Award Season Campaigning Intro for June 26, 2019 Dear Gossips, Trevor Noah was on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last night; they played the Wheel of Political Impressions – and he was great. He also, in my opinion, gave the best analysis of all the late night hosts of Donald Trump’s “she’s not my type” explanation By Lainey • Jun 26, 2019 09:22 am
What Else What Else? On my web travels the last couple of weeks, I’ve scrolled past several headlines about Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott and their sex life. Is it just that we’re nearing the holidays in both Canada and the US and it’s slow? What’s going on here? Why By Lainey • Jun 25, 2019 04:08 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 25, 2019 Man, Maria is really going to be pissed that she’s missing this week in social media – Wendi Deng is her thing and we had a Wendi Deng sighting yesterday and Breaking Bad is totally her thing and Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul just posted this and people are freaking By Lainey • Jun 25, 2019 03:16 pm
Royals Princess Kate’s new patronage Perhaps to offset all the grumbling about the royal finances, Kensington Palace announced today that Catherine Cambridge has taken on a new patronage from the Queen: Her Majesty The Queen has passed the Patronage of @The_RPS to The Duchess of Cambridge, having held the role for 67 years. The By Lainey • Jun 25, 2019 01:07 pm
Royals There is no yoga studio at House Sussex Before Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was born, the UK papers were all reporting that it would be a home birth at Frogmore Cottage. Baby Archie was born at Portland Hospital in London, which tells you how much of an inside track the British tabloids have on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle By Lainey • Jun 25, 2019 11:45 am
Douchebags Pamela Anderson leaves abusive boyfriend Pamela Anderson has been dating French soccer player Adil Rami for a couple of years now. It’s apparently been a tumultuous relationship. Back in March, TMZ reported that they’d gotten back together after breaking up months before when he proposed and she said no. When they reconciled, her By Lainey • Jun 25, 2019 10:43 am
Music Beyoncé… “TBD”? The Lion King soundtrack was announced yesterday. Elton John has written a new song called “Never Too Late” for the movie and… most curious… there’s song #14, currently without a title. They’re listing it right now as “TBA”. You know what that probably means, right? In an interview By Lainey • Jun 25, 2019 09:40 am
Weddings Intro for June 25, 2019 Dear Gossips, The “Jonai” have been in Paris this week ahead of Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s wedding. They’ve been seen on boat rides and out for dinner before Joe and Sophie took off for the South of France yesterday, presumably to get ready for the wedding, expected By Lainey • Jun 25, 2019 09:15 am
What Else What Else? I’ve mentioned this before but I have a friend whose weird phobia is two people showing up somewhere dressed similarly. Like she can’t even handle it when we meet up for dinner and we’re both wearing chucks, basically the most commonly owned pair of shoes. I’m By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 05:02 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, June 24, 2019 Maria’s off for a couple of weeks so I’m the lead on Celebrity Social Media, which means… as much Beyoncé content as I can find. Just kidding. But am I? I posted in the open about the Being Beyoncé’s assistant “choose your own adventure” Twitter thread. I By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 04:41 pm
Music Cardi B: always in the news Cardi B opened the BET Awards last night, performing “Press” and then Offset joined her onstage for “Clout”; at one point she gave him a lap dance. Maybe this is petty of me but I’m still not over the way he INTERRUPTED her to apologise and beg her to By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 04:21 pm
Music Coop & Gaga together again? There’s been some rumouring about a possible Jackson Maine and Ally reunion happening this week at Glastonbury which starts on Wednesday. DJ Edith Bowman said on her show yesterday that she’s heard about a secret performance and that, previously, when she interviewed Bradley Cooper, likely during promotion for By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 01:09 pm
Music Mary J Blige: “a leader, a queen, a living legend” May J Blige was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards last night. As mentioned in the previous post, Rihanna presented it to her. Exactly. It’s Mary J Blige. To properly recognise Mary, you have to bring in someone who’s worthy of Mary. And someone By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 11:29 am
BFFs Seth Meyers: Rihanna’s biggest fanboy In case it wasn’t clear from their episode of Day Drinking that aired last week, Seth Meyers is obsessed with Rihanna. As I mentioned in my post about the segment, it was a perfect fit, both for his show and her brand. Turns out, as Seth tells Variety in By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 10:51 am
Shout-Outs June 24, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs HEZ! Happy Milestone Birthday! Whatever you’re doing – Vegas, dogs, taxidermy, podcasts – keep on it, because your best life sounds amazing. And I look forward to hearing about New York in September. You don’t need recommendations from me about New York. That’s the thing about New York, it By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 09:27 am
Beyoncé Intro for June 24, 2019 Dear Gossips, A clever “choose your own adventure” Beyoncé thread went viral on Twitter this weekend. Thanks to all of you who thought of me. This is a true compliment. Of course I made it to the end on my first try. This is my dream job and I’m By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 09:07 am
