Music Taylor Swift: Daisy Jones Vogue Maria asked the other day if the “haircut” was still happening. Taylor Swift’s wearing it on the cover of September Vogue… so…yes? We’ll come back to the hair in a minute. Let’s talk about the overall styling of this cover. I love it. I love both By Lainey • Aug 08, 2019 01:26 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s Vogue September issue In my post the other day about Angelina Jolie covering the September issue of ELLE, I wondered about the American Vogue September issue and who would be on the cover. Taylor Swift was my first guess, even though she’d already covered ELLE a few months ago. If Anna Wintour By Lainey • Aug 08, 2019 12:20 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for August 8, 2019 Dear Gossips, It was announced yesterday that the Emmys, to be broadcast on September 22 on FOX, will not have a host this year. This is not exactly the same as the Oscars but it may be an “inspired by” situation. The Oscars were supposed to be hosted by Kevin By Lainey • Aug 08, 2019 08:56 am
What Else What Else? Did you watch the documentary The Clinton Affair last year? If not, I highly recommend. It was unfair what happened to Monica Lewinsky. It was unfair how people treated her – and not just the president, but the culture in general. As a participant in that culture, growing up in that By Lainey • Aug 07, 2019 04:08 pm
TV Updates “Wealth, Privilege, and Gwyneth” Is that redundant? Like can’t you just put “Gwyneth Paltrow” in the title and assume that everyone else will know that the words “wealth” and “privilege” will follow? This is the cover of the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter featuring Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Platt, the stars of By Lainey • Aug 07, 2019 12:35 pm
Justin Theroux Justin Theroux’s arty, edgy NY bar A year and a half ago, when it was announced that Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux were over, and people were speculating about what led to the breakup, “sources close to Justin” said it was because he wasn’t into Jen’s boring LA lifestyle and he missed the arty, By Lainey • Aug 07, 2019 10:12 am
Maple Leaf Intro for August 7, 2019 Dear Gossips, Variety released its Power of Young Hollywood issue this week with three covers: Camila Cabello, Cole Sprouse, and Stephan James. What a year it’s been for Stephan James. Twelve months ago he was getting ready to premiere If Beale Street Could Talk and Homecoming at TIFF, in By Lainey • Aug 07, 2019 09:06 am
What Else What Else? Fresh Off The Boat resumes production this week which is when Constance Wu will join the cast and the crew and the president of ABC, Karey Burke, at the table read. I already have a stomach ache imagining whether or not that will be awkward. Karey is saying that it’ By Lainey • Aug 06, 2019 04:17 pm
Top Reads Angelina Jolie: a “wicked woman” The September issue is considered the most important issue of the year for most fashion and lifestyle magazines. So everyone works on the biggest “get” for their September issues. Meghan Markle guest-edited British Vogue on their September issue. Kristen Stewart covers Vanity Fair for September 2019. American Vogue has By Lainey • Aug 06, 2019 12:13 pm
Weddings Josh & Jodie getting married? Joshua Jackson was seen at LAX a couple of months ago, mid-June, kissing a woman who’s yet to be identified even though he and Jodie Turner-Smith, who he’s been dating since last fall, were together just before. Then he and Jodie stepped out holding hands last By Lainey • Aug 06, 2019 11:08 am
Relationship Assumption Dakota and Chris did not break up Back in June, it was reported that Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin were over even though, up to that point, we’d been hearing that they were getting more and more serious. When I wrote about their alleged split, I made mention of the source. Because the source was the By Lainey • Aug 06, 2019 10:32 am
Shout-Outs August 6, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs The Wynonna Earp fanbase is hardcore. Did you hear about how they took out a billboard in Time’s Square to fight for their show? At the time, the series had been renewed but there was no funding in place to being production. The fans wanted people to know how By Lainey • Aug 06, 2019 09:27 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Intro for August 6, 2019 Dear Gossips, It was Meghan Markle’s birthday on Sunday and we went into the weekend anticipating how her birthday would be acknowledged. As we know, the royals have a standardised social media play for birthdays. But the Sussexes are anything but standard. Being that it was Royal Meghan’s By Lainey • Aug 06, 2019 09:06 am
What Else What Else? PROGRAMMING NOTE: it is a long weekend in many parts of Canada this weekend. We don’t have a standardised name for it though so it’s commonly referred to as the “August long weekend” and a lot of people don’t have to work on Monday, which is why By Lainey • Aug 02, 2019 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu’s many looks Our summer started out strong with all kinds of Keanu Reeves content and domination. He’s still dominating, but he isn’t as accessible or visible as he was in May and June promoting all his movies and video games and proving that he’s more beloved than so many By Lainey • Aug 02, 2019 02:53 pm
Style Outfit of the Week: The Dempseys I went to an advance screening of The Art of Racing in the Rain last night. Have you read the book by Garth Stein? It’s about a dog with a great name, Enzo. That’s pretty much all I have to tell you to explain why I was a By Lainey • Aug 02, 2019 01:44 pm
