Royals Catherine the (new) Great and the Tatler Dispute Over the last year and a half, as the British tabloids have stepped up their attempts to discredit Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of House Sussex, in part by clearly shooting stars and sunshine up House Cambridge, Catherine Cambridge has repeatedly been held up as the Best Duchess Ever. And, By Lainey • May 27, 2020 01:17 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Brad Pitt’s lockdown shag When someone refers to a hairstyle as a “shag”, my mind immediately associates with Winona Ryder because that’s my generation – Winona, as “Lelaina Pierce”, in Reality Bites. She is what defines a “shag” for me. You may have a different shag in mind. Meg Ryan, for example. And, interestingly By Lainey • May 27, 2020 11:05 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for May 27, 2020 Dear Gossips, What is the future of movie theatres? Bilge Ebiri attempted to answer the question at Vulture yesterday as restrictions begin to lift across North America and authorities are making plans to reopen the economy. Some people think that after all these weeks of being at home and watching By Lainey • May 27, 2020 08:48 am
What Else What Else for May 26, 2020 Who is fine as f-ck and is 56 years old today? He’s currently, for the next few weeks, the same age as Johnny Depp except Lenny Kravitz can wear as many scarves as he wants and never look ridiculous whereas Johnny… well… you know. (Dlisted) If you were on By Lainey • May 26, 2020 04:09 pm
Break Ups The End of Bughead I was going to write about Cole Sprouse yesterday because of these new pictures but then I ran out of time and it ended up working out because then Page Six reported that he and Lili Reinhart broke up and PEOPLE confirmed it and then E! News followed both of By Lainey • May 26, 2020 03:06 pm
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
