Equality Issues Intro for February 3, 2020 Dear Gossips, Was there any doubt that Jennifer Lopez and Shakira would deliver last night in Miami at the Super Bowl? Nobody’s ever accused either of coasting. And, frankly, women at their level, women of colour at their level, wouldn’t have gotten to that level had they coasted. By Lainey • Feb 03, 2020 09:10 am
What Else What Else? Well, it was only a matter of time: tabloids are trying to declare Rihanna and A$AP Rocky a couple, officially. This, of course, is because she’s not dating Handsome Hassan anymore and she and Rocky have been hanging out a lot together. I want to look at a By Lainey • Jan 31, 2020 04:04 pm
Style Outfits of the Week: Constance and Melina There are two outfits I can’t stop thinking about this week – three, actually, but we’ll get to that in a minute – and they’re different, but they also remind me of each other. Let’s start with Constance Wu’s dress at the Costume Designer’s Guild awards By Lainey • Jan 31, 2020 03:42 pm
Relationship Assumption Zendaya and Jacob together in New York Zendaya and Jacob Elordi have been on holiday together. She was seen spending time with him and his family in Australia where he apparently showed her around his home town. He too has supposedly been invited to her family gatherings. And they’ve been sighted on multiple occasions going to By Lainey • Jan 31, 2020 11:34 am
Music Taylor Swift and the Grammys nothingburger It’s been almost a week since the Grammys. And a week since Variety reported that Taylor Swift had pulled out of an unannounced performance. A few days later, Grammys showrunner Ken Ehrlich clarified that they’d been talking about it but nothing was ever confirmed so characterising it as By Lainey • Jan 31, 2020 10:41 am
Maple Leaf Intro for January 31, 2020 Dear Gossips, The Academy announced more Oscar presenters yesterday and there’s one name that popped out to me: Keanu Reeves. The countdown continues! Announcing some more of this year's #Oscars presenters. pic.twitter.com/eohNx16hJr— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 30, 2020 The Oscars are about celebrating the By Lainey • Jan 31, 2020 09:17 am
What Else What Else? While Charlie Hunnam was promoting The Gentlemen a couple of weeks ago, he stepped in it when he said that his girlfriend, Morgana McNelis cared about marriage but he was indifferent to it. And now he’s talking to the paparazzi, revealing that what he said upset her and that By Lainey • Jan 30, 2020 04:48 pm
Douchebags When Jessica kissed Justin Jessica Simpson is currently promoting her book Open Book. It comes out on February 4, I can’t wait to read it. Because clearly she gets it. She gets that if she’s writing this kind of book, there’s no point holding back on the stories. And she’s By Lainey • Jan 30, 2020 04:02 pm
Brad Pitt Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, and their stylist It’s not breaking news that both Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt are working with stylists Nina and Clare Hallworth. But The Hollywood Reporter turned it into a Story yesterday because, clearly, it’s been ten days since the Screen Actors Guild awards and their moment backstage and we’re By Lainey • Jan 30, 2020 12:54 pm
Jennifer Lopez JLo’s Super Bowl Countdown Three more sleeps until the Super Bowl on Sunday. And the main event, for me, is the halftime show. It’s Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. It’s going to be a full blown spectacular spectacular – choreo, pyro, tight bronzed lush bodies, and a lot of skin. AND HAIR. Now that By Lainey • Jan 30, 2020 11:55 am
Equality Issues Kumail goes for lunch, gets papped It’s a pretty standard occurrence in Los Angeles, right? Celebrities go out for lunch, they get papped. But not all celebrities. You have to be on the radar. The paps are there to take pictures that they can sell and certain celebrities sell more than others. There was a By Lainey • Jan 30, 2020 10:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Let LaKeith be Joker We’ve been thirsting here at LaineyGossip for LaKeith Stanfield now for a while, he’s so f-cking hot. And also offbeat. And super cool. And if there was anyone who could actually pull off the title of The Most Interesting Man in the World, it would be him. There’ By Lainey • Jan 30, 2020 10:05 am
Music Intro for January 30, 2020 Dear Gossips, The Academy announced yesterday that Billie Eilish, fresh off her Grammys sweep, will be performing at the Oscars: Are you ready? @billieeilish will take to the #Oscars stage for a special performance! Watch live on @ABC. pic.twitter.com/CsNmjDD2Bi— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 29, 2020 Obviously they’ By Lainey • Jan 30, 2020 09:28 am
What Else What Else? This one is for Duana because, as you’d know if you listen to our podcast Show Your Work and Sasha’s podcast What’s Your Drama?, Duana likes a mature man – and Tom Selleck is always my go-to in describing Duana’s preferences. So while I’m out here By Lainey • Jan 29, 2020 04:39 pm
Maple Leaf Jodie and Joshua’s Canadian baby? Jodie Turner-Smith was in London last night for the premiere of Queen & Slim looking like a stone cold goddess in this dress. She was also interviewed for The Sunday Times (via PEOPLE) to promote the film and the main headline coming out of the piece is that she talked By Lainey • Jan 29, 2020 04:25 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: The Joy of Cheer On this week’s episode of Show Your Work, Duana and I debate the word “nice”. This is because Aidy Bryant talked about “nice” in her recent interview with Vulture. Is niceness a work asset? Or is it a detriment? Is it a compliment? Or is it an insult? Can By Lainey • Jan 29, 2020 03:28 pm
