Gossip Nostalgia Ben Affleck: Jennifer Lopez “should have been nominated” We’ve just passed the 16 year anniversary of the end of Bennifer, one of most significant couples of the modern gossip era. Think back to that time, it was a new millennium, and here were (some of) the celebrity couples we were obsessed with back then: Britney Spears and By Lainey • Feb 21, 2020 10:28 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for February 21, 2020 Dear Gossips, Beyoncé has been pretty quiet since the IVY PARK x adidas drop. That’s the way of our Queen. She never lets us know what she’s doing until she’s good and ready to let us know what she’s been doing. If she’s doing anything. By Lainey • Feb 21, 2020 09:39 am
What Else What Else? Wait, what? You had me at “soccer player” and “biting penis”. This actually happened during a game, requiring 12 stitches. Which means there will be a scar. Which means that at some point, this person is going to be telling the story of the time he was playing a soccer By Lainey • Feb 20, 2020 04:15 pm
Music ARMY, are you ready? I’m not f-cking ready and I’m not even technically a member of the BTS ARMY. My friends are As IF-ing me right now because all I ever do, every day and multiple times now for weeks, is text them or make them come over and talk By Lainey • Feb 20, 2020 03:56 pm
Break Ups Ben Affleck on the pain of divorce Ben Affleck’s candid interview with The New York Times came out yesterday and today the first part of his interview with Diane Sawyer aired on Good Morning America and he’s equally as forthcoming about alcoholism and dealing with the breakdown of his marriage. Can we do a little By Lainey • Feb 20, 2020 03:15 pm
Royals Sussexit Countdown Did you know it was Prince Andrew’s birthday yesterday? The palace social media accounts posted birthday messages to celebrate the occasion, with a caption reminding people that he’s “the first child born to a reigning monarch for 103 years”. Like somehow that’s supposed to replace the thing By Lainey • Feb 20, 2020 11:03 am
Equality Issues Intro for February 20, 2020 Dear Gossips, It was great seeing Sinead Burke sitting front row at the Gucci show in Milan yesterday and wearing Gucci, obviously. Sinead was also all over London Fashion Week last week. Here she is hanging out with Victoria Beckham: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sinéad By Lainey • Feb 20, 2020 09:35 am
What Else What Else? I have questions. How is “stunt porn” different from regular porn? Isn’t all porn… stunty? Like all porn is made to be watched and accessed, to elicit a reaction, right? Why I am I dedicating valuable brain time thinking about this? This would be the “stunt porn” that happened By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 05:14 pm
BFFs Lizzo & Harry Styles: The Internet’s New Favourite The BRIT Awards happened in London last night and I’m not talking about anyone else’s fashion other than Lizzo because… LIZZO. Everything Lizzo. All the outfits. But especially when she decided she was a snack. THE snack. Levels, as they say in England. Levels. Lizzo owns all the By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 03:53 pm
Maple Leaf House Sussex: royal or not? Since Sussexit was confirmed last month, much speculation has focused on whether or not Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would be able to keep “Sussex Royal” as their brand. Prince Harry will always be a prince. House Sussex, which includes Harry, Meghan, and Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor, will always be By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 01:03 pm
Amazingness Matt Damon’s mullet As noted in the previous post, Ben Affleck is currently promoting The Way Back. When that’s done, he’ll likely return to production on The Last Duel, alongside Matt Damon. It’s scheduled to be released at Christmas which is ambitious. Because Christmas movies are either for the box By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 11:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck comes back with a comeback movie Ben Affleck’s new film, The Way Back, comes out in a month. He plays a former high school basketball player who’s lost everything to addiction and is finding his “way back” by coaching the team from his alma mater. Obviously he knows something about his character, Jack Cunningham. By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 10:09 am
Intro for February 19, 2020 Dear Gossips, One of the unexpected stars to emerge from this recent award season was not, technically, a star at all. But she definitely is now. Award season is over but we are still obsessed with Sharon Choi, right? Not surprisingly, after Parasite’s successful Oscar run, everyone wanted to By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 09:07 am
What Else What Else? Another day, another celebrity face tattoo – and this one is matching, as in it’s the other half of a couple, girlfriend and boyfriend. Twenty years ago it was Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee getting their ring fingers tattooed. Now it’s faces. What will it be in another twenty By Lainey • Feb 18, 2020 04:17 pm
Break Ups Al Pacino got dumped Didn’t expect to wake up today and have this be the headline that jumped out at me but here we are: Savage, as the kids say. But it’s not an exaggeration, at least not if she actually said what she said. So Al Pacino and Meital Dohan were By Lainey • Feb 18, 2020 12:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Did you love PS I Still Love You? What qualifies as a good rom-com? Well, for starters, you need to care about your central character – that’s a basic, right? (This, by the way, was my central problem with Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl. I was never invested in Serena like I was in Blair. By Lainey • Feb 18, 2020 11:17 am
