Royals The Forensics on Prince Andrew’s Fat Fingers After Virginia Giuffre dropped the YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID on Prince Andrew outside a New York City courthouse this week, we saw yesterday the new angle he and his team appear to be taking in his defence. Sources close to Andrew told the Evening Standard that they’ve always By Lainey • Aug 29, 2019 09:42 am
Blind Riddles What they know in advance This is about a relatively new young couple making headlines for their romance, both with their respective spotlights. For months now, one of them has been putting together a special project that’s expected to last for almost a year, with cameras following everywhere, documenting everything. Recently though, producers were By Lainey • Aug 29, 2019 09:04 am
Royals Intro for August 29, 2019 Dear Gossips, A few days ago, the Daily Mail published an article about Queen Elizabeth’s “August horribilis”, a play on a speech she gave in 1992 when she referred to it as an “annus horribilis” (terrible year). What’s happening now, of course, is her second son is making By Lainey • Aug 29, 2019 08:40 am
What Else What Else? Less than a year after permanently ending things with Diddy, Cassie is pregnant with her now-fiancé Alex Fine. Who really is fine. Which is why I don’t mind their proposal video because, f-ck, he is so hot. You know who had no time for the proposal though? One of By Lainey • Aug 28, 2019 04:22 pm
BFFs Gigi & Tyler at the Taylor stage Gigi and Bella Hadid presented at the MTV VMAs the other night. Then they hit up the after-party with Taylor Swift. Gigi and Taylor have been close for years. Taylor hung out with Gigi and Zayn Malik when they were still together. Taylor recorded a duet with Zayn. And now By Lainey • Aug 28, 2019 11:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt and the macho myth Brad Pitt is now in Venice in support of Ad Astra which will have its world premiere at the festival this week. Brad’s had a good summer so far. Once Upon a Time ...in Hollywood was a success. He was, to me, the best part of the film. And By Lainey • Aug 28, 2019 11:11 am
Douchebags Prince Andrew: “You know what you did” I was never an obsessive fan of The Hills but even I know enough about The Hills to remember arguably its most well-known moment: “You know what you did!” That’s Lauren Conrad accusing Heidi Montag of rumouring that there was a sex tape of LC and Jason. Everyone I By Lainey • Aug 28, 2019 09:47 am
TV Updates Intro for August 28, 2019 Dear Gossips, I predicted back in July that Lizzo would be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live’s season premiere. I was wrong. It’s going to be Billie Eilish and the host is Woody Harrelson to promote Zombieland: Double Tap which opens in October. When SNL announced their By Lainey • Aug 28, 2019 08:52 am
What Else What Else? So… the host of the MTV VMAs last night, Sebastian Maniscalco, what did you think? At one point he namechecked Bruce Springsteen and I wonder if Bruce was like, dude, take my name out of your mouth. The good news is James Woods and Jon Voight probably want to be By Lainey • Aug 27, 2019 04:41 pm
Quiveration Thank you, Harry Styles The one thing Duana hates the most about me is that I can read and write in a moving car and she gets motion sickness and doesn’t understand how it doesn’t bother me. What does bother me is heat. When I’m hot I get nauseous and yesterday By Lainey • Aug 27, 2019 03:37 pm
Music Lizzo, Normani, Rosalia: the future As I wrote in the open today, the MTV VMAs have stayed relevant even in years when the show is sh-tty because it can be a showcase for the future, for who we will be obsessed with in the near future, the artists who’ll be the culture in the By Lainey • Aug 27, 2019 12:48 pm
Quiveration Timothee Chalamet: the bowl cut has an accent We interrupt MTV VMAs coverage because… Timothee Chalamet has an accent. I wrote about Timothee Chalamet’s bowl cut when the poster for The King was released last week and just the sight of him, with his jawline, and the frustration on his face, was enough to distract me for By Lainey • Aug 27, 2019 11:37 am
Music Taylor in a decade Ten years ago, at the 2009 MTV VMAs, Taylor Swift was interrupted by Kanye West in a moment that kicked off one of the most significant chapters in celebrity gossip history – and it’s a chapter that may not have reached its conclusion. A decade later, during her first main By Lainey • Aug 27, 2019 11:10 am
Shout-Outs August 27, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs “Dear Maddy, Happy 30th Birthday from your Boast Bitches! We are lucky to be included in your narrative and hope you continue to question the official story! Here’s a picture of your youthful inspiration Shakira. Her and your hips don’t lie. From The Boast Bitches aka Ais, Al, By Lainey • Aug 27, 2019 08:49 am
Music Intro for August 27, 2019 Dear Gossips, If you’ve watched Missy Elliott’s performance from last night’s MTV VMAs more than once, that is correct. Here’s me sounding like a bitter old aunt, quoting Kathleen who, by contrast (in her mind), is forever young: these kids don’t deserve. She was actually By Lainey • Aug 27, 2019 08:34 am
What Else What Else? The MTV Video Music Awards are happening tonight. For pop culture students, the VMAs have historically been a major event on the gossip calendar. Those of us from a certain generation grew up on VMAs moments. In the last decade or so, the VMAs make up for two or three By Lainey • Aug 26, 2019 04:33 pm
