Maple Leaf Chateau Drake Well he and OVO call it The Embassy and it’s featured in the new issue of Architectural Digest. The Embassy is Drake’s Toronto… mansion? Estate? That’s why I called it a “chateau” in the title. Because mansion and estate don’t seem extra enough for what we’ By Lainey • Apr 08, 2020 11:18 am
Gossip Nostalgia Naomi and Cindy come through You TikTok kids are probably sick of us olds out here with our 80s and 90s nostalgia. We olds can’t match your cleverness with creating viral videos, it’s true. And, yes, it’s so annoying how we invade your social media spaces so that you have to keep By Lainey • Apr 08, 2020 09:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for April 8, 2020 Dear Gossips, Probably for almost everyone right now, some days are worse than others. And for those on the frontlines, those who work in healthcare and/or essential services, their days are the toughest. Can’t forget about parents who are managing their jobs from home while homeschooling and cooking By Lainey • Apr 08, 2020 08:46 am
What Else What Else? I, like thousands if not millions of other people, am fascinated by this video of a hotel room getting flooded and some dude trying to escape it. It’s so dramatic! I’m not talking about the dude jumping over the railing and onto the car. I’m talking about By Lainey • Apr 07, 2020 04:03 pm
Maple Leaf JB + BTS Sasha and I meet at the intersection of Justin Bieber and BTS. This has come up a few times on our podcast, What’s Your Drama, which I shamelessly and highly recommend for your listen list during lockdown. Sasha is into Justin Bieber. She dresses like him, which she didn’ By Lainey • Apr 07, 2020 02:19 pm
Stephen Colbert Lady Gaga Unites Late Night Jimmy Fallon called Lady Gaga last week but she wasn’t ready to make her announcement, promising that they’d be ready to roll with it today. She’s curating a television special, in collaboration with Global Citizen and the World Health Organisation “to celebrate and encourage the power of By Lainey • Apr 07, 2020 01:05 pm
Matt Damon Matt Damon: Isolation in Ireland We’ve seen a lot of Matt Damon’s friends during the COVID-19 lockdown. Over in LA, Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have been stepping out almost daily to walk their dogs. Chris Hemsworth has been photographed at the beach with Elsa Pataky in Australia. And John Krasinski’s By Lainey • Apr 07, 2020 10:07 am
Royals Archewell of House Sussex It’s been a week since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle officially stepped down as senior members of the British royal family. They announced that their website and Instagram account will be inactive as they will no longer use “royal” as part of their name. And they said they would By Lainey • Apr 07, 2020 09:32 am
Self Care TV Recommendations Intro for April 7, 2020 Dear Gossips, Tonight’s the night, the series finale of Schitt’s Creek. It’s been six seasons – and it’s ending now, when it’s more popular than it’s ever been. Schitt’s Creek has been namechecked by almost every celebrity you can think of. Carol Burnett mentions By Lainey • Apr 07, 2020 08:53 am
What Else What Else? Oliver … Elio. Oliver… Elio. Oliver and Elio, aka Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet will be back on screen at some point because, yes, they’re working on the sequel which comes out…nobody knows because nothing is coming to theatres any time soon. Maybe Call Me By Your Name 2 By Lainey • Apr 06, 2020 04:02 pm
Music John Mayer is still John Mayer Early this morning, John Mayer shared a song on Instagram. It’s called “You Are Still You”. View this post on Instagram A post shared by John Mayer 💎 (@johnmayer) on Apr 5, 2020 at 11:05pm PDT A perfect title for a song performed by him, don’t you think? By Lainey • Apr 06, 2020 02:09 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) The Goldings: In Love During Isolation Henry and Liv Lo Golding have been in love since they met on New Year’s Day in 2011. They were married five years later, in 2016. Henry and Liv are in isolation together, of course, in Los Angeles. And they’ve fallen in love again… with a dog. Her By Lainey • Apr 06, 2020 01:04 pm
BFFs Harry Styles: walking and biking in isolation Harry Styles went for another solo walk during isolation – it was the same last week. He was, however, seen meeting up for a physically distancing compliant ride with Kendall Jenner the other day. At least we think that’s him under the helmet. He was on a bike and she By Lainey • Apr 06, 2020 10:30 am
Break Ups Channing and Jessie J break up again After a year of dating, Channing Tatum and Jessie J broke up back in November 2019 but it didn’t stick. By January 2020 they were back together, and more “together” than we’d seen them, walking red carpets, flaunting their love during Grammys weekend, and on social media. Their By Lainey • Apr 06, 2020 09:50 am
Relationship Assumption Another week with Ben-Ana How long has it been? I don’t know anymore. For me, I think I’m heading into my fourth week of isolation. People keep using the expression the “new normal”. I take encouragement from the fact that this does NOT feel normal, even as it’s almost been a By Lainey • Apr 06, 2020 09:35 am
Gossip Nostalgia Intro for April 6, 2020 Dear Gossips, Isolation’s got people feeling nostalgic. Did you see this excellent thread last week remembering the It Girl War of the 2000s? Imagine, all that over Aaron Carter. Current Stan Culture would have never survived the It Girl War of the Early 2000’s. A thread. pic.twitter. By Lainey • Apr 06, 2020 08:57 am
