Royals Princess Kate does a podcast We’ve heard Kate of House Cambridge speak in public before. Public speaking isn’t second nature to her – she’s worked at it, she’s improved, but I wouldn’t say she’s the greatest, and I’m not trying to be a bitch about that; public speaking is By Lainey • Feb 17, 2020 02:31 pm
Robert Pattinson What Robert Pattinson smells like Robert Pattinson is currently shooting The Batman – a first look at him in the suit was released last week and Sarah was very much onside. There’s all kinds of time for us to talk about RP as Bruce Wayne later so let’s talk instead about him being an By Lainey • Feb 17, 2020 11:41 am
Jodie Turner-Smith Jodie and Joshua walk the dogs Today is Family Day in many parts of Canada. Many schools are closed. Many parents have taken the day off. In the United States it’s President’s Day. Government offices and banks are closed. Schools and most offices are closed. So it’s a lighter one – and maybe this By Lainey • Feb 17, 2020 10:24 am
Music Intro for February 17, 2020 Dear Gossips, It’s been about four years since I started mentioning BTS on this site. And, generally, I’ve been able to keep my obsession in check. But, man, the last few weeks have been out of control as we approach the release of their new album, Map of By Lainey • Feb 17, 2020 09:43 am
What Else What Else? Billie Eilish’s song for Bond: No Time To Die has been released. It’s definitely a Bond song, it has the vibe, kinda like a 80s throwback to what you think Bond songs sounded like then but also, at the same time, very Billiie. I don’t hate it. By Lainey • Feb 14, 2020 04:47 pm
Style Outfit of the Week: Kerry Washington Sometimes, when a look is so good, I feel violent. Like I want to whip around a room smashing things to properly express how f-cking rad an outfit is. Because a fist pump just doesn’t seem like it’s enough, you know? This is what happened when I saw By Lainey • Feb 14, 2020 03:28 pm
Royals Sussex, Stanford, and Swearing Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been making headlines all week, like every week. The latest, this just in, is that they won’t be returning to England for Prince Andrew’s 60th birthday – and the Daily Mail, naturally, is making it out to be like this is some kind By Lainey • Feb 14, 2020 11:47 am
BFFs Jennifer Aniston talks to Jon Hamm I’d planned on writing about this yesterday but interest/forgot and it turns out that worked out because now we have new photos to go with this post about Jon Hamm. Here he is out for coffee yesterday in LA. Anyway, according to The Sun, Jennifer Aniston did not By Lainey • Feb 14, 2020 10:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for February 14, 2020 Dear Gossips, Kathleen came over last night and we finally watched PS I Still Love You. It’s a good thing it’s on Netflix and not in theatres because the amount of squealing that was happening, mostly on her part, would have been a nuisance for people, even in By Lainey • Feb 14, 2020 09:22 am
What Else What Else? Airplane drama – and it wasn’t even on Ryanair! This is over reclining your seat which… is a controversial move. Some people are like, well, if the seat reclines, I should be able to use that option. Others are like, you only recline your seat at certain times. And still By Lainey • Feb 13, 2020 04:00 pm
Top Reads Natalie Portman responds to criticism We’ve been talking about Natalie Portman’s Oscar dress for four days now, and not necessarily in the way she intended it to be talked about. Duana wrote about it on Monday after the Oscars and appreciated the effort. Maria mentioned the controversy yesterday in Celebrity Social Media as By Lainey • Feb 13, 2020 12:36 pm
Douchebags Tipsy Taylor and Joe in London You wouldn’t think the NME Awards would be an awards show where Taylor Swift would show up but since she spends so much time in London now, she made a surprise appearance last night to receive the Best Solo Act award and Joe Alwyn was with her. The NME By Lainey • Feb 13, 2020 11:36 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for February 13, 2020 Dear Gossips, Janet Jackson this week announced a new album, Black Diamond, and a new world tour kicking off in June in Miami. Tickets go on sale today. To promote the album and the tour, she made a surprise appearance on The View to invite Whoopi Goldberg to the show By Lainey • Feb 13, 2020 09:23 am
What Else What Else? Have you seen the video of Brad Pitt in the press room backstage at the Oscars after he was asked about Maddox’s review of Once Upon a Time in …Hollywood? Anyway, we’re still talking about Brad and he’s on the cover of the new issue of PEOPLE By Lainey • Feb 12, 2020 05:23 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Negotiating the Oscars On this week’s bonus, special episode of Show Your Work, we take you BTS – and I don’t mean the band, but behind the scenes of our Oscar coverage and how Duana and I negotiated and bargained with each other through the process of selecting which celebrities to write By Lainey • Feb 12, 2020 03:52 pm
BFFs Jen talks to Sandy A couple of years ago in The New York Times, Jon Caramanica wrote an obituary for the celebrity profile, declaring it dead after a series of celebrity magazine interviews in which the subjects either interviewed themselves or were interviewed by their friends. We talked about that a lot, about whether By Lainey • Feb 12, 2020 12:24 pm