BFFs Beyoncé’s royal leg It was the moment we were waiting for: when House Sussex met the Queen, the only Queen I answer to: Her Majesty Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter. Beyoncé issued a decree back in February when she and Jay-Z posted about Meghan on Instagram to accept their BRIT Award: Meghan Markle is By Lainey • Jul 15, 2019 11:06 am
Royals Kate, Meghan, and Pippa at Wimbledon Big weekend for Meghan Markle. Let’s go in chronological order and split up her two appearances so we can give proper weight to each, and by giving proper weight, I mean giving Beyoncé as much space as possible. I’m not taking any sh-t from the BeyHive today for By Lainey • Jul 15, 2019 10:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 15, 2019 Dear Gossips, Finally. This summer, after all the post-Endgame blockbusters that have met expectations but may not have surpassed them, with the industry wondering about sequel fatigue at the box office and none of the mid-to-low budget films being able to distinguish themselves from the pack, finally we have a By Lainey • Jul 15, 2019 08:31 am
What Else What Else? Cardi B’s response to Jermaine Dupri discounting current female rappers is vintage Cardi B but I didn’t need much convincing because she had me after her opening line: “I rap about my pussy because she’s my best friend”. Where’s the lie? My pussy is also my By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 04:18 pm
Style Outfit of the Week: Melissa McCarthy Here’s Melissa McCarthy arriving at the Billie Eilish show last night in LA in a great outfit. An excellent concert outfit. This jacket in particular. It’s the patched cargo jacket from her own clothing line, Seven7. It’s from a few season ago but if they’re listening, By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 03:25 pm
Amazingness Mimi & Cosmopolitan: her “first” interview Earlier this week, Cosmopolitan released its August 2019 cover featuring none other than our rainbow butterfly Mariah Carey. Most of the headlines about the article are related to what she says about her lovers – and we’ll get to that – but I just want to spend some time talking about By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 01:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bucky kisses Jessica Chastain Earlier this week, Jessica Chastain confirmed on Instagram that they’ve started shooting 355 in Paris. The film was first announced last year in Cannes with Jessica and costars – Penelope Cruz, Lupita Nyong’o, Marion Cotillard, and Fan Bingbing – taking meetings with investors to raise the money ($75 million) to By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt Damon’s quiet summer Not that Matt Damon’s been loud over the last few years. Or in general. I’m referring really to what might be a much busier fall with the release of Ford vs Ferrari. Sarah posted enthusiastically about the trailer a few weeks ago and with both Matt and Christian By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 11:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad goofs I keep thinking Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood doesn’t open until August. It actually opens in two weeks, on July 26. Doesn’t have much competition that same week but, of course, it’ll be contending with The Lion King from the week before. A more specific audience, By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 09:33 am
Sports Intro for July 12, 2019 Dear Gossips, I’m so nervous about Serena Williams’s Wimbledon final tomorrow, and I’m the asshole watching it from bed, I can’t even imagine what she might be going through. Serena, as we’ve seen, has gotten better and better with every match, which is always the By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 08:59 am
What Else What Else? How many times did you see Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame in theatres? Three times each for me, at least. Like so many times I can’t even remember, which means some of that money that Robert Downey Jr took home from just those two movies, which is a By Lainey • Jul 11, 2019 04:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews When Beyoncé agreed to meet Seth Seth Rogen was on Jimmy Kimmel the other night to promote The Lion King. Sarah went to an advance screening yesterday and I haven’t heard from her since. I wonder if she’s keeping me in suspense or if it was just not worth reacting to. Sarah is not By Lainey • Jul 11, 2019 12:47 pm
TV Updates Joshua and Jodie together still…again…? Here are Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith out in LA yesterday. They’re holding hands and at one point stop to kiss. Joshua and Jodie have been dating since at least last fall. Kathleen first posted about them back in November 2018 and at that point, for weeks, people had By Lainey • Jul 11, 2019 11:39 am
Break Ups Taylor Swift’s pointed lyrics and the Karlie question Taylor Swift just topped the Forbes list of highest paid celebrities in 2019 with $185 million earned from the reputation tour and all her endorsements and other deals. Kylie Jenner came in second with $170 million. Taylor performed at Amazon’s Prime Day Concert last night in New York. It By Lainey • Jul 11, 2019 11:09 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Louis and his sunglasses and the Beyoncé countdown I mentioned Prince Louis and his sunglasses in my post yesterday about the royals at the polo but there are more shots now and he’s so cute and hilarious, I’m throwing up more shots today. Louis is clearly a character now, tumbling around on those sturdy legs and By Lainey • Jul 11, 2019 10:40 am
Shout-Outs July 11, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs Big love to Emily Richardson who wrote and stars in The It Girls, a comedy-musical playing now at Toronto Fringe. This is a story about a girl group from 2000s getting back together for a concert. One member went on to become a Beyoncé type superstar. Another went the way By Lainey • Jul 11, 2019 09:47 am