Shout-Outs April 18, 2019 – Smutty Shout-Outs As some of you may know, I’m one of five co-hosts on a daytime talk show here in Canada called The Social. If you’ve been to The Social, you’ve probably met one of our MVPs, our secret sauce, one of the reasons our show is the most By Lainey • Apr 18, 2019 09:25 am
Music Intro for April 18, 2019 Dear Gossips, Well? Did you watch #BeyoncéHomecoming? Were you transported? Beyoncé Day generated half a million tweets yesterday and universal critical acclaim. Homecoming: The Live Album soared to the top of the charts. And, once again, Beyoncé is trailblazing. You’ll recall, when she surprise-dropped her self-titled album, Beyoncé, in By Lainey • Apr 18, 2019 08:55 am
What Else What Else? George Lucas created Star Wars. So picking a favourite Star Wars character, for him, is like favouring one child over another. It’s no surprise then that the character he picked is probably the most divisive. If you see it through the parenting lens, he’s going to protect the By Lainey • Apr 17, 2019 04:35 pm
TV Updates Sandra Oh, the Pioneer Today is National Canadian Film Day, a day to celebrate Canadian filmmaking and the big talent we have here. A broad program of screenings and events have been organised – if you are in Canada, please click here if you’d like to participate. Today is also the day that TIME By Lainey • Apr 17, 2019 04:25 pm
Music Taylor Swift on the TIME 100 Taylor Swift is one of the TIME 100 for 2019. Shawn Mendes wrote the feature. .@ShawnMendes: “The magic of @taylorswift13 doesn’t come from the lights, dancers or fireworks (although all of that is incredible) but from the electrifying connection that she has with the people who are there to By Lainey • Apr 17, 2019 01:07 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Beyoncé for Michelle Obama Earlier this morning, after we’d wrapped the Show Your Work podcast, #BeyoncéHomecoming special episode, Duana, Kathleen, and I were still high off of what we’d just watched and talked about and Kathleen kept saying, “What a time to be alive”. Duana and I kind of giggled – but it’ By Lainey • Apr 17, 2019 11:33 am
Music Intro for April 17, 2019 Dear Gossips, I’m writing this at 2am ET. Kathleen just got to my place and Duana is on her way – she texted to ask us if we wanted drive-thru, LOL. We are gathering, OBVIOUSLY, for #BeyoncéHomecoming, joining hundreds of thousands of others around the world (millions, probably?) who are By Lainey • Apr 17, 2019 08:29 am
What Else What Else? JUST A FEW MORE HOURS NOW. You know what we’re counting down to. Duana and Kathleen are coming over tonight/tomorrow morning at 130am. We’re watching #BeyoncéHomecoming together from 3am-517am. Then we’re going straight into the podcast. Because OF COURSE Beyoncé is worth an all-nighter. Michael K By Lainey • Apr 16, 2019 05:10 pm
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones: Can we talk about Harry Strickland? Am I the only one who wants to talk about this? Hi to the five of you out there who, like me, have been thinking about Harry Strickland since Sunday night’s premiere of the final season of Game of Thrones. So Euron Greyjoy goes to Essos to hire the By Lainey • Apr 16, 2019 04:55 pm
A Major Scandal Well if there’s one thing that can distract me from Game of Thrones and #BeyoncéHomecoming (less than 12 hours to go now!), it’s a major scandal. Many of you won’t know who these people are – but, please, stay with me. Because even though you don’t know By Lainey • Apr 16, 2019 04:38 pm
Music Madonna: Madame X I was over at my friend Iain’s the other night and whenever Iain and I get together, Madonna dominates our conversation. Iain has a PhD in Madonna. He went to see her last tour, Rebel Heart, something like 14 times all around the world. It’s been a quiet By Lainey • Apr 16, 2019 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rihanna doing business and Handsome Hassan I half expected Rihanna to show up at Coachella this weekend. It’s not like she’s a stranger there. And when Rihanna goes to Coachella she turns it into a fashion moment. You remember her outfits from 2018? View this post on Instagram A post shared by badgalriri (@badgalriri) By Lainey • Apr 16, 2019 11:32 am
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones: The Women Know More How many times now have you watched the season premiere of the final season of Game of Thrones? As expected, the episode, broke ratings records on Sunday night. It’s now the highest rated episode in HBO history and the most-watched scripted episode of television of 2019 – and the numbers By Lainey • Apr 16, 2019 10:45 am
Books Intro for April 16, 2019 Dear Gossips, My favourite book of 2019 (so far) was released in Canada and the US today. I wonder if you’ll feel the way I did when I read it: I’m only 75 pages in but I get it now why people are so into this book and By Lainey • Apr 16, 2019 08:58 am
What Else What Else? Cardi B was asked the other day if she would ever perform with Nicki Minaj. Dlisted’s J Harvey is right in saying that there are about a hundred emojis that move through her face as she’s considering the question. You know that infamous shot of Mariah Carey when By Lainey • Apr 15, 2019 03:54 pm
Music The Avenging Taylor Swift Taylor Swift is counting down to something. There’s a countdown clock on her website. Her social channels the last few days are all pointing to “4.26”. The obvious would be new music, six months before she’s known to prefer to release new music, in the fall, but By Lainey • Apr 15, 2019 11:37 am
