering language because this post is in part about language. Justin Bieber was accused on Saturday by a woman called Danielle wrote on social media that she met Justin Bieber in March 2014. She has since deleted her tweet By Lainey • Jun 23, 2020 11:24 am
TV Updates Tina Fey’s Intent As I wrote yesterday in my apology post, in this moment, power structures are being challenged, everyone is being challenged, and those of us who have been complicit and complacent are facing a reckoning – and that’s a good thing. Institutionalised racism and misogyny is being confronted. This is happening By Lainey • Jun 23, 2020 10:06 am
Intro for June 23, 2020 Dear Gossips, Yesterday after I posted my apology for past heinous content on the site my intention was to leave it up for the rest of the day and all of today so that my shame could be on display for as long as possible, not post any new content By Lainey • Jun 23, 2020 08:38 am
Top Reads Megan Amram and me Megan Amram is a comedy writer whose work has been featured on The Good Place and she also created the webseries An Emmy For Megan. She was called out on Twitter a few days ago for past problematic tweets. You can read about the situation here. Megan has apologised and By Lainey • Jun 22, 2020 02:37 pm
Music Intro for June 22, 2020 Dear Gossips, BTS has never played a concert in Oklahoma. They could sell out any venue in Oklahoma in an hour. But they wouldn’t jeopardise the health and safety of their fans during a global health crisis. Unlike the president of the United States. Speaking of… A couple of By Lainey • Jun 22, 2020 09:41 am
