Gross Prince Andrew: Countdown to Filthy Rich We are just one day away from the release of Filthy Rich, the Jeffrey Epstein docuseries on Netflix. Are you watching? What’s your strategy? One episode a night or will you binge it all straight through? These last few months in lockdown, I’ve been cooking every night. But By Lainey • May 26, 2020 12:43 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Ben-Ana: back to the usual After spending part of the weekend with his kids, and letting us know that everything is all cool with Jennifer Garner and the children and his girlfriend, Ben Affleck went out for a regular dog walk with Ana de Armas, returning to their usual routine, a comfort to us all. By Lainey • May 26, 2020 11:51 am
Royals The (new) Catherine the Great Didn’t the OG Catherine the Great overthrow her husband? I say this because the new cover of Tatler made me laugh, because that’s what they’re going for with this title, “Catherine the Great”, about Catherine of House Cambridge, evoking of course Catherine the Great of history, who By Lainey • May 26, 2020 10:14 am
Self Care TV Recommendations Intro for May 26, 2020 Dear Gossips, Bong Joon-ho and Parasite won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival a year ago, kicking off the film’s run to the Oscars, where it would eventually go on to make history and take the Best Picture Oscar. We know that now. But back then, By Lainey • May 26, 2020 08:46 am
What Else What Else? I was about to dump on this but then I kept reading and it turns out these inflatable costumes are being used in senior homes to protect the residents so that they can also hug their family members so now I feel like an asshole. Still, there are some drawbacks. By Lainey • May 25, 2020 04:04 pm
Maple Leaf Drake stayed for the lake (but Justin didn’t) By now we all know about Drake’s Toronto home, right? He calls it The Embassy and it was featured recently in Architectural Digest. After the spread in AD, there were all kinds of other stories about the extravagance of Drake’s … palace. From the bed, which cost several hundreds By Lainey • May 25, 2020 03:17 pm
Drama Mary-Kate’s “French ugly” Divorce During this pandemic, we’ve seen many examples of consciously uncoupled couples continuing to manage their families with care and consideration even under the strange stress of being in lockdown. But there have also been a few examples of nasty uncoupling: Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler, Jaime King and Kyle By Lainey • May 25, 2020 01:19 pm
Relationship Assumption Jon loves an Anna too? This September will mark the tenth anniversary of Ben Affleck’s The Town. Does it hold up? I haven’t seen it in a minute but I remember, I really enjoyed it. I remember I think I might have said I thought it was better than Argo. Anyway, Ben directed By Lainey • May 25, 2020 11:38 am
TV Updates Taylor Swift, “Jack leopards & the dolphin club” A cover version of Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” played during last night’s episode of Killing Eve. Taylor has said many times that she loves the show. And she’s friends with Phoebe Waller-Bridge. So, naturally, she was proud to have her song featured: VERY By Lainey • May 25, 2020 11:10 am
Relationship Assumption Ben-Ana and the kids Well here’s a setback for the conspiracy theorists who thought that Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas were a fauxmance. Ben and Ana spent time, together, with his kids this weekend. And all the dogs were there. Ben and Ana’s dogs we’re by now already familiar with, By Lainey • May 25, 2020 10:23 am
TV Updates Intro for May 25, 2020 Dear Gossips, Many of you have emailed over the last few weeks asking about our Normal People coverage since I wrote about the book so much last year. The show hasn’t aired yet in Canada but that changes this week. CBC Gem will air two episodes a week beginning By Lainey • May 25, 2020 09:48 am
What Else What Else? On the off-chance you think Matt Lauer has changed, his alleged revenge plot against Ronan Farrow means he hasn’t. Because this is a lingering vestige of the kind of power trip he was on when he was at the top. Remember the secret button under his desk? Remember the By Lainey • May 22, 2020 04:01 pm
Top Reads Gaga + Ariana = “Rain On Me” I liked it as soon as I heard it when I got up this morning. Lady Gaga’s highly anticipated Chromatica drops next week and she and Ariana Grande over the last couple of days have been thirst-building hype for their new song, “Rain On Me”, the first collaboration between By Lainey • May 22, 2020 02:26 pm
Top Reads Suga: The Bias-Assassin and Leadership from the Back I don’t think I’ll ever stop being astonished at the creative output of BTS, not just during this pandemic lockdown but for the last seven years since the band debuted in 2013. The albums, the tours, the promotional appearances, the music videos, the multiple reality series, the documentary By Lainey • May 22, 2020 10:08 am
Brian Austin Green Intro for May 22, 2020 Dear Gossips, This was not supposed to be today’s open. But I realised that what I was writing as today’s open wasn’t a true open and then I got preoccupied with a question I just asked myself so now today’s open is about Brian Austin Green. By Lainey • May 22, 2020 09:16 am
What Else What Else? Amy Schumer called up Jennifer Lawrence while she was cooking and they had some judgments to make about white wine – basically that it’s sh-t. I disagree. I don’t drink red wine, it’s too classy for me, I guess. And it doesn’t make me feel good. White By Lainey • May 21, 2020 04:00 pm
